The Shepherd's Chapel P.O. Box 416, Gravette, AR 727. 501-787-6026 Dr, Arnold Murray, DRE Newsletter #219 - January 1997 @ 1997 SCN **The Passover ‘97 Information Packets are now available. Please write or call to request an Information Packet, if you plan to attend Passover '97. These parkets conta reservation and hotel infarmation only, Please do not request a packet, unless you plan to attend.** The Lord's day is a day we all ook forward to, There is a day called by another name that precedes this ‘which is actually the dawn of the Lord's day. It is called the day of vengeance. Vengeance is lly not a pleasant subject; however, on this day the enomics of God will be corrected in a’ gentle, firm and righicous way. All will receive exactly what they de- serve. Those that love and serve Him have not ‘worry about on this day. Let's begin our study 21 which contains the same seven seals or events that mmiust transpire, as Matthew 24 and Mark 13. These events lead to and consummate the end of this age. You live in that generation. LUKE 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem com- paces with armies, then know that the desolation thereof We should pay close attention to this area of the ‘world, Jerusalem is the barometer of the day that approaches. LUKE 21:21. Then let them which are in Judaea fae fo the mountains; and fet them which are in the midst Of it depart oul: and fet not them that are in the countries enter thereinta, Why get out of the city? Jesus told the disciples not one stone would be left upon another (Matthew 24:2), LUKE 21:22, For these be the days of vengeance, thal all things which are written may be fulfilled. All things prophesied will be fulfilled by the day of vengeance. That is interesting information, Let's turn to Isaiah and Icarn more about this day of vengeance. We will sce a hidden message that should help you be Patient ISAIAH 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD hath anointed Me to preach goad Widings unto the meek: He hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to. the captives, and the epening of tha prison te them that are bound: ‘The Anointed One is Messiah. Jesus Christ is the speaker, Christianity gives us true peace of mind and the truth sets us free from bondage, Next, we find the gap verse. ISAIAH 61:2 To proclaim tho accoptablo year of the CORD. and tne day of vengeance of our God; tO comort air tet cum, Christ did not complete this verse, when He quoted this scripture in Luke 4. He stopped and closed the book after the word “Lord”. The acceptable yar of the Lord to pass as Jesus made salvation The Ba roaches ble. The day of vengeance is A Banh a the beginning of the second advent, ‘What will happen on the day of vengeance? Let's continue with the duties of Jesus Christ, ISAIAH 61:2 To appoint unto them that moura in Zion, 10 give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for ‘mourning, the garment ef praise fer the spint of heaviness thal thoy might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified. Why does God utilize tees in symbology? If you are one of the elect, you should know. You know about the Tree of Life and ihe tree of knowledge of good and evil The clect are trces of righteousness ISAIAH 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes. thoy shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations Desolation means places of silence. What kind of silence? ‘The silence for hearing the Word of the Lord, This will be corrected in the millennium. [SAIAH 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen ‘nd your vinewressers. The lect will foed the flock with the Word of God. ISAIAH 61:6 Bul ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shail call you_the Ministers of our God: shail eat the riches of the Geniles, and in thelr glory shail ye boast yourselves. I hope Revelation 20:6 came to your mind. "But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.” The priests will be working to teach the Word of God. ISAIAH 61-7 For your shame yo shall nave double; and for caniusion they shail rejoice: in their partion: therefore jn their land they shall possess the double: everlasting ity shat! be unto then. Double portions are the reward of the first fruits, ‘Actually, the elect de not receive a double portion of land. AS if is writen in Ezekiel 44, the priests are to receive no portion of land as their inheritance. Their inheritance is God. He owns everything ISAIAH 61:8 For J the LORD love. judgment, | nato (GGG fo bum ‘omens: and 1 wil shoe? He work frutm, and'1 wil make an everlasting covenant with them ‘That everlasting covenant is the etemity. Never again will Satan be loosed. All will be made right at the end of the millennium, We will have one King. The King ofkings and Lord of lord's, Although another day mentioned in Malachi is not called the day of vengeance in English, the Hebrew makes it clear that this is that day in Malac MALAGHI 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall bum ag an oven; and al! ihe proud, yea, and ait that do wickedly, shali be stubble: and the day that camath