Now I know there are going to be some people who are going to object to that.  And this does not give license to go out and have many wives today.  We are not living in the same circumstances, so this is the way that God is going to balance it out.  “…Seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.”  Now you’ll have to say this will end Women’s Lib, cold cot for sure. Over and done.  But it’s going into usher in the era of love, where there will be love between man and woman in the right and proper way.  And not just in the physical aspect of it, but with the Spirit of God.  “In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious…”  When is this?  In the beginning of the millennium.  “…And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel” (Isaiah 4:1-2).

“And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that, remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy [now that’s referring directly to us], even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:” Then for all the rest of Israel, “When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.”  So all the tribulation and everyone is going through is going to have an effect.  They’re going to see that none of these things worked.  “And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain” (vs. 3-6).  And so that’s another aspect of what’s going to happen in the millennium.

Now let’s go to Psalm 128.  Let’s see what else is going to be happening.  Let’s see how it’s going to be.  And this is going to be the whole goal, right here, of all the teaching that we will have.  “Bless is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in His ways.”  We’re going to teach that.  Walking in the ways of the Lord.  And how many times have we gone through and shown that God’s way is a way of life.  It is not a religion, and so we’re going to teach them all the ways of the Lord.  “For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.  Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house…” And so the man who has seven wives, he’s going to have a lot of children.  And it’s going to balance out the whole population.  And it’s going to be marvelous and beautiful.  There will be plenty of work, plenty of food, plenty of clothing, plenty of everything for the blessing of God is just going to drop down like you won’t believe it.  It’s going to be unreal.  It’ll be real but I mean from our perspective today it’s hard for us to really grasp that.  “…Thy children like olive plants round about thy table.  Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.  The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.  Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel” (Psa. 1-6).  And that ties right back in with what we saw there in Zechariah 12 in saving Judah first, and the children in the streets.

Now let’s come to Isaiah 12, and here’s what we’re going to be teaching and doing.  This is something.  You know, you get some of these little chapters…now Isaiah 12 is only six verses long, but notice how this fits into the millennial teachings that are going to take place when Christ is on the earth and we’re kings and priests working with Christ. 

“And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comfortedst me.  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength…”  And for all the sacred-namers, that’s the proper pronunciation of it.  If you don’t have the booklets that we have “Debunking the Sacred-Namers Myths”, be sure and write in for that.  “…JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is become my salvation.  Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation”  Now notice how this is speaking  here.  Now notice God’s Holy Spirit is likened unto rivers of living water.  Now here they’re likened unto wells of salvation, showing how salvation is going to be a deep salvation then.  They’re going to know the deep things of God.  It’s going to be a marvelous time, brethren.  “…The wells of salvation” (Isa. 12:1-3).  Now you stop and think about that, how profound that is going to be.

“And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted.  Sing unto the LORD; for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.”  So it’s just going to spread everywhere.  It is going to be just a great and fantastic time.  “Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee” (vs. 4-6).  And whenever we do the teaching, whenever we do the preaching we are going to show this to all those under our care. 

Now let’s see that we are going to be called a nation of priests, meaning a nation of kings and priests.  Let’s go to 1 Peter 2 and let’s see how Peter calls us that.  And that is going to be our job.  We are going to be teaching.  We are going to be training.  We are going to be showing the way of God.  Let’s read it right here, 1 Peter 2:9. “But ye are a chosen generation…”  Brethren I want you to understand it.  God has chosen you.  And I want you to really grasp it from the point of view of this: don’t let any man steal your crown.  Remember Jesus warned the Philadelphians, “Let no man take your crown.”  Don’t do it.  You have built that.  You uplift that.  You draw closer to God because He has chosen you.  “…A chosen generation, a royal priesthood [meaning kings and priests], an holy nation [and when we’re resurrected from the dead we will be that holy nation], a peculiar people…” Yes, to the world now.  But to the world then, not only will be peculiar, we will be unique because we will have the same existence as God.  Think on that.  And we will be able to manifest ourselves and teach the people.  “…That ye should shew forth the praises of Him Who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9).  And so that’s what we are going to be showing and teaching.

“Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy” (vs. 10).  And you see because of all of the experiences that we have gone through, whatever trials and difficulties it may have been, don’t you think that we’re going to be able to help those people recover from the difficulties that they have gone through, to show them, to teach them, to encourage them, to show them the grace of God.  To show them the love of God.  To show them the laws and commandments of God.  We’re going to do that.

Let’s come back here to Isaiah 30, and it’s going to be something when that takes place.  God is not going to go away off anywhere.  He’s going to be right in Jerusalem.  Jesus Christ will be right there.  There will be a continuous stream of activity between Jerusalem and all the countries of the world ruled over by the kings and the priests of God and all the teachers under them.  There will be those who will rule over nations.  There will be those who will rule over cities.  There will be those… and how that’s all that will break down, there will be those who are resurrected to help them, to serve them so that they can grow in greater responsibility.  Look, we’re going to grow in greater responsibility during the millennium, don’t you think that, to understand that?  The millennium then, with all the people coming into the kingdom of God is just going to expand the base, and expand the base, and expand the base, and it’s going to be something.  It is going to go on forever.  Of the increase of His government there shall be no end.  And we are the firstfruits, the firstborn to be right in on that ground floor of teaching it.  Now think of that, brethren.   That’s why we keep the Feast of Tabernacles.  That’s why we study the word of God.  That’s why we do the things that we do.  It’s going to be amazing.

Now here, Isaiah 30:18.  “And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.”  We’re also going to teach the people in the millennium how to wait for God.  And how we can help them do that.  “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee” (Isa. 30:18-19).  Now at that time there are going to be a lot of prayers answered very quickly, very instantly.  It’s not going to be as today.  We will see, we will know.  They will see, they will know.  It’s going to be something else.

Now verse 20 indicates that there will be a few trials coming along.  “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction…” Now that is certainly different than war, certainly different than martyrdom, certainly different than death.  But there still will be the bread of adversity because there has to be something to overcome, and the water of affliction.  So it’s not going to be the kind of trials and difficulties that we go through today.  “…Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers [they’re going to see us and we’re going to teach them]: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left” (vs. 20-21).  Now someone said, “That’s kind of dictatorial, isn’t it?  They’re right there right behind you.”  Well, let’s look at it this way, it’s going to prevent everything that is going to lead to sin.  Now, also a lot of this is going to be instruction on the Sabbath days.  And then as they grow in grace and grow in knowledge, which is going to cover the earth as the seas cover the earth, and as they grow in trust and faith and understanding of God then these times are going to be less and less, because they’re going to want to walk in God’s ways.  And so that’s exactly what’s going to happen there.  That’s going to be quite a day, and be able to do that, and so forth.

It says, “Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver…” They’re going to destroy all their idols.  One of the works we’re going to make them do so they’re going to learn the lesson.  Number one, they’re going to understand that Christ is King and ruling in Jerusalem.  Number two, they’re going to understand that we’re part of the God family and we’ve been assigned to have the government over these people wherever it’s going to be, in the nations, or cities, or towns and villages, whatever it’s going to be.  And we are going to make them, as part of their repentance, to go out and get their “…graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth…” Now that’s what God thinks of those things.  And yet today the Catholic Church has the audacity to remove the second commandment from the Ten Commandments of God and have idols everywhere and teach idolatry to everyone, as well as all the other religions of the world.   So instead of, when we look out and we see, “Oh, look at all these idols and everything…” It’s going to be entirely different.  We’re going to teach the people, “Now, you are going to destroy these idols, aren’t you?  You are going to melt down this silver, and melt down this gold, and it shall be no more.  Now furthermore, we’re going to help teach you so your mind can be cleansed from visualizing these images, and you shall not teach your children anything about them.”  Now I tell you what, “…thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence” (vs. 22).  Just like Jesus said of Satan.

