Some wise sayings

Some wise sayings

1.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge best fools despise

wisdom and instructions.

2.Dear friends hear the instructions of the father, and forsake not the law

of thy mother.

3.The fear of death is more terrible than death itself.

4.Some people hath knowledge and do not chose the fear of the Lord.

5.Let us not forget the law of the God and at our hearts keep His

commandments.

when it comes.

inhabitation of the just.

fools.

get good understanding.

have any guide or overseer, or provideeth it’s meal. During summer

and gathereth food in the harvest season.

and the hands of the shed innocent blood.

death.

the paths.

not to be compared to it.

compass upon the face of the earth wisdom was there.

it not.

the holy understands.

mother.

of the wicked.

mother of the wicked.

wicked shall be shortened.

understanding holds its place.

his own flesh. 56The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

is as rottenness in her bones.

for a moment.

their foolishness.

lips shall have distraction.

to shame.

put out.

death.

with her own hands.

folley.

death.

border of the widow.

words of the pure are pleasant words.

humility.

depart from evil.

be sent against him. 57The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

is safe.

shalt be satisfied with bread. *****

precious jewels.

in obscure darkness.

the grey head.

angry women.

rather than silver and gold.

will not depart from it.

the gate.

words.

understanding.

wise child shall have joy of him.

established.

glad when he stumbles.

to search out a matter.

tooth and a foot out of joint.

give him water to drink.

reward thee.

woman and in a wide house.

fountain and a corrupt spring.

not thaine own lips.

shall have many a curse.

the righteous increase.

in spirit.

in Him. 59The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

and needy.

90. Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is for above rubees

91. All the labour of a man is for his mouth and get the appropriate is not

filled.

92. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of

feasting because that is of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.

93.Sorrow is better than laughter for by the sadness of the countinince the

heart is made bitter.

94. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of

fools is in the house of mirth.

95. Wisdom is better than weapons of war.

96. A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, where as the fools heart is at his

left.

97. Fear God and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of

man.

98. Learn to do well, seek judgement finding must, reliese the opposed

judge the fatherless plead for widow.

99. All that glitters is not gold.

100. All the world is a stage, all the men and women are more actors on the

stage of the world, they play their role and exit from this material world. 60The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

