WILBUR MALONE’S TEACHINGS ON
EZRA HELP US TO FURTHER STUDY EZRA.
HERE ARE SOME TEACHINGS OF W. MALONE FROM Royal Vision July/
August 2003, pg 19—ON EZRA
W. Malone wrote--
About canonization according to
Ezra ( Ezra 7: 6,10, 11), ----Ezra corrected errors and put in order, --(then he
wrote of how the law, prophets, and writings were
put in order by Ezra).
W Malone wrote further—
Ezra was responsible for orderly
Old testament scriptures-After Babylon captivity, 1st few led by Zerubbabel, ---2nd group
led by Zerubbabel led by Ezra (Ezra 1-7). They were eager to keep holy days,
---intentions on rebuilding the temple(Ezra3)---
Ezra a ready scribe 7:7 (of
law), commandments and statutes vs. 11: Ezra was a descendant of priestly
line Aaron. God used Ezra to restore law (Ezra 7:10). During Feast of
Tabernacles- he read from the book of the law of Moses.
Ezra did some editing to scriptures
but did not add that did not belong there. Ezra would have added final touches
–for instance –Deut 34:10. But Deut 34 would have been added by Joshua after
Moses’ death Joshua 24:26.
Joshua had a copy of the law on
the rocks of Mount Ebal, Josh 8:30-32
When Nehemiah came as governor
over province of Judea (in Jerusalem ) he strengthened position of Ezra.
Nehemiah reformed Sabbaths,
tithing. Nehemiah was able to put a strong united nation into synagogue/
assembly set by Ezra.
Ezra was the chief of assembly.
Among it’s members were Daniel and his three friends (Clarks commentary ),
Prior to Ezra, those who added to the canonizing were Moses,
Joshua, Samuel (I Sam 10:25, Solomon(Eccl 12:9, Prov 1:6)), Hezekiah(Prov 25:1), Jeremiah, Isaiah and others. Ezra finalized.
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IF YOU NOTICE CAREFULLY THE ABOVE WRITINGS OF W MALONE---
We see how WE ARE TO LEARN THAT NEHEMIAH WAS ABLE TO MAKE LORD’S
people to keep Sabbaths properly as A UNITED NATION OF ISRAEL!
We also notice that EZRA AS THE CHIEF OF ASSEMBLY, RESTORED
LAW AND ORDER IN THE TEMPLE---UNDER EZRA, MEMBERS OF THE SORT OF DANIEL AND HIS
FRIENDS WHO BELIEVED AND TRUSTED GOD WERE FOUND! From the book of Daniel we
learn about them!
SO THEIR TEACHER WAS EZRA, THE SCRIBE!
Ezra knew
God’s laws and he taught them to the assembly!
That is how
the priests of God should teach the people of God of ISRAEL!
When they
rebuilt the temple RESTORING THE CAPTIVITY, EZRA HONOURED GOD’S LAWS AND tried
to make God’s people DOERS OF LORD’S JUDGMENTS!
But as history of ISRAEL continued we know that none could
be saved by law, and that is WHY JESUS CHRIST SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE THEM
THROUGH HIS GRACE, SO THAT AFTER HE SAVES THEM , HE WOULD WRITE THE LAWS IN THE
HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND THEY WOULD MAKE A NEW COVENANT TO DO AS JESUS
CHRIST SAYS!---the people would know that they are to be FAITHFUL TO JESUS
CHRIST as HIS BRIDE, NEW JERUSALEM, RE 21: 2,3, when the land of Jerusalem
marries as a virgin, Isa 62: 4,5.
EZRA
REFORMED THE CAPTIVES GIVING GOD’S KNOWLEDGE!
He
wrote on what has to be done in God’s temple!
Then we
should examine at a time when the LORD is about the bring back the present day
captives, Eze. 39: 28, 29 (the vss say He would pour knowledge, His spirit
which are life giving words, Jn 6: 63), and it is the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
that releases captives from the pit, Zec 9: 11.
We should
understand that LORD requires to depart from iniquity after we get His name, 2
Tim 2: 19, to serve Him, Ro 6: 19,22, and not to serve sin, Ro 6: 6.
IF WE ARE
NOT TO SERVE SIN, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS SIN---that is why we are to learn
LORD’s Judgments, to DO THEM so that we depart from iniquity!
