Saturday, October 25, 2008

"Michael who is like, God"



John 6:41-51
( Jesus: So he went on to say to them): "YOU are from the realms below; I am from the realms above. YOU are from this world; I am not from this world. John 8:23


So now You, Father glorify me alongside Yourself with the glory I once had alongside You before the world was." John 6:46; 17:5. Michael who is Jesus before God sent him was with His Father before God created the heavens and earth.



Michael (First Name Origin and Meaning) Hebrew · Male Who is like God. Jesus is an image of the invisible God, the first begotten (prõtotokos) of the creation. Colossians 1:15 hence the beginning (arche) of the creation of God. Revelation 3:14. First and foremost mean virtually the same thing.




The foremost prince, both in power and authority, is Michael, the archangel. The one who stands up for God's people during the end of the age. Michael was with the Jews in the wilderness at the exodus, Michael disputes with the Devil over the body of Moses . When Jesus who is Michael returned back to his Father in heaven, after 40 day's on earth as Michael he cast Satan down to earth woe to the world. Exodus 14; Joshua 5:13-15; Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9; Revelation 12:7-9


To the abundance of the princely rule and to peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom in order to establish it firmly and to sustain it by means of justice and by means of righteousness, from now on and to time indefinite. The very zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this. 9:7



THE POINT being that there is only ONE Archangel, and that indeed is Christs other title among others. Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God’s image, Christ himself was like God, Who gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. No, but he emptied himself and took a slave’s form and came to be in the likeness of men. More than that, when he found himself in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient as far as death, yes, death on a tree. Philippians 2:5-8


It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by Jehovah.’ Everyone that has heard from the Father and has learned comes to me. Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father. Most truly I say to YOU, He that believes has everlasting life. 6:45-47



ARCH means chief, foremost, number one. The word Archangel derives from the Greek archangelos = αρχ- arch- ("first, primary, chief") ("messenger"). The prefix "arch," meaning "chief" or "principal," implies that there is only one archangel, the chief angel; in the Scriptures, "archangel" is never found in the plural. because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16, in speaking of the preeminence of the archangel and the authority of his office, does so in reference to the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ: It is, therefore, not without significance that the only name directly associated with the word "archangel" is Michael. Chief leader of the angels.



Jesus Christ, Messenger of the new Covenant: In answer he said: "I was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Malachi 3:1-3; Matthew 15:24. But he said to them: " Also to other cities I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth." Luke 4:43; John 5:36; 6:57; 7:16,29; 8:42. do YOU say to me whom the Father sanctified and dispatched into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, I am God’s Son? John 10:36, 11:42; 17:3; 1 John 11:1.




Jesus said, "And he said to them, 'I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.'" Luke 22:15. Jesus had often tried to talk to them about His death and the manner in which He would die. But now the time had come and this was their last feast together. The Bible says that He took bread and gave each of them some and then said, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me" 22:19. And He took wine and shared with them. He said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:20. He told them several things in these short statements. He wanted them to know that He was going to die a sacrificial death for sin, that it was going to be His blood that paid the blood sacrifice, that He was to establish a new covenant and to replace the Old Covenant. Luke's gospel records a dispute that took place at this dinner among a few of His disciples as to which of them was the greatest. His disciple's had still not grasped the significance of His words. He had just told them that he was having a last meal with them before His death and they are arguing about who is going to be the greatest in His kingdom! So Jesus taught them a lesson on serving, "For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Luke 22:27-30. Again with His words, He gave more than one major message: His kingdom was not going to be of this world and in order to be great in His kingdom, they needed to learn how to serve.


"Jehovah himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago. From time indefinite I was installed, from the start, from times earlier than the earth.When there were no watery deeps I was brought forth as with labor pains, when there were no springs heavily charged with water. Before the mountains themselves had been settled down, ahead of the hills, I was brought forth as with labor pains, when as yet he had not made the earth and the open spaces and the first part of the dust masses of the productive land. When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he decreed a circle upon the face of the watery deep, when he made firm the cloud masses above, when he caused the fountains of the watery deep to be strong, when he set for the sea his decree that the waters themselves should not pass beyond his order, when he decreed the foundations of the earth, then I came to be beside him as a master worker, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time, being glad at the productive land of his earth, and the things I was fond of were with the sons of men. Proverbs 8:22-31. When the world began, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the nature of the Word was like the nature of God. The Word was there in the beginning with God. It was through the agency of the Word that everything else came into being. Without the Word not one single thing came into being. John 1:1-3,14. So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of undeserved kindness and truth. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; because by means of him all [other] things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All [other] things have been created through him and for him. Also, he is before all [other] things and by means of him all [other] things were made to exist, Colossians 1:15-17



'Jesus Christ, Chief Cornerstone' The stone that the builders rejected Has become the head of the corner. This has come to be from Jehovah himself; It is wonderful in our eyes. Psalms 118:22,23; Matthew 21:42; Ephesians 2:20-22. Michael (Hebrew: מיכאל, is the Archangel mentioned in the Book of Revelation 12:7; in the OT Michael is mentioned by name in the Persian context of the post-Exilic Book of Daniel. He is generally presented as the field commander of the Army of God. There Michael appears as "one of the chief princes" 10:13 who in Daniel's vision comes to the angel Gabriel's aid in his contest with the angel of Persia, and is also described there as the advocate of Israel and "great prince who stands up for the children of your people" 10:21, 12:1. Michael is one of the principal angels in Abrahamic tradition; his name was said to have been the war-cry of the angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers.



Jesus and the Archangel Michael are the same being. Jesus/Michael was the first being that God created and through whom He made the universe, the angels, and mankind. In this pre-human existence he was known as the Word of God. He later took human form as Jesus and led a life without sin. After his death, Jesus was resurrected in his previous spiritual form. The bible also refers to Michael as the leader of an army of angels in heaven who overthrow Satan in a great battle. Jesus is also spoken of as leading such an army and the bible never speaks of two armies of faithful angels in heaven following two seperate leaders.


"As Lord of the Sabbath," Matthew 12:8. Jesus will lead obedient mankind into a right relationship with God and ultimately vindicate his Father's Sovereignty. By all indication the thousand-year reign of Christ will prove to be a sabbatical rest for the earth.



Paul's question?, "to which one of the angels did God ever say You are my son?" is as simple as it is profound. The answer is that Jehovah never honored any angel as such. But he did confer sonship upon the man, Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:1,2; 2:5, "For it is not to angels that he has subjected the inhabited earth to come, about which we are speaking." Paul then quotes the 8th Psalm, indicating that man was originally made a little lower than the angels. After pointing out the obvious fact that because of sin, mankind has not fulfilled the divine mandate given to Adam to have the earth in subjection. Christ Jesus, as the Last Adam, also became a little lower then the angels, and that he was crowned with glory and honor for having suffered such an inglorious death. Thereby Jesus, by reason of his humanity, inherited the right to subjugate the earth, as Adam's replacement. The point Paul was making was that God exalted a man above the angels! After his baptism all authority was given to Jesus. That's why Jesus could order the demons around and even they recognized his power and position as the king of Jehovah's kingdom. What the people fail to take into consideration is the obvious fact that Michael also gained a great amount of authority over Satan and his demons.



