Stephen
Mar 7 2008, 11:06 PM
He is coming and He intends to rescue the remnant of national Israel. No doubt about it. The world is going to see a dramatic action of the Lord when He roars from Zion. Who can dispute the Lord?
Jeremiah
30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
30:9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Joel
2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
3:6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
3:8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
ChaChynga
Apr 11 2008, 06:27 PM
"Christianity is the extension of God in Man, it's his NATURE from His Word and is God-Like since it's creator and originator are GOD." Christ is The Great I-Am is the Yahweah since he never changes; Yahweah of the O.T said he never changes, and the Jesus of the N.T. the same. The beginning was the Word, and The Word was with God and The Word WAS GOD - and The Word was made FLESH and dwelt among us.
"I and The Father ARE ONE" was what Christ himself said; either you Believe Jesus or you Don't.
It seems to reason that since Jesus was God, that when he spoke such matters, his lips were uttering Gods words, right! I mean, if the prophets spoke for God, then Certainly the Incarnate Fleshly whom dwelt among us had to speak for the Father Yahweah as well.
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].
Judaism what are you?
Clearly, there is a religion called Judaism, a set of ideas about the world and the way we should live our lives that is called "Judaism." It is studied in Religious Studies courses and taught to Jewish children in Hebrew schools. See What do Jews Believe? for details. There is a lot of flexibility about certain aspects of those beliefs, and a lot of disagreement about specifics, but that flexibility is built into the organized system of belief that is Judaism.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Hum, so one religion says there is FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO it and that is Judaism, and the OTHER says THERE is NO WAY EXCEPT BY ME ( seems not very tolerant ), Space-Shuttle to Houston, We Have A Problem! It makes for a great movie, and I suggest you check out the link, because the movie is neat. But that's it, the PROBLEMS remain because YOU CAN NOT reconcile the thoughts into one. This is just the tip of the iceburg.
These same Jews are the ones Jesus is famous in castigating. Jesus as you recall did mention about them: Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. A quote from: Isaiah 29:13
Pharisee
Jewish history: member of a Jewish religious party that flourished in Palestine during the latter part of the Second Temple period (515 bc–ad 70).
Actually here's a good quote: John the Baptizer was absolutely correct in his condemnation of the Pharisees, in calling them truthful names, and in lumping them in with the Sadducees. In fact, Jesus Christ reserved His harshest words for them as well. And those of us who are Christians should follow the examples of John the Baptizer and Jesus Christ. Away with the spineless, nonjudgmental drivel of God-hating fools.
Pharisaism became Talmudism, Talmudism became Medieval Rabbinism, and Medieval Rabbinism became Modern Rabbinism. But throughout these changes of name, inevitable adaptation of custom, and adjustment of Law, the spirit of the ancient Pharisee survives unaltered. When the Jew reads his prayers, he is reciting formulae prepared by pre-Maccabean scholars; when he dons the cloak prescribed for the Day of Atonement and Passover Eve, he is wearing the festival garment of ancient Jerusalem; when he studies the Talmud, he is actually repeating the arguments used in the Palestinian academies. — Rabbi Dr. Finkelstein
Quote God in Scripture:
Mark 7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat 8 with unwashed hands?” 7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart 9 is far from me. 7:7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’ 10 7:8 Having no regard 11 for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 12 7:9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up 13 your tradition. 7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ 14 and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 15 7:11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ 16 (that is, a gift for God), 7:12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 7:13 Thus you nullify 17 the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
111
Apr 13 2008, 05:16 PM
QUOTE (Stephen @ Apr 11 2008, 08:23 PM)
Israel [all 12 tribes] has rejected Jesus Christ as the nation's Messiah and King for the most part. Very few have become believers since the first century. There is a time coming when this will change and this is foretold in Scripture. When the fullness of the gentile nations has been added to the Church ..... then a remnant of Israel will turn and accept Him in the time of "Jacob's" trouble during the Lord's coming judgment of an unbelieving world. So the nation is still primarily in unbelief today. Most are secular, some hold to orthodox "Judiasm", and very few are messianic believers in Jesus Christ. But the nation remains separate as a national people regardless of their religious beliefs. This has been true since the nation's beginning and it still is today. The presence of the nation in the land of Israel today is set for the coming of the nation's Messiah and King. The Lord is an Israelite by His humanity and He has future intentions planned for a believing remnant of His nation and His city [Jerusalem]. Ask voice about the history of the nation and a first hand account of what is taking place today.
