what we (Apostles) have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. – 1 John 1:3-4 CSB

Follow my (Apostle Paul) example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the Glory both now and to the Day of Eternity. – 2 Peter 3:18 CSB

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the Twelve Tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings. – James 1:1 CSB

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ. May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. – Jude 1:1-3 CSB

Mankind, He (God – Jesus Christ – The Prophet) has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 CSB

Incline your ear, and come unto Me (God): hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an Everlasting Covenant (New Covenant) with you, even (as) the Sure Mercies [provided to] of ‘King’ David. – Isaiah 55:3 KJV

He who Testifies about these things says, “Yes, I Am coming soon.” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with everyone. Amen. – Revelation 22:20-21

By David Anson Brown

Rapture Alerts | Christian Church Rapture Biblical Updates and Current Events!

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The Two Full Moons – Passover & Tabernacles – Visions and Dreams

The Harvest Moon is on Saturday (Sabbath), September 26, 2026 and this year occurs during the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in 2026 begins at sundown on Friday, September 25, and continues through nightfall on Friday, October 2 | September 26 the Harvest Moon is during the second day of the Festival. – Google AI Gemini

Christian Church Rapture – Full Moon & Two Moons – Explained!

In the Bible, the full moon primarily marks Divine Timing, the Sacred Assembly, and the Midpoint of Lunar Months.

Calendar and Sacred Time Midpoint Marker:

The ancient Hebrew calendar is lunar-based. A new month begins with the visible sliver of the new moon, and the full moon naturally lands in the middle (around the 14th or 15th day).

The Feasts:

Major Biblical Festivals are timed to coincide with the full moon because it lights up the night during communal celebrations.

Passover and Unleavened Bread:

Feast of Passover (Last Supper – Communion – New Testament) begins on the 14th of Nisan, exactly when the Spring full moon rises, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. Feast of Unleavened Bread (Crucifixion – death on the cross – burial) is the next day on the 15th of Nisan.

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot):

Begins on the 15th of Tishri, also coinciding with a full moon as families gather to give Thanksgiving and remember God’s provision.

Scriptural Mention:

Psalm 81:3 explicitly commands, “Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon (1st of the month), and at the full moon (middle of the month) on the day of our Feast,” linking the lunar cycle directly to worship.

Spiritual Symbolism
Reflected Light:

☆ Christian theology often views the moon as a metaphor for humanity or the Church. Just as the moon has no light of its own and depends entirely on the sun, believers are called to reflect the light and glory of God (Jesus as the “Light of the World”) rather than generating their own glory.

Creation Is Not To Be Worshiped:

The Bible strictly warns against worshiping celestial bodies (Constellations, Meitors, Stars, Sun, Planets, Moon) as idolatry. Instead heaven is a display to admire, it is a Witness of God and of God’s creation ability – while framing the moon simply as an orderly clockwork creation made by God to govern the night and mark the Times and Seasons. – Google AI Gemini

• Confession that Jesus Christ is God
• Water Baptism
• Communion of Bread and Grape (Wine)
* Obediance to God is a fourth implicit Sacrament

1. Confession of Faith
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him (Jesus Christ) shall not be ashamed. ~ Romans 10:9-11

God the Father: No man can come [confession] to Me (Jesus), except the Father which hath sent Me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. ~ John 6:44

2. Baptism – Spirit, Water, Fire
And Jesus came and spake unto them [Apostles], saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and Teach all Nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son (Jesus), and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. ~ Matthew 28:18

God the Son – Jesus Christ: I [John the Baptist] indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He [Messiah] that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He [Jesus Christ] shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire: Whose fan [i.e. tools] is in His hand, and He will throughly purge [completely empty] His floor [workspace], and gather His wheat [saved] into the garner [building]; but He will burn up the chaff [unsaved] with unquenchable fire. ~ Matthew 3:11-12

3. Communion
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is My blood of the New Testament [eternal life], which is shed for many for the remission of sins. ~ Matthew 26:26-28