The fact that before the Christian era Michael deferred to Jehovah and told the Devil, "May Jehovah rebuke you," and yet in the 12th chapter of Revelation we have Michael leading all of God's angels in a no-holds barred, knock-down, drag-out fight with Satan and all his demons, so that Michael is credited with a victory that rightly belongs to Christ? Michael only wields authority over Satan after Jesus' return to heaven. That being the case, it is yet another indication that Michael and Jesus are indeed one and the same. You will not find a verse that says what you are looking for. However, there are many places where it is implied that Jesus and Michael the archangel are one and the same. That means that we have to use our reasoning ability to unravel Jehovah's sacred secrets and not expect everything to be simply spelled out.



The book of Daniel contains a series of visions that all end the same way, with God's kingdom taking control. The 2nd chapter of Daniel we are told that God's kingdom crushes all opposing kingdoms of the world and it rules to time indefinite. In the 7th chapter we are given a more detailed vision, which depicts "someone like a son of man" being given authority over all the nations, a prophecy that Christ personally applied to himself. According to the overlapping prophecies of Daniel it is obvious that the Son of man, the Prince of princes and Michael, the great prince, are the same person.



However, Christ’s coronation is still a future event, occurring at an hour we do not know. Therefore, that makes it more of an urgent matter for us to "keep on the watch!" Matthew 22:14; 25:13-46



The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. Exodus 3:2. And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Si´nai an angel of the LORD in a flame of fire in a bush. Acts 7:30



Michael is called one of the foremost princes: Jesus is the Son of Jehovah. Jehovah has many other heavenly sons. A prince is a son of a King. Jesus is merely one of many princely sons of Jehovah. Michael could rightly be called one of the foremost princes before he came to earth because it was simply not God's time then to reveal and distinguish his special son and prince. Exodus 23:20-22; 32:33,34. And a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: "This is my Son, the beloved; listen to him." Mark 9:7



This one was in [the] beginning with God. All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence. What has come into existence by means of him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light is shining in the darkness, but the darkness has not overpowered it. Malachi 3:1-John 1:2-5. John the Baptist as a like Elijah the prophet in the OT, actually did "clear the way" For Jehovah as a messenger of God's Son Jesus' coming. There arose a man that was sent forth as a representative of God: his name was John. John 1:6.



As Jesus came up out of the baptismal waters, God's voice was heard from heaven, saying: "This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved." Matthew 3:17



Jesus anointed at his birth? No, he was anointed by God's holy spirit on the occasion of his baptism, when he was 30 years old. That is when he became the Messiah, or Christ. "Jehovah's spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor ". Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18.This marked a change in Jesus' life. God's declaration meant that he had now begotten the 30 year-old Jesus to be a spiritual Son of God. Thus the way was opened up for this Son of God to return to heaven. This was necessary even for Jesus. The heaven was opened up and God's holy spirit in bodily shape like a dove came down upon him, Luke 3:21-23. For the word of God is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of joints and [their] marrow, and [is] able to discern thoughts and intentions of [the] heart. And there is not a creation that is not manifest to his sight, but all things are naked and openly exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have an accounting. Seeing, therefore, that we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold onto [our] confessing of [him]. Hebrews 4:12-14



For example, to which one of the angels did he ever say: "You are my son; I, today, I have become your father"? And again: "I myself shall become his father, and he himself will become my son"? But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God’s angels do obeisance (bow down) to him." Hebrews 1:5,6. Also, with reference to the angels he says: "And he makes his angels spirits, and his public servants a flame of fire." But with reference to the Son: "God is your throne 1 Corinthians 11:3..forever and ever, and [the] scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness. Ephesians 4:15. You loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness. That is why God, your God, anointed you with [the] oil of exultation more than your partners." But with reference to which one of the angels has he ever said: "Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet"? Hebrews 1:13. Jehovah did not give the kingdom to any angel. He gave it to a man. The point at which the prophecy was fulfilled, whereby Jehovah claimed Christ as His Son, was when Jesus was baptized.



Great Tribulation & Time Of Trouble. When Michael Stands At God's Temple In Heavenly Mount Zion.*Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:15, He will cause God's earthly sacrifice and oblation to cease and be taken away. Satan is unrestrained, by God ~ Daniel 12:1-13; Matthew 24:15-21; Daniel 9:25-27. Jesus Christ's Servants will be first to meet Jesus out of the Great Tribulation and out of the Grave to meet Michael "in the air" 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17", or on the Mountain of God*Isaiah 2:1-5.



Let's take a look at the passage of Scripture that clearly tells of the harpazo a catching away that is to come. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, with God's trumpet: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. It is the Greek word, arpazw/harpazo that is translated "caught up," Rapture is not a biblical word its Latin the Holy Scriptures in the NT are not Latin they are Greek. 726 arpazw harpazo har-pad’-zo from a derivative of 138; TDNT-1:472,80; v AV-catch up 4, take by force 3, catch away 2, pluck 2, catch 1, pull 1; 13. (1) to seize, carry off by force (2) to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly (3) to snatch out or away.



Jesus said before his death: Jesus spoke these things, and, raising his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the hour has come; glorify your son, that your son may glorify you, according as you have given him authority over all flesh, that, as regards the whole [number] whom you have given him, he may give them everlasting life. This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work you have given me to do. So now you, Father, glorify me alongside yourself with the glory that I had alongside you before the world was. "I have made your name manifest to the men you gave me out of the world.



