Mount Zion-Mount of Olives - Mountains
Mount Babylon
Dan 2 : 24 - 45
Focus on Dan 2:45
Daniel Interprets the Dream
24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the
wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of
Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the
interpretation.
25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I
have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the
interpretation. 26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof? 27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The
secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 28But there is a God in heaven that
revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the
latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29As for
thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass
hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to
pass. 30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have
more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to
the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness
was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32This image's
head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of
brass, 33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34Thou sawest till
that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were
of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass,
the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the
summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the
whole earth.
36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom,
power, and strength, and glory. 38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the
beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and
hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in
pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break
in pieces and bruise. 41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters'
clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42And
as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be
partly strong, and partly broken. 43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave
one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands,
and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold;
the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the
dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Zech 4: 6,7
King James Bible
The Gold Lampstand
1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened
out of his sleep, 2And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and
behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps
thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3And two
olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left
side thereof. 4So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What
are these, my lord? 5Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,
Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 6Then he answered and spake
unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might,
nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 7Who art thou, O great
mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the
headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9The hands of Zerubbabel have
laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt
know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. 10For who hath despised the day of
small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of
Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro
through the whole earth.
The Two Olive Trees
11Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right
side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12And I answered again, and
said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes
empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13And he answered me and said, Knowest thou
not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14Then said he, These are the two
anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Matt 17:20
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
14And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling
down to him, and saying, 15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16And I brought
him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17Then Jesus answered and said, O
faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I
suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed
out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove
hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Obad V. 21 - The mount of Esau - Babylon
King James Bible
The Destruction of Edom
1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a
rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let
us rise up against her in battle.
2Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the
rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to
the ground?
4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the
stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not
have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not
leave some grapes?
6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that
were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat
thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
8Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and
understanding out of the mount of Esau?
9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the
mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt
be cut off for ever.
11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers
carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots
upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he
became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in
the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day
of distress.
13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their
calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their
calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did
escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the
day of distress.
The Deliverance of Israel
15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall
be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink
continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as
though they had not been.
17But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the
house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the
house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there
shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the
Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria:
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the
Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in
Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the
kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
Revolving Mountain p 27
The Mountain Revolves.
The revolving Mountain is now about complete, and the nations have climbed it, and
the high up classes enjoy its glory on the summit thereof. Let us now therefore see
what the Creator of the Universe has in store for them, and how he will meet them at
the time specified for his kingdom to come, and his special king, the Messiah, to
rule. By Isaiah the Lord says:
"Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all
that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation
of the Lord Is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly
destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be
cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains
shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be
rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth
off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree." (Is. 34: 1-4).
In order to entirely overthrow and bring to nought the works of the nations the very
earth will be shaken, yea, "turned upside down", says the prophet.
"Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside
down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the
people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the
maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the
lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury
to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for the Lord hath
spoken this word." (Is. 24: 1-3) .
Not only the earth but also the heaven above shall be terribly shaken and become
subject to fire.
"See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him
that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that
speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,
saying: Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven." (Heb. 12: 25.
26).
The Apostle Peter adds the following testimony:
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heath,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that
all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all
holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day
of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." (2 Pet. 3: 10-13.)
By the time the very heaven above is set on fire the deceivers who have preached
Baalism in the name of Jesus may become convinced that they by a false gospel have
led the people away from the Lifegiver and the New Creator. He came into the world in
order to give man a new life and to save him from the power of death by means of the
resurrection, and then for the future home of such that believe in Him as the
Resurrection and the Life, he creates a new heaven and a new earth. But baalism saves
immortal souls to a heaven that shall be destroyed by fire.
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In that terrible time God has promised to shield his people, and to watch over them
with the most tender care. He says by Isaiah:
"In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of
beauty, unto the residue of his people. And for a spirit of judgment to him that
sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate." (Is.
28: 5. 6.)
It is at that time, when the sinful nations realize the wrath of God, that the abused
and struggling people will prosper under the ruling spear of the Son of David—the
king crucified. The prophet says:
"Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous
Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in
the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this
is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our righteousness." (Jer. 23: 5. 6.)
