Section C The difference between the false and true messiahs interlude between parts 5 & 6
Section C
- I have decided to add another section to follow on from Sections A & B.
- This section will be about the false and true messiahs what they do and what they will be like their character and nature.
- I will break down this section into different headings which will come under different parts for ease of reading.
- Part One The wicked Shepherd aka the false (counterfeit) Messiah
- Part Two Jesus the True Messiah
- Part Three Further scriptures showing that Jesus is the true Messiah of Israel
- I will be using notes from a document I wrote about the two different messiahs a while ago.
- It is important for people to know the difference between the two messiahs one that will be false who will be the devil in the body of a man the antichrist. The other will be the true messiah of Israel Jesus Christ the Son of the living God of Israel.
- If people don't know the difference between these two messiahs they will be taken in by the false one and will end up being deceived by him and will fall for his deception to take the mark which will cause many to follow him into the Lake of fire.
- Then I will continue on with finishing off the series on the signs of the times by completing parts 6 & 7.
The false and true Messiahs what will they do when they come into their kingdoms?
You may recognize some things in the introduction for I used this section on what the Jews believe a Messiah should be and do in my section on Jesus as a sign that is spoken against.
I will include the whole section here as it is part of this paper on the false and true messiahs it is the bedrock of this paper.
You may notice references to the year 2014 this was when I first wrote this paper there are later references to later years such as 2016 and 2017. This was when I updated this paper and added more insights of what is happening in the world as the coming of the false messiah draws closer by the day.
The bible verses will be taken from both the King James Version and the Classic Amplified Version
The bible verses will be taken from both the King James Version and the Classic Amplified Version
Introduction
⦁ The lists below were taken from the Messianic Prophecy Bible email to me on 21 April 2014.
⦁ The Jews of today do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah, for the Messiah they are waiting and looking for is a political leader a human leader from the House of David one who is descended directly from King David. They are not looking for a man that is both God and man for they do not believe that God can become a human being to become part of His creation who will not only live among humanity who is made in His image He will also live among His Israeli/ Hebrew people who are the people of His inheritance.
⦁ I will look at how the list below for the Messiah can also apply to the false wicked shepherd of Zechariah 11 the counterfeit Messiah. Then I will look at how this list applies to the true Messiah.
What Will the Mashiach Do?
According to Jewish traditions and beliefs, the Messiah will come after a time of war and suffering (Ezekiel 38:16), and at that time, there are several things that the genuine Messiah must accomplish:
1. The Messiah will bring the Jews home to Israel and restore Jerusalem, bringing about their spiritual and political redemption (Isaiah 11:11–12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4–5; Zechariah 8:12–14; Ezekiel 37:23).
2. The Messiah will rule from Jerusalem, which He will make the center of world government for Jews as well as Gentiles (Isaiah 2:2–4; 11:10; 42:1).
3. The Messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and re-establish Temple worship and sacrifices (Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:15).
4. The Messiah will restore Jewish law as the rule of the Land and establish a religious court system (Jeremiah 33:15).
5. The Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world (Isaiah 11:6–11).
Most Jewish people do not believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah because He did not fulfill these expectations.
In addition, a Savior who is both human and Divine and who dies for our sins is a foreign concept in traditional Judaism. Therefore, many believe that considering Yeshua to be the Messiah is unacceptable. Yet, many Jewish people still look to mere men to fulfill the Messianic role.
The following is a list of just a few of the prophecies that point to Yeshua as Messiah and disqualify Rabbi Schneerson and other false messiahs.
⦁ He will be born to a virgin and will be called God With Us (Immanu-El) (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23)
⦁ He will be born in Beit-Lechem (House of Bread—Bethlehem) (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1)
⦁ He will be despised and rejected by His own people (Isaiah 53:3; John 1:11; John 5:43)
⦁ He will suffer terribly (Isaiah 52:14)
⦁ He will be pierced and wounded for our sins (Isaiah 53:5; Psalm 22:16; Luke 23:33)
⦁ He will take upon Himself the punishment that we all deserve (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24)
⦁ He will not open His mouth in His own defense (Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12–14)
⦁ He will die a premature death (Isaiah 53:8,12; Luke 23:46)
⦁ He will die with the wicked but be buried with the rich (Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57–60)
⦁ He will be raised from death to life (Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:29–32; Matthew 28:5–6)
⦁ He will sit on the throne of His father, David, ruling forever (Isaiah 9:6–7; Luke 1:30–33)
All of these prophecies except the last one have already been fulfilled in the true Messiah, Yeshua.
(It will be fulfilled at His return and was promised at His birth Luke 1:30-33 my thoughts)
(It will be fulfilled at His return and was promised at His birth Luke 1:30-33 my thoughts)
Part One
(a) The wicked Shepherd aka the false (counterfeit) Messiah
(i) What is the wicked shepherd be like?
The wicked shepherd is described in Zechariah 11:15-17
Zechariah 11:15-17
And the Lord said to me, Take up once more the implements [the staff and rod of a shepherd, but this time] of a worthless and wicked shepherd.
16 For behold, I will raise up a false shepherd in the land; the lost and perishing he will not miss or visit, the young and scattered he will not go to seek, the wounded and broken he will not heal, nor will he feed those that are sound and strong; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and break off their hoofs [to consume all the flesh].
17 Woe to the worthless and foolish shepherd who deserts the flock! The sword shall smite his arm and his right eye; his arm shall be utterly withered and his right eye utterly blinded.
The King James Version calls this shepherd the idol shepherd I find that interesting as this evil shepherd will be an idol shepherd. For he will force everyone in the world to worship him by pretending to be God ruling from the third temple in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 11:17 KJV
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
What would He look like?
⦁ God will smite him by the sword on his arm and right eye. So that through warfare or perhaps an assassins attempt at his life he will be wounded almost mortally but he will come back to life so that people will marvel.
⦁ He will have a withered arm and his right eye will be blinded. Either he will wear an eye patch or have a false eye.
⦁ I believe this verse applies to the false shepherd he is one of the heads of the dragon.
Revelation 13:3
And one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound. But his death stroke was healed; and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration
(ii) The False Shepherd will do the following to the people
⦁ He will not search out or visit the lost and perishing.
⦁ The young and scattered he will not go after to search for or seek.
⦁ The wounded and broken he will not heal.
⦁ He will not feed the flock those who are sound and strong.
⦁ He will eat the flesh of the fat ones and he will break off their hoofs to consume all the flesh. In other words the rich and wealthy who think he will be their friend he will end up turning on them killing them and devouring their wealth.
(iii) What will this false messiah do?
For the Jewish people
⦁ This false shepherd of Zechariah 11:15-17 has to be a Messiah like figure that the Jewish people will follow.
⦁ He will have to be a political leader to bring about world peace and to solve the Middle East conflict. This peace will not be lasting but only temporary.
⦁ He will allow the temple to be rebuilt with sacrifices, he will sign a treaty with Jerusalem / Israel, he will bring in laws that will apply to Israel the Laws of Moses and for the nations he will bring in Noahide laws but these laws will not be based on scripture but the oral traditions of the Ultra-Orthodox rabbis especially the laws of Moses they will be based on the oral traditions and the Cabala.
⦁ This false messiah figure will tick all of the rabbis boxes as given in the introduction of what they are looking for in a messiah.
For the Vatican, the Jesuits and the Catholics.
⦁ Or if the Jews are Jesuit trained as was the now deceased Peres who was President of Israel. He was Jesuit educated and trained.
⦁ A lot of Jewish people have either voluntarily or been forced to convert to Catholicism, then they will follow the dogmas, traditions, rituals of Mother church and in reality these things are based heavily upon the oral traditions of the rabbis and Cabala.
⦁ Or now they are not just following dogmas and traditions but the pope is encouraging people to experience their faith through the schools of disciplines as taught by Ignatius de Loyola which includes contemplative prayer practices.
For those who follow Islam
⦁ He may also have connections with Islam in some way too, worship the god of fortresses which his fathers never knew Daniel 11:38.
⦁ Islam could also be the head that was mortally wounded and come back to life as well. As Islam is gaining power around the world like it hasn’t had for centuries and it is gaining control taking many people captive in nearly all nations.
⦁ The rise of Islam or the rebirth of the Ottoman Empire could be one of the heads that was mortally wounded and come back to life of the beast after which the whole world will marvel and run after this beast.