God the Holy Spirit: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God [Father], and the Communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. ~ 2 Corinthians 13:14

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not [the water and] the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him. ~ 1 Peter 3:21-22

For I [Apostle Paul] have received of the Lord [Jesus Christ] that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same [Passover] night in which He was betrayed took bread: And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me. After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped [eaten], saying, This cup is the New Testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death [i.e. and resurrection] till He come. ~ 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Note: To participate in any one of the 3 Sacraments is to participate in all of them. An individual confession of faith that Jesus Christ is the Savior, the Son of God is the same profession as Baptism and Communion.

Christian Obedience

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. – John 10:27 CSB

By David Anson Brown

The Common Christian Community Evangelical Devotional

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All of the Jewish Feasts for the Christian Church have esentually been combined into the current and ongoing Christian Agape Feast.

☆ The Christian Communion – The New Covenant Bread and Wine of Jesus Christ are a part of the Christian Agape Feast.

The Christian Feasts

• Christmas = Yom Kippur
• Thanksgiving = Feast of Tabernacles
• New Year’s = Feast of Trumpets

• Sunday Church = Pentecost

• Holy Week (Easter) = Passover

For I (Apostle Paul) received from the Lord (Jesus Christ) what I also passed on to you (Christians): on the night (Passover) when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this [Agape Feast] in remembrance of Me.” In the same way He also took the cup (Communion), after supper, and said, “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood. Do this [Agape Feast], as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

For as often as you eat this (Communion) bread and drink the (Communion) cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death [and Resurrection] until He comes (2nd Coming).

Self-Examination:
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way [as an ungrateful sinner] will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

☆ So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat of the bread and drink of the cup. – 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 CSB

By David Anson Brown

Steve Gregg | Communion / The Lord’s Supper / The Eucharist / Agape/Love Feast | Part 1 of 2

Steve Gregg | Communion / The Lord’s Supper / The Eucharist / Agape/Love Feast | Part 2 of 2

The Jewish Feast of Yom Kippur

What is Yom Kippur, the biblical Day of Atonement, and what does it mean for Christians today?

In this Bible study, we walk through Leviticus 16 and explore the high priest, the two goats, Azazel, the mercy seat, the tabernacle, and the meaning of atonement.

We’ll also examine how these ancient rituals point to Jesus Christ and his once-for-all sacrifice, whether the Day of Atonement has an end-times fulfillment, and whether Christians should observe Yom Kippur today.

The origional Disciples of Jesus Christ believed in a couple of important concepts.

1. Jesus Christ is the Manifestation of the unseen God of the Old Testament

For instance the Voice (Word) of God that spoke to Moses at the burning bush is Jesus Christ manifested.

Likewise the Old Testament Epiphany of Jesus Christ was in the person of Melchizedek.

• Old Testament = Jesus Christ = Melchizedek (King of Righteousness – King of Peace – Priest of God Most High)

• New Testament = Jesus Christ = Immanuel (God with and among us)

• Millennial Reign = Jesus Christ = Jehovah Tsidkenu (God is our Righteousness)

2. The Living Eternal God of Abraham is the God of Glory

The Glory of God is the Mystery of God revealed.

The glory of God is the outward display of God’s holy character, infinite worth, and Divine presence made visible to humanity. – Google AI Gemini

The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of Grace and Truth. – John 1:14 CSB

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth. – John 1:14 KJV

By David Anson Brown

The Gospel of John Reveals Who Jesus Christ Really Is | Experience the life, ministry, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ in a way that will leave you inspired and Transformed.

Note: The Feast of Trumpets is the possible and most likely timeframe for the Christian Church Rapture.

The Christian Church Rapture is an event mentioned in the Bible (Revelation 4:1) that calls all of the Living Christians into Heaven closing the Christian Church Age on earth.

