Who is Resurrected, and When?

[Retrobyter]

8 hours ago, Keras said:

Simple fact is; we Christians ARE the Israelites of God. Those people who falsely claim to be Israel, but who reject Jesus and even God, in over 50% 0f the population, are not 'circumcised of the heart', Romans 2:29

Shalom, Keras.

Sorry, bro', but "your skirt is showing!" It is AUDACIOUS and flat out WRONG to assume that ANYONE is better than another! And, Christians ARE NOT the "Israelites of God" UNLESS THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS A PART OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL!

8 hours ago, Keras said:

1 Corinthians 15:50-55 is a prophecy for after the Millennium. Revelation 21:1-7, is undeniable; ONLY in the new heavens and earth, in Eternity, will Death be no more. 

Now, you're just missing the point.

1 Corinthians 15:50-57 (KJV)

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery (I'm telling you a secret); We shall NOT all sleep, but we shall ALL be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So WHEN this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, THEN shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,

"Death is swallowed up in victory." (Isaiah 25:8)

55 "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" (Hosea 13:14)

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

It's VERY important that one makes a distinction between a PERSONAL victory over death, and the ULTIMATE victory over death. Here in 1 Corinthians 15, which is the Resurrection Chapter, Paul is talking about a PERSONAL victory when each of us has been raised bodily back to life! It's a promise in which we can find comfort!

Back in verse 26, we read,

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (KJV)

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order:

(0) Christ the firstfruits;
(1) afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24
(2) Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. (But when he saith, "all things are put under him," it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.) 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

This is the ULTIMATE victory over death! THIS is what is parallel to Revelation 20:14:

Revelation 20:11-15 (KJV)

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

8 hours ago, Keras said:

Isn't it right to use definitive scripture to clarify any contentious and unclear scripture?   In this case Paul says Christians will be raised when Jesus Returns. He doesn't say which ones, or why they will be.  We get that information from Revelation 20:4-6 - They will be the martyrs killed during the 42 month time of world Satanic control. 

Any ideas of a general Christian resurrection, when Jesus Returns, is in conflict with the specific details of Rev 20 and also it does not fit with the many descriptions of the Millennium age; of continuing mortal existence.

Nope. Sorry, bro', but you MUST see the bigger picture! The Messiah MUST reign as promised to Israel (the TRUE Israel, btw) and the whole earth will be dependent upon the children of Israel - the SAME children born to Avraham, Yitschaq, and Ya`aqoV (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) - because the Messiah of God will be THEIR Emperor, until He becomes Emperor over the entire world!

Zechariah 8:20-23 (KJV)

20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 

"It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,

"'Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.'"

22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;

"In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying,

"'We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.'"

It's just a "general resurrection!" Not a "Christian" resurrection, although true Christians - believers in Yeeshuwa` being God's Messiah, usually from a Gentile background - will be part of that resurrection!

Furthermore, while verse 4 does talk about "the martyrs killed during the 42 month time of world Satanic control," although this assumes information that is also wrongly contrived, verse 6 opens it up to EVERYONE "ON WHOM THE SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER!"

There's no conflict with the details of Revelation 20, nor is it in conflict with any of the prophecies in the Scriptures.

[truth7t7]

6 hours ago, Retrobyter said:

Shalom, Keras.

Sorry, bro', but "your skirt is showing!" It is AUDACIOUS and flat out WRONG to assume that ANYONE is better than another! And, Christians ARE NOT the "Israelites of God" UNLESS THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS A PART OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL!

Now, you're just missing the point.

1 Corinthians 15:50-57 (KJV)

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery (I'm telling you a secret); We shall NOT all sleep, but we shall ALL be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So WHEN this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, THEN shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,

"Death is swallowed up in victory." (Isaiah 25:8)

55 "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" (Hosea 13:14)

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

It's VERY important that one makes a distinction between a PERSONAL victory over death, and the ULTIMATE victory over death. Here in 1 Corinthians 15, which is the Resurrection Chapter, Paul is talking about a PERSONAL victory when each of us has been raised bodily back to life! It's a promise in which we can find comfort!

Back in verse 26, we read,

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (KJV)

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order:

(0) Christ the firstfruits;
(1) afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24
(2) Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 

25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. (But when he saith, "all things are put under him," it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.) 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

This is the ULTIMATE victory over death! THIS is what is parallel to Revelation 20:14:

Revelation 20:11-15 (KJV)

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Nope. Sorry, bro', but you MUST see the bigger picture! The Messiah MUST reign as promised to Israel (the TRUE Israel, btw) and the whole earth will be dependent upon the children of Israel - the SAME children born to Avraham, Yitschaq, and Ya`aqoV (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) - because the Messiah of God will be THEIR Emperor, until He becomes Emperor over the entire world!

Zechariah 8:20-23 (KJV)

20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; 

"It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,

"'Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.'"

22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;

"In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying,

"'We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.'"

