Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
Jeremiah 31:9
"They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born." Ephraim (Northern Israel) is Jehovah's first born Son. This applies to Judah as well but moreso to Ephraim since he was given the birthright blessing. Hebrews 12:22:22-23 22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. The new covenant Church is called the first begotten, which means they are Israel as this is what Israel was called in the old testament. Just like in the old testament, the seed of Israel in the new testament is also anointed (holy). Galatians 3:16 "Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ" The word "Christ" means "anointed" and Paul is saying that the one seed of Abraham (Isaac) is "anointed" (Christ). The word "Christ" at the end of the verse is not referring to Jesus because he is not our seed (descendant) as he preceded us. To say that Jesus is the seed of the Galatians makes absolutely no sense as it would mean that Jesus was the offspring of the Galatians. Clearly, Paul is referring to the seed being the descendants of Abraham through Isaac. The statement "He saith not, And to seeds, as of many" is referring to the disclusion of Ishmael and Esau from the Abrahamic blessings. The one seed is obviously referring to Isaac, who was Abraham's son of promise (only begotten) and also Jacob who was also given the blessing (Genesis 28:13-14). This passage above proves that the 1 Peter 2:9-10 9 But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God`s] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. The notion that all races are equal before Jehovah God is refuted in this one verse which says that Jehovah indeed has an elect (chosen) race. Galatians 3:27-29 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.28 There can be neither Judean nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.29 And if ye are Christ`s, then are ye Abraham`s seed, heirs according to promise. Working off Galatians 3:16, the phrase "if ye are Christ 's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise" is indicating that if one is of the seed of Abraham through the promised son Isaac then they are heirs of Jehovah's Kingdom. Again, the word "Christ" means "anointed". Also, we have to remember that the Greeks were identified as descendants of the Northern tribes of Israel (the dispersion). What Paul is saying to the Galatians, is that if they are of the anointed seed of Abraham then they are heirs of the Kingdom. To understand this to mean that if we are Jesus's then we are the seed of Abraham makes no sense in light of Galatians 3:16. To prove this point further that Paul doesn't have a generic spiritual understanding of this passage, meaning those who believe in Jesus are the seed of Abraham, we need to go to Galatians 4: 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. Paul is about to expound further on the Abrahamic covenant and he is going to make the comparison between Ishmael/Hagar and Isaac/Sarah. Ishmael/Hagar represent the slave religion of the old covenant that doesn't have an eternal blessing, whereas Isaac/Sarah represent the freedom of the new covenant, which is rooted in unconditional promises and blessings. It's important to remember that both Paul (earlier in this chapter) and Peter in his epistle identify the Galatians as descendants of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This explains why he says what he says to them in Galatians 3:16 and in verses 27-29, in that their seed is anointed (Christ). Galatians 4:23-24 23 Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise. 24 Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. Isaac was born through promise, which brings us back to Galatians 3:29 and the statement that if ye are Christ 's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. This combined with Galatians 3:16 and that the promises are not to seeds as of many (Ishmael and Esau), but to thy seed (Galatians), which is Christ (anointed), because they are descendants of Israel through the son of promise, Isaac. It is Isaac not Jesus which is in view here in terms of the seed. Galatians 3:16 absolutely shows that the seed is not Jesus because it says that it is the Galatians seed, which is "Christ". Obviously, Jesus is not the seed (descendant) of the Galatians since he preceded them in terms of time of existence. This statement by Paul was made long after Jesus lived, died and was resurrected. It is the Galatians seed, which is "Christ" (anointed). This is due to their Israelite racial stock. Galatians 4:25-27 25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband. Paul likens Hagar to the Sinai covenant and Sarah to the new covenant (heavenly Zion). Hagar's son is Ishmael and he represents all those still in bondage to the law, whereas Sarah's son Isaac represents all those that are in the new and better covenant. Earthly Jerusalem/old covenant = Hagar/Ishamael and Heavenly Jerusalem/new covenant = Sarah/Isaac. The multiplication of seed (Abrahamic covenant blessings) would be to those who are of the seed of Isaac and the womb of Sarah not Ishmael and Hagar. Many spiritualize this and understandably so because Paul does say it is an allegory, however the allegory is in relating Hagar/Ishmael to the old covenant not that the seed is allegorical. Psalm 28:8-9 8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever. The people of Israel are called Jehovah's anointed (Christ's) and there is no reason to change now in the new covenant and again the allegory above is in relation to the covenants not the seed. Galatians 4:28-31 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. 