JESUS
CHRIST WAS SET FOR THE FALL
OF MANY IN
ISRAEL
April 10, 2013
I came up with the title from
paraphrasing the scriptures where Simeon blessed the baby JESUS and His mother,
Mary. Luke wrote: “And Simeon said unto
Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again
of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Luke
2:34
The fall in Simeon’s prophecy was
brought on by Israel’s leaders rejecting, and then crucifying the LORD JESUS
CHRIST. John said: “They cried out,
away with him, away with him, crucify him.” John 19:15a
During the Old Testament, GOD had a
special place in His heart for the children of Israel out of respect for their
founding fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
In Genesis, GOD told Abram, whom He later called Abraham; “Know of a
surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and
shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;” Genesis
15:13 After serving in Egypt under
Pharaoh’s taskmasters, GOD delivered them by His servant Moses. Yea, He delivered them and set them on a
course that would eventually land them to Canaan. While in route to that good land, the LORD
warned:
“That the land spue not you out
also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”
Leviticus 18:28
(That meant that the Good Land had
vomited out its predecessors, the fact being, they had committed abominable
acts.)
Moses taught the people the Ten
Commandments as a means for righteous living.
Then he added:
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to
walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his
judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all
his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made,
in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people
unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.” Deuteronomy 26:17-19
GOD was preparing Israel to be a
nation that was different from all others as Moses had previously told them: “The LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love
them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is
this day.” Deuteronomy 10:15
Subsequently Moses mediated the Law
Covenant between GOD and Israel that make them His special people. Moses commenced:
“Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your
captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of
Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with
the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee
this day: That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that
he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Neither with you only do I make this covenant
and this oath; But with him that
standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that
is not here with us this day:” Deuteronomy 29:10-15
Moses having dwelt with Israel for
the past several years predicted: “For I know that after my death ye will
utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded
you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in
the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
Deuteronomy 31:29
Israel did provoke God to anger
through the work of their hands by killing His Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST but
more on that later.
Yea, Israel’s leaders ignored their
pact with GOD and went their own way; and in His displeasure, the LORD said:
Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the
house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? Who
hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and
their flesh from off their bones; Who
also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they
break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within
the caldron.” Micah 3:1-3
(Now that was only a part of
Israel’s abdominal works, and GOD had had enough.)
Then Amos wrote; “The Lord said unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. Amos 8:1-2
Then in disgust, the LORD said:
“Surely I will never forget any of their works. Shall
not the land tremble for this and every one mourn that dwelleth therein?” Amos
8:7b-8a
Then GOD gave them a sign as to when
the end should come upon His People Israel.
He said to Amos: “It shall come to
pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go
down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:” Amos
8:9 As you are aware GOD did cause the
sun to go down on the day of the crucifixion, from the sixth to the ninth hour
which I to say, from noon to three O’clock PM.
There was other phenomenon witnessed while JESUS was
suffering on the cross. Matthew said: “And, behold, the veil of the temple was
rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the
rocks rent;” Matthew 27:51
Yea, the earth did quake under the feet of those whose flesh
was being consumed while they stood on their feet; little doubt the earthquake
was a natural event was in sank with the Good Land that was spewing out Israel
as it had its predecessors. And it was ridding itself of all Israel.
For the LORD told Ezekiel: And say to the land of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword
out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.”
Ezekiel 21:3
Also on the day of all days Israel,
at large, lost their prestigious position of being GOD’S special people, which
has belonged to the Church since Pentecost.
Remember JESUS told those whom He named His Church: “Fear not, little
flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke
12:32
As formally stated, Israel was
special because they were Abraham’s seed according to the flesh. But under the New Grace Covenant the flesh
is excluded altogether. Therefore the
LORD chose to explain in depth when and how Israel suffered that loss. During the Old Testament, Israel was a holy
nation. No, not because they were good,
but to the contrary. Yet, God imputed
holiness (not righteousness) to them because they were the children of Abraham.
Oft times God called her on the carpet
for committing the detestable thing. On
one such occasion God asked: "What hath my beloved to do in mine house,
seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed
from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest." Jeremiah 11:15
In case you find the words holy
flesh offensive, well don’t. Just
remember that God said it first. The
LORD prophesied of the destruction of Israel’s flesh. He said: “I will bring distress upon men,
that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord:
and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. …for he shall make even a speedy riddance of
all them that dwell in the land. Zephaniah 1:17-18b
Therefore, when she committed an unholy act,
their flesh, as it were, became contaminated.
Prior to “the day of all days” it could be restored to its
purity though the sacrificial law. But
not this time; for they had killed the Son of GOD, which caused the cup of
iniquity to overflowed its rim. And
therefore their holy flesh consumed away as they stood on their feet, not to be
restored.
Here is the prophecy that led up to
that reckoning moment.
Zechariah said: "And this shall
be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought
against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon
their feet. Zechariah 14:12
Yet another prophecy that foretold
of Israel’s loss of flesh. Zephaniah wrote: “The great day of the Lord is near,
it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty
man shall cry there bitterly.” Zephaniah 1:14 On the day Israel lost their holy flesh, the
Mighty man JESUS did cry there bitterly. He cried “My GOD MY GOD why hast thou
forsaken me?”
When Israel lost their favorable
position with GOD their unbelievers were completely unaware of their loss. Daniel foretold of their ignorant event: He said: “Many shall be purified, and made
white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the
wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” Daniel 12:10
Now that we’ve seen what Simeon
meant when he said that the child JESUS was set for the fall and rising
again of many in Israel; Luke 2:34
We’ve followed the prophecy all the
way to where Israel fell because JESUS became a snare to them.
Amen!!
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