Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
Jehoshua the Son of God, King of Israel said that the end would come once the gospel of the Kingdom was preached in all the "world". What modern Christianity has to ask itself, is why hasn't Jehoshua come back after 2,000 years since his sorjourn on earth?
Christendom must examine itself closely to see if indeed they have faithfully fulfilled this mandate made by Jehoshua. Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come" Even though Churchianty has largely gone unto the ends of the earth with their version of the gospel the Messiah has still not come back. False rapture predictions come and go and yet no sign of the Son of God's parousia (advent-appearance). Let's list the basic teachings of modern Christianity that comprise their version of the gospel: Daniel 7:27 "And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him" * God is a trinity * Jehoshua is a God-man * The inheritance of the saints is heaven * The way to immortality is to die and go to heaven as a disembodied soul * The law is done away with * The new covenant is made with a non Israelite gentile church These are the main doctrines of the Church and with all their bluster against the Catholic Church these doctrines are rooted in Roman Catholicism. These very doctrines are, at their heart, antagonistic towards the Kingdom gospel. Although the various denominations differ on what exactly is the gospel of the Kingdom, they all fall dramatically short of what it actually is. Dispensationalism posits it as just a Jewish thing with the gentiles being up in heaven via a secret pre trib rapture. Seventh day Adventism teaches that the millennium ia up in heaven while the earth lies desolate. Some denominations actually teach that this very earth will be destroyed like the death star in star wars. Not all denominations are far off the mark but they still let traditional church doctrines obscure the Kingdom gospel. In fact, if any denomination teaches any of the above doctrines they are falling short of teaching the full Kingdom message. This is why it's important to come out of all false doctrines no matter how popular they are in the mainstream Christian world. The sooner we do that the sooner we preach the real gospel and the sooner Jehoshua will come back to consummate his Kingdom on the earth. So if the above doctrines constitute a false gospel message, let's look at what doctrines are part of the gospel of the Kingdom: * God is one singular person * Jehoshua is fully man * The inheritance of the saints is on earth * The way to immortality is to be resurrected bodily from the dead * The law of Jehovah is eternal * The new covenant is made with the house of Judah and the house of Israel Isaiah 52:7 "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" The gospel (good tidings) is not something unique to the new testament as it was preached here by Isaiah. In the surrounding context of Isaiah 52 we see that the gospel is about and for Israel. In the false gospel of Christendom Israel is merely an aside to the gospel. Notice that the bringing of the gospel is beautiful to those who are in ear shot. Modern Christendom with it's false immortal soul doctrine has perverted the gospel by making Jehovah God a monster that eternally tortutes people. Also, the gospel is called good news not bad news. It ia good news for Israel but not her enemies. Central to the gospel is the Messianic servant of Jehovah which we know to be Jehoshua (Isaiah 53). Isaiah 53 takes us back to Genesis 22 and the object lesson of the gospel in Abraham and Isaac. Paul himself said that the gospel was preached to Abraham. Galatians 3:8 "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed" All nations are the nations that came out of Abraham's seed (Isaac) and then subsequently Jacob (Israel). The Galatians were Israelites from the Northern Kingdom. Nonetheless Paul confirms that the gospel is not a new covenant invention. When we truly understand that the gospel of the Kingdom is clearly shown throughout the old testament then we won't be decieved by the Edomites (modern Jewry) that try to deny that the old testament teaches about a suffering Messiah who would be killed as a sacrifice and resurrected. Chapters 51 and 54 which surround the gospel of the Kingdom show that the Abrahamic covenant is an integral and central part of the gospel. This means that the Abrahamic blessings of his descendants numbering the stars of the sky and possessing the gates of his enemies is paramount to the gospel of the Kingdom. Unfortunately, modern Christendom leaves these important truths out of their message and has basically releagted the gospel to dying and going to heaven and Jesus being God. Let's first deal with the most important aspect of the Kingdom which is that God is a singular person. Satan has done a masterful job of perverting the most simple and easy to understand part of scripture which is that God is one: John 17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jehoshua Messiah." These are the words of Jehoshua praying ti the Father. Jehoshua acknowledges the Father as the only (monos- alone) true God. It's unfortunate that most people don't believe the simple words of Jehoshua. Mark 12:28-30 28 And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? 