Lost Sheep

Matthew 9 :  The Sheep and the Harvest

 Just as the United States became divided during the Civil War,

Israel also became divided into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.

Southern States :::::::::: Northern States

 

Southern Kingdom :::::::::: Northern Kingdom

But unlike the US, Israel never came back together. 

Both Kingdoms ended up being banished from their land and taken into captivity. 

Only a portion of the Southern Kingdom was led back into Israel.

THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM

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 “House of Judah”
 led into Exile in Babylon. 

 

THE NORTHERN KINGDOM

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“House of Israel”
was taken by the Assyrians.    

 Matthew 10 : Instructions to Disciples(Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)

Matthew 9 :  The Sheep and the Harvest

HARVEST : “To Cut Down”

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 At the time of the harvest, when his crop is fully ripe, the farmer cuts down (hew’s) his crop that he has sown in the field. Harvesting wheat was typically  done through use of a sickle or scythe. 

 

 

 

 WHEAT GATHERED into SHEAVES

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The farmer would then

gather (glean) and bundle

the stalks of wheat together

 in what is called

a sheaf or Sheaves (multiple). 

 

 

 

Taken to THRESHING FLOOR

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The bundled wheat is then taken  to the circularthreshing floor where the sheaves of grain would be spread across the threshing floor.  The sheaves would then be threshed

 

 

Thresh (Hebrew) [h1758] דּוּשׁ dûwsh (occurs 15 in 14)

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• —break, tear, thresh, tread out (down)
• to tread out, thresh
• to tread on, trample on, thresh 

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Threshed(Hebrew) [h2251] חָבַט châbaṭ (occurs 5 in 5)

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• to beat, beat out, beat off, thresh with a stick or flail

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Threshing(Hebrew) [h4173] מוֹרַג môwrag (occurs 3 in 3)

• from an unused root meaning to triturate;
• a threshing sledge:—threshing instrument.

PAIRS OF OXEN

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would be walked round and round

dragging a heavy threshing-board

 or threshing sledge behind them. 

 

 

 

THRESHING BOARDS

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had stones or flint chips or iron spikes

inserted into the bottom side.  These teeth speed up the threshing process 

-or-

THRESHING SLEDGE (WAIN)

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a threshing wain which consisted of 3 or 4 wooden cylinders armed with stones of iron joined together as a sledge  

THRESHING  can also be done individually with a

FLAIL

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-or-

 

 Ruth & Gideon both threshed wheat.

TREADING WITH FEET

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These instruments for THRESHING were used to:

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• TEAR away the ears of grain from the stalks
• CUT and CRUSH up the wheat which LEVELS & SMOOTHS
• LOOSEN the  grain and chaff/husk

STALKS

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(are torn from)

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EARS OF GRAIN

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“He who has an EAR, let him hear”

EARS OF GRAIN 

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 are 

 CRUSHED/BEATEN 

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to SMOOTH, LEVEL, & LOOSEN 

A WINNOWING FORK

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would then be used

to WINNOW the THRESHED WHEAT

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Threshing floors were built in the high parts of the city

to utilize the WIND

to SEPARATE 

 

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THE CHAFF : THE EMPTY SHELL

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(The Outer Protective Coating)

 

-from-

 

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THE LOOSENED GRAIN : 

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(Fruit with the Shell)

THE LIGHT CHAFF

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& short torn straw

would be BLOWN AWAY BY WIND

and fall some distance away…

SCATTERED

 

  

 

THE HEAVIER GRAIN

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 would FALL

at the winnower’s feet,

then finally taken

 into the farmers barn. 

 

The grain could then be 

FURTHER CLEANSED by SIEVING. 

A sieve, or sifter,

 is a device for separating

unwanted material from wanted elements

 

UNWANTED

MATERIAL

 

WANTED

ELEMENTS

THE THRESHING PROCESS

symbolizes 

SANCTIFICATION 

Malachi 3 :  The Coming Day of Judgment (John 1:6-13)

1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, said the LORD of hosts. 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts.

 THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

16Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name. 17And they shall be mine, said the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. 18Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

WORTHLESS DROSS

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PURIFIED METAL

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God chose Abraham out of Babylon and then tempted him by telling him to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering in MOUNT MORIAH, which was a common pagan practice that came out of Babylon.  When God saw that Abraham acted upon God’s request, God knew that he feared God, and did not withhold His only son from Him.  Abraham then offered up a substitute offering of a ram in Isaac’s place.. 

MOUNT MORIAH

 would be the future location of where David

would purchase THE THRESHING FLOOR from Ornan the Jebusite.

 

It was upon the Threshing floor that his son, Solomon,

who was the wisest on earth, built the Temple made with hands. 