⦁ They are doing this now in the media fawning on this head of the beast speaking favorably of it and vilifying Israel when she tries to defend herself against her enemies. The media is in Judaism, Islam’s and the Vatican’s control and in reality the devil controls the media for he controls the airways of the world and so of course the media in all forms will side with this evil system.
⦁ This head of the beast that was mortally wounded can apply for a world system as well as for an individual person who will rise up and take control over everything with a false prophet the current pope to lead many into captivity.
⦁ This rise of Islam could be the military might of the One World Govt and One World religion under the false prophet and false Christ.
⦁ As this person will fulfill on the surface appear to fulfill the requirements of the Messiah see list below then the Jews will welcome him with open arms.
⦁ In fact this false messiah will appeal to those of the three so called monotheistic faiths of Christianity (in reality it will be Catholicism), Judaism and Islam which will form the foundation of the One world religion to which all other of the world’s religions will join themselves to.
For they will all be of the same spirit that of the devil and they will have no trouble getting on with one another. The ones who will not join in with this unholy mess will be the born again believers of Jesus and these will be the ones they will be putting to death.
⦁ In fact the God of Catholicism ie the Vatican, the God of Judaism as described in the Talmud and the God of Islam as described in the Koran is not the God of the bible who is the true God of Israel and He has a Son whose name is Jesus.
In fact the god of these three false monotheistic faiths is a twisted version of the true God of the Bible therefore it is a false god that is found in these three counterfeit monotheistic religions. For they are of the same spirit and that spirit is the very angel of light who is in fact the devil himself.
⦁ There was a ceremony in Jerusalem joining all three monotheistic faiths in some form of sanctification or marriage of their ideas this was done in September 2016.
So in truth the groundwork has been laid for the forming of this world religion and preparing the world for the false messiah to appear to all people of all faiths.
Now we are just waiting for a war to break out in the Middle East between Israel and Iran through planes flying over the Golan heights from Syria to attack Israel. Or through some other means to cause world war III and thereby bring about a false peace treaty between Israel and the world the false messiah figure will be the broker of that false peace treaty.
(Iv) The false Messiah will attempt to do the following
⦁ The Messiah will bring the Jews home to Israel and restore Jerusalem, bringing about their spiritual and political redemption.
⦁ The Messiah will rule from Jerusalem, which He will make the center of world government for Jews as well as the Gentiles
⦁ The Messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and reestablish Temple worship and sacrifices
⦁ The Messiah will restore Jewish law as the rule of the Land and establish a religious court system.
⦁ The Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world
(v) The false Messiah will attempt to do the following (my notes are in red)
The Messiah will bring the Jews home to Israel and restore Jerusalem, bringing about their spiritual and political redemption.
⦁Israel became a state in its own right after the horrors of the Holocaust so through political effort by one of the richest men on the earth Rothschild, the Catholic Church and the masons this did come about in May 1948 but not without difficulty and warfare.
⦁The false world system under Rome has brought the Jews home over the years to make Aliyah to their home state and through the rise of Anti-Semitism in different parts of Europe and other parts of the world just recently. This move to make Aliyah has become more and more urgent as the times grow more desperate and closer to the time of the Great Tribulation aka Jacob’s Troubles.
⦁ In a sense this will fulfill Zechariah 13:8-9 where two thirds of the people will perish in the land of Israel and one third will survive, yet some people will set out to go to Israel to make Aliyah yet God won’t let them get to Israel due to them being rebellious Ezekiel 20:33-38 He will cause them to pass under the Shepherd’s rod Jesus is that rod and if they don’t pass muster they won’t make it.
⦁ Interesting to note there are the same number of Jews living in Israel that were killed during the Holocaust so during the time of Jacob’s Troubles that same amount of people could very well perish so that God can save a remnant for Himself out of the land a tithe of the people for Himself.
⦁ Please note that while men think that they brought the state of Israel about for their and the devil’s purposes and the Vatican’s purpose so that Rome can get hold of Jerusalem to rule from.
⦁ They are in actual fact fulfilling God’s prophetic purpose to bring His people back to Israel after nearly two thousand years of absence and for Him to bring about the end of the time of the Gentiles so that His Son can come back to Jerusalem from Heaven to begin His righteous rule on earth from that city.
⦁ It is God’s will for Israel to exist as a State today. The fig tree has put forth her leaves and the Son of man is almost at the door Matthew 24:32-33.
The Messiah will rule from Jerusalem, which He will make the center of world government for Jews as well as the Gentiles.
⦁The Vatican has both religious and civil authority which is starting to be seen in a big way through this new Jesuit Pope he has called to the Vatican all sides of the political factions and religious faiths to meet with Him for praying for peace and for a planting of an Olive Tree which doesn’t symbolize peace that is a pagan notion. The Olive Tree represents Israel in the scriptures.
⦁This Pope if he is not the AC (antichrist) he could very well be the false prophet for the AC and in May 2014 he had the Arabs aka Palestinians and Peres from Israel to come to the Vatican, along with rabbis, an imam, and other orthodox eastern orthodox church leaders.
⦁ Truly this is the beginning of the melding together of the political religious systems to form the New World Order and the One World Religion in bringing about the false peace in the Middle East with trickery and deceit the Pope in doing this was making a political statement that he is the one who is in control of the world and will solve the Middle East problems.
⦁ He is setting the stage for the coming false Messiah, also every time the Vatican speaks of peace war and unrest follows as what has happened and is now happening in the Middle East today.
⦁ Kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers and then the killing of an Arab youth and now full scale violence in Jerusalem and towns around it and also missiles being fired on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and other places this I believe has the finger marks of the Vatican on all of this trouble, so that they can bring in the false Messiah after a time of war and suffering.
⦁ This conflict between Israel and in reality IS the Islamic State on the Gaza strip could lead to a false leader arising to say he has a political religious solution.
⦁ That is unless God doesn’t intervene and wipe out a few Arabs first Psalm 83 however God may allow the Arabs to be wiped out in a big way for the false Messiah to hastily arrange a peace treaty with Israel dated 10 July 2014.
⦁ More than likely the conflict in Syria could in reality be the catalyst for this war that will bring about the rising of the false messiah to bring peace into the Middle East October 2016. Or conflict over who has sovereignty over the Temple Mount could also be a flashpoint for world war III to start.
Just recently in December 2017 President Trump of the United States has recognized Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel. I have dealt with this in depth in Part B of this interlude between Parts 5 & 6.
Of course the all of the leaders of the world including the Pope and the Arabs reacted angrily to this recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. There has been violent uprisings in Jerusalem and around the world concerning this announcement by Trump and people accusing Trump of effecting the so called peace process and the two state solution by this recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
So this could spark an outbreak of war I have already dealt with this in Section B.
Even President Trump met with the Pope too shortly after he came into office. Nearly every world leader has gone to the Vatican to meet with the pope every world political or religious leader has met with this man who is not for peace but is for war.
The Messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and reestablish Temple worship and sacrifices.
⦁ There is talk in Israel making the Third Temple a temple house of prayer for all nations.
A counterfeit version of Isaiah 56. This verse is referring to when Jesus comes back to Jerusalem and all people will come up to worship God by one name during that time during His millennial reign and not before.
Isaiah 56:7
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
However the devil will try and get all people to worship not God but himself as god in this temple and through the old pagan ways and old gods. Hence the sacrifices being cut off halfway through the seven years of false peace.
⦁ For Israel as a state prides itself on being tolerant to people of all religions. They will allow people to pray to their own gods not necessarily all nations praying to the One True God, only the Jews will do this in the place where they offer sacrifices in their third temple but all nations praying to the pagan gods of their fathers in the outer courtyard of this temple. This courtyard will be the courtyard of the Gentiles which is not measured by John in Revelation 11:1-2.
Revelation 11:1-2
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
⦁ The false messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and reestablish Temple worship and sacrifices.
⦁ They now have schools training priests to do temple service. They have the utensils ready to be used in temple service and now they have a potential High Priest elect. October 2016.
The false messiah will restore Jewish law as the rule of the Land and establish a religious court system.
The false messiah will try and appear as a man of peace, righteousness and justice yet after three and half years his mask will slip and his true colours will be seen when he sets himself up in the temple to be worshiped as God in the place of God.
He will be possibly well versed in the Jewish laws both oral and written maybe a well known rabbi / priest.
He will be versed in the United Nations global laws and Noahide laws to impose them on the Gentile world at large.
