THE
BIBLICAL MESSIAH - Zerubbabel
Qualifications
of Zerubbabel's Claim
ANOINTING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (MASHIACH/MESSIAH)
Zechariah
4:6
BRANCH
Isaiah
11:1
Zech
3:8
Zech
6:12
SERVANT
Ezekiel
34:24
Haggai
2:23
SERVANT
IS THE BRANCH
Zech
3:8
BUILD
TEMPLE
Haggai
1:14
Zech
6:12
Ezekiel
37:26
Zech
4:8
BRANCH
BUILDS THE TEMPLE
Zech
6:12
ZERUBBABEL
BUILDS THE TEMPLE, THUS BEING THE BRANCH
Zech
4:9
ZERUBBABEL
IS THE BRANCH, THUS HE IS THE SERVANT
Zech
6:12
Zech
4:9
Zech
3:8
Ezekiel
34:24
GATHER
ISRAEL
Isaiah
11:10
Nehemiah
7:7
Nehemiah
12:1
Zech
4:10
GOD'S
AUTHORITY
Isaiah
11:2
Haggai
2:23
The
Messiah
Zechariah
4:6
New
Century Version (NCV)
6
Then he told me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
'You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but
by my Spirit,' says the Lord All-Powerful.
Isaiah
11
Isaiah
11
The
King of Peace Is Coming
1
A new branch will grow
from
a stump of a tree;
so
a new king will come
from
the family of Jesse.[a]
2
The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon that king.
The
Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding, guidance and
power.
The
Spirit will teach him to know and respect the Lord.
3
This king will be glad to obey the Lord.
He
will not judge by the way things look
or
decide by what he hears.
4
But he will judge the poor honestly;
he
will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land.
At
his command evil people will be punished,
and
by his words the wicked will be put to death.
5
Goodness and fairness will give him strength,
like
a belt around his waist.
6
Then wolves will live in peace with lambs,
and
leopards will lie down to rest with goats.
Calves,
lions, and young bulls will eat together,
and
a little child will lead them.
7
Cows and bears will eat together in peace.
Their
young will lie down to rest together.
Lions
will eat hay as oxen do.
8
A baby will be able to play near a cobra's hole,
and
a child will be able to put his hand into the nest of a poisonous
snake.
9
They will not hurt or destroy each other
on
all my holy mountain,
because
the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord,
as
the sea is full of water.
10
At that time the new king from the family of Jesse will stand as a
banner for all peoples. The nations will come together around him,
and the place where he lives will be filled with glory.11 At that
time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left
alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia,
Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.
12
God will raise a banner as a sign for all nations,
and
he will gather the people of Israel who were forced from their
country.
He
will gather the scattered people of Judah
from
all parts of the earth.
13
At that time Israel will not be jealous anymore,
and
Judah will have no more enemies.
Israel
will not be jealous of Judah,
and
Judah will not hate Israel.
14
But Israel and Judah will attack the Philistines on the
west.
Together
they will take the riches from the people of the east.
They
will conquer Edom and Moab,
and
the people of Ammon will be under their control.
15
The Lord will dry up
the
Red Sea of Egypt.
He
will wave his arm over the Euphrates River
and
dry it up with a scorching wind.
He
will divide it into seven small rivers
so
that people can walk across them with their sandals on.
16
So God's people who are left alive
will
have a way to leave Assyria,
just
like the time the Israelites
came
out of Egypt.
Nehemiah
7:7
Nehemiah
7:7
New
Century Version (NCV)
7
These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,
Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and
Baanah.
These
are the people from Israel:
Nehemiah
12:1
Nehemiah
12:1
New
Century Version (NCV)
Nehemiah
12
Priests
and Levites
1
These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of
Shealtiel and with Jeshua. There were Seraiah, Jeremiah,
Ezra,
Nehemiah
12:46-47
Nehemiah
12:46-47
New
Century Version (NCV)
46
Earlier, in the time of David and Asaph, there was a leader of the
singers and of the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.47 So it
was in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah. All the people of Israel
gave something to the singers and gatekeepers, and they also set
aside part for the Levites. Then the Levites set aside part for the
descendants of Aaron.
