Kingdom Come

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.  And as many as walk according to this rule,

1. peace be on them [the uncircumcised], and mercy,
2. and upon the Israel of God.” (Galatians 6:15-17)

Who is the “Israel of God”? NOT the nation commonly identified with Jacob, but the entire kingdom of God over all heaven and earth. Something like the British Commonwealth of nations. started after a unified earth was split into nations at the tower of Babel.

“Melchizedek [Shem at this time] king…priest of the most high God said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:” (Genesis 14:18-20)

When God said “Thy name shall be called no more Jacob / Supplanter, but Isra-el / Prince of El / God: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men.” (Genesis 32:28) he was making Jacob the next heir in the order of Melchizedek in the kingdom of heaven and earth.

From Exodus 19:

“And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to

1. the house / nation of Jacob,
2. AND [also] tell the children of Israel

IF ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, THEN ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine…

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.” (Isaiah 54:5)

The purpose of this nation among Father/Authority Abraham’s other nations is NOT to follow a religious system in order to win eternal life, but to lead world-wide worship of the God of the whole earth, i.e. other nations!

“ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.”

But they didn’t.

“And the LORD said unto Moses…thy people…have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 32:7-8)

“The LORD said unto me…I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee [Moses], and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” (Deuteronomy 18:17-18)

The King James Bible capitalizes “Prophet” in this passage to indicate that Jesus Christ is the person being referenced here. And that is true.

“We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write…all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days…” (John 1:45, Acts 3:23).

But there is more than just this one iteration of The Prophet Like Moses, and we can’t understand Jesus the ultimate Prophet in his days without first being grounded in the preceding prophets in their days.

Moses’ first successor is easy to spot. He was personally trained and anointed by Moses.

“And Joshua / Yehoshua / YHVH is Salvation / latinized to Jesus the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him:” (Deuteronomy 34:9)

He was the logical choice, being a ruler of the tribe of Ephraim who would certainly have known of Jacob’s Melchizedekian blessing on Ephraim and his offspring and his famous forefather Melchizedek Joseph. possibly even personally, and evidently deliberately followed in his steps.

Each of Moses’ successors is recognizable by his likeness to Moses as “the same did God send to be a ruler / Melchizedek and a deliverer / savior” (Acts 7:35) by, most essentially, hauling the nation of Israel back from the sin that inexorably led to the chastening.

Isa-iah = Salvation of Yah 

Isaiah’s style of writing reveals a well-educated background. “For versatility of expression and brilliance of imagery Isaiah had no superior, not even a rival as the great masterpiece of Hebrew literature” (“Isaiah,” vol. II, p. 885).  Note his message: “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:23)

The New Testament opens with a clear match between Isaiah and Jesus.

• “The LORD hath called me [Isaiah] from the womb; from the bowels of my mother [quoting David] hath he made mention of my name…(Isaiah 49:1)
  • that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet… Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel…which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Luke 1:30-35, Matthew 1:21-23, Isaiah 7:14)
• The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to…proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.“ (Isaiah 61:1-6)
  • “as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach…the acceptable year of the Lord. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” (Luke 4:16-21)

• “I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away….Yet…in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.” (Hosea 1)

Joel, prophesying of the terrible day of vengeance:

“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion…let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh…great and very terrible; and who can abide it? (Joel 1)

Amos, a nobody (like myself). History repeats itself, in case you haven’t noticed. Read Amos and see if anything he reports sounds familiar to us in our day. The following is my personal identification of current nations based on geography and political actions.

• Syria: “because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir [east of the Euphrates River], saith the LORD…
• Egypt: because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom [Saudi Arabia]…I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza [strip/ then under Egyptian control]…and the remnant of the Philistines [still the Arabic pronunciation of “Palestinian] shall perish…
• Lebanon: because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant…I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus [Lebanon], which shall devour the palaces [the elites profiting from exploiting the masses] thereof.
• Saudi Arabia: because [Edom / Esau / Saudi Arabia] did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever…I will send a fire upon Teman [center of government, like “Washington”, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah / wealth of the elites..
• Palestinians: because [Ammon / Amman capitol of Jordan composed predominantly of Palestinian nationals] have ripped up the women with child of Gilead [Golan Heights] [committed atrocities], that they might enlarge their border [unsuccessfully as Israel has always won more territory]…I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces [places of government]…And their king / leaders shall go into captivity, he and his princes together.
• Jordan: because Moab / Jordan burned the bones of the king of Edom [Saudi Arabia] into lime [to extinquish him forever / conspired to dispossess the king of Saudi Arabia during WWI]: I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
• Israel: because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments…therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities…prepare to meet thy God, O Israel…Woe to them that…trust in the nations [that would be the United States in our day], to whom the house of Israel came [for salvation instead of YHVH]!”

Obadiah – one small chapter packs a wallop against Edom / Esau / Saudi Arabia

“The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee…that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the [Roman] eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars [on the American flag], thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD…All the men of thy confederacy / Western alliance have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee…For thy violence against thy brother Jacob / Israel shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever…in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem [refer to Sykes-Picot agreement], even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not…there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.” 

Should people who claim to believe the Bible expect Saudi Arabia’s alliance with America to be profit either party at this time?

Jeremiah is called the Weeping Prophet.

Not only did he experience the horrors of war, starvation, siege, and captivity, Jeremiah’s family turned against him and even plotted to kill him (Jeremiah 1:8, 11:21-23, 12:6). Over the years, he was whipped and put in the stocks (Jeremiah 20:1-3), attacked by a mob (Jeremiah 26:1-9), threatened by the king (Jeremiah 36:26), arrested, beaten, accused of treason, and thrown in jail (Jeremiah 37:1-15), then thrown in a deep empty well to die of prolonged horrible suffering (Jeremiah 38:1-6).

“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia [i.e. a legitimate Levitical priest]…righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless…while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course…there appeared unto him an angel [physical manifestation] of the Lord…said unto him…thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John…And [in his inherited role as Levitical priest]…he shall go before him [understood to be the Messiah] in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord…

And [when he was born] his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,..

• As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began…
  • this starts with Adam, the first human son of God replicating him in his image and likeness, AKA Melchizedek
• to remember his holy covenant;
  • to let [a command] mankind have dominion over the earth
• The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
  • remember, the father / authority of many nations
• that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him…
  • not simply be translated from mortal to immortal, but become ministers in the government / kingdom!

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways…And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1)

“in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” (Isaiah 9:1-2)

And John gets it.

“John the son of Zacharias…came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet ALL FLESH shall see the salvation of God.” (Luke 3:1-6)