SCRIPTURAE PRIMUM ET SOLUM
The promise of God
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"And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head, and you will strike him in the heel"
(Genesis 3:15)
1 - God concludes a Covenant with Abraham
2 - The Covenant of Circumcision
3 - The Covenant of the Law between God and the people of Israel
4 - The New Covenant between God and the Israel of God
5 - The Covenant for a Kingdom concluded between Jehovah and Jesus Christ and between Jesus Christ and the 144,000
Introduction
What is the message of this prophetic enigma? Jehovah God informs that his purpose to populate the earth with a righteous humanity will surely be fulfilled (Genesis 1:26-28). God will redeem the humanity through the "offspring of the woman" (Genesis 3:15). This prophecy has been a "sacred secret" for centuries (Mark 4:11, Romans 11:25, 16:25, 1 Corinthians 2:1,7 "sacred secret"). Jehovah God revealed it gradually, over the centuries. Here is the meaning of this prophetic riddle:
- The woman: she represents the heavenly people of God, composed of angels in heaven: "Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars" (Revelation 12: 1). This woman is described as the "Jerusalem above": "But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother" (Galatians 4:26). She is described as the "heavenly Jerusalem": "But you have approached a Mount Zion and a city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels" (Hebrews 12:22). For millennia, in the image of Sarah, Abraham's wife, this heavenly woman was sterile, childless (regarding the mentioned offspring of Genesis 3:15): "Shout joyfully, you barren woman who has not given birth! Become cheerful and cry out for joy, you who never had birth pains, for the sons of the desolate one are more numerous than the sons of the woman with a husband,” says Jehovah" (Isaiah 54: 1).
This prophecy announces that this barren woman will give birth to many children (King Jesus Christ and 144000 kings and priests), as the apostle Paul wrote, under inspiration: “For it is written: “Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break into joyful shouting, you woman who does not have birth pains; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of her who has the husband.” Now you, brothers, are children of the promise the same as Isaac was. But just as then the one born through natural descent began persecuting the one born through spirit, so also now. Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? “Drive out the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will by no means be an heir with the son of the free woman.” So, brothers, we are children, not of a servant girl, but of the free woman” (Galatians 4:27-31). This free woman is symbolized by Sarah, Abraham's wife: “Tell me, you who want to be under law, Do you not hear the Law? For example, it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant girl and one by the free woman; but the one by the servant girl was actually born through natural descent and the other by the free woman through a promise. These things may be taken as a symbolic drama; for these women mean two covenants, the one from Mount Sinai, which bears children for slavery and which is Hagar. Now Hagar means Sinai, a mountain in Arabia, and she corresponds with the Jerusalem today, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother” (Galatians 4:21-26).
- The offspring of the woman: The book of the Apocalypse reveals who this son: "Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. (...) And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away to God and to his throne" (Revelation 12: 1,2,5). This son who will "shepherd all the nations with an iron rod" was designated by the angel Gabriel as Jesus Christ: "This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule as King over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end to his Kingdom" (Luke 1: 32,33). Nevertheless, the child whose heavenly wife gives birth refers to the Kingdom of God, whose Jehovah anointed his Son Jesus Christ as King (Psalms 2). In the continuation of the narrative of the Apocalypse (14:1-5), we can read that King Jesus Christ is accompanied by 144,000 kings and priests, who constitute the New Jerusalem (21:1,2), the bride of King Jesus Christ. The King's wife is part of this "child" of the direct offspring of this heavenly Woman because the apostle Paul, in Galatians 4:26, wrote that she is the mother of those, still on earth, called to reign alongside with King Jesus Christ.
In Galatians 4:24-26, it is written that these two women, Hagar and Sarah, represent two covenants. Hagar, the Covenant of the Law and Sarah represent the New Covenant. The beneficiaries of the Covenant Law were the 12 tribes of Israel. While the beneficiaries of this New Covenant represent those who are and will be part, in the future, of the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16). This Israel of God has a heavenly part, the New Jerusalem, also referred to as twelve tribes of Israel, being the 144,000 (Revelation 7:1-8; 21:1,2). Nevertheless, according to Jesus Christ, this Israel of God will have an earthly part, in the future earthly paradise: "Jesus said to them: “Jesus said to them: “Truly I say to you, in the re-creation, when the Son of man sits down on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israell” (Matthew 19:28 and Luke 22:30). This earthly spiritual Israel will be composed. of the Great Crowd of all nations that will come oute of the Great Tribulation and as well as the earthly resurrected ones who will inherit everlasting life on earth (Apocalypse 7:9-17; John 5:28,29).
On the evening of the last Passover, Jesus Christ celebrated two covenants, the New Covenant (Luke 22:19,20) and the Covenant for a kingdom (Luke 22:28-30). As we have seen, all of the Israel of God, both in Heaven and on Earth, are part of and beneficiaries of this covenant. However, regarding the Covenant for a Kingdom, only those who will reign with Christ in heaven are part of it, that is, the 144,000 kings and priests.
- The original serpent is Satan the devil: "So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him" (Revelation 12:9).
Jesus Christ described the devil very concisely: “That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie" (John 8:44). Satan the devil is not the abstraction of evil, but a real spiritual person (Matthew 4:1-11). Likewise, the demons are also angels who have become rebels who have followed the example of the devil (Genesis 6:1-3, to compare with the letter of Jude verse 6: "And the angels who did not keep their original position but forsook their own proper dwelling place, he has reserved with eternal bonds in dense darkness for the judgment of the great day").
When it is written, "he did not stand fast in the truth", it shows that God created this angel without sin and without any trace of wickedness in his heart. This angel, at the beginning of his life had a "beautiful name" (Ecclesiastes 7:1a). However, "he did not stand fast" in his integrity, he cultivated pride in his heart, and over time he became "devil", which means slanderer, and Satan, opponent; his old beautiful name, his good reputation, has been replaced by one of the everlasting disgraces. In the prophecy of Ezekiel (chapter 28), against the proud king of Tyre, it is clearly alluded to the pride of the angel who became "devil" and "Satan": "This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: “You were the model of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eʹden, the garden of God. You were adorned with every precious stone —Ruby, topaz, and jasper; chrysʹo·lite, onyx, and jade; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; And their settings and mountings were made of gold. They were prepared on the day you were created. I assigned you as the anointed covering cherub. You were on the holy mountain of God, and you walked about among fiery stones. You were faultless in your ways from the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you" (Ezekiel 28:12-15). Through his act of unrighteousness in Eden, he became a "liar" who caused the death of all of Adam's offspring (Genesis 3; Romans 5:12). Currently, it is Satan the devil who rules the world: "Now there is a judging of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out" (John 12:31; Ephesians 2:2; 1 John 5:19) .
- The offspring of the original serpent represents the heavenly (demons or angels of the devil) and earthly enemies of the Kingdom of God, those who actively fight against the sovereignty of God and against King Jesus Christ and the holy ones on earth: "Serpents, offspring of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of Gehenna? For this reason, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and public instructors. Some of them you will kill and execute on stakes, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood spilled on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar" (Matthew 23: 33-35).
- The wound of the heel represents the sacrificial death on earth, of the Son of God, Jesus Christ: "More than that, when he came as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, yes, death on a torture stake" (Philippians 2:8). Nevertheless, this wound on the heel has been healed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: "Whereas you killed the Chief Agent of life. But God raised him up from the dead, of which fact we are witnesses" (Acts 3:15).
- The crushing of the serpent's head means the eternal destruction of Satan the devil and demons and the earthly enemies of the Kingdom of God, at the end of the thousand years of the reign of Jesus Christ: "For his part, the God who gives peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly" (Romans 16:20). "And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulfur, where both the wild beast and the false prophet already were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20: 10 ).
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Is she the Divine Virgin?
Would the heavenly woman of the book of Apocalypse, chapter 12, correspond to the Divin Virgin (to use the expression of the followers of the Marian cult)? Given what is written, there are similarities with what Mary, the mother of the child Jesus, experienced. It is about a pregnant woman who gives birth to a child who is to shepherd the nations: "Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. (…) And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away to God and to his throne” (Apocalypse 12:1,2,5). In order to demonstrate the resemblance of this vision, with the announcement of the birth of the child Jesus, here is what the angel Gabriel declared to the virgin Mary: "So the angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And look! you will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule as King over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end to his Kingdom.”” (Luke 1:30-33). The vision of Apocalypse showing a woman giving birth to the heir to the royal throne and the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will give birth to a child who will be heir to the royal throne, seems very similar.
Added to these two similarities, another, that of the devil's attempted murder of the child: "And the dragon kept standing before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth, it might devour her child” (Apocalypse 12:4). Regarding the events following the birth of the child Jesus, it is evident that the devil attempted to arrange to have the child Jesus murdered, to the point that an angel warned the parents in charge of the child, to flee to Egypt: "After they had withdrawn, look! Jehovah’s angel appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying: “Get up, take the young child and its mother and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I give you word; for Herod is about to search for the young child to destroy it”" (Matthew 2:13). Indeed, the heavenly woman could represent the virgin Mary. However, according to the context of the whole of chapter 12, this is not the case.
