Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
The heroes of old considered themselves as strangers and pilgrims on this earth. The patriarchs could not recieve the inheritance apart from the rest of God's people (verse 40 of Hebrews 11).
"They seek a better country" not a homeland that could be traveled to in this life because if it was, they might have had oppurtunity to have returned. All believers are to seek the heavenly homeland of New Jerusalem as we, like the patriarchs of old, are just pilgrims and strangers here in this earth including earthly Jerusalem. Even the heroes of old didn't place their home and hope in earthly Jerusalem but rather were desiring the heavenly Jerusalem that was to come. Those who consider themselves strangers and pilgrims on this earth, including earthly Jerusalem, plainly declare that they seek a heavenly country which they believe is a better country than anything that's on this earth. It's very telling that even the ancient saints of God knew that earthly Jerusalem was not their eternal destination or their hope. They had their hope on heavenly things and the city of the living God New Jerusalem. Because the saints of Jehovah declare that they are strangers on this earth, which includes earthly Jerusalem, God is not ashamed to be called their God. The saints that have the heavenly hope have no desire to return to their earthly homelands. This includes the Israelites of today who are in Messiah as they don't seek to return to earthly Jerusalem but seek the free Jerusalem, the mother of us all: Galatians 4:26 (KJV) 26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Jehovah God has prepared a city for the saints which is the heavenly Jerusalem that will come down out of heaven: 1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV,) 9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him As much as scripture talks about the heavenly Zion, we cannot possibly fathom how glorious this city will be. Those that love God will get to enter into the gates of New Jerusalem. Loving God is equated with keeping His commandments: Revelation 22:14 (KJV) 14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. God has prepared New Jerusalem for those who keep His commandments which are those who love Him. Ezekiel 48:35 (ASV) 35It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there. In Ezekiel 48 verses 31-35, the city of Jehovah is described and the name of the city is "Jehovah Shammah" meaning Jehovah is there. Not only will the city be beautifully prepared for us but the Father Himself will dwell there with us and spread His tabernacle (presence) over us. Revelation 21:2-3 (ASV) 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.3And 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. The city of New Jerusalem is prepared (made ready) as a bride adorned for her husband. New Jerusalem is the tabernacle of Jehovah God and He will dwell with men. John says God Himself will be the redeemed saints. This is why New Jerusalem is called "Jehovah Shammah" because Jehovah Himself will be with His people in the city. John 14:1-4 (KJV) 1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Jehoshua spoke about the city of God to His apostles and guaranteed to them that there are many mansions in the Father's tabernacle of New Jerusalem. He said this to encourage them and give them hope. Jehoshua never promised earthly Jerusalem as the inheritance or hope of His apostles but rather gave them the heavenly hope of New Jerusalem. Jehoshua told them that He was going to heaven, by way of resurrection and ascension, to prepare a mansion for them. Let's go to Acts 15 and show that the new covenant does not include keeping the law of Moses: Acts 15:1 (KJV) 1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Paul and Barnabas firmly disagreed with the brethren who tried to impose the law of Moses on the Church (Antioch). Specifically circumcision was the controversy. The disputation was great verse 2 says. The church determined that Paul and Barnabas should go up to Jerusalem and get counsel from the apostles concerning this matter (verse 2). Verse 5 of Acts 15: "But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses." Not only was circumcision alone the point of the controversy but also the law of Moses as a whole. Circumcision related to a required ceremony in the covenant God made with Abraham (Genesis 17:9-10) and the law of Moses encompasses the ancient ceremonies that God required in His covenant with the nation of Israel (as in the book of Leviticus). Verse 7 of Acts 15: "And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe." This one verse destroys the notion that the gospel of the Kingdom includes the keeping of the law of Moses as Peter says point blank that He preached the word of the gospel to the Gentiles and verses 8-10 show that the Gentiles believed and received the Holy Ghost. Chapter 10 of Acts details Peter's encounter with Cornelius. Did Peter's preaching to the Gentiles include a call to keep the law of Moses? Let's let Peter speak for Himself: Acts 15:8-10 (KJV) 8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Jehovah God is no respecter of persons and blesses those who by faith believe regardless if they are a Jew or Gentile. The Father purified the hearts of the Gentile believers by faith in the Son of God circumcising their hearts (Romans 2:29). "By faith" trust in Messiah, not the old ceremonial law, is Jehovah's means for cleansing the soul (Acts 26:18). In verse 10, Peter says the words that condemns every Hebrew roots person who is teaching the necessity of keeping the law of Moses: "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" Do we really want to believe that when Peter preached the gospel to the Gentiles that he included the law of Moses as part of it? Go back to Acts 10 and there is no mention of Peter telling Cornelius and his household to keep the law of Moses. Also, here Peter refers to the law of Moses as a yoke, so obviously he didn't include something that is a "yoke" as part of his gospel preaching to the Gentiles. That would make Peter double minded and a hypocrite, on one hand preach the keeping of the law of Moses to the Gentiles and on the other to call it a yoke. Peter says that you are actually tempting Jehovah God when you tell people they must keep the law of Moses. That is dangerous ground to be on. Even the Israelites of old couldn't bear the yoke of the Mosaic law yet somehow Gentiles think they can. Verse 11 of Acts 15, "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jehoshua Messiah we shall be saved, even as they." Salvation is a free gift and powerful work of God through the death and resurrection of the now glorified Jehoshua Messiah. This is how every single new testament saint is saved. Even the old testament saints were saved by faith in the Jehovah's future Messianic King and salvation program. Peter concluded from God's manner of saving the Gentiles that Jews must be saved the same way. We heard from Peter one of the 12 apostles, now let's hear from Jehoshua's