The Mystery of Ephraim

The Prophecy of Micah, whose word of the Lord was meant for the heads of Jacob, the princes of the house of Israel; but then who is of the house of Israel today? Are they not of the United States today?

And God says to Ezekiel, “Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? The vision that he seeth is for many days, and he prophesieth of the times far off” Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27; that is, the message is for the endtime, our time.

For more on Ephraim and Manasseh, or the Ox without the Unicorn.

Micah 5

¹ Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. — this verse ought to be joined to the previous chapter (as in the Chabad Bible), as it evidently belongs there and not to this chapter, which is quite a different subject.

² “But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto Me He that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

— and thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah; the two names, modern and ancient, are united, though Jerusalem should the Messiah be born in Bethlehem of which this is a prophecy as is evident from Matthew 2:4-5;

— though thou be of little importance against the mighty Jerusalem nearby, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me the Ruler in Israel, a Judge, and this is the King; for because he is to be of the seed of David, from Bethlehem he will be, that is, the selection of the Messiah as the true King of Israel serving as Ruler of Israel;

— under Israeli control, Bethlehem today has a population of approximately 25,000 people; the majority are of Arab Muslims, but has become encircled by dozens of Israeli settlements. Jewish writings has identified Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah as seen below!

Rashi: from you shall emerge for Me: the Messiah, son of David, and so Scripture says (Ps. 118:22): “The stone the builders had rejected became a cornerstone.”

³ Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant of His brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Rashi: Therefore, He shall deliver them until the time a woman in confinement gives birth: He shall deliver them into the hands of their enemies until the coming of the time that Zion has felt the pangs of labor and borne her children; Zion, which is now seized by the pangs of labor, is now called a woman in confinement. [i.e., now the labor pains will cease and the redemption will come about.]

Rashi: and the rest of his brothers: The brothers of the King Messiah; i.e., the rest of the tribe [of Judah]; shall return upon the children of Israel: Judah and Benjamin shall join the other tribes and become one kingdom, and they shall no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

⁴ And He shall stand and feed them in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God. And they shall abide; for now shall He be great unto the ends of the earth. — and he shall stand and feed, both ruling and nourishing as the King and Shepherd of his people, in the strength of the Lord, he himself being the mighty God, Isaiah 9:6;

— in the majesty of the name of the Lord, his God, which was communicated to him even in his state of humiliation; and they shall abide, namely, the true spiritual children of Israel; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth; his kingdom, the Kingdom of God, extending over the entire earth.

⁵ And this Man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land; and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men. — this verse, as well as the next, are abstruse; but at least the Talmud attempted and says:

The Gemara asks: Who are these seven shepherds? The Gemara explains: David is in the middle; Adam, Seth, and Methuselah are to his right; Abraham, Jacob, and Moses are to his left. And who are the eight princes among men? They are Yishai, Saul, Samuel, Amos, Zephania, Zedekiah, Messiah, and Elijah (Sukkah 52b)

⁶ And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at the entrances thereof; thus shall He deliver us from the Assyrian when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

⁷ And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many nations, as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. — and the remnant of Jacob, those that survived the fire, famine, pestilences and the sword, shall be in the midst of many people as captives, “in the midst of the abundance of the nations,”

— as a dew from the Lord, their testimonies would nourish the nations, as the showers upon the grass, the truth about their abominations would give the nations much need truth with their life-giving strength, that tarrieth not for man nor waiteth for the sons of men, for the Word of God exerts its strength without the assistance of man, (more on the remnants from Ezekiel 12 at the end)

⁸ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through, both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. — and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations (Goyim) in the midst of many people;

— as a lion among the beasts of the forest; strong, mighty, powerful, courageous and superior to their enemies as the lion is strongest among beasts and keeps all others in awe of him;

⁹ Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. — in the Millennium, thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries; O remnant of Jacob or Israel, as the Targum says; the remnant of Jacob, and destroy their enemies with the sword that proceeds out of his mouth.

¹⁰ “And it shall come to pass in that day,” saith the Lord, “that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots. — after all of Jacob’s adversaries are destroyed, saith the Lord, even he will also cut off thy (Jacob’s) horses out of the midst of thee, and he will also destroy thy (Jacob’s) chariots;

— there seems to be a major shift on the victim! or as the Targum understands this: “I will cut off the horses of the people from the midst of thee, and destroy their chariots?”