Indeed, the different visions describing the events of this heavenly woman can also make us think of Moses. The visions in chapter 12 show that the devil is persecuting this symbolic woman. In the Gospel account, there is no mention of this kind of persecution towards Mary. For example, in this same chapter, the devil attempts to drown the woman: "And the serpent spewed out water like a river from its mouth after the woman, to cause her to be drowned by the river" (Apocalypse 12:15 ). This vision would tend to allude to an episode in the life of Moses, when he almost died by drowning (Exodus chapter 2). This is what is written in the next verse: "But the earth came to the woman’s help, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon spewed out from its mouth" (Apocalypse 12:16). The woman was saved from drowning, but what does the name Moses mean? saved out of water. This vision appears to allude, cryptically, to Moses, one of the two witnesses mentioned (not by name) in Apocalypse 11:3. Given the understanding of this vision which alludes to the life of Moses, are we going to say that the heavenly woman would represent Moses? It is not because a vision of the heavenly woman in the Apocalypse is very similar to an aspect of the life of one of the historical characters, whether Mary and then Moses, that she is in fact, one of these historical figures. There is no reciprocity in the comparison (For example, when it is written that God is love (1 John 4:8), this does not mean that love is God (there is no reciprocity)).
In the whole context of the Bible, whether it is the prophecy of Isaiah (chapter 54), or Paul's letter to the Galatians (chapter 4), at no time is there any question of saying that this heavenly woman (corresponding to Revelation 12) would be Mary. Whether it was Jesus Christ and his disciples, they never suggested that Mary would play a central role in heaven as a symbolic woman, or even that she should be the subject of special worship. Jesus Christ, indirectly, did not encourage to worship his mother, Mary (who was a virgin at the time of his conception) (Luke 1:34,35). Here is what is written about a homage paid by a woman to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ: "Now as he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd called out to him: “Happy is the womb that carried you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said: “No, rather, happy are those hearing the word of God and keeping it!" (Luke 11:27,28). It is true that Mary was an "highly favored one", to use the greeting of the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:28). The opportunity would have been entirely chosen, if it had been the case, for Jesus Christ, to mention the Marian cult. However, Jesus Christ never mentioned the Marian cult which has Greco-Roman origins, and therefore has no place in the Bible.
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The gist of his understanding of the Promise of God
It is Abel who, it seems, understood the essential message of this enigmatic promise of God (Genesis 3:15). Regarding the birth of the first son of Adam and Eve, Cain, and then his brother, Abel, it is written: "Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said: “I have produced a male child with the help of Jehovah.” Later she again gave birth, to his brother Abel” (Genesis 4:1,2a). When Eve said, “I have produced a male child with the help of Jehovah”, maybe she thought that she was the symbolic woman of Genesis 3:15, and then, Cain was her main offspring. If it would be the case, then that would mean that Cain would have been raised in this perspective, making him a very important person, in the eyes of his parents, while his brother Abel would have grown up in his brother's shadow. Concerning the birth of Abel, it is not mentioned any special statement from his mother. Putting the situation in this perspective, then we understand better why Cain took God's approval of the sacrifice of his brother Abel as a real affront, a humiliation which led him to murder his brother.
It is written in the continuation of the narrative, that both of the brothers presented a sacrifice: "Abel became a shepherd of the flock, but Cain became a cultivator of the ground. After some time, Cain brought some fruits of the land as an offering to Jehovah. But Abel brought some firstlings of his flock, including their fat. While Jehovah looked with favor on Abel and on his offering, he did not look with any favor on Cain and on his offering. So Cain grew hot with anger and was dejected. Then Jehovah said to Cain: “Why are you so angry and dejected? If you turn to doing good, will you not be restored to favor? But if you do not turn to doing good, sin is crouching at the door, and its craving is to dominate you; but will you get the mastery over it?”" (Genesis 4:2b-7).
Before examining the two sacrifices presented by Cain and Abel, let us see where could he have presented this sacrifice? The most likely location is where the gates of Eden were, now closed to all humanity: "So he drove the man out, and he posted at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flaming blade of a sword that was turning continuously to guard the way to the tree of life” (Genesis 3:24). Indeed, the place where the sword was turning, between the two cherubs could well symbolically represent the presence of God, preventing the entrance to the Garden of Eden. It is interesting to note that on the cover of the Ark of the Covenant, there was also the representation of two cherubs facing each other and bowing towards its center, representing the presence of God, through the Shekinah, on it (Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 9:15,16).
Regarding the two sacrifices, it is precisely the kind of sacrifice of Abel that would demonstrate that he understood the main meaning the promise of God. In the narrative of Genesis, it is written, about the sacrifice of Cain, that he came with some vegetables which he presented on his altar. That was a bloodless offering, which shows about his lack of discernment. The continuation of events will demonstrate that he was not a spiritual man, but a physical man who was unable to control his feelings of jealousy, pushing him to commit murder. The sacrifice of Abel was bloody, he offered "some firstlings of his flock". We can say that in terms of spiritual insight, Abel was far ahead of his time because this is exactly what Jehovah God would ask later, in the Mosaic Law (Exodus 13:12,13). The gist of Abel's understanding of God's promise (Genesis 3:15) is that to save humanity, it was necessary bloodshed, symbolized by the woman's wound on his heel. And that the shedding of blood would be that of a man who was represented by the offering of the firstlings of his flock. Would, the fact that God later symbolized the sacrifice of his Firstborn Son by a lamb, be in memory of Abel's faith and spiritual insight (John 1:29,35)?
Abel was a very spiritual and insightful man, unlike his murderer brother (1 Corinthians 2:14,15). According to Genesis 4:8-10, Abel had a sad end because he has been murdered by his brother. However, in the resurrection, he will have everlasting life, given to the righteous. Abel is a very good example of faith, fidelity and discernment. Jesus Christ said that Abel's blood was "righteous blood" (Matthew 23:35). The apostle Paul cited him as first example of courageous man of faith, even unto death: "By faith Abel offered God a sacrifice of greater worth than that of Cain, and through that faith he received the witness that he was righteous, for God approved his gifts, and although he died, he still speaks through his faith” (Hebrews 11:4).
1 - God concludes a Covenant with Abraham
"And by means of your offspring all nations of the earth will obtain a blessing for themselves because you have listened to my voice"
(Genesis 22:18)
Before continuing the explanations regarding the Promise of God, this time, under the aspect of the different covenants concluded by God, it should be clarified that the correspondence of biblical characters, with other characters, will respect the biblical context. You can read or read again, Galatians 4:21-31, where you may note that the apostle Paul describes biblical historical facts concerning Abraham as being a "symbolic drama" (Galatians 4:24). In this same chapter, he writes that some aspects of the life of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar have a prophetic dimension. Likewise, as part of his Promise, God will ask Abraham and his son Isaac (according to the biblical narrative), to play a "symbolic drama" or a prophetic drama, corresponding with the future sacrifice of Christ (at the time of Abraham) (John 3:16). It is appropriate to view the study of these covenants in two ways. God reveals progressively the meaning of his promise through these covenants. They also represent a milestone, or a stage, which has the main goal of saving humanity, but also of destroying the devil and his offspring, as well as his works: "For this purpose the Son of God was made manifest, to break up the works of the Devil" (1 John 3:8).
The Abrahamic covenant is a promise that all humanity obedient to God, will be blessed through the offspring of Abraham. He had a son, Isaac, with his wife Sarah (for a very long time barren) (Genesis 17:19). Abraham, Sarah and Isaac are the main characters in a prophetic drama that represents, at the same time, the meaning of the sacred secret, and the way by which God will save the obedient humanity (Genesis 3:15). By means of the Abrahamic covenant, God reveals through whom will come the offspring of the woman, mentioned in Genesis 3:15, that is, from the posterity of Abraham, that will bless all of humanity.
- Jehovah God is the Great Abraham: "For you are our Father; although Abraham may not know us And Israel may not recognize us, You, O Jehovah, are our Father. Our Repurchaser of long ago is your name" (Isaiah 63:16). Abraham was the image of the father of the nation of Israel. For example, in a conversation between Jesus Christ and the religious leaders, they said that their father was Abraham: “In answer they said to him: “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them: “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham" (John 8:39). Therefore, Abraham was the symbolic image of God, the Father, the Creator of all nations (Acts 17:24-28). Jesus Christ, in one of his allegories, represented his Heavenly Father in the symbolic figure of Abraham, the father of the nation of Israel: "Now in the course of time, the beggar died and was carried off by the angels to Abraham’s side" (Luke 16:22).
The Heavenly Woman is the Great Sarah, for a long time, barren and childless woman (Regarding Genesis 3:15). According to the apostle Paul, it represents “Jerusalem above”: " But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break into joyful shouting, you woman who does not have birth pains; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of her who has the husband.” Now you, brothers, are children of the promise the same as Isaac was. But just as then the one born through natural descent began persecuting the one born through spirit, so also now. Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? “Drive out the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will by no means be an heir with the son of the free woman.” So, brothers, we are children, not of a servant girl, but of the free woman" (Galatians 4:26-31).
