“Give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62:7).” This verse is prophesying two very important end time prayers, both of which are the desire of God’s people. They are each a request for God to rise up and do that which he has promised to do. "He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them (Psalm 145:19)." The first prayer is for God to rise up, and help believers establish the new covenant. “Wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly (Psalm 108:11-13).” And the second prayer is for God to rise up, again, for a second time, to restore peace in the land, and to make his people a praise in eyes of all the earth. “He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them unto their desired haven (Psalm 107:29-30).”
Man cannot defeat the laws of every religion, therefore God will arise and religion will be defeated, and the new covenant will be established: after all, God's people are thoroughly convinced that they must believe in the laws of their religion (Deuteronomy 4:2; Galatians 1:8). No religion is esteemed righteous is God's eyes, for every one of them has taken a select scripture verse, and magnified it in the eyes of its people. These well-rehearsed scripture verses are set up as laws, and they are proclaimed to be the only way in which God's people receive salvation. They are well-loved verses which seemingly justify the religion, and impute righteousness upon its people. God calls these verses our silver. “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times (Psalm 12:6).” The teachers which magnify and rehearse these laws in the eyes of the congregation, are likened to gold. “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter (Lamentations 4:2)?” “Thy silver is become dross (Isaiah 1:22).” “How is the gold become dim (Lamentations 4:1)?” “Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath (Zephaniah 1:18).”
King Solomon assured believers that there is a better way than that of silver and gold. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold (Proverbs 3:13-14).” Wisdom and understanding are each virtues that insure eternal rewards: but wisdom has advanced, and wisdom can promote you (Proverbs 4:8). “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom (Proverbs 4:7).” Wisdom understands the deep and hidden mysteries of prophecy. “He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous (Proverbs 2:7).” Wisdom got her start by having a good understanding of God’s word, and then she blossomed as she spent time in God's word, crying out to God for his answers concerning prophecy: therein she has discovered evidences of God's end time plan. Wisdom shared her proofs and discoveries with other people of understanding (Proverbs 8:1-12). They have inclined their ears to hear her discoveries, and to consider her evidences (Proverbs 2:2). “Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee (Proverbs 4:5-6).”
“Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul (Psalm 66:16).” The exaltations of a psalmist serve to identify how believers can get wisdom, and how they can be delivered from deception. To paraphrase his remarks, the psalmist wrote: if believers will forget their religiously motivated fears, and will leave off worrying about their past mistakes, and if they will pray unto God asking him for his help in understanding the truths which are necessary for the deliverance of his people, then God will hear their prayers, and he will attend to their needs: for this is the spirit that glorifies and extols God. Read this Psalm in the sixty sixth chapter of the book of Psalms, giving special attention to verses seventeen through twenty. “In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. All kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth (Psalms 138:3-4).”
All of the laws upon which the nations were founded are about to be shaken, and every mistaken religious belief will be exposed: and the hearts of God's people will be moved. "The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved (Psalm 46:6)." "The earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills were moved and were shaken (Psalm 18:7)." In other words, prophecies which speak about the shaking and movement, are prophesying truths about what will happen as believing priests stand up and confess the newly revealed truths of prophecy in their pulpits. When truth is being proclaimed, and the land is shaking, then priests which elected to stand firm upon religious beliefs, will rise up, and they will mockingly come against the priests that are teaching the truth. "Those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved (Psalm 13:4)." “Defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity... The mighty are gathered against me… They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me (Psalm 59:1-4)." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and they right hand shall save me (Psalm 138:7)." The scriptures confirm that God will arise and deliver the servants that stand up and confess the truth: and when he does this, the faithful will rejoice, for they will recognize and know that it is God's hand.
Unmistakable and definitive proof that the covenant message has been revealing the truth of end times, will not happen until Judgment Day: but on that day God will pour out a destroying pestilence which will confirm the matter. In the meantime, believers must walk by faith, and they must study the scriptures, because they contain the evidences which are necessary to verify the hidden things of prophecy. God's end time message was to be learned and received by faith, and one place wherein scripture reveals this is the ninety sixth chapter of the book of Psalms. In this psalm, believing priests are encouraged to rise up and speak the truth in faith, knowing, beyond any doubt, that God will come and deliver them. “O sing unto the Lord a new song… declare his glory among the heathen… let the heavens rejoice, and let earth be glad… for he cometh, he cometh to judge the earth (from Psalm 96)." Priests which elect to do God's will, have nothing to fear, because God has lifted his hand, and he has sworn, not only to bring the curse, but also to give his people a new covenant (Deuteronomy 32:40; Jeremiah 31:36). “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant I made with their fathers... because they continued not in my covenant (Hebrews 8:8-9).”