 

Before constructing and laying the foundation of a building,

the area must be SMOOTHED & LEVEL…THRESHED

 

This is why John the Baptist,

the one who Malachi prophesied would “PREPARE THE WAY”,

was sent before Jesus to “PREPARE PEOPLE’S HEARTS” 

and to make their “PATHS STRAIGHT, LEVEL, or SMOOTH”

because this was where Jesus was going to build His Temple.

Matthew 3 :  The Mission of John the Baptist (Isaiah 40:1-5; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28)

1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2And saying, Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.  4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 10And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 

LUKE 13 :  A CALL TO REPENTANCE (Joel 1:13-20; Amos 5:4-15; Zephaniah 2:1-3)

1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And Jesus answering said to them, Suppose you that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. 4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think you that they were sinners above all men that dwelled in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.

Hebrews 12 : A Call to Holiness  (1 Peter 1:13-21)

13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.  

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  

HEBREWS 4 : GOD’S WORD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE

¹² For the word of God is living and active.   Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow.  It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  ¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.   

We are the oxen that God 

uses through his Holy Spirit to

 SEPARATE the grain [fruit] from the chaff,

& to SMOOTH OUT the rough

 

Just as we are the clay

that is molded by the

hands of potter

as it spins in a circle.

 

The CORNERSTONE (or FOUNDATION STONE or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

 

WE ARE THE LIVELY STONES, beginning with Peter (“rock”) that make up the rest of the Temple, and built upon the foundation laid by Christ and held together by the cornerstone.  Christ dwells in our hearts by faith, being rooted and grounded in love, so we may be able  to comprehend what is the breadth, length, depth, and height.

Matthew 16 :  Peter’s Confession of Christ (Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-20; John 6:66-71)

13When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15He said to them, But whom say you that I am? 16And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father which is in heaven. 18And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

JESUS PREDICTS DEATH AND RESURRECTION (Mark 8:31-33; Luke 9:21-22)

21From that time forth began Jesus to show to his disciples, how that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this shall not be to you.23But he turned, and said to Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are an offense to me: for you mind not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS (Matthew 10:37-39; Mark 8:34-38; Luke 9:23-27)

24Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25For whoever will save his life shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28Truly I say to you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

We are “SET APART”

from the world,

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-because we are-

 

 

“RECONCILED” with God

 through His Son, the Stone of Israel

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Joel 3 : The Lord Judges the Nations 

13Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision^[h2742]: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision^[h2742].

He works to carve His image into us

through 

His Holy Spirit

[h7926]שְׁכֶם shek-em   is also the name of a city in Canaan.  

 

SHECHEM was the 1st place God appeared to Abraham,  after being called out of Babylon and where he built the 1st altar to God 

 

SHECHEM was also where God renamed Jacob to “Israel”  

 

When we begin to understand the completeness of our JUSTIFICATION, we can rest and rejoice in the ongoing tribulation, discipline, chastening (correction), refinement of our SANCTIFICATION (process of being made Holy).   Just as following the Law does not make you justified,  but is an expression of the fact that you have been reconciled to Him.

Together we work and labor to EDIFY each other, which is “the act of building up” and promoting growth, by serving others and not ourselves.   Each stone is bound together (bundled/united) through the Holy Spirit, and we endeavour to keep the unity in the bond of Peace by walking with all lowliness, meekness, long suffering, forbearing one another in love. 

 

We are built up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.   

 

 

HEBREWS 12 : CHRIST’S SACRIFICE ONCE FOR ALL (Psalm 147:1-20; Romans 3:1-8)

1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

5Why when he comes into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a body have you prepared me: 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure. 7Then said I, See, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will, O God. 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9Then said he, See, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13From now on expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, said the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

FORESHADOWING  is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, or a chapter, and it helps the reader develop expectations about the upcoming events.  The temple and sacrificial system established in the Law foreshadowed what Christ would do for us on the cross.  The law had a shadow of good things to come but it was not the very image.

Exodus 27 :  The Oil for the Lamps (Leviticus 24:1-4)

20And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Olive oil does not need processing

but

you need the right kind of wick and lamp.

People have used olive oil with cotton or linen wicks to cleanse the air around them and to keep flames burning for light for thousand of years. Olive oil is 99% pure fuel; it does not produce smoke or soot and does not burn if spilled. Burning olive oil will smolder and put itself out or at least give you time to put it out. My understanding is that it is because olive oil has low volatility due to its high flash point (it won’t burn until it reaches 550°F), which is also why you need a much thicker wick than for a regular candle or kerosene lamp.

