Clarence Larkin (1850–1924) .

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1 Clarence Larkin (1850–1924) 

2 Larkin 1918

3 42 Months – Jerusalem Control by Antichrist
1. Scattered 2. Regathered in unbelief 3. Hardening ends 4. Remnant saved The Sealed Remnant (144,000) All Israel Repent – 2nd Coming 42 Months – Jerusalem Control by Antichrist The Great Tribulation Jerusalem But where is the first 3½ years?

4 42 Months – Jerusalem Control by Antichrist
1. Scattered 2. Regathered in unbelief 3. Hardening ends 4. Remnant saved The Sealed Remnant (144,000) All Israel Repent – 2nd Coming 42 Months – Jerusalem Control by Antichrist The Great Tribulation Jerusalem First 3½ years Scattered Regathered Hardening ends Remnant saved

5 Isa. 2: 1-11 Isa. 10:20-34 Isa. 11: 11-16 Isa. 16:1-5 (on Sela). Isa. 41: 17-20 Isa. 34: 5-7 Isa. 63: 1-5 Jer. 3:14-18 Jer. 23:3-12 Jer. 30 – 32 more on the restoration Jer. 33: (whole chapter) Eze. 20: 33-44 Eze 34: [shows MS onto tribulation] Eze. 35: 1-9 Eze. 36: 16-38 Eze. 37: 12-13 Eze. 39: 17-29 Dan. 9:24-28 Dan 11:41 Mal. 3:16-4:6 Joel.2:28-32 Micah 5 (whole chapter) Micah 7:9-12 Zep. 3: 1-13 Amos 9: 11-15 Hosea 1: 8-11 Hosea 3: 3-5 Hosea 11: 8-11 Hosea 14: 5-7 Habakkuk 3: 3-15 Zech. Chapter 12-14 Obed: 12-21 Matt 10:16-23 Matt 24: 15-51 Matt 25: 1-30 Mark 13: 1-37 Luke 17:22-37 Luke 21: 20-28 Rom. 11: 25-27 Rev. 7: 1-5 Rev. 11:1-7 Rev. 12 (relevant parts) Rev, 14: 1-7

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7 Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19
Micah Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19  Outline of Micah 1. Message one: Judgements but with deliverance Chapter 1: Declaration of Judgment on Israel and Judah. Chapter 2: Woe to cheating schemes and false prophets but a final deliverance. 2. Message two: Judgements but with final exaltation under the Messiah Chapter 3: Denunciation of the leaders’ brutal injustice and dishonest prophecies. Chapter 4: The final exaltation of Jerusalem after cycles of judgements. Chapter 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 3. Message three: Judgements, God’s case for it but a victorious pardon for the remnant. Chapter 6: God laying down His case for judgment against Israel. Chapter 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant 神在大災難中保護逃難的餘民一如出埃及的時候

8 3. Picture of Lachish with idols, the rebellious acts of Israel. V13
Micah chapter 1: Samaria destroyed v6 (fulfilled in 722 BC) 2. All these cities invaded 1:8-16 but stopped at Jerusalem’s gate. v9, v12 3. Picture of Lachish with idols, the rebellious acts of Israel. V13 Because in you were found The rebellious acts of Israel. 因為以色列的過犯，都在你那裡找到了。

9 開路的人領先上去；他們開路，闖門進入，又從門裡出來；他們的王在他們面前走過，耶和華領導他們。 [ ] not in Hebrew
Their deliverance Micah 2: 12 "I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant (sheerith) of Israel. I will put them together like sheep (tson) in the fold (Bozrah); Like a flock (eder) in the midst of its pasture (dober). They will be noisy with men. 雅各家阿、我必要聚集你們、必要招聚以色列剩下的人、安置在一處、如波斯拉的羊、又如草場上的羊群．因為人數眾多。就必大大喧嘩。 13 "The (ho) breaker (parats) goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And [the] LORD at their head.“ 開路的人領先上去；他們開路，闖門進入，又從門裡出來；他們的王在他們面前走過，耶和華領導他們。 [ ] not in Hebrew

