FEAST OF TABERNACLES - 2001

Day 2

Fred Coulter - October 3, 2001

And greetings brethren. This is day two of the Feast of Tabernacles, 2001. And time just keeps going along, and every year we have the Feast of Tabernacles and it reminds us and gives us the understanding of God’s plan and God’s way.

Recently I had a woman ask me the question concerning: What does the new moon foreshadow? Now let’s come to Colossians 2:16. Let’s just read it and we’ll answer the question, what it means. “Let no man therefore judge you in [eating] meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday…” And we just had a holy day yesterday, and a lot of people judge us and say well, we shouldn’t do it. But God says we should. Jesus Christ did. He set us the example and showed us the way and we are to have a relationship with God based upon love and obedience. “…Or of the new moon…” Now, it should be translated “or of new moon”. That’s just what it is in the Greek. There is no definite article “the”. It doesn’t mean “a” new moon. And it’s not plural and it doesn’t mean “new moons”. So “new moon” here has direct reference to the calendar. And the calendar is set by the new moon of the seventh month and the full moon of the seventh month. It says there “to blow the trumpet in the new moon” and then on the feast day, which then is the full moon. So this pictures the calendar.

Now in the calendar of God the foreshadowing is that it tells us the plan of God and unfolds it for us year by year and gives us understanding of the word of God and what He’s doing. And then when you really understand the Bible you’re going to understand this: You cannot understand the Bible unless you understand the Sabbath and the holy days because the Sabbath and holy days are the framework and the foundation, which then God has built upon. So He has designed them. Now you just stop and think for a minute. Think about all the Sunday-keeping churches that are out there. Do they understand the word of God? No. Do they keep the calendar the way God says? No. Do they keep the Sabbath and holy days the way God has commanded? No. Alright, let’s look at what is happening to them. They are being divided down even further.

Now then, let’s look at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. They understand about the Sabbath, and we can throw in there the Church of God 7^th Day as well because they are very similar. But they don’t understand the plan of God because they don’t keep the holy days. So you see the new moon with the calculated Hebrew calendar foreshadows God’s plan that He is doing. Now therefore this fits right in with the Feast of Tabernacles.

Now let’s go back to Genesis 12 and let’s see something concerning the Feast of Tabernacles, that it is going to be a time of great fulfillment of the promises given to Abraham. So let’s focus in on those and let’s begin here in Genesis 12, and let’s see what Abraham did, what God required of him, and how he did it, and we will see parallels that apply to us.

Genesis 12:1, “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee”. Now he had to forsake everything that he had. He had to leave his country. He had to leave his father’s house. He had to believe God and walk in faith not knowing where he was going. And here’s the promise that God gave to Abraham, which then has a great fulfillment, as we will see, in the Feast of Tabernacles.

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great…” And we will see how great that name is today as it fits in with the Feast of Tabernacles and the salvation of all nations during that time. “…And thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (vs. 2-3). Now that is a great framework that God has His plan working to reveal to us. And it all begins with Abraham.

Now notice verse 4, very simply, “So Abram departed…” He left. So it’s the same thing with us. Now when we come to God and we say, “I’ve repented of my sins and I want to be baptized,” then Christ says, “If any man will come to Me and hate not his father, and mother, and brother, and sister, and wife, and children, and lands, and yea his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” So that’s exactly what Abraham did here. He went as God told him to. And all during his physical life that he sojourned in the land that God gave to him as a promise to inherit, he never inherited it. He had to walk in faith from the time he was called at 75 until the time he died at 175. So that’s a long time. And there’s some very important lessons that we are also going to learn, which apply not only to us today but will apply to all of those during the Millennium and the Kingdom of God.

