REIGN: To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to rule; to exercise government, as a king or emperor; or to hold the supreme power.
Luke 1:32-33
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID, 33 AND HE WILL REIGN OVER THE HOUSE OF JACOB FOREVER, AND OF HIS KINGDOM THERE WILL BE NO END.”
But As For These Enemies Of Mine, Who Did Not Want Me To Reign Over Them, Bring Them Here And Slaughter Them Before Me.’”
**Christ gives parable of enemies refusing the reign of the King and getting the justice they deserve for their treason!
1 Corinthians 15:20-28
But in factChrist has been raised from the dead,the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.21 For asby a man came death,by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.22 Foras in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, thenat his comingthose who belong to Christ.24 TO GOD THE FATHER AFTER DESTROYING EVERY RULE AND EVERY AUTHORITY AND POWER. 25 FOR HE MUST REIGN UNTIL HE HAS PUT ALL HIS ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET.26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.27 For“Godhas put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.28 Whenall things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, thatGod may be all in all.
**Christ destroys All enemies: rule, authority, power with Death last.
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has DESTROYED DEATH and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
**paul states Christ destroyed Death, past-tense.
2 Timothy 2:11-13
The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 IF WE ENDURE, WE WILL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself.
**Believers reigned with Christ in exercising rule, authority, power in proclaiming The Gospel.
Revelation 5:10AND YOU HAVE MADE THEM A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS TO OUR GOD, AND THEY SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH.”
**Believers reigned with Christ as ministers exercising rule, authority, power in proclaiming The Gospel.
Revelation 11:15-19
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.” 16 AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS WHO SIT ON THEIR THRONES BEFORE GOD FELL ON THEIR FACES AND WORSHIPED GOD, 17 SAYING,
“WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,WHO IS AND WHO WAS,FOR YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR GREAT POWER AND BEGUN TO REIGN.
18 The nations raged, but your wrath came,and the time for the dead to be judged,and forREWARDING YOUR SERVANTS, the prophets and saints,and those who fear your name,both small and great,and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
19 Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
**Christ begun reigning through His Believers in exercising rule, authority, power in proclaiming The Gospel.
Revelation 19:6 The Marriage Supper of the Lamb Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,“HALLELUJAH! FOR THE LORD OUR GOD THE ALMIGHTY REIGNS.
**The reign of Christ was ineffect!
Revelation 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.THEY CAME TO LIFE AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
Those in Christ were alive
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, AND THEY WILL REIGN WITH HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
Revelation 22:5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, AND THEY WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.
Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Luke 22:30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Acts 1:6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to RESTORE THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?”
This is THE PROMISE OUR TWELVE TRIBES ARE HOPING TO SEE FULFILLED as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.
Luke 21:21-24“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city; 22 becauseTHESE ARE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, so thatALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN WILL BE FULFILLED.23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to THIS PEOPLE; 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, andJerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
**The "you" in this passage isn't YOU retards in the 21st century reading my article!!! It's Jesus' apostles and disciples around 33AD that he was speaking to. Christ is telling them while the temple is standing that when they see armies surrounding Jerusalem, it's going down, so, jump ship and run to the mountains. Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem 66-70AD and destroyed it!
Matthew 23:34-36 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35SO THAT ON YOU MAY COME ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD SHED ON EARTH, FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS ABEL TO THE BLOOD OF ZECHARIAH THE SON OF BARACHIAH, WHOM YOU MURDERED BETWEEN THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALTAR. 36 TRULY, I say to you, ALL THESE THINGS WILL COME UPON THIS GENERATION.
**Christ is stating to Pharisees and leaders of Israel that ON THEM will come all the responsibility, VENGEANCE for the murders of ALL the righteous blood spilt from Abel to Zechariah on them and that generation (30-70AD). The judgment was on Israel and not the world who have no connection to Israel's covenant, law, YHWH, customs!
VIDEO OF JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY ARMIES AND DESTROYED 70AD
Most people do not know the OT backstory of Israel being scattered in the nations because they don't study the OT! smh!!!
Luke 19:9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
The world of Israel.
How long does it take for an Omnipotent God to find His sheep? How does an Omnipotent God lose His sheep? Hmmm?
One cannot fully understand the CONTEXT of the New Testament unless one is grounded in the Old Testament. There are promises, prophecies, covenants, the law, patriarchs, the Kingdom, genealogies, and this ENTIRE BACKSTORY that gets FULFILLED in the NT. Plus, NT references the OT over 1000 times. One will be completely lost in NT, if they do not know the context of those OT passages!!!