¹¹ And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strongholds. — during the Millennium, there isn’t any need for fenced cities, chariots nor any stronghold; the Targum says, “I will cut off the cities of the people out of thy land and destroy all their strong fortresses.”

¹² And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers. — and God will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; in the Millennium all unlawful arts, cheating and juggling in religious matters will cease and be no more;

¹³ Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. — the Targum says, “I will cut off the images of the people, and their statues:”

— every religious building or images of any kind (churches, cathedrals, temples, shrines, mosques, monuments) will all be totally demolished, so that no vestige of any false religion remains; a new standard of building for worship will be implemented.

¹⁴ And I will pluck up thine Asherah poles out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. — thy groves; either the statues, pillars, or trees connected with the worship of Baal and Astarte; and cities will be destroyed and rebuilt with new standard.

¹⁵ And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.” — such as they have not heard; such terrible judgements, and dreadful expressions of divine wrath and fury,

— by earthquakes, hailstones, as were never known or heard before of in the world before see Revelation 16:18; or “which have not heard” the people that have not heard and hearkened to the word of God to the voice of Christ, but have turned a deaf ear to it, and despised it. So the Targum says, “who have not received the doctrine of the law.”

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More on the Remnants from Ezekiel 12

¹⁶ But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.” — “that they may declare all their abominations among the nations;” this explains why a few are left to survive;

— if they have hidden in some secret hideouts, they won’t be able to “declare all their abominations among the nations” whither they come; who, observing their calamities, and distresses, could deserve and a need to know, and hear those who are well-versed to explain their sins, abominations and judgement to the nations.

Micah 6

¹ Hear ye now what the Lord saith: “Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. — arise; O Prophet Micah, and do thine office; sit not still, nor indulge to sloth and ease; show readiness, diligence, activity, zeal and courage in my service and in carrying a message from me to my people:

— hear ye now what the Lord saith; here begins a new discourse and with an address of the prophet to contend before the mountains; a parallel Scripture in Ezekiel 6 against the mountains and hills of Israel follows:

— the “mountains of Israel” refer to the United States, UK and France . . .

— “and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys;” the hills: Ireland, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Finland, and Iceland; and the valleys, the low countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg;

— “and to the rivers;” where during the nineteenth century, the British Royal Navy were known to “Rule the Waves;” and the United States having been plowing up and down the five oceans with her Seven Fleets since the British left the scene.

² Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. — a parallel Scripture in Ezekiel 6 on the mountains of Israel; “ye strong foundations of the earth,” that is, the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

³ O My people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me! — O my people, what have I done unto thee? namely, in inflicting any kind of wrong unto them. And wherein have I wearied thee; is my requirements too rigorous or too hard to follow? Testify against me! God was ready to entertain any reply which they might want to make concerning any charges.

⁴ For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servitude; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. — for God brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; instead of doing them any wrong, he had done them much good; of which this is one instance and he was able to produce more:

— and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; or “out of the house of bondage” as the same words are rendered, Exodus 20:2; that is, out of hard slavery in which their lives were made bitter; out of cruel bondage which made them cry to the Lord for help and deliverance; and he heard them and sent them a deliverer;

— and God sent before thee Moses, Aaron and Miriam; to bring them out of Egypt, to be their guides and direct them in all matters, civil and religious. Moses was their lawgiver and commander; Aaron was their priest and to intercede on their behalf; and Miriam was a prophetess; the Targum says, “I sent before thee three prophets, Moses to teach the tradition of judgements; Aaron to make atonement for the people; and Miriam to instruct the women.”

⁵ O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.” — O my people, remember now what Balak, king of Moab, consulted, the counsel he took in trying to bring about your downfall;

— and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal, between the first station after Balaam’s blessing and the first station on the soil of the Holy Land, Numbers 25:1; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord, how truly and righteously he performed the deeds of his almighty power in carrying out his counsel of love toward his people.

⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? — wherewith shall Micah come before the Lord and bow himself before the Most High? Shall he come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? these being considered the choicest sacrifices.

⁷ Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? — will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams; if single burnt offerings of bullocks and heifers will not do, will rams and thousands of them be acceptable to him?

