He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
“It shall come to pas in that day,” and it is the sword reaching even unto the soul of the nation of Israel and .Jeremiah refers to the same terror mentioned in the Book of Isaiah. ” (Je.4:9-10) Isaiah has to say thus, ” For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.”(Is.2:12-17) “And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day”.
How does that work in reality? Prophet Zechariah gives us a clue.”And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces.” (Ze.12:3) Do we not hear how nations twist themselves into a moral knot by justifying their ‘genocidal policies’ pursued in Gaza? There is no moral equivalence they say. But God says,”the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day”. To prove that we have Jerusalem lifted off its position by a violent action. “All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place.” (Ze.14:10). How high it must be lifted up to be considered a heavenly place? ‘This feet of the Lord’ causes where His throne shall be and where his footstool ought to be. Ps.110:1 says that it is the footstool for his Son. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Note the expression,’thy footstool’. Isaiah quote tells the new position above the hills. nd it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.”(2:2) “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives.” (Ze.14:4).
The first part of this post was establishing where our heart ought to be set. Now we shall deal with the topic on hand. “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”. (Col.3:2) For this reason we die to the world and sin so we may deal with the world set in our heart by God. God formed all hearts alike and tries their works. So we shall attend to what the Preacher is instructing us. “also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” From the beginning to the end for our intent and purpose is Jesus Christ, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.”(Re.21:6). So our heart is to be elevated as Jerusalem was. This new Jerusalem and new creation match. In the same manner the Parable of Jesus teaches us.(Matt.9:16) We are made new by our faith in his Son. “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.” This is the work of God.”This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”( John 6:29) .
This being the case what we have to do with idols or for mammon? ” Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.” Wrath of the Lamb is one way of proving it. “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake.” (Re.6:12) Prophet Zechariah refers to it as his feet. Compare it with finger of God. Egyptian sooth sayers named what Moses could do was by the finger of God.(Ex.8:19) The Angel of His presence made Jerusalem move up so who are holy who are unholy was made clear. in their fear we know those (Re.6:15) “And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains” were same as in Is.2:21
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