Global economy and government of the beast is destroyed, and Jesus Christ is our eternal Salvation.

Zechariah 9

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• A prophecy against the global economy of the beast.
• Global government builds world economy on dirt and muddy mire.
• Cities and nations around the world are devastated by the collapse of the global economy.
• Mixed race will settle in and pride will be cut off.
• The first coming of Jesus Christ.
• The Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

A prophecy against the global economy of the beast.

“The burden of the word of the Lord against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord); Also agaist Hamath, which borders on it, and against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.” Zachariah 9:1-2

On the map below, Damascus is seen, which is also known as the capital of Syria, and is located in the same place as modern-day Syria. Hadrach rested in the area of Damascus, as well as Hamath. Tyre and Sidon are also included in the prophecy of the Lord against them, as spoken through Zachariah. Tyre, Sidon, Hamath, and Hadrach were known for being a significant center of trade, wealth, and prosperity. Damascus with them. They were an economic powerhouse in the region. The Lord said that they were very wise, but not with the wisdom that brings the fear of the Lord. The wrath of God’s judgment would come upon them. “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 16:26

Today, the United Nations goal is to establish a global economy, with the promise of bringing prosperity to peoples and nations across the globe. They promote their Godly sounding goals through the “Sustainable Development Goals”, which requires a global treasury to fund the global goals. They are very wise, but not wise enough to evade the wrath of God’s judgment. They have rejected God the Creator, rejected the need for the Christ, Jesus, and do not want the Holy Spirit to be part of their global culture. They have put their faith in the beast that governs by giving people what to speak, do, think, and feel. The collapse of the global economy is described in Revelation 18.

All the eyes of the Jewish people, all of the eyes of the followers of Jesus Christ, and all the eyes of the population of the world are on the Lord. All eyes are seeing the prophecy of the Bible being fulfilled, regarding the formation of the United Nations, the global government, the global economy, and the global government of the beast. When the United Nations was established in 1945, immediately after World War 2, the government of the beast was brough t with it. That is described in Daniel 8:1-14.

Global government builds world economy on dirt and muddy mire.

“For Tyre built herself a tower, heaped up silver like the dust, and gold like the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.” Zachariah 9:3-4

In those days, a tower was for the security of a country, to be a lookout for possible invading forces. Of course, it was built high above the walls of the borders. Tyre was a major trade route, setting on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, so the tower Tyre built was to protect its trade dominance, wealth, and prosperity. Today, the United States is building a global tower to watch over the resources of the world to protect its global trade, wealth, and prosperity. That is what the global economy is all about, putting global resources under the control and watchful eye of the global government of the beast.

They heap up silver like the dust and gold like the mire of the streets. Dust is everywhere and is a lot, but its not stable, very transient, and vanishes quickly. That describes how bountiful the global resources are, but how quickly they vanish. The mire of the streets refers to the muddy or boggy conditions of the roads, which were everywhere. They didn’t have the concrete highways that we have today. That describes how bogged down the global government becomes in trying to manage global prosperity for peoples and nations everywhere. The Lord brings the destruction of the global economy as described in Revelation 18.

The dust also symbolizes the Water of Life being dried and turned to dust because the global culture rejects Jesus Christ in exchange for worldly prosperity. The mire of the streets refers to corrupting the Water of Life within the hearts and minds of people everywhere, so that they desire worldly benefits and reject the Gospel of Christ. “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!…For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. Isaiah 5:20, Romans 16:18 Click for a post on victory in the streets of mire.

The dusty and muddy wealth of the global government will be cast out by the Lord, its global economic trade power will be destroyed, and will be destroyed by fire. That is the exact description given in Revelations 18 of the destruction of the global economy.

The global government, its global culture, and the global economy is built on atheism. They reject God as the Creator, scoff at the need for the Christ, Jesus, and do not want the Holy Spirit to be part of who they are. They serve the beast that has power over physiology in order to have earthly prosperity and physical benefits. That beast gives them what yo speak, do, think, and feel as the yare empowered with uncanny knowledge, heightened intuition, extraordinary skills and talents, amazing physical abilities, fabricated emotional responses, etc. That is the beast that gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people everywhere. By what they are given to say and do, they are groomed to the mark, name, number of the beast. They value worldly possessions, comforts, pleasures, and money over God. They are conformed to the culture of the beast by their love for the benefits of this world

Revelation 17 describes how the global government was built up. Also, more details are added in how the United Nations came into existence immediately after WW2 and brought the government of the beast, as described in Daniel 8:1-14.