— or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? for meat offerings, in which oil was used: if he could but gain his point and get the God of Israel on his side;

— shall I, Micah, give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? It is well known that the Phenicians and others in the land of Canaan sacrificed their children to Saturn or Molech, and some of the idolatrous Israelites imitated this horrid practice: see note on Leviticus 18:21, where God in a solemn manner prohibits it.

⁸ He hath shown thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? — and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly; or to exercise public judgement and justice as a king among his subjects;

— to do private and personal justice between man and man; to hurt no man’s property and character; to give to everyone their due and do as he would desire to be done by; which as it is agreeable to the law of God so to the light of nature and what is shown, required and taught by it;

— and to love mercy; not only to show mercy to miserable objects, to persons in distress; to relieve the poor and indigent, to clothe the naked and feed the hungry, but to delight in such exercises and which a king especially should do;

— and to walk humbly with thy God? his Creator from whom he had his being and all the blessings of life and was dependent upon him; and therefore as a creature should behave with humility towards his Creator, acknowledging him and even though a king yet his God and Creator was above him, King of kings, and Lord of lords, to whom he owed his crown, sceptre and kingdom.

⁹ The Lord’S voice crieth unto the city (and the man of wisdom shall see Thy name): “Hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it! — the Targum says, “with the voice the prophets of the Lord Cry to the city; and teachers fear the name (of the Lord); hear, O king and rulers, and the rest of the people of the land.”

¹⁰ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? — are there yet the treasures in the house of the wicked? namely, such as had been gained by wickedness, by oppression and cheating;

— and the scant measure that is abominable? or for such practices as they were abominable and detestable to God; they stirred up his wrath, and brought destruction on those that used them. The Targum says, “false measures that bring a curse.”

¹¹ Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? — and with the bag of deceitful weights? or “stones” which were used in weighing goods and which were deceitful when a heavier was used in buying and a lighter in selling. So the Targum says, “and with the bag, in which are weights greater and lesser” condemned in Deuteronomy 25:13.

¹² For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. — for the rich men thereof are full of violence; that is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, Jerusalem or Samaria, or any or all the cities of Israel and Judah; the rich men of these cities,

— who had enough of the world and were under no temptation to do an ill thing, to get money; and yet their hands and their houses and their treasuries, as the Targum says, were full of goods gotten by violent measures, by the oppression of the poor and needy.

¹³ Therefore also will I make thee sick by smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. — therefore also will God make thee sick in smiting thee; with the rod to be heard by some of his sore judgments: as famine, pestilence, the sword of the enemy, civil disorders;

— and the like which should cause their kingdom and state and families to decline and waste away as a sickly and diseased body. So the Targum says “and I brought upon thee illness and a stroke.”

¹⁴ Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied, and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee. And thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. — thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; either not having enough to eat, for the refreshing and satisfying of nature;

— or else a blessing being withheld from food, though eaten, and so not nourishing; or a voracious and insatiable appetite being given as a curse; the first sense seems best;

— and you shall be overtaken: your enemies who lead your sons and daughters away into captivity; but you shall not rescue them and if you rescue them their end will be to the sword.

¹⁵ Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

— thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap, the enemy either destroying or robbing the crop; thou shalt tread the olives but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil since the enemy would plunder the stores; and sweet wine, these must as pressed from the grapes, but shalt not drink wine, the finished product.

¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels, that I should make thee a desolation and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: Therefore ye shall bear the reproach of My people.” — “bear the reproach of My people” ~ that is, other nations will make fun of you!

— the statutes of Omri; the people of both Israel and Judah, instead of keeping the commandments of the Lord diligently, adopted the statutes of the house of Omri, the founder of the idolatrous dynasty of Ahab;

— God should make thee a desolation, an object of astonishment and horror, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing, to be jeered at on every side; you will endure the scorn of other nations!

— therefore ye shall bear the reproach (rebuke, admonishment, admonition, hissing and chiding) of my people from the nations; that is, the chidings which is smeared upon the house of Jacob from the nations (the Goyim), if the house of Jacob have a form of godliness but deny its power, then this outward semblance is all the more liable to bring the Lord’s reproach upon such hypocrites; so that the nations could see and learn from their example.

Micah 7

¹ Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: There is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit. — Woe is for Micah as he was unhappy that he lived in such an age and among such a wicked people as he did! this the prophet exclaimed;

— there is no cluster to eat; his soul desired the first ripe fruit; there are few or none that are so truly and consistently pious as to delight in doing good to others or making them as happy as lies in their power.

