WHY DID JESUS CHRIST OFTEN MEET AT KIDRON
Joh 18:1 -When Jesus
had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook
Kidron,---2-for Jesus often met there with His disciples.
KING ASA BURNT IDOLS AT
KIDRON--
2 Chr 15: 2--The LORD is with you, while ye be with Him; and
if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake
you.
3 Now for a long
season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest,
and without law.
4 But when they in
their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was
found of them.
2 Chr 15 explains the time of king Asa. He listened to the
words of the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the
abominable idols out of all the land of Judah ---vs. 8----
12 And they entered
into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and
with all their soul;
13 That whosoever
would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death,---- 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they
had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he
was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16 And also
concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen,
because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped
it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 Kings 23 explains how king
Josiah destroyed, burned all idols at Kidron, cast the dust into Kidron.
2Ch 29:16 says all the uncleanness
- they found in the temple of the LORD---were carried --into the brook Kidron
during king Hezekiah’s time.
2Ch 30:14 too says a similar
thing.
IT IS PROPHESY---in Jer 31: 31-40 that the LORD will make a
new covenant with ISRAEL, who are as now dead bodies, but be given life, so
that they would not be cast off for ever---and they are compared to be in
Kidron, vs. 40, which would become Holy when LORD cleanses them eternally,
FORGIVING THEM, vs. 34, {this is through Ro 6: 3-7}--and thus ISRAEL WOULD NOT BE
DESTROYED IN KIDRON AFTER THAT!
Joh 15:3 Now ye are
clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (the words of JESUS
CHRIST does the work!)
SO IDOLS WERE
DESTROYED AT KIDRON!
Joh 18:1 -When Jesus had spoken these words, He went
out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron,---2-for Jesus often met there
with His disciples.
SO WHY DID JESUS CHRIST MEET
AT KIDRON? The one true God
JESUS CHRIST, who is the Father as well, Isa 9: 6, who made Himself as a man to
sacrifice Himself for the sins of His people and believers, Heb 7: 3, OFTEN THOUGHT OF KIDRON—TO DESTROY THE UNCLEANNES OF
HIS PEOPLE, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY OF ISRAEL! EVEN ELIJAH AND MOSES KNEW
THAT THE LORD WOULD ACCOMPLISH TO CLEANSE ISRAEL THROUGH HIS DEATH, LU 9: 31.
BROOK KIDRON WAS VERY SPECIAL TO JESUS CHRIST, AS HE KNEW HE WOULD CLEANSE ALL
IDOLS OF ISRAEL!
WE SHOULD REMOVE ALL IDOLS
THAT HINDER OUR TRUE WORSHIP!
HE REQUIRES US TO DO SO!
THE FIRST PLACE SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO JESUS CHRIST --1 Co 7: 24 Brethren, let every
man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
TIME IS
SHORT---29 But this I say, brethren, the
time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not;
and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing
it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
ISRAEL became idolaters as they
followed idols, Jer 2:5
Eze 8:12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have
you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in
the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us, the LORD has
forsaken the land.’"
when LORD’s Sabbaths are polluted
hearts go after idols, Eze. 20; 16,
that is why even gentiles were
required not to have idols, Acts 15: 20.
Praising H.W.Armstrong in LORD’s
church, is raising an idol –in history people of ISRAEL never praised any man
like this!
BUT ISRAEL WOULD REALISE—
Ho 14:8 "Ephraim
shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I have heard and observed
him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me."
PCG to whom the blessings of Ephraim
would come, would understand finally!
They would understand that they are
first cleansed from ISRAEL –that she would have to mother the rest of ISRAEL,
Ez 16: 60-62.
-read—
http://www.restoringcaptivity.com
Joh
14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him,
If a man love Me, he will keep My words:
THIS IS WHY PCG HAD TO TAKE
THE WORDS TO RETURN TO THEIR GOD, JESUS CHRIST--Hos
1 -O Israel, return to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your
iniquity; 2--Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him,
"Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the
sacrifices of our lips.
-Jer 31:23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel: "They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its
cities, when I bring back their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, O
home of justice, and mountain of holiness!’
Ps. 136: 1 -Oh, give
thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.--2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For
His mercy endures forever.
3--Oh, give thanks
to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever:
Ps. 139:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel! Bless the
LORD, O house of Aaron!
20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi! You who fear
the LORD, bless the LORD!
21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, Who dwells
in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
Amen.
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