Thus we may go on and add testimony to testimony concerning the ultimate result of
God's plan. The nations have brought upon themselves great calamities by following up
the Babylonian system, and, especially, because the religious leaders have
proclaimed a false and delusive gospel. That has been the very means whereby the
nations have dared to venture on in the way of the Chaldeans. And as a natural
consequence they will also meet a similar end as the Chaldeans.
We find in the 18th chap. of the Revelation a plain description of the terrible fate
that awaits the modern Babylon. It is awful only to read the ultimatum the Almighty
has given concerning it. The testimony begins thus:
"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great
power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a
strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean
and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies."
(Rev. 18: 1-3.)
As the dual plan requires that every important event which concerns the whole people
of a country or certain portions of the world must double up, we also expect that
the black slave war, generally called the Rebellion, will be repeated in the
conclusive act. This time the white slave is subject for the freedom from the
Egyptian bondage. The great year of Jubilee shall set. him and the soil free from the
power of oppression. And when we compare the present situation
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among the people with the circumstances that prepared the way for the Rebellion, we
can readily see, that that part of the conclusive act is not far distant. This
present generation, concerning the time assigned to it, has its counterpart in the
time of the Jewish nation living at the time of Christ. That generation, beginning at
the birth of Christ, the new era, was subject to the first coming of the Messiah, and
circumstances caused them to reject Him. On that generation, in the last part of its
time (80 years is about the period for a generation to exist) came over it the
calamities Christ foretold should come over them. The Roman war led to the destruc
tion of their prosperity as a nation. The present generation has the beginning of its
period marked by the words of Christ in Matt. 25: 1. "Then shall the kingdom of
heaven", etc. It is subject to the signs Christ said would indicate His second coming
and the end of the world. Seventy years' tarrying; time between the first and the
second act of the movement he refers to by the parable; and the second act is brought
in by the midnight cry, the proclamation of the world war. This war has its
counterpart in the Romish war against the Jewish nation, and it will bring similar
results. But then the Jewish nation was overthrown and scattered among the, nations.
This time the nations will be enterely ruined, and the Jews and their bretheren, the
ten tribes, will become subjects to the gathering movements of the kingdom of God.
They, like their forefathers on the way out of Egypt, have many trials before them,
but in reaching the goal of their destination, they will finally be secure in the
everlasting kingdom, where peace shall eternally reign. The seed of Abraham have
received their evil portion, while the wicked nations have enjoyed themselves. Now
comes the change. The rich man and poor Lazarus change position. See Luke 16: 22-26.
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Mount Olive
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Acient Jerusalem : Temple, Mt. Olives, Valley Jehoshaphat, Mt Zion
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Zech 14: 4
◄ Zechariah 14 ►
King James Bible
The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed
1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: 7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. 11And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. 14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
All Nations will Worship the King
16And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 17And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21Yea, 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: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Christ Riding Up to Jerusalem - Armageddon page 167
Even that movement has its counterparts. What was done at the evening of the day of the Lord will be repeated in the morning of the same day, but it is then carried out spiritually and is of a higher meaning. We read first Matt. 21. 1-13:
"And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek; and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them. And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written. My house shall be called the heuse of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
The kingly train to Jerusalem started from The mountain of Olives.
In the spiritual dispensation that means the gathering together of the wise and the foolish virgins about the question of oil, as the parable in Matt. 25th chap. sets forth. The conditions on the earth become so depressive that all the virgins become awake and inquire about the cause of the terrible times that prevail at that period. All are in need of spiritual light because great spiritual darkness incloses them all.
The mountain of Olives was called so because the olive trees grew about there, and the oil pressed from such trees constituted the means by which the lamps burned and gave light. That symbolizes the spiritual, or prophetic light that the virgins on their way to meet the Bridegroom are in need of at just that particular time. The olive oil was used to keep light in the temple, and that in particular prefigured the prophetic light required in the temple of the spiritual dispensation.
