THE PSALMS

Chapter 69

"Israel's Redemption. Their Redeemer waits for His Deliverance."
"Prayer. [1-21]"
"Imprecation [a curse]. [22-29]"
"Praise. [30-36]"


This Bible Study is is provided by http://www.theseason.org/ and shared with permission from it's author R. Christopherson

Psalms 69 is a very special Psalm, and is close to Psalms 22 which dealt with our Lord on the cross, where Jesus is represented as the "sin offering". Then in Psalms 40 Jesus is represented as the "burnt offering". Christ even had this Psalm 69 in mind as he hung on the cross, as we will see through our study. Part of the words of this Psalm even came from Jesus mouth, as he hung there on the cross. For those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear, this Psalm should become very important to each of us. In the last line of Psalms 22, in the Hebrew text, Jesus said; "It is done". The King James version has it; "He hath done this"; And in the Gospel of John, "It is finished". That is what was witnessed by the Apostle John as Jesus final words on the cross.

John 19:30 "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, "It is finished:" and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost."

So we can title this Psalm 69 as "Christ, the trespass offering." Jesus had the same troubles while He was in His tabernacle of flesh, as you and I have. However Jesus overcame His troubles to set the example that even though we live in these flesh bodies, we can still have the victory over this world, but that victory must be in Jesus Christ.

So lets enjoy this beautiful Psalm that God would have understand, as it comes from His mind. Father is showing us this example of how to live our lives in these end times. "To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim." "Shoshannim" in the Hebrew text is "lilies", "The lilies of testimony." A poetic name for spring, hence used at the Passover, the spring festival each year. So this Psalms 69 will represent Christ as the "trespass offering". It was on Passover that Jesus became our trespass offering for one and all times. This chapter is addressing and speaking directly to Christ's body, the many membered body of Christ that believe on His name, that are living in the final generation. That generation that is alive after the planting of that parable of the fig tree, when the Jews have gone back to reestablish their nation in Jerusalem. God is address you and I living here in these final days of this earth age of the flesh.

Psalms 69:1 "Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul."

In the Hebrew text, these "waters" are "waters of great troubles". These are the troubles of Jacob's time, when the one world system is in control. Those troubled times come right at the end of this earth age, and usher in the coming of the Antichrist, Satan, who will deceive the whole world. It also represented the times of troubles at the time of the time of Jesus Crucifixion.

Remember that the beast of the political system, rose from the sea, the waters, and the waters are the people and nations in the final generation. Revelation 17:15 "And he saith unto me, "The waters which thou sawest, where the whore [That one world religious system] sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, aned nations, and tongues." This beast or one world religious system that riseth, comes out of the nations of the world in our day. It is the people that set up the trouble which allows for the one world system, and the beast that gives control over to the dragon, which is Satan.

Psalms 69:2 "I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."

There will be a flood that covers the entire earth, and it will be a flood of lies and deception. Revelation 12:15, 16; "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood." [15] "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." [16] That flood pours out of Satan's mouth in that hour that Satan is here on earth. Satan is out to get God's elect, that woman, but God shall protect each of His elect.

Psalms 69:3 "I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."

Remember this from John 19:28? "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, "I thirst." When God has a purpose for you, He will always strengthen you so you can perform that purpose. When Christ was nailed to the cross, His standing before men was not good. Even His disciples fled from Him. But Jesus has given you a Rock to make your stand in this last generation. Thanks to our Lord for having paid that price, our lot in these end times is much better.

Psalms 69:4 "They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: Then I restored that which I took not away."

The whole world turned from Jesus in His final hours, and when you teach the truths of the Word of God with it's deeper meanings, the number of those that turn on you will be great. The point is that if you find yourself alone in your beliefs and understanding, don't worry about it. Those that teach and believe in God's truths will stand alone in that final day, as far as companionship in this earth is concerned.

Jesus was asked to restore something that He did not take in the first place. That is exactly what is going to happen to God's elect in this final generation. Jesus spoke of this in John 15:25; "But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause." "Their law", is the Kenites law, they hated Jesus without a cause. But also stop and think for a moment, How many were with Jesus Christ that night that He died on the cross? None, for even Peter had denied Him. Do we have to worry about this in our day?

John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, Which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me." Then you will know that this is that prophecy of Psalms 69 that has become fulfilled.

John 15:27 "And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning."

You are going to testify in these last days, as written in Mark 13:11; "But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost [Spirit]."

