| E-MAIL SERVICE | Sign me up to receive the daily Word of Righteousness free via my E-mail address! ( ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH ) | |
| ARCHIVES | I want to check out the daily Words of Righteousness for any of the last fourteen days or from previous weeks. ( ENGLISH ONLY ) | |
| FEEDBACK | I have a question or comment about today's Word of Righteousness. ( ENGLISH AND SPANISH ONLY ) | |
| BOOK LIST | I would like to see the complete book list of the Words of Righteousness author Robert B. Thompson. (SOME SPANISH TITLES AVAILABLE ) |
The Daily Word of Righteousness
You Are My People, #34
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. (Isaiah 60:9)
The nations of the saved of the earth, the "sheep nations," those who were kind to the Lord's brothers, will bring their glory and wealth to Jerusalem.
Compare:
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. (Revelation 21:24)
There can be no doubt, in the mind of the careful student of the Scriptures, that Isaiah 60:9 and Revelation 21:24 are speaking of the same fulfillment. Since the holy city is referred to as "the bride, the Lamb's wife," we know the new Jerusalem is the glorified Church of Christ.
The Names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel Are Inscribed On the Gates of the New Jerusalem, the Glorified Church
We find the names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written on the gates of the wall of the new Jerusalem, while the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb are inscribed in the foundations of the wall.
The new Jerusalem, beyond all question, is the Wife of the Lamb, the glorified Church, the Body of Christ. The fact that the names of the tribe of Israel, and the names of the twelve Jewish Apostles of the Lamb, are written on the gates and foundations of the wall, significantly reveals Israel to be the Kingdom of God—an Israel born again in Christ.
Thus the new Jerusalem, the hope and destiny of every true member of God's elect, has on its gates and foundations of its wall the names of twenty-four Jews.
Conclusion
The Kingdom of God is a Divine Seed, not a religion.
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:13)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3)
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, (Galatians 4:19)
A religion is an organized program of beliefs and rituals. In this sense, the central elements of both biblical Judaism and the Gospel of the Kingdom are not a part of religion.
Biblical Judaism and the new covenant are one whole, and the same revelation, except that the new covenant is a fuller development of God's intention.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:1,2)
The same God has spoken; the same redemption is offered; the same Son is presented, although not as clearly under the old covenant as under the new.
To be continued.