shall bum them up, saith tha LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither raot nor branch, Those that go into the lake of fire will be tumed to ashes from within (Ezekiel 28:18), Remember this verse the next time someone tells you some will bum in hell forever, There won't even be a root left from which a sapling might spring forth. MALAGHL 42, Bul unio you that fear My name, shat the Sun of ighteousness rise with healing in His wings: and ye shall go for, and grow up ss calves of stall, Do you need healing? Do you nced the truth of Gods Word to feed on? He is there for those that revere Him. MALACH/ 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked: for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that | shail do this, saith the LORD of hosts. Note, God sai the day I shall do this", Ven- geance does not belong to us. Vengeance belongs to the Lord. We are mow going back to the New Testament where Jesus takes up the Book of Isaiah and reads part of the scripture we have covered in Chapter 61. Look for the comfort Christ offers those with understanding, 19 And there was delivered unto Mim the LUKE 4:17-19 Book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had opened the book, He found tne piaco whore Ht was waitin. “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath ‘sent Me o heal the brokenhearted, lo preach deliverance {0 the eapives, and recovering of sight to the bin, to re Benen aa ae Eniestt® To preach Cie acceptable year of the LORD.” Christ stopped there. He did not continue Isaiah 61:2 conceming the day of vengeance. His mission in the first advent was not to proclaim the day of vengeance. He is not coming to us as a babs to be crucified in the second advent, Christ is coming to perform the day of vengeance. Will He bum the wicked from within imme- diately? No, Christ and His priests will teach for one thousand years to save as many as will be saved from the second death. Will you have a part in that ministry? LUKE 4:20.21 And He closed the book, and He gave it_again to the minister, and sat down. And the ayos of all them that were in the synagogue were, fastened ‘on Him. ® And He began to say unto them. “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." From that day to this day, Christianity delivers those that believe from bondage. Obviously, Jesus stopped reading where He did because the day of vengeance is prophecy yet to be fulfilled LUKE 4:22 And all bare Him wiiness, and wondered 4 the gracious words which proceeded out af His mouth. ‘And they said, “is not This Joseph's Son?” Here we find the comfort | mentioned earlier. How ‘many times have you gone to someone's home to plant seeds and explained what actually happened in the garden of Eden? Sometimes, the truth falls on open cars; how- ever, more often than not, the persons you are speaking to think to themselves, "Who does this guy or gal think they are? He is my neighbor not my preacher.” Take comfort in Chriss teaching. The same thing happened to Him. And, you nor I are a better teacher than Jesus Christ. Be patient. IKE 4:23 And He said unto them, "Ye will surely say unto Me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal Thyself” whaiso- ever we have heard dene in Capemaum, do also hare in Thy country.” They are asking Jesus to perform some miracles for them. IKE 4:24.25 And He said, “Venly | say unto Not prpphot is accopted in NS ovm country But u.of a ruth, many widows were in Israel in the days Sf las, when’ the Reaven was shut up three years ahd sx months, when great femine was Iwoughout ai! tho an Elias is Elijah in Greek, Remember what the famine of the end time is (Amos 8). The widow is symbolic of those that wait for the Truc Husband to return, 4:26 But unto none of then was Ellas sent, save ta, 8 cily of Sidon, unto a woman that was . Elijah was not sent to everyone. God pulls out His anointed. Don't get the bighead. God expects more from those that receive more from Him. IKE 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time ‘97 Eliseus the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.” Eliscus is the Greek name for Elisha, Naaman the Syrian almost blew his chance, The leper Naaman trav- cled a great distance seeking Elisha's help. Elisha told him to go and dunk himself seven times in the Jordan River. Naaman started to Icave, but his servants talked him into at least trying Elisha's method. Naaman was cleansed. Learn a lesson. Sometimes, we aren't clear on what God would have us do. Don't question. Just do it. Some- times, We aren't the great seed planter we think we should be. None of us ar we must do the best we can with the blessings God gives us. Those that God has chosen understand this. Just as Elijah was scnt only to the widow, we are sent to pull out those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Only God is able to make seeds germinaie and grow. Don't be too disappointed in yourself, when the seeds you plant don't germinate, Take ‘comfort in knowing everyone will have eyes to seo and ‘ears to hear during the millennium, The day approaches. In His Service,