Shalom Stephen,
Good post.
I'll post several topics regarding the Jewish People and Jesus, on the forum.
Usually posts like these will bring out comments from a number of individuals :
1. true born again saved Christians who love the Jewish people and who have witnessed to them as compassionate soul winners
"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth purified seven times..." (Ps. 12:6). "The words of the pure are pleasant ones..." (Prov. 15:26). "...They are sweet to the soul, and health to the bone..." (Prov 16:24).
2. antisemites who do not love the Jewish people and who use 'scriptures' to substantiate that envious hatred eg. replacement theology etc.
"How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh..." (Matt. 12:34)
"...so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body..." (James 3:6)
"But I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment..." (Matt.12:36).
3. those who pretend to love Israel in order to cloak their antisemitic proclivities - usually these individuals also dislike Muslims, Jehovah Witnesses etc. note Jesus' words :
"Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree... bear olive berries? Can a vine bear figs? So neither can a fountain yield both salt water and fresh...." (James 3:11-12).
"A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things..." (Matt. 12:35).
Nothing reveals one's spiritual condition as their attitude towards both the Jewish People and the Muslim People. Topics about these two groups really reveal what is in a person's heart. Here is a 'start' ... watch how it kindles a bonfire....(perhaps it will not and many will stay 'hidden') ....
Jesus is still the resurrected God - Man and Jesus is still Jewish.
Jesus, born of the line of Judah, the Sacrificial Lamb, is the Worthy One and is still the Lion
of the Tribe of JUDAH ........ the Divine Messiah is a resurrected, glorified Jew
Revelation 5:1-5 1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven sea 2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."
111
Apr 13 2008, 09:33 PM
QUOTE (Stephen @ Apr 13 2008, 06:29 PM)
Voice,
"Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."
>One of my favorite verses of scripture ..... and I am not an ethnic Israelite. The believer must be on the Lord's side.
If the foundational part of a plant (the root) is holy, then that which it produces (the branches) must likewise (too) be holy. In order to be faithful to His own Word, the Lord must provide a future salvation for Israel. Israel has not yet completely fulfilled God’s covenant promise to Abraham or His countless reiterations of that promise to redeem and restore Abraham’s descendants. If the root, Abraham and the other patriarchs, is holy, then the branches, their descendants, are holy too. They were divinely called and set apart before the foundation of the world and God’s work with those branches will not be complete until they bear the spiritual fruit He intends to produce in and through them, until the end of the age when Israel actually becomes the holy people they were destined to be.
God did not judge Israel and offer the gospel to Gentiles because Jews are inherently more unrighteous and unworthy or because Gentiles are inherently more righteous and worthy (Ro 2:14-15). That is the reverse of the view Jews had long had of Gentiles. It did not take long for early Gentile Christians to be tempted to scorn the Jews because they had scorned Christ. That notion poured fuel on the fire of anti-Semitism that had existed in many Gentile nations and cultures for countless centuries. And because many Gentile believers in the early church had been raised in the midst of pagan anti-Semitism, it was not difficult for Satan to tempt them to continued prejudice against Jews because of Israel’s rejection and crucifixion of her own Messiah and Savior.