Ezekiel
34:23-24
Ezekiel
34:23-24
New
Century Version (NCV)
23
Then I will put over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will
feed them and tend them and be their shepherd.24 Then I, the Lord,
will be their God, and my servant David will be a ruler among them.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Jeremiah
30:8-9
Jeremiah
30:8-9
New
Century Version (NCV)
8
The Lord All-Powerful says, "At that time
I
will break the yoke from their necks
and
tear off the ropes that hold them.
Foreign
people will never again make my people slaves.
9
They will serve the Lord their God
and
David their king,
whom
I will send to them.
Haggai
1
Haggai
1
New
Century Version (NCV)
Haggai
1
The
Temple Is Rebuilt
It
Is Time to Build the Temple
1
The prophet Haggai spoke the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel son of
Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the
high priest. This message came in the second year that Darius was
king, on the first day of the sixth month:
2
"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: 'The people say the
right time has not come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.' "
3
Then Haggai the prophet spoke the word of the Lord:4 "Is it
right for you to be living in fancy houses while the Temple is still
in ruins?"
5
This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you
have done.6 You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat,
but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You
put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then
you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes."
7
This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you
have done.8 Go up to the mountains, bring back wood, and build the
Temple. Then I will be pleased with it and be honored," says the
Lord.9 "You look for much, but you find little. When you bring
it home, I destroy it. Why?" asks the Lord All-Powerful.
"Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is
still in ruins!10 Because of what you have done, the sky holds back
its rain and the ground holds back its crops.11 I have called for a
time without rain on the land, and on the mountains, and on the
grain, the new wine, the olive oil, the plants which the earth
produces, the people, the farm animals, and all the work of your
hands."
12
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, and all the rest of the people who were left alive obeyed the
Lord their God and the message from Haggai the prophet, because the
Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.
13
Haggai, the Lord's messenger, gave the Lord's message to the people,
saying, "The Lord says, 'I am with you.' "14 The Lord
stirred up Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and
Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the
people who were left alive. So they came and worked on the Temple of
their God, the Lord All-Powerful.15 They began on the twenty-fourth
day of the sixth month in the second year Darius was king.
Haggai
1:1
Haggai
1
New
Century Version (NCV)
Haggai
1
The
Temple Is Rebuilt
It
Is Time to Build the Temple
1
The prophet Haggai spoke the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel son of
Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the
high priest. This message came in the second year that Darius was
king, on the first day of the sixth month:
Haggai
2:20-23
Haggai
2:20-23
New
Century Version (NCV)
The
Lord Makes a Promise to Zerubbabel
20
Then the Lord spoke his word a second time to Haggai on the
twenty-fourth day of the month. He said,21 "Tell Zerubbabel, the
governor of Judah, 'I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.22
I will destroy the foreign kingdoms and take away the power of the
kingdoms of the nations. I will destroy the chariots and their
riders. The horses will fall with their riders, as people kill each
other with swords.' 23 The Lord All-Powerful says, 'On that day I
will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,' says the
Lord, 'and I will make you important like my signet ring, because I
have chosen you!' says the Lord All-Powerful."
Zechariah
4:6-10 & Ezekiel 37:24-28
Zechariah
4:6-10
New
Century Version (NCV)
6
Then he told me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
'You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but
by my Spirit,' says the Lord All-Powerful.
7
"Who are you, big mountain? In front of Zerubbabel you will
become flat land, and he will bring out the topmost stone, shouting,
'It's beautiful! It's beautiful!' "
8
Then the Lord spoke his word to me again, saying,9 "Zerubbabel
has laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then
you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.
10
"The people should not think that small beginnings are
unimportant. They will be happy when they see Zerubbabel with tools,
building the Temple.