 

The key to burning olive oil is to keep the wick saturated at all times. The thickness of the oil affects the capillary action so soaking the wick in oil before lighting it works best. Use wicks with a large weave or even tightly twisted strips of cotton cloth. You can also make a wick from a cotton swab. Dip the swab into the oil and then twist the oiled end off of the swab stick and shape it into a teardrop. Float the “teardrop” onto the oil and light. Use low-grade olive oil. It will burn just as well as any high-grade olive oil, but will be cheaper. A little will go along way because it burns quite slowly. 

Matthew 25 :  The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.12But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.

THE CORRECT LAMP

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(the light)

 

 

 

 

 

THE WORD

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THE CORRECT LINEN WICK

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(which holds the flame & fire)

 

 

 

 

A PURE HEART

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(which contains the word)

OLIVE OIL

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(which fuels the wick to keep burning)

 

 

 

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT

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The fuel that cleanses and purifies 

and allows us to continue producing 

the resulting fruit that comes

from abiding in the Vine of Christ, the Word.

 

Olive Oil is the Fruit of the Olive Tree. 

Luke 24 :   Jesus Explains the Prophecies

25Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 28And they drew near to the village, where they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. 30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke, and gave to them.31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? 33And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, 34Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon. 35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES (John 20:19-23; 1 John 1:1-4)

36And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the middle of them, and said to them, Peace be to you.37But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have. 40And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you here any meat? 42And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. 43And he took it, and did eat before them.

JESUS OPENS THE MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURES

44And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48And you are witnesses of these things. 49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father on you: but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high.

THE ASCENSION (Mark 16:19-20; Acts 1:6-11)

50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

His WORD 

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 is the

 BREAD of Life.

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The BREAKING OF BREAD represented

giving His disciples UNDERSTANDING of the scriptures.

Bread represented Jesus flesh because Jesus was the WORD made flesh

and his body was broken for us on the cross.  

Exodus 25 : TABLE OF BREAD

²³ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: 2 cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. ²⁴ And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.  ²⁵ And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. ²⁶ And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. ²⁷ Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. ²⁸ And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. ²⁹ And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. ³⁰ And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Matthew 4 : The Temptation of Jesus (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)

1Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you be the Son of God, command that these stones be ma de bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

“A Miller” is a person who operates a MILL,

which is a machine that grinds

the harvested wheat grain,

into flour,

which is used to make bread.

“Milling” is the process of separating and classifying aggregate material.  My last name is “Miller” which I got from my grandfather in the picture.  Gideon was threshing wheat when He was called by God. 

 

HOW GRAIN IS TURNED INTO BREAD

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GRAIN

is ground into 

FLOUR

FLOUR is then mixed with OLIVE OIL

to make

 DOUGH

Hebrews 4 :  A Sabbath-Rest for God’s People (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 16:22-36)

1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

DOUGH is then placed in oven  

to make

BREAD

  

LEAVENED BREAD (w/Yeast)

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Symbolizes HYPOCRISY

Puffed up with Pride. 

Talking the talk but not walking the walk.

 

 

UNLEAVENED BREAD

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Symbolizes SINCERITY

and abiding in Truth.

Walking the Walk of Faith

Fruit (Hebrew) [h6529] פְּרִי pᵉrîy (occurs 119 in 107)

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• anything produced or accruing; 
• product, result, or effect; return or profit +
• produce (of the ground);  
• offspring, children, progeny (of the womb); 
• of actions or thoughts (fig.) 

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Fruit (Greek)  [g2590] karpós (occurs 66 in 56)

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• that which originates or comes from something, an effect, result;
• to gather fruit (i.e. a reaped harvest) into life eternal (as into a granary),
• is used in fig. discourse of those who by their labours have fitted souls to obtain eternal life

from : ἁρπάζω harpázō, (occurs 17 in 13)

• to seize (in various applications): —catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force). 

Matthew 15 : What Defiles a Man

12Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? 17Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?  18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man.

THE LAW & COMMANDMENTS were administered to Israel by Moses.  They heard it, but since Sin lived in there flesh, it became weak and void.  The flesh barred the commands in the Law from being sown into their hearts.  In our flesh dwells no good thing. 

 

GRACE and TRUTH were administered by Jesus through His Holy Spirit, which bypasses the flesh, represented by the veil, and administers the Righteousness and Truth of the Law directly into our hearts.   God is a spirit and we must worship Him in Spirit and Truth. 

 

Through faith in His blood that was shed for us on the cross

Our SIN

 

was ascribed

to Him

 

His RIGHTEOUSNESS

was ascribed

to Us

When we have accepted Him,

God no longer sees our sinful blood but Jesus’s Righteous blood. 

We are NO LONGER NAKED

because we are

CLOTHED WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

We now have direct access to the father through his Son.