10 Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19
Micah Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19  Outline of Micah 1. Message one: Judgements but with deliverance Chapter 1: Declaration of Judgment on Israel and Judah. Chapter 2: Woe to cheating schemes and false prophets but a final deliverance. 2. Message two: Judgements but with final exaltation under the Messiah Chapter 3: Denunciation of the leaders’ brutal injustice and dishonest prophecies. Chapter 4: The final exaltation of Jerusalem after cycles of judgements. Chapter 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 3. Message three: Judgements, God’s case for it but a victorious pardon for the remnant. Chapter 6: God laying down His case for judgment against Israel. Chapter 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant 神在大災難中保護逃難的餘民一如出埃及的時候

11 所以，為你們的緣故，錫安必像被耕種的田地，耶路撒冷必變為亂堆，這殿的山要成為叢林中的高岡。
3:12 Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest. 所以，為你們的緣故，錫安必像被耕種的田地，耶路撒冷必變為亂堆，這殿的山要成為叢林中的高岡。 Jerusalem survive Micah’s time – is this prophecy in error? See Jer. 26: Jeremiah 26: 18 "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 'Thus the LORD of hosts has said, "Zion will be plowed as a field, And Jerusalem will become ruins, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest."' 19 "Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.“ 19:猶大王希西家、和猶大眾人、豈是把他治死呢、希西家豈不是敬畏耶和華、懇求他的恩麼．耶和華就後悔、不把自己所說的災禍降與他們．若治死這人

12 Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19
Micah Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19  Outline of Micah 1. Message one: Judgements but with deliverance Chapter 1: Declaration of Judgment on Israel and Judah. Chapter 2: Woe to cheating schemes and false prophets but a final deliverance. 2. Message two: Judgements but with final exaltation under the Messiah Chapter 3: Denunciation of the leaders’ brutal injustice and dishonest prophecies. Chapter 4: The final exaltation of Jerusalem after cycles of judgements. Chapter 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 3. Message three: Judgements, God’s case for it but a victorious pardon for the remnant. Chapter 6: God laying down His case for judgment against Israel. Chapter 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant 神在大災難中保護逃難的餘民一如出埃及的時候

13 Ministry of two witnesses = 1260 days
The antichrist to have power for 42 months = 3 ½ years Revelation 11: 1 Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure the temple (naos) of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months. The beast (antichrist) Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 42 months = 1278 days Ministry of two witnesses = 1260 days

14 The Jewish Remnant lead by the two witnesses – for 1260 days
Revelation 11: 3 "And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.“ 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 6 These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them [cannot occur if 42 months is not > 1260 days] The worshippers = 144,000 and the two witnesses will lead them Revelation 12:6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. 12:14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness

15 Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19
Micah Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19  Outline of Micah 1. Message one: Judgements but with deliverance Chapter 1: Declaration of Judgment on Israel and Judah. Chapter 2: Woe to cheating schemes and false prophets but a final deliverance. 2. Message two: Judgements but with final exaltation under the Messiah Chapter 3: Denunciation of the leaders’ brutal injustice and dishonest prophecies. Chapter 4: The final exaltation of Jerusalem after cycles of judgements. Chapter 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 3. Message three: Judgements, God’s case for it but a victorious pardon for the remnant. Chapter 6: God laying down His case for judgment against Israel. Chapter 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant 神在大災難中保護逃難的餘民一如出埃及的時候

16 The Messiah’s coming and God working through His victorious remnant
Micah Chapter Five The Messiah’s coming and God working through His victorious remnant 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 Shepherd’s Staff and … …The Sword

17 1. Micah 5:2 (弥迦) The well known promise birth of the Messiah and the subsequent events in Micah 5 - what are these events? The book of Micah is on God’s certain judgment but then also His restoration - Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19 一定的判斷，但後來也是他的恢復 5:1: Siege and fall of Jerusalem – fulfilled in 586 BC 4:8 also use daughter for Jerusalem – “The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.” – then the restoration

18 1. The Messiah’s coming amidst Israel’s defeat.1-4
Micah 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. KV 2-3   彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 1. The Messiah’s coming amidst Israel’s defeat.1-4 The defeat in a powerful siege against Jerualem. 1 Messiah to be born in Bethlehem. 2 The two conditions before His victorious emergence. 3 The emergence of the Messiah to shepherd the remnant. 4 2. The victorious endeavors by Israel’s remnant. 5-9 Effective leaders will emerge when enemies invade to defeat them. 5-6 The blessing of the remnant on people. 7 The remnant’s effective defeat of the enemies. 8-9 3. The devastating destruction of Israel and the nations at the end time Vehicles for war and fortifications destroyed in Israel Sorceries and idolatries destroyed in Israel Vengeance on the disobedient nations. 15

