Jerusalem and the kingdom of God
Jerusalem
is builded as a city that is joined
together in unity
In the Rabbinic literature, the unbreakable bond between the heavenly and the earthly Jerusalem is
strikingly emphasized. Allegedly, rabbi Yochanan
ben Zakkai would have
taught already that opinion. Speaking about the redemption of Jerusalem on
earth, he would have said, referring to Psalm 122:3 >> “The heavenly
Jerusalem can not be complete as long as the earthly city has not been
redeemed”.
For this reason, and good biblical reasons as well, in this
study from now we refer to Jerusalem-heavenly and Jerusalem-earthly.
During the attack on Jerusalem by the Romans in
70 AD, this
rabbi in secret led talks with them and tried to obtain permission to establish
a religious center in Javne,
as an alternative to the city of Jerusalem. His intention was to ensure
the continuation of the halakha founded religion.
In his days, the view was adopted that the city
of the temple - the real Jerusalem for which should be fought and a normal life
maintained - was supplanted by a kind of heavenly
Jerusalem, where no tax was levied and where existed no
sewage problems. It was the Jerusalem of angels; of gold and crystal; of
emerald roofs, etc.
Earthly Jerusalem at that time was not something to
negotiate. After the fall of the city, the Romans set on fire all but that
was combustible. Afterwards, when they had rebuilt the city, they renamed
it Aelia Capitolina.
In our view, in Revelation 22:14, a prophetic vision can
be seen about the things on which Yochanan had
raised his hopes: the earthly
Jerusalem in a state of redemption:
Blessed are those who
wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may
enter the city by the gates.
Obviously this announcement is additional to the vision in Revelation 7:9-17,
where a great multitude is seen, safely coming forth out of the (still)
future Great Tribulation, in Jeremiah 30:7 named the time of Jacob’s
Trouble.
Moreover, those members of that Great Crowd, for what reason will they experience such a blessed privilege? They
still believed in the redemptive sacrifice of Messiah Yeshua’s own life:
And one of the elders
answered, saying unto me, “These who are clothed in white robes, who
are they, and whence did they come?”
And I said to him: “My
Lord, you know”.
And he said to me, “These
are those who came out of the great tribulation, and they washed
their robes and made them white in the blood
of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and they render
him sacred service in his temple sanctuary day and night. And he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over
them. They will not hunger nor will they thirst anymore; the sun nor any heat will fall on them. For the Lamb
who is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them and guide them to springs
of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from
their eyes”.
In this Scripture part we find described how in due time - during the
70th Year Week for Israel - one of the many restoration-prophecies of the
Tanakh, namely Isaiah 49:8-10, will be brought to reality. The
redemption of Zion (Jerusalem) will then be a joyous event (Daniel
9:24-27).
The Great Crowd of Jewish believers will be granted entrance
into the Temple city, the New Jerusalem, through its gates; as a result of the fact that they washed
their long robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.
That the New Jerusalem is partly heavenly and partly
earthly, making it possible that also one
on earth can enter the city, can be deduced from the way the city is described
further in Revelation 21:9-14
And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls full
of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here! I
will show the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb”. And
he carried me away in spirit upon a great and lofty mountain, and he showed me
the holy City Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the
glory of God. Its radiance like a most precious stone, like a jasper
stone, shining crystal-clear; having a great and lofty wall; having twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were inscribed,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the
south three gates, and on the west three gates. And
the wall of the City has twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
So, the heavenly part of the
Temple-city is identified as the
Bride, the Wife of the Lamb, a ‘wife’
who has the glory of God himself! No wonder, because
she is coming out of the immediate presence of God, which is emphasized by her
radiance, which is like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone shining
crystal-clear.
Ezekiel 5:5 on the other hand focuses on the earth
when expressing prophetically the importance of the City amid the surrounding
pagan nations, the Gentiles: Thus the Lord YHWH is saying: This is Jerusalem; in the midst
of the heathen nations I have set her, and lands all around her.
Owing to the reciprocity between Jerusalem-heavenly and Jerusalem-earthly, that description is significant.