THE VEIL that was torn in the temple represented the FLESH. 

 

 

 

 

 

VEIL

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FLESH

  

The stone of Israel, Jesus, was the stone that cracked the shell, which is our flesh,

to access the fruit within  

THE SHELL

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THE FRUIT

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 When Adam & Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the wrong tree, they realized they were naked.  This foreshadowed Christ’s death on the cross, being hung on a tree, which He then sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in in his followers to bear the fruit of His Spirit. The sword of the Spirit is his Word which dwells in us Keeps way the reproach of the flesh.

Genesis 3 : THE EXPULSION FROM PARADISE

 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

21To Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from from where he was taken.  24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD & EVIL

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TREE OF LIFE

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Matthew 3 :  The Mission of John the Baptist (Isaiah 40:1-5; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28)  

10And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

THE RADICLE 

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The first thing that emerges from the seed during germination.   It is the embryonic root that grows downward into the soil.    It allows the seed to suck up the water and send out leaves so it can start photosynthesizing  which is the process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms activities.

 

 

GRACE

MERCY

TRUTH 

THE ROOT

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 The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. It is the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers. A root is the basic cause, source, or origin of something. The Foundation. 

 

THE ROOT OF

DAVID & JESSE

JESUS

 

THE STEM (consists of 2 parts:)

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Hypocotyl: The part of the stem that grows below the cotyledon and into the roots. The basis of the plant stem. The part of the stem of an embryo plant beneath the stalks of the seed leaves and directly above the root.

 

Epicotyl : The part of the stem that develops above the cotyledon into stem and leaves. 

 

These grow upward in response to light

Hypocotyl

JESUS

Epicotyl

HIS SHEEP

We are SANCTIFIED and made clean through

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His HOLY SPIRIT, which is the LIVING WATER 

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1 Peter 1 :  Greetings from Peter (2 Peter 1:1-2)

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.

John 14 : Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-32; John 16:5-16; Acts 2:1-13; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:1-7)

15If you love me, keep my commandments. 16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.

John 17 : Prayer for Disciples

15I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. 18As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Ephesians 5   : 

25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

His HOLY SPIRIT guides us in the TRUTH

which is His WORD, THE BREAD.

His WORD is our LIGHT 

that guides us through the DARKNESS 

BASELINE : a minimum or starting point used for comparisons

Just like a BASELINE in Tennis

is used to distinguish

whether the ball is in play or not.

 

 His WORD establishes 

the BASELINE for TRUTH.

 – EMPTY WORTHLESS VANITY  –

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• FLESH
• LIES, DECEIT
• DARKNESS
• PRIDE THAT LIFTS UP
• WICKED
• UNRIGHTEOUS
• UNHOLY
• UNCLEAN
• ROUGH
• SCARLET WOOL

-vs-

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He must

increase +,

 

but I must

decrease –

 

+ PROFITABLE FRUIT  +

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• SPIRIT
• TRUTH
• LIGHT
• HUMILITY THAT BRINGS LOW
• JUSTIFIED
• RIGHTEOUS
• HOLY
• CLEAN
• SMOOTH
• WHITE LINEN  

John 3 : John’s Testimony Concerning Jesus

.30He must increase, but I must decrease. 31He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all.

Vanity(Hebrew) [h1892] הֶבֶל hebel(occurs 73 in 64)

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• emptiness or vanity;
• figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; 

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Vain (Greek) [g2756] kenós

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• empty ;  
• devoid of truth;
• No Purpose, value or profit –
• Fruitless, without effect
• -of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing; 

Fruit (Hebrew) [h6529] פְּרִי pᵉrîy (occurs 119 in 107)

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• anything produced or accruing; 
• product, result, or effect; return or profit +
• produce (of the ground);  
• offspring, children, progeny (of the womb); 
• of actions or thoughts (fig.) 

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Fruit (Greek)  [g2590] karpós (occurs 66 in 56)

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• that which originates or comes from something, an effect, result;
• to gather fruit (i.e. a reaped harvest) into life eternal (as into a granary),
• is used in fig. discourse of those who by their labours have fitted souls to obtain eternal life

from : ἁρπάζω harpázō, (occurs 17 in 13)

• to seize (in various applications): —catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force). 