He will be aware of Jewish traditions and will play up to them to make them think that He is Elijah or Moses returned to life.
The Jews already have the Sanhedrin court system in place and this will be part of the Third temple when it is rebuilt and the false messiah will use this set up to his advantage to pass both political and religious laws in the land.
This false messiah may appear to rule in righteousness and he may start off like this but in reality once he takes up his seat in the temple to be worshiped as God. His true colours will be known he will start to rule in unrighteousness and sin will abound. So much so that Jerusalem will be known as both Egypt and Gomorrah. It will be that wicked any wonder for pagan practices will abound.
He will be a very cruel false shepherd indeed for he will be drunk on the victims of his sacrifices and he will be drunk with the blood of the martyrs, the prophets, the righteous people.
This false messiah may appear to rule in righteousness and he may start off like this but in reality once he takes up his seat in the temple to be worshiped as God. His true colours will be known he will start to rule in unrighteousness and sin will abound. So much so that Jerusalem will be known as both Egypt and Gomorrah. It will be that wicked any wonder for pagan practices will abound.
He will be a very cruel false shepherd indeed for he will be drunk on the victims of his sacrifices and he will be drunk with the blood of the martyrs, the prophets, the righteous people.
The false messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world
⦁ Yes a false band aid peace will be in place by unrest being put to rest in the Middle East for a brief period of time three and half years to be exact, the Arabs will be subdued and the Third Temple will be rebuilt the Jews will think everything will be going okay and they will be in a strong position. With their temple, the Jewish law being established on the earth, the wealth of the nations coming into their land.
⦁ Yet they will still be under Gentile control through Rome through the Vatican controlling things from a distance. For the Vatican does have control over key places in Jerusalem now.
⦁ They will control things from a distance until the Pope and the Antichrist decide to make a move on Jerusalem by breaking the false peace treaty and coming over there to take over the city by taking over the temple to rule from.
⦁ For whoever has control of Jerusalem will have control of the world. During this time the true church will be persecuted and true Christians both believing Jews and Gentiles will be put to death for their faith, their witnessing and their warning about the falseness of this peace and proclaiming the coming of the true Messiah the God man from heaven.
⦁ Update as of 30 September 2016 Shimon Peres has died age 93 and he was a key figure in working hard to bring about a false peace between Israel and the Arabs who falsely call themselves Palestinians.
⦁ He also went to Rome in 2014 to ask the Pope to start putting into place a one world religion of all faiths including the three monotheistic faiths.
⦁ Which he the Pope that is has been doing he has virtually united all Christian denominations under the Yoke of bondage of Rome, He has worked hard to include Islam and a key faith and joining it with Christianity. He says all faiths believe in the same god which they do as they all worship the devil in different ways. He also has told Christians not the witness to Jews who are waiting for their messiah and he has put out the olive branch to Orthodox branches of the church ie Greek, Russian and Eastern Orthodox from Syria, Iraq and Egypt as well.
⦁ Peres was Jesuit trained, he was also a mason so he was not friend of Israel he brought Yasser Arafat back from exile in order to work on this false peace accord which began in 1993 called the Oslo Accord. Though the world may laud Mr Peres as a man of peace God would regard him as an abomination and a traitor to his nation, his people and to his God and I am sure unless he repented he would be roasting in hell now.
⦁ So the New World Order will be working over time now to try and bring about this false man of peace also UNESCO is now saying even more boldly that Israel has no right to either Jerusalem or the Temple Mount. This may cause the Jews to rise up and to take back this mount by force in order to build the third temple on it and thereby in their doing this could spark world war three or an attack over the Golan Heights from Russia, Iran or the rebels could do this as well or both could happen at once.
The drums of war are beating with America and Russia and if Israel rises up in response to UNESCO's words to take back the Temple Mount this could be the fuse to set things off as well.
A lot of things could happen at once but sooner or later a false leader will rise up to bring in what appears to be a peaceable solution to the troubles in the Middle East. They did have the election and Trump could be the one to bring about war on the earth. For he is threatening North Korea with war and this could be another theatre of war. North Korea did not sign a peace treaty at the end of that war it was just a truce. So war can start up again in that region as well as war in the Middle East. World War III could be on two fronts the Middle East the main front and North Korea the Asia Pacific region to throw people off the importance of the Middle East war.
⦁ So watch this space more is yet to come.
(vi) By Whose Authority will he come?
John 5:43
I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.
⦁He will come in his own authority the authority of man not from God as being divinely appointed
⦁ The reason why the Pharisees, Jewish leaders, priests didn’t welcome Jesus or recognize Him for being the divinely appointed Messiah by God it is because they were of the synagogue of satan and they worshipped their evil master they wanted none of God or His Son or His righteous ways.
⦁ In the end God is going to give them what they want the devil himself through his false Messiah to rule over them.
⦁ This will cause the people to call for their God again when they realize that their evil master doesn’t care for them and he is out to destroy them totally that there will be no reward for those who have been faithfully following him and believing his lies other than the reward of the Lake of Fire for eternity.
(vii) How will he present himself to the leaders of Israel and the world?
⦁ Remember they will be all members of the old boys club the secret societies. So they will all accept his false credentials for they have been working towards this, the devil has through his various agents have working towards this for centuries.
⦁ He will come bringing proof or falsified proof that he is the direct descendant of the line/ House of King David of Israel.
⦁ Either it will be through a descendant of one of Jesus’ half brothers or sisters (though I hope not and I hope I am wrong on this score) or through the false Merivagion line of the lie that Jesus didn’t die on the cross but married Mary Magdalene and lived in France fathering many children and one of them a daughter marrying into the leading French families from which most of European royalty come from and also America’s Presidents.
⦁ This last fact is steeped in the occult traditions of the knights Templar and the Illuminati and Freemasons. For those who are interested there is plenty on the net about this.
⦁ However he will do it this person will prove that he is the Messiah a political one a human one whose power in the end will come from satan himself.
⦁ He will be a powerful warlock a chief Satanist, head mason / illuminati or Knights Templar/ Jesuit or a strong Cabalist a rabbi who is steeped in the Cabala and perhaps involved in the dark arts of the other things listed above.
⦁ Interesting the current High Priest elect is well versed in the oral laws and traditions of the Talmud which the Ultra-Orthodox call the Torah. So could he be the false messiah figure? Just a thought.
⦁ The false messiah will take on a Hebrew or Greek name and both of these alphabets have letters that also have numerical values.
⦁ His Hebrew/ Greek variant of the name for Messiah will both add up to 666 as Revelation 13:18 says it will.
Revelation 13:16-18
Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads,
17 So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Here is [room for] discernment [a call for the wisdom of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.
The taking of the mark.
⦁ I just now realize this mark that people will be forced to take could also be the name of the false Christ that they are worshipping as well.
⦁ That they will be branded with his name which will greatly anger God the Father of the true Jesus by whose Holy Spirit all true believers will be sealed by and our names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
⦁ Those whose name are not in the Lamb’s book of life will take the name of the false Messiah as a brand / tatoo upon themselves.
⦁ Also the Pope worships this false Christ which is falsely called the son of Lucifer that is right folks in a mass at Easter in 2013 there is a Youtube clip showing the Catholic Church in Rome including the Pope worshiping Lucifer and calling Jesus the son of Lucifer.
⦁ Now this is not the true Jesus of the Bible they are worshiping but a false Jesus of the Catholic church, the Emergent church, the New Apostolic Reformation and the New Age all worship this universal cosmic Christ that is soon to appear that is a son of Lucifer a high demon.
⦁ So don’t follow this Christ follow the true Christ the true Jesus of the Bible the true Bibles that have not been corrupted by the Catholic Church that is.
⦁ Those bibles will be the ones that predate all the current translations which have been modified to please the Catholic Church for it presents their false version of who Christ is.
You can see this you tube clip where they worship Lucifer on this web link.
Title of video clip Pope Francis invokes Lucifer during Easter Mass 2013.
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=16251
(viii) The false messiah his nature.
⦁ Getting back to the false messiah, while it appears on the surface he will be doing good and bringing peace to the earth.
⦁ The opposite will be true; eventually his wicked nature will show forth in how he will begin to treat the people of the world and Israel.
⦁ It will be shown forth how he will begin to treat his rich friends and co leaders for the devil and his Antichrist leader they will not want to share their evil throne with anyone.
⦁ He will eventually kill off and destroy those who are his closest associates and take their wealth.
