The New Jerusalem
New beginnings are always good. It gives us a chance to start over, to reset and go forward with fresh new dreams and hopes. We are going to look at end time events and end with the New Jerusalem. We hope you will read from the beginning to the end of this series. Today all we hear is about a New World Order. Out with the old and in with the new. In Revelation13, we read about the beast that will come up from the sea and about the beast that will rise up from the earth. Yes, this is this New World Order. One man will rule the world and everyone will be marked with his marking. This one man will do great miracles and signs and wonders and the people will bow down and worship him as a god. Those who do not will be eliminated. Yes, there will be no rebellion in the New World Order. Many over the centuries have tried to rule the world, even in modern times, we see this in the thoughts of Adolph Hitler. There too, everyone was given a number. But this New One World Order will come to an end, but like every other kingdom that arose just to find out that there was someone else who was stronger and could topple the kingdom for anew, that One will be the Messiah Yeshua, Himself, for this One New World Order will be the world of darkness and the devil himself who will be the beast who sets himself up as king. This was the devil’s wish from the beginning of his rebellion, to have his own kingdom and people bowing down to him. But Yeshua will have His victory and the promise of His kingdom will come.
Revelation 19:11-16 tells us this, “And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: ‘KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”’ The Book of Revelation does not go on to tell us about the 1,000 year reign of Messiah. So let’s quickly work into this, God made a promise to David that someone would sit on his throne forever. 2 Samuel 7:16 says this “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.’” And again in Hosea 3:4-5, “For the sons of Israel will live for many days without a king or leader, without sacrifice or memorial stone, and without ephod or household idols. Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David (Messiah) their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.”
Isaiah 9: 6-7 foretold His coming. “For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.” And as Luke 1: 29-33 says, “Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call Him Yeshua. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; His kingdom will never end.”’
When looking at end times one must consider the return of Yeshua as King. As we saw in Revelation 19, Yeshua will have ‘King of kings and Lord of lords’, written on His thigh. Isaiah 11:1-5 tells us this, “Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And He will delight in the fear of the Lord, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make decisions by what His ears hear; But with righteousness He will judge the needy, and decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. Also righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the belt around His waist.” Psalm 2 says, “Why are the nations restless and the peoples plotting in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, ‘Let’s tear their shackles apart
and throw their ropes away from us!’ He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury, saying, ‘But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain.’ I will announce the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You. Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’ Now then, you kings, use insight; let yourselves be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way, for His wrath may be kindled quickly. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” We will continue looking at the end times till we reach the New Jerusalem.
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