If we have bee with God from the beginning, what does that mean in a prophetic sense. It means that you were with God and took a stand in that first earth age. It means that you are one of the elect, those predestined and judged in the first earth age. You are one of God's election; Ephesians 1:4, 5 "According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world [this earth age, "cosmos" in the Greek], that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" [4] "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will," [5]

Yes Jesus stood alone and remember that the Kenites had taken over the priesthood while the Jews were in bondage in Babylon, and the control of the priesthood from top to bottom were under the control of Kenites. I Chronicles 2:55 "And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez [Jerusalem]; The Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hamath, the father of the house of Rechab." The Levitical priests had taken a back seat in the religious circles in Jerusalem. Their laws are of Satan their father, and not of God through Moses. This is why the Kenite Scribes and religious leaders sought to murder Jesus from the very start of His ministry. Jesus taught God's Word as given by the prophets, and that went against their traditions.

Jesus has promised us that when we come to this same place that He was in, and no one was there to stand by Him, Jesus promised us that "you will have the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth within you to lead you." And praise God for that strength, for He will never let you fall when you stay focused on Him.

Psalms 69:5 "O God, Thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from Thee."

Lord, you know all of my sinful thoughts for we are all sinners. And because of that fact, don't ever think that you can put one over on God. You must never fail to repent as soon as you can when you know you have done wrong. It doesn't do any good to hold anything back for God knows our every thought as we think them. And with that repents, there is forgiveness for those sins.

Psalms 69:6 "Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: Let not those that seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel."

So what this is saying, is that we all have our shortcomings, but in each of our sins, let those sins not be a sin that will cause some other person to stumble and turn away for God. This should always be our prayer. We are sent as one of God's elect to help people, and at the same time of showing God's love, teaching people the Word of God. So don't let your shortcomings cause someone to fall, but if it doesn't happen, there is repentance.

Psalms 69:7 "Because for Thy sake I have born reproach; Shame hath covered my face."

This goes back the the time of Christ's crucifixion, and the insults against Christ as He hung on the cross. Christ had no shortcomings, He had not sin, thus those insults were His reproach. He was spat upon, took the crown of thorns, mocked and and lied about by false witnesses before Him; yet He spoke not a word in His defense. Jesus was in complete innocence, and He took it all to fulfill Scriptures that you would have the right to come to God. The shame He took was our shame.

Psalms 69:8 "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children."

Again, when we are delivered up to the synagogue of Satan, in the houses of traditions of men, we are not to premeditate before hand what we should say, for the Comforter, the Holy Spirit will speak the words through our mouths. He will give you the right words to say for that time you are to speak.

Mark 13:12 "Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death."

So what would be the reason one family member would turn against another family member? Because he or she will be teaching Jesus' Truth, and it will go against those tradition of your family members. Sure they will do what they do in innocence, for they will believe that Satan, the "instead of Christ", or Antichrist is the true Christ, and they will be concerned for your soul. They will go to Satan and his children the Kenites and say, "Forgive my brother, forgive my mother for she doesn't know you. They just don't think that you are the Christ." So in their concern that you have not accepted their false Christ, you "become an alien and stranger unto your mother's children", to your own family.

When these things happen to you, it is up to us to be patient with them, for they do not know what they are doing, and what they do is considered by them to be the right thing. Be patient, and understand that this time is not for long, and then all truth will be known. The Comforter will be with you in all those times of trouble, so follow God's way and not man's ways.

Psalms 69:9 "For the zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproach of them that reproached Thee are fallen upon me."

This is exactly the way that it is today. Those that reproached God, fell upon Christ: and those that reproach Christ will fall upon you, if you are speaking the things of Christ and walking in His Way. Remember Jesus' prayer in John 17? In that prayer Jesus prayed; "I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." [14]

John 17:15 "I pray not that Thou should take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil [the evil one]". [15] "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." [16] "Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth." [17] "As thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world." [18]

Each one of us, each of our souls must go through this world or earth age just once. It is a must in the plan of God that each soul come through this earth age, born of woman, and that that even included Christ. In Jesus Prayer to the Father, He asks that while each of us are here in the flesh, and hated by the world, that we be Sanctified or strengthened by His Word, through the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. Jesus knew that none of us could resist sin and remain in innocence before the Father, so He willingly paid the price for our sins, with His own blood.

So when you suffer a reproach for taking some heat at the hands of those that don't know any better, don't complain about it, for Christ suffered the same reproach for you and He didn't complain about it then. The time is coming shortly when all wrongs will be made right.

Psalms 69:10 "When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach."

Expect this to happen, that every time you try to straighten yourself out, those of this world will make light and fun of you and what you are trying to do. When you are trying to teach the truth from God's Word, as it ought to be taught, people based in their traditional thought will make light of you. Expect it to happen, because it is written in His Word.

