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Friday, February 2, 2024

JESUS as EMISSARY


 John 8:14

King James Version

14 Jesus answered and said unto them, 

Though I bear record of myself, 

yet my record is true: 

for I know whence I came, and whither I go; 

but ye cannot tell whence I come, 

and whither I go.


JESUS is GOD's Emissary.

Emissary is like a diplomat, a representative, a messenger.

Someone who is sent, in behalf of another.

My delight is in giving you proof.

First, the post, and verse that inspired this 98th blog:

Mark 12:6

King James Version

6 Having yet therefore one son, 

his wellbeloved, 

he sent him also last unto them, 

saying, 

They will reverence my son.


Secondly?

JESUS was sent by GOD.

These verses, in JESUS' own words, attest to it:

John 8:15-16

King James Version

15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: 

for I am not alone, 

but I and the Father that sent me.


John 8:17-18

King James Version

17 It is also written in your law, 

that the testimony of two men is true.

18 I am one that bear witness of myself, 

and the Father that sent me 

beareth witness of me.


John 8:26-27

King James Version

26 I have many things to say 

and to judge of you: 

but he that sent me is true; 

and I speak to the world those things 

which I have heard of him.

27 They understood not 

that he spake to them of the Father.


John 8:29-30

King James Version

29 And he that sent me is with me: 

the Father hath not left me alone; 

for I do always those things that please him.

30 As he spake these words, 

many believed on him.


John 8:42

King James Version

42 Jesus said unto them, 

If God were your Father, ye would love me: 

for I proceeded forth and came from God; 

neither came I of myself, but he sent me.


John 17:3

King James Version

3 And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.


John 17:8

King James Version

8 For I have given unto them the words 

which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou 

didst send me.


John 17:18

King James Version

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, 

even so have I also sent them into the world.


John 17:20-21

King James Version

20 Neither pray I for these alone, 

but for them also which shall believe on me 

through their word;

21 That they all may be one; 

as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, 

that they also may be one in us: 

that the world may believe 

that thou hast sent me.


John 17:22-23

King James Version

22 And the glory which thou gavest me 

I have given them; 

that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, 

that they may be made perfect in one; 

and that the world may know 

that thou hast sent me, 

and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.


John 17:25-26

King James Version

25 O righteous Father, 

the world hath not known thee: 

but I have known thee, 

and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 

and will declare it: 

that the love wherewith thou hast loved me 

may be in them, and I in them.


Do you believe these to be true?

If so, you are of GOD:

John 8:47

King James Version

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: 

ye therefore hear them not, 

because ye are not of God.


And you are of the LORD's sheep:

John 10:27-28

King James Version

27 My sheep hear my voice, 

and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; 

and they shall never perish, 

neither shall any man pluck them 

out of my hand.


The next post tells us the danger, and difficulties of being Emissary.


Related material:

The LAST emissary

On JESUS

JESUS


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The PROPHESIED emissary

 

2 Peter 1:16

King James Version

16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, 

when we made known unto you 

the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.


The Bible is GOD's story.

How He created, loved, forgave.

And how man lived, sinned, forgot, and sinned some more.

That's why JESUS, the LAST emissary, was sent.

As emissary, He is GOD's representative.

To remind us of GOD's commands.

The LAST resort, when Satan tries to keep foiling GOD's plans.

The LAST messenger, that we may finally take heed.

The LAST hope, that all hope may not be lost.


JESUS, the Messiah, died on the cross for our sins.

He was resurrected on the third day.

And yet, many refuse to acknowledge He is the Messiah.

Who has come, saved, and will come again.

Here are the Old Testament prophecies on JESUS:

Genesis 3:14-15

King James Version

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 

Because thou hast done this, 

thou art cursed above all cattle, 

and above every beast of the field; 

upon thy belly shalt thou go, 

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 

and between thy seed and her seed; 

it shall bruise thy head, 

and thou shalt bruise his heel.


Deuteronomy 18:15

King James Version

15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee 

a Prophet from the midst of thee, 

of thy brethren, like unto me; 

unto him ye shall hearken;


Psalm 2

King James Version

2 Why do the heathen rage, 

and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, 

and the rulers take counsel together, 

against the Lord, 

and against his anointed, 

saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunder, 

and cast away their cords from us.

4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: 

the Lord shall have them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, 

and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 I will declare the decree: 

the Lord hath said unto me, 

Thou art my Son; 

this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, 

and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, 

and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; 

thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: 

be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord with fear, 

and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, 

and ye perish from the way, 

when his wrath is kindled but a little. 

Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.