The close of the global Christian Church Age (The Age of Grace – 2,000 years) is replaced with the dreadful global Age of Tribulation (Age of Distress – 7 years) that lasts for approximately 7 years until about Yom Kippur 2033 AD and is concluded with the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ from Heaven followed by the Christian Saints (Revelation 19:14) also from Heaven to begin the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ on earth from Jerusalem.

By David Anson Brown

John 14:3 is the Rapture of the Christian Church

If I (Jesus Christ) go away [to Heaven] and prepare a place for you [in Heaven], I will Come Again ‘Rapture’ and take you to Myself, so that where I am [in Heaven] you may be also. – John 14:3 CSB

The Apostle Paul taught the Mystery of Jesus Christ!

Now to Him who is able to strengthen you according to my (Apostle Paul) gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the Revelation of the Mystery kept silent for long ages but now Revealed and made known through the Prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles — to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ — to Him be the glory forever! Amen. – Romans 16:25-27 CSB

For this reason, I, Paul (Apostle Paul), the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles — assuming you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that He gave me for you. The Mystery was made known to me by Revelation (from God), as I have briefly written above. By reading this you are able to understand my insight into the Mystery of Christ. – Ephesians 3:1-4 CSB

Be imitators of me (Apostle Paul), as I also am of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 CSB

It SOUNDS LIKE the rapture. What IS IT if not the rapture? The rapture, or being “caught up” as the Apostle Paul said, was a “mystery” (of Jesus Christ) which means it is … found in scripture before Paul!

We have verses (John 14:3) where Jesus spoke of His return for the Rapture.

The Antichrist Fully Arives – After The Christian Church Rapture – After The Church is in Heaven

Billy Crone | The Antichrist Cannot Appear Until The Christian Church Rapture Happens First | Scripture teaches a Pre-Tribulation Rapture and reveals what must happen before the Antichrist can appear.

From 2 Thessalonians to Revelation, he examines the restrainer, God’s wrath and why believers should see Christ’s return as the Blessed Hope — not something to fear.

The Antichrist:
In the Pre-Tribulation Rapture view, the Antichrist (or “man of sin-lawlessness”) is revealed only after the Christian Church is removed [Raptured], often linked to the removal of the “restrainer” (Holy Spirit of the Believers) mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:3–8. – Google AI Gemini

The Gospel of Matthew – Explained for Beginners | AI Video

AI Worship & Praise | King David, the humble shepherd chosen by God to become one of the greatest kings in biblical history, through “King David | The Shepherd Chosen by God | Powerful Biblical Worship Song.” This uplifting Christian worship anthem celebrates God’s faithfulness in calling and equipping those who trust in Him.

Before David became the King of Israel, he faithfully cared for his father’s sheep with a heart devoted to the Lord. God saw beyond outward appearances and chose David for his faith, humility, and obedience. Anointed by the prophet Samuel, David grew into a courageous leader who trusted God in every battle and guided the people of Israel according to the Lord’s will.

From defeating Goliath to leading the nation of Israel, David’s life reminds us that true strength comes from faith in God alone. His songs of praise and worship, many of which are preserved in the Book of Psalms, continue to inspire believers around the world to worship the Lord with joyful hearts.

May this worship song encourage you to trust God’s plan, remain faithful in every season of life, and remember that He can use ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary purposes for His glory.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” – Psalm 23:1

His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism both authoritarian communism and fascism, and of his support for democratic (radical) socialism. – Wikipedia

The Book 1984 is about Betrayal the reader is first introduced to the main character Winston Smith. Winston is presented as a minor social radical, presented in a way that makes Winston a betrayer of the new social normative.

Winston witnesses the routine mass executions of social outsiders by the ‘British’ government and Winston himself undergoes a series of arrests and interrogations for his non-conformist beliefs and behavior.

In the end Winston agrees to conform to the new Totalitarian Social norms stipulated by the government in his feeble attempt to get along and to go along with his life.

