How is it that so many people who study Bible prophecy cannot see the forthcoming fire judgement? It must be attributed to Scriptures that say it will only be possible to know God’s plans just prior to the end time events. 1 So many are sticking to incorrect ideas, such as a pre Tribulation ‘rapture’ and a nuclear war and they misplace or ignore prophetic verses. 2
Over one hundred scriptures tell of a terrible Day of fire and earthquakes, that will affect all of the world – vivid details of a tremendous destruction that cannot be matched with the war of Gog and Magog or the Return of Jesus.3 Prophesy tells plainly how the Middle East countries and cities will be destroyed, 4 and that God will turn the weapons of those commencing to attack the State of Israel upon their own heads. 5
The nature and extent of this fire judgement rules out any man made explanation. It is clearly stated that the Lord Himself will instigate His Day of vengeance and wrath upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 6 The verses in Isaiah 30:26...the sun will shine with seven times its normal strength... and Malachi 4:1 The Day comes, burning like a furnace, are the ones that tell us exactly what means the Lord will use to carry it out. There has, in the past been sunspot activity that has seriously affected the earth, but a really large coronal mass ejection will cause all the prophesied devastation and deaths worldwide. 7 This terrifying and shocking disaster of a fireball that envelopes the earth, will hit suddenly and unexpectedly, killing anyone caught outside.8 Millions will die from the initial strike and millions more from the fighting and famine afterwards. 9
To re-establish law and order, a One World government will be agreed to, with the world divided into ten regions, each headed by its own president.10 In Israel, the Jewish remnant who survive by hiding underground, 11 will be joined by their kinsmen from the Northern ten tribes of Israel. 12 God knows who they are and He will motivate them to emigrate to the new country of Beulah, all of that area promised to the Patriarchs. 13 They will experience the great blessings that God has promised to His righteous people and will fulfil their destiny. 14
In a few years, a world dictator will come to power and will eventually take control of Beulah and he will desecrate the new Temple. This starts the Great Tribulation, then 3½ years later Jesus returns to commence His Millennium reign. 15
Just when do we get to truly understand the prophetic Scriptures? It cannot be that God will say to us after the end times have all happened, “Ha Ha, you dummies, for all your philosophy, sciences and religious studies, you couldn’t figure out what I gave you in your Bible.” No, God will lift the veil from the minds of the few who earnestly seek the truth, those who put aside preconceived notions and renounce erroneous teachings. 16 1 Thessalonians 5:4 You, friends, are not in the dark... The Lord will enlighten us if we search the Word, in humility and with the right motives. Bruce McKerras January 2012
(1) Isaiah 32:3, Isaiah 35:5, Amos 3:7, Daniel 12:9-10, Revelation 1:1 (2) Isaiah 8:16-22, Isaiah 29:11-14, 2 Timothy 4:3 (3) Jeremiah 25:30-31, Zechariah 2:13, Psalm 11:6, Psalm 18:13, Isaiah 13:6-13, Matthew 3:12 (4) Psalm 83:13-18, Amos 1:2-15, Micah 4:11-12, Zephaniah 2:1-7, Ezekiel 30:1-8 (5) Psalm 7:12-16, Obadiah 15, Isaiah 8:9-10 (6) Isaiah 30:26-28, Isaiah 22:5, Zephaniah 3:8, Jeremiah 4:23-28, Rev.6:12-17 (7) Deuteronomy 32:40-43, Isaiah 51:6, Jeremiah 9:21-22, Isaiah 13:12 (8) Zephaniah 2:1-3, Jeremiah 17:15-18, Isaiah 26:20-21, Ecclesiastes 8:5, Jeremiah 6:25-26 (9) Psalm 109:24, Jeremiah 12:12-13 (10) Daniel 7:24, Revelation 13:1 (11) Zechariah 13:8-9, Isaiah 4:3, Isaiah 29:1-4 (12) Ezekiel 37:15-28, Isaiah 62:4, Zechariah 2:6, Ezekiel 20:34-36, Psalm 50:5 (13) Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 31:8-9
Isaiah 60:4, Isaiah 40:27-31, Amos 9:8b-15 (14) Ezekiel 36:8-10, Isaiah 49:8-11, Joel 2:23-27, Deuteronomy 30:1-5, Jeremiah 30:18 (15) Psalm 47:8-9, Psalm 93:1-5, Isaiah 11:6-10, Rev.20:4
(16) Isaiah 30:18, Psalm 27:11-13, Isaiah 29:24, Hosea 12:10, Isaiah 35:3-5, 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Show time
2012 is 2730 years, that is 390 X 7, after 719BC – the exile of Israel.
