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693. Bible Study: Micah 4 (Future Prophecy: When Jesus/Yeshua reigns as King from Jerusalem) · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 4 of Micah First a prayer.
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Dear God, please be with us as we read through this chapter and
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help us to have insight, receive knowledge and give us wisdom to
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apply the knowledge we receive. We ask for this in Jesus name,
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Amen. In the last days the mountain of
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the Lord's Temple will be established as the highest of
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the mountains. It will be exalted above the
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hills and peoples will stream to it.
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OK, I do believe as I read this that this is talking about the
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Millennium reign or the 1000 years that Christ will reign as
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king on earth and the mountain of the Lord's temple.
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Ezekiel talks about the third temple.
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This is also referenced in Revelation chapter 20 as well.
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So I believe there will and it says and peoples will stream to
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it because you could look at this as being figurative
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language and poetic language. However it says and peoples will
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stream to it. Well, how do people stream to
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it? You know, it's, it's, it's going
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to be a draw to people. Ezekiel's third temple is so
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exactly described. I mean there are chapter after
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chapter that describe exactly what's going to happen.
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I mean way too much detail for it to solely have a symbolic
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meaning. Of course, a literal element
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also has symbolic meaning. That's the way God does things.
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He there's, there's often a literal or a real life happening
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of something, but it also has symbolic meaning.
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And you can only tell that from hindsight.
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That's often how we see it. But anyway, this, this is again
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repeated by a prophet. Micah says this, it's it, it's
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gosh. Agreed with, I guess in
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Revelation and also in Ezekiel. So God always establishes two or
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three witnesses for the truth, and He does that through His
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word as well. So it says many nations will
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come up and say, come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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to the temple of the God of Jacob.
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Now, here's something because I always wondered like, why is
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there going to be a temple? You know, it's because Jesus
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died on the cross and no sacrifices are needed.
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And God doesn't desire sacrifices.
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He would prefer mercy. So why would there even be a
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temple? And Micah seems to have this
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answer. It says he will teach us his
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ways so that we may walk in his paths.
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So this is not eternity because not everyone is perfected when
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this is happening, people still need to be learning.
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And it says he will teach us his ways so that we may walk in his
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paths. So I think there is this like
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1000 year restoration period where people do believe and they
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have this this last opportunity to except Jesus.
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Even during this thousand year reign, there are some that will
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come against Jesus, surprisingly.
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I don't know why, but I guess just like there are today, there
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are some believers and then there are people who don't
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believe. But again, Jesus will be
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physically present here on earth and and then people will have an
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opportunity to, you know, come to faith or not come to faith.
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However, that opportunity is not really for everyone because a
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majority of people who don't believe when Jesus initially
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returns will be subject to wrath.
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And if they are unrepentant, they will be destroyed.
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And when that happens, when someone is destroyed because of
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their unrepentance, there is no longer a oops, I made a mistake.
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I need to like get close to God now.
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It's, it's a solid thing. I mean, once we die, once we
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have a physical death, that's it.
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Whatever condition we were in when we die, meaning whatever
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condition our relationship is with God, that's going to seal
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eternity for us. There is.
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There's a false teaching about something called purgatory and
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other religions have this too, where there's a place where you
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can redo what you wanted to do or what you didn't do, but the
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Bible is very clear about it. And and that's something that I
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really don't like that some churches teach this because that
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gives people this relaxed, laid back, lukewarm approach to the
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relationship with God where it'll be OK if I don't get it
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right now I have a chance to redo.
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No, you don't. You, you need to get it right
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now. You need to get it right before
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your life ends. And everybody has an appointed
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time that their life will end according to God.
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God gives us different opportunities and God knows when
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that's going to be. And we just have that time
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period and it's our life is called but a vapor.
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We're here for a short while and then disappear and we move on.
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So those who accept Jesus and believe in him and live out
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their faith, then we will be eternal people in God's Kingdom.
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And some of us, I mean, if, if we are this last generation and,
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and we have the longevity to last it, you know, another 49
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years or so, then we could very well be alive when Jesus returns
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and not even experience a physical death, but immediately
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be changed to an immortal person or body or whatever, but be
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perfected because that's when that will happen.
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So this is really like really interesting times that we are
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living in. There's, there's so many
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indications that by the next, you know, within the next 49
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years that we are going to be in God's presence.
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I tend to think it's going to be a lot sooner than that, but I'm
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only going to know in hindsight. Like I'm thinking, you know,
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maybe even a in a year or something a year from now.
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And that's only because of a dream that I had that had a year
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in it that was clear, which that year was 2026.
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And I'm not sure about the significance of that or if that
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dream meant what I think it meant.
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And I'm only going to know in hindsight.
