From: Eddie Chumney
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Subject: Chapter 5: The 7,000 Year Plan of God (Part 2 of 3)
CHAPTER
5
THE
7,000-YEAR PLAN OF G-D
from
the book by Eddie Chumney
"RESTORING
THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL"
Copies can be purchased for individual or
group study by
writing to me (Eddie Chumney) at: (chumney@hebroots.org)
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CHAPTER
5
THE
7,000-YEAR PLAN OF G-D
(Part
2 of 3)
4,000
YEARS FROM THE CREATION OF
ADAM
TO THE JEWISH MESSIAH
Next, we will examine the Biblical chronology of time to
understand that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus came to
the earth 4,000 years from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden (Gan Eden). This matches exactly the period of time when the
Messiah was expected to come to the earth according to traditional
Jewish expectation. The purpose of this chronology is NOT to
Biblically justify EXACTLY the entire 4,000 year period of time from
the creation of Adam to the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus in the first century. However, it is given to establish
a Biblical basis for the credibility of making such a hypothesis.
FROM
ADAM TO ABRAHAM
Adam to Seth
130
years (Genesis 5:3)
Seth to Enos
105
years (Genesis 5:6)
Enos to Cainan
90
years (Genesis 5:9)
Cainan to Mahalaleel 70 years (Genesis 5:12)
Mahalaleel to Jared 65 years
(Genesis 5:15)
Jared to Enoch
162
years (Genesis 5:18)
Enoch to Methuselah 65 years (Genesis 5:21)
Methuselah to Lamech 187 years (Genesis 5:25)
Lamech to Noah 182 years
(Genesis 5:28-29)
Noah to the Flood 600 years (Genesis
7:6)
Flood to Arphaxad
2 years (Genesis
11:10)
Arphaxad to Salah 35
years (Genesis 11:12)
Salah to Eber
30
years (Genesis 11:14)
Eber to Peleg
34
years (Genesis 11:16)
Peleg to Reu
30
years (Genesis 11:18)
Reu to Serug
32
years (Genesis 11:20)
Serug to Nahor
30
years (Genesis 11:22)
Nahor to Terah
29
years (Genesis 11:24)
Terah to Abraham
70 years
(Genesis 11:26)
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Adam to Abraham ............ 1948 years
It is interesting to note that from Adam to Abraham (Avraham) was
1948 years. The birth of the modern day state of Israel happened on
the Gregorian calendar in 1948.
FROM
ABRAHAM TO EGYPT
Abraham to Isaac
100 years
(Genesis 21:5)
Isaac to Jacob
60
years (Genesis 25:26)
Jacob to Egypt
130
years (Genesis 47:28)
---------------
Abraham to Egypt ............... 290 years
FROM
EGYPT TO THE EXODUS
From Egypt to the Exodus .............. X years
- Jacob and his family went to Egypt
Jacob went to Egypt (Genesis 46:8,11)
Levi went to Egypt (Jacob's son) (Genesis 46:8,11)
Kohath went to Egypt (Levi's son) (Genesis 46:8,11)
Kohath had a son named Amram (Exodus 6:18)
Amram had a son named Moses (Exodus 6:20)
Moses to the Exodus - 80 years (Exodus 7:7)
From Egypt to the Exodus:
X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses + 80)
FROM THE WILDERNESS TO
JOSHUA'S DEATH
In the Wilderness
40
years (Numbers 32:13)
Wilderness to death Joshua 30 years (Joshua 14:7, 24:29)
-----------
Exodus to death Joshua ...... 70 years
THE
PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
Under King Cushanrishathaim 8 years (Judges 3:8)
Under Othniel
40
years (Judges 3:10-11)
Under King Eglon
18
years (Judges 3:14)
Under Ehud
80
years (Judges 3:15,30)
Under King Jabin
20
years (Judges 4:1-3)
Under Deborah
40
years (Judges 4:4, 5:31)
Under Midianites
7
years (Judges 6:1)
Under Gideon
40
years (Judges 6:7, 8:28)
Under Abimelech
3
years (Judges 8:32, 9:22)
Under Tola
23
years (Judges 10:1-2)
Under Jair
22
years (Judges 10:3)
Under Ammonites
18