“I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant (Ezekiel 16:60).” This verse is not only evidence that God has sworn to establish an everlasting covenant, but it is also evidence that God has promised to remember those people who have faithfully kept his former covenants. In other words, this verse is God's testimony of reassurance that the pestilence which comes upon priests and leaders, will only come upon them if they have broken his covenant (Deuteronomy 28:15; Psalm 89:30-32). “Cursed be the man that obeys not the words of his covenant (Jeremiah 11:3).” The pestilence which comes upon these priests is purposed for their correction, but it is also purposed to be a sign: it will put a miracle before the eyes of all of God's people, one which loudly confirms that God is fulfilling his promise to establish their new covenant (Psalm 89:38-52). “He takes away the first, that he may establish the second (Hebrews 10:9).” “It was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord (Zechariah 11:11).”
“Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother (Isaiah 9:19).” When the truths of revealed prophecy are being proclaimed and promoted in the pulpits, the passions of many believers will be stoked, and their temperaments will be set on fire. “I will dash them against one another, even the fathers and sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them (Jeremiah 13:14).” In other words, our past mistakes and religious arguments will be provoking the people, and they will be mad. But thanks be to the mercies of our God, a remnant of believers in every religion will be prepared, and they will be ready with answers. “The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarries not for man, or waits for the sons of men (Micah 5:7).”
Until the final verdict of Judgment Day, there will be priests and leaders that are fighting against God's word. They will be delivering messages which are backed up by scripture verses that seemingly debunk the covenant message. These leaders have remained faithful to religion's laws, and they are hoping to increase the size of their congregations. “And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver (Micah 5:8).” To further complicate the matter, some leaders which are aware of the covenant message, will be hiding some of its truths, because they fear the reactions of the people. “Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this thou hast chosen rather than affliction (Job 36:21).” Priests who are dealing craftily, or dishonestly, by teaching deceptive versions of prophecy, are practicing transgression, and everyone who is practicing transgression on Judgment Day will suffer God's wrath. “The Lord knows how to… reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished (2Peter 2:9).” “When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever (Psalm 92:7).”
Due to the strong contentions of the people, that afore mentioned second prayer becomes necessary. This prayer is coming from God's people, and they are asking God to restore peace in the land, and to make them a praise. “Be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy (Isaiah 65:18).” God's answer to the second prayer is to bring about the annihilating pestilence of Judgement Day. This pestilence will both stop the tumults, and it will glorify the righteous. "I will make you a name and a praise among the people of the earth (Zephaniah 3:20)." To perceive how the pouring out of an annihilating pestilence will glorify the righteous, consider: When the people which had fallen away from the Lord witness the first pestilence, they will perceive that it came forth from God, and they will return unto God's house. If they are fortunate, they will come unto places wherein the newly revealed truths of prophecy are being taught, and they will be rejoicing and praising God along with the congregation, when they escape the pestilence of Judgment Day. "He hath shown his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen (Psalm 111:6)." Giving obedient believers creditability and increase is God’s way of praising them for their faithfulness: “Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise (1Chronicles 16:35).”
The remainder of this message is purposed for the benefit of the priesthood. Let's start it off with a song which was written by king David: “David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul (2Samuel 22:1).” David was a man who knew how it felt to be under an attack through no fault of your own. The truth about David's experience was captured in this song. This experience was recorded as a pattern for the edification of today's priests. During these times, faithful priests will be facing the same trials that David faced: they too will have to suffer and endure some unsavory attacks through no fault of their own. Those who consider the wisdom of David's song, will be strengthened and encouraged by it.
In this testimony David confessed and insinuated that he feared the ungodly men who fought against him, but it was his fear of God kept him from deviating from God’s instructions. “The floods of ungodly men made me afraid… the snares of death prevented me (Psalm 18:4-5).” Throughout his ordeal, David stayed mindful of who God was, and he prayed; and he kept God’s word ever before him (Psalm 18:22). David perceptibly noticed that each and every victory was of God, even the minor and insignificant ones, therefore he publicly awarded God praise in each and every victory. In other words, David gave God the glory: “He said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer… thou savest me from violence. I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies (2Samuel 22:2-4).”