⦁ So much so no one will be safe. His kingdom will be ruled by fear and suspicion everyone will be fearing for their lives and positions and all will be spying on each other and handing each other over to death see Matthew 24: 9-13, John 16:2-4, Revelation 17:14.
⦁This includes the followers of Jesus His true followers they will be handed over by those in the false church/ political system to be put to death for their stand for Him and His true kingdom of which this evil society will be a counterfeit of.
⦁ The devil through the Antichrist will kill off all those leaders that he will consider to be a threat to him so that there will be only himself (Antichrist) and his false prophet left to lead the people into idolatry of worship of him instead of the one true God.
⦁ This is when he will make his move on Jerusalem killing the two witnesses and setting himself up in the holy of holies to be worshipped as god and will bring about an image to be placed on the temple for people to worship.
⦁ This is what both Jesus and Daniel spoke of as being the abomination of desolation of which when the people saw this they would know that the end is near and when the armies of the world come up against Jerusalem and invade her then they are to look up for their redemption in their Lord’s return draws near. This has been dealt with in depth in Part 4.
Daniel 11:31
And armed forces of his shall appear [in the holy land] and they shall pollute the sanctuary, the [spiritual] stronghold, and shall take away the continual [daily burnt offering]; and they shall set up [in the sanctuary] the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate [probably an altar to a pagan god].
Matthew 24:15
So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place—let the reader take notice and ponder and consider and heed [this]—
(ix) The abomination of desolation and the building of the Third temple
⦁ People have stated that the Mosque on the Temple Mount is the Abomination of Desolation as spoken of in Daniel and Matthew because of the inscription in Arabic that their god has no son.
⦁ No this is not the abomination of desolation for this is supposed to stand in the holy place. Which will possibly the inner courtyard where the sacrifices to the true God of Israel will take place for the first three and half years of the false peace treaty.
⦁ The mosque is a building and not the temple of the fashion of how the Jews will build their Third temple after the style of the first and second temples.
⦁ God allowed the mosque to be on the Temple Mount to stop the Jews from building the Third Temple before its appointed time to be built in accordance with His prophetic calendar.
⦁ That temple will be built very shortly in accordance to His time frame and will for by the time it is built it will be at the right time for the end days scenario of the Tribulation to be played out.
⦁ This third Temple is the Tribulation temple where the Antichrist will set himself up as God to rule from this temple. This temple cannot be built until the time of the 70th Week of Daniel the last week of the Old Testament period before the coming of the Son of Man to this earth to rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
⦁ This temple must be built just before or during the early days of the time of beginning of Daniel’s 70th week the period of false peace the three and half years before the time of Jacob’s troubles.
⦁ This temple will be the draw card for all Jews and Gentiles to come and worship their version of god in.
⦁ It is on this temple’s wall that the abomination of desolation will be placed that both Daniel and Jesus speak of. What that will be we don’t know and possibly won’t know until it comes about. It could be a statue of the antichrist or the Queen of Heaven with a crescent moon on her head. It could be anything but Jesus said when you see it standing where it shouldn’t be flee to the mountains.
⦁ This temple will be the one that will be standing when the final showdown occurs between Jesus and satan God’s kingdom and satan’s kingdom. When one understands this then everything makes sense
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposes and exalts himself so proudly and insolently against and over all that is called God or that is worshiped, [even to his actually] taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.
(x) The authority that comes from satan to the Antichrist
⦁ Who gives the antichrist such power to do these things that will shortly take place on the earth? According to the scripture from Revelation 13 it is the dragon or satan who gives this man such power. This is after satan has been cast out of heaven for good that this will take place.
Revelation 13:1-2
[As] I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads.
2 And the beast that I saw resembled a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear and his mouth was like that of a lion. And to him the dragon gave his [own] might and power and his [own] throne and great dominion.
(xi) In reality this authority comes from God for God gives the enemy the authority to over the saints and he will wage war against God and His Christ
⦁In reality this power that satan gives to this man comes through God giving him consent to do so. He the devil can only give this man his power and throne by God’s permission. Satan cannot do anything without God giving him permission to do that thing see Job chapters 1 & 2.
⦁It is God overall and Jesus who have power over all things in heaven and earth. God gave the authority to Jesus to have this authority see Matthew 28:18.
⦁ Jesus has dominion over all powers and dominions in the heavenly realm on on the earth.
⦁ So Jesus is allowing satan to do these things so that He can bring this age to an end and to bring judgment upon the earth and the corrupt world system once and for all. So that His kingdom of righteousness can be brought in upon the earth.
Revelation 13:5-8
And the beast was given the power of speech, uttering boastful and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom to exert his authority and to exercise his will during forty-two months (three and a half years).
6 And he opened his mouth to speak slanders against God, blaspheming His name and His abode, [even vilifying] those who live in heaven.
7 He was further permitted to wage war on God’s holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,
8 And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.
Daniel 11:31-37
And armed forces of his shall appear [in the holy land] and they shall pollute the sanctuary, the [spiritual] stronghold, and shall take away the continual [daily burnt offering]; and they shall set up [in the sanctuary] the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate [probably an altar to a pagan god].
32 And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert and seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits [for God].
33 And they who are wise and understanding among the people shall instruct many and make them understand, though some [of them and their followers] shall fall by the sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for many days.
34 Now when they fall, they shall receive a little help. Many shall join themselves to them with flatteries and hypocrisies.
35 And some of those who are wise, prudent, and understanding shall be weakened and fall, [thus, then, the insincere among the people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to refine, to purify, and to make those among [God’s people] white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished, for that which is determined [by God] shall be done.
37 He shall not regard the gods of his fathers or Him [to Whom] women desire [to give birth—the Messiah] or any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Revelation 16:12-16
Then the sixth [angel] emptied his bowl on the mighty river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to make ready a road for [the coming of] the kings of the east (from the rising sun).
13 And I saw three loathsome spirits like frogs, [leaping] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For really they are the spirits of demons that perform signs (wonders, miracles). And they go forth to the rulers and leaders all over the world, to gather them together for war on the great day of God the Almighty.
15 Behold, I am going to come like a thief! Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who stays awake (alert) and who guards his clothes, so that he may not be naked and [have the shame of being] seen exposed!
16 And they gathered them together at the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Revelation 17:9-18
This calls for a mind [to consider that is packed] with wisdom and intelligence [it is something for a particular mode of thinking and judging of thoughts, feelings, and purposes]. The seven heads are seven hills upon which the woman is sitting;
10 And they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one still exists [and is reigning]; the other [the seventh] has not yet appeared, and when he does arrive, he must stay [but] a brief time.
11 And as for the beast that [once] was, but now is no more, he [himself] is an eighth ruler (king, head), but he is of the seven and belongs to them, and he goes to perdition.
12 Also the ten horns that you observed are ten rulers (kings) who have as yet received no royal dominion, but together they are to receive power and authority as rulers for a single hour, along with the beast.
13 These have one common policy (opinion, purpose), and they deliver their power and authority to the beast.
14 They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings—and those with Him and on His side are chosen and called [elected] and loyal and faithful followers.
15 And [the angel further] said to me, the waters that you observed, where the harlot is seated, are races and multitudes and nations and dialects (languages).
16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will [be the very ones to] hate the harlot (the idolatrous woman); they will make her cheerless (bereaved, desolate), and they will strip her and eat up her flesh and utterly consume her with fire.
17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His own purpose by acting in harmony in surrendering their royal power and authority to the beast, until the prophetic words (intentions and promises) of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman that you saw is herself the great city which dominates and controls the rulers and the leaders of the earth.
Part Two
Jesus the True MessiahThis is what He will do when He comes back to rule on the earth for a thousand years and beyond.
⦁ I will take each point as a heading and will enter comments or just scriptures under each point to show how Jesus is the long awaited Messiah of the Jews.
⦁ That He is the Messiah who came the first time in peace as a sacrifice the first time that He is the shepherd that God will raise up like David, that He is the prophet after Moses and the miracles He did were proofs that He is Israel’s Messiah.
⦁ The second coming is His coming as a lion of the Tribe of Judah in warfare on a big white horse as a conquering King of all Glory to take up His inheritance and to show all who live on the earth that He indeed is King of all Kings and Lord of all Lords. He will take up His rule upon the earth as king to rule over the House of Jacob from David’s throne in Jerusalem.
