GOD's Physical Visitation (Page 3)
God did Physically Visit man of earth as a Son of God Himself.
Isaiah 43:19
The Chosen People's religious leaders did seek to teach the communal members of the things of Heaven that scripturally did pertain to the LORD, yet so did many of the leaders also seek to ignore some important realities and information that He caused to become recorded.
Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. The LORD sought to make known to His Nation of Chosen People in Spirit that this special something which He is planning to do within their Nation will again enable them to hear His Voice within their Chosen Nation (in this place) by individuals both within and surrounding them who say, "ye shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD". Which the LORD will (I will) then "cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD".
Jeremiah 33:10-11 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
The LORD does Personally establish the Glory of His Being amongst His Chosen People in the Physical Visitation of Himself as the Son of God (Jesus Christ) in Human Form for His Chosen People to see Him physically show and tell them (John 6:45), that He is enabling individuals to hear the voice of joy (John 15:11).
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
The LORD is enabling individuals to hear the voice of gladness (Mark 4:16, Luke 1:14).John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Mark 4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
The LORD is enabling individuals to hear the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride (Matthew 25:2-13, John 3:29).Luke 1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Matthew 25:2-13 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And 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. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
The LORD is enabling individuals to hear the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts (Matthew 21:9).John 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
The LORD God is enabling individuals to hear He is Good (Luke 18:19).
Luke 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
The LORD is enabling individuals to hear His mercy endureth for ever (Luke 1:50, Luke 1:54).
Luke 1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
As well as individuals that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD (Hebrews 13:15), which because of the Nation's disbelief in the fulfillment of such, the LORD will (I Will) "cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD" (Matthew 23:38, Luke 19:44, Luke 21:24).Luke 1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Matthew 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. The LORD sought to make known to His Nation of Chosen People in Spirit, because of their continual backsliding ("O thou backsliding daughter") from His Good intent for earth brought forth through their Nation in His Promise made to them through Abraham, that He had already made-up in His mind to have "created a new thing in the earth", in which "a woman shall compass a man".
Jeremiah 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell them (John 6:45), that because of their continual backsliding from His Good intent for earth brought forth through their Nation in His Promise made to them through Abraham, that He did fulfill that Promise (Luke 1:72-73) through His usage of a Human Form that He Personally created (John 1:13), through His usage of a human woman (Matthew 1:18).
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Luke 1:72-73 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, John 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. The LORD sought to make known to His Nation of Chosen People in Spirit of His Abilities to use the Spirit of the things brought forth through Great Prophets like Elijah, to mold and use occurrences surrounding him, to make known factors which did point to, involve, or elude to His Begotten Visit which He planned to make amongst their Nation.
1 Kings 17:18-22 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
• When Elijah came to the woman, and she voiced "art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance", which caused for her son to become slain ("and to slay my son"), which would also manifest the death of God's Son.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell (John 6:45) individuals within their Nation of the sins which they had become led to follow (Matthew 22:29, Mark 12:24, Mark 12:27), which are both for causing death, but also for producing death (Matthew 19:18, Matthew 26:59).• When Elijah took the woman's son to save him from death ("And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed"), God's Visitation will also surround saving His Chosen Nation from sin, which is the cause of death. • When Elijah "cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son", so will many evil things be brought against the LORD in efforts to cause Him to become slayed. • When Elijah "stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again", so would His Visitation surround the involving three days in death and the revival from death. • When the LORD listened to Elijah ("And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah"), so would His Visitation surround His listening to Elijah's plea in prayer too (let this child's soul come into him again).
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell their Nation that it was His destiny (John 18:37) and given task (John 3:16-17), to be laid in the grave (bed) of death for their sins (James 5:20).Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? Mark 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. Matthew 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to experience many evil things brought against His Being in efforts that sought to slay Him (Matthew 16:21, Matthew 26:59, John 5:15-16).John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell their Nation how He would and did experience death (Luke 24:20), and then remain in the grave three days before becoming Resurrected from the grave unto Eternal Living Life (Mark 8:31).John 5:15-16 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Luke 24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell their Nation of how He does listen to His prayers surrounding His revival from the grave of death unto Living Life (John 11:41).Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
John 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
The LORD sought to make known to His Nation of Chosen People in Spirit that He Will (I Will) send to His Chosen Nation Elijah the prophet just before He introduces "His great and dreadful day of the LORD" (Visitation). This great and dreadful day of the LORD will be used by Him "to turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers", so that He does not have to come to bring upon the entire earth the full wrath of His curse for sin ("lest I come and smite the earth with a curse").
Malachi 4:5-6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The LORD does Personally establish the Glory of His Being amongst His Chosen People in the Physical Visitation of Himself as the Son of God (Jesus Christ) to perform yet one more miracle amongst His Chosen People, so they would be able to see the LORD God initiate His Physical Visitation through the Prophet John the Baptist, who was the only man of God worthy enough to baptize Jesus, because his Spirit, like Elijah's, was cloaked in the LORD's Spirit. God did not only initiate His Physical Visitation, but also made known of "the great and dreadful day of the LORD" (Matthew 3:7, Matthew 9:36, Luke 13:6-10, John 9:41, John 15:22).
