
HEAVEN
ON EARTH FOR PEOPLE!
The
second exciting part about
the future 'Millennial
Kingdom'.
Resurrected People on a
Transformed Earth!
"THE MESSIANIC MILLENNIAL KINGDOM ON
EARTH."
INTRODUCTION
1.
Reviewing what the 'Messianic Kingdom' is.
(Please
see part I on this topic.)
>
Revelation chapter 20 in the New Testament
of the Bible clearly tells us about a time when,
after King Jesus/Yeshua returns to this Earth at His Second Coming,
He will then set up His glorious Kingdom for 1000 years. This time is
briefly called, ‘The Millennium’, but should be called
“The Earthly reign of Messiah Yeshua/ Jesus for 1000 years.”
That includes all the main concepts of this special future time.
> Beyond
that again, - is an even more wonderful time the Bible only tells
us a very little bit about, because we simply could not comprehend or
imagine it, with our tiny, human minds. It is described in Revelation
chapters 21 & 22, and it is 'ETERNITY' ~
when there will be “a New Heaven
and a New Earth, for the first Heaven and the first Earth had passed
away.” (22: verse 1.)
[We have an article
about it on our web site so look out for that, or ask for a paper
copy.]
2. The Final Goal of all
History!
Ultimately
God’s purposes are for all God’s resurrected people
to be part of one, glorious, worldwide, Earthly, Kingdom, “The
Kingdom of His dear Son.” Each saint involved in
administration in partnership with God. This is how Paul write about
it in 2 Timothy 2: 12.
“Here
is a trustworthy saying: If we die with Him, [Yeshua/ Jesus –
by faith], We will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also
reign with Him.”
3.
Starting from the Day of Yeshua/ Jesus' Second Coming to Earth and
start of our 'Wedding Day'! [Revelation
chapter 19: 1 - 16, Psalm 45!]
>
Scripture clearly speaks of only one Resurrection Day
for all Believers and it is those Believers who will reign
with Yeshua on Earth. John 11:21-27 says ~ “
‘Lord’, Martha said, ‘’if You had been
here my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God
will give You whatever you ask.
”Yeshua/ Jesus said
to her, ‘your brother will rise again.’
Martha
answered, ‘’I know he will rise again in the Resurrection
at the Last Day.’ [This is the last day
of Mankind's evil reign, NOT Planet Earth.]
>
Yeshua/Jesus did not correct her, rather He emphasised that He
was the One who is the “Resurrection
and the Life.” Physical or
spiritual, there is no real life apart from Him, but it will
not be seen totally until "the last
day"!
>There
are more references in John's Gospel, [ch. 6, four times] to the
Resurrection of all Believers being "at
the Last Day" which is the actual Day on which
Yeshua/ Jesus returns to this world! [Rev.19: 1-9, Ps. 45 & 72.]
> All
Believers will be caught up into the air to MEET Yeshua/ Jesus, and
then join Him on the way back to the Earth. (It seems it is while
the Believers are meeting our LORD that, back on Earth the
Antichrist and his army are quickly destroyed by the Command of
the LORD, at 'Armageddon' - Rev. 19: 17- 21.)
> See wonderful
description in I Corinthians 15, about the Bride's re-union.
4.
Comparing the description in Revelation 19:1-9 & 14,
with chapter 20.
Revelation
20:4-6 tells about those “who
came to life and ruled with
the Messiah a thousand years...This is the first
resurrection. Blessed and holy is anyone who has a part in the first
resurrection; over him the second death has no power. On the
contrary, they will be cohanim/priests of God and of the Messiah and
they will rule with Him for a thousand years.”
You can be encouraged by this!
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RESURRECTED SAINTS WITH RESURRECTION BODIES.
1.
Thinking through what this means.
>
To get a clear picture of what that means we need to look
at a range of stories and references in all of Scripture. The
best insights are from Jesus Himself. First His words in answer to
the ridiculous story of the Sadducees about the Jewish woman with 7
husbands. [Matthew 22, Mark 12 & Luke 20.]
>Yeshua/
Jesus taught that God is the God of the
living of all ages whose righteousness was counted for a
faith-bond with the Living God, and are alive still, as they were
when Jesus was speaking. "I AM God
of the Living..."
