A Zion People

So, guys one of the things we don't want to do, which is what I think most of the world does with this whole concept of Zion,

is they reminisce about Zion sitting by the rivers of Babylon.

Remember that Bonium song, all those guys here who are above 35,

by the rivers of Babylon.

I mean I thought that was a really cool godly song, but basically it's a very sad song, man.

They're sitting by the river Babylon and reminiscing of the good times and the songs of Zion.

We're not called to reminisce about Zion, we're supposed to live in Zion.

Psalm 137, one talks about the rivers of Babylon.

We don't want to sit by the rivers of Babylon to reminisce about Zion.

So, eyes to see, let's start there.

See, a growing child needs to grasp what his or her parents see about the child.

So, what I mean is, let's take James and Sapna as an example.

Right now Sarah can come up and do her little boogie-boo dance here and shout and stuff like that.

But there are dreams and there are ways that James and Sapna see her.

And when Sarah begins to grasp what James sees for her in the future,

when Sarah begins to grasp what Sapna sees for her in the future,

and we are praying that Sapna and James will grasp what God sees about her so that they can transfer it,

once a child begins to grasp what the parent sees, the child can then begin to shape and become that.

It's the same way, God is fine with us understanding that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

God is happy that we understand that we are a community that is built by the Holy Spirit.

God is glad that we've understood that Christ lives in us.

But now God wants us to go to a place where we move from adolescence to maturity

to see ourselves as a Zion people because Zion was something that God has been talking about from the beginning, man.

Before anything called born again, before anything called Israel happened, Zion happened.

Zion actually existed even before the world was created.

The concept of Zion, we'll talk about it, you can switch it off now, man.

So, it's only if we as children begin to grasp what the father wants us to see

that we'll be able to be shaped into that mold.

For example, if you look at Israel, Israel saw themselves as the chosen ones, right?

But guess what? Israel never saw themselves as a son.

Israel never saw themselves as a kingdom of priests.

What a sad thing, eh?

They got stuck at seeing themselves as the chosen ones.

In fact, today the Jewish nation still sees itself as the chosen ones

and have forgotten that there's a destiny greater than just being chosen.

They're supposed to see themselves as son.

God said that about them, Israel my son, Israel my son.

But they never saw themselves as sons, man.

They only saw themselves as chosen.

They never saw themselves as a kingdom of priests.

In Exodus 19 or so, God says, you are a kingdom of priests.

You're my model nation to show the nations of the world what it is to belong to a nation of whom God is president.

But they missed out, man.

They went and told Samuel, we want a king like the other nations.

You see, that can happen to us.

Where we see ourselves as chosen, we see ourselves as heaven bound,

we see ourselves as the temple of the Holy Spirit,

but we forget that there is another phase that God wants us to see ourselves as,

which is, he wants us to see ourselves as Zion.

We'll talk about what Zion is, but you understand why we need to see with eyes that will begin to move us from adolescence to maturity.

Because still the church here on earth does not see herself as Zion.

She's missing out.

She is missing out.

So Zion is a theme that runs throughout the Bible like a thread that just goes continuously, man.

You'll see it from Deuteronomy 4.48.

That's when Zion is mentioned first.

Deuteronomy 4.48 is when Zion is mentioned first.

And then you see Zion mentioned in Revelation 14.1.

And in Revelation 14.1 says that along with the lamb, 144,000 people stood on Mount Zion.

That's how Revelation 14.1 talks about Zion.

And in Deuteronomy 4.48 it says that near this place called Aror was a mountain called Zion.

So Zion has been a theme that has been running consistently through the Bible.

And it's called many different names, guys.

Sometimes it's called the Holy Mountain.

Sometimes it's called the City of God.

Sometimes it's called the Mount of the Congregation.

Sometimes it's called Jerusalem.

Sometimes it's called the City of David.

There are many different names for it.

But these are just some of them.

They're used interchangeably in the Bible.

Some of the references you can find it in is Psalm 76, Psalm 48, Hebrews 12.

You'll find these different terms used for it.

Sometimes it's called God's Holy Mountain.

Sometimes it's called City of God.

Sometimes City of David.

Sometimes the Mount of the Congregation or the Mount of Assembly.

Sometimes Jerusalem and sometimes City of David.

In Hebrews 12.22 it says,

You have already come to Mount Zion, the City of the Living God, the New Jerusalem.

And we talked about this ages ago.

The concept of Zion was in the mind of God.

Okay, we talked about this last week.

What was Zion initially?

Anyone remembers what Zion was initially?

It was a fortress on a small hill.

And it was a Jebusite stronghold.

David comes, defeats the Jebusites, and suddenly this fortress on a small hill becomes his city.

He calls it the City of David.

And then he brings the Ark to this small hill.

And now it becomes the mountain where the Ark of God or the presence of God dwells.

And then David built his own palace and began to rule from there.

And he began to call it the City of David.

All these are names of the small hill.

It's not a big majestic hill, which is why it's compared to a whole lot of bigger, more majestic hills.

But it's a small hill.

But guess what? Before God even created the topography of the small hill on this planet Earth,

Satan knew about it.

Satan knew about it.

In fact, when Satan was being cast out of heaven, you know what he said?

I want to sit on the mount of the congregation.

You see it. Go to Isaiah, let me see where it is.

Go to Isaiah 14, 13.

Isaiah 14, 13.

Isaiah 14, 13.

Isaiah 14, verse 13.

Isaiah 14:13

Verse 13.

These words are attributed to Lucifer speaking.

It says that in Isaiah 14, 13,

You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven.

I will raise my throne above the stars of God.

I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.

So Satan knew of this concept called Zion even before the Earth was as such created,

because Satan's fall happened before Adam and Eve entered Eden.

So he was aware of this concept even before.

Please remember that.

That is how potent a thing Zion is.

I don't want to call it a thing. We'll call it what it is a little later.

That's how potent Zion is.

That it was something that Satan wanted to take over right from the beginning,

because he knew that it is out of there that ruling and dwelling will happen.

Which is why as long as it stays hidden,

he is in a sense getting indirectly what he always desired.

God's concept of Zion never changed,

but Israel and the church came to represent the very opposite of God's ideal.

In fact, Zion became a place of desolation.

And I would suggest to you that today either Zion is hidden,

or the church which should become this thing called Zion is in desolation.