Now let’s come over to Genesis 15:4, and let’s just review this a minute. And so God said to him, “…This [Eliezer of Damascus] shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them…” An impossible task. So he was asked to believe God. That was his response - to believe God. “…And He said unto him, So shall thy seed be” (Gen. 15:4-5). But you see, God does the impossible. And that’s why we need to also understand with us, God is also doing the impossible with us. God has called us so we can be the spiritual sons and daughters of God, born again at the resurrection. And our life and our growth and the things that we do in our Christian life becomes, as you look at it from the human perspective, an impossible task. But with the Spirit of God all things are possible. So we also need to believe God in that, just like Abraham did here.

“And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness” (vs. 6). So he believed God that it would be. Now, do you believe God that you are going to be a spirit being in the Kingdom of God, and that you are going to rule and reign with Christ as kings and priests? You have to believe that because that is the promise. And we will see as we go through this that God does not lie. That’s why the word of God we can count on. It is absolutely sure. It is absolutely true. It is absolutely right. And it’s going to be done and it’s going to accomplish whatever God wants it to do.

Now there are some things that God requires us to do. And sometimes He gives us things which look like are a very difficult and almost impossible task to accomplish. But He wants us to do it by faith. That’s why when we come to Genesis 22 (now let’s turn there) and we will see the other trial and test that Abraham had where then not only did he have to believe God, but he had to obey God, and he had to do the things that God asked him to do in faith, believing and knowing that God is true and right.

So you know the account. He was told to take his son, Isaac, whom he loved and to take him out and offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains of Moriah. So they took a three days journey, went to the mountain that God said. Abraham loaded the wood on Isaac’s back and he took the hot coals in the portable pan. And as they were going up Isaac said to his father, “Father, I see the wood and I see the fire, but where is the lamb?” And Abraham said, “God will provide, my son…” Now you have to understand, he walked by faith and God is the one Who has to provide. You have to also trust God that He will provide for you.

And in the account both Isaac and Abraham believed God, trusted in Him, and after Abraham bound Isaac and put him on the wood and reached down to get the knife, then the angel of the Lord cried out and stopped him from doing it. Now let’s pick it up here in Genesis 22:11. Now this is very important, not only for Abraham, but here is a great principle in our lives. And a great principle that I have seen many people fail.

“And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest [Me] God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from Me.” (Gen. 22:11-12). Now, this was approximately 37 years after God first called Abraham. And all that time Abraham had his ups and down. We can go through and do a sketch of his life. But not until this time did God say, “Now I know that you fear Me.” Meaning, “Now I know for sure, absolutely that you will always fear Me and love Me and keep My commandments.”

Now I want to ask you a question: Do you - have you come to the point that God can say this of you? Now you look around and you see all the people that you’ve known in the Church of God through the years. And you think about all the trials and difficulties that you have gone through, and you need to understand every one of these trials and difficulties that we go through are for the very purpose of knowing whether we love God with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and being, whether we fear God, and whether we will continue to do that all of our lives. Some people are tempted by power. Some people are tempted by office. Some people are tempted by money. Some people are tempted by sex. And I mean in the temptation, they give into it and they justify it, and they figure God will understand. And the truth is God does understand, and He knows that He cannot say this of many, many people. So there’s an important lesson for us. And let’s understand this: If we do not come to this point in our lives, we’re not going to be in the Kingdom of God either. Now that’s especially true when you consider the age that we are living in. When you consider the age, we’ll just call it the Laodicean age of plenty of everything for everyone, see. And there are so many things that can come along.

Now within the Church we also have: Do you trust God? Do you believe the Bible? Or, do you want to create your own doctrine? Do you want to be exalted in some sort of office that you think is some great promotion? Are you pulling a Haman, or a Simon Magus? What is it? Now we can be thankful that Abraham was faithful and loved God and obeyed His voice.

Now here, since we’re right close, we’ll come back to Genesis 22 here in just a minute. Let’s come to Genesis 26:5. This is one that I’ve gone over and over, and over, and over, but you know, really some people have really not gotten the point. And they really haven’t understood, and they haven’t grasped that, as we will see, if we are Christ’s we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. However, we’ve got to do as Abraham did.