Those who have believed not that God sent His Son Have Been judged Already: 3:17 For God sent forth his Son into the world, not for him to judge the world, but for the world to be saved through him. THOSE that exercise faith in him will not be judged. THOSE that do not exercise faith HAVE been judged already, because they have not exercised faith in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. Now this is the basis for judgment, that the light has come into the world but mankind has loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked. For those that practice vile things hates the light and does not come to the light, in order that their works may not be reproved. But those that do what is true come towards the light, in order that their works may be made manifest as having been worked in harmony with God." - V 21



When I was with them I used to watch over them on account of your own name which you have given me; and I have kept them, and not one of them is destroyed except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and I am speaking these things in the world in order that they may have my joy in themselves to the full. I have given your word to them, but the world has hated them, because they are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. "I request you, not to take them out of the world, but to watch over them because of the wicked one. They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world. Sanctify them by means of the truth; YOUR WORD is truth. Just as you sent me forth into the world, I also sent them forth into the world. And I am sanctifying myself in their behalf, that they also may be sanctified by means of truth.



will be. V 28 Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send forth,(Michael as chief leader of His angels, an Archgel's voice Jesus comes with,) his angels with a great God's******* trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity. - V 31. "Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken along and the other be abandoned; two women will be grinding at the hand mill: one will be taken along and the other be abandoned. Keep on the watch, therefore, because YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming. "But know one thing, that if the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. On this account YOU too prove yourselves ready, because at an hour that YOU do not think to be it, the Son of man is coming. "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Matthew 24:36-45



"I make request, not concerning these only, but also concerning those putting faith in me through their word; in order that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me forth. Also, I have given them the glory that you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are one. I in union with them and you in union with me, in order that they may be perfected into one, that the world may have the knowledge that you sent me forth and that you love them just as you love me. Father, as to what you have given me, I wish that, where I am, they also may be with me, in order to behold my glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the founding of the world. Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you; but I have come to know you, and these have come to know that you sent me forth. And I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you love me may be in them and I in union with them." John 17:1-26



The Time of trouble that has never occured leading to the end of this age, Two fold prophecy: Inciting " The Great tribulation" is primarily the time of trouble for the..The prophesied "great tribulation" "And in the time of [the] end the king of the south will engage with him in a pushing, and against him the king of the north will storm with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships; and he will certainly enter into the lands and flood over and pass through. He will also actually enter into the land of the Decoration, and there will be many [lands] that will be made to stumble. But these are the ones that will escape out of his hand, E´dom and Mo´ab and the main part of the sons of Am´mon. And he will keep thrusting out his hand against the lands; and as regards the land of Egypt, she will not prove to be an escapee. And he will actually rule over the hidden treasures of the gold and the silver and over all the desirable things of Egypt. And the Lib´y·ans and the E·thi·o´pi·ans will be at his steps. "But there will be reports that will disturb him, out of the sunrising and out of the north, and he will certainly go forth in a great rage in order to annihilate and to devote many to destruction. And he will plant his palatial tents between [the] grand sea and the holy mountain of Decoration; and he will have to come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him. Daniel 11:40-45



Jesus/Michael will Stand Up! "And during that time Mi´cha·el will stand up, the great Prince Isaiah 9:6 who is standing in behalf of the sons of your people. And there will certainly occur a time of distress such as has not been made to occur since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, every one who is found written down in the book. And there will be many of those asleep in the ground of dust who will wake up, these to indefinitely lasting life and those to reproaches [and] to indefinitely lasting abhorrence. "And the ones having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse; and those who are bringing the many to righteousness, like the stars to time indefinite, even forever. "And as for you, O Daniel, make secret the words and seal up the book, until the time of [the] end. Many will rove about, and the [true] knowledge will become abundant." And I saw, I Daniel, and, look! there were two others standing, one on the bank here of the stream and the other on the bank there of the stream.


Then one said to the man clothed with the linen, who was up above the waters of the stream: "How long will it be to the end of the wonderful things?" And I began to hear the man clothed with the linen, who was up above the waters of the stream, as he proceeded to raise his right [hand] and his left [hand] to the heavens and to swear by the One who is alive for time indefinite: "It will be for an appointed time, appointed times and a half. And as soon as there will have been a finishing of the dashing of the power of the holy people to pieces, all these things will come to their finish."



Now as for me, I heard, but I could not understand; so that I said: "O my lord, what will be the final part of these things?" And he went on to say: "Go, Daniel, because the words are made secret and sealed up until the time of [the] end. Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will certainly act wickedly, and no wicked ones at all will understand; but the ones having insight will understand. "And from the time that the constant [feature] has been removed and there has been a placing of the disgusting thing that is causing desolation, there will be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. "Happy is the one who is keeping in expectation and who arrives at the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days"And as for you yourself, go toward the end; and you will rest, but you will stand up for your lot at the end of the days." Daniel 12:1-13. Matthew 24:1-51.



Jesus was indeed "the First" human to be resurrected to immortal spirit life. Col 1:18. Moreover, he is "the Last" to be so resurrected by Jehovah personally. Thus, he becomes "the living one . .living forever and ever." In this, he is like his immortal Father, who is called "the living God." Re 7:2; Ps 42:2. For all others of humanity, Jesus himself is "the resurrection and the life." Joh 11:25. he says to John: "I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." Re 1:18. Jehovah has given him the authority to resurrect the dead. That is why Jesus can say that he has the keys to unlock, and the gates of Ha'des will not overpower it. For those bound by death and Hades. Mt 16:18; Ga 1:1



Scriptural evidence indicates that the name Michael applied to God’s Son before he left heaven to become Jesus Christ and also after his return. Michael is the only one said to be "the archangel," meaning "chief angel," or "principal angel." The term occurs in the Bible only in the singular. This seems to imply that there is but one whom God has designated chief, or head, of the angelic host. 1 Th 4:16 in this scripture Jesus is described as having assumed his power as God's Messianic King. Yet, he speaks with "an archangel's voice." Note, that he has the power to raise the dead.The voice of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ is described as being that of an archangel, suggesting that he is, in fact, himself the archangel. It is only logical, therefore, that the voice expressing this commanding call be described by a word that would not diminish or detract from the great authority that Christ Jesus now has as King of kings and Lord of lords. Mt 28:18; Re 17:14.



The Bible calls Michael the archangel.Too bad for apostates. No other archangels mentioned in the Bible except Jesus who has the archangel's voice. If the designation "archangel" applied, not to Jesus Christ, but to other angels, then the reference to "an archangel’s voice" would not be appropriate. In that case it would be describing a voice of lesser authority than that of the Son of God. Jesus is Jehovah’s appointed King, commissioned to destroy all the nations at Har–Magedon. Re 11:15; 16:14-16. But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and His Father rose him again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no way precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Th 4:13-18.




After God resurrected His Son Jesus he was raised to a "superior position" in heaven again as a spirit creature. Php 2:9 No longer a human, he has the voice of an archangel. Is it not reasonable that Jesus would also be the one to take action against the one he described as "ruler of this world," Satan the Devil? Joh 12:31-Da 12:1 associates the "standing up" of Michael' to act with authority with "a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time." The glorified spirit Son of God. Michael/Jesus Christ, completes His High Priest duties, stands up leaving all before a Holy God without a Mediator. In his prehuman existence Jesus was called "the Word." (Logos) Joh 1:1. He also had the personal name Michael. By retaining the name Jesus after his resurrection. Ac 9:5, "the Word" shows that he is identical with the Son of God on earth. His resuming hisheavenly name Michael and his title "The Word of God" Re 19:13.