Psalms 69:11 "I made sackcloth also my garment; And I became a proverb to them."

When I tried to show remorse for the wrongs I did, they made light of it, and made a proverb about me. My name became a joke to them. Teach the Word as Christ taught it, and you will be a mockery to them, for they do not have the eyes to see with understanding the word of God.

Psalms 69:12 "They that sit in the gate speak against me; And I was the song of the drunkards."

"They that sit in the gate", are those in authority in your community. Even the drunkards sung that mocking song to profane my name.

Psalms 69:13 "But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy Hear me, in the truth of Thy salvation."

Your prayer should be one for patience for that acceptable time. That acceptable time is at our Heavenly Father's time, not our time. This is saying that any time that pleases you Lord, and plan of your will, that is all right with me also. This is how you patiently wait for God's time. Let the mockery and the songs of the drunkards, for they will be short lived in the span of God's overall plan. God's acceptable time is very soon now, for we are living in the final generation.

Psalms 69:14 "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters."

That deliverance will be given very shortly, and deliver me from those waters of hatred. Hatred in any form is not pleasant, for it closes ones mind to the needs and problems of those that are hated. When people mock at the very word of God, you know that they will pay a price for their stupidity and ignorance towards God's holy Word.

Psalms 69:15 "Let not the waterflood overflow me, Neither let the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me."

The "waterflood" is the lies and deceit that will flow from Satan's mouth, and the pit is Satan's place, it is death. Lets take a look at that waterflood that will oveflow the earth. That flood water of lies will come very shortly when Michael the Arch angle casts Satan and his fallen angels out of heaven.

Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"

Revelation 12:8 "And prevailed not, neither was there place found any more in heaven."

Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

When this happens that Satan is cast out onto the earth there will be great rejoicing in heaven. But here on earth there will be great trouble like this earth has never seen.

Revelation 12:12 "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."

When Satan and his angels are back here on earth, those evil ones will be taking and giving in marriage exactly as they were doing at Noah's time.

Matthew 24:37 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the son of man be."

Matthew 24:38 "For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,"

Matthew 24:39 "And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

As given in Genesis 6, the "sons of God" or fallen angels [angels] come and took wives of the daughters of men, and had "children" [Nephilim]. These children were fully grown and were giants by the time of Noah's flood, and they were taking in marriage also. They had "children" [Nephilim] also to the point were all of the Adamic family was contaminated with the genetic pollution of these angels but Noah and his sons and their wives.

Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."

"The generations" in the Hebrew Text is "toledoth" or family history. And the word "perfect" in the Hebrew text is "Tamin, without blemish as to breed or pedigree. All flesh was corrupted but Noah's family."

Genesis 6:11 "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." [11] "And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."

So we see that this is the condition that will exist when Satan, the serpent of the garden of Eden, that old Dragon of the first earth age, will come looking like Lucifer, the morning star, and that whole world will follow him. Look around you today and see the filth of Sodomy as it takes hold, and all the other violence that is taking place. So if you ever want to escape from a flood, pray that you will escape from Satan's flood that will cover the earth.

Revelation 12:13 "And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child."

Satan will persecute the "woman", true Israel, that brought forth the "Manchild" which is Jesus the Christ.

Revelation 12:14 "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."

This is speaking of the last three and a half year of the great tribulation, when Jesus has told us in Revelation 9:5, 10 were shortened to five months for the elect's sake. Those wings are the hands of the Almighty God, and He beckons you to come under those wings.

Revelation 12:15 "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood."

Carried away by the flood of lies and deceptions that come out of Satan's mouth. This happens when Satan sits in the temple on the side of the north claiming to be God, and the whole world will believe him. [II Thessalonians 2:3-4]

Revelation 12:16 "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth."

That old serpent is the dragon, which is the devil Satan. Each of those names represent a role that Satan used to deceive the people of this earth, and in heaven. Satan will deceive all the people of this world age, with the exception of those that are written on that book of life in heaven. That is why in many cases it is a lonely place to know the truth, and make a stand to teach it. This is that flood that we must pray that we escape from.

Now notice how David could praise God even while the pit of Satan was still in sight; all the mockery and violence was present, and the praise was there.

Psalms 69:16 "Hear me, O Lord; for Thy loving kindness is good: Turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies."

God has that tender mercy for those that will give Him their love.

Psalms 69:17 "And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; For I am in trouble: hear me speedily."

