"FROM THE SUNRISING I SHALL BRING YOUR SEED,
AND FROM THE SUNSET I SHALL COLLECT YOU
 YOU TOGETHER".   BUT HOW?   (Isaiah 43:5-7).

JEHOVAH WILL GATHER HIS PEOPLE.
The beloved people of God the "great crowd" will have "the glorious Eternal as (their) river, a river never raided by a galley, sailed by no ships of war". (Rev 7:9-17.  Isaiah 33:21 Moffatt). Our Heavenly Father Jehovah is about to flood the earth with the Spirit of His righteousness. Spirit "waters" will arouse His people to begin the journey that will lead them to their ultimate destination: Spiritual "Jerusalem". But these "waters" will not flood over His people, for it says: "In case you should pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not flood over you."  (43:2).

NAVIGATION.
Navigation will be by the Spirit of God. These Spirit "waters" flooding over all the earth will create in His people a spiritual need to go where His Spirit wills. (Matt 5:3). That is why His people are instructed not to resist the Will of God for them, but that figuratively speaking: "Your ropes must hang loose;  their mast they will not hold firmly erect;  they have not spread a sail".  (33:23).

'VEHICLES' BY WHICH GODLESS PEOPLE WAR AGAINST GOD.
As for the "war chariot", the "military force" and the "strong ones" used by satan as a "rod" to subdue nations and persecute people of God: "They will lie down. They will not get up. They will certainly be extinguished.  Like a flaxen wick they must be put out."  (43:17.  See 14:5,6).

"LOOK! I AM DOING SOMETHING NEW."
What is it that Jehovah will do that is "something new" that His people "will know"? It is that: "Through the wilderness I shall set a way, through the desert rivers." (43:19). The "great crowd" are being gathered from a spiritual "wilderness" condition and will be set upon the "Way of Holiness" (35:8-10) just as it is written: "I shall have given water even in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to cause My people, My chosen one, to drink, the people whom I have formed for Myself, that they should recount the praise of Me."  (43:19  21).

THE LEGAL CASE OF ZION AGAINST APOSTATES.
"Jehovah has a day of vengeance, a year of retributions for the legal case over Zion."
(34:8). "Jehovah will certainly be put on high, for He is residing in the height. He must fill Zion with justice and righteousness." (33:5). To apostates Jehovah says: "Your own spirit, as a fire, will eat you up. And peoples must become as the burnings of lime. As thorns cut away, they will be set ablaze even with fire… In Zion the sinners have come to be in dread; shivering has grabbed hold of the apostates: 'Who of us can reside for any time with a devouring fire? Who of us can reside for any time with long-lasting conflagrations?'"  (See 33:10 14).

A COVENANT OF GOD.
"Yes, I do establish My covenant with you: No more will all flesh be cut off by waters of a deluge, and no more will there occur a deluge to bring the earth to ruin." (Gen 9:11). Flooding the earth with the Spirit of His righteousness will be like the "days of Noah" only in a spiritual sense. (Matt 24:36-39). The intended purpose of these Spirit "waters" is not to cut off all flesh or "bring the earth to ruin", but to gather the beloved people of God.

(Cont. on Page 23/12/83).

22/12/83.
 

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