The very name Michael, "Who Is Like God?" points to the fact that Jehovah God is without like, or equal, and that Michael His archangel is His great Champion or Vindicator. As for the notion that Jesus was equal to God before he came to the earth the Bible says the exact opposite. Consider what Php 2:5,6 Paul wrote: "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being the likeness and the image of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness." The NIV admits that "very nature of God" is more accurately rendered as "in God's form". Meaning of the word image: exact likeness : SEMBLANCE <>Us create man in Our image God created mankind in his own image -- Genisis 1:27. RSV> b : a person strikingly like another person We were all created in God's image, but we fall short of the Glory of God. Almighty God is Jesus' Father He gave His Son glory and Jesus doesn't accept glory from man. God is not a man that he should tell lies, Neither a son of mankind that he should feel regret. Has he himself said it and will he not do it, And has he spoken and will he not carry it out? Numbers 23:19



If Jesus "did not consider equality with God something to be grasped" doesn't that indicate that Jesus was not equal with God? But how sensible is it that God is not equal with himself or that one faction of God's supposed triplicate personality may be tempted to grasp for equality within the imaginary three fold godhead? True, Jesus was in God's form, meaning he is in God's likeness; as a son resembles his father. Instead, he humbly considered God's superiority over himself and did not seek to cash in on his privileged standing as the one closest to Jehovah. In that respect he did not consider equality with God something to be grasped. Jesus said: The Father is greater than I am. John 14:28



1 Timothy 3:16 There is some controversy over what is the correct translation of this verse. The KJV says "God was manifest in the flesh". This gives the definite idea that God came to earth as Jesus. However many other Bibles say "He who was manifested in the flesh," The noun God is replace by the pronoun he. Some of the Bibles that do that are the 1901 ASV, BBE, RSV and, NWT. Others are prone to presume out the word "God" or "He" the word "who" and the Catholic Douay says "which was manifested in the flesh,". Many translators of the bible tainted it to suit religion and the Trinity Dogma, and the confusion of that doctrine not only in 1 Ti 3:16, but in many other chapters in the NT have corrupted and mocked God to no end, but really to what end, in the end? TO THEIR END!.......And the beginning of the New Heavens and New Earth!!!!!!!




And without controversy great is the mystery of Godlikeness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 ASV. Keep Alert! not by man.



"Also, I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them on account of your own name which you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are.



If Jesus wasn't Michael, then the scripture would say Jesus. Jesus is the Christ, therefore, why would he send an angel to do HIS job? The answer is in the scripture itself. The scripture specifically says (Michael) for the reason of revealing the sacred secret that Jesus and Micahel are the same spirit person kicking Satan out of heaven. Revelation 12:7-9. Only believers of faith in God and His Christ acknowledge this scripture. Everyone else will claim it's a lie, rejecting the word of God, therefore, Jesus rejects to give sight to these blind ones. Have you ever heard the statement "One in a Million"? That statement gives endearment to that "One" because this "One in a Million" takes much work to harvest out and who sends out the trumpet call? Holy Spirit is the one making the statement. There are Seven Billion People on the Earth, but Only ONE TRUE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY and one true Lord Jesus Christ. Jehovah must draw you out..(all the heart)..and bring you to His Son, Jesus Christ by Holy Spirit. Everyone else is REJECTED.



Therefore, only this is revealed "from the Spirit of truth," ONLY ONE! Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Even as Jehovah freely forgave YOU, so do YOU also. But, besides all these things, [clothe yourselves with] love, for it is a perfect bond of union. Also, let the peace of the Christ control in YOUR hearts, for YOU were, in fact, called to it in one body. And show yourselves thankful. Let the word of the Christ reside in YOU richly in all wisdom. Keep on teaching and admonishing one another with Psalms, Praises to God, spiritual songs with graciousness, singing in YOUR hearts to Jehovah. And whatever it is that YOU do in word or in work, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him. Colossians 3:13-17

Thursday, October 23, 2008

"The Good News"

An Astounding Promise! "Jehovah himself gives the saying; The women telling the good news are a large army. Psalms 68:11
And it must prove to be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry out to Jehovah because of the oppressors, and He will send them a savior, even a grand one, who will actually deliver them. Isaiah 19:20

There is one first, [saying] to Zion: "Look! Here they are!" and to Jerusalem I shall give a bringer of good news. How comely upon the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news, the one publishing peace, the one bringing good news of something better, the one publishing salvation, the one saying to Zion: "Your God has become King!" Listen! Your own watchmen have raised [their] voice. In unison they keep crying out joyfully; for it will be eye into eye that they will see when Jehovah gathers back Zion. Become cheerful, cry out joyfully in unison, YOU devastated places of Jerusalem, for Jehovah has comforted his people; he has repurchased Jerusalem. Jehovah has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth must see the Salvation of our God.

Turn away, turn away, get out of there, touch nothing unclean; get out from the midst of her, keep yourselves clean, YOU who are carrying the utensils of Jehovah. For YOU people will get out in no panic, and YOU will go in no flight. For Jehovah will be going even before YOU, and the God of Israel will be YOUR rear guard. Look! My servant will act with insight. Isaiah 41:27; 52:7-13
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening [of the eyes] even to the prisoners; Isaiah 61:1


And, YOU sons of Zion, be joyful and rejoice in Jehovah YOUR God; for he will be bound to give YOU the autumn rain in right measure, and he will bring down upon YOU people a downpour, autumn rain and spring rain, as at the first. And the threshing floors must be full of [cleansed] grain, and the press vats must overflow with new wine and oil. And I will make compensation to YOU for the years that the locust, the creeping, unwinged locust, and the cockroach and the caterpillar have eaten, my great military force that I have sent among YOU. And YOU will certainly eat, eating and becoming satisfied, and YOU will be bound to Praise the name of Jehovah YOUR God, who has done with YOU so wonderfully; and my people will not be ashamed to time indefinite. And YOU people will have to know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah YOUR God and there is no other. And my people will not be ashamed to time indefinite. "And after that it must occur that I shall pour out my spirit on every sort of flesh, and YOUR sons and YOUR daughters will certainly prophesy. As for YOUR old men, dreams they will dream. As for YOUR young men, visions they will see. And even on the men servants and on the maid servants in those days I shall pour out my spirit. "And I will give portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun itself will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and fear-inspiring day of Jehovah. And it must occur that everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will get away safe; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will prove to be the escaped ones, just as Jehovah has said, and in among the survivors, whom Jehovah is calling." Joel 2:23-32.