“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written:

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.” Revelation 17:1-6

Cities and nations around the world are devastated by the collapse of the global economy.

“Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza also will be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.” Zachariah 9:5

What will Ashkelon see and fear? The destruction of the wealth and prosperity of the joint national economy, as described in the previous section. Gaza will see it and be very sorrowful. Ekron will also fear and be sorrowful because the economic prosperity is dried up at the collapse of Tyre. Those cities will be absolutely destroyed, with no government and no population. As we know, cities and nations with a thriving economy are filled with people and have a government in place. When the economy collapses, the people flee and the leaders fall by the wayside.

That describes the collapse of the global economy, established by the global government of the beast, and in pretense for the global population. When the global economy collapses, that is the day that there is no government leadership and no population that remains part of the global culture. That is the day of the beginning of the destruction of this present heaven and earth.

Those cities will fear and be very sorrowful, as quoted, “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore…” Revelations 18:9-11

“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.” Revelations 18:21-24

Cities on the coastlines are extremely important for international trade and to sustain the prosperity of the global economy. Those cities are called “port cities” because that is where cargo ships make port to load and unload cargo from all the nations around the world. Port cities exist only because international trade exists. When there is no incoming and outgoing cargo, those port cities becomes wastelands. Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron represent those global coastal or port cities, as seen on the map below.

All of those cities exist today. We all know of the Gaza Strip. Ashkelon is in Israel as shown on the map. Ashdod is also in Israel as shown on the map. Ekron is also part of Israel, mainly an historical and archeological site. Tyre is located in southern Lebanon, and Sidon is also part of the Lebanese coast. We know how much conflict and war exists between Israel, the Gaza Strip, and Lebanon. Imagine the economic chaos if those countries had to rely on each other for economic prosperity! That is prophetic for the economic conflict coming to the global government of the beast and its global culture. Their global economy will be ripped apart by the collapse of the government of the beast.

Click here for a full post on Revelation 18 and the global collapse.

Mixed race will settle in and pride will be cut off.

“A mixed race will settle in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take away the blood from his mouth, and the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he will be for our God, and will be like a leader in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite. I will camp around My house because of the army, because of him who passes by and him who returns. no more will an oppressor pass through them, for now I have seen with My eyes. ” Zachariah 9:6-8“

Ashdod and the Philistines [of the Gaza Strip] were those whom the Lord promised to bring the wrath of His judgment against. They represent the cities the global economy of the global government. As we know today, the global government of the beast, operating through the United Nations, prides itself in creating a “mixed race” to settle in and create the global culture. They vow to remove all religious, political, and racial boundaries to create a unified culture from city to city around the world. That involves adopting atheism in order to eliminate belief in God the Creator, to do away with acknowledging Jesus as the Christ and Lord of our life, and to eradicate the presence of the Holy Spirit. Their god is the beast that has power over physiology to unify people by governing through what it gives people to speak, do, think, and feel. That beast is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Click for a post on that.

The pride of the global culture will be taken away along with the blood from his mouth, and the abominations from between his teeth. The blood in the mouth and the abomination between the teeth describes a lion after eating its prey, and Satan is that lion, seeking to devour the followers of the Christ, Jesus, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 Satan’s pride, and the pride of the government of the beast, will be taken away when the power center of the beast is plunged into darkness, as stated in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:10-11. In that powerlessness, comes the Battle of Armageddon, as described in the Sixth Plague of Revelations 16:12-16. Then comes the Day of the Lord, as described in Zachariah 14. Global warming, of the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9 is instrumental in bringing destruction to the power center of the beast.

Click here for a post on the Seven Plagues in Revelation 16.

