15 – 17 June 2023
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
The above, Isaiah 8:13, is the LORD (today) telling us to focus on Him and not on those conspiring against His will (our salvation) and us. These conspirators are, in the verse before, defined as a “confederacy,” which we know spiritually is telling of the king and people of Israel (this nation) joining with foreign enemies (communist China and other American enemies), in an attack on Judah (God’s elect remnant).
Isaiah 8
9 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 “Say you not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, ‘A confederacy;’ neither fear you their fear, nor be afraid.
The word rendered “confederacy” is the Hebrew word qesher, meaning “an (unlawful) alliance:–confederacy, conspiracy, treason.”
The LORD sends this warning, not to “associate” with these conspirators, to all those in “far countries.” The word here dubiously rendered “associate” is ra’a’, which is most often rendered “do evil” or “evildoers.” It’s saying: Do (join) this evil, O you people, and you shall be broken.
The word then rendered “give ear” is ‘azan, meaning to expand the ear, as in paying close attention to what is heard. The words “far country,” to whom He is speaking, are from the Hebrew words merchaq ‘erets, which we understand to mean this appointed time the “LORD decreed” (mare’ choq) for the “Earth.”
The above passage is speaking to those in our time who’ve not yet joined the conspiracy against God’s people, but dreading the wrath of the conspirator against any who don’t join (in their insanity, calling good evil and evil good), are contemplating surrender to their mass delusions.
When verse 13 says let LORD be your “dread” it is the same word (‘arats) used in verse 12 as we’re told not to “be afraid,” as those who’ve joined in this evil conspiracy were.
The word mare’ is Aramaic, and is only used four times, all by Daniel. It is the word the ignorant in power, who don’t perceive Him when He is speaking, use to describe the LORD Daniel (the judgment of God) reveals to them.
Daniel 2
43 And whereas you saw iron [strength: understanding the law of nature and nature’s God] mixed with miry clay [the weakness of the earthly: ignorance of the metaphysical reality], they shall mingle themselves with the seed of [weak-minded] men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
45 Forasmuch as you saw that the stone [the Rock who is Christ] was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great [rab – the Chief Overseer of the Earth] God [‘elahh – Yahh is God to Whom it appertains] has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter [‘achar – in these last days]: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar [the lies of the false prophets that now rule over the world in confusion] fell upon his face [‘anaph – his nose: perceiving the LORD’s presence in His judgment and revelation], and worshipped Daniel [the judgment of the LORD revealed], and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him [to the One whose presence is known, but not perceived by the human eye or ear].
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a LORD [mare’] of kings [malek], and a revealer of secrets, seeing [by His sight] you could reveal this secret.
In Daniel 5 we’re told of Nebuchadnezzar’s son, Belshazzar (the creations, lies, of men protect this king: spiritually speaking of Brandon, the son of Lucifer), knowing that God judged His father, did the same things, ending his reign and with him Babylon fell. Daniel reveals the coming end, seen in the hand writing on the wall, which (Brandon) in his feeble state, can’t comprehend.
Daniel 5
2 Belshazzar [“bel protects the king – bel: the idols, men, who exalt themselves as gods, experts, who use their positions to mislead the world], whiles he tasted the wine [and his mind was by the idols clouded: corrupted], commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar [whose misleading cause all understanding to be turned to confusion] had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house [family] of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them [and all became ignorant].
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts [his confusion about what he saw but couldn’t comprehend: the metaphysical reality hand writing on the wall] troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Are you that Daniel, which are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry [Judah]?
14 I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in you.
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing:
16 And I have heard of you, that you can make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if you can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, you shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 O you king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar [“may Nebo {the prophets} protect the crown” – referring to the lies of the false prophets who’ve misled him and the world, all its “wise men,” into ignorance, and there, by his permission, confusion, Babylon, rules over all the world] to your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart [his mind without God’s Spirit] was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen [ideas that grew from the earth, the minds of ignorant men also without the LORD’s Spirit], and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high [the Almighty King of kings] God ruled in the kingdom of men [the metaphysical reality ruling the physical: nature’s God ruling], and that he appoints [quwm – raises and establishes] over it whomsoever he will.
22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this;
23 But have lifted up yourself against the LORD [mare’] of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine in them; and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know [anything]: and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
So, Brandon, hear the word the LORD speaks against you: the writing is on the wall, the kingdom you rule, Babylon, has been ended, and your reign (the confused ruling by confusion) is with it ended.