We who trust in Y’hovah and are Bible believers can and should know what He has planned for our future. Paul says: 1 Thessalonians 5:4 You; friends are not in the dark, that Day will not come upon you like a thief. Revelation 1:1 The Lord has revealed His plans to His servants.
We believe that God’s Word is inerrant and complete as presented to us in the Holy Scriptures, therefore it is not right to ignore parts of it, or to say: that must have already happened, and: that does not apply to us, excepting for the obvious.
To hold onto beliefs that do not have solid Bible support, like looking to the Return of Jesus as the next event, or a ‘rapture’ out of this world, is a serious error and may result in some disadvantage for you. The attitude of “I trust in the Lord for protection” is correct, but barely adequate when He has given us so much warning and information.
These end times events will surprise and shock those who didn’t bother to gain understanding, even though it will dramatically affect everyone.
The unfortunate part about not knowing our future, is that we miss out on the anticipation of the wonderful and amazing promises that Y’hovah has made to His people, those who keep His Laws and honour and praise their Creator.
Now, there is a great proliferation of end times misinformation, books, movies, internet, etc. Hopefully people can see through the commercialization and profit making opportunities of these times. But, the biggest problems for church goers is the lack of preaching about prophecy and the adherence to inadequate Bible translations. How can we properly understand something written 400 years ago? So many Bibles have, at best a translators bias and at worst actual changes to suit certain doctrines.
People quote Matthew 24:36 ...no one knows the day or hour... omitting the full quote, that is; verse 35-36 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away. Yet about THAT Day and hour no one knows... Then Jesus goes on to talk about His Return – an event that we definitely can know, it being exactly 1260 days after the Anti Christ desecrates the Temple. The matching verses to Matthew 35-36 belong to the time of the end of the Millennium, as Revelation 20:11 says: heaven and earth will flee... at the Great White Throne Judgement.
Why has God given us so many end time prophecies if we can only know afterwards?
To say that it is impossible to know the timing of soon to happen prophesied events, results in a contradiction of Scripture, as several prophets say that we can know God’s plans. Psalm 25:14, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 48:16, Amos 3:7, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:1
Luke 22:34-36 Be on your guard, do not let your minds be dulled by worldly cares, so that the great Day catches you by surprise, like a trap, for that Day will come on everyone, the whole world over. Be alert and pray for strength to pass safely through all that is coming and to be able to stand before Jesus. [at His Return]
This Bible passage is not about the Day of the Return, but the great Day of the Lord’s vengeance and wrath, a worldwide fire judgement, the next prophesied event
We are actually given time periods, figures that many people have grappled with and always come up with incorrect results, because up until now, God has not wanted mankind to know. Now, as we near the ‘two days’ / 2000 years of the church age, [Luke 13:32, Psalm 90:4] it may be that this will come to pass; Daniel 12:10 ...the wise will understand.
We who trust in Y’hovah and are Bible believers can and should know what He has planned for our future. Paul says: 1 Thessalonians 5:4 You; friends are not in the dark, that Day will not come upon you like a thief. Revelation 1:1 The Lord has revealed His plans to His servants.
We believe that God’s Word is inerrant and complete as presented to us in the Holy Scriptures, therefore it is not right to ignore parts of it, or to say: that must have already happened, and: that does not apply to us, excepting for the obvious.
To hold onto beliefs that do not have solid Bible support, like looking to the Return of Jesus as the next event, or a ‘rapture’ out of this world, is a serious error and may result in some disadvantage for you. The attitude of “I trust in the Lord for protection” is correct, but barely adequate when He has given us so much warning and information.
These end times events will surprise and shock those who didn’t bother to gain understanding, even though it will dramatically affect everyone.
The unfortunate part about not knowing our future, is that we miss out on the anticipation of the wonderful and amazing promises that Y’hovah has made to His people, those who keep His Laws and honour and praise their Creator.
Now, there is a great proliferation of end times misinformation, books, movies, internet, etc. Hopefully people can see through the commercialization and profit making opportunities of these times. But, the biggest problems for church goers is the lack of preaching about prophecy and the adherence to inadequate Bible translations. How can we properly understand something written 400 years ago? So many Bibles have, at best a translators bias and at worst actual changes to suit certain doctrines.