Christ calls the two witnesses, referred to in Rev. 11th chap. "The two olive trees and the two candlesticks," thereby denoting that they furnish the temple with prophetic oil.
And in Zech. 4. 11-14 they are called "the two anointed ones." Anointed so to deliver prophetic light to the spiritual temple.
Christ sent two disciples and told them to go into the village that laid before them, where they would find an ass tied and a colt' with her. "Loose them and bring them to me," He said.
The working animal represents the working class in the new dispensation, the woman of Rev. 12th chap. The colt with her, the man-child who shall finally rule the nations with a rod of iron. The Messiah rode on the colt and led its mother at His side. The prophecy says that the great red dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And his tail (the appendix) drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth. That denotes that the laboring class at that time is closely watched by the military power and that many of the leaders among the people become imprisoned. The Babylonian power binds them so to hinder them to leave the stations where the national powers direct them to stay, like Egypt did with the Hebrews.
Under such circumstances Christ sends His witnesses to the village, that lays right before them. And what village is that? From the spiritual mountain of olives they see the Babylonian chain of cities wherever they look, and just there the slaving masses are tied. "Loose them and lead them to me," He says. "And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say: The Lord needs them. "
That reminds us of the mission of Moses when Jehovah sent him to loose Israel from bondage: "The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee (Pharaoh), saying: Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness." Now that mission will be carried out to completeness.
The colt, prefiguring the class- that finally develops as the kings and priests of the kingdom to come, bears the rider, the King anointed for the throne of David. The prophetic word is understood by them and has a controlling power over their minds and actions, and they lead the people, denoted as the mother, by the proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom to come.
When the two witnesses are sent on their special mission, the door that opens with the key of David stands before them, and at the same time the Image of the beast is active in its mission to control the foodstuff so that no one except those that have the mark of the beast can buy or sell. Here then begins the religious war. The god-powers on either side, like as it was at the time of Elijah, shall be tried. If Baal, the god-power controlling the products of the earth, upon which the human life depends, by the institutions, laws and works of man, is the true God, or if the God of Israel that has created the heaven and the earth is the God man ought to worship and obey - that is the Weestion to become forever settled.
It is the war between the Son of man and the "Man of sin," or Anti-Christ, that will be fought to a finish by the Champions on both sides of the line of battle.
When the train started from the mount of Olives, the multitude began to sing the kingly song of jubilee, the song of liberty, and they said: "Hosanna (in the Highest) to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Jehovah). The echo of the same song to be sung as the train is moving onward in the morning of the great day of the Lord was then heard. And Christ says to the Jews at the time He prophesied about the calamity that avaited them: "For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." Matt. 23. 39.
It is at that time the following prophecy, foretold by the prophet Isaiah, will be accomplished:
"I have set watchmen upon thy walls, 0 Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou
hast laboured: But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and \raise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken." Isa. 62. 6-12.
As the kingly movement meet the opposing power, the representati': es of the covenant cry to Him that sits on the cloud, the King riding the colt: "Thrust in thy sickle and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe." Rev. 14. 15. Then the great drought sets in.
Mount Zion
Ps. 48: 11
Is 2: 2
Mich 4: 1
Rev 14: 1
Heb 12: 22
Is 25: 7
Ps 68: 15 - 17 Leap ye high hills - mountains
Dual Plan, page 180, 240-45
Page 180 under: XXIII. THE LIVING ZION - Dual Plan
In the 12th chapter of the letter to the Hebrews, the writer compares the spiritual Zion with Sinai. Describing the power of God manifested there, he says:
"And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebr. 12: 21-29.)
The gospel of the true Christ brought the apostolic church, with respect to the spiritual Zion and Jerusalem, in a position similar to that of the people under the Mosaic system with respect to Sinai and Jerusalem. The true church of Christ occupies the very same position until Shiloh comes as a Deliverer. Then Zion, as the camp of the sanctuary of God and his army, becomes a reality. Terrible was the scene at Sinai, but here both the heavens and the earth shall tremble at the voice of the Almighty when he roars like a lion at the nations and utterly destroys them from the face of the earth. By Isaiah the Lords says:
"For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood." (Is. 34: 2, 3.)
