The Lord has been creating a chosen people for himself and the process the Lord has used started with the creation of Adam and Eve then the flood came and destroyed the creation for the most part except he reserved a small group for himself out of it, Noah and his family. Then the Lord created Abraham and brought forth seed from his loins that produced people for the Lord which was according to his plan to create a people for himself for the Millennium...and some who come into the Millennium will receive eternity on earth to serve as his priest and kings. (Rev 20:4-6)
There are many things written about the Millennium through the bible, but most have not read the verses and understood for one reason or another..and until I asked the Lord to show me what eternity consisted of if he was willing, I didn't have a clue. Now a whole new picture of what is just ahead of us going into the Millennium I hope to bring to life through the verses the Lord has shown me.. it will be different from what most have been taught, because we have the traditions that we have been brought up in all of us..
Ishmael, the son of Hagar from Abraham, (Gen 16:12) was created by the Lord for God's purpose to be the SWORD TO PUNISH JACOB BY. The verse says Ishmael's hand will always be against his brother. That is what we have today as the rider on the white horse, bent on a quest (Rev 6:1-2) who is sent by the Lord and Habakkuk was given the prophecy on this of the End of this Age with the Chaldeans/Babylonians who are of the 12 tribes of Ishmael (Gen 25:13). They are your Arabic speaking nations for the most part, and the sons of Keturah, Abraham's wife after Sarah, her son's descendants are involved in the End time. These are "our brothers" the Lord speaks about whose hand will be against the other brother in the End.
Israel was in captivity for 70 yrs, with King Neb who is of the 12 tribes of Ishmael as he is from out of Babylon where some of them settled. Understanding the first testament is a must to have better understanding of the 2nd testament. Most say it was finished and completed which is not so and is very insightful to what is ahead for God's people, leading to his return. In fact the Lord gives exact information of his return surrounding the events to happen but not the hour it will take place nor the day...but was written that we may ready and not be caught off guard when it takes place.
When Israel was put into captivity under Babylonian control which they suffered greatly, but those like Daniel who believed the prophet that said they were being taken, found favor with the Lord, and of course you know the story and we like Daniel will have our faith tested to see if we are believing in the Lord and we must stay in the faith, the Lord will see us and deliver us just like he did Daniel and his three friends and others. But there are those who did not follow the Lord and they turned to doing things that displeased the Lord so much, he said he would raise them up only to destroy them when he comes to bring Salvation.
The Lord has had trouble with disobedient children that he placed his covenant with from the beginning. The bible actually address these who belong to the Lord that turned from him, and continued in evilness and the Lord has set the Day of his return to destroy them...most new testament teachers have erronously taught it was the unsaved world...but it is not it is God's covenant people who have turned from the ways of the Lord to wickedness...I hope to illistrate this with clarity with the verses below. The anger of the Lord written in the bible is about His people who will not obey him and will suffer the 2nd death in some cases.
Isaiah 5:20 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore
as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:
because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and
he hath stretched forth his hand against them, [/i]and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
These verse of Isaiah are for the End time when the Lord will burn to chaff his people who have done evil, that he calls wicked and is coming to destroy them. There is the same for the Christians who have continued to sin and have not followed the Lord in his Laws. Yes, this is scary, but it is true and we can not be ignorant of it. We serve a very loving Lord, but he wants only people who listen to him and follow him and can be assigned a place in his kingdom, his government as kings and priest (Rev 20:4) who will be given eternal life.
Matthew also talks about the Day of the Lord when the chaff will be gathered and burned up...this is what Isaiah is referring to. The Chaff is not the world but the children who have taken the Lord as their God and have turned away from Him and gone their own way after other pleasures other than the Lord who accepted them and called them his children.
There is so very much that I have come to read directly from the verses that is not the things I was taught in my early conversion and was under the teachings of pious men. We have all been gullible in accepting what has been told to us as new converts and I had not really read the entire plan of God which is spoken of in the first testament and is for our admonition to understand the Lord's words. And me like all the pious just accepted what was given to me, thinking it was everything I needed to know.... 
I give the Lord the praise, because he has opened my eyes in these last days and has answered my prayers concerning the End and has shown me things I did not understand. This is hard for me to explain all of it because there is a lot of good in every teaching, church, group, person.etc. but, the Lord has said so much more in his bible in the first testament that the majority of us have been miss led in understanding it. I am thankful to the Lord for his mercy and patience with me and everyone else.
I am delighted that our Lord has opened your eyes Whirlwind, it was a very pleasant surprise to read your post on Habakkuk and see you understood it. We haven't much time left, as the time will be this year for us. We are going into captivity under the Babylonians just as the Lord told habakkuk to write it for our time so we would know...but like Jesus said in Hab 1:5 that HE WAS going to do something in OUR DAYS that we would NOT BELIEVE...?? and he certainly did, didn't he?
It is my desire to encourage you also in this time we are in because the Lord is looking to see who will be faithful to him, just like Daniel and his 3 friends were..I believe there are going to be challenges just as they faced against King Neb, and he is the Beast to rise up from the Dead, the Islamic's are watching for him too as I have spoken with them who are camped around me. They said they would speak to me in captivity...they wanted to know where it was in the bible about King Neb and I gave them the verses and I also told them God's Son would come and raise up Judah, his eternal bow and they would face a big war with the Lord and Judah...as I recently read this in the bible also in Zech 12:4-7 as it depicts the time of the End and the war against our captors is described.
Also Hab 2:7 is speaking of the resurrection of God's people and the NIV says: Will not your debtor's arise?, Will they not WAKE UP? and make you tremble? Then you will become their victim. The Lord is speaking to the captors in that verse of Habakkuk and it is going to happen and will be fulfilled .
The Beast should be coming up shortly after we are taken captive...because Matt 24:9-16 gives the order for the signs that happen and the desolation follows as the next sign after the persecution comes..and God's chosen are handed over..but we are not to fear, because the Lord has sent them to destroy his people who have not walked in his laws as Isaiah 5 above spoke about and we who are desiring our Lord and His ways will be led through this and we will not be afraid.
Hope I haven't overwhelmed anyone, but it is important to know and understand this is coming this year and will happen for me before the leaves fall off the trees our Lord has said..so I know I am on my way...and I hope to have our paths cross as we go through this that we encourage one another...because we are going into the Kingdom of God here on earth and receiving our eternal life and our families will be with us to dwell forever in the house of the Lord....amen.
In Christ's precious truths
Vickie
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