This is just a quick outline for those who have a working knowledge of Scripture.
JACOB (ISRAEL) is known as God's sheep in Scripture.
God doesn't have Samoan, Mexican, Filipino, Irish... sheep. - I used to give these great teary eyed lost sheep evangelist alter calls. Oh well, I was wrong and duped for manipulating the masses with unbiblical hustle, so I don't do that anymore! Not even a wannabe "Christian" anymore. LOL
Scripture teaches only ISRAEL was God's lost sheep!
Kingdom was divided.
House of Israel was cut off and scattered into the nations.
God promises to seek and regather His lost sheep.
Christ says He came to seek and save The Lost.
Holy Spirit Empowered Apostles & Disciples to FULFILL The Great Commission.
The Gospel regathered God's Israeli Sheep NEAR and FAR before JUDGMENT DAY in 70AD.
Bible ends with 12 Tribes of Israel aka ALL ISRAEL SAVED and The Kingdom RESTORED with a BIG PARTY CELEBRATION of Israel singing a NEW SONG that only they could sing!
If this is new to you, it's gonna feel disturbing because you have been in THE MATRIX OF LIES pulled over your eyes and mind. Just let Scripture interpret itself and if it's an ISRAEL ONLY STORY, then, it's an ISRAEL ONLY STORY!
Then Micaiah answered, “I SAW ALLISRAEL SCATTERED ON THE HILLS LIKESHEEPWITHOUT A SHEPHERD, and theLordsaid, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’”
Israel referred to like sheep.
Psalm 78:70-72
70 He chose Davidhis servant and took him from the sheep pens; 71 from tending the sheephe BROUGHT HIMTO BE THE SHEPHERDOF HIS PEOPLE JACOB,OF ISRAEL HIS INHERITANCE. 72 AND DAVID SHEPHERDED THEM WITH INTEGRITY OF HEART; with skillful hands he led them.
God uses David to Shepherd Israel.
2 Samuel 5:1-2
All the tribes of Israelcame to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.AND THELORDSAIDTO YOU, ‘YOU WILL SHEPHERDMY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND YOU WILL BECOME THEIR RULER.’”
“MYPEOPLEHAVE BEEN LOST SHEEP; theirshepherds have led them astray and caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place.
God's people Israel are His Lost Sheep.
Ezekiel 34:6-31
MY SHEEP WANDERED OVER ALL THE MOUNTAINS AND ON EVERY HIGH HILL.THEY WERE SCATTEREDOVER THE WHOLE EARTH, AND NO ONE SEARCHED OR LOOKED FOR THEM.
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of theLord:8 As surely as I live, declares the SovereignLord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plunderedand has become food for all the wild animals,and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of theLord:10 THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGNLORDSAYS: I AM AGAINSTTHE SHEPHERDS AND WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY FLOCK. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I WILL RESCUEMY FLOCK FROM THEIR MOUTHS, AND IT WILL NO LONGER BE FOOD FOR THEM.
11 “‘FOR THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGNLORDSAYS:I MYSELF WILL SEARCH FOR MY SHEEPAND LOOK AFTER THEM.12 AS A SHEPHERDLOOKS AFTER HIS SCATTERED FLOCK WHEN HE IS WITH THEM, SO WILL I LOOK AFTER MY SHEEP. I WILL RESCUE THEM FROM ALL THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE SCATTERED ON A DAY OF CLOUDS AND DARKNESS.13I WILL BRING THEM OUT FROM THE NATIONS AND GATHERTHEM FROM THE COUNTRIES, AND I WILL BRING THEM INTO THEIR OWN LAND.I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israelwill be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pastureon the mountains of Israel.15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the SovereignLord.16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind upthe injured and strengthen the weak,but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.I will shepherd the flock with justice.
17 “‘As for you, my flock, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGNLORDSAYS: I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN ONE SHEEP AND ANOTHER, AND BETWEEN RAMS AND GOATS.18 Is it not enoughfor you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20 “‘Therefore this is what the SovereignLordsays to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your hornsuntil you have driven them away,22 I WILL SAVE MY FLOCK, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PLUNDERED. I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN ONE SHEEP AND ANOTHER.23 I WILL PLACE OVER THEM ONE SHEPHERD, MY SERVANT DAVID, AND HE WILL TENDTHEM; HE WILL TEND THEM AND BE THEIR SHEPHERD.24 I THELORDWILL BE THEIR GOD,AND MY SERVANT DAVIDWILL BE PRINCE AMONG THEM.I THELORD HAVE SPOKEN.
