YORWW Congregation Manuscript #1011: Romans 5:13 Revealed!
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:38 pm
Romans 5:13, 14 Promises Grand Blessings For God's Earthly Kingdom BEFORE The 1,000-Year Reign On Earth!
YORWW Congregation Manuscript #1011
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Ask yourself one important question:
When Jesus' life course was complete and he had fully kept the Mosaic Law perfectly, that is kept every law perfectly, completely without sin itself, did this action on Jesus' part, entitle Jesus to everlasting life on earth, or in the heavens...which?
In other words, wasn't Jehovah trying show a perfect man such as Jesus, could indeed KEEP HIS LAW, just as Adam could have done so?
Further, if Jesus did what Adam could have done, then why wouldn't Jesus INHERIT THE EXACT SAME as Adam would have inherited, if he had obeyed Jehovah's Law too? Wouldn't they have inherited the exact same thing, from the hand of God Almighty? And wouldn't that be, ETERNAL LIFE ON EARTH ... Isn't that so? -- See 1 Corinthians 15:45.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Think about it.
You see, one thing we learn about the Mosaic Law Covenant is that, it was designed to produce a faithful priesthood ... ON EARTH. (Exodus 19:5, 6) A special priesthood where all obedient followers of this covenant, would inherit everlasting life, like Adam and & Eve had. Everlasting life, that was free of "sin," "sickness," and "death." This was the point that Paul made at Romans 5:13, 14, which says.
"For UNTIL THE LAW SIN WAS IN THE WORLD, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless, DEATH RULED AS KING FROM ADAM DOWN TO MOSES, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression by Adam, who bears a resemblance to him that was to come."
Paul said above, Sin was only "in the world," up to THE LAW, did you see that? Also Paul said above, the powerful age-old enemy of "DEATH," only ... only "ruled as king from ADAM DOWN TO MOSES," ... did you see this? Now, for the big question ... what does this mean?
Do you have the answer to such a baffling question?
And of course thinking back on title of this article, we know Jesus kept this Law, the Mosaic Law Covenant, perfectly, did he not? Therefore, Jesus then, would have been entitled to received exactly what Adam had lost, namely a life free of "sin," "sickness," and "death." All of which would mean, Jesus, had he not been murdered by wicked men of the Jewish nation (using the Roman Authorities and Pontius Pilate), according to Satan's wishes, then ... yes, Jesus would have lived forever on earth? Isn't that so?
Yes, Jesus would have inherited life UPON EARTH ... isn't that correct thinking? Now, that's if he had continued to live on earth, and practiced no sin upon it at all, then wouldn't that mean, Jesus would have completely fulfilled all ... all of the wonderful prophecies about blessed life on earth? Isn't that true? Yes, Jesus would have fully carried out, Grand Blessings of earth wide peace, like what's spoken of in Psalms 72:6-19, Micah 5:4 and Zechariah 9:10, would he not? Then too, wouldn't Jesus have carried out the wonderful blessings establishing true worship on earth, whereby many "nations," yes "mighty nations" even, would finally have decided to worship Jehovah, as promised in prophecy like what's found at Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-4 and Zechariah 8:20-22, where "mighty nations" from all over the earth, would "stream" to the Grand "Mountain of Jehovah" and would be fed spiritually, and have "Zion's Law," being promulgated to them, yes ... ETERNALLY ... yes, forever.
And why do we say this?
Again, it would have been so because Jesus, yes Jesus, was ALIVE ON EARTH, dispensing these wonderful blessings upon earth for mankind's benefit. That's why. Yes, Jesus would have been alive as a man, a perfect sin-free man, who had completely fulfilled the Mosaic Law Covenant, and would thus have inherited all of those blessing inherent ... yes, inherent in that particular Law Covenant, the Mosaic Law Covenant.
Think about it...
But, of course, we know this did not happen. No because Jesus, the perfect man who kept the Mosaic Law perfectly ... was MURDERED ... was he not?
Yes, Jesus was murdered, and his perfect, sin-free, sickness-free, death-free life was greatly shortened, courtesy of wicked Satan the Devil. Isn't that so?
Now, with Jesus' life being shortened, taken away from him without RIGHTEOUS CAUSE, what was Jehovah and Jesus to do, with all of those wonderful ... EARTHLY ... yes, earthly blessings that was INHERENT in the Mosaic Law for anyone who fulfilled it?
Well, maybe John 16:13-15 could help us here. Let's consider what it says below:
"However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things coming. That one will glorify me, because HE WILL RECEIVE FROM WHAT IS MINE and will declare it to you. All the things that the Father has are mine. That is why I said HE RECEIVES FROM WHAT IS MINE and declares it to you."
Did you notice above, Jesus said the "spirit of truth," was going to "receive what was mine," namely what rightfully belonged to Jesus, after he faithfully FULFILLED the Mosaic Law? -- Matthew 5:17
Did you notice this?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Do you have any idea what they could possibly mean?
How the "spirit of truth," could actually ... RECEIVE something this important from Jesus? Do you know actually what this means, for us today?
...Think about it.
JESUS "ABOLISHES" DEATH, BUT NOT THE MOSAIC LAW ITSELF
An amazing thing that many people do not realize, is that although Jesus Christ completely ABOLISHED the age-old enemy "death," by means of being completely obedient to the Mosaic Law Covenant, and yet we know, Jesus did NOT completely ABOLISH the Mosaic Law Covenant itself. This is an interesting fact, don't you think? -- See Romans 3:31.
Indeed Paul said at 2 Timothy 1:10,
"But now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death but has shed light upon life and incorruption through the good news,"
Yes, Jesus Christ abolished [Adamic] "death" forever. And of course, this was made possible because God Almighty gave Jesus a Law Covenant to follow. The same one Moses had. So, Jesus was completely obedient to His Holy Father's Law Covenant arrangement promised to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and by doing so received all of the promised blessings, which was originally promised to Moses when he received the Law from God. Jesus inherited the complete blessings Jehovah promised in the Mosaic Law Covenant. Indeed, Jesus "fulfilled" the powerful Mosaic Law, and died faithful to this Law, thereby staying true to its "eternal" principles, thus releasing the imprisoned nation of Israel, fully from the condemnation of sin, sickness and death before God. Again Jesus did this, by being completely obedient to God's Original Law given to Moses.
But again, an important point to remember here is what Jesus actually said:
"Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill;"
No, Jesus did not come to "destroy the Law," but only to "fulfill" it. -- Matthew 5:17
So, Jesus did not come to fully ABOLISH the Mosaic Law, did he? Jesus did not come to "DESTROY" the Mosaic Law Covenant, did he? No, but he came to "fulfill" it, he said. That was his mission for his time period. To fulfill it, but not to destroy it. That was NOT Jehovah's purpose for the Mosaic Law Covenant, at that time, namely to "destroy" it. And how do we know this?
Well, the bible shows us, Jehovah had additional plans for the Mosaic Law Covenant, in the future, in our day and time. And that fact is bore out by going back to examine just how the "Song of Moses" [the Mosaic Law] would be revisited. That's right, it would be revisited in day and time, and actually "sang" for the benefit of all mankind, when they come to understand its unique ETERNAL principles that must be considered. Oh yes, that point is made quite clear, when we come face-to-face with what's shown in the book of Revelation, as our FUTURE. -- See Revelation 15:3.
Jehovah God Himself, said the principles found in the Mosaic Law Covenant, were eternal. Therefore, those principles found in the "Song of Moses," were actual ETERNAL, EVERLASTING principles, that we mustn't forget. There are many mentions of this within the Mosaic Law Covenant itself, but we will list a few for your consideration. (Please consider the following bible texts that prove this. See Exodus 12:14; Exodus 12:17; Leviticus 3:17)
So then, we can really see the Mosaic Law Covenant, and its principles are eternal, everlasting principles, that Jehovah instilled into that same Law Covenant. And as such, Jehovah God can ENACT, or bring to life, any of these eternal principles, at any time He sees fit. And that is just a fact.
Interestingly, in doing our daily bible study and research, we may have covered Paul's words at Romans 5: 13,14. Have you? Well, that particular bible text taken from the New World Translation reads,
"For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless, death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses, even those who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression by Adam who bears a resemblance to him that was to come"
WHEN "SIN" WAS NOT "IN THE WORLD" & "DEATH RULED AS KING" NO MORE
Did you notice the part of the verse that says specifically:
"until the Law sin was in the world," and also this part, "...death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses..."
Ever thought of what that might mean for us today?
Many of us remember, Jesus was able to attain to a glorious, wondrous "righteous" standing himself before God Almighty, by his proven loyalty, steadfast and unswerving obedience to the Mosaic Law. In this way, Jesus could be finally "DECLARED A SON" of Jehovah, in a permanent sense. Something Adam never accomplished for himself. But Jesus accomplished this, at his resurrection from the dead, when he had completely fulfilled his ministry. He became a "conqueror" fully in God's sight at that time. -- Romans 1:4; Revelation 3:21
After that, in God's eyes, Jesus was declared "righteous," on a permanent basis. But this would be, only AFTER he had completely "fulfilled" the righteous requirements of the Mosaic Law Covenant, and was put to death as a "righteous" man before God. In this way, Jesus was "declared" righteous by God, on a permanent basis, and came to be called God's Son ... on a everlasting, permanent basis. He attained this special status and standing with God, at his resurrection from the dead, but not before then. -- Matthew 5:17; Romans 1:4
Going back in time, before Jesus, we remember the nation of Israel received the Mosaic Law and for the first time, acquainted God's Name People with an extensive system of laws and ceremonial procedures, that would reveal exactly what Jehovah considered to be "holy," and "righteous" before Him.