Now in verse 5 God is talking to Isaac, and He says, “Because that Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” And He knew that he would always fear God. God would always be first in His life in spite of everything that came along, even his own only begotten son and the firstborn of Sarah, Isaac. For the sake of what God asked him to do, he did.

Now let’s come back to Genesis 22 and let’s read on here a little bit more. Let’s come to verse 15. After God provided the ram and they offered the sacrifice, “And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said, By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven…” And that is the spiritual seed. That includes us because we’re going to be born again at the resurrection, become spirit beings, have glory and shine as the stars in heaven, just like Jesus said. “…And as the sand which is upon the sea shore…” That’s all the physical seed of the twelve tribes of Israel. “…And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice” (Gen. 22:15-18). Now that is the standard of faith that we are to follow. And we have recorded for us all the words of God. And these God spoke or God inspired to be written. So these are the words of God, and so we need to be willing to obey the words of God.

Now let’s come here to Galatians 3 and let’s just review this verse once again. Because Galatians 3 tells us quite a bit about our relationship with God and the faith that we have to have. And this is given to us so that we can have strength. So that we can believe God. So that we can have an example to follow. Now Abraham did not have an example to follow. He is our example. That’s why he’s called the father of the faithful.

Now let’s come over here to Galatians 3:5. “He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth He it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Now how are you inspired? By God’s Spirit, by the hearing of faith, by the understanding of the word of God, by loving God and believing Him. That’s how you grow in grace and knowledge and understanding. That’s how Abraham did. And he’s our example.

“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham” (vs. 6-7). That’s what we are. And all of those who come into the Kingdom of God during the Millennium are going to likewise be of the children of Abraham because the promise that God gave to Abraham extends down through this age into the Millennium and on into the Last Great Day. Because the complete fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham will not be fulfilled to it’s highest degree until we come to Revelation 22.

Now let’s look at verse 8. “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen [or that is, the nations, or the pagans] through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.” And that’s continuous from that time. Now remember, I made the mistake of saying Genesis 22, but isn’t it interesting that the beginning of the fulfillment was in Genesis 22, and the finalization of the fulfillment is Revelation 22? And Jesus said He was the beginning and the ending. Genesis is the first book, the beginning. And that’s what Genesis means, the beginning. And Revelation is the last book, which is the finishing. And the fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles through the 1000 year reign and rule of Christ and the saints of God fulfills even greater the promises that God gave to Abraham.

Now let’s come over here to verse 29. “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” You are included in that, you see, if you have the faith that Abraham had. Now let’s see how this applies to the Millennium. Let’s come to Isaiah 51 and let’s see what is going to be taught then as well as now. And can you imagine what’s it’s going to be like with Abraham there teaching? We won’t have to read the scriptures to find out about Abraham. We can see him. We can talk to him and to Sarah, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, and all the Patriarchs as well. And to all of the apostles. So there’s some tremendous things that we can look forward to that we can live during the Millennium when it starts.

Now here, Isaiah 51:1, “Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness…” Now remember, righteousness was imputed unto Abraham because he believed. Righteousness was imputed unto Abraham because he obeyed. Righteousness was given to him because he heard and obeyed the voice of God. So it says here, “Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the Rock [from] whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.” Now the Rock is Christ, so we see a combination of things here in Isaiah 51. Christ is the Rock.

Now notice verse 2, “Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you…” Because Sarah is a type of the Church, Jerusalem above. So here now we are in a millennial setting. And what’s going to be taught? Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, the truth of God, and God is going to fulfill the promises that He gave to Abraham all through the Millennium.

Now verse 3, “For the LORD shall comfort Zion…” So this goes right into a millennial setting. “…He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden [that’s the restoration of all things], and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” Tremendous picture of the Millennium but notice it’s looking at Abraham and Sarah.

Now let’s continue on here right in verse 4. “Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people.” And of course all during the Millennium it’s going to be the judgment of God, isn’t it?