"(These
are the seven eyes of the Lord, which look back and forth across the
earth.)"
Ezekiel
37:24-28
New
Century Version (NCV)
24
" 'My servant David will be their king, and they will all have
one shepherd. They will live by my rules and obey my laws.25 They
will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land in which
your ancestors lived. They will all live on the land forever: they,
their children, and their grandchildren. David my servant will be
their king forever.26 I will make an agreement of peace with them, an
agreement that continues forever. I will put them in their land and
make them grow in number. Then I will put my Temple among them
forever.27 The place where I live will be with them. I will be their
God, and they will be my people.28 When my Temple is among them
forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, make Israel holy.'
"
Zechariah
6:12 & Zechariah 3:8 & Zechariah 4:6-7
Zechariah
6:12
New
Century Version (NCV)
12
Tell him this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: 'A man whose name
is the Branch will branch out from where he is, and he will build the
Temple of the Lord.
Zechariah
3:8
New
Century Version (NCV)
8
" 'Listen, Joshua, the high priest, and your friends who are
sitting in front of you. They are symbols of what will happen. I am
going to bring my servant called the Branch.
Zechariah
4:6-7
New
Century Version (NCV)
6
Then he told me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
'You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but
by my Spirit,' says the Lord All-Powerful.
7
"Who are you, big mountain? In front of Zerubbabel you will
become flat land, and he will bring out the topmost stone, shouting,
'It's beautiful! It's beautiful!' "
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Discussion
on Micah 5:1
Micah 5 - Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
5 (2) But
you, Beit-Lechem near Efrat,
so small among the clans of
Y’hudah,
out of you will come forth to me
the future ruler of
Isra’el,
whose origins are far in the past,
back in ancient
times.
Bethlehem is called one of the tribes of Judah. And it
is also called a little tribe. This shows the humility of this future
ruler of Israel. He is born from a humble little village, but will
rule Israel. The origins of this ruler are from ancient times. What
can we derive from this? It is potentially a Messianic prophecy
pertaining to Zerubbabel, as he is of the clan of Bethlehem, being
descended from King David. Zerubbabel's origin, or his family 'Clan'
is Bethlehem, being descended from King David, so tying this prophecy
with Zerubbabel seems quite acceptable. The origins of Zerubbabel are
shown as ancient origins, which appears to teach that the House of
Bethlehem goes back to ancient times. From the time period of Micah,
the ancient times could genuinely refer to the times of King David
from Bethlehem, whose history at that point was likely considered
ancient (from the perspective of Micah).
At
the resurrection of the dead, Zerubbabel is to be restored to his
Governance over Judah. The Temple is to again be rebuilt. It was
built in his own time by his own hands. This is not some fabulous
second coming of the Messiah. In fact, Zerubbabel fulfilled the work
of the Messiah for the most part in his original earthly life. The
document 'Zerubbabel the Messiah' makes this quite clear. Yet, in the
resurrection of the dead, which is from Daniel chapter 12, which is
still waiting fulfillment, it is appropriate time for the restoration
of the house of the Christ, and his work in ruling Israel, and
uniting the House of Judah with the House of Israel. This work
belongs to Zerubbabel. It is also his work to bring peace to Zion -
the Mountain of the Lord - and bring an end to death and suffering on
Zion. (Isaiah 2 & Isaiah 11). Nearly all the book of Daniel has
been fulfilled. The 4 beasts, the Abomination of Desolation and the
waiting of the Days has all been fulfilled a few thousand years ago.
But because they lacked faith, no resurrection occurred. In the time
of Zerubbabel and onwards, they were meant to live the life of trees
(Isaiah 65), and those who failed to reach 100 were considered
accursed. By and large very few ( if any) lived the life of trees, so
the nation fell into a curse, and could not yet at that point which
was expected, receive its blessing of resurrection. God offers reward
and blessing for service, but curses for disobedience. This is, for
example, and integral part of David's Covenant, But Israel's also (eg
Leviticus 26 & Psalm 89). It is anticipated with the restoration
of Israel from exile in the 1940s, the resurrection is imminent.