² The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. — the good man is perished out of the earth; here Prophet Micah expresses in plain words what he had before delivered in figurative terms: the “good” or “godly” man;

— and there is none upright among the people; that are upright in heart and life; that have right spirits in them indeed, in whom there is no guile; and walk uprightly according to the rule of the divine word, truly honest, faithful men; very few such were to be found;

— they hunt every man his brother with a net as men lay nets for fish, fowl, beasts and hunt them; so these men laid snares not for strangers only but for their own brethren to entangle them in and defraud them; and this they would do even to their destruction, so the Targum says, “betray or deliver his brother to destruction.”

— there are very few righteous left because the majority in our society have succumbed to four great deceptions and lies in our modern era (Easter, Christmas, Sundays, holy ghosts; more at the end)

³ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man uttereth his wicked desire; so they wrap it up. — they that may do evil with both hands earnestly; Or strenuously, diligently to the utmost of their power, labouring at it with all their might and influence;

— as wicked men generally are more industrious and exertive to do evil than good; and even weary themselves to commit iniquity: the princes and judges asketh for a reward; and if they do it must be bribed and have a reward.

⁴ The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day of thy watchman and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. — the day of thy watchmen; either which the true prophets of the Lord, sometimes called watchmen, foretold should come but were discredited and despised will now most assuredly come;

— and now it should be seen whether it would be the day of their punishment for their false doctrines or prophecies promised only good times ahead; and thy visitation cometh; the time that God would punish the people in general for their iniquities; as well as their false prophets, princes, judges and others.

⁵ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. — put ye not confidence in a guide; in political matters, in civil affairs as civil magistrates, judges, counsellors or in domestic matters.

6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. — for the son dishonoreth the father, openly despising him; the daughter riseth up against her mother, refusing her the love and honor which she owes;

— the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, all the most sacred relationships being utterly broken down; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. Similar conditions preceded the fall of Jerusalem and will precede the end of the world.

⁷ Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

⁸ Rejoice not over me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. — rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; these are the words of the prophet in the house of Israel to their enemies;

— literally the Chaldeans or Edomites or both who rejoiced at the destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple and the calamities of the Jews were brought into judgement: “Rejoice not” God warnings to all the surrounding nations!

⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause and execute judgement for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness. — Micah felt he could bear the indignation of the Lord; the Targum prefaces these words with “Jerusalem saith”

— so, perhaps, these are the words of the prophet in the name of Jerusalem; with the humble submission which characterizes the repentant heart, because Jerusalem have sinned against God, such a free and unequivocal confession being essential if their sorrow is genuine;

— until Micah plead his cause, taking the part of his people against the enemies and execute judgement, maintaining and establishing God’s Kingdom in spite of all hostility;

¹⁰ Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her that said unto me, “Where is the Lord thy God?” Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. — this being the confident expectation of the Lord’s enemies and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord, thy God?

— God’s eyes shall behold her, with quiet satisfaction; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

¹¹ In that day thy walls are to be built; in that day shall the decree be far removed. — when Jerusalem is to be rebuilt, then it will be larger than it was previously; “far removed” refers to being extended outwards and implied these extended walls are the city limits.

¹² In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. — in that day God will also come to thee, the restored Zion, from Assyria and from the fortified cities where many of the ten tribes were;

— whither they were carried captives and from the fortress, namely, Assyria, even beyond the river Euphrates, to indicate all the countries lying between; and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain, from all the regions and countries of the earth, all those whom the Lord had chosen from the various countries of the world;

— here is a parallel from Ezekiel 6:3:

and say: ‘Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys: Behold I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. — this message to the “mountains of Israel;” these mountains refer to the United States, UK and France. . . .

— “and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys;” the hills: Ireland, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Finland, and Iceland; and the valleys, the low countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg;

— “and to the rivers;” where during the nineteenth century, the British Royal Navy were known to “Rule the Waves;” and the United States having been plowing up and down the five oceans with her Seven Fleets since the British left the scene.

¹³ Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, because of the fruit of their doings. — notwithstanding the land shall be desolate, perhaps because of being negligent of observing the land Sabbath; the reference to the land of Israel;

— possessed by the ten tribes and at the latter days shall be desolate; perhaps for 190 years; because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit or consequence of their doings; the fruit of their doings are the fruits of their wickedness, which is desolation: by fire, pestilence and famine, and by the Sword; but why, possibly because they didn’t keep the land Sabbath all these years?