Mene is from the four times used Aramaic word mna’, meaning “to count, appoint:–number, ordain, set.” Its use twice speaks of what the LORD has ordained, the position possessed, and the LORD giving it to another, as in verse 21 above. It speaks of the power to rule anything, even your own mind and body, ended and with you, and the kingdom of darkness has fallen. When verse 26 says it, the kingdom and your rule, is “finished,” it’s the Aramaic word shlam, meaning “to complete, to restore:–deliver, finish.” As we know, when Belshazzar was deposed, Babylon ended, and Darius (the LORD) became King.
Revelation 10
7 But in the days of the voice [speaking the seven thunders that were sealed until this season and for this purpose] of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven [full understanding from the cloud where it was kept as separated elements when it left the earth] spoke unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands [against the wicked] upon the sea [with the people, sending the Word of God as the sun rising upon all] and upon the [darkened and corrupted] earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter [you will have the urge to regurgitate it as received], but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter [and it was repeated as received, as the LORD said it must be].
11 And he said unto me, You must prophesy [speak this word of God as received from Him] again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
The above is understood as the LORD sowing the good seed in the earth, as He explains, reveals, in His parable in Matthew 13.
Matthew 13
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least [I Am] of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a [ONE] tree [with many branches], so that the birds of the air [who fly in heaven with full understanding by His strength] come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven [corruption], which a woman [the unfaithful in the church] took, and hid in three measures of meal [aleurone {only used twice, both telling the same parable} – ground wheat: the people made feeble, crushed by corruption], till the whole [body] was leavened [was corrupted and became dead].
34 All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet [in Psalms 78:2, the prophet here is Asaph {meaning gatherer} whose prophecy is in this Psalm of the LORD’s chosen site of His sanctuary], saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world [when We made the plan to make man in Our image and likeness, and that it would only take a few millennia].
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples [His students] came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels [the LORD’s messengers with this message].
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun [sending this understanding upon all who were in darkness: in ignorance because to the corruption, the confusion, that before ruled] in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Friends, I witness to you, the Church, the ONE BODY of Christ “in God our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ:”
2 Thessalonians 1
2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet [appropriate], because that your faith [in the LORD with us] grows exceedingly, and the charity [agape – receiving and giving this Word of God from His mouth, by which man lives] of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the LORD Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the LORD, and from the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed [to be the Word of God to you, as it is]) in that day.
As he continues in Isaiah 8, Isaiah speaks of the choice to follow the LORD by obeying His voice, and to reject the conspirators’ misleading. This is the point he describes in the chapter before: the recovery from the fall, which came by choosing to follow the advice that contradicted the LORD’s.
Isaiah 7
13 And he said, Hear you now, O house of David [the elect remnant, from where the king comes]; Is it a small thing for you to weary men [that they cannot long suffer to complete a task], but will you weary my God also [by not asking for a sign of the end reached]?
14 Therefore the LORD himself shall give you a sign [‘owth]; Behold, a virgin [the elect remnant who aren’t defiled by the unfaithful church] shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [his identity is God manifested among us].
15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Isaiah 8
13 Sanctify [hallow His name – declare Him Holy] the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary [Immanuel – the one in whom the LORD manifests His presence, the king who is the kingdom]; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony [this word from the mouth of God], seal the law among my disciples [those who by choice have been His students].
17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hides his face [His identity] from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs [‘owth] and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwells in mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits [speaking known ways of confusion and death], and unto wizards [the self-appointed experts – know liars telling known lies, false accusers falsely accusing those who oppose and expose their lies] that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God [His good advice]? [should they be looking] for the living to [evil advice of] the dead?
20 [Shouldn’t they be listening] To the law and to the testimony [from the mouth of God]: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light [understanding] in them.
21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry [in affliction because they reject this rest and refreshing]: and it shall come to pass, that when they [the rebels] shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward [for help to the idols they call by the LORD’s name].
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble [tsarah – tribulation] and darkness [ignorance], dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness [deeper into delusion and insanity, following the advice of the dead, the abomination they put in place of the holy, which brought them into tribulation and ignorance].
Revelation 14
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb [the body the LORD prepared for Himself, the necessary sacrifice to bring His word as received] stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand [the elect remnant], having his Father’s name written in their foreheads [His known presence in their minds].