29 Jehoshua answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one: 30 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. Out of Jehoshua's own mouth he says that Jehovah God is one (heis-singular) and that to know this is the most important commandment. Part of worshipping God with all our hearts, mind and strength is to hearken (hear) that Jehovah God is one singular person. Who does Jehoshua say true worshippers worship? John 4:23-24 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. Notice that Jehoshua doesn't include himself and the holy spirit in marking who the true worshippers worship. The Son of God says that the true worshippers worship the Father. In fact the very first commandment of the decalogue prohibits worship of any other God than Jehovah: Exodus 20:1-3 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. We know that it is Jehovah God who is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:15). Who does Peter the apostle identify the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as? Acts 3:13 "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jehoshua; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him" The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the God of His servant Jehoshua. And remember Jehoshua identified the one true God as the Father alone (John 17:3). This brings us to our next Kingdom subject, the nature of Jehoshua. As stated above, the churches of Christendom preach that Jehoshua is a God-man, God in the flesh and 100 percent man and a 100 percent God. This doctrine is called the hypostatic union and it is one of the pillars of the trinity doctrine. This doctrine has effectively obscured the true nature of the Messiah and who he is according to the prophets and the importance of his Davidic lineage. Both the doctrine of the triune god and Jehoshua being a god man has created a false gospel more akin to Greek mythology. These doctrines have basically all but destroyed the foundational Israelite Kingdom gospel of a Father-Son relationship between Jehovah God and His Davidic king. Amazingly, the Father-Son relationship of Jehovah God and Jehoshua is featured prominently all over the new testament yet mainstream churchianty still manages to screw this beautiful truth up. Deuteronomy 18:15 "Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken' Mainstream churches have virtually ignored this passage and have screwed this up too. They have made Jehoshua to be Jehovah God even though it says that Jehoshua would be the prophet raised up by Jehovah God. The nature of this prophet is laid out clearly as being of the stock (genetics) of his brethren (Israel). He would be like Moses, a full human of Israelite seed. This destroys the blasphemous hypostatic union doctrine of the God-man. 2 Samuel 7:12-14 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; This is the foundation of who Jehoshua is and it is repeated throughout all the old testament and confirmed in the new testament. The prophesied Messianic King was to come out of the bowels (male seat of generation) and he would be of the seed (sperm) of David. Jehovah God is a Spirit and doesn't have seed. The passage proves that Jehoshua would be a full human being and of the seed (sperm) of a man. Jehovah promised David that his royal descendants would establish his dynasty (kingdom) forever. Jehovah also established a Father-son covenant relationship with the royal seed of David. Of course we know that Jehoshua was the ultimate fulfillment of this covenant. How important is this in terms of the identity of Jehoshua and how we preach him? We'll in the first new covenant public sermon Peter thought it was pretty important: Acts 2:29-31 29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne; 31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Peter gleans from the Davidic covenant and verifies that Jehoshua was of the fruit of David's loins (male sexual organs) and that he ascended to the throne of David upon his resurrection as prophesied by David in Psalm 110:1. See how beautiful this truth is? Yet, because of Christendom's false trinity and god-man doctrine it has been largely ignored. The result has been the preaching of another "Jehoshua" which brings another"spirit and another "gospel". 2nd Corinthians 11:3-4 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or [if] ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with [him]. This exactly describes the trinity, a doctrine of craftiness and one that beguiles Christians away from simplicity of one God and Jehoshua being His Son. The doctrine of the trinity is a confusing doctrine that most Christian's cannot explain including so called Pastors. This doctrine was brought into the church more than 350 years after Jehoshua's resurrection. Those who promote this doctrine have twist all kinds of verses to make the trinity fit the bible. They have to use greek metaphysics and philosophy to justify the trinity. This is the work of Satan which is to turn a simple yet beautiful truth into a complicated philosophical web. John the beloved apostle said that no lie is of the truth (1 John 2:21) . John said this in the context of those who deny that Jehoshua is the Son of God. Preaching a different Jehoshua leads to a different spirit. There are only two spirits in the world, the spirit of Messiah and the spirit of anti-messiah. Unfortunately this marks out trinitarians as ultimately having another spirit. 