People quote Matthew 24:36 ...no one knows the day or hour... omitting the full quote, that is; verse 35-36 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away. Yet about THAT Day and hour no one knows... Then Jesus goes on to talk about His Return – an event that we definitely can know, it being exactly 1260 days after the Anti Christ desecrates the Temple. The matching verses to Matthew 35-36 belong to the time of the end of the Millennium, as Revelation 20:11 says: heaven and earth will flee... at the Great White Throne Judgement.
Why has God given us so many end time prophecies if we can only know afterwards?
To say that it is impossible to know the timing of soon to happen prophesied events, results in a contradiction of Scripture, as several prophets say that we can know God’s plans. Psalm 25:14, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 48:16, Amos 3:7, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 1:1
Luke 22:34-36 Be on your guard, do not let your minds be dulled by worldly cares, so that the great Day catches you by surprise, like a trap, for that Day will come on everyone, the whole world over. Be alert and pray for strength to pass safely through all that is coming and to be able to stand before Jesus. [at His Return]
This Bible passage is not about the Day of the Return, but the great Day of the Lord’s vengeance and wrath, a worldwide fire judgement, the next prophesied event
We are actually given time periods, figures that many people have grappled with and always come up with incorrect results, because up until now, God has not wanted mankind to know. Now, as we near the ‘two days’ / 2000 years of the church age, [Luke 13:32, Psalm 90:4] it may be that this will come to pass; Daniel 12:10 ...the wise will understand.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Twenty twelve; a significant year
In Ezekiel 4:4-6, we are given the number of years that God decreed for the exile of the House of Israel and the House of Judah. 390 years for Israel and 40 for Judah, but then in Leviticus 26:18, it states if they still fail to keep the Commandments, the Lord will increase the punishments, firstly for Israel by seven times. Then in verse 21, also increase Israel’s calamities by seven times. [civil wars, black death, etc]
For Judah – Leviticus 26:23-45 says that they will receive seven times seven extra punishment and exile. This passage describes quite well the history and current status of the Jewish people.
The Northern ten tribes of Israel were conquered by King Shalmanasser in 722BC. He took a large number of captives back to Assyria, including 200,000 Jewish prisoners, according to Assyrian records. The King’s library of cuneiform tablets, in Nineveh, inform us that Shalmanassar died in 720BC and was succeeded by King Sargon 2. Sargon took his army again to that important area of the Middle East and defeated a Philistine army in 719BC. He returned home with these captives, as well as the final remainder of the Israelites.
Now, if we multiply 390 X 7 = 2730, then 719 + 2730 – 1 = 2012. Minus one for no year zero. Therefore this year is the last year decreed for the exile and dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel, they will be able to return to their heritage in 2013. How this will happen is prophesied over 40 times, as the second Exodus.
For further information, look at www.logostelos.info
For Judah – Leviticus 26:23-45 says that they will receive seven times seven extra punishment and exile. This passage describes quite well the history and current status of the Jewish people.
The Northern ten tribes of Israel were conquered by King Shalmanasser in 722BC. He took a large number of captives back to Assyria, including 200,000 Jewish prisoners, according to Assyrian records. The King’s library of cuneiform tablets, in Nineveh, inform us that Shalmanassar died in 720BC and was succeeded by King Sargon 2. Sargon took his army again to that important area of the Middle East and defeated a Philistine army in 719BC. He returned home with these captives, as well as the final remainder of the Israelites.
Now, if we multiply 390 X 7 = 2730, then 719 + 2730 – 1 = 2012. Minus one for no year zero. Therefore this year is the last year decreed for the exile and dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel, they will be able to return to their heritage in 2013. How this will happen is prophesied over 40 times, as the second Exodus.
For further information, look at www.logostelos.info
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The fig tree is blossoming
The ultimate and final Yom Kippur for the new nation of Beulah [Isaiah 62:4] will be on the last day of the seventieth week, as prophesied by Daniel and described in Revelation, a ‘week’ of seven prophetic years, exactly 2520 days. Then, five days later the final Sukkot will occur, after His people have made ‘atonement for their iniquity’, and then seventy five days after Yom Kippur, a fully restored and forgiven Israel will celebrate the final Hanukkah. This fits exactly with the additional days given by Daniel 12:11-12 ...thirty days plus forty five days equals seventy five.
At His Return, Christ will fulfil these Autumn festivals, exactly as he did with the Spring festivals during His first advent.