19 伯利恆 以法他啊！你在猶大諸族中雖然細小”, 必有一位從你那裡出來，為我作以色列的統治者；他的根源從太初，從亙古就有了。
Micah 5:2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” 伯利恆 以法他啊！你在猶大諸族中雖然細小”, 必有一位從你那裡出來，為我作以色列的統治者；他的根源從太初，從亙古就有了。 Matthew 2:6 AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL. " 『猶大地的伯利恆阿、你在猶大諸城中、並不是最小的．因為將來有一位君王、要從你那裡出來、牧養我以色列民。』

20 耶和華必將以色列人交付敵人、直等那生產的婦人生下子來．那時掌權者〔原文作他〕其餘的弟兄必歸到以色列人那裡。
Micah 5:2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.“ 3 Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder (yether-left over) of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. 耶和華必將以色列人交付敵人、直等那生產的婦人生下子來．那時掌權者〔原文作他〕其餘的弟兄必歸到以色列人那裡。 The two conditions before God will take them back or start using them again: The birth of a child – it must be referring to Christ as v2 is His birth The return of the remnant to Israel.

21 Sheerith and yether used interchangeably
Zephaniah 2:9 "Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant (sheerith-residue) of My people will plunder them And the remainder (yether-left over) of My nation will inherit them.“ 萬軍之耶和華以色列的　神說、我指著我的永生起誓、摩押必像所多瑪、亞捫人必像蛾摩拉、都變為刺草、鹽坑、永遠荒廢之地。我百姓所剩下的必擄掠他們、我國中所餘剩的必得著他們的地。

22 他必起來、倚靠耶和華的大能、並耶和華他 神之名的威嚴、牧養他的羊群．他們要安然居住．因為他必日見尊大、直到地極。
Micah 5:2 "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.“ 4 And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, Because at that time (atah-now) He will be great to the ends of the earth. 他必起來、倚靠耶和華的大能、並耶和華他　神之名的威嚴、牧養他的羊群．他們要安然居住．因為他必日見尊大、直到地極。 He in v4 is the Messiah and there are 2 common ways to interpret the passage (A & B) A. This is the Millennium when Christ the Messiah (He) will rule for 1000 years

23 If this is so, after v4ff two important details makes it problematic …
1. There will be invasions from many enemies. 5 This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. 6 They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. 5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏宮殿的時候、我們就立起七個牧者、八個首領攻擊他。 6 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地和寧錄地的關口．亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候、他必拯救我們。 NB: The Assyrians represent strong hostile enemies because Nimrod in Genesis is also mentioned. [NB: Assyrians are also already gone when Christ is born and this is after His birth = v2-3] “peace” must be referring to internal peace because it is followed immediately by wars

24 5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏宮殿的時候、我們就立起七個牧者、八個首領攻擊他。
2. God uses the remnant to deal with the enemies. 5 This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. 6 They will shepherd (raah) the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. 5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏宮殿的時候、我們就立起七個牧者、八個首領攻擊他。 6 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地和寧錄地的關口．亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候、他必拯救我們。 NB: It is “we” and not just God and so the remnant are involve against the enemies

25 8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中、如林間百獸中的獅子、又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂、無人搭救。
2. God uses the remnant to deal with the enemies. 8 The remnant (sherith-residue) of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears, And there is none to rescue. 9 Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be cut off. 8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中、如林間百獸中的獅子、又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂、無人搭救。 9 願你的手舉起、高過敵人。願你的仇敵都被剪除。 NB: They also trample down the enemies like a young lion (8).