>
As such, in the next age they would have bodies not unlike
the Angels, (Matt.22: 29-32). So there would be no 'marriage' and no
'procreation' for those with 'resurrection bodies'. Our
relationship will be spiritual, but real! [An exciting Mystery!) See
more concepts, below.
>
So John tells us clearly in his 1st letter,
“we are God’s children right now; and it has
not yet been made clear what we will become. We do know that
when He, (Yeshua) appears, we will be like Him; because we
will see Him as He really is.” (ch.3:
2)
>
Our spirits re-united with a real body, (just how,
we don’t know.) We trust Him who made them in the first
place, (as Psalms/Tehillim 139 tells us), but one day immortal, and
clothed in beauty! Compare Psalm 45 and Rev.19!
Here
are some thoughts to help us.
2.
Jesus example, after His resurrection.
>
A further insight can be gained by looking at the
accounts of Jesus/ Yeshua’s appearances after His
resurrection, in the last chapters of the Gospels. He could be
where He wished to be, enter a locked room, or leave it! He could
still talk, and eat fish and bread with His followers, and make
Himself known, even inviting Thomas to touch His still visible
wounds. “Although the doors were
locked, Yeshua came, stood among them and said, ‘Shalom
aleikhem!’ (Peace to you all.)
>
He was not a ghost but a visible, recognisable Jewish
man they knew!
> He
walked with some and talked with some. He even helped some get
a good catch of fish, then helped to cook the fish and ate it with
them!
>
He was a real person who knew their names - even their
doubts and fears!
3. The story of
Daniel’s three friends in the fiery furnace.
>
Daniel chapter 3 clearly indicates that changes must have
taken place in their bodies for there not to be even the smell
of burning on them after they were called out from walking in the
presence of ‘One like the Son of Man.’
>That was an amazing miracle!
It seems they were given resurrection bodies temporarily. And
Jesus, Son of Man and Son of God was there with them!
4.
Further thoughts from the New Testament.
>
It can be seen that our ‘Heavenly bodies’ will
be very different, as Paul says in the fuller description in the
1st letter to the Corinthians, (ch.15). “As
we have borne the image of the man of dust, so also we will
bear the image of the Man from Heaven.” Amazingly
like Yeshua/ Jesus!
>
Perfect in every way and yet retaining the real personality within
us.
> We will
obviously be recognisable, even as Peter recognised Moses and Elijah,
who he had never seen. Best of all, relationships will be perfected
in a marvellous combination of knowledge, humility, service, song and
true love! Amazing! "We shall know
fully, even as we are fully known." 1 Cor.
13.
5. These ‘bodies’
will be very different, yet we will recognise everyone.
These
are the explanations that the Apostle Paul was explaining as
carefully as he could in his 1st letter to the
Corinthians, chapter 15. No wonder it is called ‘The
Resurrection chapter’! This is what it says: [from the Jewish
N.T.] “But someone will ask, ‘in
what manner are the dead raised? What sort of body do they have?
Stupid! When you sow a seed it doesn’t come alive unless it
first dies. Also what you sow is not the body that will be, but a
bare seed of, say, wheat or something else; but God gives it the body
He intended for it; to each kind of seed He gives its own body. Not
all living matter is the same living matter; on the contrary, there
is one kind for human beings, another kind of living matter for
animals, another for birds, and another for fish. Further, there are
Heavenly bodies; but the beauty of the Heavenly bodies is one thing,
while the beauty of Earthly bodies is something else.
[To vs. 42]
"So it is with the
resurrection of the dead. When the body is ‘sown’ it
decays; when it is raised, it cannot decay. When ‘sown’
it is without dignity; when raised it will be beautiful. When sown it
is weak; when raised it will be strong. When ‘sown’, it
is an ordinary human body; when raised it will be a body controlled
by the Holy Spirit.” [To vs. 48b].
“People born from Heaven are like the Man from Heaven;
and just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, so we will
bear the image of the Man (Yeshua/Jesus from Heaven!”
I like the ‘picture’ of an ugly, brown bulb that goes
into the ground, but a beautiful flower grows out of it! All this is
so wonderful; it makes it so worthwhile to belong to God’s
Royal Family of faith in Yeshua/ Jesus, doesn’t it? No other
religion offers such joyous hope as our Bible does!
[David
Pawson suggests all Adults will look as they were when aged 33?!]
6.
But there is an extra secret for some people!