The apostle Paul also designated it by another synonymous expression, the “Heavenly Jerusalem”: “But you have approached a Mount Zion and a city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels, in general assembly, and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the Judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect” (Hebrews 12:22,23).
By comparing the two biblical quotations in Hebrews 12: 22.23 and Galatians 4: 26,27: there is no difference. The two biblical expressions, Heavenly Jerusalem and Jerusalem Above, represent God with Christ and those who are brought to reign with him together with the angelic people of God in heaven. The "Jerusalem from above" or the "heavenly Jerusalem" represents the "woman" of Genesis 3:15: "And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head, and you will strike him in the heel" (Genesis 3:15).
The "Jerusalem from above" or the "heavenly Jerusalem" represents the "woman" who gives birth to a "child" in Revelation 12: "Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, 2 and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. (...) And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away to God and to his throne" (Revelation 12: 1-6). This child represents both Jesus Christ as enthroned heavenly King, but also the Kingdom of God, associated with the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 7:3-8 and 14:1-5. Given all of this biblical information, we understand that the "Jerusalem above" or the "heavenly Jerusalem" represents the heavenly family of God, associated with Him as His bride (Isaiah 54:1).
Obviously, it is different from the “New Jerusalem”, which represents the bride of the Lamb, that is to say, of King Jesus Christ: "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away" Revelation 21:1-5).
- Jesus Christ is the Great Isaac: "Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “and to your descendants,” in the sense of many. Rather, it says, “and to your offspring,” in the sense of one, who is Christ" (Galatians 3:16).
- The Heel Injury of the Heavenly Woman: Jehovah God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham did not refuse (because he thought God would resurrect Isaac afterwards this sacrifice (Hebrews 11:17-19)). Just before the sacrifice, God prevented Abraham to do it. Isaac has been substituted by a ram sacrificed by Abraham: "Now after this the true God put Abraham to the test, and he said to him: “Abraham!” to which he replied: “Here I am!” 2 Then he said: “Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love, Isaac, and travel to the land of Moriah and offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will designate to you. (...) Finally they reached the place that the true God had indicated to him, and Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac hand and foot and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But Jehovah’s angel called to him from the heavens and said: “Abraham, Abraham!” to which he answered: “Here I am!” Then he said: “Do not harm the boy, and do not do anything at all to him, for now I do know that you are God-fearing because you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.” At that Abraham looked up, and there just beyond him was a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son. And Abraham named that place Jehovah-jireh. This is why it is still said today: “In the mountain of Jehovah it will be provided""(Genesis 22: 1-14).
Yes, Jehovah would provide, this time: His Own Beloved Son (Please read again "Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love). This prophetic representation is the fulfillment of the very painful sacrifice for Jehovah God (and for his Son Jesus Christ), the Great Abraham, who sacrificed His Beloved Son Jesus Christ, the Great Isaac for the salvation of the obedient mankind: "For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. (...) The one who exercises faith in the Son has everlasting life; the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him" (John 3: 16,36). The last fulfillment of the promise of God made to Abraham, will occur by the everlasting blessing of the obedient humanity at the end of Christ's millennial reign: "With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away" (Revelation 21: 3,4).
(Humanity will be released from disease, aging and death)
Your only son who you so love
(Genesis 22:2)
When Jehovah God asked Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice (which He prevented at the last moment), he used this very important expression which will be the theme of this meditation: "Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love, Isaac, and travel to the land of Moriah and offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will designate to you" (Genesis 22:2). Obviously, Jehovah God, through this painful request for Abraham, made him play out in spite of himself the prophetic drama of the future sacrifice of his Only Son, Jesus Christ (without Abraham being aware of it): "These things may be taken as a symbolic drama” (Galatians 4:24). To do this, Jehovah God asked to go to the Mount Moriah, the place where Jerusalem was built and the place where, a few centuries later, Jesus Christ would die as a sacrifice for the world (John 3:16).
After three days of walking, seeing the mountain from afar, Abraham and his son Isaac finally made the journey together to the place of the sacrifice. The situation was so strange for Isaac, his son, that finally he asked his father this question: “Then Isaac said to his father Abraham: “My father!” He replied: “Yes, my son!” So he continued: “Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?” To this Abraham said: “God himself will provide the sheep for the burnt offering, my son.” And both of them walked on together" (Genesis 22:7,8). According to the narrative, he did not directly answer the question, apparently in order not to be too abrupt in his response. Does this mean that Isaac was in ignorance, even until the last moment? Several elements show that Abraham informed Isaac of the situation and that his son cooperated with his father.
In Genesis 22:5, Abraham refers to his son as a "boy", does this mean that Isaac was just a helpless little child, having no choice but to follow his father? The context of Genesis chapter 22, on the contrary, shows that Isaac must have been a man of very great physical strength: “So Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took in his hands the fire and the knife, and the two of them walked on together” (Genesis 22:6). At the time, Abraham was at least 120 years old, or even more than 130 years old, and he was no longer able to carry the wood necessary to make the fire for the burnt offering. In addition, they were going to have to climb to the top of Mount Moria, which shows Isaac's physical condition. In Genesis 22:9 it is written: "Finally they reached the place that the true God had indicated to him, and Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac hand and foot and put him on the altar on top of the wood". It seems obvious that the young man Isaac let his father tie him up and then make him lie down on the altar. Therefore, it is obvious that Abraham informed his son sufficiently in advance. The book of Genesis does not mention to us the intimacy of the conversation between the father and the son. Isaac agreed to cooperate, because he had the physical means to stop his father from tying him up and then making him lie down on the altar.
Furthermore, to use the expression of the apostle Paul, in Galatians 4:24, if Jehovah God enacted a prophetic drama, Abraham representing the Heavenly Father, and Isaac, his Only Son Jesus Christ, why not think that Isaac would have been the same age as Christ when he died in sacrifice, namely 33 years old? Obviously, God did not allow Abraham to go through with his action: "Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But Jehovah’s angel called to him from the heavens and said: “Abraham, Abraham!” to which he answered: “Here I am!” Then he said: “Do not harm the boy, and do not do anything at all to him, for now I do know that you are God-fearing because you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me”" (Genesis 22:10-12). By this act of faith, Abraham, associated with his beloved son Isaac, became the father of those who have faith (Romans 4:11). During the time of this prophetic drama, Abraham suffered emotionally at the thought of having to sacrifice his son. Nevertheless, the outcome has been happy for him and Isaac: "At that Abraham looked up, and there just beyond him was a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son. And Abraham named that place Jehovah-jireh. This is why it is still said today: “In the mountain of Jehovah it will be provided”” (Genesis 22:13,14).
However, by this simple phrase "Take, please, your son, your only son whom you so love", and by this prophetic drama, maybe Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ want us to understand better the emotional suffering of the Heavenly Father in having sacrificed his only-begotten Son, to save humanity: "For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
What were the feelings of the Father when he saw his Son deeply saddened and anguished, shortly before the long hours of suffering until his death, that he was going to undergo? "On leaving, he went as was his custom to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed him. On arriving at the place, he said to them: “Carry on prayer so that you do not enter into temptation.” And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw away, and he bent his knees and began to pray, saying: “Father, if you want to, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, let, not my will, but yours take place.” Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. But he was in such agony that he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as drops of blood falling to the ground. When he rose from prayer and went to the disciples, he found them slumbering, exhausted from grief" (Luke 22:39-45).
Jesus Christ was deeply distressed knowing the sadness that God would feel, seeing what men were going to inflict on him. God sent an angel to comfort his very saddened and distressed Son, before abandoning him to death at the hands of Satan the devil and his human sons.
How did the Father feel when he saw his Son treated with disrespect, insulted, slapped, some spitting on him: “What is your opinion?” They answered: “He deserves to die.” Then they spat in his face and hit him with their fists. Others slapped him on the face, saying: “Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who struck you?”" (Matthew 26:66-68). The expression "Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who struck you?", suggests that they had blindfolded Jesus Christ as they hit and spat on him.
What were the feelings of the Father when he saw that the people had preferred to free a criminal, rather than his Son? How did the Father feel when he saw his Son flogged, and then insulted, and beaten by the soldiers?
"Then he released Barabbas to them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be executed on the stake. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole body of troops together around him. And disrobing him, they draped him with a scarlet cloak, and they braided a crown out of thorns and put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying: “Greetings, you King of the Jews!” And they spat on him and took the reed and began hitting him on his head. Finally, after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak and put his outer garments on him and led him off to be nailed to the stake" (Matthew 27:26-31).
The flogging caused great loss of blood, which caused anemia to Jesus Christ, consequently he no longer had the strength to carry the load of his stake, unlike the two other criminals who accompanied him: "As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon. This man they compelled into service to carry his torture stake" (Matthew 27:32).
How did the Father feel when he saw the Roman soldiers nailing the hands and feet of his Son, to hang his body? It is very likely that Jesus Christ, at that moment, thought about the feelings of his Father, when he said: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). Indeed, how can a father feel when he is in the presence of someone who attacks or try to kill his son?
How did the Father feel during the six hours of suffering and at the time of the death of his Only Begotten Son? "And Jesus called out with a loud voice and said: “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” After he said this, he expired" (Luke 23:46).
