5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Ezekiel 20:15
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Here is a prophecy in which God proclaims the land He chose as the glory of all the lands. God also in this prophecy demonstrates He will control who enters or does not enter the land. We closed out our previous study looking at maps drawn up by the United Nations Mandate of 1947 concerning Israel. If we closely looked upon the maps from the time of Joshua to the time of the mandate there are multiple discrepancies. However there is no greater discrepancy than what the nations of the earth do with the territory of Jerusalem. As can easily be seen the eastern part of Jerusalem which the Palestinian people want to be the capitol of their so called state falls into a UN controlled location. The United Nations supposedly speaking for all nations does not recognize Israel's sovereignty in Jerusalem at all. The so called international community is against their control of the city. As we mentioned in part 5 Jerusalem has a very volatile history having been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. As God fearing Bible believing Christians does the United Nations represent how we feel about God, the Jewish people and Jerusalem. There are misguided groups of individuals who use the Bible to their advantage to preach hatred and racism. It would appear they are not reading the Bible or they have forgotten or conveniently set aside the entire OT teachings. Not only those scenarios but we would have to mention that Jerusalem appears 3 times in the book of Revelation. Israel also appears 3 times in the book of Revelation. When we began this study way back when we looked heavily upon this verse:
Deuteronomy 30:7
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
Ezekiel 20:40-42
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
Here we have Israel back in the land and unkind words for the heathen.
In Joshua chapter 10 there are 5 kings allied against Israel including Adonizedek king of Jerusalem. The 5 kings retreat from Joshua's attacks into a cave. We see below what happens next.
Joshua 10:17-26
17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
The fact Joshua drove the heathen leadership out of the territory of Jerusalem is a clear indication God did not intend for His holy city to be shared with any nation. However in the allotments of the tribes it fell to Judah and Benjamin to drive the Jebusites out of Jeruslem. They failed in their task.
Joshua 15:8
8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite <02983>; ; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
02983:
2983 Yebuwciy yeb-oo-see' patrial from 2982; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus:--Jebusite(-s). see HEBREW for 02982
02982:
2982 Ybuwc yeb-oos' from 947; trodden, i.e. threshing-place; Jebus, the aboriginal name of Jerusalem:--Jebus. see HEBREW for 0947
00947:
947 buwc boos a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively):--loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.
It would appear the Jebusites false worship activities were looked upon by God as polluting His land. God most certainly did intend to trample them down.
Joshua 15:63
63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Judges 1:8
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges 1:21
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
It appears Judah's first efforts were unsuccessful but later according to Judges they achieved their goal. Unfortunately Benjamin was not as succesful. Apparently this mixture of cultures having different worship habits lasted until the time frame of David. When David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem he drove the Jebusites out of the city.
2ND Samuel 5:4-10
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
The passage explains that Zion as a stronghold was overtaken by David also known as the city of David which is also Jerusalem. Again we see God did not intend to share His land with anyone other than whom He appointed.
Matthew 24:6-8 Signs of the End of the Age
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake
Matthew 24:28-30
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mark 13:23-26 Signs of the End of the Age
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Luke 21:25-28 Signs of the End of the Age
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
You are probably wondering wha'ts up with the repetition of these passages. Well let's just say that this is an example of a loving God who is not a hypocrite. These words that Jesus declares pronouncing judgment for the world of haters and unbelievers appear in 3 out of 4 Gospels. These are the actions of a loving God living up to His own expectations concerning witness and judgment.
Deuteronomy 19:15
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
God keeps His own statutes being the point here.
Isaiah 13:8-11
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isaiah 24:18-23 The Lord's Devastation of the Earth
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Please notice the similarities between these prophetic passages from Isaiah compared to Jesus' words concerning end times activity. There are verses describing sorrows or birth pangs in addition celestial events. We have descriptions of earthquakes and Luke calls attention to the sea and the waves roaring. Now there are some thank God not a lot who are teaching these events have transpired. The reason we know better is because the world as we know it obviously has not experienced the judgments the prophet and the Savior have warned. Another reason we know better is because when Jesus is providing us with specific things to watch for the nation of Israel is preparing to undergo captivity again at the hands of the Roman empire. The parable of the fig tree we have explored so much in this study has not been fulfilled and would not be until approximately 1,918 years later. So to consider these verses fulfilled is a mistake.
Isaiah 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
This chapter in Isaiah involves another subject in prophecy known as the rapture. This is for another day but just a little food for prophetic thought who follow the subject. It is an event which will definitely take place and to further explore that subject as with all studies is to read out the entire prophecy for one's self. The particular subject matter we are dealing with involves what we want to be raptured out of or away from. This being said it should be recognized that there events to some degree associated with these prophecies all will encounter. This is why we want to know the Savior and only way out of most of this calamity that is coming upon the earth JESUS. Amen!