31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. Paul addresses the Galatians as brethren, which means kinsmen of the womb (racial stock). Remember, earlier he said that the Galatians were once under the law, showing that they were descendants of the house of Israel. Peter also identifies the Galatians as being descendants of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. All this shows that when Paul uses the term brethren (kinsmen of the womb) that it is not in a generic sense (if that even exists) but is in a literal way. Paul identifies the Galatians, in verse 28, as children of promise through Isaac. Again, this shows that he is stating that the Galatian Celts are literal descendants of Isaac. By Paul saying they are brethren he is saying that they come from the same womb as him: Isaiah 51:1-2 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many. Israelites are hewn out of the rock of Abraham (loins) and dug out of the pit of Sarah (womb), which is what the term brethren means i.e. kinsmen of the womb. Verse 29 of Galatians 4, it was Ishmael that was born after the flesh, meaning without the blessing and promise of Jehovah God. He was born out of a decision made of Sarah and Abraham's own will due to lacking faith in the promises of Jehovah God. Verse 30 of Galatians 4, many who refuse to believe that Paul is speaking of the literal descendants of Hagar and Ishmael being cast out of the promises and Kingdom of God, cope and say this is an allegory. However, the allegorical part of this passage is not in regards to the seed of Ishmael and Isaac but rather the covenants they represent. Paul is clear that just as Hagar and Ishmael were cast out of the Abrahamic blessings, their seed will also be cast out of the new covenant blessings. No matter how much law keeping anyone does, they will not inherit the promised heavenly Canaan as they are of their mother Hagar and brother Ishmael. Verse 31 of Galatians 4, Paul reiterates to the Galatians that we (him and them) are not children of the bond woman (Hagar, earthly Jerusalem, Sinai covenant) but rather they are children of the free woman (Sarah, heavenly Jerusalem, new covenant). As stated earlier, Paul told the Galatians that their seed was anointed because it was of that one seed that the promises to Abraham were made and not to seeds as of many (all of his sons). Obviously, that one seed was Isaac. Romans 9:6-7 6 But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel: 7 neither, because they are Abraham`s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Verse 6, at the time the land and geo-political nation of Israel had non ethnic Israelites as citizens such as Edomites and Ishmaelites. Both of these ethnic groups had been cut off from the Abrahamic blessings. These are the ones Paul refers to as not all being Israel even though they lived in and claimed Israelite status. Verse 7, this seals the deal here that Paul is definitely talking about literal seed descendants in Galatians 4 as he says just because they are Abraham's seed it doesn't mean they are all children. We see this sentiment elsewhere in the gospel of John, which I will discuss coming up shortly. Of course, Paul has Esau and Ishmael in mind when making this statement as they were/are indeed the seed of Abraham but they are not the children of promise. Paul confirms the literal application of the seed line in Galatians 4 here in Romans 9:7 as he says "In Isaac shall thy seed be called". This eliminates the spiritualizing away of what seed means in this chapter and the book of Galatians. Romans 9;8-13 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. 9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. 10 And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac-- 11 for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, 12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.13Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. Unlike what the churches teach, the children of the flesh Paul is talking about are not ethnic Israelites but rather those who are Abraham's seed but not children of the promise. As Paul confirmed in verse 7, the children of promise come. through the lineage of Isaac. This shows that the children of the flesh are the seed of Abraham that were cut off from the covenant and that is Esau and Ishmael. That is the context of the above passage. In Galatians 4, Paul identifies Ishmael as a child of the flesh yet he was Abraham's literal offspring. Paul made it clear that Ishmael and Hagar and those of their seed will not inherit the Kingdom of Jehovah God. Again, the children of the flesh is not referring to making no distinction between Non-Israelites and Israelites, but rather it's making a distinction between the seed of promise (Isaac) and Abraham's other seed (children of the flesh). Verse 7 of Romans confirms this understanding. In Galatians 4, Paul focused on Ishmael and in Romans 9 he focuses on Esau. Both of these genetic sons of Abraham are not the children of promise but they are the children of the flesh (born outside the covenant blessings of Jehovah). In verses 9 and 10 Paul talks about children of promise, Isaac and Jacob. Again, the context surrounding verse 8 shows that Paul is talking about literal seed and that the children of the flesh are those literal descendants of Abraham born outside the covenant blessings. In verses 9 and 10, Paul defines what he means by the children of promise and describes the miracle of Isaac's begetting