If you go to Lamentations 2.6, Lamentations 2.6,

Lamentations is after, what's it after? Lamentations is after Jeremiah.

Just showing off, huh? Jeremiah. Lamentations 2.6.

And it says there in Lamentations 2.6,

But then there's this marvelous verse in Psalm 102.16.

If you turn to Psalm 102.16, then we'll break for questions.

Psalm 102.16 says,

And here's what it says in Psalm 102.16.

It says,

See, God knows how it was made desolate,

but God says, I will come and rebuild Zion,

and when I rebuild Zion, my glory will be evident.

My glory will be evident.

So please understand that Zion today, I mean, we all know this.

What is Zion today?

Zion is a people, guys. We'll talk about it next.

God is basically saying, I'm going to come and rebuild Zion, a people,

so that I may manifest my glory through them.

And guys, it's vital that we get with God's rebuilding program,

because God so wants to rebuild Zion.

I said Zion was a fortress, then it became David City,

then it became a place where the Ark of God dwells.

Today, where does God dwell?

In a people.

Previously, where the Ark was, was where Zion was.

The Ark was placed in Zion.

Zion was called the City of God,

because God dwelt on this small mountain

in what was symbolically represented as a box

called the Ark which the priest would carry.

Today, we're not any more symbolic.

We have become that people.

We are Zion, guys.

We are the Ark.

We are Zion.

We are people have become Zion.

It's us.

And he's saying now that I want to rebuild Zion,

meaning I want to put it back together

the way it should be so that my glory can be manifested,

so that it can appear.

Wayne, I'm going to take a break for questions

if you want to do whatever you want to do.

So, questions.

So, let me write it down.

Zion is a people, not individuals.

I am not Zion,

but I am one who belongs to a people

in whose midst God dwells.

God dwells.

So, let me say that again.

Zion is a people, it's not individuals.

Zion is a people and not individuals.

I am not Zion,

but I am one who belongs to a people in whose midst God dwells.

It's an important distinction to make.

You cannot be a maverick in Zion.

Yeah, you cannot have a solitary living stone

because that stone, regardless of how strong it is,

is not living, it is dead.

Zion is a people, not individuals.

I am not Zion, but I am one who belongs to a people

in whose midst God dwells.

So, please understand that.

So, please understand that.

That if you want to be a Zion person,

you have to belong to a Zion people.

It's just like I cannot go and stand and say,

I am Canada.

No, no, no, no.

I can only say I am Canadian

because I belong to a nation called Canada.

But if I go and say, I am Canada, they'll laugh.

So, it's the same principle.

And these people are marked by a unique culture,

unique perspectives, unique benefits.

Man, you have no idea of the benefits.

Unique characteristics.

These people are marked by a unique culture,

unique perspectives,

unique characteristics,

and unique goals.

Unique characteristics and unique benefits, man.

When you check the benefits out, you'll say,

this is the best place to live in.

Just like they say Canada is the best country to live in,

this Mount Zion is the best people to live on.

And the strange thing is,

when you go anywhere because you belong to this people,

that culture, that perspective, those benefits

follow you wherever you go.

Just like if I were to go to Timbuktu or to Haiti,

I would still have the benefits of my Canadian citizenship.

It's the same way.

But am I Canada? No.

But do I belong to a people called Canada? Yes.

And therefore the benefits that are given to the people of Canada

are now mine wherever I go.

It's the same principle.

Can we break for questions?

Am I good?

Am I good?

Okay, we're going to look at benefits in Zion, man.

This will blow your mind.

Benefits in Zion.

The first thing we look at is protection.

What kind of protection do these people of Zion have

because God has made them

his favorite, favorite, favorite dwelling place

and is jealous over them

and thinks that they are the best place to dwell in

and he thinks that they are the place that he wants to rest.

He feels most comfortable resting in their presence.

You know, when I go and travel to India, for example,

you can put me up in a really nice hotel

or you can put me up in my friend Christy's place.

Guess what?

I'd really enjoy the hotel,

but you know where I find real rest?

At Christy's place.

It's like that.

God is saying you can be all you want to be,

but you know what?

Zion is my favorite resting place, Jacob.

So be Zion so that I can really rest.

It's that kind of a thing.

So because God rests here,

over Zion, I love this,

over Zion, we're talking about protection now,

God spreads a covering.

Over Zion, God spreads a covering for defense,

for defense,

and it becomes a perpetual stronghold.

It becomes a perpetual stronghold.

Let's go to Isaiah 4.5.

Isaiah 4.5.

I had no idea we'd be talking about this

when we chose Isaiah 4.5 as our theme for the year in January.

Isaiah 4.5.

This is delicious.

Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion.

Let me replace the word Mount Zion with people,

the Zion people.

Then the Lord will create over all of Zion people

and over those who assemble there,

a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night.

Over all the glory will be a canopy.

It'll be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day

and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

This is what is being given to us as a people.

You suddenly realize that so many people

you suddenly realize that so when you

wherever you go this is over you because you are a Zion people.

Suddenly you don't have to necessarily pray

that the plane will stay in the air

or that your car won't be broken into

or that your house be safe

or that you be pleaded over with the blood of Christ

so that no demons attack you

because the Zion people who understand, align, grasp

and live out of that knowledge

that God dwells amongst them

always walk under this cloud

of fire and smoke

which is a shade over them

come heat, rain, storm, whatever.

It's a continuous place of existence guys.

This is why I say if God actually turned up and said

I want to live in your house

trust me man you'll go to sleep with the door left open.

You'll have your laptop sitting at your door

you'll work on your laptop at the door.

You'll put your 42 inch TV out in the corridor.

Why? Because God lives in your house.

Who the heck is going to touch that now?

It's the same kind of principle.

It's like the Knight Rider thing.

Please step away from the car.

Okay.

I love this next one.

It's from Isaiah 33.

Dianak and I guess recited blind

but Isaiah 33 and verse 20.

Isaiah 33

Isaiah 33:20

verse 20

Guys the picture is of

Zion being a people

So Zion being a people and

God's putting a huge river

like a broad river like a moat around it.

And so what happens is

no pirate ship, no mighty battleship

no destroyer can come anywhere near Zion

because God will not allow them to ply

in that defensive moat

called this broad river that he's put around Zion.

No one shall come that way.

No pirate shall take it.

That's what it's meant.