1 John 4:1-2 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jehoshua Messiah is come in the flesh is of God: How do we know that someone is a false prophet? When they teach that Jehoshua is anything other than fully human (come in the flesh). Of course, trinitarians twist this to mean that Jesus is God in the flesh but as you can see it means no such thing. Come in the flesh simply means to be manifested (appear, made evident) in the flesh. The passage is just saying that anyone who doesn't acknowledge that Jehoshua is the Messiah and has already come is anti-messiah. How would an Israelite know that Jehoshua was the true Messiah? If he was of the seed of David and the brethren of Israel as stated above. Also, it was prophesied that he would be of the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:8-10 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father`s sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion`s whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler`s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. The Kingship was promised to Judah out of all the tribes so this means that the Messianic King of bible prophecy would be of the tribe of Judah. This is exactly what is said about Jehoshua in the new testament: Hebrews 7:14 "For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests" The new testament understanding of the nature of the Messiah is no different from what the old testament understanding was. Galatians 3:14 "that upon the Nations might come the blessing of Abraham in Messiah Jehoshua; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith" The promised Messiah was to be of the seed of Abraham thereby having the inheritance of the blessings of Abraham. Genesis 3:19 "What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator" Jehoshua is that seed that was to come to whom the promises of the Abrahamic blessings were made. See John 1:50 for the Son of God's claims of being the inheritor of these blessings. Genesis 3:15 "and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" It would be a descendant of Eve that would crush Satan under foot. Look at both the genealogies of the Messiah in Matthew and Luke and you will see that he is throughouly a human being and not some sort of God man or hybrid divine human being. Jehoshua does have the fullness of Jehovah's Spirit in him and that's what makes him special along with being the promised and chosed Davidic King of bible prophecy. Now on to the subject of the inheritance of the saints. Modern Churches teach that the inheritance of the saints is in heaven. This is the summation of their gospel. We will see from this study that it indeed is a false gospel. Proverbs 2:22 "But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it" The churches teach the exact opposite of this. They teach that the righteous shall be cut off from the land via the rapture. Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" These are Jehoshua's words and he clearly says that the meek i.e. those that inherit salvation will inherit the earth. Just a few verses later he says: "Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness` sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (verse 10). If Jehoshua says that the meek will inherit the earth and also says theirs is the Kingdom of heaven then this shows that the Kingdom of heaven will be on the earth. Technically we do go to and inherit heaven but it will be on the earth. Listen to Jehoshua's words in Revelation 3:12: "He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name" Heaven (New Jersuslem) will come down from out of heaven to earth after the second advent of the Messiah. Revelation 21:1-3 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God: New Jerusalem, which is called the tabernacle of God, will come down out of heaven so that Jehovah God can dwell with man. Jehovah God is coming down to us not the other way around. Daniel 7:27 "And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him" Do you see what is given to the saints of the most high? Daniel the prophet says the greatness, dominion and kingdoms under the whole heaven. It doesn't say in heaven but the kingdoms under heaven. Revelation 11:15 "And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our God, and of his Messiah: and he shall reign for ever and ever" The seventh trump sounds the announcement that the kingdom of this world becomes the kingdom of Jehovah God and His Messiah. This matches Daniel 7:27 that the inheritance of the Messiah and the Saints is not in heaven but rather on earth in the kingdom and dominion under the whole heaven. The verse above in revelation proves that the eternal Kingdom of the Son of God is earthly not Heavenly. Otherwise it would make no sense to say that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our God and His Messiah since the kingdoms of the world are on earth. Jehoshua's parables in Matthew 13 regarding the wheat and the tares and the dragnet further prove that it is the wicked that get raptured not the righteous. Jehoshua said that the tares (children of the devil) are taken away and bound and then cast into the furnace of fire. He said that anyone that causes iniquity will be gathered out from his kingdom. If Jehoshua's Kingdom is on the earth then clearly it is the wicked who are raptured not the righteous. Jehoshua said that after those who cause stumbling are taken away then the righteous shall: "shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear" (Matthew 13:43). We also have this verse: Revelation 5:9-10 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and madest them [ to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth. Even now, we reign upon the earth by way of the Son of God's shed blood on the cross. This is said in the present tense (1st century). This means that the Kingdom of the Son of God is already here and even though it is headquartered in New Jerusalem it is also present on earth. So far, as integral to the Kingdom gospel, we have the