For example, Romans 3:20 says:
"Therefore by works of law no flesh will be declared righteous before him, for by law is the accurate knowledge of sin."
So with the advent of the the Mosaic Law, for the first time, Jehovah gave a fuller picture of what he required of men, so that they could attain to a "righteous" standing before Him. The "law" made sin visible to us, clear to us. We gained an "accurate knowledge of sin," by coming to know God's Law. In this sense, it became a "teacher" or special "tutor" [Greek: Pedagogue or "child leader"] eventually leading the nation to Jesus.
However, we might want to mention at this point, something quite interesting, as to attaining to a "righteous" standing before God.
Faithful men of old like for instance, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, did not have the benefit of having such an extensive set of laws, that were so detail in nature and explicit, as found in the Mosaic Law. And yet, God's Word is quite clear these men all attained to a "righteous" standing before Jehovah. In fact, Jesus himself once said of them,
"But that the dead are raised up even Moses disclosed, in the account about the thorn bush, when he calls Jehovah the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob. He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for THEY ARE ALL LIVING TO HIM." -- Luke 20:37, 38
Jesus showed above, these faithful men of old [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob], even though they lived before the giving of the Law Covenant, still had attained to a "righteous" standing before God, and could look forward to unending, everlasting life before Him in His Kingdom. This is precisely why Jesus made the following comment about the future life prospects of these faithful men of old:
"But I tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts will come and recline at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens." -- Matthew 8:11
Also, this is why, Hebrews 11:8-10 shows these same faithful men of old (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), looked forward to the time, when they would finally benefit from the coming of the holy "city" of God [New Jerusalem], that would ultimately remedy all mankind's ills.
Therefore, we can ask ourselves a very important question at this point...
How was such a thing possible for these faithful men of old [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob], that is to be able to attain to a "righteous" standing before Jehovah, without the aid of the Mosaic Law, and the "ransom" sacrifice of Jesus Christ? Did not Jesus himself show, these men were assured of everlasting life, within God's Kingdom?
God's Word answers, they all had undying faith in God and His Standards of Righteousness. Also they all, obeyed Jehovah implicitly, so unlike Adam and Eve. -- Romans 4:3; Hebrews 11:8
Therefore, on the basis of Romans 5:13, 14, Jehovah could offer the prospect of everlasting life & freedom from Adamic "Sin" as it were, to his obedient servants [nation of Israel], under Moses' leadership, if His Will dictated that. But it would always be His choice. And this could be done, even before Jesus came on the earthly scene ... that's BEFORE Jesus.
Again, how is this possible?
Well, this could be possible because these faithful men of old, even though having a limited knowledge of God's Standards of Righteousness during the time they lived, were able to attain to a "RIGHTEOUS" STANDING before Him, and become fully acceptable to Him. And thus at the end of their lives upon earth, these faithful men of old could look forward with certain assurity, to the prospects of everlasting life before God in His Kingdom, based upon their conduct, faithful and obedient service to Him.
So, Romans 5:13, 14 in connection with Exodus 19:5, 6, shows God's Purpose to use the nation of Israel as an EXAMPLE or PARADIGM for the rest of the world, to show them what true obedience to His Law, could bring for them. First, the "kingdom of priests" nation on earth, would be given complete freedom from "sickness" and "death," all BEFORE the millenium, to show the world once and for all, what would occur on a grander [worldwide] scale, if they decided to give Jehovah the same obedience to His Righteous Laws. Therefore, when the 1,000 year reign begins, then finally the whole world could now receive the same benefits they witnessed the "priestly kingdom" enjoying before them. In fact, a careful reading of Isaiah 33:17-24, shows this earthly "kingdom" in action, and bears out the truth of this possibility, for us today.
Therefore it would be reasonable to conclude, Revelation 21:3, 4 and other related verses, could indeed show us precisely what life could ... could be like, when Jehovah authorizes the rulership of "New Jerusalem" upon earth. A place, where "no resident" of New Jerusalem would say, "I am sick." It would become a place where, "death would be swallowed up forever," and all the nations round about could see this phenomenon of God's making. -- Isaiah 33:24; Isaiah 25:8
No doubt, when Jehovah authorizes these "kings" & "priests" to rule "UPON THE EARTH" as promised, these earthly conditions would be present for all to see. (See Revelation 5:9, 10 New World Kingdom Interlinear Translation.) And these conditions would continue for a while, while the nations observed, the results of "righteousness" on display for all to see. And after that was visible for a period of time, the nations would be in a better position, and could make an INFORMED DECISION, as to whether they wished to serve a Loving, Merciful God such as this. In the end, the ones that finally choose to serve Jehovah, would be spared to live through the coming battle of "Har-mageddon," and would receive the same benefits (life free of sickness and death) as was witnessed and experienced by the "Priestly Nation" before them. -- See Exodus 19:5, 6; Revelation 16:16; Revelation 21:3, 4.
At this point, it would be good for us visit a very special passage, bible prophecy itself, shown for us at:
Isaiah 33:17-24 says,
"A King in his handsomeness is what your eyes will behold; they will see a land far away. Your own heart will comment in low tones on a frightful thing: Where is the secretary? Where is the one that does the paying out? Where is the one counting the towers? No insolent people will you see, a people too deep in language to listen to, of a stammering tongue without understanding. Behold Zion, the town of our festal occasions! Your own eyes will see JERRUSALEM AN UNDISTURBED ABIDING PLACE, a tent that no one will pack up. Never will its tent pins be pulled out, and none of its ropes will be torn in two. But there the Majestic One, Jehovah, will be for us a place of rivers of wide canals. On it no galley fleet will go, and no majestic ship will pass over it. For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah is our Statute-giver, Jehovah is our King; he himself will save us. Your ropes must hang loose; their mast they will not hold firmly erect; they have not spread a sail. At that time even spoil in abundance will have to be divided up; the lame ones themselves will actually take a big plunder. And no resident will say: "I am sick." The people that are dwelling in the land will be those pardoned for their error."
Above, we can find details (shown in prophecy) of a coming EARTHLY "Jerusalem," where no sickness or disease is shown ravaging or plaguing the people who reside there. No, none at all. (Isaiah 33:24) Instead these especially blessed people reside in an "undisturbed abiding place" it says. Truly, "undisturbed." Also we notice, "no galley fleet" or "majestic ship" of the nations, will be allowed to "pass over it," or interfere with its day-to-day procedures. In other words, no harassment or inference from the political nations or governments themselves is tolerated. This is because the "Majestic One, Jehovah," is there ... to protect them from outside forces. Jehovah is present there, to "save" them at all times. And the promise is: "NEVER," no never ... "will their ropes be torn in two," nor their "tent pins be pulled out," to terminate the operation of this especially protected holy city of "Jerusalem," upon earth.
This would be the same "Jerusalem," Mt. Zion, that is referred to in prophecies like Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-4, and Zechariah 8:20-22. This is the place where the nations all over the earth, "stream" up to, receive the magnificent Law of God, and hear it promulgated.
The book of Daniel speaks of this very same "city," as the "Mountain of Decoration," that Jehovah protects from the unwarranted, vicious attack of the "King of the North." (Daniel 11:44, 45)
So this is certainly, an EARTHLY scene ... the description of "New Jerusalem," which finally leads the earth in righteousness.
TWO (2) VITAL CONDITIONS THAT MUST EXIST BEFORE GOD'S KINGDOM IS ESTABLISHED UPON EARTH
Of course, for such a wonderful condition to exist upon earth, BEFORE the actual 1,000 Year Reign of peace, there must be two (2) vital conditions that must be present.
The two (2) vital conditions that must exist, and must be present, before Jehovah would authorize such a holy "city" [New Jerusalem] to exist upon earth and "represent" Him, where all nations of the earth would "stream" (Isaiah 2:2-4; John 1:6) to for spiritual guidance, are:
1) According to bible prophecy, the Nation of Israel must finally come to exist in outright, rank APOSTASY before Jehovah in the "last days," and thus cannot be used for His Righteous Purposes upon the earth, anymore. In this state, Jesus said the nation of "Israel," would come to need a special "re-creation" [Greek: palingenesis or spiritual "renovation," or "rebirth,"] and be restored back to God's favor. (See Matthew 19:28 & Titus 3:5 New World Translation large prt ftn.) Therefore, the people must come to understand and accept this self-evident fact and realization, about their "alienated" state that they now possess, in God's sight and be willing to do something about it. They must now realize, that they are properly viewed at this point, as a "Rebellious" House before Jehovah because of the many sins that been committed against His Holy Name, by the nation. (Ezekiel 43:7-12) They must recognize that by their lawless deeds, they have "defiled" God's Name, which previously had been granted them as a privilege, to carry upon themselves. (Numbers 6:27; Deut. 28:10; Daniel 9:19) Now, as a "Rebellious House" before God, they must be "atoned for," in God's eyes by a special means. (Ezekiel 16:63) The special means that God would use is shown in point #2 below.
