It was suggested I start with prophesy from the Old Testament so here goes. I ask that if you disagree, please don't say your wrong but show me from scripture why you thank I am off base. I might be and that would not be good. I thank I have it right.
Isaiah 52
Verses cut and pasted from Biblehub.com 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean It is no longer going to be this way things are going to change. Christ is going to reign. What are these beautiful garments? They are the gospel armor written about in Ephesians chapter 6. The main thing you want to remember of the armor it's required that all of it, Christ is your shield, your salvation is your helmet. With Christ as your shield He protects you, and stops anything that might come toward you to hurt you. Why is your salvation your helmet because it protects your head, and what is in your head? Your brain Revelation 9:4 is a reference to this. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men which have not the seal of God in there foreheads. What does the helmet cover? From about the eyebrows around to your ears over your head to about the bottom of your nick. What is it that hold your paints up? It is the girt and what is that? The truth the word of God. So don't ever thank you are wasting your time studying the word of God, or worse yet just forget to study it, and say I will just learn it in church. It is this Gospel armor, the truth of Gods word that keeps you faithful during the times of the end. It keeps you from being deceived by the false one and his workers. Verse 2.Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. Shake off everything that offends, false teaching false doctrine. Get yourself lose, or free from confusion. Let the pure word of God and His truth into your mind and hart. Jerusalem is Gods favorite place not only here on earth but in the entire universe. Reference Ezekiel 16. This is where Jesus is going to return to and where God shall set up His eternal kingdom; For wherever God is that is where Heaven is. Verse 3.For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. You sold yourself out to confusion, to bad leadership, bad religions. You sold yourself but you are going to be bought back by the blood of Christ. Christ is going to take it (Jerusalem) back as Lord of Lords and King of Kings what a time to live in; The generation of the fig tree as we look forward to these things knowing that we are at that time. Verse 4. For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. He (the Assyrian) kind of over did it. The Assyrian took the 10 tribes of Israel captive 600 years BC. Verse 6. Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. God is reasoning with Himself here. You will not see this very often. He is saying what am I going to do about this that my people are taken away for no reason. The howling is not done by Gods children it is done by the enemy. They lord it over Gods people. Verse 6. Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. In other words when God speaks to his elect through His word to His children this is what He is going to say, this is what I am going to do. I am going to talk to them. When He speaks He speaks through the prophets, the apostles, His elect. They get the message to the troops that will listen. That is the topic here wake up and listen to Me. Verse 7.How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! This is not some fake, or some fluke not some flyaway doctrine; But Our Heavenly Father Yahweh He reigns. Whose feet are these? It started with John who was in the spirit of Elijah and Christ Himself that brought that salvation. One was beheaded the other crucified, but He never left us. That my be difficult for a non believer to understand but not for a true christian (follower of Christ) one who hears the voice of God when He speaks through His word, His prophets ect. Verse 8. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. This is what a watchman if for, to watch for the times and the seasons, they watch for the coming of the false one, the watch out for false teachings. That is the job of a watchman of God. When these things come to pass and we see Jesus eye to eye and face to face. The great minor prophet Zechariah 14:4 And His feet (Jesus's feet) shall stand in that day upon the Mt. of Olives which is before Jerusalem on the east . . . The watchman, Gods elect, those that follow and serve him this is why it says at the start Awake, awake. God is saying wake up pay attention to My word. Verse 9. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. This has not happened yet. The redemption is coming but the false messiah must come first and make his stand as it is written in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2, Mark 13, Matthew 24. The son of perdition shall stand there, but it will be cleansed in this future time being spoken of here. Verse 10. The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. What this means is you make your arm bare when you are ready to war. This is announcing Armageddon and even Haman GOG. Our Father fights those battles and when He bares that arm that is it. You as a Child of God don't have to worry about a thing you will be protected just like the 3 Hebrew children in the fiery furnace heated up 7 times hotter than normal, and when they came out you could not even smell smoke on them. Those that don't love and serve Him those that He is displeased with better look out. The eyes of the nations are going to see all this happen. When that 7th trump sounds every knee will bow. Verse 11. Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Get out of confusion, touch no unclean thing. You that hold the truth the Holy Truth of God Word don't you be touching unclean things. That is the traditions of men that make void the word of God, false teachings and things that blaspheme Gods word. You stay the true course of Gods word. You leave the garbage of religions, traditions of men to those that want to follow after it. You stay with Gods word. It is written “God is not the author of confusion” Verse 12. For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. You are not going to fly away this rapture thing is not in God's word. The Lord God goes before you to clear the way and He also makes sure the rear is covered also. When you do it His way He guards you all the way around. Verse 13. Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Shall deal prudently: that means prosperously. He shall be exalted and extolled: That is the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 14. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: Astonied: Shocked. The last of this verse is talking about how Jesus was treated, He was beaten, spat upon, He was crucified, His arms pulled out of there sockets. He went through all that for you, for me. He who was innocent did all that and so much more for us without a complaint. Verse 15. So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. They are going to come face to face with the Lord Jesus Christ when the 7th trump sounds and this one returns, and again every knee is going to bow and many of them it will simply be from shock and awe. There not going to bow because they know Him as King of kings and Lord of lords.
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