When there is trouble near, God will always here you. However when you are in trouble, talk to Him and ask Him for His help. He will help you when you ask Him for that help. He will not interfere in your life, unless you ask for His help.

Psalms 69:18 "Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Deliver me because of mine enemies."

Rescue me My Father.

Psalms 69:19 "Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: Mine adversaries are all before thee."

Every time that someone offends you, God is fully aware of it. Since this book was written, God has sent His comforter to help in our times of need. The Holy Spirit will take care, and take vengeance on those that reproach you. The order of God for this earth age, is touch not Mine anointed. Even when it is done in ignorance, God will make them pay a price for their reproach on one of His own. God keeps records of those that would harm or dishonor you in any form. It is in the book, and on the day of judgment there will be a day of accounting. Most of the time the action is taken in a very short period of time, and the correcting is made.

Psalms 69:20 "Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none."

When the reproach come, it is not a pretty sight, and it is not funny. This also goes back to the time Jesus went before His trial, and was crucified. There was not one that would take his side, and that is how it shall be when Satan in here on earth. There will be none to take your side, except for the comforter, for He shall place the very words in your mouth that you shall speak. That day on the cross, Jesus was all alone. NO matter how bad things seem to be, nor how difficult those problems ahead of you are pressing, our Heavenly Father sent His Comforter to help you through those times. It is up to you though to ask for His assistance. God hears every evil thing that others are saying and plotting against you, and evil deed that others are doing to block your progress in living and telling others of God's Love and Word, and there is an accurate record of all those things. God will take vengeance on them at the right moment, and it is up to us to pray for their salvation.

Psalms 69:21 "They gave me also gall for my meat; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."

This is a prophecy given over a thousand years before the event took place. We can read of it in Matthew 27:34, 38; Mark 15:33, 36; Luke 23:36; and John 19:28-30. In this verse Jesus is telling us that He suffered from you, so don't you complain about the mockers that plot against you. In the last two verses of Psalms 22 concerns a seed that shall be counted for a generation.

Psalms 22:30, 31 "A seed shall serve Him; It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation." [30] "They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a People that shall be born, That He hath done this." [31]

That seed shall be living in the final generation of this earth age of the flesh. Jesus taught this and brought it to pass. He even spoke of it while He hung there on the cross. He gave us this message so those each of us that have the eyes to see and ears to hear the truth with understanding can better prepare yourself for the times ahead. Our Lord intends to put a firm foundation under you, so that when the trials come you will accept them, just as our Lord set the example for each of us. No, it wasn't a complaint when Jesus said, "I thirst!" It was a signal to those with understanding to dig a little deeper to get the message.

Psalms 69:22 "Let their table become a snare before them: And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap."

So what do they call "their welfare"? Their welfare is Jesus. All Christians had better call Jesus their "welfare". So why would Jesus say that this welfare of theirs would become a trap? Why? Because it will. Because the Jesus that they are worshipping will be the false Christ, and the true Christ will not come until after the whole world has been tested and fallen into the trap of the false Christ, Satan. It will be their little knowledge of God's Word that causes them to fall for the false christ, the Antichrist. That Jesus they are looking for in the clouds will be Satan and his fallen angels, when they are booted out of heaven by Michael, as we read of above from Revelation 12. Their traditions will become their trap, and they will in fact worship the Antichrist in their ignorance. Why? They have not studied God's Word, for Jesus Himself warned them in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, that the false Christ would come first. Paul even warned them in II Thessalonians 2:1-5, yet they desired to listen to fairy tales instead of reading the truths for themselves.

John 15:25 "But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause." Jesus drew attention to this very Psalm.

Psalms 69:23 "Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; And make their loins continually to shake."

As all these things are happening in the world around us today, they don't know what to expect. They have no idea what to expect, and when those prophecies come to pass before their eyes, they don't have a clue what it is all about. When the Quakes come, and the weather patterns change, and the violence, and all the other troubles of the world take place, it can become very confusing. However, God has warned in in His Word that these things will happen, so expect them. It is God's signs of the times that we are living in. "Know that when you see these things, He is even at the doors." "Verily I [Jesus] say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." Matthew 24:33, 34.

God controls the universe, the people and the nations, and the very nations are fulfilling the prophecies that God has told us about in detail. Wake up, for the time is drawing nigh when the Antichrist will be with us, and he will deceive all the nations of the earth. When the earth shakes, and the nations fall apart, and the violence increases and the markets tumble know that our Heavenly Father is in control.

Psalms 69:24 "Pour out Thine indignation upon them, And let Thy wrathful anger take hold of them."

