Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

Then next one is found in Genesis in 25:21-26 which states this; “Rebekah, Isaac's wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went and inquired of the LORD. And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your bowels; the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau (this title means to labor in works). After that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob (this title means to supplant, the seize, to restrain): and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.” 


Then in Job we find this in 18:1-4, 5-21;
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long will it be ere (You) make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, reputed vile in Your sight? He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for You? and shall the rock be removed out of His place? 

Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in His tabernacle, and His candle shall be put out with Him. The steps of His strength shall be straitened, and His own counsel shall cast Him down. For He is cast into a net by His own feet, and He walks upon a snare. The gin (a snare) shall take Him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against Him. The snare is laid for Him in the ground, and a trap for Him in the way. Terrors shall make Him afraid on every side, and shall drive Him to His feet. His strength shall be hunger bitten, and destruction ready at His side. It shall devour the strength of His skin: the firstborn of death shall devour His strength. His confidence shall be rooted out of His tabernacle, and it shall bring Him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in His tabernacle, because it is none of His: brimstone shall be scattered upon His habitation. His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall His branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and He shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall neither have son nor nephew among His people, nor any remaining in His dwellings. They that come after shall be astonished at His day, as they that went before were affrighted (in tempest and terror). Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, this is the place of him that knows not God.”
These men spoke as prophets about that which was to come through Jesus, as Israel's Messiah. And His defeating of mans Religion as seen in Judaism by way of similitude and metaphoric language.


From here I want to look at what King David has to reveal which is in Psalm 41 and as with Job listen with care and attention to the words: “Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve Him, and keep Him alive; He shall be blessed upon the earth: and You will not deliver Him to the will of His enemies. The LORD will strengthen Him upon the bed of languishing: You will make all His bed in His sickness.


I said, LORD, be merciful to Me: heal My soul; for I have sinned against You. My enemies speak evil of Me, when shall he die, and his name perish? And if he come to see Me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he of tells it. All that hate Me whisper together against Me: against Me do they devise My hurt. An evil disease, cleaves fast to Him: and that He lies He shall rise up no more. Yes, My own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, has lifted up his heel against Me.

YOU, O LORD, be merciful to Me, and raise Me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that You favor Me, because My enemy does not triumph over Me. And as for Me, You uphold Me in My integrity, and set Me before YOUR face for ever."

Here is my question, does this agree with what we saw in Job or not?   

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