2a) A new "indefinitely lasting" covenant must be presented to this "Apostate nation," just as Jesus presented one to the ancient apostate nation of Israel in the first century, to a people who had violated God's Original Covenant and was in need of another one. (Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8, 9; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Hebrews 8:7, 8) This "apostate" nation must then, be willing to accept the terms or conditions of discipline or "pass under the rod" of discipline, that Jehovah outlines to demonstrate full repentance on their parts, as shown within His Holy Word and prophecy. Afterwards they must show willingness to accept the "bond of the covenant," that He presents to them for their benefit. They must be willing to accept the "means by which he saves," whatever that "means" proved to be ... like He used Moses, Jesus or whatever modern-day "means" He chooses in His Lofty Wisdom. (Ezekiel 16:59-63; Ezekiel 20:35-38; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Acts 28:28; Romans 16:27)
2b) In addition, this people must be willing to be made or established into an EARTHLY Kingdom arrangement (like Moses' people), which would include all of the aforementioned blessings, such as complete freedom from "sickness" and "death" while they serve as God's newly founded "kingdom of priests" in behalf of the rest of the world, for all eternity. In so doing, Jehovah would be willing to open up the prospect of "everlasting life," on earth, for this special "priestly" nation, a life free from the age-old enemy and "king" known of as "Death." (Exodus 19:5, 6; Romans 5:13, 14)
At this point, someone might say:
"Why now allow the repentant people to remain in the original covenant, in which they had violated, namely the Christian Covenant, and receive all of the blessings originally promised to those under the Mosaic Law Covenant ... blessings like no sickness and no death?"
Well, one must remember, the Christian Covenant, called for its members to DIE ... to DIE and go to heaven, to receive the full benefits offered in that particular arrangement. Jesus promised all of his disciples, they would be with him, in heaven, where they would finally experience "everlasting life," in heaven. -- John 14:2, 3; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 3:1
However, the new "indefinitely lasting covenant" that Jehovah would offer His people during our time, would be styled more like the original Mosaic Law Covenant, which offered the prospect of "everlasting life" UPON EARTH ... it offered earthly life for its members, with all of its benefits and blessings designed for continued, unending life on earth. That would be the difference.
Its important for all of us to remember something, namely the nations (gentiles) originally were NOT intended to become an actual part of the "seed of Abraham," per say. Instead we recall, Jehovah promised the "nations," that one day, they would be able to ... "BLESS THEMSELVES" ... by means of the "seed" of Abraham, and receive untold blessings. But he didn't say in the promise, the "gentiles" were to become a part of God's Holy "Seed." At least, not in the beginning, before the nation of Israel was officially rejected, at Pentecost. Originally, they were to just receive blessings or "bless themselves," by obedience to God's "seed" and the things this holy "seed" taught them. (Genesis 22:18)
Indeed, Romans 2:19, 20 says of the Jewish Nation in the first century,
"and you are persuaded that you are a guide of the blind, a light for those in darkness, a corrector of the unreasonable ones, a teacher of babes, and having the framework of the knowledge and of the truth in the Law."
As Paul pointed out, the misguided, ill-equipped Jewish Nation of his day, regrettably saw themselves as GREAT, TREMENDOUS TEACHERS of God's Word. And of course, who would they teach, who would become their "victims" in this case? Well, they were "persuaded" Paul said, that it was their sworn duty, to teach those pitiful, filthy, ignorant "gentiles" of the world. How sad...
Oh my...sound familiar? ... remember those 6.5 million fantastic teachers of God's Word, every weekend they come to your door, with their wonderful "LIFE SAVING" literature...sound familiar. ;)
Nevertheless, the fact that the Jewish Nation saw themselves as holy teachers of the "gentile" nations, shows they saw themselves as a "priestly" nation that God had established upon earth, as the original "seed" whereby the gentiles could be taught, and receive blessings. The "gentile" nations, could rightly expect their blessings, to come thru the Jewish Nation, God's "Seed" upon earth. That's if all goes well.
After all, God would have already removed all forms of "sickness" and even "death" from this obedient nation, right? Thus, they could been said, to already have received "everlasting life" upon earth ... even before Jesus. And if this were true, the "nations" would have reasoned:
"...Jehovah God has ALREADY ... ALREADY returned them (Israel) to the paradasaic conditions of Adam and Eve ... Wow!
And this was the main point that Paul was making, at Romans 5:13, 14. That is why this particular scripture is so very important for us to understand.
And all of this was possible, paradisaic conditions to exist on earth (for the "priestly nation"), before ... that's before Jesus ever came on earth.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That's right. Those "gentile" nations could begin to "lick their chaps [lips]" and start salivating over this, when they could begin to observe before their very eyes, this wonderful phenomenon. They could begin to believe, God was soon ready to EXTEND THOSE BLESSINGS to them too, if they were obedient to God's Holy Law, of course. They could begin to believe it, because Jehovah had ALREADY removed "death" and all forms of "sickness" from the nation of Israel ... ALREADY. He had done this for a truly obedient nation, and He did it right in front of the "nations" eyes, so it wouldn't be a secret to anyone on earth! (Deuteronomy 7:15)
This means, the nation of Israel, the nation of "priests" could have received a national "healing" from God, and become a nation who was free of sickness and death by the miraculous hand of God Almighty ... the nation who had been "healed," and who had become a phenomenon among the nations, because of their strict obedience to the Mosaic Law. -- See Exodus 15:26.
And so, in this sense they could have been viewed as the Abrahamic "Seed" of God, on earth, who would one day be allowed to EXTEND those blessings to all observant, obedient "gentile" nations, who longed for relief from sin, sickness and death. Indeed, who in their right minds wouldn't want those incredible blessings from Jehovah, the Almighty! :)
There can be no doubt, if such an amazing thing would occur on earth by the Hand of Almighty God, no doubt the Jewish people would have become simply a sensation to all of the nations (gentiles) round about, who had the privilege to witness this remarkable situation. Those who got the chance to observe the Almighty Hand of Jehovah ... in action!
Think about it!
Yes, the Jewish nation (as the "seed" of Abraham) would have become exactly like Jeremiah 33:9 described when he said the following,
"And she will certainly become to me A NAME OF EXULTATION, A PRAISE AND A BEAUTY toward all the nations of the earth who will hear of ALL THE GOODNESS that I am rendering to them. And they will certainly be in dread and be agitated on account of ALL THE GOODNESS and on account of ALL THE PEACE that I am rendering to her."
Indeed, Paul was showing the possible ... possible blessings that Israel could have attained to, a return to what Adam & Eve originally had in the Garden of Eden, even back in Moses' Day, when he penned these wonderful words of Romans 5:13, 14 under inspiration. He taught people, the Jewish nation of Moses' day, could have had complete freedom from sickness and death, while on earth. Praise Jah!
Therefore we can confidently say, the nation of Israel, after God gave them His Precious Law, indeed had a grand future before them, as long as they obeyed. Jehovah promised the nation at Deuteronomy 7:6,
"For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. It is you Jehovah your God has chosen to become his people, a special property, OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLES THAT ARE ON THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND."
Above, we can see the contrast between the nation of (kings & priests) Israel and how they were to be viewed, in comparison to all the other nations of the earth. It is indeed, a big difference.
Again,
Deuteronomy 28:1, 2 says,
"And it must occur that if you will without fail listen to the voice of Jehovah your God by being CAREFUL TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS that I am commanding you today, Jehovah your God also will certainly PUT YOU HIGH ABOVE ALL OTHERS OF THE EARTH."
There can be little doubt the nation of Israel, if obedient, would have been viewed as "Abraham's Seed" on earth. Just as Moses said to his people in the above verse, obedience to God's Law would make them, "high above all other" nations on earth. At least, that's the way the people of the nations would have viewed it. They would have seen this "priestly nation", as the "seed" by which, they would receive all of their blessings. They would have seen, God's supernatural power upon this blessed people and nation, and would have had no doubt that this self-evident actuality, was true.
And in this capacity, with Jehovah's complete blessings upon themselves, the priestly-nation could have attempted to "teach" all other nations God's Phenomenal Law System. (Exodus 19:5, 6) They could now begin to serve ... serve the other "nations" as "priests" or teachers of God, when they began to make true converts and proselytes to their faith. This is how the "gentiles" would have received their blessings, by way of the nation of Israel, sharing their special "knowledge" with them, and their superior way of life ... which elevated them "high above" all other nations. (Deuteronomy 28:9, 10)
We recall how Jesus made reference to the Scribes and Pharisees of his day, and their constant striving to make a "gentile" [or person of the nations] a "proselyte" for the nation of Israel. Jesus said they would even "traverse sea and dry land" to make a [Gentile] "proselyte" and later make him, shockingly a "subject for Gehenna" more so than himself, by their horrible teachings, God-dishonoring practices, and worthless traditions of men. -- Matthew 15:5-9; Matthew 23:15
From this we can realize more fully the words of Jesus, when he taught that there was to be two beneficiaries of God's Law, that God's originally promised would worship him. He called them, the "nations," the "Other Sheep," ... "who are NOT of this fold." (John 10:16) Two groups of servants of Jehovah ... but in different "folds" before God, but yet they would become ... "one flock" before Jehovah. "One Flock."
