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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 7th
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.
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