Jehovah God, the Father, prophetically pictured the emotional suffering of Mary, the mother of Jesus, at the time of the death of her Son: "Also, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the child’s mother: “Look! This child is appointed for the falling and the rising again of many in Israel and for a sign to be spoken against (yes, a long sword will be run through you), in order that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed” (Luke 2:34,35).
This image of a "sword running through" Mary, to describe the violence of the emotional pain that she would have, following the death of her Son on earth, gives us an idea of the deep feeling of sadness that the Father felt. In this circumstance, in response to the most abject act of humans, God responded with the highest act of Love, giving his Son to save mankind: "For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
2 - The Covenant of Circumcision
"He also gave him a covenant of circumcision, and he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the 12 family heads"
(Acts 7: 8)
This circumcision covenant was to be the distinctive mark of the People of God, in that the earthly Israel. It has a spiritual meaning, which is spelled out in the farewell speech of Moses in the book of Deuteronomy: "You must now cleanse your hearts and stop being so stubborn" (Deuteronomy 10: 16). The circumcision in the flesh means what corresponds to the heart, being itself a source of life, obedience to God: "Above all the things that you guard, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life" (Proverbs 4:23).
The disciple Stephen, in his speech that preceded his execution by stoning, had understood this important biblical teaching. He made it clear to his hearers who had no faith in Jesus Christ, though circumcised physically, they were spiritual uncircumcised of the heart: "Obstinate men and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, you are always resisting the holy spirit; as your forefathers did, so you do. Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? Yes, they killed those who made announcement in advance concerning the coming of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become, you who received the Law as transmitted by angels but have not kept it" (Acts 7:51-53). Such brave reproach cost him his life, which was a confirmation that these assassins were spiritual uncircumcised of the heart.
The spiritual heart is the spiritual inner part of a person, made of reasoning, words and actions (good or bad). Without using the expression of spiritual circumcision, Jesus Christ explained what makes a person pure or impure, because of the state of his spiritual heart: "However, whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and those things defile a man. For example, out of the heart come wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. These are the things that defile a man; but to take a meal with unwashed hands does not defile a man" (Matthew 15:18-20). In this case, Jesus Christ describes a human being in a condition of spiritual uncircumcision, with his "foreskin of the heart", with his bad reasoning that makes him impure before God and not fit for life (see Proverbs 4:23): "The good man out of his good treasure sends out good things, whereas the wicked man out of his wicked treasure sends out wicked things" (Matthew 12:35). In the first part of Jesus Christ's statement, he describes a human being who has a spiritually circumcised heart.
The Apostle Paul also understood this important biblical teaching explained by Moses, and then by Jesus Christ. The Spiritual Circumcision is obedience to God and then to his Son Jesus Christ: "Circumcision is, in fact, of benefit only if you practice law; but if you are a transgressor of law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. If, therefore, an uncircumcised person keeps the righteous requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be counted as circumcision, will it not? And the physically uncircumcised person will, by carrying out the Law, judge you who are a transgressor of law despite having its written code and circumcision. For he is not a Jew who is one on the outside, nor is circumcision something on the outside, on the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one on the inside, and his circumcision is that of the heart by spirit and not by a written code. That person’s praise comes from God, not from people" (Romans 2: 25-29).
The Faithful Christian is no longer under the application of the Law transmitted to Moses, and therefore he is no longer obliged to practice physical circumcision, according to the apostolic decree which is written in Acts 15: 19,20, 28.29. It became confirmed by what has been written under inspiration by the Apostle Paul: "The Apostle Paul also understood this important biblical teaching explained by Moses, and then by Jesus Christ. The Spiritual Circumcision is obedience to God and then to his Son Jesus Christ: "For Christ is the end of the Law, so that everyone exercising faith may have righteousness" (Romans 10: 4). "Was any man called circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has any man been called in uncircumcision? Let him not get circumcised. Circumcision does not mean a thing, and uncircumcision means not a thing, but observance of God’s commandments does" (1 Corinthians 7:18,19).
Henceforth, the Faithful Christian must have the spiritual circumcision of the heart, he must obey Jehovah God and have faith in the sacrifice of Christ (John 3:16,36).
Just as the one who wanted to participate in the Passover should be circumcised (in the flesh), so the Faithful Christian (whatever his hope (heavenly or earthly)) must have the spiritual circumcision of the heart before eating the unleavened bread and drink the cup of the commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ: "First let a man approve himself after scrutiny, and only then let him eat of the loaf and drink of the cup" (1 Corinthians 11:28 Compare with Exodus 12:48 (Passover)).
The Spiritual circumcision of the heart and the duty of conscience toward God
As we read in the Bible, the spiritual circumcision of the heart represents obedience toward God and His Son Jesus Christ (Deuteronomy 10:16; Matthew 15:18-20; Acts 7:51-53; Romans 2:25-29). This obedience is carried out by letting oneself be guided by the holy spirit that one can have through prayer and by reading and applying the Bible, as scriptural deposit. If we do this, our conscience will be in line with the influence of the holy spirit and we will have a clear conscience before God and His Son Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 11:28 "First let a man approve himself after scrutiny"). That being said, what has just been written is an idyllic picture of the spiritual condition of a Christian, both before God the Heavenly Father and before his Son Jesus Christ. However, living in a system of things spiritually opposed to these Christian values, the disciple of Christ finds himself confronted with situations out of step with biblical principles, even within the Christian congregation. Despite these adverse situations, the Christian has a duty of conscience toward God, whatever the cost (1 Peter 2:19,20 "because of conscience toward God").
This discrepancy between the biblical principle and the situation itself has been illustrated by Jesus Christ: "Be on the watch for the false prophets who come to you in sheep’s covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit. A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. Every tree not producing fine fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Really, then, by their fruits you will recognize those men” (Matthew 7:15-20). The important point of this teaching is to judge situations downstream, that is to say by their results because "strange" situations are difficult to detect upstream (by definition, a plot or infiltration is hatched, done in such a way as not to be detected).
This strange sensation is also described in Peter's first letter: "Beloved ones, do not be surprised about the fiery trials that you are experiencing, as though something strange were happening to you” (1 Peter 4:12). For example, as the disciple Jude writes, an infiltration of false brothers is generally difficult to detect upstream: "These are the rocks hidden below water at your love feasts while they feast with you, shepherds who feed themselves without fear” (Jude 12). We can read the expression "rocks hidden below water", which demonstrates that these offbeat situations are only detectable by the bad results they produce downstream (Matthew 11:19 "All the same, wisdom is proved righteous by its works").
Based on the context of this statement, Jesus Christ appears to have been describing this situation within the Christian congregation itself, because this is what he subsequently said: "Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but only the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day: ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And then I will declare to them: ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:21-23). Thus, declarations of intention are not enough, we must do the will of God, written in the Bible, and not in any Christian "Talmud", which sometimes, even often, cancels the clear message of the Bible (Matthew 15:3-9).
Very often, we apply this text in terms of biblical teaching, and it is correct. For example, for centuries many so-called "Christian" churches taught non-biblical doctrines, such as the Trinity, hell fire, purgatory, limbo, immortality of the soul, Marian worship, adoration of the cross... Much more recently, and for about a hundred years, some Christians have taught the prohibition of taking the emblems during the commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ (each Nisan, 14, of the Jewish calendar), to millions of faithful Christian brothers and sisters, under the pretext of their earthly hope of everlasting life, while he said to consume the bread of life: "I am the bread of life. (…) So Jesus said to them: “Most truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day” (…) This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not as when your forefathers ate and yet died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever" (John 6:48-58). Very often it is the Christian "Talmud" which is responsible for justifying these false teachings which cancel the teaching of the Bible and of Christ (Matthew 15:3-9).
This is just the teaching aspect, but there are many other areas where Christians have a duty of conscience toward God, showing courage, because this can lead to all sorts of problems such as, imprisonment, ostracism or social death through alienation for several years, of close members of their family. And even, as we have read, in the example of the disciple Stephen, who preached that Jesus was the Christ and then told them that they had killed an innocent soul, in the person of Christ, that cost his life (Acts 7:51-53). Which means that acting according to this duty of conscience toward God, is a true act of courage. Much later, in the Middle Ages, during the inquisitions, thousands of courageous Christians attached to the Bible were imprisoned, tortured and summarily tried to be burned at the stake as "heretics", all done by “Christians”.
Currently, under the so-called "Christian" dictatorships of globalized religious juntas, many sincere and courageous Christians, attached to the Bible, and following the voice of their conscience toward God, have entered into dissidence and are currently separated from the members of their very close family, for some, for many years, by being considered "apostates" and because of the sentences of social death, decreed behind closed doors, on the basis, very often, only of their Christian "Talmud", by these same dictatorial religious corporations ("However, I say to you that everyone who continues wrathful with his brother will be accountable to the court of justice; but whoever addresses his brother with an unspeakable word of contempt will be accountable to the Supreme Court; whereas whoever says, ‘You despicable fool!’ will be liable to the fiery Gehenna" (Matthew 5:22)). However, this is what is written about them in the last part of the prophecy of Isaiah: "Hear the word of Jehovah, you who tremble at his word: “Hear the word of Jehovah, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of my name said, ‘May Jehovah be glorified!’ But He will appear and bring you joy, And they are the ones who will be put to sham" (Isaiah 66:5).
