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THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD’S TEMPLE.

This especial Sub-Title emphasised by its larger font. A “Mountain” versus a “hill”: This is what we need to come to grips with if we are to ever recognise the stupendous Event of His Entry onto the earth.

Isaiah’s Scripture of 2:2 is very specific; for it places “the Hill of the LORD’S House” standing “at the head of the hills, and rise o’er the Mountains, and to it all the nations shall gather.” (Fenton Bible. Bold emphasis mine.)

Despite the fact that the next part of the Scripture, 2:3: “For from Zion will go out the Law, and from Jerusalem Jehovah’s orders ...”, his reference to “mountains” is clearly not the geographical location of present-day Jerusalem. So how does that work?

If we consider the conjunction, and, in Isaiah 2:3, we might just begin to understand that Zion (“a place or religious community regarded as sacredly devoted to God) is the wider geographical area of The LORD’s earthly Abode. And Jerusalem (“complete awe”, ‘a state where one is so in touch with G-d as to be in constant rapture’) is the primary point on earth from out of which Divine Proclamations for all of its peoples are pronounced. Micah 4:1-2, essentially reads similarly.

Obviously, a specific place as is described in Isaiah 2:2 would simply have to evoke (“complete awe”) in the spirits of those human beings fortunate enough to find it, purely and simply because of The LORD’s presence there. Seekers who were “guided” to His earthly Abode even after His premature “passing” --- and thus His return Home to the Divine Realm ---- in immense gratitude could still experience a feeling of almost indescribable “awe” on that especial place.

For the Divine radiations of He and His Truth still strongly permeates the land that previously housed His presence. (This writer experienced the latter on three never-to-be-forgotten “stays” there). To that reality, let’s now run through a few “mountain prophecies”.

From The Apocrypha and The Book of Esdras, Discourse 13, Verse 2: The prophet Ezra recounts a dream which is afterwards interpreted for him by the “Messenger of Light”. Ezra saw the “man” carve out for himself a great mountain and fly up onto it. But he was unable to see or recognise the region or place where it was. From His mouth, however, came “fire” — which was “The Law of God”.....

[Note: We have devoted a full Discourse (7) to Ezra and the meaning of the “fire” of Islam and “fire” in the Koran.]

For now, from Isaiah 56:7:
‘Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer.’ ... For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.’
“A song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. GREAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain .”
(Psalm 48:1.)

Now it will come about that in the last days The Mountain of the House of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.” (Isaiah 2:2.)

And when He bloweth a trumpet, hear ye’ “All ye inhabitants of the world, AND dwellers on the earth, see ye, when He lifteth up an ensign on the mountains” (Isaiah 18:3. Emphases mine.)

“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ...” (Isaiah 11:9.)
“This is the law of the house; On top of the mountain the whole...” (Ezekiel 43:12.)

“In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all – the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.” (Micah 4:1.)

“People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths”. ... Then it continues: ‘For the LORD’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem’.
(Micah 4:2. New Living Translation, both.)

Surely, a “House of The Lord” will be wherever The Lord determines that it will be. It is not for humans to decide. So “His House” on earth is literally “The House of Jacob’s God” because HE --- IMANUEL --- is PART of The GODHEAD.

In Mathew Henry’s following commentary on Micah 4:1-8, note the ‘standard mantra’ of Christianity strongly present in Henry’s article; the ‘believed’ return of Christ, the recognition of the world, the greater and greater fulfilment --- not according to Scripture however --- but only to Church interpretation of those things pertaining to “End-time stuff”. The fact is that history bears screaming testimony to the dark reality that human beings have rarely heeded the true Will of God. No: Human will, only, has been the driving force on earth for millennia. So is it in this case! Mathew Henry’s idealised vision has already been smashed aside by the non-recognition of what has already occurred. Poor, blind, deluded religions; constantly promoting the dogma whilst missing the moment –- exactly as Christ Himself warned:

“Were the times [of the destruction] not cut short, not a man would be saved. But they will be cut short so that some might be... , etc.
(Matthew 24:22 and Mark 13:20.)