David’s righteous approach to victory awarded him the increase, one soul at a time. As the men around David witnessed his righteousness, they lifted up their voices on behalf of David, and they defended him. David's enemies began to hear stories about his righteous acts, and they feared God, and were brought very low for their sins against David. Then was their anger turned to favor David. “Then the earth shook and trembled.. there went up smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth… yea, he sent out arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightenings and discomfited them… He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me (Psalm 18:7-17).” This sensational song is David's testimony crediting God with having been there through his people, especially when David needed him most: for God had strengthened David through men that had begun as his enemies. What a reason for celebrating God’s instructions, and what an argument against hastily accusing one another. “Remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low (Psalm 79:8).”
“The Lord liveth… let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that avengeth me, and subdues the people under me. He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man (Psalm 18:46-48).” Because of his exercise with the impossible, and because of his glorious victory, David perceived the many benefits of giving God the glory, and he commanded that all men should sing praises unto the Lord (2Chronicles 35:15). “Sing unto him a new song… for the word of the Lord is right; and his works are done in truth… There is no king saved by the multitude of an host… The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy (from Psalm 33).” David's pattern encourages believing priests to put their confidence in God, and to praise him for his provision. It also encourages them to follow God's instructions, for this is not our battle to fight: but we are to trust in God for his deliverance, and he will protect us from our enemies.
David also delivered a vow which is especially beneficial for priests. This vow is recorded in the one hundred and first Psalm. From the words of this psalm, priests are able to discern how they can bring glory to God. Happy will they be if they take this vow and keep it, for God will make them a praise. In order to increase understanding, the following words are a paraphrasing of David's words: Vow to behave yourselves in accordance with God's word, and to remove religious memorabilia from before the eyes of your congregation. Vow not to let anyone tempt you to disobey God’s word, and to correct everyone that is speaking slanderously against believers of other faiths. Vow to put faithful people in the leadership roles of the church, and to rid God’s house of believers that are openly practicing deceit: speak up and correct anyone who is misrepresenting God’s word. Finally, be a living testimony of truth before the eyes of your congregation and teach the covenant message, for these things glorify God. Keep your vows, and God will prevent you from sinning against him. “The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord… for thou preventest him with blessings of goodness (Psalm 21:1-3).”
The prayers of righteous priests have postponed the day of salvation: God is patiently waiting for them. “For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off… for how should my name be polluted (Isaiah 48:9-11)?” God has allotted believing priests seven years to study the covenant message, and to get involved with helping to spread its news (Daniel 9:27). “In the morning shall my prayer prevent thee (Psalm 88:13).” God knew that whenever believing priests heard the covenant message, they would need time to study it, and time to spread its news throughout the priesthood. “I prevented the dawning of morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might mediate on thy word (Psalm 119:147-148).”
“They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hasted away (Psalm 48:5).” When Christian priests first heard the covenant message, they hurried away from it. God prevented them from publicly confirming the message, until the allotted time. "The God of my mercy shall prevent me (Psalm 59:10)." "Wait ye upon me, saith the Lord (Zephaniah 3:8)." "Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense (Psalm 59:5)." God silenced the covenant message because he knew that the reproach of it would be too much. “How do I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people (Psalm 89:50)?” Wherefore God prevented the covenant message from being confirmed until after believing priests of every nation had had sufficient time to prepare themselves, as well as their congregations. "When I call unto them, they stand up together (Isaiah 48:13)." Every religion, including Christianity, has patiently waited: for each and every priest needed plenty of evidence and time before they would, and could, share the newly revealed truths of prophecy with their congregations (Isaiah 60:9). “If thou return to the Almighty… thou shalt lay up gold as dust… the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver (Job 22:23-25).” “I will abundantly bless her provision (Psalm 132:15).”
The covenant message also needed time to evolve: now it has plenty of provision which will curtail the confusions of Judgment Day. This message unapologetically announces that God has delivered his people a new covenant, and it confirms how God intends to make every believer submit to the truth of it. "In God I will praise his word (Psalm 56:10)." "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies (Psalm 25:10)." Covenants were God’s salvation plan from the beginning. By basing salvation upon believers obeying and doing the words of a covenant, God relieved the priesthood of assuming responsibility for the congregation’s salvation. Covenants cause every believer to assume responsibility for their own salvation, and they render the priesthood’s unintentional misrepresentations of scripture, powerless.