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Discussion
on Psalm 2
Psalm 2 - Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
2 Why are
the nations in an uproar,
the peoples grumbling in vain?
2 The
earth’s kings are taking positions,
leaders conspiring
together,
against Adonai
and his anointed.
3 They
cry, “Let’s break their fetters!
Let’s throw off their
chains!”
4 He who sits in heaven laughs;
Adonai looks
at them in derision.
5 Then in his anger he rebukes
them,
terrifies them in his fury.
6 “I myself have
installed my king
on Tziyon, my holy mountain.”
7 “I
will proclaim the decree:
Adonai said to me,
‘You are my
son;
today I became your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will
make
the nations your inheritance;
the whole wide world
will
be your possession.
9 You will break them with an iron
rod,
shatter them like a clay pot.’”
10 Therefore,
kings, be wise;
be warned, you judges of the
earth.
11 Serve Adonai with fear;
rejoice, but
with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry,
and you
perish along the way,
when suddenly his anger blazes.
How
blessed are all who take refuge in him.
The King referred to
in this Psalm is seated on Mt Zion and called the Son of God. In
Psalm 89 we see how King David (who God had enthroned in Jerusalem)
was called the 'Firstborn Son of God'.
Here is some information on
Mt Zioin from wikipedia.
Mount Zion. Mount Zion (Hebrew: הַר
צִיוֹן,
Har Tsiyyon; Arabic: جبل
صهيون,
Jabel Sahyoun) is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the
Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first
for the City of David (2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Kings 8:1,
2 Chronicles 5:2) and later for the Temple Mount, but its meaning has
shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's
so-called Western Hill. In a wider sense, the term is also used for
the entire Land of Israel.
The etymology of the word Zion is
uncertain. Mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Samuel (2 Samuel
5:7) as the name of the Jebusite fortress conquered by King David,
its origin likely predates the Israelites. If Semitic, it may be
associated with the Hebrew root ''ṣiyyôn ("castle") or
the Arabic root ṣiyya ("dry land") or the Arabic šanā
("protect" or "citadel"). It might also be
related to the Arabic root ṣahî ("ascend to the top") or
ṣuhhay ("tower" or "the top of the mountain").
A non-Semitic relationship to the Hurrian word šeya ("river"
or "brook") has also been suggested.
Sahyun (Arabic:
صهيون,
Ṣahyūn or Ṣihyūn) is the word for Zion in Arabic and Syriac.[7]
A valley called Wâdi Sahyûn (wadi being the Arabic for "valley")
seemingly preserves the name and is located approximately one and
three-quarter miles (2.8 km) from the Old City of Jerusalem's Jaffa
Gate.
The phrase Har Tzion, lit. "Mount Zion", appears
nine times in the Tanakh. It is spelled with a Tzadi and not
Zayin.
The name Mount Zion referred successively to three
locations, as Jerusalemites preserved the time-honoured name, but
shifted the location they venerated as the focal point of biblical
Jerusalem to the site considered most appropriate in their own
time.
At first, Mount Zion was the name given to the Jebusite
fortified city on the lower part of ancient Jerusalem's Eastern Hill,
also known as the City of David.
According to the Book of Samuel,
Mount Zion was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the
"stronghold of Zion" that was conquered by King David, then
renamed and partially rebuilt by him as the "City of David",
where he erected his palace.
Once the First Temple was erected at
the top of the Eastern Hill, the name "Mount Zion" migrated
there too.
After the conquest of the Jebusite city, its build-up
area expanded northward towards the uppermost part of the same,
Eastern Hill. This highest part became the site of Solomon's
Temple.
The identification of the pre-Israelite (Jebusite) and
Israelite towns on the Eastern Hill is based on the existence of only
one perennial water source in the area, the Gihon Spring, and on
archaeological excavations revealing sections of the Bronze Age and
Iron Age city walls and water systems.
