Isaiah 8:13-18 Sanctify the LORD of hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among My disciples. And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
The Lord dwells in His elect so His elect are the spiritual...mount Zion. They are His signs and wonders. His elect are those that "sanctify the Lord Himself," and He is our "sanctuary." A sanctuary in which we dwell.....
But, to those that do not "keepeth His commandments" He shall be a "stone of stumbling" to both houses...the house of Israel (Christians) and the house of Judah (Jews). Why? How? They don't have the truth...the truth of the Messiah or who the Messiah is. In the end of days the fake comes first pretending to be Christ and many believers will fall into apostasy...Christians and Jews.
The other group mentioned is...."the inhabitants of Jerusalem." To them He shall be a "gin and snare." (snare - in which wild beasts are caught.) These "inhabitants" are not of either houses of Israel (Christians or Jews) but rather are "residents of Jerusalem." Are they the "wild beasts" now living in, residents of, Jerusalem?
There we see today's literal Jerusalem and the "wild beasts" living therein but there is a deeper meaning. Spiritually Jerusalem is symbolic of God's holy city, His children...believers. As His "very elect" or "saints" are mount Zion, the city of Jerusalem is the church. As there are now folks residing there (wild beasts) there are also spiritual wild beasts (false teachers, preachers...pretending to be Christian) residing in God's city. They shall be "broken" (shattered, crushed.)"
Those that are misled "shall stumble and fall and be snared and taken." All from deception. They shall be, are being, taken in, conned, deceived by the antichrist....
We must know that our Savior comes after the working of the fake (and he/they are hard at work now)...we must wait (not fall into apostasy) and continue to do His work in the field, (the world).
The "spirit of His mouth," is the Holy Spirit working, teaching, guiding His witnesses so they speak His Words. His Words are the fire in their mouth that consumes the wicked.
There are two rocks....Christ, our Rock and Satan the fake rock. Jesus is a Rock to stumble on when the misled believe they follow Him but...it is instead the fake.
The Lord dwells in His elect so His elect are the spiritual...mount Zion. They are His signs and wonders. His elect are those that "sanctify the Lord Himself," and He is our "sanctuary." A sanctuary in which we dwell.....
1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.
But, to those that do not "keepeth His commandments" He shall be a "stone of stumbling" to both houses...the house of Israel (Christians) and the house of Judah (Jews). Why? How? They don't have the truth...the truth of the Messiah or who the Messiah is. In the end of days the fake comes first pretending to be Christ and many believers will fall into apostasy...Christians and Jews.
The other group mentioned is...."the inhabitants of Jerusalem." To them He shall be a "gin and snare." (snare - in which wild beasts are caught.) These "inhabitants" are not of either houses of Israel (Christians or Jews) but rather are "residents of Jerusalem." Are they the "wild beasts" now living in, residents of, Jerusalem?
There we see today's literal Jerusalem and the "wild beasts" living therein but there is a deeper meaning. Spiritually Jerusalem is symbolic of God's holy city, His children...believers. As His "very elect" or "saints" are mount Zion, the city of Jerusalem is the church. As there are now folks residing there (wild beasts) there are also spiritual wild beasts (false teachers, preachers...pretending to be Christian) residing in God's city. They shall be "broken" (shattered, crushed.)"
Those that are misled "shall stumble and fall and be snared and taken." All from deception. They shall be, are being, taken in, conned, deceived by the antichrist....
Matthew 24:40-42 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
We must know that our Savior comes after the working of the fake (and he/they are hard at work now)...we must wait (not fall into apostasy) and continue to do His work in the field, (the world).
11 Thessalonians 2:6-8 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
The "spirit of His mouth," is the Holy Spirit working, teaching, guiding His witnesses so they speak His Words. His Words are the fire in their mouth that consumes the wicked.
Revelation 11:3-5 And I will give power unto My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
There are two rocks....Christ, our Rock and Satan the fake rock. Jesus is a Rock to stumble on when the misled believe they follow Him but...it is instead the fake.