| Ezekiel 20:37 AND I WILL CAUSE YOU TO PASS UNDER THE ROD, AND I WILL BRING YOU INTO THE BOND OF THE COVENANT: |
| Ezekiel 20:38 AND I WILL PURGE OUT FROM AMONG YOU THE REBELS, AND THEM THAT TRANSGRESS AGAINST ME: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and THEY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL: AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I [AM] THE LORD. |
|
| Rod = Sceptre = an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty. |
| A Sceptre is a rod or staff (adorned with gold and jewels) that a king holds to indicate that he is in authority —the shepherd of his people. “Shepherd your people with your scepter” (Micah 7:14). We see Jesus our King as the Shepherd, and ourselves as the sheep. |
| NASB 1995 |
| Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old. |
| Berean Study Bible |
| Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. |
| KJV Bible |
| Micah 7:14 ¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. |
| Hebrews 1:8 But unto the SON [HE saith], THY THRONE, O GOD, [is] for ever and ever: a SCEPTRE of righteousness [is] the SCEPTRE of THY KINGDOM. [THY THRONE, O GOD – God the Father confirms the Divinity of His Only Begotten Son] [SCEPTRE = an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty] [Question: Why would God throughout His Word differentiate between Himself and His Son if both were part of a 1in3 / 3in1 God that had a kingdom, throne, etc.?] |
| Therefore PASS UNDER THE ROD implies coming under a reigning King. |
| At the Second Coming, Jesus will commence His reign and acquire His kingdom. |
|
| I WILL BRING YOU INTO THE BOND OF THE COVENANT |
| The “bond of the covenant” refers to the binding nature of a covenant, particularly one made with God, and the obligations and blessings that accompany it. It signifies the commitment and loyalty required to uphold the terms of the covenant, as well as the security and relationship it provides with the divine. |
| In the last days, God’s people will be bonded to God and Jesus through the New Covenant. This they must do to get through the trails and “time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation” – Daniel 12:1. |
| A bond is a binding agreement where one party (Jesus) promises to perform a specific act – to take His people to His Father’s home. |
| Exodus 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the SABBATH, to observe the SABBATH throughout their generations, [for] a PERPETUAL COVENANT. |
| Exodus 31:17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel FOR EVER: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the SEVENTH DAY he rested, and was refreshed. |
| Exodus 34:27 And the LORD said unto MOSES, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a COVENANT with THEE and with ISRAEL. |
| Exodus 34:28 And he [Moses] was there with the LORD FORTY DAYS and FORTY NIGHTS; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the TABLES the WORDS of the COVENANT, the TEN COMMANDMENTS.[Moses Third time of FORTY DAYS and FORTY NIGHTS – See also Deuteronomy 9:9, 9:18 & 9:25] |
| Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth COVENANT and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; [implying forever] |
|
| I WILL PURGE OUT FROM AMONG YOU THE REBELS, AND THEM THAT TRANSGRESS AGAINST ME |
| THEY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL: AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I [AM] THE LORD. |
| REBELS AND THEM THAT TRANSGRESS: Everyone who has not given their life to God and Jesus. |
| YE SHALL KNOW THAT I [AM] THE LORD: By “2038”, God’s people will have entered the “Promised Land” and know Jesus as Lord. |
|
|
| Luke 20:37 NOW THAT THE DEAD ARE RAISED, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. [Exodus 3:6 15, 4:5; Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26; Acts 7:32] [Luke, as a physician, gives the most detailed account of Jesus. Jesus was answering the Sadducees about the wife who had 7 brethren; in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. With Jesus Second Coming in the year 2037, the dead in Christ will indeed be raised.] |
| Luke 20:38 For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: FOR ALL LIVE UNTO HIM. |
|
| DEAD ARE RAISED: The dead in Christ will be raised in 2037 when Jesus returns. |
|
| He is not a GOD OF the dead, but of THE LIVING: By “2038”, God’s people will know this to be true. |
|
| FOR ALL LIVE UNTO HIM: Again, a true statement. |
|
| In the preceding verses, Jesus is also answering the Sadducees by confirming that marriages in heaven will not occur: |
| Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world (age) marry, and are given in marriage: |
| Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world (age), and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: |
| Luke 20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. |
| The subject matter being related to life after the Second Coming of Jesus. |
|
| Conclusion |
| The sceptic may cite that the above parallels are weak and irrelevant to justify the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. However, the following should be born in mind: |
| 1. These verses, as part of the Bible – God’s Word – could have been talking about ANY subject within the Bible. However, they do cover phrases that relate to the Second Coming of Jesus. This is more than coincidence, this is an act of divinity. |
| 2. The above details should be seen as just one more finding to the mass of evidence already covered by |
| https://www.godswordexplained.com/?page_id=3069 1: Main Points |
| https://www.godswordexplained.com/?page_id=2717 2: Calendar Details |
| https://www.godswordexplained.com/?page_id=2870 3: Supportive Document. Also The Planets & the Moon |
|
| Psalm 19:1 ¶ The HEAVENS declare the GLORY OF GOD; and the FIRMAMENT SHOWETH HIS HANDIWORK. [Second Heaven – the starry heaven] |
| Psalm 19:2 Day unto day UTTERETH SPEECH, and night unto night SHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. |
| Psalm 19:3 [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their VOICE is not heard. |
| Psalm 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their WORDS to the END OF THE WORLD. In them hath He set a TABERNACLE for the sun, |
| Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he REVEALETH HIS SECRET UNTO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS. (God reveals His secrets to the prophets) |