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LEARNING FROM EZRA--
When
we read Ezra 3:10,11, it is what David did, 1 Chr 25:1-6
Ezra 3: 10-11—
10 And when the
builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with
trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of
Israel.
11 And they sang
together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy
endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people
shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation
of the house of the LORD was laid.
Look at the joy of ISRAEL people,
God’s people when the temple is restored!
People knew HOW THEY OUGHT TO THANK
AND PRAISE GOD OF ISRAEL!
LOOK AT VS. 10
ABOVE---priests—Levites—to praise God AFTER THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID!
Ezra knew that he
should DO AS DAVID DID IN THE TEMPLE!
Asaph was under David 1 Chr 25:6
Therefore Ezra knew that ASAPH was LOYAL TO DAVID---and that
such work OF THANKING AND PRAISING has to be done according to the ways of
David-in THE TEMPLE OF GOD! Ezra
knew that David’s way would please the LORD, therefore he set the priests and
Levites to do AFTER THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID the king of ISRAEL!
God of whole earth
was PLEASED with the way DAVID PRAISED AND THANKED GOD!
David knew to do
LORD’s will, TO PLEASE HIM , therefore--David very willingly, WANTED TO PRAISE AND
THANK GOD! ---Ezra knew that David’s way
would please the God of whole earth!
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When LORD’s people of
today did not follow David’s way JESUS CHRIST came to revive it—
ACTS 15: 15 And to
this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will
return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and
I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue
of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is
called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God
are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Lu 24:44 -----all
things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the
prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me.
Just as Acts 15: 15
said, those should be fulfilled as they concern JESUS CHRIST!
In Acts 15: 16-17 ---JESUS
CHRIST builds the tabernacle of David SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT TYPE OF A
WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST REQUIRES FROM ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE!
17 That the residue
of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My name is
called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
ISRAEL or GENTILES,
when they get baptized unto His death to be named by Him,
They SHOULD SEEK AFTER HIM!
18 Known unto God
are all His works from the beginning of the world.
It is God of whole earth who taught
David to worship Him as the LORD put His spirit and words in David’s mouth—
2
Sam 23: 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake
by me, and His word was in my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel
spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of
God.
We know that David spoke of many psalms---those are God’s
own words which were in the tongue of David---THAT IS WHY WE OUGHT TO LEARN THE
WORDS OF DAVID TO THANK AND PRAISE GOD!
The above vs. 3 said THAT RULERS of ISRAEL should BE JUST---RULING IN do what they want in GOD’S CHURCH? -----IF YOU
FEAR GOD, YOU SHOULD LEARN GOD’S Judgments to perform them! You cannot
disfellowship God’s called out, Eze 45:9 (rulers of ISRAEL church, Ro 9: 4,6
should strengthen the weak).
God’s ministers should not be partial but teach without
fearing people, Ro 13: 1-7.
THEREFORE rulers of ISRAEL church,
Ro 9: 4,6 should TEACH GOD’S PEOPLE THE FEAR OF GOD TO DO WHAT HE SAYS, AND
TEACH THEM TO THANK AND PRAISE GOD AS DAVID DID!
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LOOK AT PSALM NO 1—
It is written in 1 Chr 16: 7 -36-- Then on that day David
delivered first this
psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his
brethren.
8 Give thanks unto
the LORD, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the people.--9 Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him, talk ye
of all His wondrous works.--10 Glory ye
in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.--11 Seek the LORD and His strength, seek His face
continually.
12 Remember His
marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His
mouth;
13 O ye seed of
Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our
God; His judgments are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindful
always of His covenant; the word which He commanded to a thousand
generations;16 Even of the covenant
which He made with Abraham, and of His oath unto Isaac;-17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a
law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ---36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever
and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
READ and notice how the ISRAEL,
God’s people should seek Him to be part of the covenant, to be children of
ISRAEL!
Nowadays the God’s church is busy
with other nations of the world, copying what they do to see whether
H.W.Armstrong’s writings would come to pass!
DAVID NEVER DID FUNNY THINGS LIKE
THAT IN SANCTUARY OF GOD!