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
The LORD does Physically Visit His Chosen People as the Son of God to show and tell (John 6:45) His Chosen Nation of People that He did center His Visit around many miracles as He had performed through Elijah, in which He had used as a foundation for seeking to make known the LORD God's Truth in Heaven that would "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers" (Matthew 10:20-22, Matthew 12:41, Luke 1:17), and was done so that He did not have to "come and smite the earth with a curse" (John 8:24, John 12:47).Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Luke 13:6-10 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Matthew 10:20-22 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. The LORD sought in Spirit to make His Nation of Chosen People aware that He did Personally speak to them once already (Exodus 19:15-19), of which they had not perceived enough to truly listen. The LORD established to Personally speak to His Chosen Nation a second time, in a Way that they could truly see ("yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not").
Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Exodus 19:15-19 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
The LORD does Personally establish the Glory of His Being amongst His Chosen People in the Physical Visitation of Himself as the Son of God (Jesus Christ), to perform yet one more miracle amongst His Chosen People, to speak to them a second time in a Human Form (John 1:13-14), so individuals would be able to visibly see and hear.
John 1:13-14 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches of His being the Lord God (John 10:30, John 17:22), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Amos 4:10-12).
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: Amos 4:10-12 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches of His Spirit (John 4:24), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Genesis 1:2).
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His Good (Matthew 19:17), which He spoke to their Nation of before (Psalms 143:10 and Micah 6:8).
Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Psalms 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of scripture (Matthew 24:34, Luke 24:44), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (1 Kings 8:24-25).
Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto 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. 1 Kings 8:24-25 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His mercy and truth (Luke 1:72, John 1:17), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Psalms 25:10, Psalms 57:3).
Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Psalms 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. Psalms 57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of sacrifice (Matthew 12:7), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Proverbs 21:3).
Matthew 12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of loving Him (Matthew 6:24), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Deuteronomy 10:12).
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His fulfillment of scripture (Matthew 13:17, Luke 19:38-40), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Ezekiel 24:14).
Matthew 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Luke 19:38-40 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Ezekiel 24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His Forgiveness from sin (Matthew 9:6), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (2 Chronicles 6:27).
Matthew 9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
2 Chronicles 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His Redemption (Romans 3:24), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Psalms 49:8).
Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Psalms 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of Righteousness (Matthew 5:20), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Deuteronomy 9:6).
Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Deuteronomy 9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thyrighteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of His Salvation (Luke 1:69, Luke 1:77), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Psalms 3:8, Isaiah 59:16).
Luke 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Luke 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, Psalms 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. Isaiah 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and teaches them of their blindness (Luke 13:35, Romans 11:25), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Zechariah 12:4).
Luke 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. Zechariah 12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and warns them of their sin (Romans 3:23), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Psalms 78:32).
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Psalms 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
• The LORD Physically speaks to them directly, and warns them of their religious leaders (Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:13), to which He spoke to their Nation of before (Jeremiah 23:1).
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. Because the Nation of Chosen People have forgotten the LORD thy God, and they have not been mindful of the Rock of God, who is their strength, the LORD sought in Spirit to make them aware of the things which their religious leaders have planted in their Nation to persuade individuals that they are following the pleasant things of God and His Salvation that are actually undertakings and beliefs that cause individuals to often slide away from the things concerning the Rock, and His Salvation from sin (set it with strange slips-strange teachings).
Isaiah 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
The things their religious leaders do plant does make a few individuals within their Nation grow in their abilities to attain the strength of God's Rock enough to follow His Salvation, upon which God's "harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow", because of those strange slips (strange teachings).
Isaiah 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
The LORD does Personally establish the Glory of His Being amongst His Chosen People in the Physical Visitation of Himself as the Son of God (Jesus Christ), to perform another miracle in Human Form for His Chosen People to see and hear Him.
• The LORD does Physically show (Luke 2:30) and tell (Luke 1:77) His Chosen Nation of People how they have forgotten His Salvation from sin, and of how they have not been mindful of the Rock of that Salvation which gave them their strength.
Luke 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
The Power and Knowledge (Matthew 28:18) He does show and tell them is the Rock (Matthew 7:24-25, Romans 9:33) which does prevent their religious leaders that blindly planted (Luke 10:26) what they believe are pleasant plants (Matthew 23:25) which look to be following the LORD God's Salvation (Matthew 23:23), yet actually are built upon views which have caused individuals to slide (set it with strange slips) to and fro upon the things needed to truly attain the LORD's Salvation from sin. Luke 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 7:24-25 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Romans 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Luke 10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
• The LORD does Physically show and tell His Chosen Nation of People, because of those strange slips, when He does undertake His Heavenly Harvest at the very End of Days, most individuals will be filled with grief and desperate sorrow, because of their inability to know and do the things necessary to attain the LORD God's Salvation (Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 23:13).
Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. |