The Jewish Nation would become "Mt Zion" and the gentiles would become the "nations" that "streamed" ... "streamed" to Jehovah, knowing that "Law was to go forth" from earthly "Mt. Zion," God's Priestly Nation. -- Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4
GOD'S MAGNANIMOUS OFFER TO "HEAL" THE NATION OF ISRAEL
Really, when we fully investigate the matter scripturally-speaking, actually, what do the facts truthfully reveal.
For instance, let's take again the nation of Israel, under Moses, when God made the Grand Offer for them to become a Special People for Him and His Name, and to become a "Royal Priesthood" for Jehovah God, upon earth. -- Exodus 19:5, 6; 1 Peter 2:9
Actually, when Jehovah offered to give His Divine Law to His newly covenanted people, did you know, the Almighty Himself was yes, offering to actually miraculously "heal" these wretched people? Yes, to completely "heal" them as a nation of people. Did you know this?
Let's examine the pivotal scripture of Exodus 15:26 which says:
"And he went on to say: If you will strictly listen to the voice of Jehovah your God and will do what is right in his eyes and will indeed give ear to his commandments and keep all his regulations, I shall put none of the maladies upon you that I put upon the Egyptians; because I am Jehovah WHO IS HEALING YOU."
Did you notice above that Jehovah God said that He Himself, was going to take magnificent step toward these people, namely that of "healing them" -- Did you see this?
Yes, Jehovah upon presenting the nation of Israel with the Divine Law itself, God added the thought that He had every intention of "healing" the entire nation ... only, only if they "strictly listened" to His "Voice," -- did you see that?
Oh, Jehovah was most willing to actually "heal" the entire nation, if they proved to be an "obedient" nation, an "obedient" people, so different from their ancient parents, Adam and Eve. And again, this was because, Jehovah God, had taken them into His Glorious Kingdom Arrangement, similar to the one that existed when Adam and Eve were on earth, and they had not, as of yet, deliberately disobeyed Jehovah, the Ruler of the Garden of Eden. Think about it.
Therefore, Almighty God can easily remove the relentless "kings" of "Sin" and "Death," if He chooses...if one is willing to submit fully to His Kingdom Rule. That is simply a fact.
Again, to reinforce this thought, let's consider a few more verses that show this could have been a reality for the disobedient nation of Israel, if they had not constantly transgressed God's Divine Law given them. Let's consider Deuteronomy 7:15 which says:
"and Jehovah will CERTAINLY REMOVE FROM YOU EVERY SICKNESS; and as for all the evil diseases of Egypt that you have known, he will not place them upon you, and he will indeed put them upon all those who hate you."
Again, did you notice:
Jehovah was willing to 'remove from you [Israel] every sickness' ... yes miraculously REMOVE EVERY SICKNESS, from these people that he granted a New Divine Law, the nation of Israel in its entirety. But again, He would only do this, yes, if they were completely obedient and diligent to indeed, keep this Divine Law given them by God Almighty. Yes, if they were willing to do this, then, yes Jehovah would keep his end of the "deal" and completely "heal" this entire nation, and keep them from "every sickness" upon earth! What a wonderful prospect to be a most blessed people, most blessed Israel, God's Name People...yes, only, if only they would obey Jehovah and keep his Holy Law...what a glorious prospect indeed for this people. Hallelujah!!!
It becomes exactly as God once told the nation of Israel through the prophet Isaiah by saying:
"This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser, the Holy One of Israel: I, Jehovah, am your God, the One teaching you to benefit yourself, the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk. O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea." -- Isaiah 47:17, 18
So then, it was simply a matter of obeying Jehovah, yes obeying Him implicitly, that would bring about such wonderful blessings and the wonderful action on God's part to fully REMOVE the relentless kings of Sin and Death, and thereby granting unheard of blessings upon His Name People with again...yes, the full removal of EVERY SICKNESS upon earth, at that time!
It becomes as 1 Corinthians 2:9 says,
"But just as it is written: eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the [good] things that God has prepared for those who love him."
Think about it!
What a wonderful privilege, again, that comes with the Grand Giving of a New Divine Law from Jehovah God Himself to this special people, this special property of His -- namely His Royal Priesthood which would voluntarily agree to represent Him as: GOD'S KINGDOM ON EARTH! -- Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 7:6; Matthew 21:43
Again, let's consider Psalms 103:2, 3 which says,
"Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And do not forget all his doings, Him who is forgiving all your error, WHO IS HEALING ALL YOUR MALADIES."
Again, we see that there is the all important connection, of "forgiveness" of sins, on God's part, and the subsequent action He takes toward this special people, to "heal" them of yes, 'all their maladies.'
Again, to reinforce this thought, God Almighty said to His Name People,
"and you must serve Jehovah your God, and he will certainly bless your bread and your water; and I shall indeed TURN MALADY AWAY FROM YOUR MIDST." -- Exodus 23:25
Indeed, Jehovah promised His Covenanted People, that if they served Him in faithfulness, yes, He would do the impossible, yes God Almighty Himself would 'turn malady [or sickness and disease] away from their midst.' What a marvelous promise from God!
And again, this would be because these people, at this time, now represented God's Kingdom Arrangement upon earth, and they now possess a Divine Law System, uniquely from Jehovah God Himself. Praise Jah!
LET'S REVIEW THE ABOVE INFORMATION
Again, the YORWW Congregation asserts, the words of Paul at Romans 5:13, 14 reveals Jehovah God's original Purpose to HEAL and REMOVE "DEATH" from Moses & his followers, the nation of Israel (seed of Abraham) BEFORE ... yes, BEFORE the 1,000 Reign would start. That was God's original purpose, and Paul showed us this, at Romans 5:13, 14. -- Genesis 22:18
Next, we can scripturally say with certainty, Jehovah originally purposed (thousands of years before Jesus) to use Moses and the nation of Israel, as a "Priestly Nation." -- Exodus 19:5, 6
Yes, these Grand Blessings to remove SICKNESS and DEATH would be first given to this particular "Priestly Nation." And this would be done for the benefit all of the rest of the world, so that they could see this "great phenomenon" and "Jehovah in action." With the nation of Israel becoming the "seed of Abraham," and would serve the rest of the world, as "priests" for a specific of period that God would determine, before the 1,000 reign would begin.
Simply Amazing!
Finally we learn, after everyone in the world would get an opportunity to see these wonderful things God had done for the nation of Israel who served them as "priests" for a specific of time as a sample or paradigm of what God could do for them, and get to see this for a specific period of time (with the removal of sickness & death), then many, many person in the world, would no doubt want get "their" blessings too from Jehovah, based upon God's Original Promise to Abraham. (Genesis 22:18) And of course, Jehovah God would have delivered too, on this promise, but only during the 1,000 years reign of earth wide peace, AFTER wicked Satan the Devil and his demons was abyssed and the unrepentant governments of the earth was forever removed at the decisive battle of "Armageddon." -- Revelation 16:14, 16
Therefore all of the above means, this was Jehovah God's original purpose, at first was to completely heal the nation of Israel, and then using them as a example to the rest of the world, of what he could do for them. Jehovah wanted to return Moses, back to the paradise condition, that was once enjoyed by Adam & Eve, before they sinned and was removed from the Garden of Eden.
Therefore, if Jehovah purposed to do this with Moses and the nation of Israel, per Paul's comments at Romans 5:13, 14, THEN WHY WOULD HE WANT TO CHANGE His overall purpose of things. The bible tells of Jehovah, "I am the LORD [Jehovah], I change NOT." No, Jehovah doesn't change His original purpose, for no one or nothing. -- Malachi 3:6 King James Version
Therefore, based upon what we know about Paul's comment at Romans 5:13, 14, then, we must conclude:
Jehovah still wants, still purposes to take a group of people today, who are willing to be totally obedient to him, whom the scriptures indicate as the "Male Child" of Revelation 12:5, along with members of the small YORWW Temple group, and use them as a sample or paradigm for everyone else on earth, and remove all sickness & death from them BEFORE the 1,000 Reign of Peace begins (our day and time). This is done to let the whole world know, observe them, and see the rich blessings and true happiness enjoyed by this group, as His newfound "priestly nation" upon earth. -- Exodus 19:5, 6
These ones mentioned above, namely the YORWW Congregation (inclusive of the "Male Child" of Revelation 12:5) would be privileged to indeed experience the wonderful blessings of getting "healed" by the Almighty Himself ... right now during our day and time, and receive "everlasting life" ... now! No, they would not have to wait for the 1,000 Year Reign of peace to begin. Yes, that is right, as we know through bible study, its all a part of Jehovah's original purpose, as shown at Romans 5:13, 14.