According to this prophecy, these Christian men and women, who continue to love and worship God the Heavenly Father, to love his Son Jesus Christ, to respect the Bible, have followed the voice of their conscience toward God, and this unjust suffering, endured with dignity is pleasing to Him: "For it is agreeable when someone endures hardship and suffers unjustly because of conscience toward God. For what merit is there if you are beaten for sinning and you endure it? But if you endure suffering because of doing good, this is an agreeable thing to God” (1 Peter 2:19,20). ). In due time by God and his Son Jesus Christ, at the latest shortly before the great tribulation, they will be rehabilitated in their Christian honor, currently flouted: "Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens; for in that way they persecuted the prophets prior to you" (Matthew 5:11,12).
3 - The Covenant of the Law between God and the people of Israel
"Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of Jehovah your God that he made with you"
(Deuteronomy 4:23)
The mediator of this covenant is Moses: "At that time Jehovah commanded me to teach you regulations and judicial decisions, which you are to observe in the land you will enter to take possession of" (Deuteronomy 4:14). This covenant is closely related to the covenant of circumcision, which is the symbol of obedience to God (Deuteronomy 10:16 compare with Romans 2:25-29). This covenant would be until Messiah coming on earth: "And he will keep the covenant in force for the many for one week; and at the half of the week, he will cause sacrifice and gift offering to cease" (Daniel 9:27 ). This covenant would be replaced by a New Covenant, according to prophecy of Jeremiah: "“Look! The days are coming,” declares Jehovah, “when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, ‘my covenant that they broke, although I was their true master,’ declares Jehovah" (Jeremiah 31:31,32).
The purpose of the Law given to Israel was to prepare the people for the coming of the Messiah. The Law has taught the need for liberation from the sinful condition of humanity (represented by the people of Israel): "That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned—. For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law" (Romans 5:13). This Law of God uncovered the sinful condition of humanity, represented in that time by the people of Israel: "What, then, are we to say? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! Really, I would not have come to know sin had it not been for the Law. For example, I would not have known covetousness if the Law had not said: “You must not covet.” But sin, finding the opportunity afforded by the commandment, worked out in me covetousness of every sort, for apart from law sin was dead. In fact, I was once alive apart from law. But when the commandment arrived, sin came to life again, but I died. And the commandment that was to lead to life, this I found led to death. For sin, finding the opportunity afforded by the commandment, seduced me and killed me through it. So the Law in itself is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good" (Romans 7: 7-12). Therefore, the Law was a "tutor", "guardian", a teacher or an instructor leading to Christ: "So the Law became our guardian leading to Christ, so that we might be declared righteous through faith. But now that the faith has arrived, we are no longer under a guardian" (Galatians 3: 24,25). The perfect Law of God, having uncovered the sinful condition of humankind through the transgression of man, showed the necessity of a sacrifice. It would lead to the redemption of the transgressing human by his faith in Jesus Christ Ransom because of his faith (and not the works of the Law). This sacrifice would be that of Christ: "Just as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many" (Matthew 20: 28).
"For since the Law has a shadow of the good things to come"
(Hebrews 10:1)
Even though Christ is the end of the Law, the fact remains that at present it continues to have a prophetic value that enables us to understand the mind of God (through Jesus Christ) about the future: "Indeed, since the Law possesses a shadow of good things to come, but not the substance of things "(Hebrews 10: 1; 1 Corinthians 2:16). It is Jesus Christ who will make these "good things" come true: "Those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ" (Colossians 2:17).
Let it be the statements of Christ, such as those of the apostle Paul, the Law given by God to Moses, for the people of Israel, has a prophetic significance. A good understanding of its symbolism allows one to understand a very detailed description of the future of all of humanity. This understanding enables one to discern the prophetic riddles of the book of Ezekiel, Zechariah of Revelation, and other biblical prophetic books. As an example, consider two brief statements made by Christ. He shows that the nation of Israel and its administration were the prefiguration of the governance of the Kingdom of God on earth: "Jesus said to them: “Truly I say to you, in the re-creation, when the Son of man sits down on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel"” (Matthew 19:28). “However, you are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials; and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones to judge the 12 tribes of Israel” (Luke 22:28-30).
In two statements above, Jesus Christ shows that the nation of Israel and its people, under the administration of the Law given to Moses, were the prototype or prophetic model of the future humanity in the earthly paradise, composed of the Great Crowd, of humanity who will have survived the Great Tribulation (Revelation 7:9-17) and of the righteous and unrighteous resurrected ones (John 5:28,29). In the same way, the apostle Paul showed that the Law, which was the constitution given by God to the nation of Israel, was a foreshadowing of the reality of the administration of the Kingdom of God on earth: "For since the Law has a shadow of the good things to come, but not the very substance of the things" (Hebrews 10:1). “Those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ” (Colossians 2:17). Of course, it should be remembered that Christians are no longer under the authority of the Law given to Israel, because Christ has been the end of the Law (Romans 10:4). However, the Law has in no way lost its prophetic value: "Remember the Law of my servant Moses, the regulations and judgments that I commanded at Horeb for all Israel to obey" (Malachi 4:4).
4 - The New Covenant between God and the Israel of God
"As for all those who walk orderly by this rule of conduct, peace and mercy be upon them, yes, upon the Israel of God"
(Galatians 6:16)
Jesus Christ is the mediator of the New Covenant: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). This New Covenant is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Jeremiah 31: 31,32. According to 1 Timothy 2: 5, all men, all people who have faith in the sacrifice of Christ are under the authority of the New Covenant (John 3:16). The Israel of God represents the whole of the Christian Congregation. Nevertheless, Jesus Christ showed that this Israel of God will have one part in heaven and another on earth, in the future earthly paradise.
The Heavenly Israel of God is constituted by the 144000, the New Jerusalem, the capital from which will flow the authority of God, coming from heaven, on earth (Revelation 7:3-8: the heavenly spiritual Israel composed of the 12 tribes of 12000 (kings and priests) =144000): "I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Revelation 21: 2).
The Earthly Israel of God will be made up of humans who will live in the future earthly paradise, being designated by Jesus Christ as the 12 tribes of Israel to be judged: "Jesus said to them: “Truly I say to you, in the re-creation, when the Son of man sits down on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel" (Matthew 19:28). This earthly spiritual Israel is also described in the prophecy of Ezekiel chapters 40-48.
At present, the Israel of God is constituted by faithful Christians who have the heavenly calling and Christians who have a earthly hope of everlasting life by coming out the great tribulation as great crowd (Revelation 7: 9 -17 "the great crowd).
On the night of the last Passover, Jesus Christ concluded the New Covenant with the faithful apostles who were with him: "Also, he took a loaf, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: “This means my body, which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” Also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: “This cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf"" (Luke 22: 19,20).
This New Covenant concerns all the faithful Christians, whatever their hope (heavenly or earthly). This New Covenant is closely related to the spiritual circumcision of the heart (Romans 2:25-29). Insofar as the faithful Christian has this spiritual circumcision of the heart, he can consume the unleavened bread, and the cup which represents the blood of the New Covenant (whatever his hope (heavenly or earthly)): "First let a man approve himself after scrutiny, and only then let him eat of the loaf and drink of the cup" (1 Corinthians 11:28).
5 - The Covenant for a Kingdom concluded between Jehovah and Jesus Christ and between Jesus Christ and the 144,000
"However, you are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials; and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones to judge the 12 tribes of Israel"
(Luke 22: 28-30)
This covenant was made in the same night that Jesus Christ concluded New Covenant. This does not mean that they are the Covenants. The covenant for a kingdom is between Jehovah and Jesus Christ and then between Jesus Christ and the 144,000 who will reign in heaven as kings and priests (Revelation 5:10; 7: 3-8; 14: 1-5).
The covenant for a kingdom concluded between God and Christ is the extension of the covenant concluded by God with King David and his offspring. This Covenant is a promise of God regarding the permanence of David's dynasty on the royal throne. Jesus Christ is both the direct earthly descendant and the heavenly King anointed by Jehovah (in 1914), in fulfillment of this Covenant for the Kingdom (2 Samuel 7: 12-16, Matthew 1: 1-16, Luke 3: 23-38, Psalm 2).
The Covenant for a Kingdom concluded by Jesus Christ with his apostle and by extension with the group of the 144,000 is, in fact, a promise of heavenly marriage, which will take place shortly before the great tribulation: "Let us rejoice and be overjoyed and give him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has arrived and his wife has prepared herself. Yes, it has been granted to her to be clothed with bright, clean, fine linen—for the fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the holy ones" (Revelation 19:7,8).
Psalm 45 describes prophetically this heavenly marriage between King Jesus Christ and his heavenly "royal consort" (queen), the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21: 2). From this heavenly marriage, will be born earthly sons of the kingdom, the princes who will be the earthly representatives of the heavenly royal authority of the Kingdom of God: "Your sons will take the place of your forefathers. You will appoint them as princes in all the earth" (Psalms 45:16, Isaiah 32: 1,2).