in the womb of Sarah. He also describes Rebecca conceiving Jacob via our father Isaac. The fact that Paul identified Isaac as "our father" shows that the Romans were not Non-Israelite gentiles but rather they were descendants of Israel. Verse 11 of Romans 9, Isaac and Jacob were begotten as children of promise due to Jehovah's election, without either of them having done any good or bad. This is so that Jehovah's grace would get the glory and stand (Ephesians 1) and not the freewill of man (works). It is only those who are called by Jehovah God that inherit the promises of the covenants. So not only are the children of the flesh (Descendants of Esau and Ishmael) cut off from the promises of Jehovah God, they were never intended to have them as they were not elected by Jehovah God before the foundation of the world. Verses 12 and 13, Jehovah God hates (rejects) Esau and this was from the womb that Jehovah hated him. This shows that Jehovah elected Jacob even before Esau rejected his inheritance. This shows the absolute Sovereignty of Jehovah God. This also shows that Paul is being literal when talking about seed and children of promise in this passage. Nowhere does Paul open up the Abrahamic covenant blessings to Esau, Ishmael and their descendants. John 8:31-33 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham`s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? These Judeans that believed Jesus were actually not true Israelites as they told Jesus that they were Abraham's seed but had never been in bondage to any man. How do we know that they were not true Israelites? Because anyone who knows the story of the Exodus knows that indeed the Israelites had been in bondage to men. These Judeans were Edomites, who had been forcibly converted to the Israelite faith by the Maccabees. They were truthful about being the seed of Abraham since Esau was a literal descendant of his. John 8:37-38 37 I know that ye are Abraham`s seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.38 I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father. Jesus acknowledged that these Edomite Judeans were the seed of Abraham, however they did not have Jesus word abiding in them. Jesus words are the one's His Father Jehovah put in Him to speak (Deuteronomy 18:15-21). Jesus tells these Edomite Judeans that they do what they heard from their father the devil. Why would Jesus call these Judeans the children of the devil when they were the seed of Abraham? Obviously, because they were of Esau's line. That will become more clear as we proceed in this chapter of John. Jesus told them that he does the things that He hears from His Father Jehovah. John 8:39-40 39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham`s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham. Jesus acknowledged that these Judeans were the seed of Abraham, but he also says here that they are not his children. How could this be? Because they were not the children of promise, meaning that they were not the seed of Abraham through Isaac. Romans 9:7-8 7 neither, because they are Abraham`s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. Jesus statements above in John 8 must be understood within the context of Romans 9 where Paul says that in Isaac shall Abraham's seed be called. Paul acknowledges that Abraham had children of the flesh (Ishmael and Esau), however he says that it is Isaac that is the child of promise. In verses 39 and 49 of John 7, Jesus told these Judeans that if they were truly children of Abraham (via Isaac and Jacob) then they would do the works of Abraham. What were the works of Abraham? Righteousness by faith, belief and obedience. Jesus knew that these Edomite Judeans had murder in their heart for him and told them that Abraham didn't have this heart towards Jehovah's messengers. John 8:43-44 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Jesus tells these Edomite Judeans that they don't understand his words because they cannot. As the Son of God told them earlier in the conversation, they may be the seed of Abraham but they are not his children through the promised seed (Isaac and Jacob). This is why they cannot hear Jesus words, because they do not have the Holy Spirit, which is poured on the holy seed of Israel alone. Verse 44, the Son of God goes in for the kill and tells the Edomite Judeans that they are of their father the devil. This proves that these Judeans were not ethnic Israelites, because no Israelite would dare say that about their brethren knowing the covenant promises of Jehovah God to His people (see Romans 9-11). The word devil means adversary and it was Cain, who was the first murderer within God's Kingdom and he was cast out of the garden (Kingdom) of Jehovah forever. Cain's seed line was also outside of the promises and blessings of God. Cain is the ancestral father of those future seeds that would be cast out of the covenant promises of Jehovah God and His Kingdom. Since Cain is the first son of the devil, his offspring are also sons of the devil. Both the descendants of Ishmael and Esau are sons of their father Cain and hence sons of the devil just like their father Cain. This is why we see the vitriolic hatred towards Jehovah's church (true Israel) by the Muslims (descendants of Ishmael) and Jews (descendants of Esau). All the devil's children are liars and murderers (of the heart) since they know no other way as that is the character of their father Satan. This is why Jesus calls the Edomite Jews the Synagogue of Satan (Revelation 2:9 and 3:9).
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