THE LIGHT COVERING or SHELL

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THE HEAVY FRUIT WITHIN

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John 4 : Jesus and the Samaratin Woman

 22You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

john 3 : 

4Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. 8The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

ROMANS 8: NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST

1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

CONTROL BY THE SPIRIT (Galatians 5:16-26)

9But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

HEIRS WITH CHRIST (Genesis 21:1-8; Galatians 4:1-7)

12Therefore, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. 14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

FUTURE GLORY (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)

18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope, 21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. 23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? 25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

ROMANS 6 :  DEAD TO SIN, ALIVE TO GOD (2 Corinthians 4:7-18)

1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin. 7For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no more dominion over him. 10For in that he died, he died to sin once: but in that he lives, he lives to God. 11Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

WAGES OF SIN

20For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.  21What fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.  22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

OLD MAN :: ADAM

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Born of Flesh From Earth

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Was made a Living Soul

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Sin entered into the world

 through 1 man’s offence

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Death passed unto many

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Death reigned by 1

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By the offence of 1 judgement,

  came condemnation unto all men

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By the disobedience of 1, 

 many were made sinners

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Sin reigned through death

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The Law entered that the offence may abound

 

NEW MAN :: JESUS

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Born of Spirit from Heaven

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Was made a quickening Spirit

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Grace entered into the world 

through 1 man’s righteousness

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Life passed unto many 

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Righteousness in life shall reign by 1

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By the righteousness of 1 free gift,

 came justification unto life of all men

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By theobedience of 1, 

many were made  righteous

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Grace reigned unto righteousness to life

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But grace did much more abound  

What the Law could not do, in that it was made weak through the flesh, God sending His son in the likeness of Sinful flesh for Sin, condemned Sin in the flesh, so that the Righteousness of the Law, might be fulfilled in us, who walk after the Spirit and not the flesh.

LUKE 12 : NOT PEACE, BUT DIVISION

51Suppose you that I am come to give PEACE on earth?   I tell you, No; but rather DIVISION:

The process of sanctification started all the way back in the Garden.

Genesis 3 : THE EXPULSION FROM PARADISE

21To Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from from where he was taken.  24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD & EVIL

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TREE OF LIFE

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This foreshadowed Christ’s death on the cross, being hung on a tree, which He then sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in in his followers to bear the fruit of His Spirit. The sword of the Spirit is his Word which dwells in us and gives us discernment and understanding.

Matthew 3 :  The Mission of John the Baptist (Isaiah 40:1-5; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28)  

10And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And again with Noah’s Flood.

Genesis 6 :  The Wickedness of Man (Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 12:35-48)

1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repents me that I have made them.

God sent the flood to 

Destroy man from face of Earth

 

 

8souls including Noah,

+ 2of every animal Spared 

The descendant’s of Noah

then formed

70 Nations 

and

built the

Tower of Babel

God then 

SCATTERED the nations

across the face of the earth

70 NATIONS SCATTERED

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by God,

across the world at Babel

 because of DISOBEDIENCE

 

 

 

1 SOUL REDEEMED

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by God, Abraham,

because of OBEDIENCE

to bear Him Fruit

 

John 14 : Jesus Comforts the Disciples

1Let not your heart be troubled: you 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 to myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know.  5Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not where you go; and how can we know the way? 6Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.

We have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

BABYLON

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built with bricks & stones,

by works of men’s hands,

held together by Bitumen (Fossil Fuels)

NEW JERUSALEM

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built without hands,

by work of Christ,

held together by Holy Spirit

Genesis 22 : Promise to Abraham 

17That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice. 

ABRAHAM

ISAAC

JACOB (ISRAEL)

ISRAEL’S 12 SONS

The 12 Tribes of Israel that came from Jacob

came by way of his 2 wives,  Leah and Rachel

and their 2 handmaids, Zilphah, and Bilhah.

HANDMAIDS

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Bilhah (Rachel’s Handmaid)

Zilpah (Leah’s Handmaid)

 

WIVES

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Rachel

Leah 

Leahhad the 1st 4 tribes of Israel : 

1) REUBEN 2) SIMEON 3) LEVI 4) JUDAH

Rachel became envious of Leah

because she was able to conceive 

and give Jacob children and she couldn’t.

So she gave Jacob her handmaid

Bilhah to conceive who had : 

5) DAN 6) NAPHTALI

Leah then gave Jacob her handmaid

Zilpah to conceive who had 

7) GAD 8) ASHER

Leah then had

9) ISAACHAR 10) ZEBULON

RACHEL

finally had 

11) JOSEPH 12) BENJAMIN

 

^[h7354]  רָחֵל Râchêl

Rachel = “ewe” (lamb)

BENJAMIN

(“son of the right hand”)

 

JOSEPH

(“God has added”) (+)

 

Rachel died given birth to Benjamin in Bethlehem

which means “House of Bread”.

David and Jesus were born in Bethlehem.

This is where the SHEEP  

and the SHEPHERD narrative begins.  

