Posted on 12/02/2012 5:10:34 AM PST by kindred
Zechariah 14
14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
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Sobering prophecy, kindred.
Dear Ignorant Fisherman, You would not know Jesus if you tripped over Him.
I know the Ignorant Fisherman personally, and have for 15 years or more, knew him as a brand new Christian and now as an adult parent of some darling kids
Yes, he knows Christ.
I wonder who YOUR father is?
Jeremiah 23:
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. . .
The answer is that Paulism was a religion for gentiles, desinged to bring the Word to the gentiles, that the Jews already had. Unfortunately, under the name of your messiah, Jews were slaughtered for at least a thousand years. When the MESSIAH actually arrives, all that will stop.
They’ve been reading Hebrew writings about 3500 years longer than you have. I’ll go with the experience. But thanx.
The Torah is eternal. A “disciple” in biblical times can only mean one thing: one who studies and observes the Torah, under the guiding hand of a Rebbe or teacher. Are YOU a disciple? You certainly can quote passages from the bible, but if you are a disciple then you DO what your master does. How did your master live? By the “New Testament” record he lived a totally Torah observant life. Do you?
Jesus of Nazareth is just one of the aspirants to being the Mashiach. In his lifetime, a much better claimant was Sabbatai Zevi in the 17th Century, who convinced the vast majority of Jews in Europe that he was Mashiach, before being forcibly converted to Islam by the Sultan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants
It is easy to recognize Jesus. It is spelled out in the Bible, if you read it.
What about the the verse that says “The nations will be a light unto the Jews” and “Ten Jews will grab hold of a gentile and say ‘God is with you’”?
Oh wait, it actually says the other way around. Nevermind.
Rather than guess at prophecy and accuse your elder brother Judah of things, perhaps time studying Romans 10, and Romans 11, the words about Pride and the words about how after the Masters Plan, Judah will be your elder brother and leader for eternity.
Perhaps a little contemplation about how if Judah had not suffered all the indignity's of the blinders, you would be doomed to hell fire for eternity.
Now contemplate a loving Father that subjected his Son to suffering for mankind's sake, and also subjected his people to the same for the same reason. And contemplate the Wrath of a Holy Father who just read this screed against Judah.
Mirror time...
Deuteronomy 4:19 & Malachi 1:11
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!!
BEHOLD THE LAMB!!
Where is YOUR atonement for your transgressions against the Holy Law of Almighty G-d (Lev. 17:11, Isa. 53)?
—We atone twice daily in prayer, and on the Day of Atonement.
Where is YOUR sin-offering for your cleansing of transgressions against the Holy Law of Almighty G-d (Lev. 4, 17:11, Isa. 53)? , Where is YOUR lamb to offer in your place for your transgressions (Lev. 17:11, Isa. 53)?
—We pray, according to a sacred liturgy written by the men of the Great Assembly (Sanhedrin...which I’m sure troubles you) [”...We will render the prayer of our lips in place of the sacrafice of bullocks...” Hosea 14:3” EVERY orthodox Jew knows that our prayer takes the place of the sacrafices we will offer again when Moshiach comes and G-d rebuilds the Holy Temple....without us blowing up any mosques mind you....]
Where is YOUR propitiation that FULLY satisfies the PERFECT RIGHTEOUS DEMANDS OF THE HOLY LAW OF G-D (Isa. 53:10-11, Zech. 12:8-14)?
—Ask your local orthodox rabbi what “teshuva” means...
Have you PERFECTLY kept the LAW of Moses with your whole HEART, SOUL and MIND (Deut. 6:5)?
—We strive to be “perfect” and our philosophy, which trumps all others, is that G-d wants our struggle with the temptation to sin. One step back, two leaps forward my Christian friend. We have objective commandments that bring G-d into the world in an absolute and literal sense. Unheard of in Christianity, no?
Finally, remember your 7 commandments: www.noahide.org...
And Christians were slaughtered by Jews for three hundred years following the death of Christ until the time of Constantine. God's wrath is severe.
They were slaughtered by romans, who ruled the jews, and slaughtered them, too.
The Jews worked hand in hand with the Romans against the Christians. They turned in and informed on Christians throughout the great persecutions. Read Eusebius.
Church propaganda, like the blood libel and the elders.
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