[Reading
from the same chapter of 1 Corinthians 15], “Look!
I tell you a secret – not all of us will die! But we will all
be changed! It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye at the
Final Trumpet. For the Shofar [Heb.]
will sound and the dead will be raised to live for ever, and we
too will be changed.” This suggests to me that
the few Christian/Messianic Believers who God has kept all through
the final end time judgements, perhaps some under terrible
persecution, will be rewarded in this special experience of not dying
physically, yet being transformed in a resurrection minute! The rest
of the chapter, which you must read for yourself, ends with the
words,
“Death
is swallowed up in victory!
Death, where is your victory? Death,
where is your sting?
The sting of death is sin…"
"But
thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua/
Jesus Messiah!”
No wonder there is also a
word of encouragement for our time in this weary wicked world before
Yeshua/ Jesus actually comes;
“So,
my dear brothers, stand firm and unmovable, always doing the King's
work, as vigorously as you can, knowing that united with the King,
your efforts are not in vain.” 1 Cor. 15: 54 -
58.
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HOWEVER,
THERE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS KINGDOM
The presence of a
remnant of unbelieving, human beings.
1.
One thing that must be made
clear and we need to notice carefully is that the resurrected
Believers will not pro-create, as Jesus explained to the cynical
Sadducees about 'whose wife would the childless lady be’ in
Matthew 22: 29 & 30. “Jesus
answered them, 'The reason you go astray is that you are ignorant
of both the Tanakh/O.T. and the power of God. For in the
Resurrection, neither men nor women will marry; rather they will be
like angels in Heaven.' " [Our bodies will
work differently, to serve God's glory.]
2.
But Non-christians who will be still on Earth with
human bodies, will be able to have children. This is a
difficult subject, Revelation 20: 8 is a helpful clue.
>
At the beginning, after all the disasters on Earth there will not
be many human people left. “If
those days had not been cut short no one would survive”…
Jesus said in Matthew 24: 22.
> Yet
it appears that some world nations will still exist in a similar way
as they were before the evil, 'Last world power
under the False-messiah' dominated them. This understanding comes
from Daniel chapter 7, where Four world powers are described.
The Fourth however, (vs.7-12) is a composite of the worst features of
the three previous kingdoms, (called ‘Beasts’), and is
very severely dealt with by ‘The Son of Man’ at His
Coming. It tells of the total overthrow of that Fourth evil regime,
but amazingly explains in verse 12, that “The
other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed
to live for a period of time.” And may we
repeat, this is clearly after, “the
Coming of the Son of Man on the clouds of Heaven with great power and
glory.” Daniel 7:13 & 14. This period of
time is the Millennial reign of Yeshua/ Jesus when He will rule
firmly and fairly. Revelation tells us He will “rule
all the nations with a staff of iron.” (Chapter
12:5 & 19:15.) This will, of course, fulfil Psalms 2 & 72!
3.
Believers will be able to help in the leadership.
>
Other Scriptures and even the
parables of Jesus, indicate that the faithful servants or ‘the
elect’, (another name for ‘saints’- that is, true
Believers), will be rewarded by being given positions of
leadership during the Earthly Reign of Messiah. (See the great
stories in Matthew 25: 14-30, & Luke 19:12-27).
>
These parable stories Yeshua told ~ are very well worth studying
carefully. Faithful service here in
this weary world, will be rewarded later on in this Messianic Kingdom
of God, not only those who are persecuted!
>
Revelation 20 speaks clearly of
those who “rule with Him”,
in verses 4 and 6. The O.T./Tanakh describes this time in Psalms
96-99, and gives the amazing summary, repeated twice in Isaiah
2:1-5,and Micah 4:1-4, which includes the words: “He
will judge between the nations, and settle disputes for many peoples”
Totally just government for
every racial or deprived group of today or in many past times of
cruel domination!
> Believers
will serve in a holy way with a total balance of love and justice.
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THE WORLD WILL BE UNITED IN TRUE WORSHIP, AT LAST!
1.
“ADONAI ALONE will be
exalted in that Day,” is
repeated twice.
>
Even though the Resurrected saints
are present and ruling with Messiah over Unbelievers, in total love
and justice, ~ the capacity to change the hearts of these
people will not be there, because they would not be
able to exercise the precious commitment which God
treasures above all else:
'real faith'.