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But if I didn't say anything about it now, hindsight would be
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too late to encourage anyone to reconcile their relationship
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with God now. So that's the only reason why I
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share it. And I'm I don't mind if I'm
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wrong. It doesn't matter to me.
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Not that I, I didn't calculate this date or anything.
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I had it. I saw it in a dream and God has
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been started sending me dreams. I mean, because they, Jesus was
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in the name of Jesus especially, and truths from the Bible were
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in my dreams and happened very frequently.
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And they had, they started the night of my baptism.
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And to date, I've had about 75 dreams over since 2021.
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And they were, you know, if you want to call it religious and
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nature, which I never, ever had dreams like that prior to.
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So anyway, there's something going on.
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I don't know why I had those dreams and but they really made
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me focus on this and and I don't see anything any harm in this is
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that you know, and you know, the other thing is anything can
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happen to us. So we are not even guaranteed
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that we're going to be here in 2026 for our physical life.
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I mean, something unexpected could happen in our life could
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be gone. So I'm not saying put it off
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until 2026. I'm saying it's really getting
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close to that date and prepare yourself today.
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Prepare yourself right now, meaning make sure your
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relationship with God is solid and that you are essentially
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obedient to God, that you've you you're willing to let God start
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changing you in molding you into someone who is holy and who is
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holy because God said that's what we need to be holy to be in
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his Kingdom. I mean, he's the king.
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He's setting up the rules for his Kingdom.
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If we don't like the rules, we don't have to be in his Kingdom.
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It's not very pleasant what the other opportunity is.
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I won't even call it an opportunity, but the other
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choice, choice with the consequences.
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It's something that nobody, if they really contemplated it,
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would choose it. So, but it's up to each of us.
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We can, we can decide or we can believe or not believe.
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So anyway, I will go back to Scripture because I'm rambling
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now. So he will teach us His ways.
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So, you know, that's kind of important to God, that we are
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obedient to his ways. He's the king, He's setting the
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rules, the laws, the law will go out from Zion, the word of the
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Lord from Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the place he chose.
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He will judge between many people and will settle disputes
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for strong nations far and wide. This is about Jesus, about Jesus
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judging between peoples and nations, you know, So there are
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nations, I mean, that have survived.
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They're going to be different groups of people.
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They will beat their swords into plowshares and their Spears into
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pruning hooks. This is, you know, maybe it's
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literal, but I think it also indicates that there's going to
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be a time of peace. You're not going to need your
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sword. You're not going to need your
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spear, but you're going to have work to do.
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There's plowshares, there's, you know, pruning hooks.
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There's things that are going to be needed to be done, but we
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don't need it for war. There's other things, and that's
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what with Jesus, nation will not take up sword against nation,
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nor will they train for war anymore.
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So we won't really have a need for a military because Jesus
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will be present. We will not have peace, we will
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not have true peace until Jesus the Messiah, the Christ Jesus
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Christ returns. And when he rules, that's when
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this time will be. Everyone will sit under their
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own vine and under their own fig tree.
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Now that's symbolic. Trees are often symbolic of
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nations or groups of people and no one will make them afraid.
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So there's not going to be any fear of the neighbors like
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bombing or anything like that, for the Lord Almighty has
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spoken. So this is a promise from God
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that this is going to come someday.
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All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will
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walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
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So it says, you know, there's still free will, that God still
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gives free will. All the nations may walk in the
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name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of the Lord.
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So there's a choice, you know. Who are you going to follow the
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Lord's plan in that day, declares the Lord.
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I will gather the lame. I will assemble the Exiles, and
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those I have brought grief to are are those I have brought to
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grief. I will make the lame my remnant,
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those driven away a strong nation.
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The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and
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forever. So when is the Lord ruled from
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Mount Zion or Jerusalem forever. I mean he this is the
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Millennium. This is when Jesus is here on
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earth after the wrath has happened.
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And these are the people who've made it through and the people
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who it says in the Book of Revelation, the people who were
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beheaded prior to for their faith and their belief in Jesus,
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who gave up their life for Jesus, will actually be ruling
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with him here on earth in immortal bodies.
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But there's still going to be people who have the shorter
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lifespans, like they haven't been changed yet.
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They're still, they're survivors.
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I think is Zephaniah or Zechariah, one of the two says
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that there were survivors after the wrath of God.
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So there's going to be some people, I don't know how many
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that do survive. And I don't know if they survive
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because they then believe or if God is just merciful and he's
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still trying to offer this opportunity for others.
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Not really sure. The Bible's not really clear
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about that. OK, As for you, Watchtower of
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the Flock, stronghold of daughter Zion, the former
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dominion will be restored to you.
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Kingship will come to daughter Jerusalem.