The personal or living Zion develops under the measuring rod which brings forth the temple. The prophet saw the revealing angel meet the man who held a measuring line in his hand who was told that Jerusalem should be inhabited "as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein." Then he heard a voice, as from the Lord, saying:
"Ho, ho! come forth and flee from the land of the north (Europe) saith the Lord, for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord, Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon, for thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you, for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them and they shall be a spoil to their servants, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts (armies) hath sent me (the Lord's ambassador). Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for lo, I will come and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord." (Zech. 2: 6-10.)
Jerusalem and Zion are often referred to as if they were one and the same thing. In the personal development, Jerusalem arises out of Zion through the mensuration or because of the prophetic unfoldings. Hence, while Zion continues in its development, Jerusalem is hidden or undeveloped. By the progressive act of measuring the temple, Jerusalem unfolds a glorious power which supersedes that of Zion as the sun's brightness supersedes that of the moon. In Zion gather all kinds of people, the unholy with the holy, but in Jerusalem only the holy ones can come. In the light of the developing process, Zion constitutes a suburb to the holy Jerusalem.
In the prophetic vision that Zechariah saw concerning Zion and Jerusalem, we find an explanation to Is. 11: 10, 11.
a."In that day there shall be a root of Jesse (the stump of David's kingdom shall sprout), which shall stand for an ensign of the people" (a powerful battery against the dragon-power of the nations).
b."And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people." That implies a movement similar to the general strike and march out of Egypt that the twelve tribes made under the guidance of Moses.
c."And shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth." That proves that the movement in question constitutes the gathering together of the two houses. "And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people . . . like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egyp;t." Verse 16 proves that the two houses of God on their way to Zion will, by a revolutionary movement similar to the one then brought about, press their way to the place and position assigned by Elohim.
The expressions, the "daughter of Zion," and the "daughter of Babylon," refer to the fact that both the mystical Babylon (from which the spiritual Zion is delivered) and the spiritual Zion originate from institutions that bear similar names: i. e., the mystical Babylon originates from Nimrod's capital city which was built around the tower of Babel, and the spiritual Zion originates from the kingdom of David.
Zion shall be "as towns without walls"—as towns on a newly settled prairie, where the people flock together in tents; or, like the armies of the nations in their camps on the battlefield. They have no walls of any kind to protect them; but the Lord says, "I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." When the children of Jacob left Egypt and pitched their tents in the desert, a pillar of fire and smoke surrounded them. That constituted their wall of defense when the armies of Egypt tried to overpower them. In Is. 4: 5, 6, that same wall of defense is promised by the Lord.
Mount Zion. pg 240 -245
The 144,000 sealed as the property of Elohim, were seen by John as standing on mount Zion. As the shadow shows that Jerusalem will develop from mount Zion, we will here view it once more.
When that camp of tents is first formed, it is prophetically pictured as a pregnant woman in a desert, persecuted by a great red dragon. The dragon does not care so much for the woman as he does for the child she is to bring forth. He wants to eat it as soon as it is born. Why? Because he, like King Herod, expects that the child will usurp the throne of his power and destroy his kingdom. That child-144,000 conquerors—finally stands on mount Zion. But where is the mountain? You can see it no longer. But you can easily understand that if it had not been for Zion—the great multitude which first started—that child—the sanctuary, or the 144,000—would never have reached its elevated position. What brought these 144,000 up so high? Mount Zion. But Zion is now in the past. No, the gates of death hide it from our view, that is all. But faith keeps this sealed company elevated above them. In other words, the great majority have been slain by the beast and its rider; but, they will soon be brought up again to fill their assigned places in and about the New Jerusalem.
The seven last plagues are first poured out over the worshippers of the beast and its image. For that purpose the temple in heaven is opened, or uncovered. Before that time, the two witnesses had power over the plagues, but now these sanctified beings receive that power. They need no covering, because they have so much of God's power that they can defend themselves by pouring the plagues over their enemies.
