Christ Or Barabbas. Part [7] 03/03/2024 (Evening thought)

Daniel 9:25 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: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Daniel 9:26 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. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The gospel continued to be preached to them for the next three and a half years, but after that, God pulled the plug, and allowed the natural results of their choices to settle in. That is why we find Paul turning to the Gentiles, as the last prophetic week of their probation came to a close.

Acts 13: 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Matthew 21: 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Christ Or Barabbas. Part [6] 03/02/2024 (Morning thought)

Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

The conscience of a nation is its judiciary, therefore, when it came down to crunch time, we find that the judiciary under Caiaphas, and the spiritual leaders of God’s chosen people, as well as those under their jurisdiction choosing Barabbas, a known felon over Christ. Several times Pilate put the matter before them and over and over again they deliberately and knowingly chose a convicted felon over Christ.

Thus, when this became the case, it demonstrated in real time that righteousness, on the national level had gone out of the window and this triggered the downward spiral that cemented the choices then made. What is notable about this action taken by both the judiciary and the people is that not long after doing so, their probation was finally, and permanently closed, for in three and a half years, the designation of being God’s chosen people was removed, and as a nation, they became disconnected from God, even though individuals can still be saved if requirements are met.

This close of their probation was actually part of the prophecy in Daniel, by which the prophet predicted that the sun would set for the chosen people, since Messiah was to be cut off by unnatural means in the middle of the last prophetic week of probationary time. And so said so done.

Daniel 9: 24 Seventy weeks 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.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!