 

RACHEL

“The Wife”

 Jacob (Israel)

“loved the most”

 

JOSEPH

“The Son”

Jacob (Israel)

“loved the most”

Rachel and Leah the 2 wives of Jacob

were the ones that built the house of Israel

THE SHEEP

came from Rachel

 

THE SHEPHERD

 came from Leah

RUTH 4 : BOAZ REDEEMS RUTH

11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:  

JUDAH and JOSEPH

received the LONGEST BLESSINGS from Jacob.

 

 

 

GENESIS 49 : JACOB’S PROPHECY of joseph

 

22Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24But his bow stayed in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers.

 

GENESIS 49 : JACOB’S PROPHECY OF Judah

 

8Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you. 9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the gathering of the people be. 11Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass’s colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk

The Sceptre is a mark of Authority.   The Sceptre is the Law which is what Jesus our Shepherd, who was from the Tribe of Judah fulfilled and unto him shall everyone be gathered.  Joseph is prophecied to bare the fruit that comes from following and obeying the shepherd which bares the Sceptre.

Hebrews 1 : The Supremacy of the Son (Colossians 1:15-23)  

8But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. 9You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 10And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands: 11They shall perish; but you remain; and they all shall wax old as does a garment;  

Joseph’s brothers envied him and they threw him into a pit and was sold into in Egypt. 

While in Egypt, Joseph gave birth to 2 sons, Ephraim and Manassah

 

MANASSAH

 

EPHRAIM

Because of famine Israel moved his family from the land of Canaan to the Land of Goshen, just outside of Egypt, where Jacob, Israel, blesses the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manassah.  He even claims that’s Joseph’s sons are to be treated as his.  They were ADOPTED in as part of the tribes of Israel, which foreshadowed our adoption as sons of God through faith in Christ.

 5And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 

אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim

“I shall be doubly fruitful”

1ST PORTION

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(of the womb)
 Multiplying into a nation while in Egypt after God told them “to be fruitful and multiply.”

 

2ND PORTION

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(of actions & thoughts)  

 the fruit of the Spirit

given to us by Christ’s Holy Spirit

[h7926]שְׁכֶם shek-em SHECHEM the Hebrew word for “SHOULDER” and also the name of the city in Canaan where ...

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• God 1st appeared to Abraham,  after being called out of Babylon
•  1st altar built to God by Abraham was  
•  God renamed Jacob to “Israel” 

It was also: 

• An inheritance for Ephraim and Manassah . 
• Where Joseph and Joshua were buried 
• Where Joshua (“from Tribe of Ephraim”) made a covenant with Israel that they would put away strange gods and wrote Moses Law and took a great stone and set it here under this oak    

The same pattern applies here where

the first born blessing goes to the second bornEphraim,

which foreshadowed

the second born Jesus, born of spirit,

receiving the first born blessing over Adam, born of flesh.   

Joseph received the 1ST BORN BIRTHRIGHT even though he was 2nd to last one born of the 12 tribes. 

1 CHRONICLES 5 :  DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN

1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but for as much as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)  

BIRTHRIGHT PROMISE

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 Joseph 

Ephraim          ::       Manassah 

 

SCEPTER PROMISE

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Judah

David         ::          Jesus

Ephraim, who received the 1st born blessing was prophesied to be the fullness of the nations, those belonging to God. 

Matthew 25 :  The Sheep and the Goats

THE GOATS

 

 

 

THE SHEEP

 

EXODUS 1: THE ISRAELITES MULTIPLY IN EGYPT

Oppression by a New Pharaoh

God heard their cry and redeemed them out of Egypt through Moses and the Exodus. 

22And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn. 24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband are you to me. 26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.

EXODUS 8 : 

 22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there;to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the middle of the earth. 23And I will put a division between my people and your people: to morrow shall this sign be. 

Exodus 11 : 

 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

BOOK OF THE DEAD

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LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE

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 EXODUS 19 : ISRAEL AT MOUNT SINAI

It was at this time God thundered down

THE LAW and 10 COMMANDMENTS,

to Israel as well as the aliens that had left and joined with them,  

as well instruction to Moses on setting  up a Tabernacle.

GOD’S LAW is written in the

first 5 books of the Old Testament.

 

The next 17 books of the Old Testament are essentially historical books  based on how well Israel followed the instructions given in these 5 books.  

 

The last 17 books of the Old Testament are books written by the prophets warning Israel of what will happen if they continue to disobey the covenant that had been established.

WHY WAS THE LAW GIVEN?

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To

 

The Law was given to the Israelite’s so they could distinguish between the gods of the nations and the God who redeemed them of Egypt whom they were called to serve.

 

To separate themselves from the customs of the nations so they could serve the God of Israel. 

1 TIMOTHY :  

9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for murderers, 10For fornicators, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for enslavers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 

All the things stipulated in the Law that you were not to do, were the things that they were doing in Babylon, Sodom, and Egypt.  It was to give distinction and clarification between His people and the nations.  

