Isaiah 61 Clothed with salvation and righteousness! Or the gospel of the AntiChrist -- Your Choice!
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion—to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit—that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
The Lord opened His earthly ministry with this proclamation. The declaration of the Jubilee year. Now let's compare the gospel of Jesus Christ with the gospel of the Antichrist. Jesus preached good tidings to the meek, the Antichrist treats the meek as a bunch of chumps, let's send 33 billion from the US to defend Ukraine with no guarantee of being paid back. Why does the US pay for this? Why not the rich Ukrainian oligarchs who are considered the 3rd most corrupt regime on Earth, who cut deals with Biden and Clinton? Why isn't Europe paying for this? Go to the European cities and they are much nicer than Detroit, or St. Louis, or our Southern border. We built those cities. The gospel of the Antichrist is good news to the rich, good news to those who afflict others. The antichrist has sent your kids to war to cause you to be brokenhearted. He wants to proclaim that the bankers rule and that you are all back in prison working for these tyrants. They want to proclaim the acceptable year of Satan, his day of vengeance is worship me or I will chop your head off. Misery loves company and Satan desires that we all mourn. He is happy to burn the earth down to ashes rather than hand it over to the Lord Jesus. He will ride through cutting down people like trees and burning down cities like a forest fire.
4 And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.
His gospel is "build back better" think of the three b's as 666. He will turn everything to ruins, desolation and devastation. He is not the god of resurrection, he is the god of destruction. So ignore the destruction, desolation and ruin, instead he gives you the empty promise to "build back better". What does that mean? It means when they build it back he will be in charge and you will either be his serf or you will be dead.
5 Aliens shall stand [ready] and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours.
Why are people doing this? If a meth addict wants to rebuild his life who better to attach himself to than someone like Mike Lindell who has rebuilt his life? If I am kept in bondage who better to attach myself to than someone who broke those bonds? The gospel is not preached to those who are “holier than thou”, it is preached to people in the same situation with the same struggles as you. Today who are the priests of the rulers? They are people like Fauci, the CDC, the WHO, the school Chancellor, etc. There is a disconnect, they make proclamations for you to keep from ivory towers. There is a wonderful contrast with the Priests that God has appointed. Let’s say I have a herd of cows and I have to bring an offering to God, it is required, just like taxes. So I bring a cow to the temple, the priests will then sacrifice that cow. You might think this is terrible, it is animal cruelty, yet how many people pick up a pack of butchered meat in saran wrap at the grocery store without a second thought? Yes, that requires a sacrifice, but doing in front of you as an act of worship to God is so much more wonderful than the soulless way we buy meat today. Then once they sacrifice this cow it is a lot of meat! They didn’t have refrigeration, so you needed to cook it all right then. You can probably feed 2,000 people from the sacrifice of a single cow (if you are talking about women and children as well as men). Now you can understand why the aliens are feeding your flocks and working as your ploughmen and vinedressers. They also get to partake of this sacrifice. The priests aren’t living in some gated community, everyone is in the same community and we all partake together and enjoy together. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this family? But what about the gospel of the Antichrist? His gospel is to the rich living in gated communities. They know that they will have servants and have to pay them to live, but it will be a "trickle down economy" with no hope of ever leaving the slave community.
7 Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs.
This will be a community that has one feast after another. The guy with a hundred cattle might have ten people working for him and maybe another ten close family members, and those who are working for him would have family as well. Maybe there are 100 people closely associated with him when he offers that cow, yet there are 2,000 people that partake. Every time he offers up a cow there will be 10 more barbecues to go to. In Antichrist's gospel you must be told daily that you are a shameful slave who will have nothing and be happy.
8 For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong with violence or a burnt offering. And I will faithfully give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant or league with them.
Wow! What a definition of robbery! If you are the gardener for some rich guy and he doesn’t invite you to his feasts that is robbery! Living in a gated community is robbery! How do so many people get rich in the world? It is with wrong, with violence and with a burnt offering. Someone has to get “burned” for these guys to win. The kingdom that is coming is completely different, we are all those who have been restored. We can understand and appreciate those who still need to be restored, they are part of our family and we realize our job is not simply to raise cattle and have feasts, but even more to see people restored. The contrast with the world is night and day.
9 And their offspring shall be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed.
We won’t simply be recognized as the guy with a 100 cows, no we will be recognized because of the children we have raised, the people who have been restored, healed, released from prison. Imagine you see some guy with a hundred employees who has built up a successful business, just like Mike Lindell. That is notable. Now suppose those 100 employees were all former drug addicts, felons, or people with disabilities. That becomes much more notable.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
You are not simply clothed with salvation. You were once dead in offenses and sins but you have repented and now are clothed with salvation. That is a good testimony. But, having been led out of that prison you went back and led others out of that prison as well. Now you are also clothed with righteousness, you are expressing Jesus Christ. Those people you helped are like jewels adorning your clothes.
11 For as [surely as] the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so [surely] the Lord God will cause rightness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the nations [through the self-fulfilling power of His word].
Someone asked me about the rapture, saying “what happens to all those who are left behind, are they just screwed?” No, there are different seasons and different crops based on the season. The rapture will show the way for many others for whom the word has just recently sprouted. The tribulation will be like an intense sunshine that will help them grow and ripen quickly, no other choice.
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