Praise Jah!!!
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Ask yourself one important question:
When Jesus' life course was complete and he had fully kept the Mosaic Law perfectly, that is kept every law perfectly, completely without sin itself, did this action on Jesus' part, entitle Jesus to everlasting life on earth, or in the heavens...which?
In other words, wasn't Jehovah trying show a perfect man such as Jesus, could indeed KEEP HIS LAW, just as Adam could have done so?
Further, if Jesus did what Adam could have done, then why wouldn't Jesus INHERIT THE EXACT SAME as Adam would have inherited, if he had obeyed Jehovah's Law too? Wouldn't they have inherited the exact same thing, from the hand of God Almighty? And wouldn't that be, ETERNAL LIFE ON EARTH ... Isn't that so? -- See 1 Corinthians 15:45.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Think about it.
You see, one thing we learn about the Mosaic Law Covenant is that, it was designed to produce a faithful priesthood ... ON EARTH. (Exodus 19:5, 6) A special priesthood where all obedient followers of this covenant, would inherit everlasting life, like Adam and & Eve had. Everlasting life, that was free of "sin," "sickness," and "death." This was the point that Paul made at Romans 5:13, 14, which says.
"For UNTIL THE LAW SIN WAS IN THE WORLD, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless, DEATH RULED AS KING FROM ADAM DOWN TO MOSES, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression by Adam, who bears a resemblance to him that was to come."
Paul said above, Sin was only "in the world," up to THE LAW, did you see that? Also Paul said above, the powerful age-old enemy of "DEATH," only ... only "ruled as king from ADAM DOWN TO MOSES," ... did you see this? Now, for the big question ... what does this mean?
Do you have the answer to such a baffling question?
And of course thinking back on title of this article, we know Jesus kept this Law, the Mosaic Law Covenant, perfectly, did he not? Therefore, Jesus then, would have been entitled to received exactly what Adam had lost, namely a life free of "sin," "sickness," and "death." All of which would mean, Jesus, had he not been murdered by wicked men of the Jewish nation (using the Roman Authorities and Pontius Pilate), according to Satan's wishes, then ... yes, Jesus would have lived forever on earth? Isn't that so?
Yes, Jesus would have inherited life UPON EARTH ... isn't that correct thinking? Now, that's if he had continued to live on earth, and practiced no sin upon it at all, then wouldn't that mean, Jesus would have completely fulfilled all ... all of the wonderful prophecies about blessed life on earth? Isn't that true? Yes, Jesus would have fully carried out, Grand Blessings of earth wide peace, like what's spoken of in Psalms 72:6-19, Micah 5:4 and Zechariah 9:10, would he not? Then too, wouldn't Jesus have carried out the wonderful blessings establishing true worship on earth, whereby many "nations," yes "mighty nations" even, would finally have decided to worship Jehovah, as promised in prophecy like what's found at Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-4 and Zechariah 8:20-22, where "mighty nations" from all over the earth, would "stream" to the Grand "Mountain of Jehovah" and would be fed spiritually, and have "Zion's Law," being promulgated to them, yes ... ETERNALLY ... yes, forever.
And why do we say this?
Again, it would have been so because Jesus, yes Jesus, was ALIVE ON EARTH, dispensing these wonderful blessings upon earth for mankind's benefit. That's why. Yes, Jesus would have been alive as a man, a perfect sin-free man, who had completely fulfilled the Mosaic Law Covenant, and would thus have inherited all of those blessing inherent ... yes, inherent in that particular Law Covenant, the Mosaic Law Covenant.
Think about it...
But, of course, we know this did not happen. No because Jesus, the perfect man who kept the Mosaic Law perfectly ... was MURDERED ... was he not?
Yes, Jesus was murdered, and his perfect, sin-free, sickness-free, death-free life was greatly shortened, courtesy of wicked Satan the Devil. Isn't that so?
Now, with Jesus' life being shortened, taken away from him without RIGHTEOUS CAUSE, what was Jehovah and Jesus to do, with all of those wonderful ... EARTHLY ... yes, earthly blessings that was INHERENT in the Mosaic Law for anyone who fulfilled it?
Well, maybe John 16:13-15 could help us here. Let's consider what it says below:
"However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things coming. That one will glorify me, because HE WILL RECEIVE FROM WHAT IS MINE and will declare it to you. All the things that the Father has are mine. That is why I said HE RECEIVES FROM WHAT IS MINE and declares it to you."
Did you notice above, Jesus said the "spirit of truth," was going to "receive what was mine," namely what rightfully belonged to Jesus, after he faithfully FULFILLED the Mosaic Law? -- Matthew 5:17
Did you notice this?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Do you have any idea what they could possibly mean?
How the "spirit of truth," could actually ... RECEIVE something this important from Jesus? Do you know actually what this means, for us today?
...Think about it.
JESUS "ABOLISHES" DEATH, BUT NOT THE MOSAIC LAW ITSELF
An amazing thing that many people do not realize, is that although Jesus Christ completely ABOLISHED the age-old enemy "death," by means of being completely obedient to the Mosaic Law Covenant, and yet we know, Jesus did NOT completely ABOLISH the Mosaic Law Covenant itself. This is an interesting fact, don't you think? -- See Romans 3:31.
Indeed Paul said at 2 Timothy 1:10,
"But now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death but has shed light upon life and incorruption through the good news,"
Yes, Jesus Christ abolished [Adamic] "death" forever. And of course, this was made possible because God Almighty gave Jesus a Law Covenant to follow. The same one Moses had. So, Jesus was completely obedient to His Holy Father's Law Covenant arrangement promised to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and by doing so received all of the promised blessings, which was originally promised to Moses when he received the Law from God. Jesus inherited the complete blessings Jehovah promised in the Mosaic Law Covenant. Indeed, Jesus "fulfilled" the powerful Mosaic Law, and died faithful to this Law, thereby staying true to its "eternal" principles, thus releasing the imprisoned nation of Israel, fully from the condemnation of sin, sickness and death before God. Again Jesus did this, by being completely obedient to God's Original Law given to Moses.
But again, an important point to remember here is what Jesus actually said:
"Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill;"
No, Jesus did not come to "destroy the Law," but only to "fulfill" it. -- Matthew 5:17
So, Jesus did not come to fully ABOLISH the Mosaic Law, did he? Jesus did not come to "DESTROY" the Mosaic Law Covenant, did he? No, but he came to "fulfill" it, he said. That was his mission for his time period. To fulfill it, but not to destroy it. That was NOT Jehovah's purpose for the Mosaic Law Covenant, at that time, namely to "destroy" it. And how do we know this?
Well, the bible shows us, Jehovah had additional plans for the Mosaic Law Covenant, in the future, in our day and time. And that fact is bore out by going back to examine just how the "Song of Moses" [the Mosaic Law] would be revisited. That's right, it would be revisited in day and time, and actually "sang" for the benefit of all mankind, when they come to understand its unique ETERNAL principles that must be considered. Oh yes, that point is made quite clear, when we come face-to-face with what's shown in the book of Revelation, as our FUTURE. -- See Revelation 15:3.
Jehovah God Himself, said the principles found in the Mosaic Law Covenant, were eternal. Therefore, those principles found in the "Song of Moses," were actual ETERNAL, EVERLASTING principles, that we mustn't forget. There are many mentions of this within the Mosaic Law Covenant itself, but we will list a few for your consideration. (Please consider the following bible texts that prove this. See Exodus 12:14; Exodus 12:17; Leviticus 3:17)
So then, we can really see the Mosaic Law Covenant, and its principles are eternal, everlasting principles, that Jehovah instilled into that same Law Covenant. And as such, Jehovah God can ENACT, or bring to life, any of these eternal principles, at any time He sees fit. And that is just a fact.
Interestingly, in doing our daily bible study and research, we may have covered Paul's words at Romans 5: 13,14. Have you? Well, that particular bible text taken from the New World Translation reads,
"For until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law. Nevertheless, death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses, even those who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression by Adam who bears a resemblance to him that was to come"
WHEN "SIN" WAS NOT "IN THE WORLD" & "DEATH RULED AS KING" NO MORE
Did you notice the part of the verse that says specifically:
"until the Law sin was in the world," and also this part, "...death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses..."
Ever thought of what that might mean for us today?
Many of us remember, Jesus was able to attain to a glorious, wondrous "righteous" standing himself before God Almighty, by his proven loyalty, steadfast and unswerving obedience to the Mosaic Law. In this way, Jesus could be finally "DECLARED A SON" of Jehovah, in a permanent sense. Something Adam never accomplished for himself. But Jesus accomplished this, at his resurrection from the dead, when he had completely fulfilled his ministry. He became a "conqueror" fully in God's sight at that time. -- Romans 1:4; Revelation 3:21
After that, in God's eyes, Jesus was declared "righteous," on a permanent basis. But this would be, only AFTER he had completely "fulfilled" the righteous requirements of the Mosaic Law Covenant, and was put to death as a "righteous" man before God. In this way, Jesus was "declared" righteous by God, on a permanent basis, and came to be called God's Son ... on a everlasting, permanent basis. He attained this special status and standing with God, at his resurrection from the dead, but not before then. -- Matthew 5:17; Romans 1:4
Going back in time, before Jesus, we remember the nation of Israel received the Mosaic Law and for the first time, acquainted God's Name People with an extensive system of laws and ceremonial procedures, that would reveal exactly what Jehovah considered to be "holy," and "righteous" before Him.