Because David was a man after God's own heart, a man with a tender conscience toward his Creator, God made a separate and distinct covenant with him in addition to the covenant He had made with Israel. Accordingly, when David wanted to build a house for God, the Almighty sent a message to David through the prophet Nathan: "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." 2 Samuel 7:12-16


Understanding the scope of this promise-that God would establish David's throne forever-is a challenging study. The best-understood aspect of this covenant finds fulfillment in Jesus the Messiah-born of Mary, a literal descendant of David-ruling in the Kingdom of God. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God prophesies of this time: "Look! There are days coming," is the utterance of Jehovah, "and I will raise up to David a righteous sprout. And a king will certainly reign and act with discretion and execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel itself will reside in security. And this is his name with which he will be called, Jehovah Is Our LORD of Righteousness." Jeremiah 23:5,6. Before Mary conceived Jesus, an angel told her: "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the LORD Our God will give him the throne of His father David" Luke 1:31,32. The word conceived can be said to mean "formed" in the simplest of terms. It is used as the past tense of conceive. A female who has successfully become pregnant with offspring is said to have conceived. The Bible has yet another mark of divine inspiration. That mark is its fulfilled prophecies—history written in advance. Some of these are prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. For example, over 700 years before Jesus’ birth, the Hebrew Scriptures accurately foretold that this Promised One would be born "in Bethlehem of Judea." Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-6. These passages show that Jesus was destined to sit on the throne of David. Although these events are sure to come to pass, many mistakenly believe it has already been fulfilled in Christ. However, it will not be fulfilled in full until He returns.


Human rulers on the throne of David. Another part of God's promise to David was that his descendants would continue to rule over the people of Israel until God established His Kingdom on earth. Misunderstanding when God will establish the Kingdom has led many to mistakenly assume that this promise was fulfilled long ago in Christ and that it no longer has any meaning. Contrary to people's concept that the Kingdom of God is already on earth in the form of the church or in the hearts of human beings, the Bible plainly says that God will establish His Kingdom at Christ's second coming. "And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite; forasmuch as you beheld that out of the mountain a stone was cut not by hands, and [that] it crushed the iron, the copper, the molded clay, the silver and the gold. The grand God himself has made known to the king what is to occur after this. And the dream is reliable, and the interpretation of it is trustworthy." Daniel 2:44,45. And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: "The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our LORD and of His Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever." Revelation 11:15. Although men have preached the message of the Kingdom with varying levels of understanding for thousands of years, the Kingdom's appearance on earth (New Jerusalem) has not yet occurred. When it does, the Kingdom of God will replace the world's human governments. The word gospel is derived from the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "good message" or "good news." And Jesus set out on a tour of all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and curing every sort of disease and every sort of infirmity. Matthew 9:35. With the understanding that Our LORD God has not yet established this Kingdom on earth, let's consider some of the Bible's promises that a descendant of David would continue to rule over Israel's descendants. In 2 Chronicles 13:5 we find that "the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt." Like the preserving properties of salt, a covenant of salt was one that would last. God guaranteed that the "house of David"-his descendants -would continue to exist forever. 2 Chronicles 21:7 And Jehovah did not want to bring the house of David to ruin, for the sake of the covenant that he had concluded with David, and just as he had said he would give him and his sons a lamp always. Matthew 5:13-16 And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14. With the understanding that Our LORD God has not yet established this Kingdom on earth, let's consider some of the Bible's promises that a descendant of David would continue to rule over Israel's descendants. In 2 Chronicles 13:5 we find that "the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt." Like the preserving properties of salt, a covenant of salt was one that would last. God guaranteed that the "house of David"-his descendants -would continue to exist forever. 2 Chronicles 21:7. "YOU are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its strength, how will its saltness be restored? It is no longer usable for anything but to be thrown outside to be trampled on by men. "YOU are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid when situated upon a mountain. People light a lamp and set it, not under the measuring basket, but upon the lampstand, and it shines upon all those in the house. Likewise let YOUR light shine before men, that they may see YOUR fine works and Give Glory to YOUR Father who is in the heavens. Matthew 5:13-16


Because David's descendants did not continue to obey God, some have mistakenly believed that God was released from His covenant with David. Yet this was not the case. Of David Our LORD God said: To time indefinite I shall preserve my loving-kindness toward him, And my covenant will be faithful to him. And I shall certainly set up his seed forever And his throne as the days of heaven. If his sons leave my law And in my judicial decisions they do not walk, If they profane my own statutes And they do not keep my own commandments, I must also turn my attention to their transgression even with a rod And to their error even with strokes. But my loving-kindness I shall not break off from him, Nor shall I prove false with regard to my faithfulness. I shall not profane my covenant, And the expression out of my lips I shall not change. Once I have sworn in my holiness, To David I will not tell lies. His seed itself will prove to be even to time indefinite, And his throne as the sun in front of me. As the moon it will be firmly established for time indefinite, And [as] a faithful witness in the skies." Se´lah. Psalm 89:28-37; compare with 2 Chronicles 13:5 Jeremiah 33:15-21. David, a physical ancestor of Jesus Christ, considered the everlasting question of man's purpose as he contemplated the glory of the heavens. "What is man that You are mindful of him," he asked, "and the son of man that You visit him?" Psalms 8:4. We continue to ask, "Is this life all there is?" Through David, God revealed He would intervene dramatically in human affairs, He would make "wars cease to the end of the earth," and He would "be exalted among the nations" Psalms 46:1-11. Through David, God established a dynasty of kings over Israel. Christ Himself, as "the Son of David, the Son of Abraham" Matthew 1:1, was born to inherit David's throne Luke 1:32. We learn of a direct relationship between the dynasty of kings God promised would descend from Abraham and David and the Kingdom of God preached by Jesus Christ. Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first. But when they are leading YOU along to deliver YOU up, do not be anxious before hand about what to speak; but whatever is given YOU in that hour, speak this, for YOU are not the ones speaking, but the holy spirit is. Furthermore, brother will deliver brother over to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death; and YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved. Mark 13:10-13. "And my servant David will be king over them, and one shepherd is what they will all come to have; and in my judicial decisions they will walk, and my statutes they will keep, and they will certainly carry them out. And they will actually dwell upon the land that I gave to my servant, to Jacob, in which YOUR forefathers dwelt, and they will actually dwell upon it, they and their sons and their sons’ sons to time indefinite, and David my servant will be their chieftain to time indefinite. "And I will conclude with them a covenant of peace; an indefinitely lasting covenant is what there will come to be with them. And I will place them and multiply them and place my sanctuary in the midst of them to time indefinite. And my tabernacle will actually prove to be over them, and I shall certainly become their God, and they themselves will become my people. And the nations will have to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying Israel when my sanctuary comes to be in the midst of them to time indefinite." Ezekiel 37:1-28 Jesus said: Then he said to his disciples: "On this account I say to YOU, Quit being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear. For the soul is worth more than food and the body than clothing. Mark well that the ravens neither sow seed nor reap, and they have neither barn nor store house, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more worth are YOU than birds?