"Praise waits for thee, O God, in Sion (Psalm 65:1).""Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth... I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it (Jeremiah 33:6-9)."
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
The Cockatrice and the Fiery Flying Serpent
Now on to subject of this lesson. The riddles of scripture prompt questions, such as, Who is the viper? Or who is the cockatrice? Answers concerning the riddles are resolved by gathering clues from prophecies wherein those harsh insulting names were used, and then allowing the gathered information to form a profile of the offense. Then, in order to gain further benefit from the riddles, they must to be applied to the parables.
One such riddle is about: the asp. The riddle of the asp pertains to those priests which have deemed the covenant message, absolutely absurd, and utterly ridiculous, but they have not studied it. “They are gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…the poison of asps is under their lips… The way of peace have they not known (Romans 3:12-17).” Asps are unprofitable to God because their vision is out of step with his: they are watching for iniquity. In other words, these priests are relying upon mistaken beliefs and the erred teachings of their forefathers for all of their end time understanding. “All that watch for iniquity are cut off (Isaiah 29:20).” “The drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord (Joel 1:9).” Before continuing on with the interpretation of the asp, it is beneficial to know the meaning of the parable word, wine. In prophecy, the word "wine" represents end time teachings, and end time interpretations of prophecy. According to God's word, the end time teachings of the asp, are corrupt. “Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps (Deuteronomy 32:33).” Their teachings are of no value to the congregation, because they are disregarding God's messengers, and they have not consulted the scriptures. The consequence of such negligence is that their own congregations will get mad, and they will turn against them. “Their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter (Deuteronomy 32:32).” “His meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him (Job 20:14).”
After perceiving the cause and effect of the asp's offense, believers can then apply that information, along with the insulting name, unto the corresponding parable name which was used in prophecy. In this case, see how the doings of the asp, align themselves with the doings of the Assyrian. The name "Assyrian" was used in prophecy to represent every priest or prophet which has heard the covenant message. Despite whether they believe the message, or not, prophecy refers to these priests as Assyrians, until the day that they stand up and openly confess their mistakes, and share the newly revealed truths of prophecy with their congregation. It is not unreasonable to conclude that there are many, so called, Assyrians. The riddles of scripture serve to break the group apart, and allow God to deliver a rebuke against the offense that some of them are making, so that those who are guilty of making the offense can correct themselves. Despite seeming to the contrary, Asps are included among those leaders whom God has sent unto his people for their good: Assyrians play a vital role in God’s end time plan. These leaders were sent before the day of the Lord to tread down the strongholds which divided the religious denominations. So, asps are believing priests, but they are making a very grievous mistake. “Behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria… and he shall pass through Judah… he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Associate yourselves… and give ear… gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces… for God is with us (Isaiah 8:7-10).”
The emptier is another riddle which pertains to leaders that are so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making, is that regardless of whether they believed the covenant message, or not, they are continuing to withhold the controversial aspects of God's end time plan from the congregation. When emptiers became privy to the covenant message, and they did good, for they turned away from some of their past mistaken religious beliefs, and they stopped discrediting other religious denominations in order to promote their own religious agendas. “Fortify thy power mightily. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellecy of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out (Nahum 2:2).” By teaching some of newly revealed truths of prophecy, they have emptied out some of their own vain religious philosophies, and they have fulfilled prophecy, for they have weakened the strongholds of every religious denomination. “The brooks of defense shall be emptied (Isaiah 19:6).” So once again, emptiers are believing priests which are doing some good, however they too are making a grievous mistake.
“Behold, the noise of the bruit is come (Jeremiah 10:22).” The bruit is another riddle which pertains to the so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making is that they are refusing to turn from their past religious beliefs, and they are continuing to stand forth and condemn people of other religions. “Pastors are become brutish (Jeremiah 10:21).” “Presumptuous are they, self willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities… But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption… cursed children: which have forsaken the right way (2Peter 2:10-15).” “They are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities (Jeremiah 10:8).”