years (Judges 10:5-8)
Under Jephthah
6
years (Judges 12:7)
Under Ibzan
7
years (Judges 12:8-9)
Under Elon
10
years (Judges 12:11)
Under Abdon
8
years (Judges 12:13-14)
Under Philistines
40
years (Judges 13:1)
Under Samson
20
years (Judges 16:30-31)
Under Eli/Samuel
40
years (I Samuel 4:15,18)
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Judges to Samuel
450
years (Acts 13:20)
THE
KINGS OF JUDAH
Under King Saul
40
years (Acts 13:21)
Under King David
40
years (I Chron 29:26-27)
Under King Solomon
40 years (I Kings
11:42-43)
Under King Rehoboam 17 years (I Kings
14:21)
Under King Abijam
3
years (I Kings 15:1-2)
Under King Asa
41
years (I Kings 15:8-10)
Under King Jehoshaphat 25 years (I Kings 22:41-42)
Under King Jehoram
8 years (II Chron
21:5)
Under King Ahaziah
1
year (II Chron 22:1-2)
Under Queen Athaliah 6
years (II Chron 22:12)
Under King Joash
40
years (II Chron 24:1)
Under King Amaziah 29
years (II Chron 25:1)
Under Uzziah
52
years (II Chron 26:3)
Under Jotham
16
years (II Chron 27:1)
Under Ahaz
16
years (II Chron 28:1)
Under Hezekiah
29
years (II Chron 29:1)
Under Manasseh
55
years (II Chron 33:1)
Under Amon
2
years (II Chron 33:21)
Under King Josiah
31 years
(II Chron 34:1)
Under King Jehoahaz 3
months (II Chron 36:2)
Under King Jehoiakim 11 years (II Chron
36:3-7)
Under King Jehoiachin 3 months (II
Chron 36:9)
Under King Zedekiah 11
years (II Chron 36:11)
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KINGS OF JUDAH
513
years
History tells us that the Jews (house of Judah) were taken captive to
Babylon in 586 BCE.
SUMMARY
OF THE TIME
FROM
ADAM TO YESHUA/JESUS
Adam to Abraham 1948 years
Abraham to Egypt 290 years
From Egypt to Moses X years
The Bible does not explicitly give us this time but Kohath went to
Egypt and Moses (Moshe) is the grandson of Kohath. So, this is an
arbitrary number.
Let X = 63 years
X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses)
Moses to the Exodus
80
years
Exodus to death Joshua
70 years
Judges to Samuel
450
years
Kings of Judah
513
years
Babylonian Captivity
586
years (BCE)
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From Adam to Yeshua/Jesus 4000 years
Therefore, we can conclude that there is credible Biblical
evidence to prove that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
came to the earth around 4,000 years from the creation of Adam in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) exactly according to the traditional Jewish
(house of Judah) expectation from the Talmud Sanhedrin 97 that the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) would come to the earth after 4,000 years
of time at the beginning of the last 2,000-year period of time known
as the days of the Messiah (Yemot Mashiach) within the 6,000-year
period of time known as the Olam Hazeh (the present world/age).
THE
COMING OF THE MESSIAH
AFTER
4,000 YEARS IN GENESIS 1:1
Earlier in this chapter, we studied the allusion to the 6,000
years of time of the Olam Hazeh (the present world/age) from Genesis
(Bereishit) 1:1 by analyzing the six occurrences of the Hebrew
letter, Alef, and relating these occurrences to each of the three
2,000 years of time within the 6,000-year period of the Olam Hazeh
(the present world/age) by looking at this verse in the Hebrew
language. Next, we will examine Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 in Hebrew,
once again, to see the allusion of the coming of the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus after 4,000 years of time following the
creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden). In Hebrew, Genesis
(Bereishit) 1:1 is written:
"Bereishit b'rah elohim et hashamayim v'et
ha'eretz."