The plot-twist is that within a week or about 10 days after Winston’s release having committed to obey the system Winston himself is executed. It turns out that the actual ‘Betrayers’ are the government bureaucrats who betray Winston and in fact have betrayed All of the Compliant Citizens as the entire time all of the state sponsored executions have been Compliant Citizens and not of any actual ‘social outsiders’ or radical citizens.

O’Brien explains in the Ministry of Love that the ‘Ruling’ Party does not execute dissenters until their minds are completely “cured” and they truly love Big Brother.

The novel concludes ambiguously with Winston sitting in the Chestnut Tree Café after his total submission to the Party.

The exact timing of his death is left open to interpretation, but the events unfold as follows:

The Re-education Process: After submitting and betraying Julia in Room 101, Winston spends an unspecified amount of time in the Ministry of Love undergoing complete mental reprogramming.

Release: He is released back into society as a broken man, frequenting the Chestnut Tree Café and drinking Victory Gin.

The Final Scene: While sitting in the café listening to news of a military victory, Winston daydreams about being led down a hall and the “long-hoped-for bullet” entering his brain.

The “When”: Most critics and Literature Stack Exchange users agree that this bullet is metaphorical—representing the final death of his independent thought—rather than a definitive, chronological timeline of when his physical execution takes place. – Google AI Gemini

Modern British Society and the House of Windsor (Winston)

Many of the interactions that Jesus Christ had with His Disciples and with the Leadership of Israel was in instructing them to know both the predicament of mankind (both current and future) and to be able to discern the relevant information of the current times and events taking place.

Discerning the Signs: In Matthew 16:3, Jesus Christ rebukes religious and political leaders for being able to predict the physical weather by looking at the sky, but failing to discern the spiritual “signs of the times.” – Google AI Gemini

The Double-Didrachm (not Shekels) Tax refers to a specific tax the Jewish Temple Tax – Roman Context: While instituted by Jewish authorities to support the Temple, it was officially recognized and protected by the Roman Empire following a decree by Julius Caesar. – Google AI Gemini

Paying the Temple Tax

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher (Jesus Christ) pay the double-drachma tax?”

“Yes,” he said. When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon (Peter)?

☆ Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”

☆ “From strangers (foreigners),” he said. “Then the (kingdom) sons are free,” Jesus told him.

“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and catch the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin. Take it and give it to them for Me and you.” – Matthew 17:24-27 CSB

The context is the “earthly kings” and earthly kingdoms the Eight Kingdoms of Revelation 17:10-11 to be precise.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, *and one is (6th the Roman Julius Caesar Dynasty), and the other (7th – Emperor Constantine, Church Age – eventual Antichrist Kingdom) is not yet come; and when he (Antichrist) cometh, he must continue a short space.

And the beast (scapegoat – i.e. Barabbas) that was, and is not, even he (Antichrist) is the (counterfeit) eighth (the actual 8th Kingdom is the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ), and (Antichrist) is (actually) of the seven (last King of the 7th Kingdom), and goeth into perdition. – Revelation 17:10-11

In understanding the times when Jesus Christ spoke to Peter it was during the 6th Kingdom when in fact Roman Citizens did live for free receiving free bread, free protection, free stipends, and free circus entertainment it was the foreigners that were taxed and enslaved.

However during the late 7th Kingdom timeframe and the forming of the Antichrist Betrayal Kingdom it will be a time when the foreigners live for free in the land while it is the citizens that are being mistreated, enslaved and taxed.

But know this: difficult times will come in the Last Days.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

*traitors (Betrayal), reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

holding to the form of religion but denying its (redemptive, salvation, Eternal) power. Avoid these people! – 2 Timothy 3:1-5

by David Anson Brown

Full summary of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1949) by George Orwell in just 3 minutes, enjoy!