Verse 5, “My righteousness is near…” They’re not going to have to go and say, “Where’s the Lord?” “…My salvation is gone forth…”, given to everyone, an opportunity for salvation. “…And Mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner…” Talking about the lake of fire, isn’t it? “…But My salvation shall be for ever, and My righteousness shall not be abolished” (vs. 5-6). Now all Protestants, pay attention. It’s not going to be abolished.

Verse 7, “Hearken unto Me…” They’re going to have to listen to the voice of God. And as we saw yesterday they’re going to have to listen to our voice, and we’re going to be teaching every Sabbath. And we’re going to say, “This is the way, walk in it. Don’t go to the right hand, don’t go to the left hand. Here is the way of God.” They’re going to have to pay attention. They’re not going to have any excuse, see. “Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law…” Now there’s a message for us today, and a message for the people during the Millennium because that’s how it’s going to be. “…Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment…” Now that’s for us today to give us encouragement. God will fight our battles. God will watch out for us. God will take care of us, if we believe in God the way that Abraham did. And that’s what we are going to teach the people in the Millennium. “…But My righteousness shall be for ever, and My salvation from generation to generation” (vs. 7-8). All through the Millennium for a thousand years. But it’s going to be a wonderful and fantastic thing and God says you have a part in it.

Now let’s come to Hosea 14. Let’s see what Israel is going to have to do. Very interesting chapter. This is the repentance of Israel when God brings them into the promised land. When God brings them back. When God grants them repentance. Now there’s going to have to be the repentance first before these other things can take place.

Now let’s pick it up here in Hosea 14:1. “O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.” And Israel is going to fall by their iniquity, sure enough. And you just look what is happening to us today, and it’s happening big time in many cases. “Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously [God will]: so will we render the [worship] calves of our lips.” Now it says “calves” in the King James, but it means worship. Instead of worshipping calves now they’re going to worship God.

And they will confess, verse 3, “Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods…” And that’s what we are doing today, aren’t we? The very work of our hands we’re saying, “Oh, this is great. This will save us. Let’s do this. Let’s do that. Let’s do the other thing. Let’s build this. Let’s build that.” And of course the greatest thing that men want to do is clone human beings and say we are gods. “…For in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”

God says, “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.” Now this is what it’s going to be to Israel as the Millennium begins. God is going to turn away His anger. And He says, “I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, what have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From Me is thy fruit found. Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein” (vs. 4-9). And that’s what’s going to happen all during the Millennium.

Now let’s continue on and see how God is going to do this and make it great for the 1000 year rule and reign of Christ. And we’ll see even more where Abraham is going to be involved. Let’s come to Ezekiel 36:8. “But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. For, behold, I am for you…” Now one of the biggest points of faith we need to understand: God is always for us. Do you understand that? Even in the trials and difficulties that you go through, where maybe sometimes you feel alone, remember Abraham and Isaac felt very alone when they had that test, didn’t they? But God was with them. So God is with you in everything that you do. If the Spirit of Christ be in you, He is going through the trial with you. And He is for you, and He will help you, and He will bless you in His way, according to His will. And you will learn from those things just like He says right here, “…I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown [that is the land]: and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit [that is be fruitful]: and I will settle you [upon] after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD” (Ezek. 36:8-11). So that’s really quite a thing that God is doing here, isn’t it? Yes, absolutely marvelous.

Now let’s come back to the book of Hosea again and see one of the things that God is going to have to do. In the repentance that they are going to do, they are going to have to get rid of all their old ways and all their old religions of the days of Baal, and they’re going to have to have that purged completely out of their system, out of their thoughts, out of their hearts and minds. Now this will have to happen with all the nations of the world too. And it’s going to take some time to get them to really give up their gods, and give up their idols, and give up their ways. Just to give you an example, I had an interesting conversation with a man recently, and he was in a situation where he had to work for a Hindu. And he had to work in this motel to be office clerk, and so forth, and he worked six days a week. And every Sabbath his Hindu boss would say, “What are you doing on Saturday?” And he says, “Well, you know it’s my Sabbath and I go to church and I worship God.” And he {Hindu} says, “I have no respect for Jesus Christ. I have no respect for your religion.” You see, Israel’s repentance is going to be easy compared to someone like that. What’s it going to be like to bring conversion to India, to China, to Pakistan, to Mongolia, to Russia after all the things that they did. And remember what we covered about how the earth is when the Millennium begins. It’s going to take some time.