Psalm 16:10

King James Version

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; 

neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One 

to see corruption.


Psalm 22:1-2

King James Version

22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 

why art thou so far from helping me, 

and from the words of my roaring?

2 O my God, 

I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; 

and in the night season, and am not silent.


Psalm 22:6-8

King James Version

6 But I am a worm, and no man; 

a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: 

they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, 

saying,

8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: 

let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.


Psalm 22:12-13

King James Version

12 Many bulls have compassed me: 

strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, 

as a ravening and a roaring lion.


Psalm 22:14-16

King James Version

14 I am poured out like water, 

and all my bones are out of joint: 

my heart is like wax; 

it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; 

and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; 

and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 For dogs have compassed me: 

the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: 

they pierced my hands and my feet.


Psalm 22:17-19

King James Version

17 I may tell all my bones: 

they look and stare upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, 

and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: 

O my strength, 

haste thee to help me.


Psalm 22:24

King James Version

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred 

the affliction of the afflicted; 

neither hath he hid his face from him; 

but when he cried unto him, he heard.


Psalm 34:20

King James Version

20 He keepeth all his bones: 

not one of them is broken.


Psalm 69:19-21

King James Version

19 Thou hast known my reproach, 

and my shame, and my dishonour: 

mine adversaries are all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; 

and I am full of heaviness: 

and I looked for some to take pity, 

but there was none; 

and for comforters, but I found none.

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; 

and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.


Isaiah 7:14-16

King James Version

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; 

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, 

and bear a son, 

and shall call his name Immanuel.

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 thou abhorrest 

shall be forsaken of both her kings.


Isaiah 9:2

King James Version

2 The people that walked in darkness 

have seen a great light: 

they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, 

upon them hath the light shined.


Isaiah 9:6-7

King James Version

6 For unto us a child is born, 

unto us a son is given: 

and the government shall be upon his shoulder: 

and his name shall be called Wonderful, 

Counsellor, 

The mighty God, 

The everlasting Father, 

The Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace 

there shall be no end, 

upon the throne of David, 

and upon his kingdom, 

to order it, and to establish it 

with judgment and with justice 

from henceforth even for ever. 

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


Isaiah 11:1-6

King James Version

11 And there shall come forth a rod 

out of the stem of Jesse, 

and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 

the spirit of wisdom and understanding, 

the spirit of counsel and might, 

the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

3 And shall make him of quick understanding 

in the fear of the Lord: 

and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, 

neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, 

and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: 

and he shall smite the earth: 

with the rod of his mouth, 

and with the breath of his lips 

shall he slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, 

and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, 

and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; 

and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; 

and a little child shall lead them.


Isaiah 11:10-12

King James Version

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, 

which shall stand for an ensign of the people; 

to it shall the Gentiles seek: 

and his rest shall be glorious.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time 

to recover the remnant of his people, 

which shall be left, 

from Assyria, and from Egypt, 

and from Pathros, and from Cush, 

and from Elam, and from Shinar, 

and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, 

and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, 

and gather together the dispersed of Judah 

from the four corners of the earth.


Isaiah 28:14-18

King James Version

14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, 

ye scornful men, 

that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

15 Because ye have said, 

We have made a covenant with death,

 and with hell are we at agreement; 

when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,

it shall not come unto us: 

for we have made lies our refuge, 

and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 

Behold, 

I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, 

a tried stone, 

a precious corner stone, 

a sure foundation: 

he that believeth shall not make haste.

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, 

and righteousness to the plummet: 

and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, 

and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

18 And your covenant with death 

shall be disannulled, 

and your agreement with hell shall not stand; 

when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, 

then ye shall be trodden down by it.


Isaiah 53

King James Version

53 Who hath believed our report? 

and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, t

here is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, 

he was bruised for our iniquities: 

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 

and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; 

we have turned every one to his own way; 

and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, 

and he was afflicted, 

yet he opened not his mouth: 

he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 

and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, 

so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: 

and who shall declare his generation? 

for he was cut off out of the land of the living: 

for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked,

and with the rich in his death; 

because he had done no violence, 

neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; 

he hath put him to grief: 

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,

 he shall see his seed, 

he shall prolong his days, 

and the pleasure of the Lord 

shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, 

and shall be satisfied: 

by his knowledge 

shall my righteous servant justify many; 

for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, 

and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; 

because he hath poured out his soul unto death: 

and he was numbered with the transgressors; 

and he bare the sin of many, 

and made intercession for the transgressors.