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s planned return to the UK

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s planned return to the UK has reignited questions about the future of the Sussexes’ relationship with the Royal Family

There are Rumors that they are going to be ‘given’ staying at the recently vacated and the newly (£369 – $400 million) remodeled Buckingham Castle. The Harry & Meghan dramatic January 8, 2020 Exit to Canada (eventually to the USA) from their Frogmore Cottage, Britain and Royalty appears to all have been a scripted Hoax – it was scripted from the beginning – including when Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 suddenly vacated her longtime residence at Buckingham Palace inorder to set a modern precedent – now King Charles III had vacated Buckingham Castle to live in a house the Clarence House in London possibly just to keep the castle open and available for Harry and Meghan as they all are following a script. This entire time all of the ‘British: Social, Political & Royal Drama’ has simply been a series of scripted events intended for publicity to one day be turned into another book and another drama on Netflix.

Reports suggest King Charles is prepared to personally fund security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and has offered them accommodation at a royal residence (either Buckingham Castle or Windsor Castle) during their first family visit to Britain in four years. The trip is also expected to include time with members of Princess Diana’s family, the Spencers.

The Royals Uncensored | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s planned return to the UK

☆ The 8 Prophetic Feasts are completed in order the Feast of Sabbath has to be Fufilled first before any of the other Feasts can be Fulfilled.

These are the Lord’s appointed times … each on its designated day. – Leviticus 23:37

Spring Feasts
2. The Lord’s Passover
3. Unleavened Bread
4. Firstfruits

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a New Unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For ‘Jesus’ Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. – 1 Corinthians 5:7 CSB

Summer Feast
5. Pentecost

☆ Pentecost is the current on-going Feast. The next Feast in order to be fulfilled is the Feast of Trumpets.

Fall Feasts
6. Feast of Trumpets – Rosh Hashanah
7. Yom Kippur
8. Feast of Tabernacles – Sukkot

The 3 Wives of God

• The Jewish People are currently the Wife of God the Father.

• The Christian Church is the Bride of Jesus Christ.

• The Global Outreach (those who have never heard of Jesus Christ) and the Myrtred Saints of Revelation are the Bride of the Holy Spirit.

For His invisible attributes (Holy Spirit), that is, His eternal power and Divine Nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse. – Romans 1:20 CSB

The Prophecy Club | The 8 Feasts of Leviticus 23 are the pattern or order of the Prophecies of Revelation! If you want to understand the order of future events, you MUST understand the Feasts.

The Christian Church Rapture

Christian Church Rapture | A group of Bible Scholars and Church leaders discuss different theories about The Church Rapture and other Biblical prophecies of the End Times.

All of the Resurrection terms and statements in the Bible are written in the Present Active Indicative word form. “It describes an ongoing, continuous reality” the Resurrection of the Saints (Jewish, Christian, Myrtred Saints of Revelation) is a Real, Continuous and Ongoing Event in the Human Endeavor. All the Saints that have passed away are Currently in Heaven among the 1st Resurrection having already taken part “in order” in the ongoing and continuous New Testament Resurrection of all the Saints of God.

The present active indicative form in Ancient and Koine Greek expresses an action that the subject is actively performing in the present time. It describes an ongoing, continuous reality (e.g., “I am writing” or “I write” [or “I am the Resurrection” or “I am the Truth” or “I am the Way”]). – Google AI Gemini

But as it is, ‘Jesus’ Christ has been raised from the dead, the Firstfruits (Easter Sunday – Feast of Firstfruits) of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man (Adam), the (present active indicative) Resurrection of the Dead also comes through a man (Jesus Christ). For just as in Adam all die, so also in ‘Jesus’ Christ all will be made alive.

☆ But each in his own ‘Resurrection’ order: Christ, the Firstfruits; *afterward, at His Coming (Church Rapture), those who belong to Christ (Revelation 4:1). – 1st Corinthians 15:20-23

by David Anson Brown

But the Fruit of the (Holy) Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The Law (in agreement) is not against such things. – Galatians 5:22-23

The Three Biblical Offices of King, Priest, Prophet are all 3 in Agreement. To be a good King is also to be a good Priest and a good Prophet.

