The Sign of the Gathering
I will give you a sign so you know when these things will happen. I will bring my people from the house of Israel back from far away places. I will set up my Zion among them again.
Here is the sign I will give you. When the things I tell you now and will tell you later come from me through the Holy Spirit, they will be shared with the nations. The nations will learn about your people who are part of the house of Jacob. They will also learn about your people who will be scattered by them. I tell you the truth. When the Father makes these things known to the nations, they will come from the Father through them back to you. The Father wants them to be set up in this land as a free people by his power. This way these things can come from them to some of your children. Then the Father can keep his promise that he made with his people from the house of Israel. So when these works and the works done among you later come from the nations to your children, your children will turn away from believing because of sin. The Father wants it to come from the nations so he can show his power to them. He wants the nations to repent and come to me if they don’t harden their hearts. He wants them to be baptized in my name. He wants them to learn the true points of my teaching so they can be counted among my people from the house of Israel. When these things happen and your children start to know these things, it will be a sign to them. It will show them that the Father has already started to keep the promise he made to the people from the house of Israel.
Kings Will See God’s Work
When that day comes, kings will be quiet. They will see things they had never been told about. They will think about things they had never heard.
On that day, the Father will do a great and amazing work for me. Some people will not believe it even when someone tells them about it.
But I will keep my servant safe. They will not hurt him even though he will be harmed because of them. But I will heal him. I will show them that my wisdom is greater than the tricks of the Devil.
So whoever does not believe my words—and I am Jesus Christ—will be cut off from my people who have the promise. The Father will make him bring my words to the nations. The Father will give him power to bring them to the nations. It will happen just as Moses said.
Jacob’s People Will Be Strong
My people who are part of Jacob will be among the nations. They will be in the middle of them like a lion among the forest animals. They will be like a young lion among sheep. When he goes through, he steps on them and tears them apart. No one can save them. They will defeat their enemies. All their enemies will be destroyed.
Warning to the Nations
It will be bad for the nations unless they repent. On that day, the Father says, I will take away your horses. I will destroy your chariots. I will destroy the cities of your land. I will tear down all your forts. I will get rid of magic from you. You will have no more fortune tellers. I will also get rid of your carved statues and your stone pillars. You will not worship things you made with your hands anymore. I will pull up your sacred trees. I will destroy your cities.
All lying, tricking, jealousy, fighting, fake religion, and sexual sin will be gone.
On that day, the Father says, whoever does not repent and come to my beloved Son will be cut off from my people from the house of Israel. I will punish them in anger just like other nations have been punished in ways they have never heard of.
Building the New Jerusalem
But if they will repent and listen to my words and not harden their hearts, I will set up my church among them. They will join the promise. They will be counted among this part of Jacob who I have given this land to. They will help my people who are part of Jacob. They will also help the people from the house of Israel who come. They will build a city called the New Jerusalem. Then they will help my people who are scattered all over the land come together in the New Jerusalem. Then the power of heaven will come down among them. I will also be there with them.
The Father’s Work Begins
Then the Father’s work will start on that day when this good news is preached to this part of the people. I tell you the truth. On that day the Father’s work will start among all the scattered people. It will include the tribes that have been lost, which the Father led away from Jerusalem. The work will start among all the scattered people with the Father. It will get them ready to come to me. Then they can call on the Father in my name. Then the work will start with the Father among all nations. It will get them ready so his people can come home to their land. They will come from all nations. They will not leave in a hurry. They will not run away. I will go in front of them, the Father says. I will protect them from behind.
Influences
- 21:1 — Luke 13:35 (KJV)Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
- 21:2 — Matthew 5:18 (KJV)For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- 21:2 — 1 Corinthians 15:1 (KJV)Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
- 21:2 — Romans 15:13 (KJV)Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- 21:2 — Luke 6:38 (KJV)Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- 21:4 — Galatians 3:17 (KJV)And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
- 21:4 — Luke 21:22 (KJV)For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- 21:5 — Acts 26:17 (KJV)Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
- 21:8 — Isaiah 52:15 (KJV)So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
- 21:9 — Isaiah 29:14 (KJV)Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
- 21:10 — Matthew 4:1 (KJV)Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- 21:11 — Revelation 1:1 (KJV)The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
- 21:11 — Luke 18:32 (KJV)For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
- 21:12 — Micah 5:8 (KJV)And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
- 21:13 — Micah 5:9 (KJV)Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- 21:14 — Micah 5:10 (KJV)And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
- 21:14 — Revelation 2:22 (KJV)Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
- 21:15 — Micah 5:11 (KJV)And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
- 21:16 — Micah 5:12 (KJV)And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
- 21:17 — Micah 5:13 (KJV)Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
- 21:18 — Micah 5:14 (KJV)And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
- 21:19 — 1 Corinthians 13:10 (KJV)But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
- 21:20 — Matthew 3:17 (KJV)And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- 21:26 — Mark 14:9 (KJV)Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
- 21:27 — 1 Peter 1:17 (KJV)And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
- 21:28 — Philippians 2:22 (KJV)But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
- 21:29 — Isaiah 52:12 (KJV)For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.