This is the kind of people we are.

We've got to align ourselves with this understanding

because somehow

both the spirit world

humans and God knows when we believe in something

and when we don't.

I love the next thing I want to say.

You know if you go to Exodus 19 13

someone can turn to Exodus 19 13.

Exodus 19 13.

Let's start at verse 10.

Exodus 19 10.

19 10 yeah.

This was with reference to Mount Sinai

which as I was saying to James

is not Mount Zion but

is sometimes used as

a model because God came and

dwelt on Mount Sinai when he spoke to Moses.

And so the Bible says

that the people of Mount Sinai

dwelt on Mount Sinai when he spoke to Moses.

And the Lord said to Moses

go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow.

Have them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day

because on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai

in the sight of all the people.

Put limits for the people around the mountain

and tell them be careful that you do not go up to the mountain

or touch the foot of it.

Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

Verse 13 is what I want us to look at.

He shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows.

Not a hand is to be laid on him.

Where the man or animal he shall not be permitted to live.

Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast

may they go up to the mountain.

Guys the point I want to make is this.

Because God resides in this people

they become the mountain of God

and no beast can touch it

except at the penalty of death.

Let me say that again.

Because we are the mountain of God.

Because God now resides or dwells in this people.

Now nobody can touch it.

Because we are the mountain of God.

Because God now resides or dwells in this people.

Now no beast can come and touch it.

And by beast I mean to represent the enemy.

No beast can touch it except at the penalty of death.

Because any beast that touches it will immediately be shot or stoned.

And so we suddenly need to understand our privilege

that even if a beast should dare to touch it

as David says

when the lion or the bear used to come

and take away a sheep

I used to go and get the sheep back.

If the lion turned around again

I would catch it by its neck

and smash it in the face.

And if the lion turned around again

I would catch it by its neck and smite it.

It's the same kind of thing.

When we become a

Zion people and begin to live

by the standards of Zion

when a beast comes and touches it, when the enemy comes and touches it

we have the ability now to stone and shoot it

in a sense of speaking.

It's the same principle.

That is the protection we have

in a people called Zion.

Do you realize why we need to become this guys?

Understand, keep exploring

and understanding its fullness

and not just understand it but become it.

Become it.

Yep.

If you turn to the next page

you're doing so good for time today.

Provision in Zion.

Provision in Zion.

Psalm 132, verse 15.

Psalms 132:15

Psalm 132, verse 15.

Psalms 132:15

Psalm 132, verse 15.

Psalms 132:15

Starting at verse 13.

Psalm 132, verse 13 onwards.

Psalms 132:13

And then we get to verse 15.

For the Lord has chosen

Zion

He has desired it for his dwelling

This is my resting place

forever and ever. Here I will sit and throne

for I have desired it. Verse 15.

I will bless her

with abundant provisions.

Her poor will I satisfy

with food.

Once we become a

Zion people you will find that in

all your households

not once you become a Zion people, once we begin

to grow into all that

Zion is, it has already started guys

you will find that in all

your households there

will be provision.

I am not a

prosperity preacher and stuff like that

but I'm telling you the truth

a Zion people in each of

their households there

will be provision. You know why? Because

remember in 2 Samuel 6, 11

there was a time when David

was bringing an ark into Zion

and he had to put it temporarily

in the house of Obed

Eidon the Gittite. Why? Because

he carried it the wrong way. And

2 Samuel 6, 11 says so they

brought the ark and put it in

Obed Eidon's house for 3

months and the Bible says

all the time that the ark was

there that guy prospered

man. It's called

the Obed Eidon principle of prosperity

if you want to call it that. When God

begins to dwell in the midst

of a people, households

begin to have their supply

of provision period.

Doesn't matter what

the economy is like, doesn't matter

whether you have a job

or not have a job

I am telling you the God-honest truth

why do I need even to say that

I'm just telling you the truth that

when God dwells

when the ark dwells amongst

the people, the households of

that people are provided for.

I am saying please connect

into this. Connect into this

Zion people. If you don't want to connect into this

Zion people go connect somewhere else

into a Zion people

into a Zion people

someone who aligns themselves with this

concept because if you don't you

will still do extremely well but

why settle on the other side of the Jordan?

Simple, two tribes did

they got into a lot of problems

Joel 2.20

I mean we quote this, I've quoted

it all my life but Joel 2.20

comes with new meaning now

Heidi do you want to tell us where Joel is now?