There are seven Hebrew words in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1. If each
word represents 1,000 years of time, the fourth word would represent
4,000 years of time. The fourth Hebrew word in Genesis (Bereishit)
1:1 is "et." The Hebrew word "et" is spelled with the first letter of
the Hebrew alphabet, Alef, and the last letter of the Hebrew
alphabet, Tav. In Revelation 1:5, 7-8 it is written:
"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of
the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins
in
his own blood . behold he cometh with clouds; and every eye
shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all
kindreds
of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty."
Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek
alphabet. Being born in the land of Israel and being a Jew, the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus would have spoken Hebrew.
Translating Revelation 1:8 from Greek to Hebrew, the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus said that He is the Alef and the Tav. In a
literal (Peshat) sense, the Hebrew word "et" in Genesis (Bereishit)
signifies a direct object in the grammar of the Hebrew language.
However, since the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus Himself
told us in Revelation 1:8 that He is the Alef and the Tav, we can
translate Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 to read as follows:
"In the beginning [Bereishit] God created [b'ray
elohim] et
[alef, tav . the Jewish Messiah (Yeshua/Jesus)]."
In traditional Jewish (house of Judah) thought, the Messiah was
one of the seven things created before the foundation of the world
(Talmud, Pesachim 54). In Revelation 13:8, it is written:
".the Lamb [Yeshua/Jesus . John 1:29] slain from the
foundation
of the world."
In Zechariah 12:10, the Hebrew word "et" (alef, tav)
appears,
once again, in reference to the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus as it is written:
".and they shall look upon me [et] [alef, tav] whom
they have
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for
his
only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that
is in
bitterness for his firstborn."
THE
TIMING OF THE COMING
OF
THE JEWISH MESSIAH
The Jews (house of Judah) were taken captive to Babylon in three
stages.
The first deportation took place in the fourth year of King
Jehoiakim. This was the first year of the reign of King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (II Chronicles 36:5-7, Jeremiah [Yermiyahu]
25:1). This event happened around 605 BCE.
The second deportation took place in the seventh year of the
reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu]
52:28). At this time, 3,023 people were taken to Babylon. In the
eighth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) was besieged (II Kings [Melachim] 24:10-12) and 10,000
people were taken captive to Babylon (II Kings [Melachim] 24:14)
along with King Jehoiachin. This event is in II Kings [Melachim]
24:8-14. It happened around 597 BCE. The city of Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim) was besieged until the eleventh year of
King Zedekiah's reign (II Kings [Melachim] 25:1-2).
The third deportation occurred in the nineteenth year of the
reign of King Nebuchadnezzar. This would have been in the eleventh
year of King Zedekiah's reign. Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and the
Temple (Beit HaMikdash) were destroyed at this time (II Kings
[Melachim] 25:8-11). This event happened in 586 BCE.
The G-d of Israel told the prophet Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) that the
captivity in Babylon was for 70 years (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 25:1,
11). The 70 years of exile was due to Israel not keeping the seventh
year sabbatical for the land (Leviticus [Vayikra] 25:1-4, II
Chronicles 36:20-21).
At the end of 70 years of captivity in Babylon, Cyrus, King of
Persia , will defeat Babylon and allow the Jews (house of Judah) to
return to Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) to rebuild the Temple (Beit
HaMikdash) (II Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-3, 5:13-14, Jeremiah
(Yermiyahu) 29:10, Daniel 9:2).
Cyrus made the decree in 538 BCE. The building of the Temple
began two years later (Ezra 3:8) in 536 BCE.
The Jews (house of Judah) did not return to the land of Israel as
a corporate people after the 70 year Babylonian captivity. Only a
remnant returned. Those Jews (house of Judah) who did return from the
exile in Babylon did so in three stages.
