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From: Eddie Chumney
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Chapter 10: Jerusalem: The city of the Great King (Part
3 of 3)
CHAPTER 10
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING
from the book by Eddie Chumney
"RESTORING THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL"
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CHAPTER 10
JERUSALEM: THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING
(Part 3 of 3)
THE MESSIAH REMEMBERS
THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
Traditional Judaism (house of Judah)
expects that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) will fulfill two primary roles. He will be a
suffering Messiah (Mashiach) known as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph)
as
well as being a Kingly Messiah (Mashiach) known as Messiah ben
David.
However, traditional Judaism (house of Judah) believes that these
two
roles will be fulfilled by two different people. The suffering
Messiah (Mashiach) was seen as being a humble Messiah (Mashiach)
who
would ride into Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) on a donkey. On the
other
hand, the Kingly Messiah (Mashiach) was seen as riding on a white
horse.
In the weekly Internet Orthodox Jewish Parasha Ki-Tetze 5757
written by Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld who is
associated
with Ohr Somayach, he writes about the Messiah (Mashiach) and his
role of riding on a donkey and on a (white) horse. In the
article, he
explains that horses represent war and conquest. Furthermore, he
states in this parasha that the prophet (Zecharyah 9:9) describes
the
Messiah as "a poor man, riding upon a donkey." He then
explains that
the Gemara (Sanhedrin 98a) describes how King Shevor of Persia
scoffed:
"Why doesn't your Messiah
come riding on a horse? If he lacks one, I'll be glad to provide him
with one of my best!"
The article continues and the
question is asked:
"Why, indeed, should the
Messiah come on a donkey? Isn't a horse a more appropriate sign of
military victory?"
Rabbi Kornfeld's article concludes with
the response that the answer may be learned from the words of the Gemara earlier on
that
same page (ibid.). A poor man on a donkey is a description of how
the
Messiah will appear if the Jews are not found deserving of a
spectacular salvation. Whether we deserve it or not, we will
eventually be redeemed; however, if we are not deserving the
Messiah
will only arrive riding on a donkey. A horse is a sign of proud
conquest; this Messiah will provide but a humble Exodus. As the
Gemara says in Shabbat 152a:
"One who rides a horse is a
king; one who rides a donkey is but a freeman."
THE JEWISH MESSIAH RODE ON A DONKEY
The house of Israel (Christianity)
understands that the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will fulfill both the role of the
suffering Messiah (Mashiach) known by the house of Judah
(Judaism) as
Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph) as well as the role of the Kingly
Messiah
(Mashiach) known as Messiah ben David. The suffering Messiah rode
humbly into Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) at His first coming on a
donkey
and proceeded to weep over the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim)
because of her future destruction which happened in 70 CE. At His
second coming, He will ride in conquest and victory on a white
horse.
In Matthew (Mattityahu) 21:1-9 it is written:
"And when they drew nigh unto
Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of
Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go
into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find
an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them
unto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The
Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All
this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy
king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a
colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus
commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them
their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great
multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches
from the trees, and strewed them in the way. And the
multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna
to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest."
After the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus rode into the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) humbly on a donkey as the
suffering Messiah (Mashiach) known as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph), He
wept over the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) realizing her future
destruction to come by the Romans in 70 CE. In Luke 19:41-44 it is
written:
"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 thy
visitation."
THE JEWISH MESSIAH WILL RIDE
ON A WHITE HORSE
When the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus returns to the earth at His second coming as the Kingly Messiah (Mashiach) known
as
Messiah ben David, He will ride on a white horse as a mighty
warrior
in victory over His enemies. In Revelation 19:11-16 it is
written:
"And I saw heaven opened, and
behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His
eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns;
and he had a name written that no man knew, but he himself. And
he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is
called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it
he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod
of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his
thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords."
When the nations of the world gather
against Jerusalem
(Yerushalayim), the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will
fight
against those nations as a mighty man of war. Following His
victory
over the nations in battle, He will set His feet down on the
mount of
Olives and be King over all the earth. In Zechariah (Zecharyah)
14:2-4, 9 it is written:
"For I will gather all
nations against Jerusalem to battle. Then shall the Lord go forth, and
fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of
battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of
Olives . And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that
day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."
Following this event, the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will set up His Messianic Kingdom and rule and reign on the earth
from Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) teaching the Torah to all nations.
In
Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 2:2-3 it is written:
"And it shall come to pass in
the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord, to the house of the G-d of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
shall go forth the law [TORAH], and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem."
The G-d of Israel desires to
someday have a Torah based world government with the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
ruling,
reigning and teaching the nations of the world the Torah of the
G-d
of Israel from Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). When this happens, peace
(shalom) will come upon the entire earth. May the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus come to the earth as the Kingly Messiah
known
as Messiah ben David and bring redemption, restoration,
reconciliation and unity to both houses of Israel and usher in
the
Messianic Age speedily in our days. Amen!
NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM !!!
(End Part 3 of 3)
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