112. Christ's Coming Kingdom?

The Final Outcome For North America

The following, spoken to the leaders of Israel, sounds as if it also applies to the leaders of the North American people.  Read the words of Isaiah 10:1-4 (in red).

You, North American, people are in for trouble! You, corrupt judges, have made cruel and unfair laws; you, law-makers, have your spineless stooges at your beck and call.  For a bribe, these lawyers, without moral compunctions, will twist the truth in court cases so that you can cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans, and destroy the lives of rape victims.  Judges, your pawns will do whatever needs to be done to wring the last penny from the hands of the poor and needy; and you call this justice!

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners?  Terrorist gangs are at your doorstep; a few have already entered your borders.  You boast that you are the most powerful nation in the world, so where will you run for help?

Where will you hide your valuables?  Your whole mindset is on material wealth; your stocks and bonds; your mansions and fancy cars; your yachts and private planes; how will you feel when they are all confiscated or destroyed by terrorist gangs and their cohorts? 

How will you escape being captured or killed?  Mass shootings by terrorists or off balanced minds are prevalent because you insist that everyone, regardless of their mental state, political or religious leanings, is perfectly free to walk the streets carrying firearms.  You demanded that unholy, liberty now How will you escape being captured or killed?

The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!  When a country, which was built on Christian principles, turns its back on Jehovah, He has every right to say ... I am furious! Isaiah 10:1-4 CEV

Jehovah is a long-suffering and a forgiving God.  Even though His nations have scorned Him and scoffed at Him, He still says, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die.  Ezekiel 33:11.

Israel did not repent and they were destroyed.  The words in the Book of Daniel fit America too: the handwriting on the wall of America is easy to see.  God has numbered the days of your kingdom and has brought it to an end. He has weighed you on his balance scales, and you fall short of what it takes to be a nation. Dan. 5: 26-28 CEV.

A New Kingdom Is Coming

When the populations of the nations have been decimated, due to the Battle of Armageddon, a new kingdom will be established.  It will be the antithesis of present-day kingdoms.  Someone from David's family will someday be king; we recall, from Matthew chapter one, that Jesus Christ is the direct descendant of King David; and He is coming to set up His kingdom.

The Spirit of the LORD will be with him to give him understanding, wisdom, and insight.  Jehovah's spirit will be with the new king to guide Him in the affairs of that kingdom.  

This Bible verse should certainly be problematic to people who believe in the Trinity.  If Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, God of very God, why does He need to be guided by God's spirit?  Are there certain things that "this God", by the name of Jesus, does not know so that He needs divine guidance?  Something is askew in the theory of the Trinity.

He will be powerful, and he will know and honor the LORD.  This statement clearly states that Christ is not the LORD - it says that he will know and honor the Lord.  His greatest joy will be to obey the LORD.  This king won't judge by appearances or listen to rumors.

The poor and the needy will be treated with fairness and with justice. This is exactly the opposite to what lawmakers in the nations of the world are doing today: note again, you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

His word will be law everywhere in the land.  The words of Christ will be the law.  Those who do not obey will be put to death.  One can't help but wonder, though, if capital punishment is enforced in the land of perfect peace, in Christ's kingdom, should capital punishment not also be part of the civil laws in Christian countries.  After all, that is the Biblical stance on this issue.  

Honesty and fairness will be his royal robes. 11:1-5 CEV.  This statement is an indication as to how literally we should, or should not, accept the words of Isaiah 11.  Since the words honesty and fairness are used symbolically as clothing, is it not also possible to believe that the promised coming kingdom will not be as totally, wonderfully peaceful as we have been led to believe?   It may not even be worldwide!  Is this whole chapter symbolic?

Notice that in that kingdom Israel will stop being jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be the enemy of Israel.   Instead, they will get together and attack the Philistines in the west. Then they will defeat the Edomites, the Moabites, and the Ammonites in the east. They will rule those people and take from them whatever they want. 11:13-14,   Isn't it interesting that when preachers talk about Christ's coming kingdom of peace, they never mention these verses which tell us that during that kingdom where Christ rules there will also be wars in the Near East.

So we must ask: how much of this chapter, or perhaps, how much of the Books of Prophecy, should we take literally?