The everlasting blessings of the New Covenant and the Covenant for a Kingdom will fulfill the terms of the Abrahamic Covenant which will bless all nations at the end of the thousand years and for all eternity. The promise of God will be fully fulfilled: "A hope of the everlasting life that God, who cannot lie, promised long ago" (Titus 1: 2).
Only 144,000 ?
Jesus Christ told to his faithful apostles that they would reign with him in the heaven, to rule over the earth where the future humanity will be the "Twelve Tribes of Israel" (see Matthew 19:28). This idea that humans who will have the privilege of living in heaven, will rule over the Earth, is written in the book of Revelation: “you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule as kings over the earth” (Revelation 5:10). Nevertheless, the book of Revelation repeatedly shows that the number of those who will live in heaven will be only 144,000, taken the humanity: “Then I saw, and look! the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who have his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads” (Revelation 14:1-5). The context of the book of Revelation confirms that it is a literal and not a symbolic number. For example, this number is found for the first time in Revelation 7: 4-8: “And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel” (Revelation 7:4-8).
And the context of this important information makes us understand that this is a real and not a symbolic number. Indeed, after Revelation 7: 4-8, the prophecy continues in verses 7: 9-17 describing the great crowd that will survive the great tribulation. This time, regarding this group, the prophecy gives this detail: “After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands” (Revelation 7:9). A “great crowd which no man was able to number” in this case the number of people is not known. We therefore understand that the information before, regarding the precise number of 144,000 humans who will live in heaven is to be taken literally.
It is written in The book of Revelation that 7000 humans will complete the 144000 in the heavens just before the Great Tribulation: “In that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; and 7,000 persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven” (Revelation 11:13). The "tenth of the city" that falls, represents all of the 144,000 who died on earth to live in heaven, while the 7,000 people "killed" (just before the great tribulation) represent those who will complete the 144000, with their heavenly resurrection: “Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
This group of humans will be the New Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ: “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away”" (Revelation 21:1-4).
(The blessings of the earthly administration of the Kingdom of God)
The other sheep
"And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become
one flock, one shepherd"
(John 10:16)
As we carefully read John 10: 1-16, we notice that the central theme is the identification of the Messiah as a true shepherd for his disciples, the sheep.
In John 10: 1 and John 10: 16, it is written: "Most truly I say to you, He that does not enter into the sheepfold through the door but climbs up some other place, that one is a thief and a plunderer. (...) And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd". This "sheepfold" represents the territory where Jesus Christ preached, the Nation of Israel, in the context of the Mosaic law: "These twelve Jesus sent forth, giving them these orders: “Do not go off into the road of the nations, and do not enter into a Sa·marʹi·tan city; but, instead, go continually to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matthew 10:5,6). "In answer he said: “I was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel”" (Matthew 15:24). This sheepfold is also the "house of Israel".
In John 10:1-6, Jesus Christ presented himself before the gate of the sheepfold. This happened at the time of his baptism. The "doorkeeper" was John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13). By baptizing him, he became the Christ. John the Baptist opened the door for him and testified that Jesus is the Christ and the Lamb of God: "See, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29-36).
In John 10:7-15, while remaining on the same Messianic theme, Jesus Christ uses another illustration by designating himself as the "door", the only place of access in the same way as John 14:6: "Jesus said to him: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me"". The main theme of the subject is still Jesus Christ as Messiah. From verse 9, in the same passage (he changes the illustration again), he designates himself as the shepherd who grazes his sheep by making them "go in or go out" to feed them. The teaching is both centered on him and on how he cares for his sheep. Jesus Christ designates himself as the excellent shepherd who will give his life for his disciples and who loves his sheep (unlike the hired shepherd who will not risk his life for sheep which do not belong to him). Again, the central point of the teaching of Christ, is Himself as a shepherd who will sacrifice himself for his sheep (Matthew 20:28).
John 10:16-18: "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I surrender my soul, in order that I may receive it again.No man has taken it away from me, but I surrender it of my own initiative. I have authority to surrender it, and I have authority to receive it again. The commandment on this I received from my Father".
Reading these verses, according to the context, Jesus Christ announces a revolutionary idea at that time: he would sacrifice his life not only for his Jewish disciples (in the sheepfold), but also in favor of other disciples who would not be part of this sheepfold of Israel. The proof is, the last command which he gave to his disciples, regarding the preaching, is this: "You will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth" (Acts 1:8). It is precisely during the baptism of Cornelius that the words of Christ in John 10:16 began to be realized (See the narrative of Acts chapter 10).
Thus, the "other sheep" of John 10:16 apply to non-Jewish Christians in the flesh. In John 10:16-18 it is described the unity in the obedience of the sheep to the Shepherd Jesus Christ. He also spoke of all of his disciples in his day as a "little flock": "Have no fear, little flock, because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom" (Luke 12:32). By Pentecost in 33 C.E., the disciples of Christ, numbered only 120 (Acts 1:15). In the remainder of the Acts narrative, we read that their number was a few thousand (Acts 2:41 (3,000 souls); Acts 4:4 (5,000)). Be that as it may, the new Christians, whether in the time of Christ, as in that of the apostles, represented a "little flock", comparing with the whole population of the nation of Israel and then to the other nations of that time.
Are you a Son of God?
"For all who are led by God’s spirit are indeed God’s sons"
(Romans 8:14)
This question is only in the biblical context, and particularly of the letter to the Romans, the chapter 8. The answer will be based on the context of chapter 8, in order to know if, the status of "son of God" is only reserved for a category of Christians, for example, those who have the heavenly hope of being one of the 144000, or to all Christians, including those who are an earthly hope (Apocalypse 7:1-8 (144000); 7:9- 17 (the great crowd coming out of the great tribulation). In order for the reader to check by himself, the context reveals two important points:
1 - The apostle Paul does not speak at any time directly, of two categories of Christians, but rather of two categories of humans, those who live according to fleshly desires and those (the faithful Christians) who live by being led by the Holy Spirit.
2 - The apostle Paul does not evoke the hope of everlasting life, by directly making a difference between everlasting life in heaven and everlasting life in the future earthly paradise.
Let us examine the context of Romans chapter 8: "Therefore, those in union with Christ Jesus have no condemnation. For the law of the spirit that gives life in union with Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. What the Law was incapable of doing because it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, condemning sin in the flesh, so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who walk, not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit, on the things of the spirit. For setting the mind on the flesh means death, but setting the mind on the spirit means life and peace; because setting the mind on the flesh means enmity with God, for it is not in subjection to the law of God, nor, in fact, can it be. So those who are in harmony with the flesh cannot please God.
However, you are in harmony, not with the flesh, but with the spirit, if God’s spirit truly dwells in you. But if anyone does not have Christ’s spirit, this person does not belong to him. But if Christ is in union with you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. If, now, the spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his spirit that resides in you" (Romans 8:1-11).
In verses 1 to 8, the apostle Paul describes those who walk according to the flesh: "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit, on the things of the spirit" (verse 5). This verse sums up very well, the contrast between these two categories of humans, those who live according to fleshly desires, and those who live led by the holy spirit.
In verses 9 to 11, he is describing those who are "sons of God", by adoption, with the difference between the two categories of humans, in a different way: "However, you are in harmony, not with the flesh, but with the spirit, if God’s spirit truly dwells in you. But if anyone does not have Christ’s spirit, this one does not belong to him" (verse 9).
"So, then, brothers, we are under obligation, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh; for if you live according to the flesh, you are sure to die; but if you put the practices of the body to death by the spirit, you will live. For all who are led by God’s spirit are indeed God’s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery causing fear again, but you received a spirit of adoption as sons, by which spirit we cry out: “Abba, Father!” The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children. If, then, we are children, we are also heirs—heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ—provided we suffer together so that we may also be glorified together" (Romans 8:12-17).
Verse 17 seems to be applied only to the 144,000: "If, then, we are children, we are also heirs: heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ, provided we suffer together that we may also be glorified together" . When the Apostle Paul wrote that those who are sons of God, are as heirs with Christ, he seems to refer to the heavenly hope to live with Jesus Christ (even if he is not directly mentioned) (see Apocalypse 14:1-5, the 144000 on Mount Sion (in the heavens), with King Jesus Christ). In addition, the previous verses seem to describe this process which allows a Christian, to know that he has the heavenly hope (to be heirs with Christ): "For you did not receive a spirit of slavery causing fear again, but you received a spirit of adoption as sons, by which spirit we cry out: “Abba, Father!” The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children" (verses 15,16). At this stage of the study, the question that arises, is the following, if the apostle Paul applies the expression "sons of God", to the heirs with Christ (the 144000), does it not apply to all Christians who live led by spirit, and who have the earthly hope? Let us read the context of Romans 8.
"For I consider that the sufferings of the present time do not amount to anything in comparison with the glory that is going to be revealed in us. For the creation is waiting with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself will also be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God. For we know that all creation keeps on groaning together and being in pain together until now. Not only that, but we ourselves also who have the firstfruits, namely, the spirit, yes, we ourselves groan within ourselves while we are earnestly waiting for adoption as sons, the release from our bodies by ransom. For we were saved in this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope, for when a man sees a thing, does he hope for it? But if we hope for what we do not see, we keep eagerly waiting for it with endurance" (Romans 8:18-25).