For example, Romans 3:20 says:
"Therefore by works of law no flesh will be declared righteous before him, for by law is the accurate knowledge of sin."
So with the advent of the the Mosaic Law, for the first time, Jehovah gave a fuller picture of what he required of men, so that they could attain to a "righteous" standing before Him. The "law" made sin visible to us, clear to us. We gained an "accurate knowledge of sin," by coming to know God's Law. In this sense, it became a "teacher" or special "tutor" [Greek: Pedagogue or "child leader"] eventually leading the nation to Jesus.
However, we might want to mention at this point, something quite interesting, as to attaining to a "righteous" standing before God.
Faithful men of old like for instance, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, did not have the benefit of having such an extensive set of laws, that were so detail in nature and explicit, as found in the Mosaic Law. And yet, God's Word is quite clear these men all attained to a "righteous" standing before Jehovah. In fact, Jesus himself once said of them,
"But that the dead are raised up even Moses disclosed, in the account about the thorn bush, when he calls Jehovah the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob. He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for THEY ARE ALL LIVING TO HIM." -- Luke 20:37, 38
Jesus showed above, these faithful men of old [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob], even though they lived before the giving of the Law Covenant, still had attained to a "righteous" standing before God, and could look forward to unending, everlasting life before Him in His Kingdom. This is precisely why Jesus made the following comment about the future life prospects of these faithful men of old:
"But I tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts will come and recline at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens." -- Matthew 8:11
Also, this is why, Hebrews 11:8-10 shows these same faithful men of old (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), looked forward to the time, when they would finally benefit from the coming of the holy "city" of God [New Jerusalem], that would ultimately remedy all mankind's ills.
Therefore, we can ask ourselves a very important question at this point...
How was such a thing possible for these faithful men of old [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob], that is to be able to attain to a "righteous" standing before Jehovah, without the aid of the Mosaic Law, and the "ransom" sacrifice of Jesus Christ? Did not Jesus himself show, these men were assured of everlasting life, within God's Kingdom?
God's Word answers, they all had undying faith in God and His Standards of Righteousness. Also they all, obeyed Jehovah implicitly, so unlike Adam and Eve. -- Romans 4:3; Hebrews 11:8
Therefore, on the basis of Romans 5:13, 14, Jehovah could offer the prospect of everlasting life & freedom from Adamic "Sin" as it were, to his obedient servants [nation of Israel], under Moses' leadership, if His Will dictated that. But it would always be His choice. And this could be done, even before Jesus came on the earthly scene ... that's BEFORE Jesus.
Again, how is this possible?
Well, this could be possible because these faithful men of old, even though having a limited knowledge of God's Standards of Righteousness during the time they lived, were able to attain to a "RIGHTEOUS" STANDING before Him, and become fully acceptable to Him. And thus at the end of their lives upon earth, these faithful men of old could look forward with certain assurity, to the prospects of everlasting life before God in His Kingdom, based upon their conduct, faithful and obedient service to Him.
So, Romans 5:13, 14 in connection with Exodus 19:5, 6, shows God's Purpose to use the nation of Israel as an EXAMPLE or PARADIGM for the rest of the world, to show them what true obedience to His Law, could bring for them. First, the "kingdom of priests" nation on earth, would be given complete freedom from "sickness" and "death," all BEFORE the millenium, to show the world once and for all, what would occur on a grander [worldwide] scale, if they decided to give Jehovah the same obedience to His Righteous Laws. Therefore, when the 1,000 year reign begins, then finally the whole world could now receive the same benefits they witnessed the "priestly kingdom" enjoying before them. In fact, a careful reading of Isaiah 33:17-24, shows this earthly "kingdom" in action, and bears out the truth of this possibility, for us today.
Therefore it would be reasonable to conclude, Revelation 21:3, 4 and other related verses, could indeed show us precisely what life could ... could be like, when Jehovah authorizes the rulership of "New Jerusalem" upon earth. A place, where "no resident" of New Jerusalem would say, "I am sick." It would become a place where, "death would be swallowed up forever," and all the nations round about could see this phenomenon of God's making. -- Isaiah 33:24; Isaiah 25:8
No doubt, when Jehovah authorizes these "kings" & "priests" to rule "UPON THE EARTH" as promised, these earthly conditions would be present for all to see. (See Revelation 5:9, 10 New World Kingdom Interlinear Translation.) And these conditions would continue for a while, while the nations observed, the results of "righteousness" on display for all to see. And after that was visible for a period of time, the nations would be in a better position, and could make an INFORMED DECISION, as to whether they wished to serve a Loving, Merciful God such as this. In the end, the ones that finally choose to serve Jehovah, would be spared to live through the coming battle of "Har-mageddon," and would receive the same benefits (life free of sickness and death) as was witnessed and experienced by the "Priestly Nation" before them. -- See Exodus 19:5, 6; Revelation 16:16; Revelation 21:3, 4.
At this point, it would be good for us visit a very special passage, bible prophecy itself, shown for us at:
Isaiah 33:17-24 says,
"A King in his handsomeness is what your eyes will behold; they will see a land far away. Your own heart will comment in low tones on a frightful thing: Where is the secretary? Where is the one that does the paying out? Where is the one counting the towers? No insolent people will you see, a people too deep in language to listen to, of a stammering tongue without understanding. Behold Zion, the town of our festal occasions! Your own eyes will see JERRUSALEM AN UNDISTURBED ABIDING PLACE, a tent that no one will pack up. Never will its tent pins be pulled out, and none of its ropes will be torn in two. But there the Majestic One, Jehovah, will be for us a place of rivers of wide canals. On it no galley fleet will go, and no majestic ship will pass over it. For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah is our Statute-giver, Jehovah is our King; he himself will save us. Your ropes must hang loose; their mast they will not hold firmly erect; they have not spread a sail. At that time even spoil in abundance will have to be divided up; the lame ones themselves will actually take a big plunder. And no resident will say: "I am sick." The people that are dwelling in the land will be those pardoned for their error."
Above, we can find details (shown in prophecy) of a coming EARTHLY "Jerusalem," where no sickness or disease is shown ravaging or plaguing the people who reside there. No, none at all. (Isaiah 33:24) Instead these especially blessed people reside in an "undisturbed abiding place" it says. Truly, "undisturbed." Also we notice, "no galley fleet" or "majestic ship" of the nations, will be allowed to "pass over it," or interfere with its day-to-day procedures. In other words, no harassment or inference from the political nations or governments themselves is tolerated. This is because the "Majestic One, Jehovah," is there ... to protect them from outside forces. Jehovah is present there, to "save" them at all times. And the promise is: "NEVER," no never ... "will their ropes be torn in two," nor their "tent pins be pulled out," to terminate the operation of this especially protected holy city of "Jerusalem," upon earth.
This would be the same "Jerusalem," Mt. Zion, that is referred to in prophecies like Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-4, and Zechariah 8:20-22. This is the place where the nations all over the earth, "stream" up to, receive the magnificent Law of God, and hear it promulgated.
The book of Daniel speaks of this very same "city," as the "Mountain of Decoration," that Jehovah protects from the unwarranted, vicious attack of the "King of the North." (Daniel 11:44, 45)
So this is certainly, an EARTHLY scene ... the description of "New Jerusalem," which finally leads the earth in righteousness.
TWO (2) VITAL CONDITIONS THAT MUST EXIST BEFORE GOD'S KINGDOM IS ESTABLISHED UPON EARTH
Of course, for such a wonderful condition to exist upon earth, BEFORE the actual 1,000 Year Reign of peace, there must be two (2) vital conditions that must be present.
The two (2) vital conditions that must exist, and must be present, before Jehovah would authorize such a holy "city" [New Jerusalem] to exist upon earth and "represent" Him, where all nations of the earth would "stream" (Isaiah 2:2-4; John 1:6) to for spiritual guidance, are:
1) According to bible prophecy, the Nation of Israel must finally come to exist in outright, rank APOSTASY before Jehovah in the "last days," and thus cannot be used for His Righteous Purposes upon the earth, anymore. In this state, Jesus said the nation of "Israel," would come to need a special "re-creation" [Greek: palingenesis or spiritual "renovation," or "rebirth,"] and be restored back to God's favor. (See Matthew 19:28 & Titus 3:5 New World Translation large prt ftn.) Therefore, the people must come to understand and accept this self-evident fact and realization, about their "alienated" state that they now possess, in God's sight and be willing to do something about it. They must now realize, that they are properly viewed at this point, as a "Rebellious" House before Jehovah because of the many sins that been committed against His Holy Name, by the nation. (Ezekiel 43:7-12) They must recognize that by their lawless deeds, they have "defiled" God's Name, which previously had been granted them as a privilege, to carry upon themselves. (Numbers 6:27; Deut. 28:10; Daniel 9:19) Now, as a "Rebellious House" before God, they must be "atoned for," in God's eyes by a special means. (Ezekiel 16:63) The special means that God would use is shown in point #2 below.