There will be a (Melchizedek) Priest on His Throne (of Judah), and there will be Peaceful Counsel between the two of them [offices] (all three offices of King, Priest, Prophet). – Zechariah 6:13

For there are Three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father (God), the Word (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost (Spirit): and these Three are One.

And there are Three that bear Witness in earth, the Spirit, and the Water, and the Blood: and these Three Agree in One. – 1 John 5:7-8

The Fruits of the One Holy Spirit

Westminister Confession of Faith

Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator

It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only-begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man, the Prophet, Priest, and King;

the Head and Saviour of His Church, the Heir of all things, and Judge of the world; unto whom He did, from all eternity, give a people to be His seed, and to be by Him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.

Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator | Reformed Theology at A Puritan’s Mind

Perspectives on a 3rd Temple being built in Jerusalem

A prophecy in Zechariah

Take silver (representing Redemption – Priesthood) and gold (representing Glory – Royalty), make a Crown, and place it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the (Levitical) High Priest.

You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch (Nazareth); He (Jesus Christ) will branch out from His place and build the Lord’s Temple.

Yes, He will build the Lord’s Temple; He will bear Royal (Judah – House of David) Splendor and will sit on His Throne and rule.

There will be a (Melchizedek) Priest on His Throne (of Judah), and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them [offices] (all three offices of King, Priest, Prophet).

The Crown (gold of Judah and silver of Melchizedek) will reside in the Lord’s Temple as a memorial to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah.

People who are far off will come and build the Lord’s Temple, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen when you fully obey the Lord your God. – Zechariah 6:11-18 CSB

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord (King & Priest – Jesus Christ) seated on a high and lofty Throne, and His robe filled the Temple. – Isaiah 6:1 CSB

There are a lot of perspectives on whether a 3rd Temple will be built in Jerusalem | An often overlooked prophecy in Zechariah 6 might shed some light on this issue for us.

The seven “I AM” Statements of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John

Each Statement — Bread of Life, True Light of the World, Door to Heaven, The Good Shepherd, The Resurrection and Eternal Life, The (Holy Christian) Way and Truth and Life, and The True ‘Eternal’ Vine — reveals Jesus Christ is the Eternal God who meets our every Spiritual and Eternal need.

The seven “I AM” Statements of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John

Why Isaiah is the Key to Understanding the Entire Bible

The Early Church called Isaiah the 5th gospel – Isaiah is among the most Quoted OT books throughout the NT – Jesus Christ often Quoted from Isaiah.

Prior to the Book of Isaiah the knowledge and personality of God was very limited within human knowledge. The people who lived prior to King David writer of many of the Psalms and Isaiah who wrote the book of Isaiah had a very limited knowledge of who God actually is as a Person and how to interact with God as a Person.

Note: The gold Tongs are for the Golden Incense Altar inside the Temple – the bronze Altar of sacrifices outside the Temple used bronze shovels and rakes.

☆ If you want an actual personal interaction with God the way Isaiah did in chapter six where Isaiah saw the LORD Jesus Christ (Melchizedek) High, Exalted and Seated on His Throne in the Palace Throne Room with His Priesthood Authority (Robe) filling the inside of the Temple – you must spiritually be inside the Temple as Isaiah was – you can’t actually experience God in this Holy and Intimate way from outside the Temple – you have to move past the sin sacrifice, past the bronze altar of sacrifices and into the Golden Holy Place inside the Temple of God and into the Presence of God.

Then one of the Seraphim (from inside the Temple) flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal (of Incense) that he had taken from the (incense) altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, and your sin is atoned for. – Isaiah 6:6-7 CSB

Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s Temple: the gold altar (of incense); the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence; the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs—of purest gold; – 2 Chronicles 4:19-21

the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and ‘gold’ tongs (for the altar of incense) – 1 Kings 7:49 CSB

by David Anson Brown

Why Isaiah is the Key to Understanding the Entire Bible