YOU by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span? If, therefore, YOU cannot do the least thing, why be anxious about the remaining things? Mark well how the lilies grow; they neither toil nor spin; but I tell YOU, Not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation in the field that today exists and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much rather will he clothe YOU, YOU with little faith! David's rule, of course was then, and can only occur after God sends His Son again with all the other holy ones through Christ during the trumpet sound at the return of Christ. The kingdom God established through David was a forerunner of a much more important Kingdom Jesus Christ will establish in the future. Notice God pointing out the significance of David's dynasty: "He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever." 1 Chronicles 17:12-14. God claimed David's kingdom as "My kingdom"—a type, an example or forerunner, of the coming Kingdom of God. Comprehending the relationship between David's temporal kingdom and the eternal Kingdom of God is crucial to understanding the gospel Christ and His apostles preached.

So quit seeking what YOU might eat and what YOU might drink, and quit being in anxious; for all these are the things the nations of the world are eagerly pursuing, but YOUR Father knows YOU need these things. Nevertheless, seek continually his kingdom, and these things will be added to YOU. "Have no fear, little flock, because YOUR Father has approved of giving YOU the kingdom. Sell the things belonging to YOU and give gifts of mercy. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not get near nor moth consumes.



For where YOUR treasure is, there YOUR hearts will be also. "Let YOUR loins be girded and YOUR lamps be burning, and YOU yourselves be like men waiting for their master when he returns from the marriage, so that at his arriving and knocking they may at once open to him. Happy are those slaves whom the master on arriving finds watching! Truly I say to YOU, He will gird himself and make them recline at the table and will come alongside and minister to them. And if he arrives in the second watch, even if in the third, and finds them thus, happy are they! But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have kept watching and not have let his house be broken into. YOU also, keep ready, because at an hour that YOU do not think likely the Son of man is coming." Luke 12:22-40. Jesus is the one who Jehovah sent to die for mankind. For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. So Jehovah loved mankind to the point of sending Jesus. John 3:16


When Solomon, David's son, became king, on whose throne did he sit? And Sol´o·mon began to sit upon his LORD Jehovah’s throne as king in place of David his father and to make a success of it, and all the Israelites were obedient to him. 1 Chronicles 29:23. Not only did God regard Israel as His temporal kingdom, He regarded the throne of Israel as His throne—the throne Jesus Christ inherited. This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule as king over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end of his kingdom." Luke 1:32,33.



The kings of David's dynasty were supposed to answer directly to God. But Israel and her kings were not faithful to their covenant with God, and the kingdom of Israel did not endure. Thus their direct contact with God ended. After Solomon's reign the nation of Israel split in two. The 10 northern tribes continued to be called Israel. The southern kingdom, known as Judah, remained loyal to David's dynasty of kings. But neither nation thereafter wholeheartedly followed the examples of Abraham and David. Eventually Israel and Judah both fell prey to their powerful neighbors. After a series of invasions, Israel collapsed and was taken captive by the Assyrians in 721 B.C. The kingdom of Judah fell to the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar in 587 B.C. With their downfall, the temporal kingdom of Israel was crushed out of existence. Only a remnant of its people remained as captives and slaves. Among Judah's captives who were removed to Babylon was a young man of noble birth named Daniel. God gave him the ability to interpret certain dreams and visions. Through Daniel's interpretations God revealed an astoundingly hopeful future for all nations.
But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not pollute himself with the delicacies of the king and with his drinking wine. And he kept requesting of the principal court official that he might not pollute himself. Accordingly the [true] God gave Daniel over to loving-kindness and to mercy before the principal court official. Then it was that to Daniel in a night vision the secret was revealed. Consequently Daniel himself blessed the God of heaven. Daniel was answering and saying: "Let the name of God become blessed from time indefinite even to time indefinite, for wisdom and mightiness—for they belong to Him. Daniel 1:8,8; 2:19,20. Prophecy God exalted His Son Jesus, an interpretation of a dream a vision given unto Daniel through God's Holy Spirit. "This is the dream, and its interpretation we shall say before the king. You, O king, the king of kings, you to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the might, and the strength and the dignity, and into whose hand he has given, wherever the sons of mankind are dwelling, the beasts of the field and the winged creatures of the heavens, and whom he has made ruler over all of them, you yourself are the head of gold. Daniel 2:36-38

Jesus' 2nd coming which God only know's the day and hour of His Son's return. Mark 13:32 "And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite; Daniel 2:44


And Mel·chiz´e·dek king of Sa´lem brought out bread and wine, and he was priest of the Most High God. Then he blessed him and said: "Blessed be A´bram of the Most High God, Producer of heaven and earth; And blessed be the Most High God, Who has delivered your oppressors into your hand!" Genesis 14:18-20. When the morning stars joyfully cried out together, And all the sons of God began shouting in applause? Job 38:7. The angel of Jehovah is camping all around those fearing him, And he rescues them.YOU have made mortal man to ride over our head; We have come through fire and through water, And you proceeded to bring us forth to relief. Anyone dwelling in the secret place of the Most High Will procure himself lodging under the very shadow of the Almighty One. Psalms 34:7; 66:12 ; 91:1. God sent forth a savior into the world His only Begotten Son Jesus. In case you should pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not flood over you. In case you should walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, neither will the flame itself singe you. For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel your Savior. Isaiah 43:2,3. God is Salvation in sending His Lamb Jesus exactly what Y'shua's name means. God so loved the world that He sent. John 3:16-18. For Jehovah YOUR God is OUR God and FATHER Creator The MOST TRUE GOD of THE Universe, no other gods Before HIM, none like HIM and the LORD of LORDS, the GREAT God, MIGHTIEST and Fear-Inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe, executing judgment for the fatherless boy and the widow and loving the alien resident so as to give him bread and a mantle. Deuteronomy 10:17,18. The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of no other gods before HIM, and a LORD of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret. At that time Neb·u·chad·nez´zar the king himself became frightened and he rose up in a hurry. He was answering and saying to his high royal officials: "Was it not three able-bodied men that we threw bound into the midst of the fire?" They were answering and saying to the king: "Yes, O king." He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then it was that Neb·u·chad·nez´zar approached the door of the burning fiery furnace. He was answering and saying: "Sha´drach, Me´shach and A·bed´ne·go, YOU servants of the Most High God, step out and come here!" At that time Sha´drach, Me´shach and A·bed´ne·go were stepping out from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, the prefects and the governors and the high officials of the king that were assembled were beholding these able-bodied men, that the fire had had no power over their bodies, and not a hair of their head had been singed, and even their mantles had not been changed and the smell of fire itself had not come onto them. And as he got near to the pit, he cried out with a sad voice even to Daniel. The king was speaking up and saying to Daniel: "O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you are serving with constancy been able to rescue you from the lions?" Immediately Daniel himself spoke even with the king: "O king, live on even to times indefinite. My own God sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not brought me to ruin, forasmuch as before him innocence itself was found in me; and also before you, O king, no hurtful act have I done." Then it was that the king himself became very glad, and Daniel himself he commanded to be lifted up out of the pit. And Daniel was lifted up out of the pit, and there was no hurt at all found on him, because he had trusted in his God. Daniel 2:47; 3:24-27; 6:20-23