Matthew 24:32-34 – Christ tells us to learn from the fig tree, when it breaks into leaf, we can know that the end is near and this present generation will live to see it all.
Obviously, it was not that generation who heard His prophecy, but He means the last generation before these things take place. They ‘will live to see it all’, means within a lifetime, that is three score and ten = seventy years. The prophecy in:
Ezekiel 12:25-28 ....it will be put off no longer, you rebellious people [the Jewish people, symbolised by the fig tree] in your lifetime, I will do what I have planned......these prophecies are for a time far off.....Y’hovah says: there will be no more delays, it will be done.
.....tells us that within ‘your lifetime’, when the fig tree ‘breaks into leaf’ ,that is when Judah, again has control of the Land, Y’hovah will act once more in His creation. Therefore within seventy years of May 1948 - before May 2018, we can expect the commencement of the end of this present age.
Many of the Scriptures that I have pointed out and explained, will be at odds with some traditional doctrines and theology. Because of the seriousness of these issues and the probable direct consequences these events will have on you and your family, each reader must draw their own conclusions. Read the prophecies that describe future happenings, carefully comparing the different interpretations as given by various Bible scholars. But, the only real test of truth is God’s infallible Word, read literally (excepting the obvious allegories) From what I have read, most writers on end times subjects, simply ignore a lot of scripture, especially in the Old Testament, and my experience is; that when asked about this, they just do not reply.
Actually, disbelief and being ignored is what I expect when I point out the prophetic scriptures. After all, that was the general reaction to the prophets themselves. I will continue my task of trying to bring understanding to you and whoever cares to listen.
As Ezekiel was told in Ezekiel 33:7, it was his job to warn people, so if they refuse to listen, just can’t see it, don’t want to know, doesn’t suit their preconceived notions, or simply do not care – that is their concern, but I will not be responsible and will have saved myself.
Acts 13:40-41 Beware lest you bring down upon yourselves the doom prophesied. See this, you scoffers, marvel and begone, for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed that you will never believe when you are told of it. Ref. REB abridged.
At His Return, Christ will fulfil these Autumn festivals, exactly as he did with the Spring festivals during His first advent.
Matthew 24:32-34 – Christ tells us to learn from the fig tree, when it breaks into leaf, we can know that the end is near and this present generation will live to see it all.
Obviously, it was not that generation who heard His prophecy, but He means the last generation before these things take place. They ‘will live to see it all’, means within a lifetime, that is three score and ten = seventy years. The prophecy in:
Ezekiel 12:25-28 ....it will be put off no longer, you rebellious people [the Jewish people, symbolised by the fig tree] in your lifetime, I will do what I have planned......these prophecies are for a time far off.....Y’hovah says: there will be no more delays, it will be done.
.....tells us that within ‘your lifetime’, when the fig tree ‘breaks into leaf’ ,that is when Judah, again has control of the Land, Y’hovah will act once more in His creation. Therefore within seventy years of May 1948 - before May 2018, we can expect the commencement of the end of this present age.
Many of the Scriptures that I have pointed out and explained, will be at odds with some traditional doctrines and theology. Because of the seriousness of these issues and the probable direct consequences these events will have on you and your family, each reader must draw their own conclusions. Read the prophecies that describe future happenings, carefully comparing the different interpretations as given by various Bible scholars. But, the only real test of truth is God’s infallible Word, read literally (excepting the obvious allegories) From what I have read, most writers on end times subjects, simply ignore a lot of scripture, especially in the Old Testament, and my experience is; that when asked about this, they just do not reply.
Actually, disbelief and being ignored is what I expect when I point out the prophetic scriptures. After all, that was the general reaction to the prophets themselves. I will continue my task of trying to bring understanding to you and whoever cares to listen.
As Ezekiel was told in Ezekiel 33:7, it was his job to warn people, so if they refuse to listen, just can’t see it, don’t want to know, doesn’t suit their preconceived notions, or simply do not care – that is their concern, but I will not be responsible and will have saved myself.
Acts 13:40-41 Beware lest you bring down upon yourselves the doom prophesied. See this, you scoffers, marvel and begone, for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed that you will never believe when you are told of it. Ref. REB abridged.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Lord does not abandon those who seek Him.
Psalm 9:1-2 I will praise You, Lord with my whole heart. I shall rejoice and exult in You.
Psalm 9:3-4 You have upheld my rights, as a righteous Judge. My enemies turn back, they fall and perish.