When namely - at the start of the transition to
the Millennium - Jerusalem on earth
is becoming very important for the Gentiles who surround her, that certainly
also holds good for the heavenly
part of ‘Jerusalem’. After all, within Elohim's eternal purpose, his intent with the
City is that the Gentiles are going to receive the promised blessings
through Abraham's seed; as was promised to the Patriarch in Genesis 22:16-18
>>
Truly, I swear by myself, is the
utterance of YHWH, that due to the fact that you have done this thing and
not withheld your son, your only one, I will surely bless you and I will surely
multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the grains of sand that
are on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies. And in your seed shall
bless themselves all the nations of the earth, due to the fact that you
have listened to my voice.
Only in her state of redemption, the Jewish Congregation on earth can
become to a blessing for the Gentile peoples. Her own situation that will make
her suitable for such precious appointment, will be exactly as foretold (for
example) in Ezekiel 36:24-28 >>
I want to take you from
among the nations and gather you out of all the countries and bring you on
your ground. And I will sprinkle clean water
upon you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your
filthiness and from all your idols. And I will
give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will take
away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And my spirit will I put within you, and I will act so that
you walk in my statues and keep my judicial decisions and actually do
them. And you shall certainly dwell in the
land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people and I will be your
God.
The fulfilment of these words will make Jerusalem-earthly
to a "new creation", capable of representing the Heavenly
Administration of the New Jerusalem on earth, to the great spiritual benefit of
the Goyim.
However, lifting up the Gentiles out of their from
Adam inherited situation more is needed. For that necessity, we can refer to
Yeshua’s own ministry on earth during the period 29-33 AD.
In Acts 10:37-38, in his speech to the centurion Cornelius, the apostle
Cephas (Simon Peter) demonstrated how effective the way of acting was of him
who, as the prominent seed of Abraham, was to bless humanity first of all (Galatians
3:8,16):
You know what happened
throughout the Jewish country, how it began in Galilee after the baptism
which John preached; even Yeshua of Nazareth, how God anointed him with
holy spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Yeshua was anointed with holy spirit and clothed with strength. However, the miraculous
works he performed were ultimately possible only because YHWH Elohim was
with him. Yes, YHWH was really the One who wrought the signs, wonders, and
powerful works that were performed
by Yeshua.
See also Acts 2:22: Men of Israel, hear
these words! Yeshua of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the
midst of you, even as you yourselves know.
In Luke 5:12-26 the evangelist recounts two remarkable healings
performed by Yeshua one after the other; first a
man full of leprosy, and then a man
who was paralyzed.
We can easily understand how deeply had to be
encroached in the physical organism of the two people in order to bring
about cure. Granted, Yeshua, as the last Adam was
a perfect man, however, still human (1 Co 15:45). As just a man, without supernatural
influence he never could have performed the miracles. The superhuman
factor was indispensable and ultimately what really mattered.
Significant therefore is Luke's comment in verse 17 >> There was power of the Lord for him to do healing.
From a comparison with Mark 6:5 << He could do no mighty work there,
except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them >> we may apparently infer that Yeshua himself was totally
dependent on the proximity of Elohim's spirit, and even of his willingness (or
not) to use the potency. Only when his Father considered it desirable, he performed powerful works and wonders and signs through
the intercession of his Son (Psalm
103:2-3; Acts
2:22).
The same Luke also described the healing of the woman who suffered
from a flow of blood for twelve years, identifying the following
noteworthy developments:
Behold,
there came a man named Jairus, and he was a
ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Yeshua’s feet, and begged him to
come into his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of
age, and she was dying. But as he went, the
multitudes pressed against him.
A woman who had a flow
of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and
could not be healed by any, came behind him, and touched the fringe of his
cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. Yeshua
said, “Who touched me?”
When all denied it,
Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you,
and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
But Yeshua
said, “Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out
of me.” When the woman saw that she was not hidden,
she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence
of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed
immediately. He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made
you well. Go in peace.”
While he still spoke,
one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughter
is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher.” But Yeshua
hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be
healed.”
When he came to the
house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in,
except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. All
were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead,
but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead. But he put them all outside, and taking her by the
hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!” Her spirit returned, and she
rose up immediately. He commanded that something be
given to her to eat (Luke 8).
The two miracles give us some idea of the miraculous cure that will befall
the creation from the transition to the Millennium kingdom of the Messiah.
Jairus is a representative son of
Israel, and a leading figure in the local synagogue in Capernaum. His name is
apparently the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Jair.
The seventh judge in Israel was called Jair (Judges 10:3-5).