A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord. It is enough for the disciple to become as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If people have called the householder Be·el´ze·bub, how much more [will they call] those of his household so? Therefore do not fear them; for there is nothing covered over that will not become uncovered, and secret that will not become known. What I tell YOU in the darkness, say in the light; and what YOU hear whispered, preach from the housetops. And do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be in fear of Him that can destroy both soul and body in Ge·hen´na. Do not two sparrows sell for a coin of small value? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without YOUR Father’s [knowledge]. But the very hairs of YOUR head are all numbered. Therefore have no fear: YOU are worth more than many sparrows. "Everyone, then, that confesses union with me before men, I will also confess union with him before my Father who is in the heavens; but whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens. Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword. For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a young wife against her mother-in-law. Indeed, a man’s enemies will be persons of his own household. He that has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and he that has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not accept to pick up his his tree and follow after me is not worthy of me. He that finds his soul will lose it, and he that loses his soul for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:24-39

For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6. Prince Son Of A King.


A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:1. "As for you, Judah, your brothers will laud you. Your hand will be on the back of the neck of your enemies. The sons of your father will prostrate themselves to you. A lion cub Judah is. From the prey, MY son, you will certainly go up. He bowed down, he stretched himself out like a lion and, like a lion, who dares rouse him? The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, neither the commander’s staff from between his feet, until Shi´loh comes; and to him the obedience of the peoples will belong. Tying his full-grown ass to a vine and the descendant of his own she-ass to a choice vine, he will certainly wash his clothing in wine and his garment in the blood of grapes. Dark red are his eyes from wine, and the whiteness of his teeth is from milk. Genesis 49:8-12; Exodus 4:22; Deuteronomy 7:6;14:2; Jeremiah 31:9; Hosea 11:1; Romans 9:4.


Michael is Jesus, Jehovah's angel before God sent him: Michael was in the wilderness with the Jews. If we use the God given gift of reasoning in the wisdom of God through His Son Jesus we come to the realization & truth!, that flesh is can not be contained in the Kingdom of God. Then Jehovah’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire in the midst of a thornbush. As he kept looking, why, here the thornbush was burning with the fire and yet the thornbush was not consumed. At this Moses said: "Let me just turn aside that I may inspect this great phenomenon, as to why the thornbush is not burnt up." When Jehovah saw that he turned aside to inspect, God at once called to him out of the midst of the thornbush and said: "Moses! Moses!" to which he said: "Here I am." Then he said: (Jehovah's angel) "Do not come near here. Draw your sandals from off your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground." Exodus 3:2-5


To these also by many positive proofs he showed himself alive after he had suffered, being seen by them throughout forty days and telling the things about the kingdom of God. And while he was meeting with them he gave them the orders: "Do not withdraw from Jerusalem, but keep waiting for what the Father has promised, about which YOU heard from me; (The Helper God's Holy Spirit) because John, indeed, baptized with water, but YOU will be baptized in holy spirit not many days after this." Acts 1:3,4. But the helper, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach YOU all things and bring back to YOUR minds all the things I told YOU. John 14:26,27. With one accord all these were persisting in prayer, together with some women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers. Now during these days Peter rose up in the midst of the brothers and said (the crowd of persons was all together about one hundred and twenty:): "Men, brothers, it was necessary for the scripture to be fulfilled, which the holy spirit spoke beforehand by David’s mouth about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, because he had been numbered among us and he obtained a share in this ministry. (This very man, therefore, purchased a field with the wages for unrighteousness, and pitching head foremost he noisily burst in his midst and all his intestines were poured out. It also became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language A·kel´da·ma, that is, Field of Blood.) For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his lodging place become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it,’ and, ‘His office of oversight let someone else take.’ It is therefore necessary that of the men that assembled with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Acts 1:14-21


Now while the day of the [festival of] Pentecost was in progress they were all together at the same place, and suddenly there occurred from heaven a noise just like that of a rushing stiff breeze, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And tongues as if of fire became visible to them and were distributed about, and one sat upon each one of them, and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak with different tongues, just as the spirit was granting them to make utterance. Acts 2:1-3


But Peter stood up with the eleven and raised his voice and made this utterance to them: "Men of Ju·de´a and all YOU inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to YOU and give ear to my sayings. These [people] are, in fact, not drunk, as YOU suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. On the contrary, this is what was said through the prophet Joel, "And in the last days," God says, "I shall pour out some of my spirit upon every sort of flesh, and YOUR sons and YOUR daughters will prophesy and YOUR young men will see visions and YOUR old men will dream dreams; and even upon my men slaves and upon my women slaves I will pour out some of my spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. And I will give portents in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and smoke mist; the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and illustrious day of Jehovah arrives. And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved."’ Acts 2:14-21


Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Naz·a·rene´, a man publicly shown by God to YOU through powerful works and portents and signs that God did through him in YOUR midst, just as YOU yourselves know, this [man], as one delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, YOU fastened to a tree by the hand of lawless men and did away with. But God resurrected him by loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to continue to be held fast by it. For David says respecting him, ‘I had Jehovah constantly before my eyes; because he is at my right hand that I may never be shaken. On this account my heart became cheerful and my tongue rejoiced greatly. Moreover, even my flesh will reside in hope; because you will not leave my soul in Ha´des, neither will you allow your loyal one to see corruption. You have made life’s ways known to me, you will fill me with good cheer with your face.’ Acts 2:22-28

"Men, brothers, it is allowable to speak with freeness of speech to YOU concerning the family head David, that he both deceased and was buried and his tomb is among us to this day. Therefore, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD had sworn to him with an oath that he would seat one from the fruitage of his loins upon his throne, he saw beforehand and spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he forsaken in Ha´des nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus OUR TRUE FATHER AND GOD Resurrected, of which fact we are all witnesses. Therefore because he was exalted to the right hand of GOD and received the promised Holy Spirit from OUR Father, he has poured out this which YOU see and hear. Actually David did not ascend to the heavens, but he himself says, ‘Jehovah said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet." Therefore let all the house of Israel know for a certainty that GOD MADE him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom YOU crucified." Acts 2:29-36