Each and every Assyrian, has, in effect, earned himself a number of insulting titles, including that of: treacherous dealer, transgressor, and oppressor. Collectively they are guilty of telling lies, because they are withholding God's truths: they have betrayed the Lord, and have dealt deceitfully with their own congregations. “The house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me… They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us (Jeremiah 5:11-12).” Withholding the truth, equates to oppressing God's people: for without knowledge, God's people are being kept out of the everlasting kingdom (Zechariah 9:11). “The Assyrian oppressed them without cause (Isaiah 52:4).” “The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go (Jeremiah 50:33).” Therefore Assyrians deserve the insulting titles of robbers, and murderers, because they are robbing God of his children. They are taking food which belongs to God’s children, and they are giving them a fouled version of their own understandings. “As for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet (Ezekiel 34:19).” Some rebellious Assyrians believe that the Christian priesthood aught to wait and continue to teach the things which are safe, until God pours out his prophesied end time sign. "A evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign (Matthew 12:39)." “As troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of consent (Hosea 6:9).” “The leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed (Isaiah 9:16).”
“O Assyrian, the rod of my anger… he saith… My hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols… and by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent… I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man… and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth (Isaiah 10:5-14).” Another riddle which is poised against the Assyrians, involves those eggs which they are so happily gloating over. Eggs represent new life, but, “the wicked… go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies (Psalms 58:3).” Assyrians are responsible for raising up believers which are relying upon, and trusting in, presumptions, and lies; and those who disagree with the Assyrian's policies are being crushed into silence. “None… plead for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice’s eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper (Isaiah 59:4-5).”
Cockatrices are the deadly offspring that hatch out of the Assyrian’s teachings. “Behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you (Jeremiah 8:17).” Saying that a cockatrice will not be charmed, allows that his heart is hard. Cockatrices will not listen to the voice of reason, neither will they be persuaded by the words of truth (Psalms 58:5). Cockatrices are believers that have made a decision to stand against the covenant message, and they have wickedly banded themselves together in agreement. “There is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace (Isaiah 59:8).” Cockatrices will hedge up the way for the wicked Assyrians that hope to change their teachings after God pours out the affliction, making it impossible for them to retract their words. “I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths (Hosea 2:6).” Cockatrices are a punishment for some Assyrians, because their rebellious ways are transgression. “Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall therein (Proverbs 26:27).”
The den is the sanctuary, or place wherein the Assyrian has schooled, and raised up the cockatrice: “The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrices’ den (Isaiah 11:8).” Placing a hand upon them is exactly what believers are instructed to do. In other words, just tell them the truth. “Canst thou draw out leviathan… Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more (Job 41:8).” The deaf cockatrices will not be inclined to receive warning, because their goings are resolute. “Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips (Psalms 140:1-3).” The Hebrew word that was translated "cockatrice" was also translated into the word "adder" and it was used in a verse which refers to the effects of the cockatrice's false end time teachings: "At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a adder (Proverbs 23:32)."
Those crushed eggs which were deemed inconsequential by the Assyrian, are the very slayers that will slay him. “The triumphing of the wicked is short… the viper’s tongue shall slay him (Job 20:16).” “I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant (Isaiah 14:30).” The riddle of the viper correlates with a host of other riddles in scripture, including that of the breaker, the destroyer, the spoiler, and the waster. All of these riddles are conjoined in the parable of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his followers, the people of the north. “I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land (Ezekiel 30:10-11).”
“This sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer (Ezekiel 21:11).” In prophecy, the name, Nebuchadnezzar, applies to an Islamic leader who fearlessly proclaims the covenant message. This leader, and his followers have not perfected their understandings of God's instructions, but they are bringing news of covenant message against the walls of Christianity, as well as against the people of the Islamic faith (Isaiah 11:14). “Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's (Jeremiah 5:10).” “I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16).” “He shall destroy wonderfully (Daniel 8:24).” “The destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant (Jeremiah 4:7).”
“The spoiler shall suddenly come upon us (Jeremiah 6:26).” Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are called spoilers, because they are wasting and spoiling every sanctuary and every house of worship wherein religion is still being practiced. "He shall come up as clouds, his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than was eagles. Woe unto us! For we are spoiled (Jeremiah 4:13)." "Thy walls shall shake at the noise of his horsemen... when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach (Ezekiel 26:10)." “The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled come against the fortress (Amos 5:9).” “Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as destruction from the Almighty (Isaiah 13:6).”