“But he who remains…” refers to the faithful few who keep hold of their born-again experience and faith in Christ, Jesus. There will be a faithful few remaining on this earth around the time of the Battle of Armageddon. They, along with the faithful few of today and in the past, are for our Lord, and we will be given eternal life, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 We are like a leader in Judah, leading people to God by the testimony of Jesus Christ. We do not join with the culture of the beast but are set apart for God through Jesus Christ in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

“Ekron like a Jebusite…” brings an image of someone having a form of Godliness but denying its power. That’s because Ekron was marked to receive the wrath of God’s judgment, but the Jebusites eventually became inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jebus, the city of the Jebusites, was the city known as Jerusalem today. King David conquered them, Jebus became the capital city of Israel [Jerusalem], and over time, the Jebusites were adopted into the Israelite population. Today, as followers of Jesus Christ, we have been adopted into the family of God, unlike the global culture that has a form of Godliness but denies the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Today’s culture serves the beast with two horns like a lamb, which is Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit, as described in Revelations 13:11-13 The Lord promises to protect is from their unGodly influence, and says to us, “And from such people turn away!” 2 Timothy 3:5

“I will camp around My house because of the army, because of him who passes by and him who returns. no more will an oppressor pass through them, for now I have seen with My eyes.” The army passing by and returning refers to the enemies of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and all of Christianity. They seek to oppress the Gospel of Christ and everyone who acknowledges Jesus as the Christ and our Lord. The Lord promises to camp around His house, His house being all who live for Him through Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit guards us from the oppressor, and by our faith in the Christ, Jesus, we are made overcomers to inherit eternal life in the New Jerusalem. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 We are to put on the Armor of God, as described in Ephesians 6:10-20.

The first coming of Jesus Christ.

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow will be cut off. He will speak peace to the nations; His dominion will be ‘from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.’” Zachariah 9:9-10

Zachariah is prophesying, by the Spirit of the Lord, about the coming of the Christ, whose name is Jesus, the Son of God. God sent Christ Jesus to the Jewish people, as their King and Messiah. They were looking for a just king that would bring earthly salvation and to restore Israel as their own nation. Jesus Christ came as a lowly person riding on a donkey, nothing like a valiant military leader riding on a stallion. He came to cut off war and violence, to speak peace to the nations of the world, and His Gospel is in every city around the world. His Kingdom is an eternal one. The Jewish people closed their ears and shut their eyes to all the prophecies of the Scriptures pointing to the character and nature of their Christ.

“He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:11-13

Chariots were used for battle, as were horses, but the Lord promised to cut off the chariot and the horse from Ephraim and Jerusalem. That refers to the atonement of sin for the Gentiles [all non-Jewish people] and all of the Jewish people who would believe that Jesus is their Christ and the Son of God. By the meek and gentle presence of the Holy Spirit, the battle bow is cut off. Our Lord Jesus speaks peace to the nations, and His eternal dominion will be ‘from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Did you know that donkeys have a cross on their back? That is a reminder that our Lord Jesus is a humble and lowly King of peace, not a physically mighty king riding on a stallion.

“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

“Tell the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:

“Hosanna to the Son of David!
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”

Luke 2:10-14 and Matthew 21:2-9

“As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.” Zachariah 9:11

The “blood of the covenant” refers to the blood of Jesus Christ which He shed on the Cross to atone for sin and reconcile us to God. The covenant God made with us is summarized like this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 As it stands, we are prisoners of sin without the Lord Jesus, so as we live in His light, we are made free from the waterless pit. The waterless pit refers to living without the Water of Life (Jesus Christ).

The prisoners of sin living in the waterless pit are evident to see nowadays. It’s a world where love has gone cold, and every way of life is encouraged except for the way taught in the Holy Bible. People in every city around the world refuse to live in the light of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin. Instead, they welcome the thing which forms what they think, say, feel, and do and it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them. By what they do and say, they deny the existence of God, discard the Gospel of Christ, and are hostile to the Holy Spirit. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast.

“Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.” Zachariah 9:12

The Israelites were prisoners of hope, waiting and hoping for the coming of their Christ. That is the same as every born-again believer being the prisoner of the hope of eternal life and the return of the Christ, Jesus. The stronghold of the Jewish people, and our stronghold, is hope in the Christ, whose name is Jesus, the Son of God. We must always return and remain in that stronghold.