26 The following shows that this is not the Millennium
Invasions of v5-6 and v9 do not fit the Millennium which is a time of peace The remnant have to rise against enemies – in the Millennium sinners will be slayed by Christ (Isa. 11:4) or devoured by fire (Rev. 20:9). V11 (I will also cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications) sounds like the Tribulation. Then v13 is a problem ("I will cut off your carved images And your sacred pillars) – idols in the Millennium? Even if this is Satan’s invasion at end of Millennium – he is destroyed by fire and not confronted by the remnant (v8). 11 "I will also cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications. 13 "I will cut off your carved images And your sacred pillars from among you, So that you will no longer bow down To the work of your hands. 11 也必從你國中除滅城邑、拆毀一切的保障、 13 我必從你中間除滅雕刻的偶像和柱像、你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。

27 B. Remnant is the Church emerging at Pentecost.
A second theory by conservative commentators on the remnant is…. B. Remnant is the Church emerging at Pentecost. EEC: The prophecy was fulfilled at Pentecost when those of the Diaspora repented, were baptized, and joined the messianic remnant trusting in the resurrected Jesus as Messiah and Lord (Acts 2). But: Through the centuries, the Church are not Jewish and thus not really the remnant. There were many invasions on Israel – Rome, Arabs, Crusades, etc and they are all mainly successful – not stopped by the church at all. Even the return of Israel to the land is not due to the work of the Church.

28 The remnant are the Messianic Jews that are now emerging.
However one interpretation will fit all the particulars …. The remnant are the Messianic Jews that are now emerging. 4 And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain (yashab-stay or dwell on), Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. 5 This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. 4 他必起來、倚靠耶和華的大能、並耶和華他神之名的威嚴、牧養他的羊群．他們要安然居住．因為他必日見尊大、直到地極。 5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏宮殿的時候、我們就立起七個牧者、八個首領攻擊他。

29 Shepherds will be raised for the remnants returning to Israel
Jeremiah 23:1-12 Shepherds will be raised for the remnants returning to Israel

30 Jeremiah 23: The return with shepherds caring for the spiritual state
3 "Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. 4 "I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD. 5 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land. 6 "In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, 'The LORD our righteousness.' 1 2 3 4 1 First gather (v3) – 2. then shepherds, so the spiritual return (v4) – 3. next Christ’s reign (v5) – 4. Israel dwell securely, the Millennium (v6).

31 4 我必設立照管他們的牧人、牧養他們．他們不再懼怕、 不再驚惶、也不缺少一個．這是耶和華說的。
Jeremiah 23: 3 我要將我羊群中所餘剩的、從我趕他們到的各國內招 聚出來、領他們歸回本圈、他們也必生養眾多。 4 我必設立照管他們的牧人、牧養他們．他們不再懼怕、 不再驚惶、也不缺少一個．這是耶和華說的。 5 耶和華說、日子將到、我要給大衛興起一個公義的苗 裔、他必掌王權、行事有智慧、在地上施行公平、和 公義。 6 在他的日子、猶大必得救、以色列也安然居住．他的 名必稱為耶和華我們的義。 1 2 3 4 1. First gather (v3) – 2. then shepherds, so the spiritual return (v4) – 3. next Christ’s reign (v5) – 4. Israel dwell securely, the Millennium (v6).

32 The remnant are the Messianic Jews that are now emerging.
However one interpretation will fit all the particulars …. The remnant are the Messianic Jews that are now emerging. 4 And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. 5 This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. 4 他必起來、倚靠耶和華的大能、並耶和華他神之名的威嚴、牧養他的羊群．他們要安然居住．因為他必日見尊大、直到地極。 5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏宮殿的時候、我們就立起七個牧者、八個首領攻擊他。

33 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地和寧錄地的關口．亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候、他必拯救我們。
NB They are already around to be raised up when the Assyrians (enemies) invade (5). He is our peace is internal peace – so the remnants are converted believers (3). Remnants will have shepherds (v6) as the Messianic Jews leaders see themselves He is great to the ends of the earth (v4- it is spread of gospel to ends of the earth). They will confront the enemies (8b-9) as stated in Rev. 11:5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 6 They will shepherd (raah) the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地和寧錄地的關口．亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候、他必拯救我們。 8. Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears, And there is none to rescue. 9. And all your enemies will be cut off. 又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂、無人搭救. 9 願你的仇敵都被剪除.