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So again, God has chosen Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem will be where Jesus, you know, it's kind of like the
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the city where Jesus reigns from.
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That's where nations will be coming to.
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They will be coming. It says during the millennial
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reign that nations will be coming to celebrate the Festival
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of Tabernacles. So I think there must be
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something significant about that.
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You know, there are theories that Jesus will return at the
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Festival of Tabernacles, and it would make sense if that becomes
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a celebrated day going forth into the future because it's
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something like this great deliverance from slavery,
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spiritual slavery happens on that day.
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And eventually that could happen.
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We don't know for sure, but they're like I said, it's a
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theory and, and it kind of makes sense like everybody would go to
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Jerusalem to celebrate that date.
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I mean, it's it's looked at right now, the Jewish people
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celebrate Sukkot and it's representative of the time that
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they were given shelter by God as they were pulled out of
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slavery from Egypt. Again, it was a literal event
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that had symbolic significance and also a foreshadowing of the
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future. So why do you now cry aloud?
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Have you no king? Has your ruler perished?
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So you know, the people of Israel have always asked God for
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a king. They always, you know, they,
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they, they knew that God was their Lord.
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But then they saw all these other nations who had a king, a
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leader, and they were like, we want one too.
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And God warned them, no, you don't.
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But if you want them, you have your free will and I'll give it
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to you. But here's what's going to
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happen to you. And he told them all the things
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that would happen, but they said, Oh no, we want a king.
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And they got Saul was their first king.
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And then Saul, you know, didn't want to be a fully obedient to
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God. So he partially did what God
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wanted, but partially not. And any.
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And God ended up taking away the spirit from him and he was
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tormented by an evil spirit because Saul gave up his
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connection with God. And then that leaves U.S.
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Open to an evil spirit torment. So that's, you know, the
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outcome. I mean, it's just, there's so
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much to learn from the Bible. So anyway, the he's, you know,
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he's saying to them, you know, why do you cry now?
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No, have you no king? So he's prophesying because
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right now they do have kings. He's talking to northern Israel
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and I think southern Judah as well.
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He's a prophet and he's expressing this to the Israel,
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the whole group, which is northern, the northern tribe,
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the northern 10 tribes and the southern 2 tribes.
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And ultimately it applies to all of them, but they do have their
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kings. However, the first one, northern
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Israel, was conquered by Assyria.
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I think it's 722 BC is when they ended and there has not been a
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king since then. And then Judah lasted a little
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bit, little bit longer, but they also fell to Babylon.
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So both of them were conquered and do.
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There's no longer a king in Israel.
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The next king of Israel is going to be Jesus when he returns the
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Messiah. Writhe and agony, agony,
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daughter Zion, like a woman in labor.
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For now, you must leave the city to camp in the open field.
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So like a woman in labour. This is like tribulation time.
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These are like labour points. Or maybe, you know, it's a time
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of tribulation, a time of hardship, just like labour.
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And it gets harder and harder until there's like a final
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deliverance. Then he says you will go to
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Babylon. There you will be rescued.
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So that probably is being spoken to the tribe of Judah because
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they were conquered by Babylon. And it said there you will be
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rescued there. The Lord will redeem you out of
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the hand of your enemies. So we'll, we'll see that play
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out also when we get into some of the other books like the
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Daniel, when we read that book. OK, but but now many nations are
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gathered against you. They say let her be defiled, let
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our eyes gloat over Zion. But they do not know the
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thoughts of the Lord. They do not understand his plan,
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that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
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So this is interesting. The nations are gathered
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against. So the nations want Zion, they
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want Jerusalem, and that's kind of like what is happening now,
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if you think about it, because there's this chant from Israel's
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enemies that say from the river to the sea, and they basically
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are calling for the extermination of the Israelites.
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They want that land. They want Israel not to exist
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anymore so they can have that land.
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But that's not what God said. That's not what God wants and
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God will not let that happen. So again, these nations are just
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like surrounding for some reason.
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They want that. Probably because this is a
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spiritual influence over people. It says we wrestle not against
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flesh and blood, but against the spirits, spiritual darkness and
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powers and the heavenly realms or something to that degree.
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Like there is a supernatural, evil, spiritual force that
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affects people. And if you don't have the Holy
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Spirit, you're susceptible to that.
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And so anyway, these people are, are, are going to experience
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wrath. So they don't under these
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nations that are coming against Israel, they don't understand
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what's going on with the Lord. They don't know the Bible.
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They don't read the Bible, they don't study it.
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They have no idea. They don't read the Old
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Testament or the New Testament. And so they're completely
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blindsided by this or they don't believe it.
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They maybe have heard it and they're like, whatever, you
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know, that's been talked about for years, that's never going to
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happen. So they don't understand it.