The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, "The God and Father of Jesus", has glorified His Servant, Jesus, whom YOU, for YOUR part, delivered up and disowned before Pilate’s face, when he had decided to release him. Yes, YOU disowned that holy and righteous one, and YOU asked for a man, a murderer, to be freely granted to YOU, whereas YOU killed the Chief Agent of life. But God raised him up from the dead, of which fact we are witnesses. Consequently his name, by [our] faith in his name, has made this man strong whom YOU behold and know, and the faith that is through him has given the man this complete soundness in the sight of all of YOU. And now, brothers, I know that YOU acted in ignorance, just as YOUR rulers also did. But in this way God has fulfilled the things he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ and Son would suffer. "Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get YOUR sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah and that he may send forth the Christ appointed for YOU, Jesus, whom heaven, indeed, must hold within itself until the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets of old time. In fact, Moses said, ‘Jehovah God will raise up for YOU from among YOUR brothers a prophet like me. YOU must listen to him according to all the things he speaks to YOU. Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.’ And all the prophets, in fact, from Samuel on and those in succession, just as many as have spoken, have also plainly declared these days. YOU are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with YOUR forefathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ To YOU first God, after raising up his Servant, sent him forth to bless YOU by turning each one away from YOUR wicked deeds." Acts 3:13-26


Upon hearing this they with one accord raised their voices to God and said: "Sovereign LORD, you are the One who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them, and who through holy spirit said by the mouth of our forefather David, YOUR servant, ‘Why did nations become tumultuous and peoples meditate upon empty things? The kings of the earth took their stand and the rulers massed together as one against Jehovah and against His anointed one.’ Acts 4:24-26



Why have the nations been in tumult And the national groups themselves kept muttering an empty thing? The kings of earth take their stand And high officials themselves have massed together as one Against Jehovah and against His anointed one, The very One sitting in the heavens will laugh; Jehovah himself will hold them in derision. At that time he will speak to them in his anger And in his hot displeasure he will disturb them, [Saying:] "I, even I, have installed my king Upon Zion, my holy mountain." Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah; He has said to me: "You are my son; I, today, I have become your father. Ask of me, that I may give nations as your inheritance And the ends of the earth as your own possession. You will break them with an iron scepter, As though a potter’s vessel you will dash them to pieces." And now, O kings, exercise insight; Let yourselves be corrected, O judges of the earth. Serve Jehovah with fear And be joyful with trembling. Psalms 2:1,2,4-11. Moreover, the multitude of those who had believed had one heart and soul, and not even one would say that any of the things he possessed was his own; but they had all things in common. Also, with great power the apostles continued giving forth the witness concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and undeserved kindness in large measure was upon them all. In fact, there was not one in need among them; for all those who were possessors of fields or houses would sell them and bring the values of the things sold and they would deposit them at the feet of the apostles. In turn distribution would be made to each one, just as he would have the need. Moreover, through the hands of the apostles many signs and portents continued to occur among the people; and they were all with one accord in Sol´o·mon’s colonnade. True, not a one of the others had the courage to join himself to them; nevertheless, the people were extolling them. And every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus. Acts 4:32-35; 5:12,13,42


Did Paul see a relationship between the gospel and God's promises to David?. "Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead." Romans 1:1-4. The second promise of Christ was to Abraham, Genesis 22:18, where God said, "In your seed shall all the Gentiles be blessed." If all the Gentiles are to be blessed, then it is certain that otherwise, apart from this seed of Abraham, they were all unblessed and under a curse. From this it follows that human nature has nothing but cursed seed and bears nothing but unblessed fruit; otherwise, there would be no need for all of them to be blessed through this seed of Abraham. Whoever says "all" excludes no one; therefore, apart from Christ, all who are born of man must be under the devil, cursed in sin and death. Paul explained this concept: "And afterward (Israel) asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave witness and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a SaviorJesus." Acts 13:21-23; compare 2 Timothy 2:8; Revelation 22:16.


For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is, in fact, God’s power for salvation to everyone having faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek also the Gentiles; for in it God’s righteousness is being revealed by reason of faith and toward faith, just as it is written: "But the righteous one—by means of faith he will live." How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent forth? Just as it is written:"How comely are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!" Nevertheless, they did not all obey the good news. For Isaiah says: "Jehovah, who put faith in the thing heard from us? "So faith follows the thing heard. In turn the thing heard is through the word about Christ. But Isaiah very boldly and says: "I was found by those who were not seeking me; I became manifest to those who were not asking for me." But as respects Israel he says: "All day long I have spread out my hands toward a people that is disobedient and talks back." Romans 1:16,17; 10:15-21.


If we have sown spiritual things to YOU, is it something great if we shall reap things for the flesh from YOU? If other men partake of this authority over YOU, do we not much more so? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this authority, but we are bearing all things, in order that we might not offer any hindrance to the good news about the Christ. Do YOU not know that the men performing sacred duties eat the things of the temple, and those constantly attending at the altar have a portion for themselves with the altar? In this way, too, the Lord ordained for those proclaiming the good news to live by means of the good news. I am declaring the good news, it is no reason for me to boast, for necessity is laid upon me. Really, woe is me if I did not declare the good news! If I perform this willingly, I have a reward; but if I do it against my will, all the same I have a stewardship entrusted to me. What, then, is my reward? That while declaring the good news I may furnish the good news without cost, to the end that I may not abuse my authority in the good news. 1 Corinthians 9:11-18


I marvel that YOU are being so quickly removed from the One who called YOU with Christ’s undeserved kindness over to another sort of good news. But it is not another; only there are certain ones who are causing YOU trouble and wanting to pervert the good news about the Christ. However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to YOU as good news something beyond what we declared to YOU as good news, let them be accursed. As we have said above, I also now say again, Whoever it is that is declaring to YOU as good news something beyond what YOU accepted, let him be accursed.


Is it, in fact, men I am now trying to persuade or God? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I would not be Christ’s slave. For I put YOU on notice, brothers, that the good news which was declared by me as good news is not something human; for neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught [it], except through revelation by Jesus Christ. I was far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.


But when God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called [me] through His undeserved kindness, thought good to reveal His Son in connection with me, that I might declare the good news about him to the nations, I did not go at once into conference with flesh and blood. But I saw no one else of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord. Now as to the things I am writing YOU, look! in the sight of God, I am not lying. Galatians 1:6-20


For this very cause I remind you to stir up like a fire the gift of God which is in you through the laying of my hands upon you. For God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but that of power and of love and of soundness of mind.


Therefore do not become ashamed of the witness about our Lord, neither of me a prisoner for his sake, but take your part in suffering evil for the good news according to the power of God.


He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by reason of our works, but by reason of His own purpose and undeserved kindness. This was given us in connection with Christ Jesus before times long lasting, but now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death but has shed light upon life and incorruption through the good news, for which I was appointed an apostle and teacher. For this very cause I am also suffering these things, but I am not ashamed.


For I know the one whom I have believed, and I am confident he is able to guard what I have laid up in trust with him until that day. Keep holding the pattern of healthful words that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in connection with Christ Jesus. This fine trust guard through the holy spirit which is dwelling in us. 2 Timothy 1:6-14