In the Old Testament

before Amos

after Hosea

Joel chapter 2

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Joel 2.20

started verse 15

you know did you know that

that scripture is actually talking about a

Zion people? I didn't know that

started verse 15

blow the trumpet in

Zion declare a holy fast

call a sacred assembly

gather the people, consecrate the assembly

bring together the elders, gather the children

those nursing at the breast, let the bridegroom

leave his room and the bride at the church

and the bride at the church will be

the bridegroom of the church

let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride at chamber

let the priest who minister before the Lord

weep between the temple porch and the altar

let them say spare your people O Lord

do not make your inheritance an object of scorn

a byword among the nations, why should they say

among the peoples where is their God

then the Lord will be jealous for his land

and take pity on his people, the Lord will reply

to them, I'm sending you grain

new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you

fully, never again will I make you

an object of scorn to the nations, I will drive

away the northern army or the devourer

far from you, pushing it into

a parched land and barren land

with its front columns going into the eastern sea

and those in the rear into the western sea

and its stench will go up, its smell will rise

surely he has done great things

be not afraid O land, be glad and rejoice

surely the Lord has done great things

be not afraid O wild animals

for the open pastures are becoming green

the trees are bearing their fruit, the fig tree and the wine

yield their riches, be glad O people

of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God

for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness

he sends you abundant showers

both autumn and spring as before

the threshing floors will be filled with grain

your vats will overflow with new wine and oil

I will repay you for the years, the locusts have eaten

the great locust and the young locust

the other locust and the locust swarm, my great army

that I sent among you, you will have plenty

to eat until you are full and you will praise

the name of the Lord your God who has worked wonders for you

never again will my people be ashamed

then you will know that I am in Israel

I am the Lord your God and that there is no other

never again will my people be shamed

even that whole thing about

the locust and all is talking to

people in Zion saying, guys

this is what I will do for you

I am restoring the desolate heights of

Zion, I am rebuilding a people

and because I am rebuilding a people

because I will dwell in them, look what I will do for you

that's what it's saying

honk honk

God will pour upon this people

God will pour upon this people

rain required to sow things early

bring them into maturity because the

autumn rains or the former and the

latter rains, the former rains were supposed to

help you in sowing, the latter rains was to

help you in bringing your crops to maturity

and God is saying people of Zion

I live in you, it is natural

for you to have the Obed-Eidon principle

happen in your midst because

I, your glory dwell in you

you shall be provided for

you will have rain sent upon

you on your crops in due season

you will have that because I dwell amongst

you as a people, didn't I tell you

you are my favorite home, didn't I tell

you that you are my rest, didn't I

tell you that this is what I have desired

from the beginning, didn't I tell you that

how will I not do for you what I have

said so many times to you

this is what it

means to connect to a people called

Zion and to become a people called Zion, we

are already that

but we shall grow in it

we shall grow in it

just because a child reaches the age of 18

maturity or puberty

doesn't mean the child stops growing

the child keeps growing

we shall become that

all this applies to us

spiritually and physically guys

you have to be a part of this people to benefit

personally

this is why Peter

quotes it in

Acts chapter 2 where he stands up

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after the people think they are

all drunk, he stands up and says

no no no we are not drunk, this is what Joel

prophesied, that your men shall

see visions, where do you think

that happens, it happens in a people

called Zion, keep reading Joel

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chapter 2, it says

in verse 28

and afterward

afterward, after I have done this

for you Zion, and afterward I will pour

out my spirit on all people, your sons

and daughters will prophesy, your old

men will dream dreams, your young men

will see visions, even on my servants both men

and women, I will pour out my spirit

in those days, I will show wonders

in the heavens and on the earth

blood and fire and billows of smoke, the sun

will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood

before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord

and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

will be saved, far on mount

Zion and in Jerusalem, there will be

deliverance as the Lord has said among the

survivors that the Lord calls, it was all

in the context of Zion, like Elmer

is saying, the church is supposed to be

Zion, to settle for

anything less is to be

stunted in our growth and reach the age of 16

like Benjamin Button

keep growing younger instead of growing older

oh, that's just a movie that I

heard about

the curious case of Benjamin Button

I haven't seen the whole

movie so I wouldn't recommend it

I don't know, enough to recommend it

gotta be so careful when you say it

talk about movies

because they think I'm recommending it

haven't seen it, don't know about it

heard about it

now, go to the other scripture, where was that?

Isaiah 33

and 24

33?

24, look at another provision that

people in Zion have, this blows my mind

I didn't see it, I stopped short of it

Isaiah 33

Isaiah 33 verse 34

Isaiah 33 verse 24

Isaiah 33:24

Isaiah 33 verse 24

Isaiah 33:24

No one living in Zion will say

I am ill, and the sins of those

who dwell there will be

forgiven

No one living in Zion will say

I am ill

and their sins will be

forgiven

what it's saying there is, not only that

Zion or a people of God amongst whom

he dwells will live in health

but even if their sin

and sin be the reason for

their sickness, even that will

be forgiven so that they may continue

to walk in health

imagine a people like that on the face of the earth

imagine walking like that

this is what God wanted Israel to be

He said, I walked in your midst

did any one of you fall sick?

No, not one feeble person for 40 years

the bible says that

whoever fell dead or sick

happened because of sin

and the plague consuming them

but otherwise, neither did their feet

neither did their sandals wear out

nor did their clothes get old

and not one feeble

Israelite was found among them

all the days of the wilderness

roaming around in 40 degree

heat for

16,000 days

and none of them was feeble

why? Because through the pillar of cloud

he dwelt among them

you think it was real in the Old Testament

and it cannot be real in a better covenant?