¹⁴ Rule Thy people with Thy rod, the flock of Thine heritage, who dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. — led thy people with thy rod, with a true shepherd’s care, the staff being the mark of the shepherd;

— the Targum says, “feed thy people with thy word, the people of thine inheritance, in the age which is to be renewed.”

¹⁵ “As in the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, will I show unto them marvelous things.” — according to the days of thy coming out of Egypt when God overthrew thy enemies with a mighty hand and revealed his goodness to Israel show unto him marvelous things.

¹⁶ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf. — the Gentile nations around shall see and be stunned with it and scarce to know what they hear; thrive will stop any more hearing at what is being told to them.

¹⁷ They shall lick the dust like a serpent; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of Thee.

— the nations shall lick the dust like a serpent, in deepest humiliation; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth, literally, “as those things that creep on the earth” they shall tremble forth out of their hiding-places;

— the nations around shall be afraid of the Lord, Israel’s God, approaching him with terror, and shall fear because of him. With these words the prophet, Micah, once more turns directly to and addressing him in words of praise.

¹⁸ Who is a God like unto Thee, who pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy. — the nations around Israel will expressed among themselves, “Who is a God like unto Thee!”

¹⁹ He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities. And Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. — God will turn again, so the prophet, Micah, assures the believers; God will have compassion upon everyone;

— he will subdue our iniquities, treading them down like enemies that rise up against the believers; and he wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea, so that they are covered over and can no more rise to condemn the Lord’s people.

²⁰ Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. — thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob; that is, the promise made to Jacob, the Lord would faithfully perform and make good to his posterity, natural and spiritual, especially to those who are Israelites indeed;

— and the mercy to Abraham; the gracious promises made to him, which sprung from grace and mercy; all respecting his natural and spiritual Seed; and especially the promise of the coming of the Millennium and the Messianic Age, that Seed of his in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed; and which is the eminent instance of the mercy and grace of God to all nations of the world that walk in the steps of Abraham.

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Four Great Deceptions:

(a) Easters, a celebration of the Queen of heaven: Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility and sex. Her symbols (like the egg and bunny) were and still are fertility and sex symbols; and to those who actually think eggs and bunnies have something to do with the resurrection; Jeremiah 7:18 the women knead their dough to make cakes to the Queen of heaven; in Egypt, Jeremiah 44:17-19, 25, this is Ishtar: pronounced ‘Easter.’

(b) Christmas; Ezekiel 8:16 five and twenty men with their backs toward the temple; their faces toward the east; and they worshiped the sun toward the east; Christmas, which honor Mithraism, birthday on December 25th – a form of nature worship based on the Sun-Goddess Mithra who on the darkest night of the year (December 20/21), gives birth to “Light” causing each day thereafter to grow longer until the Summer solstice;

(c) Sundays; her sabbaths which is Sundays, where the original keepers were the Samaritans, brought from Assyria: And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof, II Kings 17:24.

— today, more than 98.5 percent of Pretenders are honoring the SUN by observing SUNday worship. Ezekiel 8:16 They have “their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east; and they worshiped the SUN toward the east; whose penalty is to be stoned to death, Deuteronomy 17:3-5 – ’till they die.

— also, following the SUN-worshipping Samaritans, most Church of God Communities are showing their contempt for God by having their “wavesheaf offering” and Pentecost on a SUNday; always on a SUNday. And these are supposedly in God’s Sanctuary, but God says He is a jealous God, so these pretentious Christians could be spewed out of His mouth! A death penalty – ’till they die!

(d) Holy Ghosts or holy ghosts? – Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; if the Spirit is a Being or an independent Personage; there would be seven Holy Spirits;

— and with these we would add Jesus Christ the Son, and God the Father, then there would be nine Personage; we should have a Polygon or a Nonagon; so surely the Godhead would be a Polyty or a Nonaty; nine heads, that would be more like an Indian goddess Mahakali (“Great Kali”) with numerous heads far more gruesome than a Trinity!

— more about the missing Holy Ghost; indeed he’s real and around; he was created full of wisdom and beauty, his head swelled up so much that he wanted to be like the Most High: these clues are giving in the book of Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14.

~ by Joel Huan on February 2, 2023.

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