Disease had invaded the house of Jairus,
and that threatens the life of his only-begotten daughter. Jairus must have been familiar with the miraculous
healing of a servant of the army chief who had provided funds for the
construction of the synagogue (Luke 7:1-10). Therefore, he does not hesitate;
he has to go to Yeshua for help to his dying daughter. Yeshua responds to his
request; and accompanied by the crowd they go on their way to Jairus' house.
The woman avails herself of the thronging crowd around Yeshua. Taking
into consideration all the things she had heard about him, she had come to this
conclusion: “If I only touch something of his garment, I
will be healed”.
However, according to Thorah an action like such was for her
an unprecedented act, given her impure state. In that situation, contact with
anyone was forbidden, for not to transfer her uncleanness to that person.
Nevertheless, with faith she goes out among the crowd and manages to reach
Yeshua and to touch him. And she is
confirmed in her faith: immediately the fountain of her blood dried up. She
sensed in her body that she had been healed of
the grievous sickness.
Compare: Lev 15:25 and 6:24-27.
Among the pressing crowd, many came in touch with Yeshua, but without
any beneficial effect for themselves. However, the touch of the woman that had
taken place in faith had immediate effect.
While she had hoped to remain in anonymity, implementing her plan
unnoticed, this delicate woman became the focus of everyone's attention. In
front of all the people she was forced to
explain her situation; for her a source of shame and embarrassment. However,
precisely thus to everyone became clear that she had acted with noble motives;
her complete trust in the power of the Messiah had helped her to put aside all
scruples.
Yet, Yeshua said: “Someone touched me, for I perceived that power went out of
me”.
With that statement, Yeshua revealed that during his ministry he too, in
all aspects, was dependent on his Father. YHWH Elohim was actually the One who
performed all the miracles, but with his Son as an intermediary.
Exactly in that way, it will happen in the Messianic kingdom of the
Millennium. On earth, the Jewish saints will represent the beloved City:
heavenly New Jerusalem. As the members of the earthly
part of the Israel of God, they shall work for the blessing of humanity.
However, even though her members become a new creation, their influence is
limited. The supernatural efficacy of Jerusalem-heavenly will lead to the actual
healing of the nations.
See Revelation
22:1-2.
Nonetheless, both congregations shall work together.
There will be reciprocity. That is well reflected
in Ezekiel 38:12. Prophetically announcing the schemes of Gog, Ezekiel at the
same time informs us about the said reprocity >>
To take the spoil and
to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are now
inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have
gotten cattle and goods, who dwell in the centre [the navel, Hebrew: tab(b)ur] of the earth.
The prophet supplies us with a specific description of the conditions in
which Israel's land and people will stand when Gog overtakes them at the End of
times. The land will long have laid desolate, but
at the time that Gog makes his appearance on the religious and political scene,
it will be brought back from the sword, and rebuilt again. Israel has then been gathered out of the nations and is staying
safely on her own soil, or as it were, on the
navel of the earth.
The situation that corresponds to the
navel of the earth, would indicate
the place on earth where YHWH's sanctuary is
represented and from which his spirit and blessings are flowing to all sides.
Therefore, truly the centre of the earth, and also
the navel through which the nourishing blood of the mother is fed into the
developing fruit. Becoming such a focus of the life-giving spirit, is the destination of Jerusalem.
Living on the navel of the earth, evokes the image of a cosmology
considering heaven and earth as an organic whole
(mother and child). Within that image, the City of Jerusalem is regarded as the point where the living link between
heaven and earth begins and where a believing remnant of Elohim's people and
the City itself are standing in the centre of the global developments led by
God. There, from his throne of grace, his Law is going out to all the
nations; for their salvation. As is predicted in Micah
4:1-7 >>
But in the latter days, it
will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top
of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will
stream to it. Many nations will go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of Yahweh,
and to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations
afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against
nation, neither will they learn war any more. But they
will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make
them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken. Indeed all the
nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of
Yahweh our God forever and ever. “In that day,” says Yahweh,
“I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven
away, and that which I have afflicted; and I will make that which was lame a
remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: And Yahweh will reign
over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever.
In Isaiah 2:2-5, where an identical call prophetically can be heard, the remnant of Israel is encouraged by the
words: O house of Jacob, come and let us
walk in the light of Yahweh.
