11-15-2015 weekly message

Meditation of the week: Psalms 122:1-6

Main scripture: Psalms 133:1-3

Subject: The day when Jews and the Church of God dwell together under the blessing of eternal life

               In the book of Psalms, fifteen sons of decrees of David. The sons of decrees were sang going up somewhere. In near future, the Lord Jesus Christ will come to the people of Israel, and take them that repent to the land that was promised unto Abraham. And he will build the temple of God that has been devastated(EZ 40-46), and he will restore Israel. The Holy Ghost let King David sing these songs of prophesy in the day of the restoration with joy on the way up to the temple of God.

                   The people of Israel had been in captivity in Babylon from B.C. 606 for 70 years because of worshipping idols of the Gentiles. They even committed sin of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost saying, Jesus by Beelzebub cast out the devils(Matt. 12:27,31,32), and ended up crucifying him. God sent a general, Titus of Romans to attack Jerusalem to devastate the temple of God making no stone on a stone. Since then, they have been scattered to the four corners of the earth. They had been wandering in the world for until Israel became to be independent again on May 14, 1948. Even now, they have not been occupying the whole promised land unto Abraham from the great river Euphrates to the river of Egypt, but they took back eastern part of Jerusalem through six day war in the year of 1967. They are now in the brinks of being cast out from their promised land being threatened by all the nations sponsored by U.N. together with Palestine.

                     But God has not forsaken them yet waiting for them to repent their sins to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Prophet Ezekiel testified of the purpose of judgment against them very clearly:

”And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”(EZ 6:7)

“Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.”(EZ 6:13)

“So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.”(EZ 6:14)

“And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”(EZ 7:4)

 “Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”(EZ 11:10)

 “And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.”(EZ 12:15)

                      As the prophesy of Ezekiel, they shall know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord when they repent their sins through judgment of God.

                        Prophet Zechariah prophesied, finally, the whole nation of Israel shall mourn and repent when the Lord Jesus Christ appear unto them in the future. And when they receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah, all the remnant of Israel shall be saved in that day:

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn….. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness”(Zech. 12:9,10;13:1)

                       Finally, they shall be forgiven all their sins, and return to their promised land led by their king, the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, they shall sing with joy on the way up to the temple of God built in the Millennium of Christ. King David sang the songs of prophesy in the Spirit of God:

“In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.”(Ps. 120:1)

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth…. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand… The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”(Ps. 121:1,2,5,8)

“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.”(Ps. 122:1,2)

“When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.”(Ps. 126:1,2)

“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”(Ps. 127:3)

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”(Ps. 128:3)

“And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”(Ps. 130:8)

“Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.”(Ps. 131:3)

“For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.”(Ps. 132: 13,14)

                       King David was excited with gathering all the tribes of Israel as one brother, and dwelling together; and sand the song of blessing. As the people of Israel dwelled under the anointment of Aaron, their High Priest, they shall dwell in the eternal anointing of the Lord Jesus Christ who is greater than Aaron. King David sang for the day of the eternal blessing :

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.”(Ps. 133:1-3)

                 The children of God are responsible for praying for the people of Israel, for they have blessing not only their inheritance in the promised land, but also they are blessed to sing in the church of God through believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. They shall be the temple of God within them as us. Therefore, Apostle Paul testified of the gospel of Christ of the Jew:

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one. that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”(Rom. 1:16)

                         When the Jews repent, they shall be saved, and they also shall be blessed living eternally in the kingdom of Christ as well as in the new earth under their king, Jesus Christ. And the members of the church of God, the body of Christ are able to be united in the midst of fullness of the anointing of Christ even in the earth. Therefore, Apostle Paul encouraged the saints in Ephesians in the prison waiting for death for Christ:

“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”(Eph. 4:1-6)

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”(Eph. 5:16-21)

                     The Children of God shall live under the blessing of eternal life as the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ being clothed with immortal and incorruptible body in the New Jerusalem in heaven. Our Lord Jesus Christ will destroy our enemy, the death casting into the lake of fire forever. Amen Hallelujah!