That is they JESUS CHRIST HAD COME
IN CLOUDS, Eze. 30: 3, TO REVIVE THE FALLEN TABERNACLE OF DAVID---when PCG
leader was removed from his responsibilities of David’s throne, Isa 22: 25, IT
WAS FALLEN! LORD grafted the poor gentiles, Ro 11: 17, made them first born of
poor giving them spiritual food, Isa 14: 30, for these feeble to serve as a
thousand, Isa 60: 22, as David, Zec 12: 8, as He leads them, Zec 12: 8-10, as
it is LORD’s day served by gentiles, Eze. 30: 3, LORD’s day finishes as a
thousand years, Ps. 90: 4.
In this short work of JESUS CHRIST,
Ro 9: 28, LORD REVIVES THE FALLEN TABERNACLE OF DAVID, ACTS 15: 16----
EZRA UNDERSTOOD HOW TO REFORM THE
TABERNACLE ACCORDING TO THE WAY DAVID DID WHICH PLEASED THE GOD OF WHOLE EARTH!
That is why we are to learn from
Ezra when the captivity is going to be over very soon!
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God’s will in Is 66:22-23-(worshipping on new moon and Sabbaths
by all flesh) would be created by JESUS CHRIST, and these were done by David 1 Chr
23:30-31.---Acts
15: 16—LORD revives David’s ways---Acts 15: 18 Known unto God are all His works from the
beginning of the world.
God
established David’s way during David’s time, and HE IS REVIVING THE SAME WAY
WHICH PLEASES HIM!
Ezra knew of David’s way of worshipping God as we had seen,
a ready scribe , Ezr 7:6, which means he knew the laws of temple as God taught
Moses.
CAPTIVES WHO RETURNED DURING EZRA’S TIME---Ezra 2:36-priests,
Ezra 2:40 (Levites), 41 (sons of Asaph),
42 sons of gate keepers ,43,58 sons of
Nethinim (who were appointed for the service of the Levites, Ezr 8:20)----all these came from captivity from
the places mentioned in Ezra 2:59 AND vs. 59,62 say that they
could not be identified as ISRAEL! SUCH
WAS THE WAY WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE ARE IN CAPTIVITY.---SO PEOPLE WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE TO GUARD AND PERFORM THE WORK OF SANCTUARY DID NOT EVEN KNOW THEIR
GENEOLOGY TO BE IDENTIFIED AS ISRAEL! It is a shame for those who serve God!
THE
SAME THING HAD HAPPENED TO TODAY’S ISRAEL OF RO 9: 4,6?
Present day ISRAEL priesthood were removed from ISRAEL
registry by God,
Ez 13:9, they were sent into captivity in nations, Eze. 12:
3-15, and God says He sent them into captivity
in nations and that He would bring them back-Ez 39:28,29 Jer 23:7,8----NOW THEY
FORGET GOD’S SANCTUARY MATTERS AND THEY ARE BUSY JOINING WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO
DO VARIOUS THINGS like excavating, giving news of the world to show that they
are prophecies for end time---they forget their duties as PRIESTS OF
GOD!---THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY BROKE THE COVENANT, by bringing strangers
into SANCTUARY, Eze. 44: 7, and God hid from them, Eze. 39: 21-23.
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SO WE SEE THAT ISRAEL MIXED WITH NATIONS during EZRA’S TIME TOO where they were involved with
the heathen nations AND FORGOT THEIR IDENTITY as servants of the GOD OF WHOLE
EARTH! ----(HEATHEN nations are -other than ISRAEL ) --- they had forgotten the
COVENANT they made with GOD through Abraham, Isaac , Jacob, Ex 2:24, Le 26:42, 2Ki
13:23, 1Ch 16:16, Ac 3:25, and David, 2Sa
23:5, 2Ch 7:18, Ps 89:34, Ps 132:11, 12, Isa 55:3, Mt 24:35.
PRESENT DAY ISRAEL IS ADMONISHED IN Jer 33: 17-26, TO SAY
THAT LORD WOULD NEVER FORGET HIS COVENANT WITH Abraham and David..
ISRAEL of Ro 9:4,6-Laodiceans had forgotten that they have
to keep the covenant of David! CAPTIVES OF TODAY do not remember that they made
the covenant in Eze. 16: 8 and that they broke it is vs. 59! –THEY HAD
FORGOTTEN SANCTUARY LAWS!
In Ezra 2:62 (as the
vs. says), the captives who returned during Ezra’s time sought the ISRAEL register to be reckoned by genealogy, but
they were not found: therefore they were, as polluted, defiled----as put
out from the priesthood.
When not in registry of ISRAEL –priest were considered as defiled-
so is today Ez 13:9 ! The priests are defiled.!