The "Mount Zion"
mentioned in the later parts of the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 60:14), in
the Book of Psalms, and the First Book of Maccabees (c. 2nd century
BCE) seems to refer to the top of the hill, generally known as the
Temple Mount.
The last shift of the name Mount Zion was to the
Western Hill, which is more dominant than the Eastern Hill and seemed
to first-century CE Jerusalemites the worthier location for the
by-then lost palace of King David. The Western Hill is what today is
called Mount Zion.
In the second half of the First Temple period,
the city expanded westward and its defensive walls were extended to
include the entire Western Hill behind them. Nebuchadnezzar II
destroyed the city almost completely around 586 BCE, severing the
continuity of historical memory. A long period of rebuilding
followed, ending with Jerusalem's second total destruction at the
hands of the Romans in 70 CE. Josephus, the first-century CE
historian who knew the city as it was before this second catastrophic
event, identified Mount Zion as being the Western Hill, separated
from the lower, Eastern Hill, by what he calls the "Tyropoeon
Valley". It must however be said that Josephus never used the
name "Mount Zion" in any of his writings, but described the
"Citadel" of king David as being situated on the higher and
longer hill, thus pointing at the Western Hill as what the Bible
calls Mount Zion.
At the end of the Roman period, a synagogue was
built at the entrance of the structure known as David's Tomb,
probably based on the belief that David brought the Ark of the
Covenant here from Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Ye'arim before the
construction of the Temple.
During the 1948 war, Mount Zion was
conquered by the Harel Brigade on May 18, 1948 and became the only
part of the Old City to stay in Israeli hands until the armistice. At
first it was linked to the Jewish neighborhood of Yemin Moshe across
the Valley of Hinnom via a narrow tunnel, but eventually an
alternative was needed to evacuate the wounded and transport supplies
to soldiers on Mt. Zion. A cable car capable of carrying a load of
250 kilos was designed for this purpose. The cable car was only used
at night and lowered into the valley during the day to escape
detection; it is still in place at what is now the Mount Zion Hotel.
The ride from the Israeli position at the St. John Eye Hospital to
Mount Zion took two minutes.
Between 1948 and 1967, when the Old
City was under Jordanian occupation, Israelis were forbidden access
to the Jewish holy places. Mount Zion was a designated no-man's land
between Israel and Jordan. Mount Zion was the closest accessible site
to the ancient Jewish Temple. Until East Jerusalem was captured by
Israel in the Six-Day War, Israelis would climb to the rooftop of
David's Tomb to pray. The winding road leading up to Mount Zion is
known as Pope's Way (Derekh Ha'apifyor). It was paved in honor of the
historic visit to Jerusalem of Pope Paul VI in 1964.
The Tanakh
reference to Har Tzion (Mount Tzion) that identifies its location is
derived from the Psalm 48 composed by the sons of Korah, i.e.
Levites, as "the northern side of the city of the great king",
which Radak interprets as the City of David "from the City of
David, which is Zion (1 Kings 8:1-2; 2 Chron. 5:2)". 2 Samuel
5:7 also reads, "David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is
the city of David," which identifies Mount Tzion as part of the
City of David, and not an area outside today's Old City of Jerusalem.
Rashi identifies the location as the source of "joy"
mentioned in the Psalm as the Temple Courtyard, the location of
atonement offerings in the northern part of the Temple complex.
In
the New Testament Mount Zion is used metaphorically to refer to the
heavenly Jerusalem, God’s holy, eternal city. Christians are said
to have “ . . . come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to
the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered
in heaven”
According to local legend, the two engineers who
planned the restoration of the Old City walls in 1538 mistakenly left
Mt. Zion and King David’s tomb outside the walls. The Turkish
sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, was so enraged that he had the two
put to death.