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So they have No Fear. They think they're going to get
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Jerusalem. They're going for it.
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And they just don't know that God's going to not let it
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happen. That's when wrath comes.
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And they're, he's gathering in them.
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You know, it's their, he uses people's desires.
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You know, they get their free will.
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So their free will, they choose Jerusalem.
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They're like, we're going to get Jerusalem.
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We're going to get rid of the Israelites.
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And so they think they're going to do it, but little do they
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know that God's plan is true and he, his wrath is going to come
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against those people. He's just gathered them there so
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he could destroy them and let them not accomplish their plan.
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Rise and thresh daughter Zion for I will give you horns of
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iron, I will give you hooves of bronze and you will break to
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pieces many nations. So it's really interesting when
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you study the book of Daniel and what he's seen about this ruling
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entities and the rise of the beast and those things.
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And Jesus is actually the, the rock that breaks the nations,
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breaks the toes, the 10 toes of the the final Kingdom that rises
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up. And it's interesting here
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because it's rise and thresh daughter Zion for I will give
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you horns. That's power of iron.
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I will give you hooves, you know, something to trample on
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with bronze and you will break to pieces many nations.
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So sounds to me like God's going to empower Israel.
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Or maybe it's just through Jesus that happens, not really sure.
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You will devote their I'll gotten gain to the Lord, their
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wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
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So to me, this is sounds like mostly the end times, but it
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also has like a foreshadowing event where both the northern
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and the southern kingdoms were captured by enemies.
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But that's not the final say. And you know, just this reigning
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forever. That's never happened yet.
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So this is this is about stuff in our future lifetime to see.
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So I'm going to read what the study Bible says about this.
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What are the last days? This phrase sometimes sometimes
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refers to the future in general, rendered as in days to come,
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Genesis 49 one the course of human history in Daniel 2 verse
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28, or here as here, the time when God will restore Israel and
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establish his Kingdom on the earth.
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That's the Millennium reign. In the last days, will people
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have to visit Jerusalem to worship God?
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Micah was not was talking not about worship in the temple, but
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about the whole world submitting to God.
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During the Kingdom Age, God's decisions will defuse potential
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international conflicts and establish an era of peace.
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But nations will also come to Jerusalem during these days for
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religious celebrations and festivals.
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How will God govern the nation's?
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God will govern the nation's with justice and equity.
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In the display of His lordship over all nations.
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God will adjudicate various disputes between nations.
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The result of the Lords of God's lordship over the nation's will
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be peace. When will the nation's finally
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disarm themselves? This will happen during the
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Kingdom age, after God has destroyed His enemies and
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established His rule from Jerusalem.
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In an age of peace, weapons will become obsolete and nations will
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devote their energies to more productive endeavors.
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Whom will God gather together in that day?
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The image of bringing back lame, grieving exiles pictures the
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spiritual healing and reconciliation work to be done
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when God draws people to him during the Kingdom age.
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What did the watchtower and stronghold represent in Micah's
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day? A watchtower was a tower where
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guards would watch for danger or where a group of people would
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find protection from invaders. The watchtower of the flock
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probably refers to Jerusalem, the fortress for God's people.
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The stronghold of Daughter Zion may refer to the hill in
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Jerusalem where Davidde ancient fortified city, was located.
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Who is daughter Zion? This is a personification of the
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city of Jerusalem and its residents.
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This image sometimes portrays the city as tender and
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desirable, but it can also portray weakness and
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vulnerability to pain and suffering.
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How will kingship return to Jerusalem?
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The prophet proclaimed a message of joyful restoration to the
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poor and afflicted, not to the powerful.
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Rather than the establishment of a human Kingdom, Micah
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prophesied about a Kingdom in which the Lord reigns as king
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with perfect justice and power. When would God rescue Israel?
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In verses 9 through 1013, Micah foretells not the future Kingdom
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but the collapse of the monarchy and the impending exile in
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Babylon in 586 BC Israel's rescue would come only after the
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nation had been deported to Babylon, exiled, cut off, and
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utterly humiliated. The promise there in the depths
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of despair the Lord would redeem his people.
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When will Israel break to peace as many nations?
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This may refer to the defeat of Senate cherubs army outside
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Jerusalem in seven O 1 BC found in Isaiah chapter 37, the Lord's
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miraculous deliverance of the city from the Assyrian towards 4
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shadows of a future time when God will deliver his people from
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the fierce enemies once and for all.
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This therefore is also a description of God's end time
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destruction of hostile nations also found in Zechariah chapter
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12 and chapter 14. How would Jerusalem be a city of
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OK that's next. So that concludes chapter 4 of
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Micah.