doctrine that God is one singular person who is both the God and Father of Jehoshua Messiah. Also, that Jehoshua is fully human of the seed of David and that the inheritance of the saints is on the earth. On the three most important teachings of the Kingdom the Protestant/Evangelical/Catholic miss badly and teach a false gospel. Yet there is more, when we address the next three doctrines of the Kingdom we will see that mainstream Christianity is basically a false religion. The immortality of the soul is a teaching that is pretty much universally held by all the churches in Christendom no matter the denomination and no matter if they have a 501 C 3 status. This doctrine is connected with the idea that the saints go to heaven when they die and the wicked go to a burning hell when they die to be tortured forever. There are some denominations that do not hold to this but overall the majority do hold to the immortality of the soul. This doctrine has probably done the most damage to the credibility of the Christian faith than any other doctrine. It is a doctrine that completely contradicts the plan of salvation and also makes of none effect the resurrection of the dead. The resurrection of the dead is a key component to the gospel of the Kingdom especially in the new testament. It is posited as being the hope of the saints. If we go to heaven as disembodied souls when we die then what is the point of the resurrection. Why isn't the dying and going to heaven as disembodied souls ever the hope that Paul gives to the saints? Not only Paul but any of the biblical writers. To the contrary, over and over again Paul preaches the resurrection as the hope of the believer. In fact, the resurrection is the central theme of the gospel of the Kingdom from the book of Acts onwards. It is taught in the old testament and in the gospels as well. It is taught as the mechanism by which one gains immortality. The modern churches with their false doctrine of the immortality of the soul all but nullify the resurrection of the dead. 1st Thessalonians 4:13-15 13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jehoshua died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. This passage is revealing as Paul does not mention anything about the deceased brethren in heaven. Why wouldn't he if he is trying to comfort the Thessalonians who are mourning over them? Isn't this what Pastor's do today at funerals? They comfort the audience with the idea that their dead loved one is in heaven. Yet Paul doesn't do this, instead he reminds them of the resurrection of Jehoshua Messiah. Why is this? Because the resurrection of Messiah is our hope for immortality. If we go to heaven when we die then would there be a need for Paul to say this: 1 Corinthians 15:16-19 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Why would it matter whether Messiah rose from the dead if he went to heaven when he died? And why would it matter if there was no resurrection if we simply went to heaven when we died? If that was the case then the resurrection would be made if none effect and whether there was one or not would have no consequence for believers and the gospel as a whole. Paul's comfort to the Thessalonian believers is that their dead loved ones will precede them in the resurrection and then they will be joined to them in the cloud. This makes no sense if believers die and go to heaven otherwise Paul would have comforted the Thessalonians with those words such as: "sorrow not, your dead brethren are already in heaven". The Son of God Jehoshua heavily emphasizes the resurrection at the last day. Why is this? Because the resurrection is the way to immortality for the saints not dying and going to heaven as disembodied souls. John 5:25 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live" Obviously, Jehoshua is positing the resurrection as the way for the dead to live again. John 5:28-29 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. How is that those that are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God if they are already in heaven as disembodied souls? Wouldn't they already be with Jehoshua when he comes back? The immortal soul teaching would lead us to a ridiculous conclusion that the saints are split personalities in that they would hear Jehoshua's voice from their graves and yet be with him at the same time as disembodied souls. Also, notice the key words that Jehoshua uses about the resurrection of the damned: "they that done evil, unto the resurrection of judgement" This statement here blows the immortal soul doctrine out of the water because the book of Hebrews chapter 9 says: 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment; If the wicked were to die and still live in a spiritual underworld as disembodied souls suffering burning torment then that would mean they were already judged. Jehoshua says that the judgement doesn't take place until the last day and that it takes place after the resurrection. According to the author of Hebrews, the judgement comes after death. And according to Jehoshua, the judgement comes after the resurrection. If there is the tormenting of disembodied souls in between the death of the wicked and the resurrection then it makes both the author of Hebrews and Jehoshua's words of none effect. Again, this would mean that the wicked would have had to have been judged right after death and before the resurrection. This flat out contradicts the words of the Son of God. Here is the timeline: Death Resurrection Judgment Then after these three things comes the casting into the lake of fire: Revelation 20:11-15 