 

Laws are put in place for the well being of others and yourself, to keep peace and justice, and to establish order.  (ie for our own good)

 LEVITICUS 20: KEEP ALL MY DECREES

22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. 23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples. 25Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.  

When Moses came down from the Mount after receiving the 10 commandments from God on Mount Sinai, Israel had already fashioned a calf out the gold they had taken from the Egyptians and said that the calf was what brought them out of Egypt.

EXODUS 32 : THE GOLDEN CALF 

 25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies:)   26Then

Moses stood in the GATE OF THE CAMP,

and said, WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE? 

let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

 27And he said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. 28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man on his son, and on his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day. 

Those who weren’t on the Lord’s Side

were slain with the sword

by the Levite’s

The Levite’s “joined to” Moses.

The Levite’s were who the Priesthood

was established.

This is extremely important to understand and it foreshadows being priest’s with him for 1000 years after having separated ourselves and coming out from Babylon.  Levi = “Join to”.   Just as the Levite’s joined to Moses, we will be “joined” to the Christ, meaning Levite Priests, and separated from the world.  Those written in the Lambs book of Life are “joined to” the Lord by His Holy Spirit and we have the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God.

Revelation 18 :  Babylon is Fallen 

4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. 5For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 

Revelation 20 : Satan Bound 1000 years

 6Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.  

When stationed in the wilderness after the Exodus out of Egypt,  all of Rachel’s descendant’s were stationed together in the West, and were known as the Camp of Ephraim.   They included Benjamin and the 2 son’s of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manassah.  They were closest to the Ark of the Covenant.

PSALM 80:  HEAR US, SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL

1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth. 2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us. 3Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. 

• EPHRAIM:   JOSHUA was from Ephraim who led Israel into Promised Land

• BENJAMIN:   The APOSTLE PAUL was from Benjamin who established the first churches

• MANASSAH:   GIDEON was from Manassah, who was chosen by God to defeat the Midianites 

While in wilderness, God chose 1 from each tribe to go spy out Canaan, the land promised to them by God as an inheritance.  Moses instructed the spies to report whether the land was good or bad and to bring of back the fruit of the land.  They returned after 40 days of searching they said the fruit of the land is good and it flows with milk and honey, but, those who dwell in the land have cities that are walled and the sons of Anak who are giants and stronger than us dwell there so there is no way we can possess the land.

Only 2 spies of the 12

did not bring back a negative report,

and did not fear the inhabitants of Canaan

JOSHUA

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From the Tribe of EPHRAIM

 

CALEB

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From the Tribe of JUDAH

 

 

 

 These are the only 2 people that left during the Exodus

and made it to the Promised Land after God made

them wander in the wilderness for 40 years

due to disobedience!!! 

601,730

left during the Exodus

and all of them died in the Wilderness

 except

JOSHUA (Ephraim) & CALEB (Judah)

+ the sons and daughters that were born 

to those who died during that 40 year period

It was only the children of this generation,

that was to enter the Promised Land under Joshua. 

 

Joshua used a sword/knife to circumcise

all those who were born in the wilderness at hill of foreskins

in Gilgal (Circle) before reaching the Promised Land.

 

Just before entering we see God adding a new covenant at Moab,

to that which was given to the generation before at Horeb/Sinai

COVENANT

@ HOREB (Mount SINAI)

 

COVENANT ADDED

@ MOAB

 Deuteronomy 27 :  Blessings and Curses

11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12These shall stand on mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13And these shall stand on mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

The Covenant at Moab was an expansion of the blessings and curses given at Horeb,

pending obedience or disobedience to the Law. 

CURSES FOR DISOBEDIENCE

ON MOUNT EBAL

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The sons of their handmaids stood on

Mount Ebal to curse (w/ exception of Reuben)

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• Reuben
• Gad
• Asher
• Zebulun
• Dan
• Naphtali. 

 

BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE 

ON MOUNT GERIZEM

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The sons of Jacob’s Wives, Rachel and Leah, stood on Mount Gerizem to bless.

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• Simeon
• Levi
• Judah
• Issachar
• Joseph (meaning Ephraim & Manassah)
• Benjamin

    The Curses of Disobedience

So this covenant was given not only to that generation, but to all generation that came after them.

Deuteronomy 30 : The Choice of Life or Death

When they finally arrived in the promised land, each tribe had land allotted to them.  