Whether Jewish or non-Jewish, faith in Jesus Christ restores double to us: we have the gift of the Holy Spirit and the inheritance of eternal life. The Holy Spirit in us is the guarantee of our eternal inheritance, as quoted, “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance…” Ephesians 1:13-14

“For I have bent Judah, My bow, fitted the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you like the sword of a mighty man.” Zachariah 9:13

For the Lord to bend Judah refers to Judah being the bow and He is pulling the bow. He calls Judah His bow. Our Lord Jesus is from the tribe of Judah, so the Lord bent the bow of Judah referring to Jesus Christ being His bow. The bow is loaded/fitted with the arrows of Ephraim. Ephraim represents every born-again believer who is engaged in spiritual warfare, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:12-13

Also, for the Bow of Judah to have the arrow of Ephraim refers to the raising up of Christianity. Ephraim received the blessing of his older brother [Manasseh], as described in Genesis 48. That refers to Christianity receiving the blessings once intended for the Jewish people. Christians are the younger child, with the Jewish people being the elder child. Those who are born of Jesus Christ receive the blessings of the Holy Spirit and eternal life and are like mighty people in the battle against spiritual wickedness.

Greece represents the forces of this world that are hostile to belief in God, scoff at the need for Jesus Christ, and do not want the Holy Spirit to be part of who they are. In the name of Jesus, the Lord gives us victory over the forces of this world.

O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.
[Victory in Jesus]

The Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

“Then the Lord will be seen over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord God will blow the trumpet, and go with whirlwinds from the south.” Zachariah 9:14

The second coming of Jesus Christ is very much different than His first coming. When He came the first time, He came lowly and riding on a donkey. When He comes the second time, He comes riding on a white horse as the King of kings. “Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war… Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelations 19:11, 15, 16

At His return, His arrow goes forth like lightning, the Seventh Trumpet will blow and Jesus returns [Revelations 11:15-19], and He comes with a whirlwind. “Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” Revelation 11:15

Why the change from His first coming on a donkey and His return on a white horse? Because when Jesus Christ is rejected, there is no more forgiveness for sin. Jesus came the first time so that whoever believes in Him would be saved. “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins…” Hebrews 10:26 When the Holy Spirit is blasphemed, that is unforgiveable, “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.” Matthew 12:31-32

“The Lord of hosts will defend them; They will devour and subdue with slingstones. They will drink and roar as if with wine; They will be filled with blood like basins, like the corners of the altar.” Zachariah 9:15

Our Lord Jesus is our defender, the defender of every believer who lives for God through Him, as quoted, “For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.” Zachariah 2:8 That is the purpose of the return of Christ Jesus.

The day of His return is the day of our victory, victory over sin and death as we will be resurrected incorruptible from the grave into the eternal New Jerusalem. That is the day when our enemies, the Lord’s enemies, will be “devoured and subdued with slingstones”. In that day, the Lord’s enemies will be be like drunk people roaring, trying to put up a valiant fight but the earth will be filled like bowls with their blood, “And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.” Revelations 14:20

The corners of the altar filled with blood of animal sacrifices, which describes the global culture of the beast in the Day of the Lord. Click here for a post on the Day of the Lord.

“Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.” Revelation 19:17-21

“The Lord their God will save them in that day, as the flock of His people. For they will be like the jewels of a crown, lifted like a banner over His land— For how great is its goodness and how great its beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the young women.” Zachariah 9:16-17

Our eternal Salvation comes when our Lord Jesus returns, He will save us in that day, save us from eternal hell. “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

We who live for God through Jesus Christ are His flock, we are His people, His sheep, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” John 10:27-28

We are like the jewels of the crown of the Lord because our faith is in His Son, Jesus the Christ, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” 1 Peter 2:9-10

He lifts us like a banner over His land, showing to all His mercy and grace, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 Great is the goodness of the Day of the Lord and great is its beauty! “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.” Revelations 1:7 When they see our Lord Jesus lifted up in the clouds, I believe they will see us lifted up on that day when He returns.

Grain represents the word of God, and the word of God makes the followers of Christ grow in His grace and knowledge. Grain becomes the Bread of Life living within us, and Jesus is that Bread of Life. The New Wine is the New Covenant that the Christ, Jesus, brought, and is this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 We thrive on the Bread of Life and the New Wine, which makes us the home of the Holy Spirit.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1