It's just a "general resurrection!" Not a "Christian" resurrection, although true Christians - believers in Yeeshuwa` being God's Messiah, usually from a Gentile background - will be part of that resurrection!

Furthermore, while verse 4 does talk about "the martyrs killed during the 42 month time of world Satanic control," although this assumes information that is also wrongly contrived, verse 6 opens it up to EVERYONE "ON WHOM THE SECOND DEATH HAS NO POWER!"

There's no conflict with the details of Revelation 20, nor is it in conflict with any of the prophecies in the Scriptures.

The Church is the Israel Of God, Children Of The Promised Seed

The resurrection seen in 1 Corinthians 15 is when death is swallowed in victory (The End)

Edited January 30, 2023 by George
Removed personal attack. Keep to the subject please!

[Keras]

Who is the true Israel of God? Who are the legitimate heirs of God’s promises? It cannot be just those who claim to be descendants of Jacob, such as the citizens of the modern State of Israel, or the many people groups who assert they are the ‘lost tribes’, etc.

The true Israelites of God are those individuals who meet the Covenant conditions, who by belief in God and in their moral and ethical behaviour, prove they belong to Him. 1 Peter 2:9-10

 

It was always possible for foreigners to become an Israelite, therefore parentage and actual descent is irrelevant:

 Leviticus 19:33-34…foreigners are to be treated as native born among you…..

Isaiah 56:1-8…. foreigners who give their allegiance to Me will be acceptable in My House of Prayer…..I shall add them to those who are already gathered.

 Jesus said: Other sheep I must gather….John 19:16 and the Apostles made it clear that it is only by righteousness and faith that anyone is accepted into the House of Israel.    Romans 9:6-9, Galatians 3:26-29, Ephesians 2:11-18

 

So to determine who qualifies as an Israelite person of God, we know:

1/ They cannot be determined by natural descent from Abraham, or more specifically, from Jacob. Nobody today, has proof of ancestry back to Abraham .

2/ They cannot become an Israelite by conversion to Judaism.

3/ Any person can become an Israelite of God by faith in Him, obedience to His Laws and the acceptance of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. John 3:16-17

 

Jesus is the ‘root and tree trunk’ of Israel. Paul said that the promises made to Abraham were to one Person and they are all ‘yes’ in Christ. Galatians 3:16, 2 Cor. 1:20

So now all we Christians, in Christ as His friends and working with Him, are now the branches of the ‘olive tree’ of the true Israel.

Jews have been cut off, but can be grafted back, as individual Christian believers. Bible prophecy proves that only a remnant will do that. Ezekiel 6:1-14, Zechariah 13:7-9, Romans 9:27

WE Christians are all true born again people from every tribe, race, nation and language. Romans 2:28-29, Revelation 5:9-10, Isaiah 56:1-8

 

This truth that: all righteous Christians are the Israel of God, Galatians 6:16, destroys the false ‘rapture to heaven’ theory.  Jewish Israel have been broken off from the Olive Tree and can only be grafted back, by having Christian faith.

The prophesies about Judah, the Jewish people, are clear: only a remnant will survive. Isaiah 6:13, Luke 19:27. Romans 9:27 They have set up their own religion and refuse to acknowledge Jesus. Romans 10:1-4

It will be all the true, righteous Christian people that will inherit the holy Land and they are the people who will display God’s glory and be His witnesses to the nations, in the last few years before Jesus Returns.  Ezekiel 39:21-29, Isaiah 66:18b-21, Isaiah 49:8-13, Ephesians 1:11, Romans 9:24-26

 

[FreeGrace]

6 hours ago, Keras said:

   11 hours ago,  FreeGrace said: 

Please describe the humans that Jesus will "rule with a rod of iron".

Your response:

His faithful people, from every tribe, race, nation and language. Revelation 5:9-10

King Jesus will rule as a benevolent dictator. Hs 'rod of iron' is only used before the Millennium - during the Great Trib and again after the Mill, to destroy Satan and his followers just before the final Judgment of every human that has ever lived.

[double click failed.  Can you then explain WHY or HOW all these "faithful people" will organize a world wide REBELLION at the end of the MK and attack "the camp of God's people, the city He loves" (Rev 20:9)? 

Have you yet really considered why there won't be ALL the Christian dead in the Millennium?  Apart from the fact that their Judgment must come first; Hebrews 9:27

I have thoroughly considered what the Bible very plainly lays out.  

1.  All believers (those who belong to Him) will be resurrected.  1 Cor 15:23

2.  This singular resurrection will be "when he comes" - 1 Cor 15:23, which is the Second Advent, and proven from Rev 20:4 with the mention of tribulation martyrs.  

3.  The singular resurrection of all unbelievers will occur right after all the final living unbelievers, survivors of the GT, will be fried by "fire from heaven" (Rev 20:9).

4.  Immediately following the death of all unbelievers and Satan being cast into the LOF, we come to the GWT judgment, where all mortally resurrected unbelievers will face their fate, the LOF.