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon 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, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. This passage lays out perfectly what Jehoshua stated in John chapter 5 and the author of Hebrews stated in chapter 9 of that book. Verse 11 details Jehoshua sititng on his great White throne i.e the throne of David. Verse 12 says the dead are standing before him to be judged according to what was written in the books. This obviously denotes the resurrection of the dead hence the dead are able to stand before the great white throne. Verse 13 also shows that the dead have been resurrected as death and hell (the grave not a spiritual underworld) gave up the dead that were in them. The dead were then judged according to their works. Then death and hell were cast into the lake of fire (verse 14). Guess what the book of Revelation calls the lake of fire? The second death. Even the lake of fire is not eternal torment. It is fire unto destruction and death not an eternal burning torment. In John chapter 6 Jehoshua reiterates the resurrection at the last day: John 6:38-40 38 For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. The will of the Father is that the sheep of Jehoshua His Son will be raised up at the last day. In verse 40, Jehoshua makes it clear that eternal life will be given to those who believe on him (Jehoshua) at the last day when they are raised up. Obviously, Jehoshua is connecting the giving of eternal life with the resurrection at the last day. John 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day" Again, Jehoshua emphasizes the resurrection at the last day as the hope of those who have been given him by the Father. The doctrine of the immortal soul makes these texts of none effect. Why isn't Jehoshua emphasizing that those who the Father has given him die and go to heaven? Because it is a concept foreign to scriptue. There would no point in constantly referring to the resurrection as the hope of the believers if they go to heaven when they die. John 6:54 "He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day" Jehoshua preached the gospel of the Kingdom and the blessed hope of eternal life in the Kingdom is yhe resurrection at the last day not dying and going to heaven as a disembodied soul. If all these statements of Jehoshua are not enough to prove that the resurrection is the hope of the saints and not dying and going to heaven let's look at John chapter 11: 21 Martha therefore said unto Jehoshua, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 And even now I know that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. 23 Jehoshua saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jehoshua said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; Lazarus had died and his sister Martha, saddened, was asking Jehoshua to intervene. Notice that Martha doesn't comfort herself with the idea that Lazarus is in heaven as a disembodied soul but rather with the fact that he will rise at the last day. This is because the Israelites knew that the resurrection at the last day was the only way to gain immortality (Daniel 12:1-2). Jehoshua also comfored Martha with the fact that her brother will be resurrected. Why didn't the Son of God comfort her with the dying and going to heaven doctrine? Again, because it is a pagan unbiblical doctrine. Of course, Jehoshua was gonna do one better than the resurrection at the last day and resurrect Lazarus right then and there. In verse 25, when Jehoshua says that he that believeth on him, though he die, shall yet live obviously has the resurrection in mind as the mechanism in which those who believe live. Connect this with Paul comforting the Thessalonians that their dead loved ones will be resurrected. These is no comfort given by anyone in the bible that the dead saints are up in heaven as disembodied souls. Let's now go to the next subject concerning the gospel of the Kingdom and that is the law. Much of modern Churchianty teaches that the law is done away with. Either that or that the law is simply the two commandments Jehoshua mentioned in Mark 12:28-34. Or some teach that Jehoshua brought a new law and that the 10 commandments are done away with. The overall view of the law in modern Christianity is a lawless one. In fact, if you try and keep the law you are deemed unsaved. All the different scenarios regarding the law propagated by Christendom are rooted in one thing and that is their hatred of the seventh day Sabbath. That is what is really at the heart of the issue. Hebrews 8:10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people" The idea of a lawless new covenant is unbiblical and contradicst the actual language of the new covenant. Part and parcel of the new covenant is that the law will be written on our hearts and put in our mind. We have to ask ourselves, what was the reason Jehovah divorced the house of Israel in the first place? It was because of the constant breaking of his law. When Jehovah was to renew his martial covenant with Israel He would write His law in their minds and hearts. If the divorce was because of the breaking of the law of Jehovah and the renewal of vows is a restoration of the law in the hearts of the previously divorced, then how in the world can we say the law is done away with? This would be equivalent to divorcing your spouse because of unfaithfulness and the renewing your vows with them with the idea that they don't have to be faithful to you and that the law of marriage fidelity doesn't apply to them. Modern Christianity uses Paul as the fall guy to