(Cont'd)
So we note these ceremonial bowls to have been an uncommon item in the populous, so in Zecheriah 14,
what is being said here, is the very cooking pots, the common items of this city, will be holy, and will serve to cleanse those who come into this city. And who comes...we already established it is those representatives of the families of the earth, those who rule with the lamb, this includes the to allude to the ministry of the 144,000, this includes they which are written in the lambs book of life, those families of the great multitude saved as a result of the ministry of the 144,000 in service to the Lamb. These rulers, they are not defiled, they are writtten in the lambs book of life, this grants them access into the city, and to the pots of that city...as there are no ceremonial bowls, and there is not an alter, for there is no temple, the pots, in that city serve in place of the Bowls used in the traditional Feast of Tabernacles, the pots "SHALL BE LIKE BOWLS BEFORE THE ALTAR."
There in that city, THE NEW JERUSALEM, is not anything that defiles. And there is NO SACRIFICE offered there, not from it's residents, not within it's boundaries.
NOTE ZECHERIAH 21 again:
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein:
What is being said, is that these pots shall BE LIKE, Shall serve in the place of, in that city, bowls before the alter.
And it continues to say:
"Those that Sacrifice SHALL COME and take of them"
These sacrifices you mention, are being made outside of The NEW Jerusalem, not within it's boundaries, those who perform them, shall come to the city, to pay tribute, to honor he who sits upon the throne, To Honor the LORD, and while cleanse themselves in the bowls, they are not considered unclean of defiled so as not to be granted access, but rather as priests in Service to their King.
You see, The New Jerusalem will be a place that offers healing to the world. Animal Sacrifice, requires Death, and death, is the curse created into the world by the fall of mankind in the land of Eden. You see, it started at the tree of life, and it heals there as well. That city in Revelations 21, correlates to the world in Genesis 2, it also, contains the tree of life, whose leaves offer healing to the nations of this world. (Rev 22:2) And in that city...well "THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE" (Rev 22:3)
Moreover, as the pots, serve to in the New Jerusalem, "be like bowls before the alter" in effect replacing them, and much more commonly available, illustrating the abundance of YHWH's Mercy, it is unclear what "Sacrifices" IF ANY, will be offered outside of that city. There will be after all, those converted to the truth after the re-establishment of God's Kingdom on the earth. These, do not change in a moment in the twinkling of an eye with those awaiting translation, or resurrection, but still walk in fleshen bodies, carrying within them thier sinful natures. Perhaps they instantly change as some notions suggest, but that is another study, for another time.
So there you have it, the correlation between Zecheriah 14, and Revelations 21.
It should be noted, all Males will be required to make the journey, whether Priest or not, and they will have had to have been cleansed prior to entering the city if they were not previously written into the lambs book of life, this would be those converts who come to the truth AFTER the establishment of the Kingdom. Such would be part of the reason perhaps for those who would not make the journey, and in essence denying themselves life giving rain.
(*NOTE: January 4, 2013
I have highlighted the entire Conversations of Marc Anthony a.k.a. “BLINKY” In BLUE
In this presentation of this former study for easier reference. Also, at the end of his text, as my continued address in the conversation resumes, will be a notation emphasizing the end of his reply. – Benjamin)
Posted by blinky on September 7, 2008, 10:26 am, in reply to "Re: (3) The Correlation of Zecheriah 14 to Revelations 21/"NEW JERUSALEM""
STEVE ,WHAT I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE WHEN REVIEWING REVELATION 21 IS THAT THIS IS OCCURING AFTER THE 1000 YEAR MILLENIUM.AND I BELIEVE ZECHARIAH 14 IS OCCURING BEFORE THE 1000 MILLENIUM.
PERHAPS THIS IS THE CONFUSION AS TO THE VERSE " , AND THOSE WHO SACRIFICE ,"
SEE , AT THIS TIME , THE DEVIL HAS BEEN TAKEN BY , PRESUMABLY , MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL AND A GREAT CHAIN HAS BEEN PUT UPON HIM , AND HE SHALL DECIEVE THE NATIONS NO LONGER FOR 1000 YEARS.
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THE JEWS WILL BE FREE TO WORSHIP THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS , EVEN THE LORD OF HOST , AS IN THE FORMER DAYS.
AND THEY WILL DO SO , UNTILL THE 1000 YEAR TIME PERIOD IS UP.
EZEKIAL 40-48 ELABORATES A LITTLE MORE ON MILLENIAL ISRAEL..
AS FOR THE NEW EARTH AND THE NEW HEAVENS , 2 PETER 3:10 STATES "THAT THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH A FERVENT HEAT AND THE FORMER THINGS SHALL PASS AWAY".
AND AGAIN , ISAIAH 65:17 STATES THAT LORD JEHOVAH SHALL "CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH , AND THE FORMER THINGS SHALL NOT BE REMEMBERED."
HOWEVER ISAIAH 66:22 ALSO STATES THAT "THE LORD SHALL MAKE A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH."
BUT , VERSE 21 DECLARES "AND i SHALL TAKE OF THEM LEVITES AND PRIEST."
TO ME THESE SCRIPTURES INDICATE THE PRESENSE OF A MILLENIAL TEMPLE IN WHICH GOD'S HOLY PRIEST AND LEVITE'S SHALL MINISTER UNTO HIM.
AT LEAST UNTILL THE 1000 YR TIME PERIOD IS UP , AND LUCIFER IS UPON EARTH ONCE MORE. THEN HE WILL RE-GATHER GOG AND MAGOG LIKE THE DAYS BEFORE THE MILLENIUM (as wriiten in Ezekial 38-39) , AND SHALL MAKE WAR AGAINST JERUSALEM ONCE MORE.
AS FAR AS REVELATION 21 AND 2 PETER 3:10 GO , I SEE THIS AS A POSSIBLE REFERENCE TO THE NEXT GREAT 'CATASTOPHY".
MAYBE LIKE THE METEOR THAT CAUSED THE ICE AGE THAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS.
AFTER WHICH THERE WILL BE A "NEW GENESIS."
THEN AT THAT TIME , , A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH SHALL BE CREATED.
AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. OF COURSE THEIR IS ALL WAYS ROOM FOR ENDLESS SPECULATION AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
*** End reply at 9-7-2008 10:26 by Blinky
*Note, it was the custom of the blogger Marc Anthony a.k.a. Blinky to post in ALL CAPS. I know this for many uncomfortable, but for archive Sake, I have left his text in all Caps as it was originally posted.
- Steven Benjamin January 4, 2013
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