That reality is a far cry from Mathew Henry and countless other religious idealists who cannot seem to understand that we of planet earth, we human beings, are the very creatures who do not serve The Will of God! In obvious reference to Micah’s “In the last days...”; Henry opines:

‘The nations have not yet so submitted to the Prince of Peace, as to beat their swords into ploughshares, nor has war ceased. But very precious promises these are, relating to the gospel church, which will be more and more fulfilled, for He is faithful that has promised. There shall be a glorious church for God set up in the world, in the last days, in the days of the Messiah. Christ himself will build it upon a rock. The Gentiles worshipped their idol gods; but in the period spoken of, the people will cleave to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and delight in doing his will. The word halteth, describes those who walk not according to the Divine word. ... and the reign of Christ will continue till succeeded by the everlasting kingdom of heaven. Let us stir each other to attend the ordinances of God, that we may learn his holy ways, and walk in them, receiving the law from his hands, which, being written in our hearts by his Spirit, may show our interest in the Redeemer’s righteousness.”

In terms of the Old Testament prophets and their recorded visions about the [future] Abode of The Lord and whether it will be in Jerusalem, on a hill or on a mountain, the potential confusion that the many prophecies carry might be put down to just different interpretations of Bible translators. For example, if we take Zechariah’s 8:3 Scriptural prophecy as translated by the New American Standard Bible, we have the following:

“Thus says the LORD, I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy mountain.’

However, in the case of Zechariah 8:3, Fenton’s translates it differently.

Thus said the EVER-LIVING, “I will return to Zion and reside in Jerusalem, when Jerusalem shall be, ‘The City of Truth,’ and the Hill of the Lord of Hosts, ‘The Hill of Holiness!’ “

In this particular Scripture, Fenton says “hill”, not “mountain”. Yet in most other Scriptural prophecies, he uses the term “mountain”. Because his Bible translation is so much more spiritually expansive in correcting many illogical Verses that other translators simply could not see were obviously unworkable --- which is why his Bible is the primary one chosen for this Work -- he would have well understood why he translated thus.

What we should really understand is that the reason why Jerusalem became the chosen city was because the Old Testament prophets led the Jewish race into recognition and acceptance of the “Invisible God”. So, naturally, everything from that Source had to be centred on that city and on the land in which it sat. Quite logically, if another race had divined the One God before, or in place of, the Jews, then whatever was their primary city would have fulfilled that role. The great Creation-Law of the “Attraction of Similar Species” would have automatically ensured a history similar to that of Jerusalem.

However, after defiling the great Temple with totally aspiritual practices and rituals and then murdering The One sent by God to “clean the place up” and restore it and the people to the spiritual space they were supposed to occupy, any future “return” could no longer be to that now-defiled place. Logic such as that seems always to be lost on “religious experts”. It seems to be too difficult to understand, but Why? To coin a “today phrase”: “It ain’t rocket science!”

It seems eminently clear that because the Prophets were so far-seeing, it is reasonable to believe that even though they used the terms Jerusalem and Zion to describe the future earthly Abode of The Lord, they yet used the term, “Mountain” more often than “hill” to describe the actual future geographical location of “The House of Jacob’s God”.

For you reader, once more: With regard to His Coming as the Spirit of Truth, that was exactly the reality in the 20th century.

Continuing the analysis of “mountain”, let’s now look at an interesting latter-day ‘prophetic vision’; one which was eagerly ‘embraced’ by the Catholic Church. Perhaps we should say ‘hijacked’.


The Third Fatima Prophecy

Interpreted by the Catholic Church as a prophecy about an attack on a Pope, in truth it did not at all refer to the attempted assassination of the late Pope John Paul II as the Church proclaimed. It was actually a much greater warning for all humanity. The Third Fatima prophecy categorically makes reference to a “Holy Father” robed in white, climbing a mountain, and being struck from all sides by soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, while all the other bishops and priests around him died one by one. According to this prophecy, this particular bishop or pope was killed before a Cross on that mountain, and two angels, one on either side of the Cross, collected the blood of the martyrs and sprinkled it on those souls who were to later make it to God.

Where and what is the connection between this prophecy and the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II? There is none whatsoever! The only commonality here is the date on which the vision was received, and the attempted assassination. In fact, the attempted assassination was not by a group of soldiers as reported, but by a single gunman who later claimed he was acting in conjunction with the Third Fatima prophecy -– which had not, then, been revealed.

While this has led to the rather strange conclusion that the gunman was inspired by The Holy Spirit to commit such an act against the Pope, a strict understanding of The Laws of Creation tells us that that interpretation is just plain dumb.