Verse 19 seems to be referring, only to the 144000: "For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revealing of the sons of God" (see 1 John 3:2: "Beloved ones, we are now children of God, but it has not yet been made manifest what we will be. We do know that when he is made manifest we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is").
Nevertheless, the 20,21 verses refer to the whole of humanity: "For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will but through him that subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself also will be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God". However, some will say that this last release will take place at the end of the millennial reign of Christ. This interpretation seems fair in accordance with Apocalypse 20:5a: "The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ended". It should be mentioned that just as the Apostle Paul uses the expression "creation" to designate the earthly humanity as a whole, similarly, Apocalypse 20:5a applies to humanity in the earthly paradise, as a whole. On an individual level, the human (the faithful Christian) who currently lives and in the future earthly paradise, led by spirit, according to the context of Romans 8, can be called "son of God" by being simply heir of God, without necessarily being a joint heir with Christ like the 144000: "If, then, we are children, we are also heirs: heirs indeed of God" (verse 17).
The very fact that the apostle Paul added, "but joint heirs with Christ", seems to support the idea that the "heirs of God" represent the whole of obedient humanity and the "joint heirs with Christ", in this context, regarding the 144000. It is completely logical, always according to the context of Romans 8, to consider the faithful Christians having earthly hope, as "sons of God" who will be his heirs, in view of everlasting life. It should be recalled that in Romans 8, the apostle Paul wrote that the "sons of God" are who live led by spirit, and this is quite the case of the faithful Christians who have the earthly hope. In addition, if it is obvious that the expression of "joint heirs with Christ" has a restrictive meaning in Romans (8:12-17), applying only to the 144000, this expression can be applied currently to the faithful Christians who have the earthly hope, in the broad sense of Luke 23:43: "You will be with me in paradise". The currently faithful Christians who have the earthly hope, will be, in a broad sense, "joint heirs with Christ", because they will be with Jesus Christ in paradise...
Finally, it is also good to remember how the Model Prayer begins: "Our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9)... If Jesus Christ asked his disciples to begin this prayer with the expression "Our Father", it is well proof that God will not wait a thousand years to consider, right away, that the faithful Christians who have the earthly hope, are their sons, the sons of God... "For all who are led by God’s spirit are indeed God’s sons"(Romans 8:14)…
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to the shepherds, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves! Is it not the flock that the shepherds should feed? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, and you slaughter the fattest animal, but you do not feed the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bandaged the injured or brought back the strays or looked for the lost; rather, you have ruled them with harshness and tyranny. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; they were scattered and became food for every wild beast of the field. My sheep were straying on all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the surface of the earth, with no one searching for them or seeking to find them”” (Ezekiel 34:2-6).
As we have seen above, the human body was created by God and given to us as a divine inheritance, to take care of it, like a temple that we inhabit and which should be inhabited by the spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 3:16 "The Spirit of God dwells in you"). This body and the life in it, do not belong to any state or entity that would like to be globalist, nor even to any religious organization. The human body we have and the life in it, belong to God, because He is the Source and Creator of the Life (Revelation 4:11).
Jesus Christ said to pay back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's (Luke 20:25). The Christian who pays back to Caesar what is Caesar's, has a respectful attitude towards the authorities of his country. In 1 Peter 2:17 it is written to fear God and to honor the king. Depending on the context, the king is the repository of the authority of the country over which he reigns. The apostle Paul, in the letter to the Romans (13:1-7), encourages all Christians to respect governments and their representatives, that could be kings, princes, presidents, ministers, deputies… This passage shows that we must respect those who are empowered to enforce the law, namely the police, the military in some countries, judges and various representatives of administrations, such as, for example, teachers, professors, principals, tax inspectors… This being said, Jesus Christ added that we must pay back what belongs to God. Our body and the life in it belong to God. Therefore, if any human government ask us for our life or the life of our children, the answer will be the same as the apostle Peter said in a court: "We must obey God as ruler rather than men" (Acts 5:29).
In what follows, it is not to encourage the disrespect to the governmental authorities in place, but to take note of a situation which seems to be like what it is written in the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 34, quoted at the beginning of the article, and to take the necessary measures to respect the biblical principles on the sacred value of life and blood. What are the observable facts?
The world is currently living, since November 2019, in fact, a Casus Belli, a CBRN world war (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear), against the integrity of the human body of peoples (the lost and scattered sheep). The human body has been created by God and given to us as a divine inheritance, to take care of it, like a temple that we live in and which should be inhabited by the spirit of God: "Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that the spirit of God dwells in you? " (1 Corinthians 3:16). This human body and his life, do not belong to any state, nor even to any earthly religious entity.
This worldwide Casus Belli against the integrity of the human body, which God has entrusted to us, is not made with tanks, bombs and cannons. It is organized against the backdrop of international trafficking of military viruses (leaving a P4-type laboratory (officially manufacturing military viruses in the context of CBRN-type wars)) and cleverly orchestrated propaganda (social engineering), with the aim of to terrify the people. The basic principle of these death labs is to collect viruses that are normally found in nature, in the animal reign, and which are basically harmless to humans; they are usually not transmissible and if so, they are usually not fatal. These demonic laboratories work to make these viruses transmissible to humans through "sequencing" with an extremely complex manufactoring process that can take several months. The diabolical purpose is to obtain a "gain of function", that is to say, in this case, to make so that this (or these) virus to be fatal for the man, while increasing, of the lethality of this manufactured military virus (references or patents for these military viruses can be found at NIH GenBank or somewhere in the WHO archives (at least from one of these countries). By the way, the NIH has suppressed information from Wuhan labs on the genetic sequencing of the military virus, according to Watchdog's FOIA (March 30, 2022)) (What is Happening in Shanghai?) (Chinese Style Social Credit, Begins in Italy (Bologna)).
(Social Credit with Chinese Style and the 2030 Agenda: This agenda was adopted by the UN in September 2015 after two years of negotiations including governments and civil society. The 2030 Agenda is part of a globalist ideology, particularly in the countries of the NATO zone and its partners (Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...). It is in these areas of the world that the fundamentalist and sectarian ideology of "Covidism", which undermines the bodily integrity of peoples, has taken root (The situation in Shanghai (China) is an illustration of this taken to its extreme and in many respects, can give us a future glimpse of this kind of dictatorship on the scale of several united states, even world). Situations of a global “pandemic”, or of climate emergency, are ready-made pretexts to establish a dictatorship, in a progressive and hidden way, over all peoples. The “voluntary” establishment of “social credit” in Italy (Bologna and Rome (end of March 2022)), is only the beginning of this process, which is part of the future establishment, latent and perverse, of an obligation"...).
After its spread, obviously "fortuitous" (not checked in one, or the other way), of this lethal military virus, follows a world press campaign, which will certify, that it is a question of a "leak" as a type accident in a nuclear power plant. We must know that a P4 laboratory, is one of the most secure places in the world. They will say, for example, that it comes from the animal reign, which is a half-truth, because it is both true and false, therefore false (true + false = false). A second stage follows, essentially based on propagandist social engineering, based on fear with repeated morbid messages and reports, to frighten the people and above all, to insist on the fact that there is no medical remedy, or even any molecule to be able to cure this military virus. The only solution is to wait for the messianic injectable chemical that will save the life of mankind.
This Casus Belli is accompanied by an experimentation of mass gene therapy on healthy human bodies, not sick, on an international scale, on all peoples (scattered sheep), injectable chemicals, more or less coercive (in defiance of the Nuremberg Code - 1947 (see the 10 articles at the end of the page) (The current worldwide gene therapy, is still officially, in the experimentation phase, therefore, it fits perfectly into the legal framework of the Nuremberg Code - 1947)). Those at the head of nations or groups of nations, who order repeated injections of these poisons into healthy human bodies, have links of financial interest known to all, direct or indirect.
This CBRN-type wars Casus Belli uses the media corrupted by money and coordinated with one another as a propaganda tool with the Goebbel 's process of propaganda (spokesman for the Hitler Nazi regime). It is common knowledge that they are in the pay of many corrupt billionaire oligarchs, who also influence many governments (the shepherds who have been feeding themselves). They create a false reality (a surreality), to frighten the people (the scattered sheep), with the purpose to mislead them psychologically and mentally, in the aim to make them adopt irrational behaviors, by successive contradictory decisions and completely assumed lies. By the administration of this social engineering of harassment and long-term mental torture, these shepherds who have been feeding themselves, obtain the consent by nervous and mental exhaustion of the scattered sheep, with a more or less latent coercion (See Ezekiel 34).
In Isaiah 5:20 it is written: "Woe to those who say that good is bad and bad is good, Those who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, Those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!". This text describes very accurately the perverse and demonic inversions of values of these engineers of lies and murderous manipulation (John 8:44). These shepherds who are feeding themselves, have forbidden doctors to treat the elderly with inexpensive molecules. Then these same shepherds who are feeding themselves, ask the children to risk their own health, until their life, for these same old people whom they put in danger of death by forbidding the doctors to treat them. These same shepherds who are feeding themselves, ask children to risk their own health, until their lives, for adults when it should be the opposite, namely that it is adults who should be willing to risk their lives for children, representing the future of humanity...