Psalm 9:5 You have rebuked the nations and overwhelmed the ungodly.
Psalm 9:6-7 The enemy are finished, even memory of them is lost. The Eternal Lord has established His throne for the Judgement.
Psalm 9:8-9 He it is who will judge the peoples with justice, He is a tower of strength for the oppressed.
Psalm 9:10 Those who acknowledge You will trust in You, for You do not abandon those who seek Y’hovah.
Psalm 9:11-12 Proclaim His deeds, for the Lord does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 9:13-14 Show us favour, Lord, raise us from the gates of death, so we may praise You.
Psalm 9:15-17 The nations are trapped in a pit of their own making. The Lord will make Himself known. All the nations who are heedless of the Living God, depart to Hell.
Psalm 9:18-20 The hopes of the poor and needy will be realized, for the Lord will arise and judge the nations – they will know that they are but mortal.
Psalm 10:1 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 10:2 The arrogant wicked pursue the afflicted – may their schemes be their downfall.
Psalm 10:3-6 The wicked boast of their plans, they revile the Lord and don’t consider Him. Their ways are always devious, they scoff at their adversaries and because nothing happens, they think it never will.
Psalm 10:7-11 The wicked person is full of deceit and violence. They catch innocent people and murder them secretly. He says to himself- “God has forgotten, He sees nothing”.
Psalm 10:12-14 Arise, Lord, set Your hand to the task. Do not forget the afflicted. The wicked reject You and say that You will not call them to account. You see that they love mischief and trouble. Their victims commit themselves to You, the helper of the fatherless. [The fire judgement, prophesied over 70 times in the Bible.]
Psalm 10:15-16 Break the power of the wicked and evil peoples, call them to account. The Lord is King forever and the evil neighbours have gone from Your Land.
Psalm 10:17-18 You hear, O God, the lament of the humble, encourage them and answer their prayer. Bring redress, so that no one will again inspire terror.
Ref: REB,NIV. Some verses abridged
My comments; These two Psalms tell us that the Lord will act when His righteous people pray to Him for deliverance from the plans of their evil neighbours. Jeremiah 12:14-22
Isaiah 59:18-20 According to their deeds, the Lord will repay. He will come as a Redeemer to Jacob and all who repent of their sins. Deut 32:41-43
Note, how in Ps 10:16, how the Land is cleared of all godless peoples. This allows His people, righteous Israel to gather and live there. Ezekiel 28:25-26 Before the Return.
Psalm 9:3-4 You have upheld my rights, as a righteous Judge. My enemies turn back, they fall and perish.
Psalm 9:5 You have rebuked the nations and overwhelmed the ungodly.
Psalm 9:6-7 The enemy are finished, even memory of them is lost. The Eternal Lord has established His throne for the Judgement.
Psalm 9:8-9 He it is who will judge the peoples with justice, He is a tower of strength for the oppressed.
Psalm 9:10 Those who acknowledge You will trust in You, for You do not abandon those who seek Y’hovah.
Psalm 9:11-12 Proclaim His deeds, for the Lord does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 9:13-14 Show us favour, Lord, raise us from the gates of death, so we may praise You.
Psalm 9:15-17 The nations are trapped in a pit of their own making. The Lord will make Himself known. All the nations who are heedless of the Living God, depart to Hell.
Psalm 9:18-20 The hopes of the poor and needy will be realized, for the Lord will arise and judge the nations – they will know that they are but mortal.
Psalm 10:1 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 10:2 The arrogant wicked pursue the afflicted – may their schemes be their downfall.
Psalm 10:3-6 The wicked boast of their plans, they revile the Lord and don’t consider Him. Their ways are always devious, they scoff at their adversaries and because nothing happens, they think it never will.
Psalm 10:7-11 The wicked person is full of deceit and violence. They catch innocent people and murder them secretly. He says to himself- “God has forgotten, He sees nothing”.
Psalm 10:12-14 Arise, Lord, set Your hand to the task. Do not forget the afflicted. The wicked reject You and say that You will not call them to account. You see that they love mischief and trouble. Their victims commit themselves to You, the helper of the fatherless. [The fire judgement, prophesied over 70 times in the Bible.]
Psalm 10:15-16 Break the power of the wicked and evil peoples, call them to account. The Lord is King forever and the evil neighbours have gone from Your Land.
Psalm 10:17-18 You hear, O God, the lament of the humble, encourage them and answer their prayer. Bring redress, so that no one will again inspire terror.