The first stage was under Cyrus, King of Persia. This is found in
Ezra chapters 1-6. The leaders of Israel were Zerubbabel and Jeshua
(Ezra 3:2). But they had difficulties (Ezra 4:3-5, 5:2). The Temple
(Beit HaMikdash) was rebuilt after a period of time (Ezra 6:14-15).
Herod enlarged and beautified this Temple (John [Yochanan] 2:18-20).
From the first deportation to the beginning of the rebuilding of
the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was 70 years (605 BCE - 536 BCE). The
Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was destroyed in 586 BCE. The Temple (Beit
HaMikdash) was completed in the sixth year of the reign of Darius,
King of Persia (Ezra 6:14-15). This would make the completion taking
place in 516 BCE. From the time the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was
destroyed to the time the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was rebuilt was 70
years.
The second stage of return from captivity is in Ezra 7. This
happened in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of
Persia (Ezra 7:1-7). This would be in 458 BCE. As many as wished
could go back from Babylon based upon the decree of King Artaxerxes
in Ezra 7:11-13. The number who returned were 1,758 (Ezra 8:1-20).
The third stage of return from captivity is in the book of
Nehemiah. The Jews (house of Judah) began to come back in the
twentieth year of the reign of King Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:1). This
would be in 444 BCE. Those people who returned are listed in Nehemiah
7. A decree given by King Artaxerxes to rebuild the Temple in the
twentieth year is found in Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14.
From the commandment to restore and rebuild the Temple (Nehemiah
2:1-8, 5:14) which was 444 BCE until the death of the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus was prophesied to be 69 weeks or 483 years.
This prophecy was given to Daniel in Daniel 9:1-4, 20-26 as it is written:
"In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of
the seed
of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the
Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel
understood by
books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord
came
to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy
years
in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the
Lord
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God,
and
made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and
dreadful
God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him,
and
to them that keep his commandments . And while I was
speaking,
and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people
Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my
God
for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, while I was speaking
in
prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision
at
the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me
about the
time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and
talked
with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give
thee
skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy
supplications
the commandment came forth, and I am come to show thee: for
thou
art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and
consider the vision. Seventy weeks [490 years] are
determined
upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and
to
anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that
from
the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,
and
threescore and two weeks [69 weeks]: the street shall be
built
again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after
threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not
for
himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof
shall be
with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are
determined."
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus was crucified and hung
on a tree 69 weeks from the commandments to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) exactly according to the prophecy that was
given to Daniel. When the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
entered into the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) during the final
week of His life, He wept over the city because they did not know the
"day of their visitation." In Luke 19:37-38, 41-44, it is written:
"And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of
the mount
of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
rejoice
and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works
that
they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in
the
name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest
.
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it,
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this
thy
day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they
are
hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee,
that
thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass
thee
round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee
even
with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they
shall
not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou
knewest
not the time of your visitation."
PICTURES
OF 6,000 AND 7,000 YEARS
IN
THE BIBLE
The G-d of Israel has given us many spiritual pictures of His
7,000-year redemptive plan in the Bible. In this section of the
chapter, we will examine some of these spiritual pictures that the
G-d of Israel gave His people to understand the 6,000 years of the
present age (Olam Hazeh) as well as the entire 7,000 years of His
redemptive plan.
NOAH
AND THE FLOOD
Noah was 600 years old when the flood (judgment) came upon the
earth. In Genesis (Bereishit) 7:11-12, it is written:
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the
second month,
the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of
heaven
were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and
forty nights."
This is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of
Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), judgment (the
tribulation/birth pangs of the
Messiah/Chevlai shel Mashiach) will come upon the earth.
MOSES
AND MOUNT SINAI
After six days, Moses (Moshe) was called up to mount Sinai to be
in the presence (kivod) of the G-d of Israel in the midst of the
cloud. In Exodus (Shemot) 24:13-18 it is written:
".and Moses went up into the mount of God . and Moses
went up
into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the
glory of
the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it
six
days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the
midst
of the cloud . And Moses went into the midst of the cloud,
and
gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty
days
and forty nights."