⦁ That He will rule as priest and king not only over Israel but over the nations as well.
1. The Messiah will bring the Jews home to Israel and restore Jerusalem, bringing about their spiritual and political redemption (Isaiah 11:11–12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4–5; Zechariah 8:12–14; Ezekiel 37:23).
2. The Messiah will rule from Jerusalem, which He will make the center of world government for Jews as well as Gentiles (Isaiah 2:2–4; 11:10; 42:1).
3. The Messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and re-establish Temple worship and sacrifices (Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:15).
4. The Messiah will restore Jewish law as the rule of the Land and establish a religious court system (Jeremiah 33:15).
5. The Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world (Isaiah 11:6–11).
1. Jesus did bring about spiritual redemption in different ways in His first coming.
The Messiah will bring the Jews home to Israel and restore Jerusalem, bringing about their spiritual and political redemption (Isaiah 11:11–12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4–5; Zechariah 8:12–14; Ezekiel 37:23).
⦁ I will put the verses down from these scriptures and some of them will be repeated in Part Three. Though He may not have fulfilled them yet at His first coming they will be fulfilled in their entirety at His second coming.
⦁ These are the messianic verses that will be fulfilled when Jesus returns to restore all things to Israel. He will set up the kingdom of heaven upon the earth, it will be based in Jerusalem as the link between heaven and earth.
⦁ Jesus is the standard that will cause those who have not returned to Israel to come back.
⦁ I notice in the scripture references above that the rabbis are totally skipping over verses that really point to Jesus being the Messiah or about God dealing with Israel and no mention of the time of Jacob’s Troubles. They are cherry picking their own bible out of prejudice because if they really look at the chapters and the verses within these chapters overall they will see that they speak about Jesus period.
⦁ Israel will not be a land at rest or her people returned to dwell within the land borders as a people until Jesus comes back to restore all things. Israel can only dwell in peace as a people in their own land when their true Messiah who is both priest and king returns to dwell in the midst of them as their God who is both God and man and He will rule over them from His holy temple. More on this in point two.
Isaiah 11:11-12
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Jeremiah 23:8
But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Jeremiah 30:3
For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
⦁ These verses in Hosea speak of the latter days which we are now living in. They are also speaking about Israel being without, king, priest and sacrifice. This happened after Jesus died and rose again. The temple was destroyed they have had not sacrifice for nearly 2,000 years and no king and no priest.
⦁ Israel is about to rebuild a third temple and to reestablish a priesthood and sacrifices and the king they will receive will be the false messiah. Yet this will be short lived as this false peace covenant will be broken half way through its seven years agreement.
⦁ Jesus is the only one who will restore the sacrifices and He alone is the priest king that God will give to Israel. This will be only after they cry out to God blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord/
Hosea 3:4-5
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
⦁Key word in the passage from Zechariah 8:12-14 is remnant and they left out verse 15 where God will give a blessing to His people. Jesus will bring the remnant back after He comes in His glory in the clouds with His angels.
⦁ He will cause the land to be prosperous for He is God and He will cause a river to flow from His throne to sweeten the seas the western and Dead Sea. He will have trees of healing for the nations and He will cause things to grow very quickly for He will speak to the heavens and the earth to produce rain and crops.
Zechariah 8:12-14
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
here is verse 15 which is left out.
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
⦁ The passage from Ezekiel 37:23 speaks of God will take them from their dwelling places where they have sinned and He will cleanse them and they will be His people. Then how pray tell do they think that God will cleanse His people totally? They cannot be cleansed by animal sacrifices any more, Israel can be only totally cleansed through the blood of Jesus God’s eternal Son who is an eternal Spirit. The blood of Jesus is on the Mercy Seat in heaven and it is living it never fades, grow old or wears out it is eternal.
Ezekiel 37:23
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Jesus will rule the earth from Jerusalem for it will be His seat of power.
2. The Messiah will rule from Jerusalem, which He will make the center of world government for Jews as well as Gentiles (Isaiah 2:2–4; 11:10; 42:1).
⦁ How can a mere man make a mountain be raised up higher than all the mountains? This is not done by natural means or by human engineering, it is done by the power of God. All nations will know God by one name and will come up to worship Him at the Feast of Tabernacles.
⦁ Only God alone can enforce peace on the earth and make sure justice is done and He will rule with a rod of iron. Psalm 2 and Revelation 2:
⦁ Only God’s Son can do this because He is both God and man and to Him is given by His Father the right to judge the living and the dead.
Isaiah 2:2-4
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Psalm 2:6-12
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Revelation 2:26-27
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
⦁ Who do they think the root of Jesse is? Certainly not just a mere mortal who will die this root of Jesse is the immortal God who lives forever who came to earth to be born of the seed of woman. These people who refuse to see Jesus as being that person the scriptures speak of are willfully rebellious and blind and stubborn and just plain stiff necked against their own God. Truly they are a rebellious House as God told Ezekiel they are.
⦁ The verses in Romans 15 show that these verses speak of Jesus.
Isaiah 11:10
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Romans 15:8-13
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
⦁ Jesus is the servant the humble servant who came not to be served but to serve and to seek out the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
⦁ The verses I have included from Matthew and John show how God was pleased with His Son and made this plain to those being baptized by John and John himself who was sent to be the one to go before Him to prepare the way of the Lord.
He Jesus is the One to whom God gave the Holy Spirit without measure as being God the Son for He is pure enough and capable enough to have the full measure of the Spirit of God dwell within Him and He was fathered by the Holy Spirit coming upon Mary.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew 3:13-17
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 17:1-8
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
John 3:27-36
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Jesus is building a temple and He is head over His house as a Son who is a High Priest forever
3. The Messiah will rebuild the Holy Temple and re-establish Temple worship and sacrifices (Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:15).
⦁ Jesus is the apostle of our faith, He is the Great Shepherd and He is the Son over the House that God is building. He is the chief corner stone that joins the Old Testament prophets and the New Testament apostles together. He is the one building a temple of living stones.
⦁ Jesus will be ruling from the temple in Jerusalem bringing peace between the two offices of priest and king. He will have priests serving Him out the Levites descended from Aaron through his son Phineas the house of Zadok.
⦁ Jesus is the only one who can do this. The people who belong to Him that we call the body of Christ or church are the ones He is making into one new man and is building a temple of living stones from and He is ruling over this house as the Son of the House. More of these verses are given in Part 3.
⦁ Jesus could also be descended from Aaron through His mother’s side of the family as her relative was of the daughters of Aaron and Elizabeth could have been one of Mary's mother’s sisters or grandmother's sisters. So one of the women that came from the House of Aaron from the tribe of Levi married into the tribe of Judah of the House of David that made up the family of Jesus on His human side.
Yet Jesus's priesthood is not dependant upon being a direct descendant of Aaron. HIs priesthood is of a different kind it is a spiritually eternal priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek.
Jeremiah 33:18
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
Psalm 110:1
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:5-10
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:11-28
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
Ezekiel 44:15
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:
Luke 1:5, 26-37
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
⦁ Jesus ruling His house as priest and king and building the temple.
Zechariah 6:12-13
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Hebrews 3:1-6
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Ephesians 2:20-22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 Peter 2:4-10
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Jesus will fulfill the Law and as a king He will give decrees.
⦁ Again who do they think the branch of righteousness is that will grow up unto David?
⦁ Jesus is that branch of righteousness He is the root of David and when He returns He will have a name upon Him that no one knows or understand but He himself.
⦁ Jerusalem will be called the city of righteousness because her God will be ruling in the midst of her again and He is the Lord of righteousness.
⦁ Jesus is God’s righteousness He can make us righteous through His blood we are clothed in His righteousness and our deeds will be the wedding garments of Jerusalem for her marriage to Her God.
⦁ Jesus said that His apostles will rule with Him on twelve thrones judging the tribes of Israel only God can give His aposltes the right to rule with Him.
⦁ He will give as His reward when He returns the right to rule over cities to those who have been obedient to Him and good stewards over His house. He will allow them to rule on the throne with Him.
⦁ Jesus never came to undo the Law but to fulfil the Law and the Law will be fulfilled in its entirety when He comes back to rule the earth. What God established through Moses will be completely fulfilled when Christ comes to rule for He taught the doctrine of His Father which was the Law the spirit of the Law which was given to Moses from heaven.