Ref: REB,NIV. Some verses abridged
My comments; These two Psalms tell us that the Lord will act when His righteous people pray to Him for deliverance from the plans of their evil neighbours. Jeremiah 12:14-22
Isaiah 59:18-20 According to their deeds, the Lord will repay. He will come as a Redeemer to Jacob and all who repent of their sins. Deut 32:41-43
Note, how in Ps 10:16, how the Land is cleared of all godless peoples. This allows His people, righteous Israel to gather and live there. Ezekiel 28:25-26 Before the Return.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Disaster is decreed
Jeremiah 11:6-8 Y’hovah said: Proclaim the terms of the Covenant to Judah. I gave solemn warning to your forefathers, obey Me – I told them. But they did not obey, so I brought upon them all the penalties that I had warned about.
[Both Israel and Judah were exiled from the Land, as punishment for their sins. Jeremiah 2:7-8]
Jeremiah 11:9-14 Y’hovah says: Now, the inhabitants of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem conspire against Me, both the House of Israel and the House of Judah have gone back to the sins of their forefathers. Therefore, I am about to bring upon them a disaster from which they cannot escape. They may cry to Me for help, but I will not listen. Do not pray for these people, for I will not listen to them when they call to Me in the hour of their disaster.
[The Jewish people and the Israelites scattered around the world, who refuse to acknowledge and obey Y’hovah, will not be protected in “the hour of disaster”.
Jeremiah 11:15-17 What right have My people to be in My holy place, with their sinful ways? Can any sacrifice or offering atone for your evil ways and ward off the disaster that threatens you? Now, you will feel sharp anguish, once you were His holy people, now, with the roar of a mighty storm, He will burn up and consume you. Y’hovah, who had planted you has decreed disaster for both the House of Israel and the House of Judah because of their evil ways, provoking His anger.
[‘burn up and consume’ - The coming fire judgement, prophesied over 70 times.]
Jeremiah 12:14 These are the words of Y’hovah about all those evil neighbours who have encroached onto the Land which I allotted to My people Israel, as their holding: I shall uproot them from their places and I shall uproot the House of Judah from among them.
Jeremiah 21:14 I shall punish you as your deeds deserve, I shall kindle a fire in your Land, it will devour everything around it.
Jeremiah 25:30-33 Y’hovah roars from on high, He thunders from His dwelling place, He shouts against all the inhabitants of the Land. The great noise reaches the ends of the earth, Y’hovah brings a charge against all mankind and has handed the wicked over to the sword. Ruin spreads from nation to nation from a worldwide mighty tempest and those slain on that day will lie scattered from one end of the earth to the other, they will be as dung spread over the ground.
Isaiah 29:5-6 Yet the horde of your enemies will crumble into dust. Suddenly, in an instant, punishment will come from Y’hovah with thunder, earthquake and a flame of devouring fire. Reference: REB, NIV, KJV. Some verses abridged.
[This terrible Day of the Lord’s vengeance and wrath, will bring severe judgement to all the inhabitants of Greater Israel. Ezekiel 20:46-48 The coronal mass ejection that Y’hovah will use on that Day will affect the whole world, and then Jeremiah 30 and Ezekiel 36,tell us of how His righteous people will gather in Israel, to be His people and Y’hovah, their God.]
[Both Israel and Judah were exiled from the Land, as punishment for their sins. Jeremiah 2:7-8]
Jeremiah 11:9-14 Y’hovah says: Now, the inhabitants of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem conspire against Me, both the House of Israel and the House of Judah have gone back to the sins of their forefathers. Therefore, I am about to bring upon them a disaster from which they cannot escape. They may cry to Me for help, but I will not listen. Do not pray for these people, for I will not listen to them when they call to Me in the hour of their disaster.
[The Jewish people and the Israelites scattered around the world, who refuse to acknowledge and obey Y’hovah, will not be protected in “the hour of disaster”.
Jeremiah 11:15-17 What right have My people to be in My holy place, with their sinful ways? Can any sacrifice or offering atone for your evil ways and ward off the disaster that threatens you? Now, you will feel sharp anguish, once you were His holy people, now, with the roar of a mighty storm, He will burn up and consume you. Y’hovah, who had planted you has decreed disaster for both the House of Israel and the House of Judah because of their evil ways, provoking His anger.
[‘burn up and consume’ - The coming fire judgement, prophesied over 70 times.]