“Then shall He give the rain of thy seed…”  See they’ve got to get rid of the idolatry first.  “…That thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.  The oxen likewise and the your asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.  And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.  Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound” (vs. 23-26).   Again blending into the time when God brings them out of captivity.  But this is going to really be a time, isn’t it?   Yes, and of course the greatest idolatry to get rid of is in the mind.  We’re going to help get rid of that.

Now let’s see what we’re going to teach.  Let’s just take an example.  Let’s come over here to Leviticus 19, and I think you’re going to be surprised.  Now all of those of you who have been subjected in the past in the religion, whatever church you belonged to, that the Old Testament is to be done away and thrown away.  Now what I’m going to do here is read to you out of Leviticus 19 and I want you to understand something very profound here.  This is New Testament doctrine in the book of Leviticus.  And you will see, if you have a center margin, that many of these things are referred to throughout the whole New Testament.  You need to understand that. 

Leviticus 19:1, “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy…” Now isn’t that what we’re going to teach the people?  Yes.  Peter said back there in 1 Peter 1, “Be holy because I am holy.”  That’s a quote right from here, as we will see.  “…For I the LORD your God am holy.”  Brethren that’s New Testament doctrine.  “Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father [fifth commandment, correct?], and keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your God” (Lev. 19:1-3).  The fourth commandment, correct?  Are we going to teach the fourth commandment?  Oh, absolutely.  Everyone’s going to keep the Sabbath.  No doubt about it.

“Turn ye not unto idols…”  And I just read where we’re going to make them destroy all their idols, right?  Yes, turn not to your idols.  “…Nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.  And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD…” (vs. 4-5).  Now this is referring to when they had animal sacrifices.  If Christ is on the earth surely we’re not going to have animal sacrifices for sin offerings.  Perhaps maybe we will have animal sacrifices for the feasts, in that case for eating, but not in a way that they’re going to be taken to an altar and part go to the Levites, and so forth.  The Levites are just going to be physical teachers.  We are going to be the priests.  We’re going to be the kings.  We’re going to be the one’s doing that so the Levites work is going to be greatly diminished.

Now let’s come down here to verse 9.  “And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.  And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.”  Well in that day there’s going to be so much left over there won’t be any poor in the land.  So it’s going to be totally different.  “I am the LORD your God.”

Now verse 11.  “Ye shall not steal…” Are we going to teach that in the millennium?  No doubt about it.  “…Neither deal falsely…” We’re going to have just scales and balances.  We’ll have easy to read, simple to understand contracts where a yes is yes and a no is no.  You know, like on some ballots, or in some States today if you vote No, that means a Yes.  And if you vote Yes, that means a No.  And they deliberately have it that way to confuse it so then they can bring it around the way that they want and accomplish what they want.  “…Neither deal falsely…neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God…”  No more swearing and cursing.  How bout that?   “I am the LORD.  Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall no abide with thee all night until the morning.”  You’re going to get paid on time.  “Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblinegblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD” (vs. 11-14).  Well, in that day God is going to remove all blindness from everyone.  God is going to take that all away.

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment…” Now two years ago for the Feast of Tabernacles I did two days, I think it was day 4 and 5, on judge righteous judgment.  Now if you don’t have the audios on that and the “Judge Righteous Judgment” study paper that goes with it, by all means get it.  We will judge righteous judgment.  We will be the judges.  So that’s something.  You understand that, ok?  “…Thou shalt not respect the person of the poor [because the poor can sin just as the rich], nor honour the person of the mighty [it doesn’t matter who he is, or what he is, no favoritism]: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.” (vs. 15).