Some modern “Christian” cults are based on the notion of British Israelism. They hold the totally unscriptural and unhistorical notion that Anglo–Saxons comprise the ten so-called lost tribes of Israel—a name to which they believe Jews have long lost all claim, because God eternally rejected and condemned them for rejecting and putting Jesus Christ to death. Anti-Semitism is the very underpinning of such cults. Less extreme prejudice, often hidden and usually denied, is also reflected in some Christian churches and organizations. It is not impossible even for true believers to become infected with that age–old spiritual disease which the Lord so intensely detests.Why I, a German, Love the Jewish People by Irmhild Bärend
http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/16_10/02Love often begins with a discovery. We discover someone to whom we feel deeply drawn and who then inspires our devotion. My love for my Jewish brothers and sisters started with a discovery. Discovery and an empty chair.
The conference dining room was filled with the sound of hundreds of participants from around the world chatting in various languages, and I was one of several people searching for a vacant seat. I was relieved to finally spot one, and sank gratefully into it. As I set my tray down, a woman’s voice greeted me warmly in German, “Now you should take your time to eat.”
I turned to my new neighbor, who watched me with two kind brown eyes. We started talking and I felt as though she had known me from childhood. She told me that she was writing books, and that one of them had been published in German. However, she did not disclose the subject of the book. She only said, “Kindele, you can order in any bookstore, my dear.”
When I returned home to Germany I did read her book, which turned out to be her personal story of how she survived the Holocaust. I wept as I read how the Nazis had thrown her whole family in gas chambers. She was the only one to survive.
How was it, I wondered, that Hansi’s experiences had not made her bitter and vengeful toward her family’s murderers, or even to someone like me, a German?
Hansi’s book described the many people who had risked their lives in order to rescue her. The man who coordinated hiding places for her was a believer in Y’shua, and because of his love for God’s chosen people, he was prepared to bear any consequences for his actions. In the end, his love for the Jews cost him his life.
My friend saw the love of Y’shua in the life of this man. Because of his sacrifice, she began to read the Bible and learned that Y’shua was the promised Messiah, and that he had given his life for her, too.
Through the discovery of Y’shua’s amazing love for her, Hansi was able to release her bitterness toward Germans. That same love gave her the strength to forgive the Nazis for what they had done to her and her family.
Hansi’s story struck me, and I could not get it out of my mind. I already believed that Y’shua was the Son of God, and that he was Jewish. Now I suddenly realized that through Y’shua, the Jewish Messiah, I had a place in the Jewish family. I was, in fact, an adopted family member.
Let me explain. The book of Romans describes the Jewish people as the root and branches of an olive tree. It addresses gentile believers in Y’shua: “If . . . you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you (Romans 11:17,18).”
God grafts the goyim who believe in Y’shua, the Jewish Messiah, into the olive tree, and these grafted branches grow along with the natural branches of the tree. The roots and the nourishing sap of the olive tree support the grafted branches and they identify with the tree.
So the connection I felt to Hansi was a completely natural one. Yet I, too, felt a need for forgiveness. I was haunted by my heritage as a German. A maniac from my country had exterminated millions of people whom God calls the apple of his eye. Hitler had threatened to destroy the root of the tree. How could I apologize for my German history? Didn’t I have to feel guilty?
I was driven back to the pages of the Bible. I realized that only Y’shua could grant the forgiveness I needed. In the life of my wonderful new friend, he had set free the floods of love, and he had set them free in me as well. Because of Y’shua’s forgiveness of all our sins, I, a German, and Hansi, a Jew, were now bonded together in his love. We belonged together. She does not cease being Jewish, nor do I cease to be German, but we share a bond that, in a sense, makes us sisters.
I discovered it is only right that I love all of my Jewish siblings. As the man who rescued Hansi realized, God loves his chosen people. So should I. The New Testament clearly states that God will fulfill all of his promises to the Jews. As a gentile, I thank God for the Jews, through whom Y’shua the Messiah was born, and through whom I have inherited a relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
As a German believer in Y’shua, I love the Jewish people for giving me a place in the olive tree, and for giving me an empty chair next to them.
Stephen
Apr 13 2008, 09:55 PM
Matthew
24:29 Immediately after the tribulation [7 years of the Lord’s wrath] of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect [believing Israel] from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations [Gentiles]: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren [believing Israel], ye have done it unto me.
25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