>
The three essential and lasting
ingredients to a relationship with God are “trust,
hope and love, and the greatest of these is love”. (I
Corinthians 13:13) These people will see and experience the
Reign of Yeshua/ Jesus, but not trust or hope,
and therefore not be capable of true godly love.
Without truthful TRUST there is no LOVE! We forget so easily the
importance of loving trust, which is described as
'gold' to God. Unbelief is the unpardonable sin. “Without
trusting it is impossible to please God.”
>
Please read the book of Hebrews,
chapter 11 very carefully again - the picture gallery of TRUST!
Isaiah gives another important picture in chapter 45:23.
“ ‘As surely as I live,’
says ADONAI, ‘every knee will bow before Me; every tongue
confess to God’.” This
is repeated twice in the N.T. in Romans 14:11, and Philippians 2:11
where Paul enlarges on it by saying.
“That every tongue will acknowledge
Yeshua the Messiah is ADONAI- to the glory of God the Father.”
>
Outward acknowledgement by Unbelievers, of God's Truth,
but not by faith, which explains the events of Revelation
20:7-9. [They will be like the dominated people in many Countries,
doing what everyone else does, not by their own choice, but by fear
as in Communist and Islamic nations!]
>
Yet these Non-believers will live long lives, (as before
the flood), and “he who dies at a
hundred will be thought of as a mere youth.” Isa.
65: 20
>
It also seems that while at the beginning of the
Millennium there will not be many people left, (after all the
‘end time judgements’) ~ but because they have natural
bodies, many children will be born to them, so making the
huge, fickle-minded army that cannot be counted in
Revelation 20:7&8!
>
But all will be born spiritually blind - though
with a free will. This is sad and hard to accept, yet seems the only
explanation. [There will be no ‘second chance,’ as
they haven't Faith]. God gave many opportunities! Rev. 16: 9.
11.
2. So it will be a world united
in worship, in a truly united world!
This
is what the False-messiah will have hoped to enforce in his
42-month reign, but because of the Jewish and Gentile Believers, who
would not come under his worship system, he will not have been
successful. But under the Reign of Messiah Yeshua and His servants,
there will be harmony like never before, and by the free choice of
every individual. No 'Evil One' in this world, so 'LOVE' will
win! (Unbelievers will bow, and say "Jesus
is LORD" – because everyone is ‘doing
it’ – as explained above ~ just as today, many 'follow
the crowd', so then later on they will follow Satan when he is
released from the ‘Abyss.) Let us, as Followers of Jesus, now,
learn to be bravely true!
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A SPECIAL ROLE FOR ISRAEL AND THE 12 'APOSTLES'.
1.
That Israel will be the Capital of this Kingdom is very clear.
> Yeshua
will be assisted by those He made a specific promise to in
Matt.19: 28. “I tell you that in
the regenerated world, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious
throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones and
judge the 12 tribes of Israel.”
>
This is not only because it was promised to them, but
by costly faith, the 12 'Apostles' also paid dearly to establish
the Master’s Kingdom, being singled out for cruel torture and
death, as they all were, in the first century. See 1 Cor. 4:9-13!
Jesus had virtually prophesied this in the conversation we read in
Matthew 20: 20 – 28; “Yes,
you will drink My cup...”
2.
The
wider promise of government by Yeshua’s Jewish servants.
>
This promise is repeated in Mark
10, and Luke 18, but with the added application that all who have
lived sacrificially by faith, in this life will be rewarded with
wonderful privileges in the ‘olam haba’ the Hebrew
words for ‘the world, or age to come’. (Cp.Matt.19;
27-30, concluding; “Many who are
first will be last...”) Then - the true
justice of the role of ADONAI’S chosen people, the Jews,
will be very clearly seen and joyfully accepted, by all.
>
No longer will there be any questions about the seemingly
doubtful ‘privilege’ of 'being Jewish' ~ through terrible
times of suffering, just for being Jewish' over 2,000 years. It
will be clear! God's purposes totally
vindicated.
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THE KIND OF WORLD IT WILL BE.
A.
The world of NATURE.
1.
Here we see
the restoration of the Earth to
being what God created it to be. So
re-reading Genesis chapter 1 and chapters like Isaiah chapter 11:1-9
is very exciting! The 'weather will be 'perfect' not too hot or cold.
No rain, (just dew ). See Genesis chapter 2: 4
-14 to be able to visualise it?