Verse 16, “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people…” So we’re eliminate that too.  We will have better things to talk about than gossip about people.  Now that’s going to be such a revolutionary thing, isn’t it?  I mean you stop and think about that.  This is going to eliminate almost all of the [laughter] coffee-clutch 10 a.m. chatter.  It’s going to end.  No more talebearing.  Can you imagine a society where that doesn’t exist.  Hey, the news people today could not get along.  They’re the ones who start a lot of it.  “…Neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.  Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart…” And we’re going to teach them the love of God, the love of the brethren, everything that is going to be there.  That is going to be awesome to do brethren.  That’s the most important job for us to learn and understand now.  That’s why it’s so important that we have a fellowship, a relationship with God the Father and Jesus Christ now.  That we truly love Them with our whole heart, and mind, and soul, and being.  And our neighbour as ourself, and the brethren as Christ has loved us.  Let’s see in this feast if we can love the brethren as Christ has loved us, and learn to really get along, and to put aside all the petty little carnal, selfish little picky little self-centered vanity little doctrines that so may people have upset so many people for so long that we just need to put an end to it. 

Now some time ago I had a call from a man who said, “Well, you remember me, I wrote a paper on your Passover book and I showed you that such and such needed to be corrected.”  And I said, “Yes.”  And it did need to be corrected.  It should not read that Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, as it is in the King James.  Then by the way that’s a past tense “is”.  But should read Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.  So I told him, “Yes, I did remember that and I did correct it.”  And he says, “Well, you know all days begin at sunrise, don’t you?”  And I said, “This conversation is ended.”  Bang!  We don’t have to put up with foolish doctrine.  We want to do what is right, but we don’t have to be jerked around emotionally, physically, mentally by people with all their own little pet doctrines.  And that also falls in the category of going up and down among the people as a talebearer.  Cause if you’re bringing a false doctrine it’s a tale and you’re bearing a tale.  Ok? 

“…Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him” (vs. 17).  Now that’s what we’re going to be doing and teaching.  And isn’t it going to be a thing, that in love and truth and understanding there isn’t going to allow sin upon him.

Now verse 18, everybody hear and listen to this.  “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”  And didn’t Paul sum up in Romans 13, and Galatians 5 that the whole law is summarized in this saying: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?  Yes.  And this is what we’re going to teach, brethren.

Now much more is going to be added to that.  You stop and think about it.  If God gave us this book for this time, and these words are eternal and true and righteous, think what God is going to add to this when the knowledge of God covers the earth as the seas cover the earth.  It is going to be awesome.  Because what He’s going to do, He’s going to take the basics that are right here, the eternal truths that are in the Bible, and He is going to expand that in such a way that it is going to be to the praise and the glory of God and Jesus Christ and we are going to be teaching it.  And all the people will know that. 

We’re going to teach them then how to be saved, how to live, how to grow in grace and knowledge.  We are going to show them that when they come to the end of their life, which we will see tomorrow, that they can be changed from flesh to spirit.  It’s not going to be like we are today.  If there’s a funeral it’s because we know that person is accursed and they’re awaiting the lake of fire.  To be resurrected for the lake of fire for the final judgment upon them.  But can you imagine what’s going to happen, the coming out party, as it were.  [Laughter]  You come to the end of your life, instead of dying and going into the grave you’re going to be changed from flesh to spirit.  That’s what we’re going to teach them.  Just like when Christ returns, those who are dead will rise first and we which are alive shall be caught up in the air to meet Him in the air for the meeting with the Lord, and we shall be changed in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye.  So if a person has grown and overcome, and loved God, and lived righteously, and shown that all of these things through his love, through his faith, through the works that he has, he’ll be qualified for the kingdom of God.  Be born right into the kingdom of God. 

Now let’s continue on a little bit more here in Leviticus 19.  “Ye shall keep My statutes.”  We’ll teach them all the statutes of God.  “Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind…” We’re going to undo all this genetic engineering and it’s going to be handled right.  “…Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed [it can be all done right]: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee” (vs. 19).  And then it shows all the other things that will be here.  There will be no more adultery and fornication.  That will be stopped.  No more illegitimate children.  No more single mothers after the first generation.  No, you see.   