This is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of
Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), the glory
(kivod) of the G-d of Israel will be upon the Bride of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus and she will be caught up in the
clouds to be in the presence of the G-d of Israel (Daniel 7:13,
Matthew 24:30, Hebrews 12:1, Revelation 1:5,7).
In I Thessalonians 4:16-17 it is written:
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
[shofar] of
God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which
are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in
the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with
the Lord."
It is traditional Jewish thought (house of Judah) that two themes
associated with the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) is the
resurrection of the dead and the blowing of the last trump.
Therefore, I Thessalonians 4:16-17 is an allusion to the resurrection
of the dead which will take place after 6,000 years of time on the
Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah). For a more detailed study of the
Biblical Festivals and how the G-d of Israel gave the Biblical
Festivals in Leviticus (Vayikra) 23 to teach about the first and
second coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus and our personal relationship (halacha) with Him, I
would encourage you to read my book, The Seven Festivals of the
Messiah.
THE
DISCIPLES
AND
THE TRANSFIGURATION
After six days, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus took
Peter (Kefa), James (Ya'acov), and John (Yochanan) up into a high
mountain and was transfigured before them. In Matthew (Mattityahu)
17:1-4, it is written:
"And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and
John his
brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart,
and
was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the
sun,
and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there
appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. Then
answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord it is good for us
to
be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles;
one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Once again, this is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by
the G-d of Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam
Hazeh), there will be the resurrection of the dead and the Bride of
the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will rule and reign with
Him during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). The Feast of Tabernacles
(Sukkot) is associated with the Messianic Age. In Revelation 5:10, it
is written:
"And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and
we shall
reign on the earth."
THE
RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS
The resurrection of Lazarus in John (Yochanan) 11 took place over
six days.
1. Lazarus is sick for two
days (John 11:1-6).
2. Lazarus is dead for four
days (John 11:14, 39).
3. Yeshua/Jesus resurrects
Lazarus after these six days
(John 11:40-44).
One again, this is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by
the G-d of Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam
Hazeh), there will be the resurrection of the dead. This last
1,000-year period is the "final day" (Psalm 90:4, II Peter 3:8) of
the 7,000-year plan of the G-d of Israel. Martha, the sister of
Lazarus, spoke to the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus stating
that she knew that the resurrection of the dead would take place in
the "last day." In John (Yochanan) 11:21-27 it is written:
"Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been
here, my
brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever
thou
wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto
her,
Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know
that
he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And
whosoever liveths and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest
thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that
thou
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the
world."
SLAVES
WORKED FOR SIX YEARS
The G-d of Israel declared in the Torah that a Hebrew servant was
to work for six years and on the seventh year he was to be freed. In
Exodus (Shemot) 21:2, it is written:
"If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall
serve: and in
the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
This is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of
Israel that He ordained that the punishment for Adam's sin in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) was that man would be a slave to the earth
for 6,000 years (until the end of the Olam Hazeh). Afterward, man
would be freed from his bondage to the earth and would enjoy the
peace (shalom) of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). Adam's bondage to
the earth as punishment by the G-d of Israel because of his sin in
the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) is given to us in Genesis (Bereishit)
3:17-19 as it is written:
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened
unto the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I
commanded thee, saying, thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is
the
ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the
days
of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to
thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the
sweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust
shalt thou return."
This is also a spiritual picture/blueprint of mankind being under
the bondage of sin (John 8:34, Romans 6:16) and the slavery of
Satan's kingdom for 6,000 years because Adam sinned and yielded to
the temptation of the serpent (Nachash) in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden). Afterward, man would be free from the slavery of Satan's
kingdom (but not sin) during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) when
Satan would be bound (Revelation 20:2) and the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus would rule and reign for 1,000 years
(Revelation 20:4) teaching the Torah to the nations from Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim). (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 2:2-4).
(End
Part 2 of 3)
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