There is only one time that God's wrathful anger boils to the point of desolation. That time is at the sounding of the seventh trumpet, after Satan has had his time here on earth following the sixth trumpet.

Psalms 69:25 "Let their habitation be desolate; And let none dwell in their tents."

The "habitation" is a place where it is surrounded by a wall, and it occurs only here in this Psalm. It is referring to Jerusalem and that time when this city will become a desolation. That is when Satan will be sitting in the temple in Jerusalem on the side of the north, and declaring himself to be God, and the whole world believes him.

Psalms 69:26 "For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; And they talk to the grief of those whom Thou hast wounded."

When God brings trials to those of us for our shortcomings, these that follow Satan will come along and persecute them all the more. When God corrects one of us, they will take it to the next level and pile on their conflict.

Psalms 69:27 "Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into Thy righteousness."

Don't worry, those false religious kind will not come into Christ's righteousness.

Psalms 69:28 "Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous."

The "Book of the living", is the book of life. There is no fence setting, for your name is either written in that book or you are not. The church records here on earth has nothing to do with Salvation, for it is your right standing before God the Father, and the only way to that throne is through His Son Jesus the Christ. That is the only book that counts in the courts of heaven.

Psalms 69:29 "But I am poor and sorrowful: Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high."

The only way that you will be on high will be through His salvation; His way through the cross of Christ.

Psalms 69:30 "I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving."

Your thanksgiving ought to be that Christ paid the price, and we rejoice in Christ's love.

Psalms 69:31 "This also shall please the Lord better than an ox Or bullock that hath horns and hoofs."

There is only one thing that pleases God more than any burnt offering and sacrifice, and that is your love for Him. That is your sacrifice for this time and day, and that is the only acceptable sacrifice that He will accept. You do that sacrifice every time that we tell God that we love Him in our prayer. When our Father blesses you, and takes care of a problem that you have worked yourself into, take time to thank Him, and let Him know you love Him. That is the sacrifice that He is looking for, your love shown to Him, when it comes directly from your heart.

Psalms 69:32 "The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God."

If you are on an ego trip you will miss this entire message, for it is the humble and meek of the world that see and understand, and rejoice over the many blessings that Father showers down on them. Those that seek after God will live and have eternal life.

Psalms 69:33 "For the Lord heareth the poor, And despiseth not His prisoners."

God loves His children.

Psalms 69:34 "Let the heaven and earth praise Him, The seas, and every thing that moveth therein."

Again, this brings us to the end of this earth age, that time when Christ returns and every knee shall bow to Jesus the Christ. And even the beasts of the field and nature itself will cry out for the return of the Messiah.

Psalms 69:35 "For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: That they may dwell there, and have it in possession."

That is a promise that is stated many times over, that God will save Zion, which is Jerusalem. Mount Zion is also called the Mount of Olives, as is stated in Zechariah 14:2-5.

Zechariah 14:2 "For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the People shall not be cut off from the city."

Zechariah 14:3 "Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle."

Zechariah 14:4 "And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."

Zechariah 14:5 "And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with Thee."

Of course when this takes place when our Lord Jesus Christ returns with all His saints, it is just following the time when life comes back into the two witnesses, and they ascend into the heavens as the whole world watches. Then instantly this earth age is over, as recorded in I Corinthians 15:50-54, in the twinkling of an eye, all flesh is changed into their incorruptible bodies as the angels have, and we shall all witness the saints coming back with Christ. What a glorious time that will be, for it will be reward time for those that did not bow to Satan and take his name and number, or his mark of the beast. God will provide the way of salvation, and save Zion and build the city of Jerusalem that will house His holy temple for that thousand year Millennium age. This time is well recorded in Ezekiel 40-48.

Psalms 69:36 "The seed also of His servants shall inherit it: And they that love His name shall dwell therein."

"To the chief Musician."

This new city that Christ will build will be inherited by those that remained True to Him while the Antichrist Satan was here on earth. Ezekiel 44:28 "And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession." "Them" is speaking of the priesthood of the Zadok, the just, the elect of God that remained true to Him through the time Satan was ruling this earth. They will be the only ones that will not have a lot, for their will be the entire earth.

Who will dwell in the temple of God? Go to Ezekiel 44 and read the entire chapter, for it will be those that loved God enough to remain true to him, and studied to know and see through the deceptions of Satan in these final days. They love His name, and we were told that name in chapter 68, "Yah", or YHVH. He is your Father, and how precious was that sacrifice that Jesus paid for our sins, and it is up to each of us to receive that gift for ourselves. Jesus' life's blood flowed from His Body for your sins, and that gift can only be accepted for you, by you.

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