Restoration of Israel

The book of Isaiah chapter 40 is one of the topmost spiritual mountain peaks, so say all they words of God Almighty. Regarding the language, the theme and the grandeur, it is unsurprised. In this context, it is quite appropriate to quote some lines concerning to the topic. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isa 40:1-5). Prophet Isaiah used this chapter for inspiration to the believers. He wrote this chapter for the people to understand that it is incomparable chapter regarding the coming Messiah. He began to write that chapter with devine pronouncement. “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people said your God”. The prophetic proclamation is evidently equated; the glory of God shall be received with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a logical conclusion in the light of the fact Jesus is the image of the invisible God; (Colossians 2:9) and in him dwelled all the fullness of the God heard boldly (Colossians 2:9). So to say all the believers of the world would have been coming to this 40th chapter for centuries. The believers must have been over whelmed by God’s omnipotent power infinite wisdom and eternal (mystery) while demonstrating something of his wisdom and power by way of disclosure, the lord historically inquired. “Who hath measured the waters in the hallow of his hand and meted out heaven in with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed to mountains in scales and the hills in a balance” 9Isaiah 40:1-2) 61The Mysteries of the Mysterious God The weak, discouraged and defeated people, who have come to Israel to find required strength, comfort and assurance of ultimate victory. What spring can a man or woman come and drink to receive an unending flow of refreshments and strength which is greater than this:- “He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no right he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utter by fall. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall war and not faint” (Isaiah 40:9-31). The chapter 40 is truly prophetic. It moves 150 years beyond the prophetic own days to the return of the remnant of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity in the latter part of the sixth century B.C from there its spirits Millennia are to be reached out to the end of the age. At the same time, it is quite appropriate to announce the ultimate restoration of Israel and the return of God in fulfillment of God’s unchanging premises. Proclamation of Prophetic issues – Here is the strongest tension; here is contract at its starkest. Here is hope at its love brightest. The first thirty nine chapters from the book of Isaiah are concerned to the messages of sins; judgment and darkness inward personal and corruptive and outward national defeat. Only on certain occasions the cloves are lifted to reneal flecked glimpses of Messianic glory of the righteous king who will be born to a virgin. After his birth, the government will be on His shoulders. When the people see him as the king of Jews, they certainly have the wonderful glance of him. They also feel happy at the reign which will be glorious. Even then the beginning of chapter 40, the scene changes from the history of Israelis failure to a prophetic glimpse of God’s victory and from the present dismal darkness to future resplendent glory. Message concerned to comfort – “comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God” that is a divine command concerning Israel. The word comfort conveys the idea, “cause to breathe again” and for our understanding it is repeated comfort ye, comfort, it is also, to give emphasis and underscore its importance. The inner force of these words can be comprehended only from 62The Mysteries of the Mysterious God the perspective of Israel’s long lonely, torturous exile. It is also included the defeat of the nation the sacking of Jerusalem, the destruction of the temple, its termination of the priest hood the stopping of sacrifices, all these disappointing things caused and forced the withdrawal of the glory of God from the temple; which is really inhuman we have to take into consideration the Babylonian captivity, the persecution of Roman rulers, the Spanish inquisitor the Russians programs the Naze Holocaust, the un ending conflicts of the century, and the still future catostraphic time of “Jacob’s Troubles” and the other “great tribulation”. Basing on all these things, and how the country has experienced. These are all the pathetic conditions Israel saw with their own eyes. The inhuman attitude of those people is certainly beyond comprehension. It became helpless and hopeless with no one to come to their rescue or pity for their unfortunate condition. The sons and daughters of Jerusalem were haunted and hunted Jerusalem was cut off from the surrounding nations. And all those nations of the world finally surrounded Israel nation. In this context Lord Jesus said “For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meal; I was thirsty, ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. (Matthew 25:35-36). In that day the pure and righteous will inquire of the Lord, as to when did they do those things and he would response. As a matter of fact, the Jews have done all that unto the Lord. As a result, this will be a direct fulfillment of the divine command “comfort ye, comfort ye my peoples”. In spite of all these peace less conditions all the Israel has done her sin, transgression and iniquity. God still calls Israel my people what a wonderful love and affection to the people of Israel. Added to that God may withdraw, his glory and withhold his blessings, and implement his rod of chastening but he never break his word of forget his promises. He is not such as people with regard slackness. His love even toward wayward Israelites has not diminished (Psalm 137:5-6). Therefore, the great command the lord has given is, comfort ye, comfort ye my people saith the God. 63The Mysteries of the Mysterious God A message for consummation – The command of God is still continues speak ye comfortable to Jerusalem. Then the word comfortable has come from “Hebrew” language and it is tenderly translated into English, it is called “tenderly”. The idea is to speak to