Important sites on Mount Zion are Dormition Abbey,
King David's Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Most historians
and archeologists today do not regard "David's Tomb" there
to be the actual burial place of King David. The Chamber of the
Holocaust (Martef HaShoah), the precursor of Yad Vashem, is also
located on Mount Zion. Another place of interest is the Catholic
cemetery where Oskar Schindler, a Righteous Gentile who saved the
lives of 1,200 Jews in the Holocaust, is buried. Notable burials in
the Protestant cemetery on Mt. Zion include the architect Conrad
Schick.
In 1874, an Englishman, Henry Maudsley, discovered a large
segment of rock scarp and numerous ancient dressed stones on Mount
Zion that were believed to be the base of Josephus's First Wall.
Several of these stones were used to construct a retaining wall
outside the main gate of the Bishop Gobat school (later known as the
American Institute of Holy Land Studies and Jerusalem University
College).
We see in 2 Samuel 5:7
2 Samuel 5:7 - Complete
Jewish Bible (CJB)
7 Nevertheless, David captured the
stronghold of Tziyon (Zion), also known [now] as the City of
David.
The relevant bit is 'Ask of Me and I will make the
Nations your inheritance.' This never occurred for King David or for
Zerubbabel. That being said, this is a Psalm. It is not recorded in
this Psalm that it was communicated by God to the Psalter. In fact,
like many of the books of the Bible, the book of Psalms included, the
terminology of 'Thus says the Lord' of 'The Lord Commanded' is
completely absent. It abounds in the written Torah (pentateuch) and
in the writings of the prophets (eg Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) etc,
but is not entirely noticeable in other biblical works. The Book of
Daniel claims discussion with the Angels, and the apparent 'Book of
Truth' but no direct dialogue with God or God's theophany.
The
Psalm appears to be a proclamation of the Kingship of David, and his
status as Firstborn son of God, as Psalm 89 reiterates. The actual
authority over the world was never realized, and was perhaps just
zealous ambition on the part of the Psalter. Without a clear
clarification that this Psalm is the direct 'Word' or 'Communication'
from God from the psalter of this Psalm, it must be considered
'Inspirational Teaching' but it is difficult to classify it as the
Word of God. Thus it does not really classify as Messianic Prophecy.
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HOWEVER, the Spirit has been arguing with me. Perhaps God honoured what he could of the prophecies of the Neviim, and what could be fulfilled, was fulfilled, to honour the words of the Prophets. But there were things, under this avenue of logic, that couldn't be fulfilled, as they were not in harmony with earlier portions of Torah message which God had already imparted to mankind. A Resurrection of the dead may simply not be the plan of God for the future of mankind, and perhaps we are only meant to anticipate eternity in heaven. The jury is still out on this idea. I await on the truth, and consistency from God in what he teaches me. History will reveal what will be.
SOME
VIEWPOINTS
The
first temple was built by Solomon
The
Babylonians destroyed it
Judah
went into Exile
They
returned from Exile
Zerubbabel
oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple (See
Zechariah)
Zerubbabel
was the anointed one – the Messiah – Of Isaiah 11 &
Daniel
9
The
Greeks – Under Antiochus Epiphanes IV CUT OFF the anointed one
The
Abomination of Desolation was set up
The
Second Temple was destroyed
Antiochus
Came to an End (Daniel 11)
Michael
Arose and Redeemed Israel (Daniel 12) – Judas Maccabeus Arose
and
Redeemed Israel (1 & 2 Maccabees)
The
Temple was restored
Daniel
7 to 12 was fulfilled in these events
The
Tanakh – the Jews Scriptures – were completely fulfilled by
this
point
prophetically
THE
REAL MESSIAH
So
Zerubbabel was the fulfilment of the Figure of Isaiah 11.
ZERUBBABEL
WAS THE MESSIAH OF ISAIAH 11
During
his time the Second Temple was rebuilt. The exiles returned
to
Israel.
The gentiles sought his glory.