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The Tabernacle of Congregation and Ark of Covenant rested in Shiloh,  which was a town allotted to Ephraim and where Samuel grew up 

Joshua 18 :  The Tabernacle at Shiloh

1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh^[h7886], and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

   The Remainder Divided

8And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh^[h7886]. 9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh^[h7886]before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  Israel eventually decided to have a king over them 

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SAUL

DAVID

SOLOMON

After David died, his son Solomon built the Temple

on the THRESHING FLOOR that his father David had bought. 

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After Solomon sat on the throne and had built the temple… 

 He led Israel to follow other gods.

1 KINGS 11 :  God’s Anger against Solomon

1 KINGS 11 : JEROBOAM’S REBELLION

The NORTHERN KINGDOM

became known as: 

 

“THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL”

“THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH”  

“EPHRAIM”

The SOUTHERN KINGDOM

became known as: 

 

“THE HOUSE OF JUDAH”

The Northern Kingdom did nothing different than what Solomon did under his rule.  After 20 different kings and 200 years of idolatry, Israel was exiled into Assyria.  Here we see the prophecy and curse coming to pass where God said He would scatter them among the nations for disobedience.  In 721 BC God had Assyria conquer Sumeria and take the Northern Kingdom captive to Assyria.  

Vanity(Hebrew) [h1892] הֶבֶל hebel (occurs 73 in 64)

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• emptiness or vanity;
• figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; 

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Vain (Greek) [g2756] kenós

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• empty ;  
• devoid of truth;
• No Purpose, value or profit
• Fruitless, without effect
• -of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing; 

 God had warned Israel just before crossing the Jordan River, 

with the added covenant, that this would happen if they didn’t obey, 

 but they ignored the covenant that said…

Nehemiah, who had been taken captive into Babylon wrote…

Jeremiah 13 :  Captivity Threatened

15Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. 16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive. 18Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock? 21What will you say when he shall punish you? for you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall not sorrows take you, as a woman in travail? 22And if you say in your heart, Why come these things on me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered, and your heels made bore. 23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. 24Therefore will I scatter ^[h6327] them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. 25This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, said the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 26Therefore will I discover your skirts on your face, that your shame may appear. 27I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be?

Jeremiah 18 : The Potter and the Clay

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. 3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he worked a work on the wheels. 4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? said the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. 9And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them. 11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

13Therefore thus said the LORD; Ask you now among the heathen, who has heard such things: the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. 14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which comes from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? 15Because my people has forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; 16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. 17I will scatter ^[h6327]them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

Now we see this scripture in Deuteronomy beginning to unfold, 

as the people of Israel no longer remain a people,  

but begin assimilating into the nations.  

God pleads for them to turn from their sin…

Jeremiah 3 : Invitation to Repentance (Isaiah 57:14-21; Hosea 14:1-3; Zechariah 1:1-6)

11And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall on you: for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, said the LORD. 14Turn, O backsliding children, said the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

15And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.16And it shall come to pass, when you be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, said the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. 17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers.

19But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me. 20Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, said the LORD. 21A voice was heard on the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. 22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

Hosea 1 : Hosea’s Wife and Children

Hosea 5 : God’s Judgment on Israel and Judah

HOSEA 9 : HOSEA ANNOUNCES ISRAEL’S PUNISHMENT

Hosea 13 :  Ephraim’s Glory Vanishes

Jeremiah 30 :  Restoration of Israel and Judah

7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. 8For it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. 10Therefore fear you not, O my servant Jacob, said the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, see, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 11For I am with you, said the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered ^[h6327] you, yet I will not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished. 12For thus said the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous. 13There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines. 14All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek you not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increased. 15Why cry you for your affliction? your sorrow is incurable for the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you. 16Therefore all they that devour you shall be devoured;  and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil you shall be a spoil, and all that prey on you will I give for a prey. 17For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, said the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.

Jeremiah 50 : Hope for Israel and Judah

 Ezekial 34 : The Good Shepherd (Psalm 23:1-6; John 10:1-21)

Micah 2  : The Remnant of Israel

God said he would rescue the sheep He scattered.  Yet how can this be?  How can God search for his lost sheep after He has already divorced her and she is defiled?  Wouldn’t this break his own law? His own law forbids the one who He divorced. 

THE GREAT MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL 

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GOD CANNOT SIN

 

How then could God remarry whom He divorced,

when it states in His own Law that it is a sin to do so?

This was a great mystery to all the priests and rabbis.  They wondered how He was going to redeem the Northern Kingdom of Israel.   They wondered how can He remarry the very one He divorced and declared to have given herself over to prostitution.    God can not break the very righteous laws that define his own Righteousness.    Breaking the law of God is Sin, the law defines sin according to God’s own words.    God cannot Sin.

ROMANS 6 : DEAD TO SIN, ALIVE TO GOD

1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.7For he that is dead is freed from sin.