25 “‘I WILL MAKE A COVENANTOF PEACEWITH THEM AND RID THE LAND OF SAVAGE BEASTSSO THAT THEY MAY LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS AND SLEEP IN THE FORESTS IN SAFETY.26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.I will send down showers in season;there will be showers of blessing.27 The trees will yield their fruitand the ground will yield its crops;the people will be securein their land. They will know that I am theLord, when I break the bars of their yokeand rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,and no one will make them afraid.29 I will provide for them a land renownedfor its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scornof the nations.30 THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT I, THELORDTHEIR GOD, AM WITH THEM AND THAT THEY, THE ISRAELITES, ARE MY PEOPLE, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGNLORD.31 YOU ARE MY SHEEP, THE SHEEP OF MY PASTURE,AND I AM YOUR GOD, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGNLORD.’”
God sheep Israel were lost.
Ezekiel 37:15-28
15 The word of theLordcame to me:16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelitesassociated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.
18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’19 say to them, ‘THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGNLORDSAYS: I AM GOING TO TAKE THE STICK OF JOSEPH—WHICH IS IN EPHRAIM’S HAND—AND OF THE ISRAELITE TRIBES ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, AND JOIN IT TO JUDAH’S STICK.I WILL MAKE THEM INTO A SINGLE STICK OF WOOD, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE IN MY HAND.’20 HOLD BEFORE THEIR EYES THE STICKS YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON21 AND SAY TO THEM, ‘THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGNLORD SAYS: I WILL TAKE THE ISRAELITES OUT OF THE NATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE GONE. I WILL GATHER THEM FROM ALL AROUND AND BRING THEM BACK INTO THEIR OWN LAND.22 I WILL MAKE THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND, ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.THERE WILL BE ONE KING OVER ALL OF THEM AND THEY WILL NEVER AGAIN BE TWO NATIONS OR BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS.23 THEY WILL NO LONGER DEFILE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR IDOLS AND VILE IMAGES OR WITH ANY OF THEIR OFFENSES, FOR I WILL SAVE THEM FROM ALL THEIR SINFUL BACKSLIDING,AND I WILL CLEANSE THEM. THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD.
24 “‘MY SERVANT DAVIDWILL BE KINGOVER THEM, AND THEY WILL ALL HAVE ONE SHEPHERD.THEY WILL FOLLOW MY LAWS AND BE CAREFUL TO KEEP MY DECREES.25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.26 I WILL MAKE A COVENANT OF PEACEWITH THEM; IT WILL BE AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.I will establish them and increase their numbers,and I will put my sanctuary among themforever.27 My dwelling placewill be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.28 Then the nations will know that I theLordmake Israel holy,when my sanctuary is among them forever.’”
“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come A RULER WHO WILLSHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”
Christ is The Ruler who Shepherd's His People Israel.
FOR THE SON OF MAN CAME TOSEEKAND TOSAVE THE LOST.”
God's sheep Israel were lost in the OT. Christ jumps on the scene and states He came to seek and to save the lost as in the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
JOHN 10:16
I HAVE OTHER SHEEP THAT ARE NOT OF THIS SHEEP PEN. I MUST BRING THEM ALSO. They too will listen to my voice, and THERE SHALL BE ONE FLOCK AND ONE SHEPHERD.
This sheep pen was Judah. The other sheep were scattered Israel.
JOHN 11:49-52
49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “YOU KNOW NOTHING AT ALL! 50 YOU DO NOT REALIZE THAT IT IS BETTER FOR YOU THAT ONE MAN DIE FOR THE PEOPLE THAN THAT THE WHOLE NATION PERISH.”
51 HE DID NOT SAY THIS ON HIS OWN, BUT AS HIGH PRIEST THAT YEAR HE PROPHESIED THAT JESUS WOULD DIE FOR THE JEWISH NATION, 52 AND NOT ONLY FOR THAT NATION BUT ALSO FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD, TO BRING THEM TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM ONE.
The Jewish nation was Judah. The scattered children of God were the scattered Israelites, diaspora, exiles, gentile Israelites.
EPHESIANS 2:16-18
and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR.18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
"You who were far away" were scattered Israel and those near were Judah.