Both here and in Ezekiel 38:12, Jerusalem is considered the centre of the
earth, arranged and governed by God to radiate the true light in all directions
over the Gentile peoples. No city like Jerusalem, or the
land of Canaan could have been better chosen by God for the
accomplishment of that mission. An optimal geographical location from
which his chosen earthly congregation, the Jewish people, can be exercised in
an appropriate and successful way her influence to the paganism of the world.
In the ancient world of Ezekiel days various nations had already become more or less
civilized states, such as Egypt and Ethiopia in South-western
direction; Greece and Rome in the Northwest. To the East
Babel, Nineveh, Persia, India.
The Phoenician sailors were close, so the true
religion could be transmitted through them to the most
distant countries.
YHWH Elohim did not arrange that situation of Israel for her own selfish
purposes, but rather with the intention that her members would become the
spiritual benefactor of the whole world; as the beneficiary and beloved
City being a blessing morally for the nations; however, also reason why
she would be viewed with envy by her (never missing) enemies.
In Psalm
67 that blessed intention is expressed by YHWH
Elohim.
With a view to achieving this purpose, there is
provided the necessary reciprocity between Jerusalem-earthly and Jerusalem-heavenly.
This is clarified further in the last two chapters of the Bible
book Revelation, where is painted the indissoluble unity of the New
Jerusalem, the holy City descending out of heaven from God. In that
situation, she is like the Tent of
God with men, and as a direct result: No more
tears, death, mourning, outcry or pain.
The heavenly part
of the City - Yeshua’s Bride, the raptured Christian congregation - through the
umbilical cord, the river of water of life, is connected
with the earthly part, the Jewish Congregation.
In Isaiah 66:10-14 this purpose of YHWH Elohim is symbolically presented to us in a wonderful way; a
picture is called forth of a mother feeding her child:
Rejoice you with
Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her,
all you who mourn over her; that you may suck and be satisfied with the
breasts of her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory. For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace
to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream:
and you shall suck of it; you shall be borne on the side, and shall be
dandled on the knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort
you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. You shall see it, and
your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass:
and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his
servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
Until that time, during many centuries, the human creation will have
existed in birth pains, as described by Paul in Romans 8:16-19. Referring to
the elimination of the negative consequences of sin, he is pointing us to the
role that the heavenly Jerusalem, the Christian church, will fulfil in that
loving purpose of YHWH Elohim:
The spirit itself bears
witness with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are
children, we are also heirs, yes, heirs of God, but joint heirs with the
Messiah, provided we suffer together with him, that we also may be glorified together.
Therefore, I consider
that the sufferings of this present time have nothing to do in comparison with
the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the
ardent expectation of creation is waiting for the making manifest of
the sons God.
What will the glory that shall be
revealed in us [Elohim's sons of the heavenly
Congregation] comprise? The apostle thus continues:
For the creation was
subjected to futility, not willingly, but through him who subjected [it] on [the basis of] hope that the creation
itself also will be liberated from the bondage of the corruption into the
glorious freedom of the children of God. For we know that the whole
creation keeps on groaning together and is in travail together until now (Rm 8:20-22).
As long as the heavenly Congregation remains on earth she goes on
groaning, together with all other people, looking forward to the full adoption
as sons, the release
of the body [by ransom] and then, however, being
revealed in glory, together with their Lord (Rm
8:23). As is also announced in Col 3:4 >>
When the Messiah, our
life, is made manifest, then you also
will be made manifest together with him in glory.
Then, those sons of God can fulfil the ardent expectation of Creation:
yet be borne to free children of YHWH Elohim, freed of
the bondage of corruption; possessing the glorious freedom that is appropriate
for children of God.
That in the Millennium kingdom the people on earth will become the
(free) children of God, Yeshua himself alluded to when he explained the results
of mankind’s resurrection in that glorious era:
However, those who are
deemed worthy attaining that age and the resurrection from the dead ... can not die anymore [the Adamic death]; for they are equal to angels, and
they are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection (Luke 20:33-36).
The City with its people on the navel of the
earth, Jerusalem-earthly, is
chosen by YHWH Elohim in that process to be the connecting link with the
heavens. God's throne will extend from heaven to earth with Jerusalem as
its central point:
At that time they will
call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh, and to her all the nations shall be
gathered, to the name of Yahweh in Jerusalem, and they will no more walk after
the stubbornness of their evil heart (Jeremiah 3:17).