In such a case, it is not possible for a gunman to be inspired by The Light. He clearly had his own agenda. Perhaps that was the key motive of certain “forces” in all of this; to obscure the Truth of what the Third Fatima Prophecy was referring to, for, apart from these facts, there is absolutely no correlation between the events of the vision and the attempted assassination of the, then, Pope.

On the other hand, there is a surprisingly far greater similarity between the events described in the prophecy and The One we have been describing and now proclaiming for the past three Discourses. He, along with two special “Helpers”, did live on a “mountain”, from which His All-Truth went forth into the world. After His premature departure from the earth, His “mission” and Work were continued by others, and still is to this day.

(Under the aegis of His All-Truth and the Especial Mandate granted for it; in the 21st century this complete Discourse and Work plays a critical role for global humanity at this time of Final Resolution.)

In Reiteration:

The obvious “apparent” connotation of the above prophecies for religious scholars and the billions of faithful is that “all is well” in the “La-la Land” of at least Christian monotheism. Jesus is to return to Jerusalem, defeat the evil forces and “gather the nations to Him”, and billions will live in supreme bliss in the “Kingdom of God” on earth. What is so strange and quite incomprehensible, however -- even despite all the protestations that they all believe faithfully in their Bible and Jesus -- the “Church” refuses to accept His “crashing warning”: “Were the times not cut short, not a man would be saved ...” How can billions be so obtuse?

The Jews await the return of their Messiah to “set up shop” in Jerusalem too, for they are His “chosen”, aren’t they? The “fly in the ointment” for both Christians and Jews here is, of course, Islam; for by Muslim reckoning, they already own Jerusalem.


SON OF GOD/SONS OF GOD

JESUS and IMANUEL: We will bring Imanuel out of the centuries-long human religious denial of Him and proclaim Him and His Origin in the next Discourse. At the conclusion of this one, however, we will once more let “The Spirit of Truth” lead us into Truth. From the Power of His hand: From His Lecture:

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THE SON OF MAN

Ever since the crime committed against the Son of God, the Bringer of Truth, Jesus of Nazareth, the fact that men did not recognise this most important prophecy has lain like a curse over mankind, and even today they stand before it unsuspectingly as if their eyes were closely blindfolded! The terrible consequence will be that a great part of mankind will stumble on towards destruction, past the only possibility of saving themselves from being cast out!

This is the prophesy of the Coming of the Son of Man, which the Son of God held forth as a star of hope and also as a serious warning in face of the constant attacks upon Him by the masses, who through their subservience to the Darkness naturally hated the Bringer of Truth.
..... Furthermore, the momentous experiences and psychic shocks of a life in the Saviour’s vicinity were crowded into only a few short years. Consequently everything was bound to be concentrated on the Person of Jesus, so much so that when He spoke of another Person in the distant future what He said was also again interwoven with Him personally!

Thus the error has lived on in the opinions of men until the present-day! ......

Jesus spoke of the Coming of the Son of Man as the last possibility of salvation, and also pointed out that with His Coming the Judgement would commence. Therefore those who are still not willing or, to express it differently, those who are too stiff-necked or too indolent to be prepared to accept enlightenment would be irretrievably cast out! From this the conclusion is to be drawn that there will be no further opportunity for consideration and decision. This undoubtedly contains the announcement of great tribulation which will bring to an end a period of patient forbearance! This in turn indicates the impending struggle of the Light against all darkness, which must end with the violent destruction of darkness! ....

The Son of God personally proclaimed to mankind the Coming of the Son of Man, Who will then remain the eternal Mediator between the Divine and Creation! This expresses the sublime love of the Creator for His Creation! .....

The Mission of the Son of Man on earth is the continuation and completion of the Mission of the Son of God, as the Mission of the Son of God could only be a transient one. Hence this continuation and completion is at the same time a consolidation of Christ’s Mission! .....

It does not lie with mankind to elect the Son of Man sent by God. But the Power of God will uplift Him at the hour when mankind in their helplessness are whining for deliverance! Then they will cease to revile, because horror will silence them, and they will willingly accept all the gifts the Creator offers His creatures through His Envoy! But he who will not accept them from Him shall be cast forth for all eternity!

THE “SPIRIT OF TRUTH”!

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