But THANKS BE TO GOD, HE RESTORES THE PRESENT DAY CAPTIVES OF ISRAEL AND
MAKE THEIR NAMES TO BE WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF JERUSALEM, RE 21: 12!
BUT PRESENT DAY
ISRAEL SHOULD LEARN WHY THEIR NAMES WERE REMOVED FROM THE REGISTRY, Ez 13: 9!
It is because they
do not have knowledge of God, that is why they committed Eze. 44: 7! (Ho 4: 1--There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land).
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IF THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE IN GOD’S LAND---IT IS THE MINISTRY!
(God’s land is spiritual Jerusalem, the church, where service of God is being
done having the covenant! Ro 9: 4,6)
PEOPLE in SANCTUARY should learn God’s ways to
please HIM!
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Word of God of Ez 20:21,24, say (they rebelled –profaned
Sabbaths) dispersed in countries when they were sent to wilderness, Ez 20:23, (in
wilderness , Re 12:14), therefore it is LORD who allowed them to do what they
wanted, Ez 20:25, GOD THEN
PRONOUNCED THEM AS UNCLEAN!---
Defiled !—so priests when they do not KEEP THE COVENANT (covenant keepers who have the responsibility
of God’s service, Ro 9:4,6) WERE PRONOUNCED UNCLEAN! They are DEFILED!
So just as in Ezra’s time -----the PRESENT DAY ISRAEL
MINISTRY too ARE DEFILED! LORD even profaned the SANCTUARY , Eze. 24: 21, after
taking the wife of the prophet through a STROKE, Eze. 24: 16! (this was a hard lesson to the prophet to whom Ezekiel was a
sign, Eze. 24: Eze 24:24---the prophet caused LORD’s wife to be dead through
sin, took the life of his wife, as vengeance belong to God, (Isa 1:24 Therefore the Lord says, The LORD of hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, "Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And
take vengeance on My enemies.
Isa 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD’S vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of ZION).
Isa 47:3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your
shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a
man."
Isa
63:4 For the day of vengeance is in My
heart, And the year of My redeemed has come.
AS THE ABOVE VS. SHOWS---LORD would punish the
prophet---during his time, Eze. 12: 25-28, AND WOULD REDEEM ISRAEL AS THE year of redeeming
HAD COME!
Isa 5:13- My people have gone into captivity, Because they
have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried
up with thirst.---THE HONOURABLE MINISTRY ARE HAVING FAMINE—they do not have
water! They are thirsty1 THEY ARE IN CAPTIVITY!
They have to be redeemed from CAPTIVITY-- Jer 29:14 I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I
will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will
bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Jer 29:16 therefore
thus says the LORD concerning
the king who sits on the throne of David, concerning all the
people who dwell in this city, and concerning your brethren who have not gone out with you into
captivity––
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Jer 29:20 Therefore
hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem
to Babylon.
The one who was given
responsibility of David’s throne, Isa 22: 22-24, and his brethren are in
captivity!
Gerald Flurry AND PCG HAS THE KEY OF
David PROGRAMME BECAUSE THEYWERE GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY IN Isa 22: 22-24,
WHICH WAS REMOVED IN VS. 25!
After that they are in captivity as
God says!
Jer 13:13
"Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I
will fill all the inhabitants of this land––even the kings who sit on David’s
throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem––with
drunkenness!
Thus the LORD gave the cup of horror and desolation, to PCG leaders who
had the responsibility of David’s throne, to fill them with drunkenness, Eze
23:33, in Jer 25: 15-26!
When they were sent
to Babylon from Jerusalem, leader represented Nebuchadnezzar , a king of many
nations!
Read—many articles
concerning captivity and---
http://www.restoringcaptivity.com
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In
Ezra chapter 3-Jeshua and Zerubbabel, leading priests worked to
restore the temple work-3:2,8,9
3.3-morning evening offerings
3.4-feasts(holy days)
3:5-new moons
3:10- we see they did the way according to the ordinances of
David, king of ISRAEL, 1 Chr 23: 30,31, And when the builders laid the foundation of
the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the
ordinance of David king of Israel.