5.  Then we come to the new heavens and new earth, the eternal state.

Your comment about "there won't be all the Christian dead in the Millennium" is strange.  I have no idea what you are thinking about.

All saved people from Adam on will be resurrected "when He comes" at the Second Advent.  From that point on, all believers will be in glorified bodies, just like Jesus' glorified body.

[Retrobyter]

5 hours ago, truth7t7 said:

The Church is the Israel Of God, Children Of The Promised Seed

Shalom, truth7t7.

LOL! I can see why some feel they must make a claim like this, but it's not true, according to the Scriptures.

Do you realize that you're making the same mistake as a Full Preterist does? There are HUNDREDS of promises made to the actual children of Israel in the Tanakh (the OT); to SAY that they apply to YOU instead is reading them ALLEGORICALLY! You're taking the ages-old stance of "this means that and this means that." That's using the allegorical method of interpretation, and it's frankly THE WRONG APPROACH to Scripture!

5 hours ago, truth7t7 said:

The resurrection seen in 1 Corinthians 15 is when death is swallowed in victory (The End)

Well, as I said earlier, there are TWO times the end of death is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15, and Paul was clear that the first time its mentioned, in verses 20-28, he was talking about AFTER the Messiah has reigned until He has subdued all of His enemies. That comes at the Great White Throne Judgment.

The second time it's mentioned, in verses 50-57, Paul is talking about at the Second Coming of the Messiah, when He will soon BEGIN His reign to subdue all of His enemies. This is also mentioned, in the previous passage (verses 20-28) in verse 23. 

You've taken verses 20-28 and condensed them TOO MUCH into your own little "private interpretation." The "Then cometh the end," part is connected with the rest of verse 24, NOT with verse 23! It marks a SEPARATE POINT Paul was making - another Resurrection, different than the Resurrection of the Messiah (which happened circa 30 A.D.) and the Resurrection that happens at His Coming (in the near future)!

5 hours ago, truth7t7 said:

Your claim it's a personal resurrection, with another to follow is Pinocchio's nose is growing again

Nice. I'll be sure to mark your post as a personal attack.

[other one]

4 hours ago, Rosie1jack2pauline3 said:

What is the essence of being a true Israelite? It is not literal descent from Abraham, but faith in God.

consider that in the end when God removes the vial that is keeping them from understanding that it might actually be both.  Right now according to scripture Jews as a whole are being somewhat blinded from understanding the truth of the Gospel

“I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved” (Romans 11:25-26)

Lets see what happens when the full number of gentiles come in.

What God does with his genetic people is none of our business....   but it's hard to believe that a God would blind a people, then hold them responsible for it.   Makes no sense to me at all.

I am told that more Jewish people have come to faith in Jesus in the last generation than at any time since the first century

[Uriah]

Who is Resurrected, and When?  Yet again:

Rev 11:18- And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

 

[truth7t7]

1 hour ago, Retrobyter said:

LOL! I can see why some feel they must make a claim like this, but it's not true, according to the Scriptures.

Do you realize that you're making the same mistake as a Full Preterist does?

Israel The Church, Children Of The Promised Seed

Two Israels are seen below "Two"

1.) Israel of the flesh "Ethnic" they aren't the children of God

2 ) Israel of the promised seed "The Church" both Jew and Gentile these are the Children of God

Roman's 9:6-8KJV

6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Edited January 30, 2023 by truth7t7

[truth7t7]

7 minutes ago, Uriah said:

Who is Resurrected, and When?  Yet again:

Rev 11:18- And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

 

Revelation 11:3-18 "Yes" when the two witnesses are raised to heaven the final hours of earth's existence unfolds in the day of the Lord's wrath, this culminates in the 3rd woe and 7th Trump (The End) in final judgement Revelation 10:5-7 (Time No Longer)

Edited January 30, 2023 by truth7t7

[DeighAnn]

6 hours ago, Keras said:

ews have been cut off, but can be grafted back, as individual Christian believers. Bible prophecy proves that only a remnant will do that. Ezekiel 6:1-14, Zechariah 13:7-9, Romans 9:27

 

6 hours ago, Keras said:

The prophesies about Judah, the Jewish people, are clear: only a remnant will survive. Isaiah 6:13, Luke 19:27. Romans 9:27 They have set up their own religion and refuse to acknowledge Jesus. Romans 10:1-4

How do you account for these?  

21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

 

Ez 37

15The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

16Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

17And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

18And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

 

Just wondering how did you see this being carried out for the next couple thousand years?

"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Matthew 5:18 KJV

Did you see that as something Christians would be doing?  How many do you know that have actually studied the OT?  

  
Zech 11

4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

13And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

17Woe 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.

 

 

Joel 3
1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

17So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.


 

Isa 11
1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2And 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 fear of the LORD;

3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

6The 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.

7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

9They 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.

10And 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.

11And 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.

12And 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.