The woman and the child (Rev. 12) were splendidly represented by Christ in his kingly ride to Jerusalem, when the people carried branches of palm trees before him and cried, "Hosanna to the son of David!" He rode a colt and had the mother of the colt—a working animal—along side of him on the way up to Jerusalem.
The golden city. The Revelator describes the New Jerusalem as a city of gold and precious pearls. Gold has been and is the glory of Babylon. What kind of gold can we expect the city of the new creation to consist of ? It consists of the gold brought to light by the Spirit of prophecy, of course. How is that gold produced? Christ says to the last branch of the seven churches, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich." What gold is that? It is undefiled faith. When that faith—with respect to its true value—is revealed by the power and glory of God, it will shine as glittering gold. The face of Moses at Mount Sinai reflected some of that glory.
John saw the High Priest in the sanctuary of faith, and describes him as girded about the breast with a golden girdle: his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. Did John mean to tell us that the gold and brass he saw on the Messiah were dead materials? Has the Son of God feet of real brass? None but those who are entirely devoid of faith can understand the prophetic language in such a manner.
Daniel saw a man in one of his visions, of whom he says: "Whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphas ; his body also was like the beryl (a stone of bluish green color); and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass." Apply that literally and .you will have a monster.
In Is. 54, an explanation of the glory of the New Jerusalem is found. God speaks to it while it is trodden under the power of Babylon and calls it a barren and childless woman, as compared with Babylon. (See the 46th and 47th chapters.) Then he places before them their future prospects, thus:
"Fear not, thou shalt not be ashamed… For thy Maker is thy husband… The God of the whole earth shall he be called… For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee (the scattered tribes)… Oh thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones."
We add to this Is. 60: 18-20.
"Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls salvation, and thy gates praise. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thy everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."
Such language cannot be applied to a dead but to a living city. Elohim speaks to the poor toilers of Babylon who create and sustain its glory and who are continually kept down under its burdensome yoke. He commences thus:
"Awake, awake, put on thy strength O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth (the time of their deliverance) there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust, arise, and sit down (throw off the yoke) O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money." (Is. 52, compare Rev. 14: 4.)
"These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfrults (of the great harvest that follows) unto God and the Lamb."
This language is too plain to need any comment. It is only necessary to understand the spiritual development of the sanctuary and its cleansing process—the very means which clothe the holy city in its golden and glittering garments.
The new Jerusalem compared with the old. Paul gives the following analogy:
"For It has been written, that Abraham had two sons; one from the bond-woman, and one from the free-woman. Now, the one from the bond-woman was naturally produced; but the other from the free-woman was through the promise. Which things are allegorical; for these represent two covenants; one indeed from Mount Sinai, breeding children for servitude (typical purposes):—that is Hagar. Now Hagar signifies Sinai (a mountain in Arabia), and it Is correspondent to the present (old) Jerusalem, for she Is In bondage with her children. But the exalted Jerusalem represents the free-woman, who is our mother. For it has been written, rejoice, O barren woman who does not bring forth," etc. (Gal. 4: 22-27.)
This testimony shows in the first place that the old Jerusalem was a type of the new; again, it settles it as a fact that the new Jerusalem comes into existence because of the promises. The first promise developed Isaac, the typical; the second developed the Messiah, the true seed; and the third develops the seed of the woman spoken of in Rev. 12 which shall entirely destroy the work and the kingdom of the serpent; the fourth brings back from the power of death all the true heirs of Abraham. Thus the city that Abraham looked for is the mother of all, because she constitutes the very fountain from which all promises have issued since the time of Abraham; she is the first to be resurrected.
The mensuration of the city. The Revelator, like the prophet Zechariah, saw someone measure the city. He says:
"And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, that he might measure the city and its gates and its walls. And the city lies quadrangular, and its length is as much even as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed to twelve thousand furlongs; and the length and the breath and the height of it are equal." (Rev. 21: 15, 16.)