2a) A new "indefinitely lasting" covenant must be presented to this "Apostate nation," just as Jesus presented one to the ancient apostate nation of Israel in the first century, to a people who had violated God's Original Covenant and was in need of another one. (Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8, 9; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Hebrews 8:7, 8) This "apostate" nation must then, be willing to accept the terms or conditions of discipline or "pass under the rod" of discipline, that Jehovah outlines to demonstrate full repentance on their parts, as shown within His Holy Word and prophecy. Afterwards they must show willingness to accept the "bond of the covenant," that He presents to them for their benefit. They must be willing to accept the "means by which he saves," whatever that "means" proved to be ... like He used Moses, Jesus or whatever modern-day "means" He chooses in His Lofty Wisdom. (Ezekiel 16:59-63; Ezekiel 20:35-38; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Acts 28:28; Romans 16:27)
2b) In addition, this people must be willing to be made or established into an EARTHLY Kingdom arrangement (like Moses' people), which would include all of the aforementioned blessings, such as complete freedom from "sickness" and "death" while they serve as God's newly founded "kingdom of priests" in behalf of the rest of the world, for all eternity. In so doing, Jehovah would be willing to open up the prospect of "everlasting life," on earth, for this special "priestly" nation, a life free from the age-old enemy and "king" known of as "Death." (Exodus 19:5, 6; Romans 5:13, 14)
At this point, someone might say:
"Why now allow the repentant people to remain in the original covenant, in which they had violated, namely the Christian Covenant, and receive all of the blessings originally promised to those under the Mosaic Law Covenant ... blessings like no sickness and no death?"
Well, one must remember, the Christian Covenant, called for its members to DIE ... to DIE and go to heaven, to receive the full benefits offered in that particular arrangement. Jesus promised all of his disciples, they would be with him, in heaven, where they would finally experience "everlasting life," in heaven. -- John 14:2, 3; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 3:1
However, the new "indefinitely lasting covenant" that Jehovah would offer His people during our time, would be styled more like the original Mosaic Law Covenant, which offered the prospect of "everlasting life" UPON EARTH ... it offered earthly life for its members, with all of its benefits and blessings designed for continued, unending life on earth. That would be the difference.
Its important for all of us to remember something, namely the nations (gentiles) originally were NOT intended to become an actual part of the "seed of Abraham," per say. Instead we recall, Jehovah promised the "nations," that one day, they would be able to ... "BLESS THEMSELVES" ... by means of the "seed" of Abraham, and receive untold blessings. But he didn't say in the promise, the "gentiles" were to become a part of God's Holy "Seed." At least, not in the beginning, before the nation of Israel was officially rejected, at Pentecost. Originally, they were to just receive blessings or "bless themselves," by obedience to God's "seed" and the things this holy "seed" taught them. (Genesis 22:18)
Indeed, Romans 2:19, 20 says of the Jewish Nation in the first century,
"and you are persuaded that you are a guide of the blind, a light for those in darkness, a corrector of the unreasonable ones, a teacher of babes, and having the framework of the knowledge and of the truth in the Law."
As Paul pointed out, the misguided, ill-equipped Jewish Nation of his day, regrettably saw themselves as GREAT, TREMENDOUS TEACHERS of God's Word. And of course, who would they teach, who would become their "victims" in this case? Well, they were "persuaded" Paul said, that it was their sworn duty, to teach those pitiful, filthy, ignorant "gentiles" of the world. How sad...
Oh my...sound familiar? ... remember those 6.5 million fantastic teachers of God's Word, every weekend they come to your door, with their wonderful "LIFE SAVING" literature...sound familiar. ;)
Nevertheless, the fact that the Jewish Nation saw themselves as holy teachers of the "gentile" nations, shows they saw themselves as a "priestly" nation that God had established upon earth, as the original "seed" whereby the gentiles could be taught, and receive blessings. The "gentile" nations, could rightly expect their blessings, to come thru the Jewish Nation, God's "Seed" upon earth. That's if all goes well.
After all, God would have already removed all forms of "sickness" and even "death" from this obedient nation, right? Thus, they could been said, to already have received "everlasting life" upon earth ... even before Jesus. And if this were true, the "nations" would have reasoned:
"...Jehovah God has ALREADY ... ALREADY returned them (Israel) to the paradasaic conditions of Adam and Eve ... Wow!
And this was the main point that Paul was making, at Romans 5:13, 14. That is why this particular scripture is so very important for us to understand.
And all of this was possible, paradisaic conditions to exist on earth (for the "priestly nation"), before ... that's before Jesus ever came on earth.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That's right. Those "gentile" nations could begin to "lick their chaps [lips]" and start salivating over this, when they could begin to observe before their very eyes, this wonderful phenomenon. They could begin to believe, God was soon ready to EXTEND THOSE BLESSINGS to them too, if they were obedient to God's Holy Law, of course. They could begin to believe it, because Jehovah had ALREADY removed "death" and all forms of "sickness" from the nation of Israel ... ALREADY. He had done this for a truly obedient nation, and He did it right in front of the "nations" eyes, so it wouldn't be a secret to anyone on earth! (Deuteronomy 7:15)
This means, the nation of Israel, the nation of "priests" could have received a national "healing" from God, and become a nation who was free of sickness and death by the miraculous hand of God Almighty ... the nation who had been "healed," and who had become a phenomenon among the nations, because of their strict obedience to the Mosaic Law. -- See Exodus 15:26.
And so, in this sense they could have been viewed as the Abrahamic "Seed" of God, on earth, who would one day be allowed to EXTEND those blessings to all observant, obedient "gentile" nations, who longed for relief from sin, sickness and death. Indeed, who in their right minds wouldn't want those incredible blessings from Jehovah, the Almighty! :)
There can be no doubt, if such an amazing thing would occur on earth by the Hand of Almighty God, no doubt the Jewish people would have become simply a sensation to all of the nations (gentiles) round about, who had the privilege to witness this remarkable situation. Those who got the chance to observe the Almighty Hand of Jehovah ... in action!
Think about it!
Yes, the Jewish nation (as the "seed" of Abraham) would have become exactly like Jeremiah 33:9 described when he said the following,
"And she will certainly become to me A NAME OF EXULTATION, A PRAISE AND A BEAUTY toward all the nations of the earth who will hear of ALL THE GOODNESS that I am rendering to them. And they will certainly be in dread and be agitated on account of ALL THE GOODNESS and on account of ALL THE PEACE that I am rendering to her."
Indeed, Paul was showing the possible ... possible blessings that Israel could have attained to, a return to what Adam & Eve originally had in the Garden of Eden, even back in Moses' Day, when he penned these wonderful words of Romans 5:13, 14 under inspiration. He taught people, the Jewish nation of Moses' day, could have had complete freedom from sickness and death, while on earth. Praise Jah!
Therefore we can confidently say, the nation of Israel, after God gave them His Precious Law, indeed had a grand future before them, as long as they obeyed. Jehovah promised the nation at Deuteronomy 7:6,
"For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. It is you Jehovah your God has chosen to become his people, a special property, OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLES THAT ARE ON THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND."
Above, we can see the contrast between the nation of (kings & priests) Israel and how they were to be viewed, in comparison to all the other nations of the earth. It is indeed, a big difference.
Again,
Deuteronomy 28:1, 2 says,
"And it must occur that if you will without fail listen to the voice of Jehovah your God by being CAREFUL TO DO ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS that I am commanding you today, Jehovah your God also will certainly PUT YOU HIGH ABOVE ALL OTHERS OF THE EARTH."
There can be little doubt the nation of Israel, if obedient, would have been viewed as "Abraham's Seed" on earth. Just as Moses said to his people in the above verse, obedience to God's Law would make them, "high above all other" nations on earth. At least, that's the way the people of the nations would have viewed it. They would have seen this "priestly nation", as the "seed" by which, they would receive all of their blessings. They would have seen, God's supernatural power upon this blessed people and nation, and would have had no doubt that this self-evident actuality, was true.
And in this capacity, with Jehovah's complete blessings upon themselves, the priestly-nation could have attempted to "teach" all other nations God's Phenomenal Law System. (Exodus 19:5, 6) They could now begin to serve ... serve the other "nations" as "priests" or teachers of God, when they began to make true converts and proselytes to their faith. This is how the "gentiles" would have received their blessings, by way of the nation of Israel, sharing their special "knowledge" with them, and their superior way of life ... which elevated them "high above" all other nations. (Deuteronomy 28:9, 10)
We recall how Jesus made reference to the Scribes and Pharisees of his day, and their constant striving to make a "gentile" [or person of the nations] a "proselyte" for the nation of Israel. Jesus said they would even "traverse sea and dry land" to make a [Gentile] "proselyte" and later make him, shockingly a "subject for Gehenna" more so than himself, by their horrible teachings, God-dishonoring practices, and worthless traditions of men. -- Matthew 15:5-9; Matthew 23:15
From this we can realize more fully the words of Jesus, when he taught that there was to be two beneficiaries of God's Law, that God's originally promised would worship him. He called them, the "nations," the "Other Sheep," ... "who are NOT of this fold." (John 10:16) Two groups of servants of Jehovah ... but in different "folds" before God, but yet they would become ... "one flock" before Jehovah. "One Flock."