Now here, Hosea 2:14, “Therefore, behold, I will allure her [that is, Israel], and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call Me Ishi [that is, husband]; and shalt call Me no more Baali [or, Baal]” (Hos. 2:14-16). Now remember there’s an island in Indonesia called the isle of Bali. And there’s a song, “Bali High”. Everyone thinks that’s a wonderful song. It’s praising Baal. That’s what it’s doing, it’s praising Baal.

Now let’s finish the rest of the verse. “For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name [that is the Baal’s, many of them, you see]. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth [as we covered yesterday, they aren’t going to learn war any more], and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever [so this is a new covenant that God makes with Israel]; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. And I will sow her unto Me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not My people, Thou art My people; and they shall say, Thou art My God” (vs. 17-23). And that carries out to all the nations. And remember this is all through Abraham and the promises given to Abraham.

And we know that the time is going to come, as it says in Amos 9 that it’s going to be so fruitful and so bountiful that the plowman is going to tell the reaper, “Get out of the way, here I come.” And he’s going to say, “Well, I’ve got more to get up.” And he’s going to tell him, “Hurry up and get it up”, because everything is just going to flow with wine, with milk, with honey, with good things. And then everything else that comes from there because all economy is based upon agriculture.

Now let’s come to Joel 3. And so it’s going to be a wonderful thing, brethren. Can you imagine what it’s going to be like to rule over some of the cities of Israel and help bring these things in? To understand God’s way? Now look, when we’re resurrected God is going to give us more knowledge. He is going to teach us. He is going to give us understanding on how to do these things, and how to properly rule and reign and do the things in love and mercy and kindness. And to bring the administration of Jesus Christ to this earth. Quite a thing.

Joel 3:18, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD…”, as we saw yesterday, and it will go out and it will heal the whole earth. “…And shall water the valley of Shittim. Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness…”, and so forth. And he says, the last verse here, “For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion” (Joel 3:18-19, 21).

Now, since we’re here let’s come to Micah, over a few more pages. Micah 7 and let’s see what this tells us about Abraham. I think we’ll find this very interesting. Micah 7:16, “The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.” In other words they’re going to stop all the gainsaying that they’ve had against God’s people, as they have now. “They shall lick the dust like a serpent [meaning they are going to repent], they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of Thee. Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old” (Micah 7:16-20). And so what I want us to learn today is that all of this springs from Abraham. All of this springs from the promises that God gave to Abraham, saying that, “In you shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”

Now let’s come to Psalm 105, and again we’re going to see how important this is with the work of Abraham during the Millennium. Psalm 105:1, “O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon His name: make known His deeds among the people.” That will be a daily occurrence all during the Millennium. “Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him: talk ye of all His wondrous works.” They are going to be something. Can you imagine what education in schools is going to be like? Can you imagine what it’s going to be for the children growing up? It’s going to be amazing. “Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and His strength: seek His face evermore. Remember His marvelous works that He hath done; His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth” (Psa. 105:1-5). And what are we going to show them? What are we going to teach them? The judgments that God had before Christ returned. Look at the wonderful works that He is doing in bringing the earth to destruction and then rebuilding it. And you see the only way to save the world is to let it nearly be destroyed, because you’ve got to get rid of all the sin and iniquity and all of the paganism and all of the rebels, and that’s the only way it can be done.

“O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob His chosen” (vs. 6). Now that can apply to us as spirit beings when we’re born again into the Kingdom of God and rule and reign with Christ. And that will apply to the children of Israel down through the Millennium because they are the seed of Abraham and the chosen children of Jacob.