the heart of Jerusalem. The emphasis is on the emotion rather than the intellect. The Bible readers know how the Israelites have rejected the Messiah, who has come to this world to save the sinners. It has been a matter of heart, emotion rather than of the mind intellectual. Partly it is the reaction of the, historically uneven accusation that she happened to kill Jesus and partly the persecution. This event ended after almost two thousand years. Then those who brought reproaches on the name of Christ, called themselves as true Christians. In fact if we speak to the heart that does not mean we speak quietly or timidly or passively. Then there comes the adminination. “Cry unto her”. And the meaning of that saying is to “speak publicly” and emphatically. The message in this context is very important the text permits no notion of a silent witness. The forces is yes and show love to Israel and make sure to speak to the Messiah. Here, we have to think about important message to be spoken to Israelites for their understanding at the end of the age. The message that is going to be given is of two types. The first one is about the warfare to be accomplished the importance of the second point is iniquity or in difference to be pardoned. This is more amazing on the part of Israelites. Then we have to think seriously regarding the statement here about the phrase. “The warfare is accomplished” or better that her appointed time of hardship, misery and servitude is ended. This is really an awesome (wonderful statement) The readers must keep in mind one technical point that is individual sin cannot be attained simply by suffering. The reference in the context is for Israelites only in connection with their national restoration to a covenant relationship with “Yahweh”. The Israelites happened to enjoy all this only in the Old Testament, before the glory of God departed from their minds. The message of comfort has to be publicly and emphatically proclaimed to Israelites for their future day. Then their appointed time for misery, hardship and servititude 64The Mysteries of the Mysterious God would be ended. And also their iniquity shall be pardoned. This is really a wonderful message for those people who have lost all hopes. Then what is the basis for such glorious promises. A message of compensation - Prophet Isaiah writes about Israelites, concerning their condition at the end of the age. He says, “for Israel hath received from the Lord; hand double payment for all her sin”. If we understand this carefully, the punishment God gave was almost double to her crimes. If that were to be the case then God can be called an unjust judge, God expected more righteousness from his people of Israel. The idea we can understand here is that Israel has received ample payment for her sin then, the word “double” is employed in the same sense, as and when we speak of an identical twins that they look exactly alike from one another. Israel has received double for all her sin. We can also say, that here punishment is down through the ages, which is quite equal to her offense. Even then restoration of the covenantal relationship with the nation does not give guarantee for personal salvation. Something more is required for that. The way prepared – According to the prophecy the Lord Jesus Christ, is going to come, to Israel with music of trumpets. It is also called his second coming. His wish is that the Jewish people must receive him warmly. In his first coming the Jewish people rejected him, bluntly and his Messianic claim. As a result, he told the Israelites that they would not see him, again unless they were ready to say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lord”. (Matthew 23:39). In advance of his coming they wanted to hear the voice of a prophet to announce to the people the king is on his way. A voice in the wilderness - John the Baptist led his life as an ascetic throughout. The meaning of ascetic is that one lives a simple and contemplative life. His living place was wilderness. His clothing was camel’s hair only and his food was locusts and wild honey (Matthew 3:4). John the Baptist led such a strange life. According to the bible he was the forerunner of Jesus Christ. His word to Israelites was clear, concise, and uncultured. Then his message to the Israelites was very brief and concise, that is, “Repent ye for the Kingdom of heaven is at 65The Mysteries of the Mysterious God hand” (Matthew 3:2). John was called a voice in the wilderness. It was called so because the voice was of the established religious leaders, in Jerusalem. This voice had a long tradition of man for the truth of God. John was used for the first coming of Jesus, whereas Elijah for the second coming of Christ. In the last book of Revelation and in the last chapter God says, he will send Elijah to the earth, “before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord”. (Matthew 4:5). Moses the law giver was associated with Elijah in that end times ministry. It was Moses and Elijah who appeared with the glorified Christ on the mount of Transfiguration. It was God himself who buried Moses, in a valley in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 34:6). At the same time, there is a strange incident, regarding the Arch angel Michael. He has fight with the Satan for the body of Moses. But in the case of Elijah he never experienced death; at least in the visual sense. He was directly taken up to heaven in a whirl wind (2 Kings 2:11) It is believed that both Moses and Elijah will reappear on the earth, to remain as witnesses at the time of seventieth week, as already said in the Book of Revelation. The Jews would face so much misery for 3 ½ years. It is said during that time prophet Moses will rekindle in the hearts of all Jewish people to reinstitute the law. Regarding Elijah, he will stir in the souls of the Jewish people a hope for the return of their king. Moses takes the responsibility of representing the law and Elijah will represent, the prophets from Isaiah to Malachi. The miracles those two prophets (Moses and Elijah) perform at the time of the end of the age will strongly reflect the Miracles they did in the Old Testament. Even to the present day there is an integral part of the Jewish Passover