34 Then the rest of the chapter do fit the Tribulation:
11 "I will also cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications. 12 "I will cut off sorceries from your hand, And you will have fortune-tellers no more. [cf. Rev, 9:20-21 – idols exist during the Tribulation] 13 "I will cut off your carved images And your sacred pillars from among you, So that you will no longer bow down To the work of your hands. 14 "I will root out your Asherim from among you And destroy your cities. 15 "And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed.“ 11 也必從你國中除滅城邑、拆毀一切的保障、 12 又必除掉你手中的邪術．你那裡也不再有占卜的。 13 我必從你中間除滅雕刻的偶像和柱像、你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。 14 我必從你中間拔出木偶、又毀滅你的城邑。 15 我也必在怒氣和忿怒中向那不聽從的列國施報。 The antichrist will invade Israel during the Tribulation – Matt. 24:15-16 Thus partly responsible for the carnage above but God will destroy these nations, many in the battle of Armageddon.

35 20 其餘未曾被這些災所殺的人、仍舊不悔改自己手所作的、還是去拜鬼魔、和那些不能看、不能聽、不能走、金、銀、銅、木、石、的偶像。
The reemergence of sorcery and idols worship during the Tribulation Rev. 9: 20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts. 20 其餘未曾被這些災所殺的人、仍舊不悔改自己手所作的、還是去拜鬼魔、和那些不能看、不能聽、不能走、金、銀、銅、木、石、的偶像。 21 又不悔改他們那些凶殺、邪術、姦淫、偷竊的事。

36 Note that the remnant will be a special spiritual blessings at that time in this world …..
7 Then the remnant of Jacob Will be among many peoples Like dew from the LORD, Like showers on vegetation Which do not wait for man Or delay for the sons of men. 雅各餘剩的人必在多國的民中、如從耶和華那裡降下的露水、又如甘霖降在草上．不仗賴人力、也不等候世人之功。 This is the 144,000 but where is the Church? - they will be raptured. The Jews have never been such among peoples of the earth. But this time it will be the Messianic Jews finest hours – but preparation must begin now.

37 Fleeing remnant during the Tribulation as in the Exodus
Micah 7:13-17 Fleeing remnant during the Tribulation as in the Exodus By Horace Williams Petherick

38 Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19
Micah Theme: God judges but also restores. KV 7:18-19  Outline of Micah 1. Message one: Judgements but with deliverance Chapter 1: Declaration of Judgment on Israel and Judah. Chapter 2: Woe to cheating schemes and false prophets but a final deliverance. 2. Message two: Judgements but with final exaltation under the Messiah Chapter 3: Denunciation of the leaders’ brutal injustice and dishonest prophecies. Chapter 4: The final exaltation of Jerusalem after cycles of judgements. Chapter 5: Messiah’s coming and the endeavors through His victorious remnant. 彌賽亞降臨，神再次藉著祂勝利的餘民作工 3. Message three: Judgements, God’s case for it but a victorious pardon for the remnant. Chapter 6: God laying down His case for judgment against Israel. Chapter 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant 神在大災難中保護逃難的餘民一如出埃及的時候

39 Micah 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant, KV 9
1. The decadent evil state of Israel as they enter into judgment. 1-6 Micah’s frustration on the absence of the godly person. 1-2 The immensity of the evil in Israel. 3-4 The breaking up of all relationships when judgments come. 5-6 2. Remnant’s reliance on God and the victory when judgment comes. 7-17 Remnant to fully wait on God as they undergo judgment. 7-8 Remnant to trust fully that God will plead his case. 9 God’s impressive deliverance in front of enemies Deliverance and triumph of remnant over nations during Tribulation.13-17 3. Final doxology on God gracious pardon and faithfulness God will pardon and deal with our sins God unchanging faithfulness. 20

40 Micah 7:1-6 Judgement will come for no one is righteous
7:2 there is no upright person among men. 世間沒有正直人． 7:4 Your punishment will come. 降罰的日子已經來到 In history, the remnant always go through judgment with the nation 7-9 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the light, And I will see His righteousness. 我要忍受耶和華的惱怒．因我得罪了他．直等他為我辨屈、為我伸冤．他必領我到光明中、我必得見他的公義。 The Messianic Jews – do they have this attitude?