The Jewish Nation would become "Mt Zion" and the gentiles would become the "nations" that "streamed" ... "streamed" to Jehovah, knowing that "Law was to go forth" from earthly "Mt. Zion," God's Priestly Nation. -- Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4
GOD'S MAGNANIMOUS OFFER TO "HEAL" THE NATION OF ISRAEL
Really, when we fully investigate the matter scripturally-speaking, actually, what do the facts truthfully reveal.
For instance, let's take again the nation of Israel, under Moses, when God made the Grand Offer for them to become a Special People for Him and His Name, and to become a "Royal Priesthood" for Jehovah God, upon earth. -- Exodus 19:5, 6; 1 Peter 2:9
Actually, when Jehovah offered to give His Divine Law to His newly covenanted people, did you know, the Almighty Himself was yes, offering to actually miraculously "heal" these wretched people? Yes, to completely "heal" them as a nation of people. Did you know this?
Let's examine the pivotal scripture of Exodus 15:26 which says:
"And he went on to say: If you will strictly listen to the voice of Jehovah your God and will do what is right in his eyes and will indeed give ear to his commandments and keep all his regulations, I shall put none of the maladies upon you that I put upon the Egyptians; because I am Jehovah WHO IS HEALING YOU."
Did you notice above that Jehovah God said that He Himself, was going to take magnificent step toward these people, namely that of "healing them" -- Did you see this?
Yes, Jehovah upon presenting the nation of Israel with the Divine Law itself, God added the thought that He had every intention of "healing" the entire nation ... only, only if they "strictly listened" to His "Voice," -- did you see that?
Oh, Jehovah was most willing to actually "heal" the entire nation, if they proved to be an "obedient" nation, an "obedient" people, so different from their ancient parents, Adam and Eve. And again, this was because, Jehovah God, had taken them into His Glorious Kingdom Arrangement, similar to the one that existed when Adam and Eve were on earth, and they had not, as of yet, deliberately disobeyed Jehovah, the Ruler of the Garden of Eden. Think about it.
Therefore, Almighty God can easily remove the relentless "kings" of "Sin" and "Death," if He chooses...if one is willing to submit fully to His Kingdom Rule. That is simply a fact.
Again, to reinforce this thought, let's consider a few more verses that show this could have been a reality for the disobedient nation of Israel, if they had not constantly transgressed God's Divine Law given them. Let's consider Deuteronomy 7:15 which says:
"and Jehovah will CERTAINLY REMOVE FROM YOU EVERY SICKNESS; and as for all the evil diseases of Egypt that you have known, he will not place them upon you, and he will indeed put them upon all those who hate you."
Again, did you notice:
Jehovah was willing to 'remove from you [Israel] every sickness' ... yes miraculously REMOVE EVERY SICKNESS, from these people that he granted a New Divine Law, the nation of Israel in its entirety. But again, He would only do this, yes, if they were completely obedient and diligent to indeed, keep this Divine Law given them by God Almighty. Yes, if they were willing to do this, then, yes Jehovah would keep his end of the "deal" and completely "heal" this entire nation, and keep them from "every sickness" upon earth! What a wonderful prospect to be a most blessed people, most blessed Israel, God's Name People...yes, only, if only they would obey Jehovah and keep his Holy Law...what a glorious prospect indeed for this people. Hallelujah!!!
It becomes exactly as God once told the nation of Israel through the prophet Isaiah by saying:
"This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser, the Holy One of Israel: I, Jehovah, am your God, the One teaching you to benefit yourself, the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk. O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea." -- Isaiah 47:17, 18
So then, it was simply a matter of obeying Jehovah, yes obeying Him implicitly, that would bring about such wonderful blessings and the wonderful action on God's part to fully REMOVE the relentless kings of Sin and Death, and thereby granting unheard of blessings upon His Name People with again...yes, the full removal of EVERY SICKNESS upon earth, at that time!
It becomes as 1 Corinthians 2:9 says,
"But just as it is written: eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the [good] things that God has prepared for those who love him."
Think about it!
What a wonderful privilege, again, that comes with the Grand Giving of a New Divine Law from Jehovah God Himself to this special people, this special property of His -- namely His Royal Priesthood which would voluntarily agree to represent Him as: GOD'S KINGDOM ON EARTH! -- Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 7:6; Matthew 21:43
Again, let's consider Psalms 103:2, 3 which says,
"Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And do not forget all his doings, Him who is forgiving all your error, WHO IS HEALING ALL YOUR MALADIES."
Again, we see that there is the all important connection, of "forgiveness" of sins, on God's part, and the subsequent action He takes toward this special people, to "heal" them of yes, 'all their maladies.'
Again, to reinforce this thought, God Almighty said to His Name People,
"and you must serve Jehovah your God, and he will certainly bless your bread and your water; and I shall indeed TURN MALADY AWAY FROM YOUR MIDST." -- Exodus 23:25
Indeed, Jehovah promised His Covenanted People, that if they served Him in faithfulness, yes, He would do the impossible, yes God Almighty Himself would 'turn malady [or sickness and disease] away from their midst.' What a marvelous promise from God!
And again, this would be because these people, at this time, now represented God's Kingdom Arrangement upon earth, and they now possess a Divine Law System, uniquely from Jehovah God Himself. Praise Jah!
LET'S REVIEW THE ABOVE INFORMATION
Again, the YORWW Congregation asserts, the words of Paul at Romans 5:13, 14 reveals Jehovah God's original Purpose to HEAL and REMOVE "DEATH" from Moses & his followers, the nation of Israel (seed of Abraham) BEFORE ... yes, BEFORE the 1,000 Reign would start. That was God's original purpose, and Paul showed us this, at Romans 5:13, 14. -- Genesis 22:18
Next, we can scripturally say with certainty, Jehovah originally purposed (thousands of years before Jesus) to use Moses and the nation of Israel, as a "Priestly Nation." -- Exodus 19:5, 6
Yes, these Grand Blessings to remove SICKNESS and DEATH would be first given to this particular "Priestly Nation." And this would be done for the benefit all of the rest of the world, so that they could see this "great phenomenon" and "Jehovah in action." With the nation of Israel becoming the "seed of Abraham," and would serve the rest of the world, as "priests" for a specific of period that God would determine, before the 1,000 reign would begin.
Simply Amazing!
Finally we learn, after everyone in the world would get an opportunity to see these wonderful things God had done for the nation of Israel who served them as "priests" for a specific of time as a sample or paradigm of what God could do for them, and get to see this for a specific period of time (with the removal of sickness & death), then many, many person in the world, would no doubt want get "their" blessings too from Jehovah, based upon God's Original Promise to Abraham. (Genesis 22:18) And of course, Jehovah God would have delivered too, on this promise, but only during the 1,000 years reign of earth wide peace, AFTER wicked Satan the Devil and his demons was abyssed and the unrepentant governments of the earth was forever removed at the decisive battle of "Armageddon." -- Revelation 16:14, 16
Therefore all of the above means, this was Jehovah God's original purpose, at first was to completely heal the nation of Israel, and then using them as a example to the rest of the world, of what he could do for them. Jehovah wanted to return Moses, back to the paradise condition, that was once enjoyed by Adam & Eve, before they sinned and was removed from the Garden of Eden.
Therefore, if Jehovah purposed to do this with Moses and the nation of Israel, per Paul's comments at Romans 5:13, 14, THEN WHY WOULD HE WANT TO CHANGE His overall purpose of things. The bible tells of Jehovah, "I am the LORD [Jehovah], I change NOT." No, Jehovah doesn't change His original purpose, for no one or nothing. -- Malachi 3:6 King James Version
Therefore, based upon what we know about Paul's comment at Romans 5:13, 14, then, we must conclude:
Jehovah still wants, still purposes to take a group of people today, who are willing to be totally obedient to him, whom the scriptures indicate as the "Male Child" of Revelation 12:5, along with members of the small YORWW Temple group, and use them as a sample or paradigm for everyone else on earth, and remove all sickness & death from them BEFORE the 1,000 Reign of Peace begins (our day and time). This is done to let the whole world know, observe them, and see the rich blessings and true happiness enjoyed by this group, as His newfound "priestly nation" upon earth. -- Exodus 19:5, 6
These ones mentioned above, namely the YORWW Congregation (inclusive of the "Male Child" of Revelation 12:5) would be privileged to indeed experience the wonderful blessings of getting "healed" by the Almighty Himself ... right now during our day and time, and receive "everlasting life" ... now! No, they would not have to wait for the 1,000 Year Reign of peace to begin. Yes, that is right, as we know through bible study, its all a part of Jehovah's original purpose, as shown at Romans 5:13, 14.
Praise Jah!!!
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