Many doctors, nurses, orderlies and housekeepers, working in medical care, were at the front to provide assistance to people affected by this military virus. Many have paid for it with their lives (What is happening in France regarding caregivers, firefighters and other people (in connection with the medical community), suspended and fired without pay, without unemployment, not reinstated, for refusing the experimental injection? (Video only in French language)). Jehovah God and his Son, Jesus Christ, will not forget them at the time of the resurrection (Acts 24:15; Hebrews 6:10). The courageous men and women who have so far denounced this Casus belli, have paid for it with their lives for some, with solitary confinement and imprisonment for others and they are treated as "conspirators", a coined term by the CIA in 1965, following the Warren Commission (official account of the circumstances surrounding the assassination of JFK).
By the way, the current senatorial commissions are, in fact, real morbid plays. We observe a diabolical role-playing games between these commissions of "inquiries", which make a game of finding fault to the people summoned and questioned, and the latter who, in the end, leave as they came in, that is free to continue their sordid works. These senatorial commissions bypass the role of prosecutors, judges and courts, who should imprison and judge these murderers, these sons of Josef Mengele, who carried out these experimental gene injections of masses, which caused the death of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children around the world, and millions of debilitating consequences for those who survived. These murderous liars apply the logic of the collective suicide of peoples, like Jim Jones and David Koresh, gurus who did not want to die alone, but who wanted to be accompanied in their madness by their hundreds of followers who committed "suicide". We also live, in a logic of global, economic, diplomatic massive destruction which causes wars and the destruction of peoples. They are in the same logic of murderous headlong rush, like these two sect leaders.
As we are very close to the Great Tribulation, a prophecy from Revelation and the book of Daniel is being fulfilled before our eyes: "He also tells me: “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, for the appointed time is near. Let the one who is unrighteous continue in unrighteousness, and let the filthy one continue in his filth; but let the righteous one continue in righteousness, and let the holy one continue in holiness"" (Revelation 22:10,11). "Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand; but those having insight will understand” (Daniel 12:10). Until King Jesus Christ sweeps these scoundrels off the face of the earth during the Great Tribulation (Revelation 19:11-21), those who practice righteousness in their hearts pray this prayer to the Heavenly Father daily, Jehovah God: "Finally, brothers, carry on prayer for us, that the word of Jehovah may keep spreading rapidly and being glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be rescued from harmful and wicked men, for faith is not a possession of all people. But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the wicked one" (2 Thessalonians 3:1-3).
In this worldwide diabolical situation, which attacks the bodily integrity of men, women, children and even, unfortunately, that of infants, what must the Christian do, to please Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ?
Jehovah asks everyone to take care of the human body as a temple: "Therefore, I appeal to you by the compassion of God, brothers, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, a sacred service with your power of reason" (Romans 12:1). This body has been created for a sacred service to God, that is, to conform to the purpose which he originally made at the time of the creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26-28).
Taking medication is a personal decision, weighing the risks for our life. It must be done in a medical setting, to be treated. This medication should not be done under governmental or moral coercion, for example within the framework of a congregation. If this were the case, these governmental authorities, see spiritual, would go beyond article 1 of the Nuremberg Code - 1947, which forbids medical experiments under harassment (Reminder: the worldwide gene therapy in progress, is still officially, in the experimental process, therefore, it fits perfectly into the legal framework of the Nuremberg Code - 1947): "The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion. (…)" (Extract from article 1, of the Nuremberg Code - 1947).
In the current context, Christians must double their vigilance. He should refrain from bringing in experimental chemicals, especially for reasons unrelated to their health and that of their own children. These experimental injectable products have so far caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people around the world, and made thousands more seriously ill (VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (www.vaers.hhs.gov)). Most of these gene injections are made for reasons that have nothing to do with the health of adults and even less that of children, but rather, under non-medical pretexts of privilege, to be able to go to restaurants, bowling or other places of pleasure, justified by completely fallacious arguments and in the form of blackmail. Others have been forced on pain of losing their jobs and source of income. The fact of requiring that in order to go to a place, to have an object or a product penetrate our body, is in no way a medical act, but an act of marking, as one would do for animals, before d to enter an enclosure ; it is a marked violation of the spiritual and sacred dimension of the integrity of the human body.
Parents should seriously consider this issue, for their children and for them, in prayer to face this strange and sometimes distressing situation. Teachers of the Word of God should think seriously, with much prayer, on this question because this situation is not trivial regarding the biblical spirituality and more generally ethics (Romans 14:12). It is quite normal to feel disoriented, perplexed and surprised when faced with this extremely perverse attack from Satan the devil and his human demons. Let us pray to Jehovah God, let us ask for his help, He is merciful. If we think at first that we have not made the best decision, it can happen to anyone. Jehovah God sees our good intentions. Let us be courageous, let us trust in Jehovah God and his beloved Son Jesus Christ and they will support us (Proverbs 3:5,6). Let us not be afraid and be strong, let us support each other, whether with family, friends, or in congregation, let us love each other (John 13:34,35).
Christian Shepherds, how have you behaved in this matter?
The world has been victim to a global experimentation with a chemical that was injected for reasons based on a false claim. Pfizer would not have tested the effectiveness of its vaccines on the transmission of the virus. However, many Christian shepherds have pressured the sheep in their congregation to be injected, based on this false claim of the "vaccine" which would prevent the transmission of the virus. Even more serious, this pressure was exerted on young people who were for the most part not in danger if they did not get injected.
Tens of thousands of people died as a result of this experimental injection. Millions of people around the world have had extremely serious consequences as a result of this experimental injection. And what about this excess of mortality observed in recent times, even among young people? However, to "weight" the seriousness of the after-effects, some analyze the situation in terms of statistics... But for Jehovah God, the death of a single innocent human being, is in no way a "statistic"... In other words, if a Christian shepherd encouraged such an experimental injection, on the scale of the congregation for which he would be responsible before Jehovah God and Jesus Christ, and that this would have caused serious after-effects, until the death of only one of his sheep, in what situation does he find himself before God and his Son?
Here is what we can read in Deuteronomy, regarding the discovery of the body of a dead man in the field: "If someone is found slain in a field of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you to possess and it is not known who killed him, your elders and judges should go out and measure the distance from the dead body to the cities that surround it. Then the elders of the city nearest to the body should take from the herd a young cow that has never been put to work, that has never pulled in a yoke, and the elders of that city should lead the young cow down to a valley running with water where no tilling or sowing of seed has been done, and they should break the neck of the young cow there in the valley. And the priests, the Levites, will approach because Jehovah your God has chosen them to minister to him, to pronounce blessings in the name of Jehovah. They will declare how every dispute involving violence should be resolved. Then all the elders of the city who are nearest to the dead body should wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken in the valley, and they should declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. Do not hold this against your people Israel, whom you redeemed, O Jehovah, and do not let guilt for innocent blood remain among your people Israel.’ Then the bloodguilt will not be held against them. In this way you will remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst by doing what is right in Jehovah’s eyes" (Deuteronomy 21:1-9).
For Jehovah God and his Son and King Jesus Christ, the death of even one of their congregational sheep is nothing trivial according to Deuteronomy 21:1-9. It is appropriate, that in each Christian congregation, the shepherds make their examination of conscience, regarding this affair and draw the consequences... Do they fulfill, yes or no, still the conditions of Christian shepherds (Read 1 Timothy 3:1-7) ?
The ten points of the Nuremberg Code - 1947
1 - The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. This latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative decision by the experimental subject there should be made known to him the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or person which may possibly come from his participation in the experiment. The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the quality of the consent rests upon each individual who initiates, directs, or engages in the experiment. It is a personal duty and responsibility which may not be delegated to another with impunity.
2 - The experiment should be such as to yield fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other methods or means of study, and not random and unnecessary in nature.
3 - The experiment should be so designed and based on the results of animal experimentation and a knowledge of the natural history of the disease or other problem under study that the anticipated results will justify the performance of the experiment.
4 - The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury.
5 - No experiment should be conducted where there is an a priori reason to believe that death or disabling injury will occur; except, perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental physicians also serve as subjects.
6 - The degree of risk to be taken should never exceed that determined by the humanitarian importance of the problem to be solved by the experiment.
7 - Proper preparations should be made and adequate facilities provided to protect the experimental subject against even remote possibilities of injury, disability, or death.
8 - The experiment should be conducted only by scientifically qualified persons. The highest degree of skill and care should be required through all stages of the experiment of those who conduct or engage in the experiment.
9 - During the course of the experiment the human subject should be at liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he has reached the physical or mental state where continuation of the experiment seems to him to be impossible.
10 - During the course of the experiment the scientist in charge must be prepared to terminate the experiment at any stage, if he has probable cause to believe, in the exercise of the good faith, superior skill and careful judgment required of him, that a continuation of the experiment is likely to result in injury, disability, or death to the experimental subject.