41 Micah 7: God ultimate faithfulness to the Jewish remnant, KV 9
1. The decadent evil state of Israel as they enter into judgment. 1-6 Micah’s frustration on the absence of the godly person. 1-2 The immensity of the evil in Israel. 3-4 The breaking up of all relationships when judgments come. 5-6 2. Remnant’s reliance on God and the victory when judgment comes. 7-17 Remnant to fully wait on God as they undergo judgment. 7-8 Remnant to trust fully that God will plead his case. 9 God’s impressive deliverance in front of enemies Deliverance and triumph of remnant over nations during Tribulation.13-17 3. Final doxology on God gracious pardon and faithfulness God will pardon and deal with our sins God unchanging faithfulness. 20

42 Follow by two visions on how God will restore the remnant
1. Micah 7: Micah 7:13-17 Micah 7:10 Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mire of the streets. This is Armageddon Micah 7: then the Millennium 11 It will be a day for building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended. 12 It will be a day when they will come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

43 然而、這地因居民的緣故、又因他們行事的結果、必然荒涼。
7:13ff goes to the Tribulation – God judge the entire earth because of sin Micah 7:13 And (wav hayah) the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds. 然而、這地因居民的緣故、又因他們行事的結果、必然荒涼。 See what the Jews must do……….. Micah 7:14 Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field (Carmel). Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old [days of old - when is this? - see v15] 求耶和華在迦密山的樹林中、用你的杖牧放你獨居的民、就是你產業的羊群。求你容他們在巴珊和基列得食物、像古時一樣。

44 Jerusalem Bozrah Jerusalem Bozrah

45 耶和華說、我要把奇事顯給他們看、好像出埃及地的時候一樣。
Micah 7: 15 "As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show you miracles.” 耶和華說、我要把奇事顯給他們看、好像出埃及地的時候一樣。 As in Rev. 11:3-6 led by the two witnesses with miracles similar to Exodus.” 3 "And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.“ 我要使我那兩個見證人、穿著毛衣、傳道一千二百六十天。 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 6 These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 5 若有人想要害他們就有火從他們口中出來、燒滅仇敵．凡想要害他們的、都必這樣被殺。 6 這二人有權柄、在他們傳道的日子叫天閉塞不下雨．又有權柄、叫水變為血．並且能隨時隨意用各樣的災殃攻擊世界。

46 於是有大鷹的兩個翅膀賜給婦人、叫他能飛到曠野、到自己的地方、躲避那蛇．他在那裡被養活一載二載半載。
Micah 7: 16 Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf. 17 They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; to the Lord our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You. 16 列國看見這事、就必為自己的勢力慚愧．他們必用手摀口、掩耳不聽。 17 他們必餂土如蛇、又如土中腹行的物、戰戰兢兢的出他們的營寨．他們必戰懼投降耶和華、也必因我們的　神而懼怕。 V10 ashamed in not believing As in Rev. 12:14 when the remnant is led by two wings of an eagle. 14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 於是有大鷹的兩個翅膀賜給婦人、叫他能飛到曠野、到自己的地方、躲避那蛇．他在那裡被養活一載二載半載。

47 8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中、如林間百獸中的獅子、又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂、無人搭救。
God uses the remnant to deal with the enemies. (chapter 5) 8 The remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears, And there is none to rescue. 9 Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be cut off. 8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中、如林間百獸中的獅子、又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂、無人搭救。 9 願你的手舉起、高過敵人。願你的仇敵都被剪除。 NB: They also trample down the enemies like a young lion (8).

48 But what will happen after the death of the two witnesses?
但兩名見證人死後會發生什麼？

49 The antichrist will try to destroy them
Revelation 12: 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

50 Note: the 144,000 are in Heaven as this is before Christ return in Rev
Revelation 14: 1 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth. 4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. Are they slaughtered or killed? Not so, as they are protected by the seal and the two witnesses. It must be their own rapture - Rapture II of the 144,000 before Christ return. So why first fruits? The first Jews to be fully completely resurrected.

51 Praise the Lord and thank you

52 But Paul included himself in the rapture?
1st Thessalonians 4: 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

53 Many examples – just give two
It is Paul’s usual technique of self identification with the gentiles…. Many examples – just give two eg. 2Thess 3:10 - For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. Acts 18:5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. So Paul stop working against his own words. eg. Eph 2: 3 – Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest But Paul’s background is not such. Phil. 3: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless [Paul never live in the lusts of the flesh for he is a strict Jew from birth] So it is also reasonable that Jews will have their own rapture (see slide 26) …………………..