3: 11---And they sang together by course in praising and
giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for
ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Notice-Ezra’s time –other than Sabbaths –new moons, daily,
morning and evening and holy days were restored. AND NOW WE SEE GOD’S WILL IN Is 66:22,23
These vss
say that JUST AS LORD creates new earth and new heavens, He would
SEE THAT
ALL FLESH WOULD WORSHIP HIM ON Sabbaths, new moons too! THAT IS HIS WILL WHEN
HE CREATES THE NEW TEMPLE-HE SHOULD BE THANKED AND PRAISED just as David did—1
Ch 23:30- And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise
at even;
31--And to
offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and
on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before the LORD:
To worship God , David praised
God with musical instruments (4000 in number which he himself made to give
perfect sounds, 1 Chr 23: 5) , making Asaph the chief singer, 1 Ch 16:5 along
with more chief singers, Heman and Jeduthun to lead praises and thanksgiving to
God , 1 Ch 23:1-6.
But NOW THE PRESENT DAY ISRAEL DO
NOT KNOW THESE THINGS! THAT IS
WHY JESUS CHRIST revives fallen tabernacle, Acts 15:16, therefore people of God should learn to DO LORD’S WILL---THEN ONLY
THE MINISTRY WOULD BE PERFECT ROYAL PRIESTS WHO WOULD TEACH God’s people, HOW
TO PERFORM A PERFECT SERVICE OF GOD IN
THE SANCTUARY OF GOD, THANKING AND PRAISING GOD without praising men in God’s
SANCTUARY! Praising one another or H.W.Armstrong is POLLUTING GOD’S
SANCTUARY! IT IS GOD WHO GIVES SALVATION AND EVERY BLESSING TO ISRAEL! AND IT
IS WICKEDNESS TO PRAISE OTHERS IN GOD’S SANCTUARY!
Surely would you keep praising others in
front of a president of a nation! In the world even such things are not done!
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WHY SHOULD GOD’S OWN PEOPLE DISGRACE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY, BY
PRAISING OTHERS?
IN, Ps. 132:1-5-David prophesied
that he would find a place for the LORD to dwell-
We should understand that LORD LOVES DAVIDS
DESIRE TO WORSHIP GOD, AND THE WAY OF WORSHIPPING GOD- and such a place
is what David desired for his generations to continue (David’s spiritual
descendants should worship JESUS CHRIST the way he did-David led ISRAEL to
worship God in the best manner which was LORD’s will, written in 1 Chr 23:30-31) WHICH IS HIS WILL FOREVER, Is 66:22,23
Ps. 132:6-Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found
it in the fields of the wood.---a QUICK STUDY ON THIS VS.--
David is from Ephratah, 1 Sam
17:12, ----
The “fields of wood” is when the
LORD corrects His priests, Acts 15: 16--- AS A BRANCH OF David, Isa 4:2,---- I
will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;---Jer 23:5,
Then, He works in the WOOD--- He
sends HIS WORDS AS FIRE TO BURN THE WOOD-He sends women to burn the wood, Is
27:11,3:12, 14:1,2,30, they serve in a house of God, Isa 56: 4-7, as LORD’S WAY
IS IN A SANCTUARY, Ps. 77: 13.
When David’s
work is represented by the 1st born of poor, Zec 12: 8, as feeble
working as a thousand, Isa 60: 22,
LORD’S
WORDS ARE FIRE---TO BURN WOOD Jer 5:14---Wherefore thus saith the LORD
God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make My words in thy
mouth fire, and this
people wood, and it shall devour them.— (people
are considered as “WOOD”!)
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This is all to burn the wickedness,
Is 9:18, Jer 23:29,
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Therefore---we see WHEN THE LORD PROFANED HIS
SANCTUARY AMONG ISRAEL, Eze. 24: 21, LORD CONSIDERS A SANCTUARY IN EPHRATHAH AS
HE REMEMBERS David! when LORD revives David’s throne, Acts 15: 16, JESUS CHRIST
remembers to TEACH THE WAYS OF David TO WORSHIP GOD----David was an Ephrathite
of Bethlehem Judah, 1 Sam 17:12, that is why Ps. 132:6 mentions Ephrathah,
where LORD is being served by gentiles who serve as David!
Ps. 132:7,8-Prophesies of the tabernacle where ISRAEL would
be worshipping, Re 21:1, 2,--- Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
he will dwell with them, , Re 22:3
-----the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall
serve Him:
AFTER
BURNING THE WICKEDNESS OF ISRAEL, LORD WOULD MAKE THEM SILVER AND GOLD, MAL 3:
2-3, AND HE WOULD DWELL WITH THEM IN THE TABERNACLE! HE TOO WOULD DWELL WITH
THEM---and it starts from Ezekiel temple, Eze. 48: 35.