brother James who headed up the Jerusalem Church: Acts 15:13-19 (KJV) 13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: The above is one of the most powerful passages in relation to the new covenant and what constitutes Jehovah's new covenant Israel. Let's look at the above verses. Verse 13, James tells those present at the council to listen to what he is about to say. Verse 14, James attributes Peter's gospel preaching to the Gentiles as fulfillment of prophecy. Jehovah's purpose in sending Peter to the Gentiles was to graft a remnant of them into the Commonwealth of Israel. These Gentiles would then be sealed with the Father's name on their forehead (Revelation 14:1). They would become Jehovah God's purchased possession. Verses 15-17, James quotes Amos 9:11-12 and attributes this to the gospel going out to the Gentiles in the new covenant. The returning of Jehovah God was Him bringing the long awaited Davidic Messiah into the world and then anointing Him as King with the Spirit at His baptism. By the time of Jehoshua's first advent into the world, the Davidic dynasty was in ruins i.e. fallen down. Jehovah God rebuilt the tabernacle (Kingdom, throne) of David by anointing Jehoshua as the King of Israel at His baptism and then subsequently enthroning Him as King at His ascension into heaven. Jehoshua was of the fruit of David's loins and was qualified to be the King of Israel. Jehoshua was coronated as King of Israel upon His ascension into heaven and was given an eternal Kingdom (Daniel 7:13-14; Hebrews 1:8-9; Acts 2:29-36; Col 1:12-14). Jehovah God set up the tabernacle of David by bringing forth the Messiah at the Jordan river and then ultimately resurrecting Him to glory. Jehoshua fulfilled the oath made to David by Jehovah God (2 Samuel 7). Jehoshua was the promised seed of David and made the firstborn of all creation at His baptism and higher than the kings of the earth at His resurrection. Psalm 89:26-27 (ASV) 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.27 I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. Jehovah adopted the royal line of David (2 Samuel 7:14) making it a type of Jehoshua, the glorified Son in His resurrected Kingship. Firstborn here is not necessarily about birth but rank and designation. Jehoshua is the King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19). Psalm 89:28-29 28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. Jehovah promised that He would be loyal to the covenant He made with David. Jehovah promised David that His seed (family descent) would endure forever and that his throne would be established eternally. This was all fulfilled in the life, death and resurrection of Jehoshua. Psalm 89:35-37 (ASV) 35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:36His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.37It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah God's commitment to exalt the Son of David is forever sealed with a solemn oath, communicating its unchangeable nature (Psalm 110:1; Heb 6:17-18). The psalmist reiterates Jehovah's promise to David that his seed (sperm) would last forever. This alludes to a male descendant of David establishing the throne and Kingdom of Israel forever. Both verse 36 and 37 show that the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant will result in a throne that is established in heaven as the sun and moon are in the heavens. The throne will be a faithful witness in heaven not on earth. Faithful, because it shows that Jehovah kept His covenant with David and made good on the promises of the covenant in that David's seed (family descent) and throne would be established eternally. Again, Jehoshua is the fulfillment of this covenant and just as He is the faithful witness (Rev 1:5) His heavenly throne is a faithful witness in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary (Heb 8:1-2). So going back to Acts 15, James says that Jehovah would return to the nation of Israel and rebuild the Davidic dynasty setting it up eternally as the new covenant Kingdom. This was fulfilled in the life, death, resurrection and ultimately the ascension of the Messiah into heaven. The birth of Jehoshua was a sign that God was with His people, the nation of Israel, and had not forgotten His promise to raise them up a Davidic savior. Jehoshua was brought forth publicly by Jehovah at His baptism being anointed as the King of Israel and begotten as God's Son. He was confessed as both just two days after His baptism by Nathanael: "thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel." Then five days before the Passover, a multitude of people took palm branches and went forth to meet him and proclaim Him the King of Israel. They sang Psalm 118:25-26: 25 Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah. They knew that the arrival of the Messianic Davidic King was the day of salvation and prosperity. They acknowledged that Jehoshua was indeed the fulfillment of the oath made to David by Jehovah God. Jehoshua was Jehovah's anointed King and came proclaiming the Father's name. In the passage detailing this great event, Zechariah 9:9 is quoted: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass." This was a day of salvation for the house of Israel, their King Jehoshua arrived humbly sitting on an ass's colt and yet bringing salvation to His people. The events following this would lead to Jehoshua's glorification and enthronement as Israel's eternal Davidic King. Now to the event that sealed the deal and fully established the raising up of David's tabernacle (Kingdom): Hebrews 1:5-9 (ASV) 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame a fire:8 but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1 is an exaltation passage about the ascension of the Messiah into heaven. Psalm 2:7 is quoted here and it significant that it is, because in context Psalm 2 is about the trials and eventual coronation of an Israelite King. The author of Hebrews wants us to know what exactly took place upon Messiah's ascension into heaven. The quotation of Psalm 45:5-6 in Hebrews 1:8-9 further shows us what actually took place at the Son of God's ascension. Psalm 45:5-6 is another coronation Psalm of an Israelite King. These coronation Psalms are being applied here in Hebrews chapter 1 to Jehoshua's ascension into heaven. This clearly shows us that upon Jehoshua's ascension into heaven He was crowned and enthroned as the King of Israel. The tabernacle of David was now rebuilt and established as a new covenant Israelite Kingdom, in which Gentiles are now grafted into as fellow citizens (Ephesians 2). This is what James is referring to in his quotation of the book of Amos. Part and parcel to the rebuilding of the tabernacle of David is Jehovah taking out for Himself a people from among the Gentiles. Peter was Jehovah's vessel to this very thing (Acts 10) as was Paul. It was actually the mystery of the gospel (that the Gentiles would be brought into the Commonwealth of Israel) that Paul later talks about in his epistles.
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