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this is a Message to be DELIVERED to Jerusalem and the surrounding
Holy Land just before the soon-coming time of world peace. It Is
a Message from the CREATOR of COMFORT to Jerusalem of what is now
SOON TO COME!
But the next words, beginning verse 3, tell of a Message to
go out FROM JERUSALEM just before the beginning of the Millennium!
In other words--to GO OUT RIGHT NOW! It is a prophecy of THIS VERY
WORK!
Typically this Message was proclaimed by John the Baptist
before Jesus' first coming. But primarily this refers to GOD'S
WORK today. This is a prophecy of this VERY WORK!
"A voice cries: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the
ETERNAL, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. . . And
the glory of the ETERNAL shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together, for the mouth of the ETERNAL hath spoken.'" (Verses
3-5.)
Notice, this is a Message to go out PRIOR TO the
description of the first two verses, PRIOR to Christ's coming. It
is a time when "the GLORY of the ETERNAL SHALL BE"--yet
future--revealed.
Continue: "A voice says, 'Cry!' And I said, 'What shall I
cry?' (Verse 6.)
"Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion." (Verse 9.) ZION is
the CHURCH --not a single man like John the Baptist. The verse
continues: ". . . herald of good tidings." That is, God's
people--HIS WORK--proclaiming the GOSPEL. ". . . lift up your
voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of Good Tidings, lift it
up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, 'Behold your God!'
Behold the Lord ETERNAL comes with might, and His arm RULES for
Him, behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
He will feed His flock like a shepherd, He will gather the lambs in
His arms, He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those
that are with young." (Verses 9-11.)
Now go back and read that CAREFULLY!
It says, "Get you up, O WORK OF GOD, proclaimer of the
GOSPEL." Next it says, "Lift up your voice with STRENGTH, O
Jerusalem, proclaiming the Gospel!" NEVER until right now--this
very day--could we understand that. This foretells the Gospel
going to the cities of JUDAH. JUDAH is now erroneously named
"Israel." JUDAH means the JEWS. They have gone back to PALESTINE.
They do not call their section of Palestine JUDAH, but "Israel."
Look at that again! This WORK OF GOD is to proclaim the
Gospel--to whom?--to the Jews now settled, just before Christ's
coming, in the land of Judah, which they today have named "Israel."
Then, not only THIS WORK--but also it says, next, that JERUSALEM is
to lift up ITS voice WITH STRENGTH!
But HOW could such a thing as THAT be? Well, it could be,