Ps. 132:9-- Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness;
and let thy saints shout for
joy.---JESUS CHRIST PROVIDED CLOTHES, Re 19: 8!
Thus the
bride of JESUS CHRIST would be ready to dwell with Him, HAVING RIGHTEOUS
CLOTHES, Re 21: 2,3.
IF WE
COMPARE WITH Ezra--
Ezra 3:11-And they sang together
by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because He is good, for His
mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the
LORD was laid. They shouted
aloud for joy, Ezra 3:12.
THUS WHEN CAPTIVES OF ISRAEL
RETURN TO JESUS CHRIST, THEY WOULD SHOUT FOR JOY! They would forget all
their sins as LORD forgives them, they would embrace the covenant of peace of
JESUS CHRIST, and would love one another---AND ABOVE ALL THEY WOULD KNOW TO
WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST WITH TRUTH AND SPIRIT, ----THERE WOULD BE JOY!---never
ending joy,
Isa 65:18 But be
glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a
rejoicing, And her people a joy.
Jer 33:11 ‘the voice
of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of
the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For
the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" ––and of those who will
bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the
captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the LORD.
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THEN THE COVENANT WOULD BE
CONTINUED---HOLY GENERATIONS WOULD APPEAR, Isa 59: 21.
Thus-------Ps. 132:10-12-David’s
spiritual sons would sit upon David’s throne, keeping the covenant forever!
(covenant would be made with the
corrected Laodiceans {PCG} they would mother the rest of the ISRAEL! Ez
16:60-62).
We should also remember---THIS IS
THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST! IN HIS WORK THROUGH HIS DEATH, HE GIVES NEW LIFE TO
HIS PEOPLE---THUS A HOLY SEED IS MADE TO SERVE GOD OF WHOLE EARTH IN
Righteousness, RO 6: 3-7, 19,22.
IT IS THROUGH HIS DEATH AND
SACRIFICE THAT THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!
It is through Baptizm unto His
death, Ro 6: 3-7, which gives His rigteousness unto Holiness , vs 19, 22, that
these spiritual NEW BIRTH IS POSSIBLE.
IN MT 1 : 17---JESUS CHRIST WAS
UNABLE TO MAKE A HOLY SEED TO CONTINUE HIS GENERATION! We should know that
JESUS CHRIST cannot produce unholy people! THE ONLY WAY TO PRODUCE A HOLY SEED
IS THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE! That is why He sacrificed Himself—
Isa 53 makes you understand that
HE BORE ALL OUR SINS AND MADE THAT SACRIFICE OF THE BLOOD OF GOD TO CREATE A
HOLY SEED!
NO OTHER PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO!---JESUS CHRIST is GOD AND HE IS THE High Priest of
Melchisedec order who knows the SANCTUARY rules and regulations! HE IS SAVIOUR,
REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, HE DID THE PERFECT SACRIFICE OF HIS BLOOD AND BODY TO SAVE
HIS PEOPLE ---in fact His name Jesus means to save His people—FROM SIN—
Mt 1: 21-- thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His
people from their sins.
PRAISE
BE TO JESUS CHRIST WHO HAD DONE A MARVELLOUS WORK TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL!
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IN HIS WORK--
The leader was removed from David’s throne when he erred.
Is 22:25, removed from registry of ISRAEL as defiled, Ez 13;9, after correction
their names would be again written on wall of Jerusalem , Re 21:12. They would
be holiness to the LORD, Zec 14:20 .
People of ISRAEL of Ro 9: 4,6 should understand the GRAVITY OF
BREAKING COVENANT!
THIS IS WHY LORD GIVES AMPLE KNOWLEDGE NEVER TO STRAY FROM THE WORD
OF GOD!
During Ezra’s time JESUS CHRIST HAD NOT
MADE HIS SACRIFICE---so eternal covenant is made NOW ONLY, through making His
people getting His Baptizm unto His death, Ro 6: 3-7, which gives His
rigteousness unto Holiness to serve Him, vs 19, 22.
Ps. 132:13-18-- For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath
desired it for His habitation.---14 This
is My rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly
bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe
her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.--17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I
have ordained a lamp for Mine anointed.--18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown
flourish.