Let’s understand something in this world.  God designed it that every man should have his wife, and every woman should have her husband.  Now those who reject that, with the feminist movement that we have today, can never get away from that principle because every single woman out there in the world who despises God, who will not marry, who rears children out of wedlock, is married to the government.  So one way or the other all of this single feminist pride, they are still married, whether they like it or not.  It’s going to be far better for every woman to have her own husband and every man to have his own wife.  That’s what it’s going to be in the millennium.  No more of this women’s lib thing as we have it here. 

Now then, all the rest of it here concerning this, there are things which affect this world today.  We won’t have any demonism then, there will be no more tarot cards, there will be no more palm reading.  There will be no more demonic spirits.  There will be no more diviners of time and all of that sort of thing.  We’re going to teach them God’s way.

Now let’s come here to the book of Isaiah, and let’s see how this continues here.  Now let’s come to Isaiah 32:15.  Now it talks about all the punishment that has come upon because of the sins of Israel, that He’s going to lift it, here beginning verse 15.  “Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high…” God is going to pour out His Spirit upon all people.  “…And the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.  Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.  And the work of righteousness shall be peace…” (Isa. 32:15-17)  Now remember, of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end.  And it’s all going to be done in the righteousness of God. 

Now notice, “…the work of righteousness shall be peace…” And that’s what we are going to do.  Our work during the millennium will be a work of righteousness and there will be peace.  Now notice how this multiplies.   “…And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever” (vs. 17).  Now quietness implies everything.  No more turmoil, no more upset, no more mental disease, no more terror, none of these things.  Peace and quietness.  And assurance.  No more fear, but full confidence.

Verse 18, “And My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places…” Because it says there, as we read to begin, “And His rest shall be glorious…” And it’s going to be glorious.  “When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.  Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass” (vs. 18-20).  Now this then spiritually speaking ties in with the wells of salvation. 

Now let’s end by going to Psalm 1, because it talks about the righteous, and it talks about the waters.  And this is what we are going to do.  We are going to teach…now, I don’t know how God has recorded history.  But I’m sure that He has a record of all the events that mankind on this earth, somehow.  I mean, if we can put many of them on video, which we’re even watching here, don’t you think that God has got them stored somewhere.  And don’t you think that we can use those as teaching things and tools and aids to show why sin does not pay.  Yes, indeed.  And here’s what we’re going to teach in the millennium.

Psalm 1:1, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly [and the ungodly are going to be removed], nor standeth in the way of sinners [they’re going to be standing in the way of God and righteousness], nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”  They’re not going to be scorning.  They’re going to be believing.  And notice what is going to happen.  “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night” (Psa. 1:1-2).  And that’s what we are going to teach.  That’s why it’s important that we learn today to have the heart of David and the mind of Christ.  That we meditate on God’s way day and night.

Now notice what’s going to happen spiritually.  This will happen to you now so you can prepare and qualify to be a king and priest, and teacher and ruler in the millennium,  “And He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water…” Of course we already talked about the wells of salvation and the rivers that God is going to give.  “…That bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither…” No, they will enter into eternal life, and the same way with us.  Our fruit will remain.  “…And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper” (vs. 3).  And that’s what we’re going to teach.     

And also verse 4.  “The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.”  There will be sinners, but they will be removed.  “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish” (vs. 4-6).   So in spite of all that is taught and done, in the final analysis still all through the millennium, the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life unto righteousness forever and ever.

So brethren, this will be part of our responsibility during the millennium and let’s be busy and be preparing as much as we can now while we have peace, while we have time, while we can be together, let’s learn, let’s grow, let’s study and overcome, and let’s live and apply these things together now during the Feast of Tabernacles.