the Old Testament had a covenant that was fading

in its glory, we have a covenant that is

richer guys

right on

right on

gosh man, isn't this just ridiculous

Isaiah 34 verse 24

33 verse 24

yeah

it's just nuts

Elva was saying we are super beings because we have

a super god dwelling in our midst

and we are super beings

and we are super beings

super god dwelling in our midst

suddenly normal beings get transformed into

a people who live in the very shadow

of the Almighty

this is why Moses could make outrageous

statements like he that dwelleth in the secret

place of the most high, no evil shall befall

the tent, no pestilence

we can't become a people like that

it's not pie in the sky guys

Zion, a sought after people

Zion, a sought after people

guys because

of how

a people called

Zion will be

will display very obviously

the presence of god amongst them

they become sought after by those

who are hungry

and those people come and start asking

the way to Zion

I'm telling you, I told you that we have a 6 month

period before

we begin to

speak as Zion

I said that 2 weeks ago

a people, a Zion people

will begin to display the

presence of god in them

it will be obvious in our characteristics, it will be obvious in our

holiness, it will be obvious in our

ability to

walk in health, it will be obvious in

our protection, it will be obvious in all these

characteristics and perspectives we've been talking about

and people who are hungry now

will begin to seek saying, show me the way to Zion

show me the way to Zion

I'm not doing this, you know in the last

4 days I've had 2 pastors

come to me and say

could you come and teach us

about Zion and father and sons

just out of the blue

I just met them

and they

we started talking and they told

me what they were doing and I said

this is what we're doing and they said

one pastor wants me to come for 3 Sundays

and teach on Zion and fathers

and sons, another pastor wants me to take 2 Sundays

and teach on fathers and sons and Zion

because suddenly those that are hungry will say

show us the way to Zion

so in, because I may be going away in July

I'll be doing this in August otherwise I would

start on July 5th

that's the way it works

even tribes that may be

you know there's a place in Isaiah

Jeremiah 31 6

just try Jeremiah 31 6

I think it's there

Jeremiah 31 6

yeah

Jeremiah 31 6

come

there will be a day when the watchmen cry out

on the hills of Ephraim

come let us go up to Zion

to the Lord our God

and the background of that is

the word Ephraim means double fruit

Ephraim means double

fruit and yet

what had happened with Ephraim was

some of the kings

in Ephraim had set up golden

calves at Dan and Beersheba

and so people were there

worshipping the golden calves

instead of worshipping God and here

the scripture is saying a day is coming

when even those of the

tribe of Ephraim which means the tribe of

double fruit will leave their

golden calves and will come and say

let's go to Zion because

that's where God dwells and I'm saying to you

the time is coming when people

of Zion will be sought after people

and tribes that are

bearing double fruit have

tremendous success will still come

leaving their golden calves

golden calves are man made

man chiseled traditions and ways

they will leave it and say let's go find out

what a Zion people are

this church is six months I told you that

before we become a people

I'll have to stand and make these things known

but it's already happening because whatever

is going to happen to the house will happen

in my life a little before

that happens

this is the way it works

Zion births

a people from every tribe and nation guys

and you get forged into one new

man

that's how it works if you go to

Psalm 87 verses 5 to 7

Psalms 87:5–7

you see that Psalm 87

Wayne can I trouble you

one last time to switch off

the thing now because some people

are frozen I haven't seen them move for the last

two minutes

I'm talking about the air conditioning

Psalm 87 verses 5 to 7

Psalms 87:5–7

and it says

that

indeed of Zion it will be said

this one and that one were born in her

and the most high himself will

establish her the Lord will write in his

register of people this one was born in

Zion as they make music

they will sing all of my fountains

are in you

this is supposed to be

something that God is doing on the earth now

we read in Psalm 102 verse 16

Psalms 102:16

that God is rebuilding Zion

so it is natural that once we get to

know this we need to God will use us

once we begin to not just know it but live it

God will begin to use us to now

let it be birthed

everywhere now once it's birthed

it will come forth

in other places too and we should all

become one new man if you turn to Isaiah

Isaiah 66:7

66 verse 7

Isaiah

Isaiah 66:7

66 verse 7

before she goes into labor she gives birth

before the

pains come upon her

she delivers a son who has ever

heard of such a thing?