⦁ No human being can do this for they are fallible and prone to sin and weakness of the flesh. They can only give the letter of the Law which killeth but only Christ can give the Law in the Spirit of the Law which He did when He taught the Sermon on the Mount this Sermon and other things He taught were a foretaste of what it will be like in His kingdom when He comes back as King to rule on the earth. See Matthew 5-7.
⦁ This man that they will call messiah is only human with powers given to him by satan he will not live forever nor can he. He is of the earth and the flesh the true Messiah who will come and defeat him. For the true Messiah who is Jesus is from heaven and is the eternal God and Son of the eternal God He is a life giving Spirit like His Father.
⦁ I will only put some scriptures here more can be found in Part 3.
4. The Messiah will restore Jewish law as the rule of the Land and establish a religious court system (Jeremiah 33:15).
Jesus is the root of David and king of righteousness
Jeremiah 33:15
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
Revelation 5:1-10
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Revelation 19:11-16
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
Revelation 22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
His twelve apostles will rule over the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 22:24-30
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus will give those who overcome the right to rule with Him on the throne.
Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
He will give rewards to those who are faithful stewards.
Matthew 24:43-51
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 22:12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
We are clothed with His righteousness
Revelation 7:9-17
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Jerusalem will be clothed with the righteousness of the saints as her wedding garment. Jerusalem will be called the city of truth and righteousness.
Isaiah 1:26
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Zechariah 8:3
Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
Revelation 19:6-8
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
God gives the kingdom to His Son and His saints will rule with Him.
Daniel 7:8-14
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Jesus brought spiritual peace at His first coming and will bring world peace at His second coming as priest, king and judge.
⦁ This passage is very plainly speaking about Jesus and it is only when He returns will there be peace like this, peace in the animal kingdom as well as among animals and humans.
⦁ Only when Jesus returns will all things be restored not just to Israel but to how they were before man fell into sin.
⦁ Only at His return will Mt Zion be raised up and it will be like heaven on earth and there will be no harm on God’s holy mountain.
⦁ Jesus came the first time to bring reconciliation between man and God by dying for our sins and when He comes the second time He will bring salvation to its fulfilment.
5. The Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world (Isaiah 11:6–11).
Isaiah 11:6-11
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Jesus bringing peace with God through His death on the cross.
Matthew 2:8-14
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Colossians 1:12-20
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Part Three
I will add these further scriptures to show how Jesus is the true Messiah of Israel.
By looking at these scriptures given below and the ones given above about Jesus as the true Messiah.
I hope you can see from these scripture references that Jesus alone truly fulfills the requirements for being the Messiah of Israel and the world. For He is God and that looking at the comparison between Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the evil shepherd that is coming very shortly upon the earth you can see that there is a very big difference between the two.
The true shepherd
⦁ Jesus is our shepherd, our God is a Shepherd King and we are the sheep of his pasture. He came to seek for the lost sheep of the House of Israel then after His death and resurrection He sent His disciples out to gather sheep from other folds the nations to bring them into His one fold which is the House of Israel.
⦁ Jesus is also the covenant of peace for He brought peace between God and man through His sacrifice on the cross. It is through His blood we have peace for the life of the soul is in the blood. His blood is now on the Mercy Seat in heaven.
⦁ When He comes back to His home nation of Israel and restores all things to Israel. That under His rulership men will be so numerous in Israel that they will be like flocks of sheep over the hills of Israel living in peace and security and none to make them fear.
⦁ Jesus as the Prince of Peace will be a shepherd king like David ruling over the House of Jacob.
Psalm 23:1-4
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
These verses describe what Jesus did when He came to the earth, what He is doing through His Holy Spirit and what He will do for His people Israel when He returns to them as their King at His second coming.
Ezekiel 34:11-31
For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I Myself, will search for My sheep and will seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeks out his sheep in the day that he is among his flock that are scattered, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will rescue them out of all places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.
13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I will feed My sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
16 I will seek that which was lost and bring back that which has strayed, and I will bandage the hurt and the crippled and will strengthen the weak and the sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hardhearted and perverse]; I will feed them with judgment and punishment.
17 And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the great he-goats [the malicious and the tyrants of the pasture].
18 Is it too little for you that you feed on the best pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? And to have drunk of the waters clarified by subsiding, but you must foul the rest of the water with your feet?
19 And My flock, must they feed on what your feet have trodden and drink what your feet have fouled?
20 Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I Myself, will judge between fat sheep and impoverished sheep, or fat goats and lean goats.
21 Because you push with side and with shoulder and thrust with your horns all those that have become weak and diseased, till you have scattered them abroad,
22 Therefore will I rescue My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 And I will raise up over them one Shepherd and He shall feed them, even My Servant David; He shall feed them and He shall be their Shepherd.
24 And I the Lord will be their God and My Servant David a Prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
25 And I will confirm with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and [My people] shall dwell safely in the wilderness, desert, or pastureland and sleep [confidently] in the woods.
26 And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause
the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing [of good insured by God’s favor].
27 And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit and the earth shall yield its increase; and [My people] shall be secure in their land, and they shall be confident and know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
28 And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afraid [in the day of the Messiah’s reign].
29 And I will raise up for them a planting of crops for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land nor bear the reproach of the nations any longer.
30 Then shall they know [positively] that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God,
31 And that you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are [only] men and I am your God, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 36:33-38
Thus says the Lord God: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities I will [also] cause [Israel’s] cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, that which had lain desolate in the sight of all who passed by.
35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
36 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
37 Thus says the Lord God: For this also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do it for them; I will increase their men like a flock.
38 Like the flock of holy things for sacrifice, like the flock of Jerusalem in her [solemn] appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men;
and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].
Ezekiel 37:19-28
Say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph—which is in the hand of Ephraim—and the tribes of Israel his associates, and will join with it the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand.
20 When the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes,
21 Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land.
22 And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one King shall be King over them all; and they shall be no longer two nations, neither be divided into two kingdoms any more.
23 They shall not defile themselves any more with their idols and their detestable things or with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling places and from all their backslidings in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So shall they be My people, and I will be their God.
24 And David My Servant shall be King over them, and they all shall have one Shepherd. They shall also walk in My ordinances and heed My statutes and do them.
25 They shall dwell in the land in which your fathers dwelt, that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they shall dwell there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My Servant David shall be their Prince forever.
26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will give blessings to them and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore.
27 My tabernacle or dwelling place also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
28 Then the nations shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord do set apart and consecrate Israel for holy use, when My sanctuary shall be in their midst forevermore.
John 10:1-30
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.
2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The watchman opens the door for this man, and the sheep listen to his voice and heed it; and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out.
4 When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call.
6 Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
7 So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep.
8 All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.
9 I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
11 I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep.
12 But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away. And the wolf chases and snatches them and scatters [the flock].
13 Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them].
14 I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me—
15 Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father—and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the sheep.
16 And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.
17 For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life—to take it back again.
18 No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.
19 Then a fresh division of opinion arose among the Jews because of His saying these things.
20 And many of them said, He has a demon and He is mad (insane—He raves, He rambles). Why do you listen to Him?
21 Others argued, These are not the thoughts and the language of one possessed. Can a demon-possessed person open blind eyes?
22 After this the Feast of Dedication [of the reconsecration of the temple] was taking place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 And Jesus was walking in Solomon’s Porch in the temple area.
24 So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly.
25 Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father’s name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me].
26 But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine].
27 The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are One.
Matthew 15:24
He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
He has been given authority
Authority to rule the earth
Matthew 28:18
Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!
Revelation 17:14
They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings—and those with Him and on His side are chosen and called [elected] and loyal and faithful followers.
Revelation 19:1-21
After this I heard what sounded like a mighty shout of a great crowd in heaven, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! Salvation and glory (splendor and majesty) and power (dominion and authority) [belong] to our God!
2 Because His judgments (His condemnation and punishment, His sentences of doom) are true and sound and just and upright. He has judged (convicted, pronounced sentence, and doomed) the great and notorious harlot (idolatress) who corrupted anddemoralized and poisoned the earth with her lewdness and adultery (idolatry). And He has avenged (visited on her the penalty for) the blood of His servants at her hand.
3 And again they shouted, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! The smoke of her [burning] shall continue to ascend forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).
4 Then the twenty-four elders [of [a]the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures fell prostrate and worshiped [paying divine honors to] God, Who sits on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah (praise the Lord)!
5 Then from the throne there came a voice, saying, Praise our God, all you servants of His, you who reverence Him, both small and great!
