The good ShepherdThe Branch of Righteousness
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the LORD. “But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the LORD.
The Lord says that he will raise shepherds to feed the sheep. We are like the sheep and Pastor Prince is the shepherd, we shall not fear nor be dismayed and shall not lack. Indeed, after knowing Christ, fear does not really have a grip on me. It makes me bold and courageous. I would not say that I am totally freed of fear, but truly, I feel so less fearful now. Although at times, I still lack, but I am trusting God that He will certainly be faithful to His word and I shall certainly not lack.
The way the shepherd feeds is such that he would proclaim that THE LORD IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. And we are in Him, therefore we are righteous.
“ Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “ That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that they shall no longer say, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”
Since the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a release of people from Israel from Russia (north country). Indeed, the days are coming, that the people shall dwell in their own land.
Daniel 9:23-24
“ Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy. "
In the story of Rachel where it is stated "Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years" (Genesis 29:27) that Jacob serve Laban for seven years though it is stated that it is a week. This shows that a week is equals to 7 years. Therefore, 70 weeks = 7 x 70 weeks= 490 years.
This is the time where divine events occurs in 490 years:
Abraham to Exodus 490 years
Exodus to Solomon's Temple 490 years
Solomons's Temple to Nehemiah Temple 490 years
Nehemiah Temple to Jesus 490 years
In Solomon's Temple, there is plenty of riches. There is liberty.
Now let's see how the time clock applies in modern era:
31 Oct 1517 Reformation date
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.+ 490 years
31 Oct 2007 Pastor Prince preached on becoming the Heir
of the world
So this is the time when we are supposed to have riches and liberty. But we need to know it to inherit it.