before she goes into labor she gives birth

before the pains come upon her she delivers

a son the point there

is to say that

a time is coming when

people begin to

catch on to the fact that God is rebuilding

Zion and it will be so

easy for others to grasp it

that the whole idea of a people

called Zion will begin to spread like

crazy here on earth there won't even be

time for gestation and

pain of labor it will be

because at the end of the day

what God wants to bring here on earth is something

called a man child or the new man

if you turn to Revelation then we'll just touch on it briefly

and then not go into it further because

I don't know enough about it

but I'll just show you where it says so

Revelations

12 maybe let me just see

yes

Revelations 12 5

when we do it in the Bible study it will explain

it more but

just so we understand

what God is going to birth on earth

Revelations 12 5 she will give birth to a son

a male child who will rule all the

nations with an iron

she will give birth to a child

a male child or a man child

who will rule the nations with a

scepter and we will talk about how ruling

is part of Zion's destiny

I just want to leave that verse with you

we won't explore it now if it has peaked

your curiosity keep coming to the Bible study

every Tuesday

every alternate Tuesday and we'll talk about that

moving on

let's take a break any questions

other than the scripture on Revelations

if you have any questions when can we

break

go ahead Miriam

okay Zion is a city

of priest kings

how do we know that because

to begin with Christ

our capstone is a priest and

a king

so it's natural that if the

capstone or the cornerstone is where

the rest of the building takes its shape

from that the rest of the

building also operates in the mode

of priest kings

also

if you look at Zion in the

Old Testament, Zion at one

point was the city of David I'll show you

from scripture actually if you turn to

2 Samuel 5,9

2 Samuel 5,9

2 Samuel after 1 Samuel

before

kings

2 Samuel 5,9

okay and here's what 2 Samuel

5,9 says

2 Samuel 5,9 says

David then took up residence in the fortress

and called it the city of

David, he built up the area around it

from the supporting terraces inward

and he became more and more powerful because

the Lord God Almighty was with him

2 Samuel 6,12

2 Samuel 6,12

Now king David was told

the Lord has blessed the household of

Obaididum and everything he has

because of the Ark of God so David

went down and brought up

the Ark of God from the house of

Obaididum to the city of David

with rejoicing. Why am I giving you those

two scriptures? To show you

that Zion from

the Old Testament times

was both the seat of the throne

and the seat of the Ark

it was both

a place of

ruling and a place of

religion, it was both political and

religious, it was both priest and

king. David

ruled as a king from Zion

David also was a priest out of

Zion. So the whole

idea of priest-kings is very

intrinsic to Zion, it's

in Zion's DNA, anyone

who belongs to a people

called Zion are by birth

priest-kings

Christ was the ultimate

high priest and the ultimate king of kings

he is a capstone, it is

a natural birth

DNA

to be priest-kings. We've talked

about priest-kings at length but we need to understand

this. In fact if you

look at Genesis

Genesis 14 · chapter mention

chapter 14, Genesis 14

Genesis is just where the Bible

begins and before the second book

Genesis 14

on the tape they'll

think I'm preaching to people who don't know that

Genesis 14

verse

verse 17

Then Melchizedek

sorry, after Abraham returned

from the defeat of Kedr-Laumer

and the kings allied with him

verse 18

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine

he was the priest of God most high

and blessed Abraham

So we know that Melchizedek was

the king of Salem. Salem stands for

Salem stands for

Let's go to Hebrews chapter 7

Hebrews 7 · chapter mention

Hebrews 7

When we go to Hebrews 7 we'll see it there

I think

Hebrews 7

Hebrews 7:1

verse 1

Hebrews 7 verse 1

Hebrews 7:1

Then Melchizedek

was the king of Salem

and the priest of God most high

He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings

and blessed him and Abraham gave him a tent

of everything. First his name means

king of righteousness, then also

king of Salem, meaning king of peace

Salem is another word for Jerusalem

without father or mother, without

genealogy, without beginning of days

or the end of life like the son of God

he remains a priest forever. Guys what I'm trying to say

is that the first

mention of Jerusalem or Zion even before

Zion is mentioned first

in Deuteronomy 4.48

but Jerusalem is first mentioned in Genesis chapter

Genesis 14:18–20

14 verse 18 to 20

and we talked about how Jerusalem is another

name sometimes used for Zion

and we see that the first person introduced

from Jerusalem was a priest

king. He was the

king of Salem

he was the king of righteousness

and he was a priest

so it's natural for us as

people of Zion to be priest-kings

So let's quickly talk about priestcraft

in Zion and

kingcraft in Zion and then we'll stop

Psalm 132 verse 16

Psalms 132:16

Psalm 132

Psalms 132:16

verse 16

You'll have to go home and go over this

pour over this

understand it, live it, come back next week

and we'll talk more about it

Psalm 132 verse 16

Psalms 132:16

Psalm 132 verse 16

Psalms 132:16

Look at what it says about

the priest in Zion

I will clothe her priests

with salvation

I will clothe

her priests

with

I want you to

look at the Hebrew word

Yesha is salvation

and Yesha means

prosperity

deliverance

and

liberty

and so one of the things that

God says about the priests of

Zion is I will clothe them

with Yesha

which means I will clothe the priests

of Zion with liberty

deliverance, prosperity

and the oil of joy

I will clothe her

priests

I'll do the Wanda White thing

I'll clothe her priests with liberty

prosperity and deliverance

and the oil of joy

Really

Okay so that's one of the things he clothes

priests with

Psalm 132 verse 17

Psalms 132:17

Here I will make a horn grow

for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one

meaning God will cause

the priests to increase

in their display of power and glory

He'll cause the priests to

increase in their display of power and glory

Guys this is what we need to be clothed

with

We've talked about priests in the past so I'm not

talking much about it but please

understand that as a priest in Zion

I need to begin to reflect

what I'm clothed

and I'm clothed in liberty

so there should be this amazing

freedom

that you smell, taste

see displayed

in me

not legalism but liberty

The other thing you need to see

in a priest of

Zion or priest who belongs

to a people called Zion is

that he walks

delivered

from both the things

of the world and the things of the flesh and the things of the

enemy because how can

I minister

deliverance if I am in bondage

It's difficult

It's not impossible but it is difficult

So priests walk in liberty

in deliverance and in prosperity

By prosperity it doesn't mean

how much money is in my

wallet, by prosperity I mean

shallow welfare

not as in welfare

welfare as in

overall

well-being is what

is meant by prosperity here

It includes abundance

and it includes

resources

but it's not talking about the amount of money you have

That's the kind of

priest who walk out of Zion because if

you are obedidum

and God's ark dwells in your house

it should be natural

If God actually dwells in your house

wouldn't you walk healed?

If God actually

dwells in your house, wouldn't your provisions

be supplied?

And so either God does not

walk with us or God is speaking lies

or I'm not walking with him, God

can't lie so

the equation gets pretty simple but that's the

people we are called to become

Priests of Zion walk

in righteousness

Priests of Zion walk in righteousness

vital

if as priests

of a people

called Zion allies don't

display holiness then

really your priesthood is

taken away from you because

in the Old Testament if you had a defect

you were not allowed into the sanctuary

Go ahead Matt, do ask

Liberty, freedom like deliverance and stuff

that's like freedom from sin

No, by liberty and freedom

I meant free of legalism

a freedom both this way

and in the ways of God

It's that kind of liberty I'm talking about

If you're not a righteousness

as a plumb line peculiar holy people

you gotta be holy to get into

only comes Zion to you

and you're not a

religious person

You need to get into only comes Zion

in the first place, you don't even receive

that freedom from legalism

I agree, you're right

So then you're right

I understand

Jesus perfect, how do you become Zion

I am Jesus perfect, that's the thing

The beautiful thing about

the people of Zion is they suddenly realize

that they are as perfect

as Christ, that they are as

righteous as Christ and now the

part that they have to work on

is beginning to live out the righteousness

and the perfection of Christ that is already within you

outward

and that is where I have to

choose to conform to God

and not to the world and it's not a struggle

nor is it a choice

it's a preference

Once we move

from looking at sin as

and righteousness as a struggle

once we move from looking at sin as

a choice between sin and righteousness

and we decide that righteousness

is going to be a preference because I like God

suddenly it becomes

very simplified

Well, when's the question period

asked? Yeah, yeah, sure thing

Thanks man

Once we do this

we can with power and accuracy

we can have the word

and salvation go forth from us

Please stay with me for another 10 minutes

and then we are done

Yeah, so don't

phase off

right now because this next part is important

As priests, when we begin

to walk in deliverance, when we begin

to walk in freedom, when we begin

to walk in liberty and

in well-being

as priests, when we begin to walk in righteousness

then it is easy

for salvation and the word of God

to go out of a Zion people

because they are living it, it goes

out of them easily because at the end of the day

Folks, it's not tracts, it's not

crusades, it's not tent

meetings, it's not witnessing

that is the greatest tool of evangelism

the greatest tool of evangelism

is the glory of God that resides

in you

Never forget that

It is impossible

to come against that

and not be

provoked, touched

taken aback

or go forward

Always remember that

the greatest tool of evangelism

is the glory of God

Everything else is a method

to facilitate evangelism

but the greatest tool of evangelism

is when a people realize

that the glory of God dwells

in them. This is why

when they continued in the Apostles doctrine

when they continued in the breaking of bread

when they continued in fellowship and in prayers

Thousands upon thousands began to get added to the church

Acts chapter 2 verses 42 to 44

Acts 2:42–44

Why? Because suddenly people realized

Oh shucks, the presence of God

dwells in these

no name fishermen

They suddenly realized it

The glory of God if we want to

recap is the splendor

the weight

the reputation, the character

the nature, the power

of the Lord

The character, the nature, the power of God

all wrapped into one

is the word glory or kabod

and who is the glory of God?

The Christ is the visible glory

of the invisible God

and where does he reside now?

The Christ resides in us as a people

and in us as individuals

So when this Christ

who is veiled in flesh

begins to display himself

because the flesh is no longer

what is working in us but it is the power of God

working in us, the world will see

It is impossible to escape it guys

It is impossible to escape it

It is the greatest tool of

evangelism

Hallelujah, right on

Right on

So that is why

when we become priests

who live by the standards of Zion

it is natural for salvation and the word of God

to go forth from Zion

It is very natural, this is why God wanted

a people to become a people of Zion

so that it wouldn't be an effort anymore

it would go out like waves rolling out

it would go

it would go

and finally we come to

Kings

King, Craft and Zion

The last bit, King, Craft and Zion

Hey today is the longest day

in the year

So we could go on for another two hours and it still wouldn't be dark

Just kidding

Not completely, but

King, Craft and Zion

Because the people of Zion take their lead

from the resident king in their midst

I'll repeat it again, Zion people

are from the root of Jesse and the tribe of

Judah, I love this

Because a Zion people

take their lead

from

the resident king in their midst

I mean we

take our lead, we are shaped by

we connect as

we become as our capstone

our cornerstone is

Because a people of Zion

take their lead from the resident

king in their midst

A people of Zion are from the

stock or the root of Jesse

And a people of Zion are from the tribe of Judah

So if someone asks you

your genealogy

After you tell them you are from

the Patamukil family in Matakatu,

Kerala and India

Always remember to also tell them

that you are

from the stock of Jesse

the root of Jesse and you are

from the tribe of Judah

Because that's who you are man

That's your genealogy

We got to understand

We got to understand this

Yeah, we got to grasp it

We got to grasp it

We got to grasp it

And if we, why do we need to grasp this guys?