6 After that I heard what sounded like the shout of a vast throng, like the boom of many pounding waves, and like the roar of terrific and mighty peals of thunder, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! For now the Lord our God the Omnipotent (the All-Ruler) reigns!
7 Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself.
8 She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white—for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God’s holy people).
9 Then [the angel] said to me, Write this down: Blessed (happy, [b]to be envied) are those who are summoned (invited, called) to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me [further], These are the true words (the genuine and exact declarations) of God.
10 Then I fell prostrate at his feet to worship (to pay divine honors) to him, but he [restrained me] and said, Refrain! [You must not do that!] I am [only] another servant with you and your brethren who have [accepted and hold] the testimony borne by Jesus. Worship God! For the substance (essence) of the truth revealed by Jesus is the spirit of all prophecy [the vital breath, the inspiration of all inspired preaching and interpretation of the divine will and purpose, including both mine and yours].
11 After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful (Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady) and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness).
12 His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head are many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title (name) inscribed which He alone knows or can understand.
13 He is dressed in a robe dyed by [c]dipping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God.
14 And the troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen, dazzling and clean, followed Him on white horses.
15 From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent).
16 And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, king of kings and lord of lords.
17 Then I saw a single angel stationed in the sun’s [d]light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God,
18 That you may feast on the flesh of rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great!
19 Then I saw the beast and the rulers and leaders of the earth with their troops mustered to go into battle and make war against Him Who is mounted on the horse and against His troops.
20 And the beast was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who in his presence had worked wonders and performed miracles by which he led astray those who had accepted or permitted to be placed upon them the stamp (mark) of the beast and those who paid homage and gave divine honors to his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns and blazes with brimstone.
21 And the rest were killed with the sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh.
Revelation 20:1-6
Then I saw an angel descending from heaven; he was holding the key of the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and a great chain was in his hand.
2 And he gripped and overpowered the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and [securely] bound him for a thousand years.
3 Then he hurled him into the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and closed it and sealed it above him, so that he should no longer lead astray and deceive and seduce the nations until the thousand years were at an end. After that he must be liberated for a short time.
4 Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded] for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years.
5 The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years.
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,
10 That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 And every tongue frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Authority to rule the church and over all spiritual rulers and authorities over all creation
Colossians 1:12-20
Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.
13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.
15 [Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.
16 For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.
17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together).
18 He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].
19 For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently.
20 And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.
1 Peter 3:21-22
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Rule spiritually as priest and king
Zechariah 6:10-13
Accept donations and offerings from these [as representatives of the] exiles, from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon; and come the same day and go to the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah.
11 Yes, take from them silver and gold, and make crowns and set [one] upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
12 And say to him, Thus says the Lord of hosts: [You, Joshua] behold (look at, keep in sight, watch) the Man [the Messiah] whose name is the Branch, for He shall grow up in His place and He shall build the [true] temple of the Lord.
13 Yes, [you are building a temple of the Lord, but] it is He Who shall build the [true] temple of the Lord, and He shall bear the honor and glory [as of the only begotten of the Father] and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And He shall be a Priest upon His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between the two [offices—Priest and King].
Isaiah 11:1-5
And there shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse [David’s father], and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord—
3 And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins.
Authority to lay down His life and to take it up again
John 10:14-18
I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me—
15 Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father—and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the sheep.
16 And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.
17 For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life—to take it back again.
18 No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.
Authority given to Him by His Father, to judge, to give life to the dead to raise them up, to do miracles, to teach that He is the One that Moses spoke of who will come after him.
John 5:17-47
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John 12:44-50
But Jesus loudly declared, The one who believes in Me does not [only] believe in and trust in and rely on Me, but [in believing in Me he believes] in Him Who sent Me.
45 And whoever sees Me sees Him Who sent Me.
46 I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me [whoever cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] may not continue to live in darkness.
47 If anyone hears My teachings and fails to observe them [does not keep them, but disregards them], it is not I who judges him. For I have not come to judge and to condemn and to pass sentence and to inflict penalty on the world, but to save the world.
48 Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day.
49 This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell.
50 And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and in accordance with His instructions.
Authority to give life and raise the dead
John 11:20-27
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house.
21 Martha then said to Jesus, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, He will grant it to You.
23 Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again.
24 Martha replied, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live;
26 And whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith in, cleaves to, and relies on) Me shall never [actually] die at all. Do you believe this?
27 She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed [I do believe] that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of God, [even He] Who was to come into the world. [It is for Your coming that the world has waited.]
Matthew 24:29-31
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendor].
31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the universe to the other.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [in death], that you may not grieve [for them] as the rest do who have no hope [beyond the grave].
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him through Jesus those who have fallen asleep [in death].
15 For this we declare to you by the Lord’s [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death].
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord!
Authority over the demons
Mark 1:23-27
Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying,
24 What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush up (be muzzled, gagged), and come out of him!
26 And the unclean spirit, throwing the man into convulsions and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.
27 And they were all so amazed and [r]almost terrified that they kept questioning and demanding one of another, saying, What is this? What new (fresh) teaching! With authority He gives orders even to the unclean spirits and they obey Him!
Taught the world with authority
Mark 1:21-22
And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He went into the synagogue and began to teach.
22 And they were completely astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching as One Who possessed authority, and not as the scribes.
Jesus at His return will bring in the following:
Peace and wealth to Israel
Micah 4:1-13
But in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it.
2 And many nations shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, and we may walk in His paths. For the law shall go forth out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 And He shall judge between many peoples and shall decide for strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken it.
5 For all the peoples [now] walk every man in the name of his god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
6 In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted.
7 And I will make the lame a remnant, and those who were cast off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forever.
8 And you, O tower of the flock, the hill and stronghold of the Daughter of Zion, unto you the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the Daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken you like a woman in labor?
10 Writhe in pain and labor to bring forth, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth; for now you shall go forth out of the city and you shall live in the open country. You shall go to Babylon; there you shall be rescued. There the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, Let her be profaned and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.
12 But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither do they understand His plan, for He shall gather them as the sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Arise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion! For I will make your horn iron and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples, and I will devote their gain to the Lord and their treasure to the Lord of all the earth.
Isaiah 66:10-14
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Peace flowing like a river to Jerusalem bringing wealth and healing
Psalm 46:4-11
There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning].
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations and wonders in the earth.
9 He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.
10 Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Then he [my guide] brought me again to the door of the house [of the Lord—the temple], and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple was toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the temple, on the south side of the altar.
2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around outside to the outer gate by the way that faces east, and behold, waters were running out on the right side.
3 And when the man went on eastward with the measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were ankle-deep.
4 Again he measured a thousand cubits and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that reached to the knees. Again he measured a thousand cubits and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that reached to the loins.
5 Afterward he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over or through.
6 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he led me and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
8 Then he said to me, These waters pour out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley) and on into the Dead Sea. And when they shall enter into the sea [the sea of putrid waters], the waters shall be healed and made fresh.
9 And wherever the double river shall go, every living creature which swarms shall live. And there shall be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there that [the waters of the sea] may be healed and made fresh; and everything shall live wherever the river goes.
10 The fishermen shall stand on [the banks of the Dead Sea]; from En-gedi even to En-eglaim shall be a place to spread nets; their fish shall be of very many kinds, as the fish of the Great or Mediterranean Sea.
11 But its swamps and marshes will not become wholesome for animal life; they shall [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt and given over to it.
12 And on the banks of the river on both its sides, there shall grow all kinds of trees for food; their leaf shall not fade nor shall their fruit fail [to meet the demand]. Each tree shall bring forth new fruit every month, [these supernatural qualities being] because their waters came from out of the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing.
Revelation 22:1-5
Then he showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2 Through the middle of the broadway of the city; also, on either side of the river was the tree of life with its twelve varieties of fruit, yielding each month its fresh crop; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing and the restoration of the nations.
3 There shall no longer exist there anything that is accursed (detestable, foul, offensive, impure, hateful, or horrible). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall worship Him [pay divine honors to Him and do Him holy service].
4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no more night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will illuminate them and be their light, and they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).
Jeremiah 33:6-17
Behold, [in the future restored Jerusalem] I will lay upon it health and healing, and I will cure them and will reveal to them the abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and truth.
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to be reversed and will rebuild them as they were at first.
8 And I will cleanse them from all the guilt and iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their guilt and iniquities by which they have sinned and rebelled against Me.