Jeremiah 9:23-26
23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. 25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Zephaniah 1:14-18
14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
It might be worth mentioning that wealth and power are specifically focused upon as being useless at this point in prophecy. Just a little more food for thought which will be explored in the future (if we are still here) is the financial condition that we hear about if we watch the right type of news sources. The financial failures which we hear about include the world's superpowers and many others. One thing we do not hear about though is Israel being mentioned concerning the financial failures around the world. Another way in which roles will be reversed possibly beginning in our midst as we speak. It's a given fact that yours truly and many others who indulge in these issues biblically will be ridiculed and scorned. That is just fine because Israel encountered the same disbelief as we have studied. It's just fine also because that ridicule and scorn is fulfillment of God's prophesies also. People who are atheists and haters of God unfortunately do not know the realization that their very attitudes are seen as criteria for God's judgment and prophetic fulfillment. Amen!
Joel 3:1-2
1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
The Kidron Valley known as the valley of Jehoshaphat
After WW1 at the treaty of Versailles the Balfour Declaration explored in part 6 was incorporated as part of the agreements being put forth. The meetings consisted of 33 nations represented primarily by the United States, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan and the German Reich. The word Jerusalem in the the KJV(King James Version) appears 626 times between the books of Joshua and Malachi. It appears 141 times in the NT. This alone tells us that Jerusalem is the most important city on earth to God. At the time of the treaty the British empire had control of Jerusalem. Thanks to God looking over General Edmund Allenby. It should be mentioned that this treaty in many ways shaped the nations as we know today. The treaty split and divided the German empire, the Ottoman Turk empireand the Austro-Hungarian empire. This left parts of Europe and the Middle East under French and British Mandates. This is how Jerusalem was controlled by British Mandate until 1947.
This is where the problems facing the world as we know it today begin. As we explored in parts 6 and 7 God has some spiritual spankings in store for a world trying to divide His land. The United States is included in these spankings. Although the United States has probably treated God's people as well as any nation on earth there have been flaws and errors along the way. However as a nation the United States has become very involved in the peace process between Israel and her Arab neighbors. In the OT the Philistines were one of the biggest thorns in the side of Israel. They remain so today with their modern name Palestinians. The only reason they share this name with the territory as we have explored in part 4 is because the Roman emperor Hadrian did everything he could to destroy the entire nation of Israel including changing the name of the land to Palestine. Below is some history in detail of his hatred.
In 130, Hadrian visited the ruins of Jerusalem, in Judaea, left after the First Roman-Jewish War of 66–73. He rebuilt the city, renaming it Aelia Capitolina after himself and Jupiter Capitolinus, the chief Roman deity. A new temple dedicated to the worship of Jupiter was built on the ruins of the old Jewish Second Temple, which had been destroyed in 70. In addition, Hadrian abolished circumcision, which was considered by Romans and Greeks as a form of bodily mutilation and hence "barbaric". These anti-Jewish policies of Hadrian triggered in Judaea a massive Jewish uprising, led by Simon bar Kokhba and Akiba ben Joseph. Following the outbreak of the revolt, Hadrian called his general Sextus Julius Severus from Britain, and troops were brought from as far as the Danube. Roman losses were very heavy, and it is believed that an entire legion, the XXII Deiotariana was destroyed. Indeed, Roman losses were so heavy that Hadrian's report to the Roman Senate omitted the customary salutation "I and the legions are well". However, Hadrian's army eventually put down the rebellion in 135, after three years of fighting. According to Cassius Dio, during the war 580,000 Jews were killed, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages razed. The final battle took place in Beitar, a fortified city 10 km. southwest of Jerusalem. The city only fell after a lengthy siege, and Hadrian only allowed the Jews to bury their dead after a period of six days. According to the Babylonian Talmud, after the war Hadrian continued the persecution of Jews. He attempted to root out Judaism, which he saw as the cause of continuous rebellions, prohibited the Torah law, the Hebrew calendar and executed Judaic scholars (see Ten Martyrs). The sacred scroll was ceremonially burned on the Temple Mount. In an attempt to erase the memory of Judaea, he renamed the province Syria Palaestina (after the Philistines), and Jews were forbidden from entering its rededicated capital. When Jewish sources mention Hadrian it is always with the epitaph "may his bones be crushed" (שחיק עצמות or שחיק טמיא, the Aramaic equivalent[49]), an expression never used even with respect to Vespasian or Titus who destroyed the Second Temple. Below a map of the area with its newly acquired name.
Let's explore some verses and passages representing God's feelings about the subject.
Psalm 122:6
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psalm 125:1-2
A Song of degrees.
1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Psalm 135:21
21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 30:18-19
18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Isaiah 51:14-23
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Jeremiah 3:16-17
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Ezekiel 36:33-38
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
The next passage found in Zechariah says it all for today's world. Notice verses 1-3 with much attention if you are curious as to the fate of all nations. God will be Israel's defender and executioner as the whole of the world will be turned against Israel and the city of Jerusalem. Here are some possibilities for the United States and their role in all this. The nation has collapsed internally or financially. The United States has turned against Israel or is already defeated by some military action. The United States is drawn into the conflict and destroyed by God. One thing needs to be pefectly clear it's all going to be about God, His love for His city Jerusalem and His nation Israel. Now as to the condition of the church (Christianity) things are not so bleak because we have the right hand of God upon us as believers Jesus. Some my look at the issues this way the bride of God is the land and nation of Israel and the bride of Jesus. Just as God will be the shield of the nation of Israel Jesus will be the shield of His followers being the church.
Zechariah 12
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 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, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. 6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 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.
Matthew 12:14-18
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
John 5:22-27
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
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