Because

if you are from the

root of Jesse, that's your stock

And if you are from the tribe of Judah

Then the scepter is your

rightful possession

Then the scepter is

your rightful possession

Because if you go

to Psalm 2

Your rightful possession

Because just like King Arthur

if I may use myth

Just like one

had to go and pull

Excalibur out of the rock or get handed

Excalibur from the river

So the only

one who can rightfully possess the scepter

are the ones who belong

to the tribe of Judah and who come

from the stock of Jesse

Otherwise, unless you begin to understand

that that's your natural

Deen and the Zion people

know that, they begin to actually

believe it and then begin to live it out

That's when the scepter comes into your hands

and now you have the right to rule

And we'll talk about ruling

just a bit today and more as we

begin to explore it, but if you go to Psalm

What did I say?

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

Verse?

Verse 9

Yeah, yeah, start at 7

I will proclaim

the decree of the Lord

He said to me, this is Jesus's coronation

in a sense of speaking

I will proclaim the decree of the Lord

Today I have become your son, today I have become your father

These were the words I heard over when he was baptized

Ask of me

and I will make the nations your inheritance

and the ends of the earth your possession

You will rule them with an

iron scepter

and will dash them to pieces like pottery

Go to Genesis 49, 10

Genesis 49

I think it's 10, Genesis 49

Yeah, I didn't check actually

Genesis 49, yeah it is

8 onwards

Genesis 49, 8

Genesis 49, 8

Judah, your brothers will praise you

Your hands will be on the neck of your enemies

Your father's son will bow down to you

You are like a lion's cub, oh Judah

You return from the prey, my son

Like a lion who crouches and lies down

Like a lion as who dares rouse him

The scepter will not

depart from Judah

nor the ruler's staff

from between his feet

until he comes to whom

it belongs and the obedience of the nations

is his

Go to Isaiah 11, 2

It's not in your scriptures but I think

there's another reference there, Isaiah 11, 2

Yep

Isaiah 11, 2

I'll just read 11, 1

and then go to 11, 4

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse

or the stalk of Jesse

From his roots a branch will bear fruit

Verse 4 or verse 3 and a half

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes

or decide by what he hears with his ears

but with righteousness he will judge the needy

with justice he will give decisions for the poor

of the earth

He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth

with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked

Righteousness will be his belt

and faithfulness the sash around his

waist

Guys, this is the stalk you belong to

This is the tribe that you belong to

And once you begin to

grasp, once you begin to grasp it

you begin to actually believe it

And then God says, son, you've come to a place

where you actually believe it, I can give it to you now

It's like your kids

It comes to an age where

the mother says, okay, this is the dress

that I got married in

I think you're ready to have it now

Part of the reason they're giving it is because they don't fit it into it anymore

but that's different

But they still give it to the daughter and they say, this is the dress I got married in

So, thank God men don't have to do that

Therefore

the law will go out of Zion

and the Zion people, okay

Go to Isaiah 2-3

We're almost done guys

Isaiah 2-3

Isaiah 2-3

I love the scripture

I love the scripture

Let's start at verse 1

Isaiah 2

This is what Isaiah son of Amos

saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem

In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established

Who is the mountain of the Lord's temple?

Mouah

Us, what's us in French?

Mouah

Mouah is me

N-O-U-S

Who is the mountain of the temple of the Lord?

Everybody together?