services, which bear on this subject. One point during Passover dinner, the door of the house is kept open with the hope; Elijah would enter the room and announce the coming of the Messiah undoubtedly. The believer will understand that Elijah is the “voice of one crying in the wilderness”, for which Isaiah made reference in this context there is a question that is what must be the proclamation of the prophet on that day? 66The Mysteries of the Mysterious God A way in the Desert – It was a regular custom in the East, for the king to have a herald. The herald was very important for the people. Their responsibility was for the king whenever they went out. Then while going they have to announce in the following manner. The herald was proclaimed to the people that, the king was coming. With that brief information, the people had to remove all the obstructions on the way for the easy going of the king. In the way the mountains and hills were to be towered and the valley should be raised. The crooked places were to be made strait and the rough places must be made smooth. All these things were made for the king to go without any difficulty. John the Baptist also gave a message concerning the first coming of Christ and the same message will be given by prophet Elijah at the time of his second coming. The message is of “every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and every crooked shall be made strait and the rough places plain” (Isaiah 40:4). We must understand that human monarchs concern themselves with physical obstacles only. Jesus is not a human monarch but the devine king of kings and Lord of Lords. So, the obstacles to his entrance into man’s presence will not be there, and also his entrance is not physical but spiritual. They are not of the body, but they are concern to soul. Then the crooked places of reduction the rough places of human tradition these were the obstacles for refused Israelites. But these things would be removed by Christ in his first coming. He would gather his people before like a hen gathers her chicks with more love with tender heart, and with more protection. The catastrophic calamities at the time of “Jacob’s troubles and great tribulation” will be the catalyst that stirs Israelites to remove all the obstacles of his second coming. We have to wait and see what will happen after this event. The Glory is revealed – The glory of God is the sum and substance of his intrinsic eternal perfection. To say clearly it is the manifestation and possession of quality and action of God. It causes him to impress and influence his creation. It demands, humanity’s recognition of God. His uniqueness and distinguishes 67The Mysteries of the Mysterious God him as the self incident infinite eternal God. Since God is infinite his glory is inexhaustible. We can see the glory of God, in his holiness justice, truth, love, grace, goodness, longsuffering, mercy and so on. The heart of man and woman unknowingly longs for humanity because they were created in the image of God himself. So, they know the ultimate fulfillment as the heart of men and women. There are without restrictions exposed to the glory of God. A Devine Glory – The truth of solemnity is that it is almost beyond the utterance of human soul. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed in any form to the people. The glory we are talking about is not housed in the tabernacle; the glory is not future dwelling within the carnal church. The Pathatic thing is that, it is not even valued within the flesh of the Lord when the glory of the Lord is revealed in all fullness, then it appears like unseathing the sword of omnipotent truth. The powerful sword will pierce into the body of the wicked people and, protects the righteous. In such situation, it will be like hot rays of the sun. During the midday that hot sun can melt the wax and make the day more hot. The outcome of all this is that the manifestation of the glory of God will separate from the regardless the unrighteousness. The universal Glory – When Jesus returns with all his resplendent glory, it has to be done openly. So, prophet Isaiah tells us “all flesh shall see it together” there will be a universal exhibition of the glory of God. All the people will see it together not in the television, but in the form of writing as if it were on the parchment of heaven itself. Then how it would be that God darkens the universe by snapping of the light of the sun; the moon and stars. After all these wonderful changes in heaven, God will dispel the darkness with the appearing of the sun of righteousness. “Who comes with healing in his wings” (Malachi 4:2) Jesus Christ describes that day in the following way. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they 68The Mysteries of the Mysterious God shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory”. (Matthew 24:29-30) When Jesus came into the earth for the first time, it was the manifestation of the glory of God in humanity. As a matter of fact, he came as a “Lamb” to die on the cross. The glory which was seen through his life and teachings were seen primarly in Israel. When Jesus comes for the second time, it will be a manifestation of the glory of God, in power. He will come as a lion of the tribe of Judah to rule the earth. Then the glory of God will be witnessed universally by people of all walks of life. There is no doubt all men and women, will see him. On that day curse of sin will be taken away; then the righteousness and justice will become a reality in the earth. A certain Glory - we can understand the mental setup of some people. Sometimes they like to mock at people; some ridicule and ignore the promises of the coming of Jesus Christ and the manifestation of his glory. In this context prophet Isaiah wrote; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it” so to say life is not dead and street of a long journey without any destination. There is rhyme reason, and hope in life. Those who are willing to take part through faith in Christ in his humiliation and also, take part in his exaltation and endless Glory. 69The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

A magnificent temple built by King Herod

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