In a separate article we will write,
about 'ETERNITY' ~ later on ~
AFTER the Millennium ~ the time of the 'New Earth', (based on
Revelation 21 & 22,) but you will see that it will be “a
new Earth” without oceans, indicating a
completely different realm! Almost impossible to imagine - but
John wrote about it, as he was directed ~ for our encouragement and
enlightenment.
Being
spiritually real, it will only have spiritually real angels and
people in it, therefore no animals. But continual, delightful
fellowship with God and others!
2.
The world of animals in the Millennium will be as God created
them.
So when
we have a description in detail like Isaiah 11: 6-9, we need to
see it as Earthly, and yet only possible because of the key verse
ending the description. We quote from verse 6: “The
wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the
goat, the calf and the lion...together and a little child will lead
them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down
together and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will
play near the hole of a cobra, and the young child put his hand into
the viper’s nest."
They will neither hurt nor destroy
in all My Holy Mountain, for the Earth will be full of the knowledge
of ADONAI, as the waters cover the seas.”
>
The notes from the NIV study Bible are so helpful. “The
peace and safety of the Messianic Age are reflected in the
fact that little children will be unharmed as they play with formerly
ferocious animals. Such conditions are a description of the future
consummation of the Messianic Kingdom.” (NIV Study Bible, page
1033) Now you can read the whole of Isaiah 12 and 35 for yourself and
see a bigger picture, not only regarding the animal world but the
whole ecology of nature, which will be needed to support life."
3. The world of plants and
a healthy environment, for the entire world! No diseases all, and
flowers that will last for months, also lovely fruit.
Keep
looking at Isaiah 32:1-8, and 15 –20 and at chapter 35! The
wilderness will be reclaimed for the burgeoning population of people
and animals.
Water to keep
them all flourishing, flowers, not only for beauty but fruit
and replenishment. The beautiful trees will provide shelter and
they are personified as being able “...to
see the glory of ADONAI, the splendour of our God.” No
'natural Disasters' or thorns or prickles or 'noxious weeds'!
In
the N.T. we have Paul’s explanation too, in Romans chapter
8:19-23. There he refers to this restoration of nature also, saying:
“it was given a reliable hope that
it too would be set free from its bondage to decay and would enjoy
the freedom accompanying the glory that God’s children will
have.” No thorns on roses, no viruses or
bacteria that would be harmful, ‘nothing
that will hurt or destroy in all My holy Mountain.”
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B.
The health and healing of all PEOPLE! ALL!
A totally healthy world, without any
forms of ‘sickness’.
Isaiah 35:9, “Then
will the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf
be unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute
tongue shout for joy," (for the victims
of cruelty of all kinds, and for those born with physical
problems), this is just so wonderful to look forward to.
C.
- A fair and just leadership by resurrected Believers.
As
amazing as the physical wholeness is the very special fact that
there will be no more deliberately wrong and confusing media, or
twisted, lying leaders, who cause so much sorrow and oppression.
No 'racism' or cruelty of any kind.
Even
in ‘democratic nations’ the media is manipulated now, but
chapter 32: 3 & 4 promises: (and remember this is ADONAI’S
Holy Word!) “Then the eyes of those
who see [but are deliberately ‘blind’] will no longer
be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. The mind of
the rash will know and understand and the stammering tongue will be
fluent and clear. No longer will the fool be called noble, nor the
scoundrel be highly respected.” Honest, sincere,
kind, respectful attitudes by all people.
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A TRULY RESTORED WORLD OF HOLINESS.
1.
Physical and political wholeness, honesty, justice- complete
‘fairness’!
No
ignorance, no trickery, or manipulation. It
is of course a world that is very hard to visualise; yet perhaps we
all unconsciously long for it, when we say, ‘Why is life so
hard?’ Hope, has been planted in the heart of every living
person by ADONAI Himself. So, not only is it written in the yearning
heart of mankind, - it is written about in His precious, living Word!
Therefore, we believe it! Every aspect in this Millennium will be
pure joy!
2. A time of vibrant,
meaningful, yet restful activity.
a)
It will not be a time of empty boredom. Yeshua once said:
“I work, and My Father
works.” And just imagine! If
the record of people’s lives in the Scriptures, (and not
only the known ‘heroes of faith’), have meant so much
encouragement to God’s people over the centuries, what would
it mean to actually meet them and hear their stories?
b) Then
there are the stories of God’s people in the last 2000 years
or more, after the New Testament record!
