King of the north

Southern Alliance

A Jubilee

1 st Judgment of the saints –“Judgment must begin at the house of God” I Peter 4:17; I The. 4: nd Judgment of Judah (Jews in the land) –“I will bring the third part through the fire” Zech. 13:7-14:2; Jn. 1:11 3 rd Judgment of Gog (Russian confederacy) –“Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel” Eze. 39:1-4; Joel 2:20; Zech. 14:12-13 Proclamations –Invitation to submit to Christ’s rulership –“all the heathen shall see my judgment” Eze. 39:17-21; Rev. 18:4; Num. 16:26 –Call to scattered Jews (Israel) to return home. Isa. 43:6; Rev. 18:4 Chronology of Judgment

4 th Judgment of Babylon (Catholic Church) –“Babylon the great is fallen” Rev. 18 (& Eze. 27); Isa. 13:19-22; Jer. 51: th Judgment of Israel –“I will purge out from among you the rebels” Eze. 20:33-44, 38; Amos 9: th Judgment of the nations –“he shall judge among the nations” Isa. 2:4; Amos 1-2; Joel 3; Psa. 72:11; Rev. 11:15 All nations subdued –“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:” Isa. 65:17

Call to Israel

Babylon Mystery Religion –Deification of men –Cush –Nimrod –Semaramis –Religious; ideological; moral Religion – doctrines as encapsulated in the Mother of Harlots and her daughters. Ideology – elevating man to greatness – humanism and self worship. Moral – self indulgence. Come out of her my people

Isa. 43:5-7 “Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” Command to the Nations

Second Exodus Micah 5:5-10 –Exodus contrasted – friendly and hostile nations Amos 9:9-10, “For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.” “And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” Micah 7:14-20 –Cast their sins into the depths of the sea

Eze. 20:32-40 –“And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries...” –“And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me:” –“For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them,” Micah 7:14-20 –Cast their sins into the depths of the sea Second Exodus

Isa. 11:10-16 –Set his hand the second time to recover the remnant of his people –Philistines = Palestine –Edom = AntiSemitic Nations –Moab = Nations deny Israel’s unique status – Eze. 25:8 –Ammon = Peoples = Nations –Assyrian = Home country of Gog Hos. 2:14-23 Jer. 23:7-8 Zech. 8:23 –“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.” Second Exodus

Elijah Mission

The day of the Lord

Rebellion of the Nations Three general reason provided: –1 - Democracy “For {the frog like spirits} are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” Rev. 16:14 “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” Psa. 2:3 –2 – Anti-Semitism “and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.” Joel 3:3 –3 – Spirit of Anti-Christ “God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:” II The. 2:11

Yahweh shall roar out of Zion “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat” –Joel 3:2 The valley of the judgment of Yah Literal? –Yes and no King’s dale –Gen. 14 – Abraham and his household of Jew and Gentile celebrate the defeat of the Northern invader with Melchizedek in the King’s dale. –I Sam. 18:18 – Memorial set up in the King’s dale for he who rebelled against the beloved enthroned in Jerusalem.

Yahweh shall roar out of Zion

Thy mighty ones Psa. 24:8 “Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.” Psa. 149:6-9 “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.”

“The hope set before us”

House of worship for all nations –Isa. 2:1-5 “the LORD’S house” –Isa. 27:13 “the holy mount at Jerusalem” –Psa. 68:15-16 “the hill which God desireth to dwell in” –Jer. 3:17 “Jerusalem the throne of the LORD” –Eze. 37:28 “And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.” –Eze “and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh Shammah.” –Zec. 8:3 “Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.” The tabernacle of David – Amos 9:11 House of the Lord

David’s Conversion Began killing gentiles –I Sam. 18:7 – “David hath slain his tens of thousands” –I Chr. 28:2-3 – “thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed a multitude of blood” Ended converting gentiles. –II Sam. 18:2 – Ittai the Gittite – captain over a third of his followers – from Gath! –II Sam. 15:32; 16:16 – spy for David against Absolom – from Archi (Josh 16:2) –II Sam. 15:18 – Cherethites, Pelethites, Gittites – 600 men from Gath –Psa. 101:6 “faithful of the land, walketh in a perfect way” Mighty men of valour: –Zelek the Ammonite

Sons of Zadok Phinehas – son of Eleazor (I Chr. 6:4) –Num. 25 – stood up for God when no one else did –God made an everlasting covenant – a covenant of peace – Mal. 2:5-6 –Priest after the order of Melchizedek Zadok his descendant (I Chr. 6:5-8) –A priest that followed God’s people – Jew and Gentile in their refuge (II Sam. 15:24) – bearing the ark –In the tabernacle of David (II Sam. 6:17) Sons of Zadok –Eze. 44:15-16 – kept God’s charge when Israel and the Levites went astray.

Outer court Separate place Inner court Holy Place Altar Most Holy

Inner Court Outside view –V15 –100 c high –3 stories above court (42:6) –V16-17 –Lattice work and ceilings covered with foliage

Decoration - Cherubim From 4 faces to 2 Eze. 1:10 – corresponded to 4 standards (Num. 2&10) –Man (Reuben – firstborn – priest) –Lion (Judah – Jacob’s blessing – king) –Ox (Ephriam – Hos. 10:11 – servant) –Eagle (Dan = judge) The work of Christ in his first advent and Christ and the saints in the first jubilee of the second advent. But… once in the temple – king priests – Lion/Man – Eze. 41:18-19

Decoration – palm trees Palm Trees –Psa. 92:12 – righteous flourish like a palm tree. –Characteristics of a palm tree Upright; Large mass of roots; Able to withstand fierce winds –Deu. 34:3 – Jericho – city of palms – gentile city Typified the nations they would have to overcome –Exo. 15:27; Num. 33:9 – Moved from Marrah (bitterness) to Elim (mighty men) 12 wells surrounded by 70 palm trees Pointed to the kingdom 12 wells – 12 tribes of Israel from which springs forth the word 70 palm trees – nations drawing from the water supply of the 12 wells – coming up to receive instruction (Isa. 2) Spiritually – palm trees representative of those drawn to the word of God In the kingdom represents both mortals and immortals

Function As priests judging –Role of the priests (Deu. 17:9-12) –Dan. 7:22 – includes sentences of a judge (completed before taken the judgment thrones of David) and judgments of a priest –Psa. 122:5 – judgment thrones – Rev. 20:4 –I Cor. 6:2 – saints shall judge the world Transfer of sacrifice to king priests –Natural Levites assist in slaying and cleaning of animals (see next) – bring to the inner court (requiring a clothing change – Eze. 44:17-19) – and hand off to the sons of Zadok. –Sacrifices of mortals conveyed from here to the altar where the high priest sits – Eze. 44:15-16

Function Why reinstitute sacrifice? –Points back to atonement – through sacrifice of a perfect man –Why not baptism? Isa. 65:20,25 “a child shall die an hundred years old” “wolf and the lamb shall feed together” What is absent during the ‘olam’? - Death –I Cor. 11:26 “till he come” law in 3 rd & 4 th daylaw in 7 th day

Function Praise –Eze. 40:44-45 – chambers of the singers –I Chr. 25:1-3 – sons of Asaph – Heman – Jeduthan Prophecied with music! – Gave instruction through singing. Gave thanks and praise to God. –Imagine the sound of the immortal choir! Dwellings –Eze. 40:46 – prospect toward the north for the priests – keepers of the charge of the altar – Lk. 1:8 “he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course” –Psalm 84 “I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God”