9 And [Jerusalem] shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth that hear of all the good I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace, prosperity, security, and stability I provide for it.
10 Thus says the Lord: Yet again there shall be heard in this place of which you say, It is a desolate waste, without man and without beast—even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast—
11 [There shall be heard again] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of the Lord, Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy and kindness and steadfast love endure forever! For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed and return to be as it was at first, says the Lord.
12 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be dwellings and pastures of shepherds resting their flocks.
13 In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South (the Negeb), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall flocks pass again under the hands of him who counts them, says the Lord.
14 Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the good promise I have made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
15 In those days and at that time will I cause a righteous Branch [the Messiah] to grow up to David; and He shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
16 In those days Judah shall be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name by which it will be called, The Lord is Our Righteousness (our Rightness, our Justice).
17 For thus says the Lord: David shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
Law of the Lord from Zion and His word from Jerusalem all people will come up to worship Him in Jerusalem and see above first four verses in Micah 4.
Isaiah 2:2-4
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it.
3 And many people shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 And He shall judge between the nations and shall decide [disputes] for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Zechariah 8:1-23
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath [against her enemies].
3 Thus says the Lord: I shall return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the [faithful] City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the Holy Mountain.
4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again dwell in Jerusalem and sit out in the streets, every man with his staff in his hand for very [advanced] age.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
6 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Because it will be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days [in which it comes to pass], should it also be marvelous in My eyes? says the Lord of hosts.
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save My people from the east country and from the west [the country of the going down of the sun].
8 And I will bring them [home] and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and faithfulness and in righteousness.
9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong and hardened, you who in these days hear these words from the mouths of the prophets who on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid foretold that the temple should be rebuilt.
10 For before those days there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace or success to him who went out or came in because of the adversary and oppressor, for I set (let loose) all men, every one against his neighbor.
11 But now [in this period since you began to build] I am not to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the Lord of hosts.
12 For there shall the seed produce peace and prosperity; the vine shall yield her fruit and the ground shall give its increase and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit and possess all these things.
13 And as you have been a curse and a byword among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong and hardened.
14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: As I thought to bring calamity upon you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, says the Lord of hosts, and I did not relent or revoke your sentence,
15 So again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Fear not!
16 These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor; render the truth and pronounce the judgment or verdict that makes for peace in [the courts at] your gates.
17 And let none of you think or imagine or devise evil or injury in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord.
18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me [Zechariah], saying,
19 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah times of joy and gladness and cheerful, appointed seasons; therefore [in order that this may happen to you, as the condition of fulfilling the promise] love truth and peace.
20 Thus says the Lord of hosts: It shall yet come to pass that there shall come [to Jerusalem] peoples and the inhabitants of many and great cities,
21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to them of another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray and entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek, inquire of, and require [to meet our own most essential need] the Lord of hosts. I will go also.
22 Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to Jerusalem to seek, inquire of, and require [to fill their own urgent need] the Lord of hosts and to pray to the Lord for His favor.
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men out of all languages of the nations shall take hold of the robe of him who is a Jew, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
Rule the world with justice
Isaiah 11:1-5
And there shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse [David’s father], and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord—
3 And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins.
Bring healing to the nations
Ezekiel 47:12
12 And on the banks of the river on both its sides, there shall grow all kinds of trees for food; their leaf shall not fade nor shall their fruit fail [to meet the demand]. Each tree shall bring forth new fruit every month, [these supernatural qualities being] because their waters came from out of the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing.
Revelation 22:2
2 Through the middle of the broadway of the city; also, on either side of the river was the tree of life with its twelve varieties of fruit, yielding each month its fresh crop; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing and the restoration of the nations.
Heal and cleanse Israel of her mortal wound that He God inflicted on her
Jeremiah 30:7-22
Alas! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob’s [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it.
8 For it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break [the oppressor’s] yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds; and strangers will no more make slaves of [the people of Israel].
9 But they will serve the Lord their God and David’s [descendant] their King, Whom I will raise up for them.
10 Therefore fear not, O My servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed or cast down, O Israel; for behold, I will save you out of a distant land [of exile] and your posterity from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid or cause him to be terrorized and to tremble.
11 For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have scattered you, but I will not make a full and complete end of you. But I will correct you in measure and with judgment and will in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished.
12 For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead your cause; for [the pressing together of] your wound you have no healing [device], no binding plaster.
14 All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you; they neither seek, inquire of, or require you. For I have hurt you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel and merciless foe, because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring andinnumerable.
15 Why do you cry out because of your hurt [the natural result of your sins]? Your pain is deadly (incurable). Because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable, I have done these things to you.
16 Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who despoil you will become a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey.
17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!
18 Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own [old] mound like site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion.
19 Out of them [city and palace] will come songs of thanksgiving and the voices of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.
20 Their children too shall be as in former times, and their congregation shall be established before Me, and I will punish all who oppress them.
21 And their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will come from the midst of them. I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me, for who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to approach Me? says the Lord.
22 Then you will be My people, and I will be your God.
Isaiah 4:2-4
In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped.
3 And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life,
4 After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting.
Zechariah 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem [to cleanse them from] sin and uncleanness.
Restore the Kingdom to Israel Israel’s kingdom will be the Kingdom of heaven / God on the earth.
Isaiah 49:11-23 Zion’s children returning to her from the nations God making a way for them and the leaders/kings of the nations will bring back to Jerusalem her children.
Isaiah 60:1-22 Wealth will come back to Israel in mineral wealth, agricultural wealth, foreigners will be her servants tending the land and foreigners will rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
I believe this will happen at the return of the Lord as the city of Jerusalem will be damaged her walls broken due to earthquakes and warfare.
So when Jesus returns He will have foreigners rebuild her walls.
Interesting Jerusalem shall be called the city of righteousness and Jesus will have a new name the Lord our righteousness for He will rule the earth in righteousness which will bring peace. Jesus will rule in righteousness
Remember when he rules the earth the antichrist will rule in unrighteousness and he will make Jerusalem a city of unrighteousness to be like Egypt and Sodom.
Whereas Christ the true Messiah will rule in righteousness and will make Jerusalem what God intended her to be a city of righteousness.
Isaiah 1:26
And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.
Isaiah 62:1-2
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch (Sprout), and He will reign as King and do wisely and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6 In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called:
The Lord Our Righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah shall be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name by which it will be called, The Lord is Our Righteousness (our Rightness, our Justice).
Isaiah 32:1, 16-18
Behold, a King will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) will abide in the fruitful field.
17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.
18 My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
Zechariah 8:8
And I will bring them [home] and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and faithfulness and in righteousness.
Rule on the throne of David over the House of Jacob
Luke 1:32-33
He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David,
33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end.
He has been anointed of God
Luke 4:16-19
So He came to Nazareth, [that Nazareth] where He had been brought up, and He entered the synagogue, as was His custom on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read.
17 And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],
19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound].
Isaiah 61:1-2a
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound,
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor]
Psalm 45:6-7
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.
Hebrews 1:8-9
But as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever (to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of absolute righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness).
9 You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God (Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions.
Given a name higher than any other name
Isaiah 45; 23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Philippians 2:6-11
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
His name is inherited and is higher than the angels
Hebrews 1:3-6
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6 And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
We can do all things through Christ.
Isaiah 45:24
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Christ is our righteousness and salvation for the ends of the earth and Israel
Isaiah 45:22
Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Jesus is the glory of Israel as their God.
Isaiah 45:25
25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Luke 2:25-32
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Luke 2:25-32
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Here ends the interlude between parts 5 & 6 I hope this interlude has been a helpful in helping you to understand how God loves Jerusalem with a jealous love and how He will fight for her and will restore her one day.
That the people of Israel are still His chosen people and He will cleanse them by Himself and bring them into a relationship with His Son Jesus and change their hearts and will give them a new spirit the Holy Spirit will be placed in their hearts. They will know their God again and they will be His people and He will be their God again.
To understand that war is coming and how Trump's announcement about Jerusalem could very well be the match that lights the fuse to set off this war.
To know the difference between the false and true messiahs for the false messiah will shortly appear on the earth and we need to know the difference between the two. For our spiritual lives will depend upon knowing that difference and having a personal relationship with the Son of God and knowing the scriptures. For they will keep our hearts safe in Him.
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