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder [the sound of the light from the cloud, giving full understanding]: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps [the elect readied to repeat the same word as received]:
3 And they sung as it were a new song [repeating the word given by the king] before the throne, and before the four beasts [the four faces of the living creature, the life {chay} in the word sent as an unfolding vision of God], and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand [the students who are the elect remnant who’ve learned to refuse the evil and choose the good], which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women [the corrupt church that has blinded the minds of those who follow their evil way, standing away from God in apostacy]; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel [the ONE BODY of Christ] fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of [these life-giving] waters.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon [the confusion that ruled the world] is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication [her interaction with devils, learning the ways of evil men and refusing the good LORD].
The word “choose,” above in Isaiah 7:15 & 16, is the Hebrew word bachar, meaning “to try, i.e. (by implication) select:–acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.”
It (bachar) describes the place, people, time, the LORD chooses to reveal Himself in the trial: when he comes to save those who hear and obey His good advice, repent and refuse the evil holding them.
Job 34
2 Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge.
3 For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.
4 Let us choose [bachar] to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good [towb].
5 For Job [God’s hated people] has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning [of the world] like water?
8 Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men [who accuse them of being the cause of the tribulation].
9 For he has said, It profites a man nothing that he should delight himself with [pleasing] God [by becoming corrected in the trial of His good judgment].
10 Therefore hearken unto me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For the work of a man [good or evil] shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who has given him a charge [made Him the Chief Overseer] over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world [completing the matter of good versus evil – and which should rule the earth]?
14 If he sets his heart upon man, if he gathers unto himself his spirit and his breath [His work to rescue and sustain humanity, of which all the world has become ignorant];
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now you have understanding, hear [shama’] this: hearken [‘azan – expand your ear: pay close attention] to the voice of my words.
17 Shall even he that hates right govern [the earth]? and will you condemn him [those the LORD makes and declares holy] that is most just?
18 Is it fit to say to a king [Brandon], You are wicked? and to princes [the corrupt in power], You are ungodly?
19 How much less [is it fit] to him [God] that accepts not the persons [the positions that shield them from judgment by their own laws] of princes, nor regard the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of [created equal by] his hands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.
22 There is no darkness [ignorance], nor shadow of death [cast over all humanity], where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25 Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face [paniym – presence], who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
30 That the hypocrite reigns not, lest the people be ensnared [in their wickedness].
31 Surely it is meet [appropriate] to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement [correction], I will not offend any more:
32 That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 Should it be [remain] according to your [corrupted] mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose [bachar]; and not I: therefore [exposing your ignorance] speak what you know.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto [shama’ – obey] me.
35 Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. [God’s people don’t understand they should sanctify the LORD God: make Him their sanctuary where He is found, and He will sanctify them that do]
36 My desire is that Job may be tried [corrected until he sees as the LORD sees] unto the end [natsach – until this goal is reached] because of his answers for wicked men [zealously declaring the righteousness of their own ways and not submitting to the LORD’s].
37 For he adds rebellion unto his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.
As we know, we’re told, in Job 42, of Job’s finally reaches the goal.
Job 42
1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2 I know that you can do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from you.
3 [You said unto me] “Who is he that hides [ignorance in his] counsel without knowledge?” Therefore, have I uttered that [which] I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 [Then You said unto me] “Hear [shama’ – obey], I beseech you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me.”
5 I have heard of [shama’ – obeyed] you by the hearing of [shema’ – and obediently gave] the ear [‘ozen – paid close attention]: but now my eye sees [ra’ah] you.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Deuteronomy 26
1 And it shall be, when you are come in unto the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein;
2 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit [the elect remnant – as in Revelation 14:4 above] of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose [bachar] to place his name there.
3 And you shall go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD your God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD swore unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.
16 This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
17 You have avouched [‘amar – promised] the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto [shama’ – obey] his voice:
18 And the LORD has avouched [‘amar – promises] you this day to be his peculiar [sgullah] people, as he has promised you, and that you shouldest keep [shamar – obey] all his commandments;
19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you mayest be a holy people unto the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
The word sgullah only appears eight times; the first in Exodus 19:5 and the last in Malachi 3:17; almost always speaking of how God sees His people.
Exodus 19
5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar [sgullah] treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes [their garments spotted by the flesh],
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai [the thorny place, against the misleaders sitting in power].
Malachi 3
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, says the LORD of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?
14 You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept [shamar – obeyed] his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt [doubt the presence of] God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spoke [this word] often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels [sgullah]; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.
18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.
1 Peter 2
3 If so be you have tasted [in this word of God] that the LORD is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offene, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation [episkope – the day the LORD comes as the Chief Overseer of the earth].
Revelation 21
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, “It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end [of ages]. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to naught: he makes the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen [bachar] for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in you.