It is measured by a "reed"—a kalamos or a writer's pen—as was the temple. In fact, the mensuration of the temple and the city represents one and the same movement; but, the mensuration of the city is carried on in a more distant future. The eating of the opened prophetic book, illustrated by John (Chap. 10) , first brings the reed. Then, by the proclamation of the words of the, book, the measuring process separates first the seed of Shem from the seed of Ham (the Nimrodians) ; then, it separates the seed of the woman from the woman herself, and brings that seed under the seal of God. The mensuration of the city follows.
In the 3rd chap. of Rev., the Lord in his testimony to the Philadelphian branch—which branch has set before it the prophetic door that finally separates the wise virgins from the foolish—refers to the mensuration process of the temple and the new Jerusalem, thus:
"The conqueror, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God (this proves that the temple is under the process of restoration), and he shall never go out any more; and I will write on him the name of my God (like the Babylonians mark their subjects with Bel's signature) and the name of the city of my God (instead of Babylon) the new Jerusalem—which cometh down out of heaven from my God (Babylon, to the contrary, comes up from Shinar); and my new name (the King of kings and the Lord of lords)." The fiery trials, which meet the temple of God, will humbly bring them underneath the measuring reed, where they, as Paul says, "Go from glory to glory." They gain victory upon victory until they are without fault before the throne of God—just the very opposite to the requirements of the throne of Babylon. There the selfish, the brutish, the most blood-thirsty and iniquitous beings generally fill the highest positions and are honored as pillars in the consolidations. Hence, their end is darkness and death; but the end of the others is light, life and glory.
When the mensuration of the city is complete, it measures 144,000 furlongs, or spaces. Each individual fills a space in the measure. Their experience in the development of faith fills that space. The work of faith makes the space.
The wall of the city.
"And it had a wall great and high, it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels (messengers), and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel."
In Zion, the suburb of Jerusalem, the gates develop by the sealing process of the 144,000. Zion constitutes a wall about Jerusalem during the gathering-time of the tribes. As the sealing work advances, each and all of the different tribes develop or form a passage through that wall, into the living and immortal city. This is done by passing over the gates of death. All the tribes are represented by a special leader who is actuated by the power of faith and who exemplifies it by his acts; hence, he becomes a messenger connected with the gate or the passage to immortality.
In the typical system, the twelve sons of Jacob constituted the gates or the openings for the tribes to go through on their way to the old Jerusalem. That city had a material wall about it—a shadow cast from the living Zion. The wall of the new Jerusalem will be an everlasting construction and will remain with the city eternally. Hence, the apostles, in connection with the prophets, laid its foundation. The wall is subject to death, but is restored again by the first resurrection: i. e., before the translation of the sealed 144,000. In other words, those who are slain outside of the living temple as martyrs will have part in the first resurrection (Rev. 20: 4, 5) . As that act takes place before the company that passes over alive into the new kingdom is translated (1 Thess. 4: 16, 17), the immortal wall will surround the city before they all meet the Lord in the air. As they meet in We air from all quarters of the globe, that grand city will be put together for its glorious position by the Spirit of God—the Builder thereof. Then it will come down from heaven like a Bride, adorned for her husband.
"And it was given her that she should be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure, for the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints." (Rev. 19: 8.)
Her ornaments represent the righteous acts of the saints. The acts of faith done in the mortal state appear in the form of ornaments—as polished gold and pearls in an immortal state. Thus, the work of faith will remain eternally, and by its glorious reflection, it will memorize the deeds done in the flesh. The "wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever." (Dan. 12: 3.)
The Mountain of the Lord:
Is 2: 3
Michah 4: 2
Mountain and Valley
Isaiah 40: 4 Mountain and Valley means the condition between the people - the rich and poor
Mountains
1 King 18: 19-40 Mount Carmel
Matt 21: 1 The Mount Olives
Ex 19 all The Mount Sinai
Hab 3: 2-6 The Mount Paran - Sinai
Rev 6: 14 Every mountain and island were moved - new creation
Rev 16: 20 The mountains were not found
Isaiah 42: 15 I will make waste mountains, (by earthquakes)