Although Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are working to forward the covenant message, their ways are not always good, for some of them are using violence to achieve their goals. “They shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses (Ezekiel 26:12).” “Look away from me: I will weep bitterly… because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity… of breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains (Isaiah 22:4-5).” God hates violence (Psalm 11:5). So whether it comes from his messengers, or whether it comes from the believers that are being provoked and confronted, violence is not of God, and it is transgression. “Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled… when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled (Isaiah 33:1).” “Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place (Proverbs 24:15).” God will punish every wicked transgressor that violently comes against any of his people. “Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain (Jeremiah 51:25).”
Another riddle of prophecy, is that of the fiery flying serpent: which is the fruit of the cockatrice. These are people which believe some of the newly revealed truths of prophecy. “Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent (Isaiah 14:29).” These fiery flying serpents have wings like birds, which allows that they have heard at least some of the covenant message, and have changed some of their teachings. The Hebrew word which was translated “fiery” was also translated into the word “seraphim.” This clue helps speculate that these are the believers that God will bring forth to defend Jerusalem. “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:5).” Note that the name “Jerusalem” is used as a parable in prophecy, and it stands for the church, because Jerusalem is the mother of us all: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, as well as the priesthood (Galatians 4:26). The fiery flying serpents are believers which will stand up and defend the people of their own religion, against the hypocrisy of an oppressor. “I will encamp about mine house because of the army… and no oppressor shall pass through them any more (Zechariah 9:8).” Nevertheless, although they have turned from some of their past religious beliefs, these believers are still working against God, because they are not convinced that God has given his people a new covenant. “O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7).” “Outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity (Matthew 23:28).” “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell (Matthew 23:33)?”
The acceptance of our new covenant is not optional. Jesus Christ served the Lord our God in humble obedience, and he willingly gave his body unto the religious authorities, knowing full well that they would allow him to be beaten, and crucified. What resulted was evidence that religion is guilty of making mistakes, and proof that hypocrisy exists within leaders which have religious authority. But Jesus Christ did not come to condemn anyone. Jesus Christ gave up the pleasures of this life and served God as a man without reputation. He modeled the kind of life that pleases God, and lived the essence of the doctrine that he was sent to proclaim. “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).” It is highly beneficial for believers to learn of Jesus, not only because it is the new covenant, but also because nonbelievers are greatly benefited when God's people are perfected through Jesus Christ, and his teachings. Wherefore God has lifted his hand and testified: if you believe that Jesus Christ is of God, then God lives inside of you (1John 5:9-10).
God promised that he will not leave any of his children bound in the clutches of religion. “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with thee, and I will save thy children (Isaiah 49:25).” “I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness (Isaiah 60:17).” We are all in this together, and therefore all of God's people will have to work together in agreement with God's word, keeping in mind that every soul is important to God. If you mistreat others, then you will be corrected. God is not a respecter of past accomplishments, and he will not spare from disciplining his children. He will punish every deceived and wicked offender, until they submit themselves to the authority of his word. “It shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks (Isaiah 10:12).”
“He opens their ears to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity (Job 36:10).” End times are about God disciplining the uncooperativeness of his own people. “Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way (Proverbs 15:10).” Religion's mistakes will be corrected through the voices of many believers, as well as through the voices of the ancient prophets, but God will also be using discipline, because the proud will not heed God's warnings and stand corrected (Jeremiah 7:28). “Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain (Jeremiah 8:8).” End times present believers with a super-sized challenge. Everyone will need to know the new way in which God's people will be serving God forever, wherefore everyone that receives the truth of the covenant message must speak up and help promote it. All of God's people will be delivered: but not before they accept the truth. Uncooperative and rebellious people, will be disciplined. “When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth (Psalms 39:11).” The affliction that God pours out will benefit all believers, for it will get everyone's attention: it will work to insure that the newly revealed truths of end times are published, and that religion is completely destroyed. “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord… for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth (Proverbs 3:11-12).” “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (Proverbs 22:15).”
The truths of the covenant message are being circulated before Salvation Day. These messages will increase the people's knowledge and preparation: believers are to help broadcast their existence, for these messages confirm how God's people can avoid God's discipline. Although the pestilence of Salvation Day is a form of punishment, God's primary objective for pouring out the pestilence of this day, is to cause his people to stand upon covenant understanding before the destruction of Judgment Day. “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Proverbs 13:24).”
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