promote their lawless doctrine yet the apostle constantly upholds the law and uses it as a standard of behavior for the churches he writes to. 2nd Corinthians 3:3 "being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Messiah, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh" Paul echoes Hebrews 8:10, that now in the new covenant the law is to be written on the tables of our hearts of flesh. Somehow modern Christianity takes this to mean that the law is done away with. Yet this cannot be, as Paul's reference to tables of the heart is an obvious reference to the 10 commandments as they were written on tables of stone. Paul even contrasts the tables of stone in which the 10 commandments were written on in the old covenant with the new covenant concept of the law being written on our hearts. The book of Ezekiel confirms that when we are given a heart of flesh it allows the holy Spirit to write the law on it. Ezekiel 36:26-27 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them. This is exactly where Paul is pulling from in 2nd Corinthians 3. Again, we see the comparison between the heart of stone & the heart of flesh. The heart of flesh is able to have the law written on it as the heart of stone cannot. For the heart of stone, the law is burdensome. For the heart of flesh, the law is just, holy and good. Having the heart of stone removed & given a heart a flesh causes one to be given the Spirit and walk in the statutes, commandments and ordinances of Jehovah God. These is so much more that can be said but we will conclude the subject of the law with Jehoshua's words in His Kingdom gospel preaching on the sermon on the mount: Matthew 5:17-19 17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven Most Christians have out right contradicted the words of Jehoshua stated above as they boldly proclaim that the law is done away with. There may be questions as to what exactly Jehoshua means when he says he came to fulfil the law but there can be no question as to what he means in verse 19 about those who break the least of the commandments and teach others to do the same. Today's churches boldly teach that believers are free to break God's commandments namely the fourth commandment of the seventh day Sabbath. What does Jehoshua say about this at the end of the sermon? Matthew 7:22-23 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Iniquity means lawlessness which John the apostle defines as sin (1 John 3:4). Sticking with John the apostle he says this: 1 John 5:2-3 2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. Just as breaking the law defines sin, keeping the commandments defines love. Because of the modern Church's doctrine that does away with the law they cannot preach the love of Jehovah. Jehovah God's love is defined by His commandments & nothing else. This is seen all throughout scripture. Christendom teaches a false version of love that is more akin to emotionalism than God's principles. American churchianty teaches a greek philosophical version of love and not the biblical version, which again is defined by the commandments of Jehovah. In Exodus 20, the 10 commandments are laid out and each one of them promotes either loving God or loving our neighbor. James 2:8-12 8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty. Just as in chapter 1 James, the brother of Jehoshua, equates the 10 commandments to being a law of liberty. He refers it to the royal law (verse 8). Royal law refers to the law of the King. Jehovah God is the ultimate King and His Son Jehoshua is the Davidic King of bible prophecy. Isaiah 42:4 "He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law" This is a prophecy about the coming Messianic King. Notice that it says the islands will wait for his law. This means that the Messiah has a law yet Churchianty teaches that he abolished the law. Basically, Christendom teaches an antichrist version of the Son of God as it is the antichrist who attempts to change times and the law (Daniel 7:25). Paul says that it will be the son of perdition (antichrist) who comes to bring lawlessness (2nd Thessalonians 2). Inadvertently, the churches are teaching that Jesus is the son of perdition rather than the Son of God. The son of perdition teaches lawlessness whereas the Son of God brings his law to the islands. Now we arrive at the question of whether the new covenant was made with a non Israelite gentile church or the nation of Israel. As always scripture gives us the truth: Hebrews 8:8-13 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new [covenant] he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away. This is a pretty straight forward passage in regards to who the new covenant is made with. The author of Hebrews, quoting Jeremiah 31, says the new covenant is made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Today's churches teach that the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel are lost. How could that be if the author of Hebrews said that the new covenant is made with them? Just as a husband cannot make a marriage covenant with a woman who is nowhere to be found, Jehovah could not have possibly made the new covenant with the house of Israel if there were lost at the time that the new covenant was made. Some people in the Hebrew roots movement teach that the new covenant is future so that they can promote their lost tribes doctrine. The lost tribes doctrine is rooted in Zionism and the Satanic lie that today's Geo-political Israel is a fulfilment of bible prophecy and that the so called Jews are the legitimate children of Israel. These so called Jews