Isaiah 61:1-3

King James Version

61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 

because the Lord hath anointed me 

to preach good tidings unto the meek; 

he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, 

to proclaim liberty to the captives, 

and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, 

and the day of vengeance of our God; 

to comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 

to give unto them beauty for ashes, 

the oil of joy for mourning, 

the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; 

that they might be called trees of righteousness, 

the planting of the Lord, 

that he might be glorified.


Jeremiah 31:16-17

King James Version

16 Thus saith the Lord; 

Refrain thy voice from weeping, 

and thine eyes from tears: 

for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; 

and they shall come again 

from the land of the enemy.

17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, 

that thy children shall come again 

to their own border.


Ezekiel 37:21-22

King James Version

21 And say unto them, 

Thus saith the Lord God; 

Behold, 

 will take the children of Israel 

from among the heathen, 

whither they be gone, 

and will gather them on every side, 

and bring them into their own land:

22 And I will make them one nation 

in the land upon the mountains of Israel; 

and one king shall be king to them all: 

and they shall be no more two nations, 

neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms 

any more at all.


Ezekiel 37:26-28

King James Version

26 Moreover I will make 

a covenant of peace with them; 

it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: 

and I will place them, and multiply them, 

and will set my sanctuary 

in the midst of them for evermore.

27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: 

yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord

 do sanctify Israel, 

when my sanctuary shall be 

in the midst of them for evermore.


Daniel 9:24-26

King James Version

24 Seventy weeks are determined 

upon thy people and upon thy holy city, 

to finish the transgression, 

and to make an end of sins, 

and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 

and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 

and to seal up the vision and prophecy, 

and to anoint the most Holy.

25 Know therefore and understand, 

that from the going forth of the commandment 

to restore and to build Jerusalem 

unto the Messiah the Prince 

shall be seven weeks, 

and threescore and two weeks: 

the street shall be built again, 

and the wall, 

even in troublous times.

26 And after threescore and two weeks 

shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: 

and the people of the prince that shall come 

shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; 

and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 

and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.


Micah 5:2-5

King James Version

2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, 

though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, 

yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me 

that is to be ruler in Israel; 

whose goings forth have been from of old, 

from everlasting.

3 Therefore will he give them up, 

until the time that she which travaileth 

hath brought forth: 

then the remnant of his brethren 

shall return unto the children of Israel.

4 And he shall stand and feed 

in the strength of the Lord, 

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; 

and they shall abide: 

for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

5 And this man shall be the peace, 

when the Assyrian shall come into our land: 

and when he shall tread in our palaces, 

then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, 

and eight principal men.


Zechariah 9:9

King James Version

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; 

shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: 

behold, 

thy King cometh unto thee: 

he is just, 

and having salvation; 

lowly, and riding upon an ass, 

and upon a colt the foal of an ass.


Zechariah 12:10-14

King James Version

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, 

and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 

the spirit of grace and of supplications: 

and they shall look upon me 

whom they have pierced, 

and they shall mourn for him, 

as one mourneth for his only son, 

and shall be in bitterness for him, 

as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

11 In that day 

shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, 

as the mourning of Hadadrimmon 

in the valley of Megiddon.

12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; 

the family of the house of David apart, 

and their wives apart; 

the family of the house of Nathan apart, 

and their wives apart;

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, 

and their wives apart; 

the family of Shimei apart, 

and their wives apart;

14 All the families that remain, 

every family apart, 

and their wives apart.


Malachi 3:1

King James Version

3 Behold, 

I will send my messenger, 

and he shall prepare the way before me: 

and the Lord, whom ye seek, 

shall suddenly come to his temple, 

even the messenger of the covenant, 

whom ye delight in: 

behold, 

he shall come, 

saith the Lord of hosts.


Related material:

The LAST emissary

The prophesied MESSIAH

JESUS

On PROPHETS


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Thursday, February 1, 2024

The LAST emissary

 


Mark 12:6

King James Version

6 Having yet therefore one son, 

his wellbeloved, 

he sent him also last 

unto them, saying, 

They will reverence my son.


It is that urgent.

Telling you about the LAST emissary.

From which we wrote a post on another blog.

And yet, we couldn't stop there.

We must tell you more about JESUS.

The Bible is all about Him.

We need to delve deeply into His WORDS.

For therein is our salvation.


It is that urgent.

Because GOD saved His BEST, for LAST.

He sent His one, beloved Son.

The LAST emissary.

The LAST resort.

The LAST hope.

To save the lost.

To end all arguments.

To end all dissension.

To end all suffering.


What message was so important, that GOD would do that?

That's what we'll talk about here.

Through Scripture.

Not my words; but GOD's.

Time to know the LAST emissary.

Who deserves ALL the honor.

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