This
will give cause for great peons of praise and rejoicing- maybe in
beautiful out-door 'concert' venues, with perfect weather! Not too
hot, nor too cold.
Could
one suggest that maybe ‘books of videos’, or DVD's of
each person's life will be seen from a Heavenly point of view?
This would create an atmosphere of continuous
praise and wonder, as we see what God allowed or prevented!
There
are Scriptures, which could support this idea in Malachi 3:16,
“then those that feared Adonai talked
with each other and ADONAI
listened and heard. A scroll [or book] of
remembrance was written in His Presence concerning those who feared
ADONAI and honoured His Name.”
See also
Ephesians 2: 7,
“God
raised us up with the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus and seated us with
Him in Heaven, in order to exhibit in the ages to come, how
infinitely rich is His grace, how great is His kindness toward us who
are united with the Messiah Yeshua.” [See
this verse in other Translations...]
What
a wonderful time to visualise!
We’ve been told,
”No eye has seen, no ear has heard
and no one’s heart has imagined all the things God has
prepared for those who love Him.”
Another
repeated Scripture in 1st Corinthians 2:9, from Isaiah
64:4, & 52:15.
3. A
special holy HIGHWAY, with no transport
problems.
This
is because we will live in a world ruled in righteousness.
Inter-action and the whole of life based on holiness! In fact if
Yeshua/Jesus could pass through walls ~ we may also be able to travel
in a similar way?
[See
the stories in the Gospels about Him after his resurrection.]
But about the 'Holy HIGHWAY' ~ again, it is best you
read it in full for yourself from Isaiah 35:8-10. It seems
there will be a special, holy road of blessing that, “only
the redeemed will walk there, and the ransomed of ADONAI will
return.” We even know where it goes to! “They
will enter Zion with singing, and everlasting joy will crown
their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and
sighing will flee away.”
Unbelievers
will have no desire to travel that way, though they will enjoy
many blessings, as Isaiah 65:20-23 describes. We end by quoting
from Psalm 47, of this future time!
“Clap
your hands all you nations; Shout to ADONAI with shouts of joy
How
awesome is ADONAI El Shaddai, The great King over all the Earth!
He
subdued nations under us, Peoples under our feet.
He chose our
inheritance for us-the pride of Ya’akov whom He loved...
God
has ascended amid shouts of joy... amid the sounding trumpets
Sing
praises to ADONAI, sing praises to our King, sing praises...
For
ADONAI is the King of all the Earth...ADONAI is seated on His
Holy
throne, the nobles of the nations assemble as the people of
the God of Abraham. THE KINGS OF THE EARTH BELONG TO ADONAI!”
Also
Isaiah chapter 35.
“The
desert and the parched land will be glad, the wilderness will rejoice
and blossom. Like the crocus it will burst into bloom;
It will
rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be
given to it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the
glory of the LORD, The splendour of our God!
Strengthen the
feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
Say to those with
fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear,
YOUR GOD WILL COME!
He will come with vengeance,
with Divine retribution- He will
come to save you!”
...
the eyes of the blind be opened- the ears of the deaf be unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout
for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in
the desert.
Burning sand will become a pool, ~ thirsty ground-
bubbling springs.
A highway will be there; it will be called
'THE WAY OF HOLINESS...'
It will be for those who walk in that
Way.
Only the redeemed will walk there. The ransomed of the LORD
will return.
They
will enter Ts’ion/ Zion with singing; everlasting joy will
crown their heads! Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow
and sighing will flee away!”
And from the New Testament in 1 Thessalonians 3:12 &
13 a closing PRAYER FOR ALL OUR READERS...
"As
for you, may the LORD make you to increase and
overflow in
love...toward everyone...
So that He may give you the inner
strength to be blameless,
By
reason of your holiness when you stand before God our Father,
~ At the Coming of
our Lord Yeshua/ Jesus/ with all His angels."
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We
trust that this study will really thrill and ENCOURAGE
YOU.
Perhaps there are some thoughts you
have never noticed,
or that we missed?
You
can contact the writer: Suzanna, who writes
for the 'Gethsemane
Olivet Fellowship' at:
g.o.fellowship@maxnet.co.nz.
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