rstrats said:
linssue55,
re: "STOP allowing anyone to judge you in eating and drinking,
or in the matter of a feast, or of the new month, or of the Sabbaths.
{Note: This is referring to 'legalism'. Someone trying to tell you that you have to follow rituals of the Jewish Age.}"
Any thoughts on Zechariah 14:16-19 which takes place after the Messiah takes His place as King of earth? "16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord shakes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up th keep the Feast Tabernacles."
We are in the church age.....this is referring to the Millenium. A completely different dispensation. Different dispensations have different Mandates for us from God.
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16~~And it shall come to pass, [/FONT]
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that every one who is left (Those who survive the Millenium) of all the nations [/FONT]
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which came against Jerusalem [/FONT]
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{their nations came against Jerusalem - they were believers [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
and stayed home}[/FONT]
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shall even go up [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
from year to year to worship the King, [/FONT]
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the Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts, [/FONT]
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and to observe/'participate in' the feast of tabernacles.[/FONT]
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{Note: The feast of the tabernacles was a picture of the blessings of the Tribulation. It is a feast of relaxation/peace/inner happiness......... [/FONT]
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In the millennium, Gentile believers will come annually to worship the Lord Who is now reigning as King of Kings.}[/FONT]
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{Not All Born in Millennium will Not be Believers}[/FONT]
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17~~And it shall be, [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
unto Jerusalem [/FONT]
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to worship the King, Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts, [/FONT]
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even upon them shall be no rain[/FONT]
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{rain represented economic prosperity in an agricultural society[/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
so here this is referring to no economic prosperity for the [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
unbelievers}.[/FONT]
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{Example of Unbelievers in a Close Neighbor Country}[/FONT]
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18~~And if the family of Egypt go not up, [/FONT]
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that have no rain; [/FONT]
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there shall be the plague/disease[/FONT]
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{a second strong warning to listen to the Lord and [/FONT]
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believe His claims},[/FONT]
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wherewith Jehovah/God [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
will smite the heathen/Gentiles [/FONT]
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who come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.[/FONT]
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19~~This shall be the punishment of Egypt, [/FONT]
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and the punishment of all nations [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [/FONT]
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20~~In that day [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
shall there be upon the bells of the horses, [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
'Holiness unto Jehovah/God'[/FONT]
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the bell was written the name of the one responsible for their [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
prosperity - that is what we have here - they recognize that God [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
is responsible for their prosperity}.[/FONT]
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And the pots in Jehovah's/God's house [/FONT]
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shall be like the bowls before the altar[/FONT]
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were filled to the brim with meat}. [/FONT]
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21~~Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah [/FONT]
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shall be holiness unto Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts.[/FONT]
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And all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, [/FONT]
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and seethe/boil/cook therein. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2]
And in that day [/FONT]
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there shall be no more the Canaanite [/FONT]
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in the house of Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts[/FONT]
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{the Canaanites were in the land before the Jews[/FONT]
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they will be completely removed from the land - see Leviticus-18)[/FONT]
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