LORD JESUS CHRIST SATISFIED THE POOR
BY GETTING THEM TO HIS REST WHERE THEY WOULD FEED, Isa 14: 30, then making the
poor Righteousness to serve Him, Isa 54: 17, in house of God, Isa 56: 4-7, THE
LORD IS MAKING THE HORN OF David TO BUD! Poor started serving as David, Zec 12:
8, so will the ISRAEL when they return from
captivity, WHEN THE LORD ENDS IT! Eze. 39: 28,29.
Ps. 132:
18--SO ALL ENEMIES OF JESUS CHRIST who would not acknowledge to
keep the covenant of David which is to PRAISE AND THANK JESUS CHRIST THE GOD OF
WHOLE EARTH WOULD BE CLOTHED WITH SHAME.
14
JESUS CHRIST had given clothes of
salvation to the priests who would serve HIM TO WORSHIP HIM HIS WAY, JUST AS DAVID did on Sabbaths, new moons, holy
days, evening and mornings, 1 Chr 23: 30, 31, which would be seen forever in
Isa 66: 22,23.
Through HIS
OWN SACRIFICE! HE GRACIOUSLY TOOK AWAY SINS OF ALL, Is 53:6 , TO SEE A HOLY SEED WHO WOULD SEEK GOD WHOLE
HEARTEDLY! LORD sacrificed Himself on behalf of all sinners, Is
53:2-12.
It is sobering to read these vss. He was despised but we did
not esteem Him vs. 3-yet He bore our sins, poured His soul unto death made
intercession for the transgressors, bearing our sins, Is 53:12, thus justifying
us, vs. 11!
John the Baptist said JESUS CHRIST would baptize us with
fire and Holy Spirit. Lu 3:16. Fire is the word of God, Jer 5:14, spirit is
life giving words, Jn 6:63 and thus Hos 14:1,2 admonishes ISRAEL of Ro 9:4,6 to
take admonishing through His words, they are to TAKE the words of Ro 6:3-7—to
be Baptized unto His death, Ro 6: 3-7, which gives His rigteousness to serve
Him in Holiness, vs 19, 22.
All articles seen in http://www.restoringcaptivity.com
relate to the salvation. JESUS CHRIST provides to the captives of present day
ISRAEL, Ro.9:4,6, as He pours knowledge prior to ending captivity, Ez 39:28,29.
The cup of blessings has to be received by spiritual captives of ISRAEL of Ro
9:4,6. Those who serve God should learn from Ezra when they return from
captivity.
ISRAEL OF RO 9: 4,6 SHOULD RETURN
TO HIM AS THE ISRAEL SEED, BORN THROUGH THE GENTILE WORK-- Eze. 47: 22
LORD chose two families to take
part in His covenant , Jer 33:24-(David’s family to lead generations of family
of ISRAEL!)
·
David’s throne forever, 2 Sam 7:16, Jer 33:15-26
----LORD looks at the heart, not outward appearance, 1 Sam 16.7
·
David sinned but he repented . When God was
displeased with David, LORD struck ISRAEL ,1 Ch 21:7. That shows people suffer
when leaders ERR!
·
WHEN Laodiceans leaders err-LORD’s people suffer!
·
ISRAEL is LORD’s chosen nation, He REQUIRES them
to keep the words of His covenant !
15
Those who serve David’s throne should study LORD’s judgments,
commandments , statutes, precepts, testimonies, to be doers of them.
Priests should do them and teach ISRAEL LORD’s called out
people too to do them.(LORD does not require to teach of what happens in the
world, as there are many news agencies if they want to know! BUT IT IS THE
FUNCTION OF LEADER AND MINISTRY TO TEACH GOD’S PEOPLE, HOW TO WORSHIP HIM IN
SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
When LORD’s
chosen ISRAEL who serve Him and keep covenant do not perform according to God’s
will THEY ARE A REPROACH TO THE REST OF THE WORLD (A curse), so said Daniel, Da
9:16
·
Physical ISRAEL in History were allowed to be in
captivity by God to make them understand God’s will-God made Ezra to teach the
ISRAEL HOW TO WORSHIP HIM AND WHICH DAYS TO OBSERVE(as written above, sabbaths,
new moons, daily, morning and evening ) similarly when present day captives had
erred JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF came in
clouds, Ez 30:3, in rain TO TEACH THEM AS HE IS MAKING THE ETERNAL COVENANT
THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE, He had poured the blood of the covenant through which He
redeems ISRAEL, Zec 9: 11.