In Jerusalem will the earthly seat of the Theocracy be located, the
point of attraction for all the earth:
Pretty by its
loftiness, the exultation of the whole earth, is Mount
Zion, in the remote parts of the north, the town of the grand King (Psalm 48).
The City of God, the New Jerusalem, unbreakable consisting of a heavenly and an earthly
part, is also referred to in Psalm 46:
The
City of God, the holiest grand tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the
midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her at the appearance
of morning.
It is interesting to note that the City of God is also referred to as the holiest grand
tabernacle of the Most High. Or
according to another view: The holy place of
the tents of the Most High.
This indicates that the City is also a Temple sanctuary, Elohim's House.
In Revelation 21:22 that thought is being confirmed for us: And a temple sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God
Almighty is its temple sanctuary, also the Lamb.
In the victory song at the Red Sea, is also alluded
to the reciprocity of the two Jerusalems, however,
without actually naming the City. It is more a matter of a
sanctuary:
You shall bring them
in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh,
which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the
sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
In that Scripture, prophetically recorded in Exodus 15:17, we learn that
YHWH Elohim would plant his people Israel on the Mount of his inheritance, an
established place for his dwelling, a sanctuary, erected by his hands.
This could be initially only typological, owing to the imperfection of
the people. That such a sanctuary not really could be Elohim's abode,
would appear from the fact that it would not be built by
his hands but by human hands.
The turning point in the events - types pass into realities - always
coincides with the coming of the Messiah, his sacrificial death, resurrection
and return to heaven. Only as a result of that state of affairs, the true
sanctuary could be established, not a man-made temple, as was shown already
shortly before the Second temple was destroyed in 70 AD >>
However,
when Messiah acted [publicly] as high priest of the good things
that came to pass, through the greater and more perfect tent not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation, he entered, no, not with the blood of
goats and of young bulls, but by his own blood, once for all time into the most
sacred place, having obtained an everlasting redemption ... For the Messiah did
not enter a most sacred place made with hands, copy of the true, but into
heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf before God’s person (Hebrews 9:11,
12, 24).
Eventually, as soon as Israel’s redemption is a fact, the glory of the heavenly Temple City will
be reflected here on earth in the earthly
part of the City. Isaiah 54:1-13 is clear:
1 Sing, barren, you who didn’t bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child:
for more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married wife, says
Yahweh.
2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let
them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare: lengthen your
cords, and strengthen your stakes.
3 For you shall spread aboard on the
right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make
the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Don’t be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed:
neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget
the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you remember
no more.
5 For your Maker is your husband;
Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the
God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For Yahweh has called you as a wife
forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,
says your God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken
you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face
from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy
on you, says Yahweh your Redeemer.
9
For this is as the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the
waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not
be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
10 For
the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall
not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, says Yahweh
who has mercy on you.
11 You
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set your
stones in beautiful colours, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I
will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of emeralds, and all your
border of precious stones.
13 And all your sons shall be taught of
Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your sons.
The barren, desolate woman, disowned for a long time, soul-grieved in
her widowhood, clearly refers to Israel's situation during the long exile of
about 2000 years. From verse 11, however, she is taking the characteristics of
a city, New Jerusalem, the City
with the real foundations (Hebrews
11:10 ; Abraham was looking forward to such a city).
But not only that; the glory of the heavenly part is reflected here on earth, in the glory of ethnic Israel.
And another thing: As the heavenly part of the City is represented by a
woman, the Bride of the Lamb, the same
is true for the earthly part of New Jerusalem: In Isaiah she is pictured as a
woman, restored and redeemed who, on basis of the New Covenant, is taken back
by YHWH as his wife:
Look! There are days coming, assurance of YHWH, and I will
conclude with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new
covenant; not one like the covenant that I have concluded with their
forefathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the
land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, and I had them as a husband (Jer 31).
In addition, how glorious: All her true sons will be students of
YHWH Elohim, still according to the rule that Yeshua stated in John 6:44, 45
>>
No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last
day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘They will
all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears
from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
Both (emblematic) ‘women’, together constituting the one, true
Israel of God, will become a blessing to all the other peoples, the Gentiles
(Goyim).
-.-.-.-