Jeremiah 12:14 These are the words of Y’hovah about all those evil neighbours who have encroached onto the Land which I allotted to My people Israel, as their holding: I shall uproot them from their places and I shall uproot the House of Judah from among them.
Jeremiah 21:14 I shall punish you as your deeds deserve, I shall kindle a fire in your Land, it will devour everything around it.
Jeremiah 25:30-33 Y’hovah roars from on high, He thunders from His dwelling place, He shouts against all the inhabitants of the Land. The great noise reaches the ends of the earth, Y’hovah brings a charge against all mankind and has handed the wicked over to the sword. Ruin spreads from nation to nation from a worldwide mighty tempest and those slain on that day will lie scattered from one end of the earth to the other, they will be as dung spread over the ground.
Isaiah 29:5-6 Yet the horde of your enemies will crumble into dust. Suddenly, in an instant, punishment will come from Y’hovah with thunder, earthquake and a flame of devouring fire. Reference: REB, NIV, KJV. Some verses abridged.
[This terrible Day of the Lord’s vengeance and wrath, will bring severe judgement to all the inhabitants of Greater Israel. Ezekiel 20:46-48 The coronal mass ejection that Y’hovah will use on that Day will affect the whole world, and then Jeremiah 30 and Ezekiel 36,tell us of how His righteous people will gather in Israel, to be His people and Y’hovah, their God.]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Deliver us, Lord
Isaiah 63:7-10 I shall tell of the Lord’s unfailing love and of the great things He has done for His people, in His compassion for Israel. He said: surely they are My people, they will not be false with Me. So, He, Himself delivered then from their troubles. He carried them through all the days of old. Yet, they rebelled and grieved His Holy spirit, so He turned against them and allowed enemies to conquer them.
[God chose and prepared a nation that would be His friends and a witness about Him to the world. Sadly, they rebelled against their Maker, so their punishment was exile. This was to be for a defined period, Ezekiel 4:4-6, now we look forward to the full and final regathering back to the Land.]
Isaiah 63:11-14 When in exile, they recalled the days long past and how Moses shepherded his flock through the sea and into the Promised Land, by the power of the Holy spirit. Thus, You led Your people and thereby gained everlasting renown.
Isaiah 63:15-16 Look down from the heavens – Your lofty throne and see us, Lord, for You are our father. Where now, is Your zeal and Your valour, You are withholding Your compassion from us. Even though Abraham may not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us, You, Lord, are our Father and our Redeemer from of old.
[“Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us” The ten Northern tribes, now lost to general knowledge, can still call on their father and Redeemer of old.]
Isaiah 63:17-19 Why, Lord, do You let us wander from Your ways and harden our hearts, so that we no longer revere You? Turn again for the sake of Your servants, the tribes that are Your inheritance.
Why have enemies trespassed on Your sanctuary? Why have our enemies trampled the Land? You have not ruled over them, they are not Your subjects. We are Your people from ancient times, Your servants and witnesses.
Psalm 106:47 Deliver us, Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your Name and make Your praise our pride.
Reference: Revised English Bible. Some verses abridged.
[God chose and prepared a nation that would be His friends and a witness about Him to the world. Sadly, they rebelled against their Maker, so their punishment was exile. This was to be for a defined period, Ezekiel 4:4-6, now we look forward to the full and final regathering back to the Land.]
Isaiah 63:11-14 When in exile, they recalled the days long past and how Moses shepherded his flock through the sea and into the Promised Land, by the power of the Holy spirit. Thus, You led Your people and thereby gained everlasting renown.
Isaiah 63:15-16 Look down from the heavens – Your lofty throne and see us, Lord, for You are our father. Where now, is Your zeal and Your valour, You are withholding Your compassion from us. Even though Abraham may not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us, You, Lord, are our Father and our Redeemer from of old.
[“Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us” The ten Northern tribes, now lost to general knowledge, can still call on their father and Redeemer of old.]
Isaiah 63:17-19 Why, Lord, do You let us wander from Your ways and harden our hearts, so that we no longer revere You? Turn again for the sake of Your servants, the tribes that are Your inheritance.
Why have enemies trespassed on Your sanctuary? Why have our enemies trampled the Land? You have not ruled over them, they are not Your subjects. We are Your people from ancient times, Your servants and witnesses.
Psalm 106:47 Deliver us, Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your Name and make Your praise our pride.
Reference: Revised English Bible. Some verses abridged.
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