Hos 9:1- Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other
people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward
upon every corn floor.-
This is in Eze 16:15-59,---Re
17:5,15, so LORD left His land and Laodiceans (representing Ephraim) and the
people went to Egypt (spiritually) as captives, Hos 9: 3, are eating unclean
things in Assyria-Hos 9:3
LORD created a Pharaoh Ro 9:17, to show that a Pharaoh type of man is ruling LORD’s people and the
same man became a heathen (Assyrian) and this Assyrian is walking in human
spirit!, Ho 5:11)
Ho 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
Because he willingly walked by human precept.
Ephraim is the one to get
blessings of Joseph and in Joseph ISRAEL is blessed, Ge 48: 20, Ge 49: 22-26.
---PCG is considered as Ephraim and through them the rest of the ISRAEL are
blessed, PCG as mother, Eze. 16: 60-62.
16
So leader is in Assyria, this is
the Assyrian (the leader) LORD wants to humble and change his clothes to learn
how to worship GOD TRULY!
Is 14:25 - That I will break the
Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot: then shall his
yoke depart
from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the
whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
This work or the YOKE of sending
messages of JESUS CHRIST had been given to the first fruits of the poor, Is
14:30,1,2, during times of the gentiles, Ez 30:3, which is the same LORD’s day
when priests would be made silver and gold, Mal 3:2-3.----OUR YOKE WOULD BE
REMOVED WHEN THE LORD BREAKS THIS Assyrian, who is like a lion tearing God’s
people through his human words, human sword, Jer 2: 30!
So Ezra’s day LORD made him
restore David’s worship ways of serving God and present day the LORD will
accomplish His will seen in Is 66:22,23.
When captives ARE MADE TO RETURN
TO THE LORD, taking His words, Hos 14:1,2, THE WORDS to be baptized unto His death, to become new men Ro 6:3-7 to dwell with Him, Re
21:3----LORD WOULD HAVE BROKEN THE Assyrian! Our yoke would be removed, THERE
WOULD BE SHOUTINGS OF JOY IN THE LAND OF GOD, FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL WORK HAD
BEEN PERFORMED BY JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF!
Ezra’s day it was only a physical captivity that was over,
but in the present times SPIRITUAL CAPTIVITY would be over THROUGH THE BLOOD OF
JESUS CHRIST TO MAKE THE ETERNAL COVENANT!
JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF RESTORES THE WORSHIP PATTERN OF David
IN Isa 66: 22, 23---ALL WHO TRANSGRESS WOULD BE SEEN IN VS. 24!
17
Ps 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, Studied by
all who have pleasure in them.
Just as Ezra was a scribe for his
day---THERE ARE SCRIBES
FOR PRESENT DAY WHEN LORD WORKS IN Kingdom of heaven----
Mt 13: 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every
scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that
is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Mt 19:12- there are eunuchs who
have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake.
These SCRIBES, THE WRITERS AS
EUNUCHS TO PREPARE THE BRIDE OF JESUS CHRIST, SERVES AS EUNUCHS in house of
God—
Isa 56: 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that
keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My
covenant;
ONE
SHOULD SEE—these eunuchs take hold of LORD’s covenant, and keep Sabbaths!
Sabbaths are a sign, Eze 20:20 ‘hallow
My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that
I am the LORD your God.’
Therefore---those of Re 11: 2,
Isa 56: 4-7 do have the sign of Sabbaths as they hallow His Sabbaths, and they
serve in the covenant serving as David, Zec 12: 8.
HOW DO YOU GET BLESSED BY THE SIGN OF Sabbath?
Isa
58:13 "If you turn away your foot
from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the
Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not
doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
--- 14 Then you shall delight yourself
in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has
spoken."
BY KEEPING Sabbath,
DELIGHTING YOURSELF IN THE LORD, YOU WOULD BE FED WITH THE HERITAGE OF ISRAEL!
Psa 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing
praises unto His name; for it is pleasant.
4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His peculiar
treasure.
5 -For I know that the LORD is
great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
(gods are
those who receive LORD’s words, Joh 10:35).
6
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in
the seas, and all deep places.
Isa 53:10-- When You make His soul an offering for sin, He
shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in His hand.
ALL PRAISE BE TO THE REDEEMER OF
ISRAEL, Amen.
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