Nouah

Okay

As chief among the mountains

It will be raised above the hills

It will be raised above the hills and all nations will stream to it

Many people will come and say

and listen to this

Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord

to the house of the God of Jacob

so that we may walk in his paths

The law will go out from

Zion, the word of the Lord

from Jerusalem

He will judge between nations and settle

disputes for many peoples

They will beat their swords into plowshares, their spears into

pruning hooks. Nation will not take up

sword against nation, nor will they train for war

anymore. Come, O house of Jacob

let us walk in the light of the Lord

Some of it is already happening

Some of it is for a time not yet

But the point is this guys

The law or the decree or the declarations

go out of a people called

Zion

Unless we become

these people

we will never understand

the God who is resident among us

who has all the possessions of the earth

and who will whisper into our ears saying

Here son, this is what I want you to decree

because the law will go out of Zion

Zion is a people

God always uses people here on earth

to bring to pass, decrease and his will

Why did Jesus ask us to pray

Let your will be done here on earth as it is in

heaven? Because he wanted us to make

declarations and decrease

because the law was always supposed to

go out of a people

Israel was supposed to be

that nation

that would show the world how God works

which is why God said to Israel, Israel

don't worry, I'm taking you out

of Egypt and through you

I will show Pharaoh

who is God and through you

I will show all the nations around

that you are a

people that I carry

in my arms like a father

bears his children, like an eagle

bears its young and they shall know

that God dwells among them

It is always his intent

to use a people to display his power

Always his intent

So when we become that people

suddenly decrease, start going out

from us because God dwells in our midst

and we hear him and we speak it

and it happens, not because we suddenly have

more clout but behind us

is someone with absolute clout

The word C-L-O-U-T begins and ends

in him

So we need to explore that further

and we will

A Zion people will rule in the midst

of hostility and

enemies

and both are characteristics of kings

I am going to show you Psalm 110 verse 2

Psalms 110:2

Guys we are just

scratching the surface of

Kingcraft in Zion

In the weeks ahead we may expand on it

I'm just giving you a taste of it

Psalm 110 verse 2

Psalms 110:2

Psalm 110 verse 2

Psalms 110:2

Hehehehehehe

Hehehehehe is like delightful laughter

It's a slight element of glee to it

The Lord will extend

your mighty scepter

from Zion

You will rule in the midst of your

enemies

Your troops will be willing on your day of battle

Arrayed in holy majesty

from the womb of the dawn

you will receive the due of your youth

and then he goes on to say what else will happen

to the enemy

The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind

You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek

The Lord is at your right hand

He will crush kings on the day of his wrath

He will judge the nations heaping up the dead

and crushing the rulers of the whole earth

He will drink from a brook beside the way

and therefore he will lift up his head

It's talking about Christ but who is the body of Christ

Who is Christ dwelling among

Us

New

These are characteristics of kings

These are characteristics of kings

To be honest

I don't know if you guys have heard

of the word king

These are characteristics of kings

To rule in the midst of their enemies

and rule in the midst of hostility

It's the characteristics of kings

But I want to say something to you

Kings are not born out of confession

Meaning

To go around for the next whole week saying

I'm a king, I'm a king, I'm the son of the king

I'm the son of the king, hallelujah, I'm a king, I'm a king

Kings, yeah

Affirming that doesn't help

Kings do not grow out of confession

Kings grow out of a culture

Kings grow out of a culture

Kings don't grow out of a confession

Because one of the things that

Unfortunately the church got stuck with

Is claiming

I'm a king, I'm a king, I'm a king

First of all

For kingship to be established

It is based on your priesthood guys

We've talked about this

To be a king you first have to be a priest

Which means if you are not a priest

If you are not living a life that is holy

Your right to rule is taken away

But being a king doesn't come

Through confessing it a hundred times

Being a king comes through growing up in a culture

That will begin to spawn kings

Growing up in a culture

And it's natural that if we

Begin to actually understand and grasp

The principles of living

In the city of the great king, Psalm 48 2

Says that and you know that song

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised

In the city of our God, in the mountain of his

Holiness, beautiful for situation

The joy of the whole earth

Is Mount Zion on the side of the north

The city of the great king

If you want to begin to develop

Into the king that you are called to be

Then you have to grow up in a culture

That spawns or births kings

And that culture is only found

In the city of the great king

And who is the city of the great king?

Noo

Us

Sorry?

We

Yes

That's where people are taught

By the king of kings to wield the scepter of authority

Over Babylon

That is where people are taught

By the king of kings to wield

The scepter of authority

Let me put it this way

Let's pick on someone

If you want to construct houses

I would suggest

That you don't come and spend time with me

Because I couldn't put together

Simple stuff that Ikea and brick sends

You leave alone, construct stuff

If you want to become a builder

Or someone who is involved in construction

Go

To Wayne, Matt

Or Elmer

Spend time with them

He's not here

He's not here today

Spend time with them

If you spend enough time with Wayne

Matt and Elmer

Over a period of time

You will begin to apprentice with them

And you will grow up in a culture where they don't talk about

Guitar strings

They talk about spanners and hammers

And nails and your language will change

Your hands will get rough

Your clothes will look awkward

You'll walk around

Not with a briefcase

But big hunking tool boxes

You will not wake up at an early hour

But go to work at 5 o'clock

And come back at 10

You will come back with splinters

In your hand

Why? Because that's the culture that

You're suddenly living in

But at the end of the day, two years from now

You will actually construct your own house

That's exactly how Zion works

Zion is a place where

Kings are birthed

But they first have to understand

What Zion is

And suddenly this culture

Begins to produce kings

The culture begins to produce kings

And then once the culture

Produces kings, these kings begin to know how to

Decree in the midst of

Hostility, in the midst of the enemies

And they'll see things happening

They'll see things happening

The culture of the tribe then begins to affect

Households and individuals

So you have to understand, this is not something

You can attempt on your own as an individual

Guys

It's the culture of a tribe that affects

The household and then the individual

So if we learn it here

You will start doing it at home

If you learn it at home, you will start

Doing it as individuals

It'll first begin with

Situations in church that we deal with

As kings

Like two weeks ago when we had a prayer time here

And we had to deal with

A giant that was coming against us

Remember?

We talked about, we prayed against

That particular thing that was coming against us

And how did we pray? We prayed with

God given decrees

You saw that, we learned it first as a church

Once you learn it as a church

Now in your home

You begin to practice it in your household

And once you begin to practice it in your household

You begin to practice it as individuals

And once God sees that they have

Gotten the hang of

Behaving like kings and

Ruling in the midst of hostility and enemies

With decrees that I give them

And they're seeing their enemies defeated

Now God will say, okay, I want to give you a little more

A little more, and I promise you

This, if you stay here long enough

And if you stay on course

I say to you very humbly

Then you will see how nations

And events in nations

Both here in Canada and outside

Will begin to turn

I am not kidding you

You know I'm not into histrionics and drama

When we get this right on this level

Now God will say, now I can

Trust you with nations, this will not be some kind

Of a gathering where we see eagles

Flying and cannons blazing

And oh I take this nation for God, no no no

Not just heighty

Flutie stuff out there

No, it will be

So simple, it will be a simple

Decree and you will see events

Turning in nations

I've seen it guys

But I saw it only as an individual

And really I'm not

Interested in seeing it as an individual

I want to see it as a

People

It's odd

But I'm not interested anymore

In just seeing it as an individual

I don't want to say something in a nation

And it happens, oh Jacob said it, no

A people said it, a people said it

A people said it

Because it is out of this people

That I get my benefits, my perspectives

My characteristics

It's the people that have to learn this

Nations will then

Once we learn that, no

When we see it work in church, then our homes

Then our lives, then

Zion people will have the capacity to bring

Nations and events in different

Nations into subjection

I've seen it through some churches, I've seen it

Individually, but I want to see it

Here in this house as a people

And if you stay long enough here

And if you stay the course, you will see it

The nations will acknowledge the glory of

God, and tributes and wealth

And peoples will be transferred

Out of the dominion into the kingdom of the sun

So let me end with Micah 4.13 and we are done

At least in terms of the teaching

Micah 4.13

Micah 4.13

I don't know where Micah is

After Amos

I don't know where those two are

Micah 4.13

Okay, I got it

Micah 4.13

Rise and thresh

O daughter of Zion

For I will give you horns of iron

I will give you hoofs of bronze

And you will break into pieces many

Nations, you will devote

Their ill-gotten gains to the Lord

Their wealth to the Lord

Of all the earth

That's what will eventually happen

That's what will eventually happen

Wayne, I'm done in terms of the teaching

Guys