claim that they constitute Israel for the time being and that the gathering of the so called lost tribes is future. Once it is shown that the gathering of the 10 tribes already took place then the modern state of Israel is exposed for the fraud that it is. The modern state of Israel is part of the package of futurist eschatology. This futurist eschatology promotes antichrist Jews as the children of God and denies the disciples of the Son of God as the true Israel of Jehovah God. The lost tribes doctrine is essential to Zionism because if we they were to admit that the tribes were found in the first century then most of the prophecies they hold as future would be shown to have already been fulfilled. And if they have already been fulfilled, then there would be no point for the church to look to the modern state of Israel as anything significant in terms of prophecy. It would also exposes the modern Jews as not being who they claim to be. They would be seen as the antichrist's that they truly are. It would prove that the church was/is the new covenant Israel that was united in the first century with Judah and Ephraim coming together through Jehoshua and the apostles preaching. The modern churches denial of being Israelites has had the side effect of teaching that the law is not for them. It has also fostered bizarre end times scenarios where the church is in heaven during the millennium and physical Jews are here on earth. The Rapture and the inability to detect who the antichrist is have been the unfortunate results of this denial of the new covenant being made with Israel. In Ephesians 2, Paul talks about those who were Gentiles being brought into the Commonwealth of Israel through the blood of the Messiah. He says that they are now partakers of the covenants of promise and fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God. Obviously, Paul is stating that they are now part of Israel through faith in the Messiah. This should be good news to all believers yet the churches go out of their way to twist this passage and outright deny what Paul is clearly stating. Actually, these Ephesians are part of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Ephesians 1 proves this as well as Peter's epistle as he writes to the sorjourners of the dispersion (scattered Israelites) in Asia. Ephesus is in Asia. In the book of Revelation, we see that it is written to the 12 tribes of Israel. Seven churches in Asia are addressed and these churches in Asia were the very ones Peter wrote to in his epistle that he called sojourners and strangers of the dispersion. The word "dispersion" is rendered from the Greek word "diaspora" (strongs 1290) and means "Israelite resident scattered in Gentile countries:- (which) are scattered abroad." 1 Peter 1:1 "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia" Asia includes most of the congregations Paul wrote to. Peter is addressing Israelites who are dwelling in these countries (including Asia) not non Israelites. These are the same Israelites that are being addressed in Revelation as the churches in Asia. 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. Many churches try to teach that this is about a non Israelite church ir try to apply solely to what is falsely called Modern Jews. However, scripture is clear that only Israel was elected by Jehovah God as a special race. Psalm 147:19-20 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah. Jehovah gave his law only to the nation of Israel. This is because Israel only was Jehovah's son: Exodus 4:22 "And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born" Jehovah God elected the nation of Israel to be His first begotten Son. Paul confirms that the election is Israel's: Romans 11 "As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers` sake" Paul is specifically referencing the unconverted Israelites & says that nonetheless they are loved by the Father Jehovah as they are of the election. Romans 9:3-4 3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Messiah for my brethren`s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises Paul says the sonship (adoption) is Israel's. Sonship is the more accurate word as adoption would indicate not a real son by genealogy but someone taken outside the seed and brought into the family. Jehovah God doesn't have seed but the holy seed of Israel is His first born son & that seed is genetic and literal. To Israel is the Sonship of Jehovah. Isaiah 43:1-7 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made. Jehovah God formed Israel as His first born son. One chapter later, Isaiah says Jehovah formed Israel from the womb. Isaiah 44:1-2 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:.2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. Israel is the chosen of Jehovah & this election of Israel is from the womb according to the prophet Isaiah. This fits perfectly with Ephesians 1. Let's now go back to 1 Peter 2:9-10. When Peter refers to the believers as a chosen race & a royal priesthood he is referring to Exodus 19:5-6 which is about the nation of Israel. In the Exodus quotation it says that Israel was Jehovah's own possession from among all peoples. This shows the exclusivity of the statement made by Peter. Verse 1-2 of Peter's epistle proves that he is addressing Israelites therefore verses 9-10 about these sojourners being a chosen race is regarding the same people the original quote was about i.e. Israelites. Peter refers to these Israelites as a chosen race as they are the recipient of the new covenant. ReplyForward
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