Dorcas
02-22-2007, 11:28 PM
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Jerusalem Above: New Covenant
Gen. 3:15 …I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your posterity and her posterity; her posterity shall tread your head under foot, and you shall strike him in his head.
Isa. 54:1…Give praise, O barren [woman], you who did not bear; break forth into singing and rejoice, you who have travailed with child; far more are the children of the barren than the children of her that is beloved by her husband, says the Lord.
Rev. 12:1 …a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars…
Israel of God: A spiritual nation of 144,000 brought to birth at Pentecost of 33C.E.
Gal. 6:16 …upon those who follow this path be peace and mercy; and upon the Israel of God be peace and mercy.
· Produces spiritual sons to fulfill Isa. 66:7,8 Before she travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child
New Jerusalem: the 144,000 betrothed, bound to Christ.
Rev. 21: 1, 2. 10 I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and tthe first earth had passes away; and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God. And he carried me away in the spirit and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending from God.
Daughter of Jerusalem Above. Zech. 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your King comes to you; he is righteous and a Savior, lowly and riding upon an ass, upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
Marriage takes place after anointed are resurrected and go with Christ to heaven.
They become Heavenly Jerusalem , ending the New Covenant. The marriage is consummated. Christ has taken his bride to his Father’s home. John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so I would have told you so. I am going my way to prepare a place for you.
Heavenly Mt. Zion: the exalted position [spiritual elevation] of Jesus and the joint heirs which together make up Heavenly Jerusalem
The glorious royal situation to which Jehovah elevated them during the Lord’s Day. Rev. 1:10 I came to be under inspiration on the Lord’s Day and I heard behind me a strong voice like that of a trumpet.
Heavenly Jerusalem: Jesus Christ and the 144,000
Heb. 12:22 But YOU have come near to mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to the innumerable multitude of angels
The Messianic Kingdom which becomes the New Heavens and rules over the New Earth.
New Heavens: Jesus Christ and his Bride of 144,000 for a new government for the earth.
Isa. 65:17 For, behold, I create new Heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or brought to mind.
Isa. 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth that I will make shall remain before me says the LORD, so shall your descendants and your name remain.
New Earth: The Great Crowd and Resurrected who inherit the earth. The New Heavens produced a cleansed society.
2Pet. 3:13 Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look for New Heavens and a New Earth in which dwells righteousness.
The New Earth has become the Children of their Eternal Father (and his Bride) which Christ bought with His blood.
All scriptural quotes are from George M. Lamsa’s Translation from the Aramaic of the Peshitta
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Jerusalem Above: New Covenant
Gen. 3:15 …I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your posterity and her posterity; her posterity shall tread your head under foot, and you shall strike him in his head.
Isa. 54:1…Give praise, O barren [woman], you who did not bear; break forth into singing and rejoice, you who have travailed with child; far more are the children of the barren than the children of her that is beloved by her husband, says the Lord.
Rev. 12:1 …a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars…
Israel of God: A spiritual nation of 144,000 brought to birth at Pentecost of 33C.E.
Gal. 6:16 …upon those who follow this path be peace and mercy; and upon the Israel of God be peace and mercy.
· Produces spiritual sons to fulfill Isa. 66:7,8 Before she travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child
New Jerusalem: the 144,000 betrothed, bound to Christ.
Rev. 21: 1, 2. 10 I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and tthe first earth had passes away; and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God. And he carried me away in the spirit and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending from God.
Daughter of Jerusalem Above. Zech. 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your King comes to you; he is righteous and a Savior, lowly and riding upon an ass, upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
Marriage takes place after anointed are resurrected and go with Christ to heaven.
They become Heavenly Jerusalem , ending the New Covenant. The marriage is consummated. Christ has taken his bride to his Father’s home. John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so I would have told you so. I am going my way to prepare a place for you.
Heavenly Mt. Zion: the exalted position [spiritual elevation] of Jesus and the joint heirs which together make up Heavenly Jerusalem
The glorious royal situation to which Jehovah elevated them during the Lord’s Day. Rev. 1:10 I came to be under inspiration on the Lord’s Day and I heard behind me a strong voice like that of a trumpet.
Heavenly Jerusalem: Jesus Christ and the 144,000
Heb. 12:22 But YOU have come near to mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to the innumerable multitude of angels
The Messianic Kingdom which becomes the New Heavens and rules over the New Earth.
New Heavens: Jesus Christ and his Bride of 144,000 for a new government for the earth.
Isa. 65:17 For, behold, I create new Heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or brought to mind.
Isa. 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth that I will make shall remain before me says the LORD, so shall your descendants and your name remain.
New Earth: The Great Crowd and Resurrected who inherit the earth. The New Heavens produced a cleansed society.
2Pet. 3:13 Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look for New Heavens and a New Earth in which dwells righteousness.
The New Earth has become the Children of their Eternal Father (and his Bride) which Christ bought with His blood.
All scriptural quotes are from George M. Lamsa’s Translation from the Aramaic of the Peshitta
Thanks for your input
Love to all...Dorcas http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/MSN%20Vlinder.gif