Isaiah
11 prophesied those things specifically. If you read through
the
book of Zechariah the prophet in the Bible these things
happened
during
the time of Zerubbabel.
ZERUBBABEL
WAS THE MESSIAH OF ISAIAH 11
THE
REAL EVERLASTING FATHER AND PRINCE OF PEACE
The
figure of Isaiah 9:5-6 was
KING
HEZEKIAH
During
his time the areas of Zebulun and the northern kingdoms were to
see
a great light, as the early parts of Isaiah chapter 9 prophesy.
When
you read the history of King Hezekiah in the bible, it becomes
clear
that he was such a light to the northern parts of Israel.
King
Hezekiah was the promised child ‘Emmannuel’ who some
mistakenly
think
was a virgin birth. She was just a virgin of the King, who
Sired
King Hezekiah.
NOW
One
of the points of the scriptures was to serve as PRIMARY TEACHING
AND
AN EXAMPLE FOR ISRAEL
ISRAEL
would learn from the Scriptures
God
would logically treat Israel and the world according to the
teachings
of Scripture
He
would again follow his BIBLICAL THEMES
In
Approximately 67-63 BC The Romans conquered Jerusalem –
General
Pompey
was a central figure
ANOTHER
Abomination of Desolation was set up
Following
his biblical completed canon, the Lord would logically
address
issues in a similar way
He
raised up another redeemer to defeat the Growing Roman Empire
This
Redeemer Built the Roman Catholic Church which defeated the
Roman
Beast
Jesus
was his name
He
is NOT prophesied of in the Tanakh
There
is NO reference to him in the Tanakh
He
is NOT any promise whatsoever in the Tanakh
EXCEPT
The truth that
God
follows the biblical themes in dealing with Israel and
Mankind
Thus
Jesus
After
Zerubbabel the Real Messiah
Was
a Secondary Messiah of Biblical Principle rather than
Biblical
prophecy
Having
said that, Jesus would have to fulfil Messianic expectations
The
teachings of the New Testament and the history of the
Church
Chronicle
this
INTERESTING
In
AD 70 The Romans fought off the Jewish Uprising again
Another
Abomination of Desolation was set up
In
AD 135 Simon Bar Kokbah arose and fought off the Romans
He
WAS called Messiah by a very large percentage of the
Jewish
Population
for a while
He
ALSO fulfilled biblical themes of being a Messiah
The
4 beasts of Daniel 7
were
Babylon
Chaldea
Persia
Greece
The
7 headed beast of revelation built on the 4
It
went
Babylon
Chaldea
Persia
Greece
When
John the Apostle wrote Revelation (around AD 90) there were 5
beasts
who had falled
The
fifth head was Rome
Now
The
sixth, seventh, & final eighth head were ALL Rome
Nero
was the Antichrist Figure
The
war of Armageddon was spiritual – not physical – because
the
churches
war was NOT against flesh
And
blood, but against spiritual powers
The
beast of the Roman Empire was defeated by the Church
Triumphant
Constantine
heralded in the Millennium
1000
years later Satan was dealt with
The
Church reigned triumphant during the post millennial
period
YET
Ancient
church taught 2000 years of Innocence
2000
years of Law
2000
years of Gospel
And
THEN the return of Jesus
St
Malarchi predicted – so far accurately – descriptions of the
latter
day
popes
Pope
Benedict XVI is the Glory of the Olives in this prophecy
The
Second Last Pope
The
Last Pope is Peter the Roman – Peter the Second
Then
Malarchi prophesies the return of Jesus Christ
The
gospel began when jesus turned 12
2000
years afterwards is 2012 AD
We
are dealing with approximations, as the biblical calendar is
about
6176
Since Creation
Israel
was in Egypt 400 years promised to Abraham
Technically
it was 430
These
are acceptable apprximations
With
the next Pope
Jesus
should be back
As
a messianic figure of Biblical Themes, Jesus sought God’s
will
Haven
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