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Romans, Known as Paul’s greatest work, is placed first among his 13 epistles        in the New Testament. While the four Gospels present to the words and work       of jesus Christ, Romans explore the significance of His sacrificial death.                Using a question and answer format, Paul records the most systematic                    presentation of of doctrine in the bible. Romans is more than a book of                    theology; it is also a book of practical exhortation. The Good News of Jesus           Christ is more than facts to be believed; it is also a life to be lived—a life of             righteousness befitting the person, “Justified freely by God’s grace through         the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (3:24).                                                                           Although some manuscripts omit “In Rome” in 1:7, 15, the title Pros                     Romaious, “To the Romans,” hs been associated with the epistle almost from       the beginning.                                                                                                                                  1.   1.     Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God                                                                                                                                        2.     which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,               Acts. 26:6; Gal. 3:8                                                                                                                             ♦3.    concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,          Matt 1:6; Matt 1:16; Luke 3:23, Luke 3:31                  ♦4.    and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.                                         Acts 9:20               5.     Through him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,  Acts 6:7;  Acts 9:15; Eph 3:8                                  6.     among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;    1 Cor 1:12                       7.     To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.                                                                                                                                    Num 6:25-26                            8.     First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.                  Rom, 16:19; 1 Cor 1:4                          9.     For God is my witness whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,                                                                                                                          1 Thess 3:10;  1Thess 5:17                        10.   making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you.                                                                                                                        11.   For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established—                                                                                                            12.   that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.                                                                                                                                    13.   Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentils.                                                                           14.   I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.                                                                                                                          1 Cor 9:22                        15.    So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel in Rome to you who are in Rome also.                                                                    Rom 15:19-20                     16.   For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.                                                                                                                                   1 Cor 1:18                        17.   For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written “The just shall live by faith.”                                Rom 3:21-22; Hab 2:4              18.   For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.                                                                                                    1 Thess 1:10; 1 Thess 2:16; 1 Thess 5:9                19.   because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.                                                                                                        Acts 14:17                20.   For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,                                        Ps 19:1-6                  21.   because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.                                                                                                            Jer 2:5                    22.   Professing to be wise, they became fools,      Jer 10:4; 1 Cor 1:18-25                  23.   and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man— and birds and four footed animals and creeping things.                                                                                                           1 Tim 1:17; 1 Tim 6:15-16                     24.   Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,                 1 Cor 6:18                     25.   who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever, Amen.                                                                                                                                              Is. 44:20; Jer. 10:14                    26.   For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.                                                    27.   Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.   Lev. 18:22    28.   And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;                                                                                                                                Rom 1: 24; Rom. 1:26               29.   being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, they are whisperers,                                          1 Cor. 6:9-10                         30.   backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,                                                                                                                  31.   undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;                  32.   who, knowing the righteous judgement of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.                                                         Rom 2:2; Rom. 6:21

1    At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Luke. 9:46-48                                                                                         2    Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set im in the midst of them,                      3    and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of Heaven.                            4    “Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.                                                                                                                            5    “Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.                          Matt. 10:42                                                                                                                                        6    “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believes in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.  Mark. 9:42                                                                         7    “Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offenses comes!  Luke. 17:11                                                              8    “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. Matt. 5:29-30                                        9    “And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you, it is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.                                                                                                                                        10   “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, For I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.          Heb. 1:14                                                                                                                                              11   “For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.                                      12   “what do you think? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?                                                                                                                         13   “And if he should find it, assuredly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.                                                  14   “Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.  2 Pet. 3:9                                                                                            15   “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained a brother.            Lev. 19:17; James. 5:20                                                                                                                        16   “But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.                                              17   “And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.                              Rom. 16:17; 1 Cor. 5:9                                                                                                                      18   “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.  Matt. 16:19      19   “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.                                          John. 14:14; John. 16:24; John. 16:26                                                                                             20   “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”   Matt. 28:20                                                                                               21   Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? up to seven times?”  Luke. 23:34                                  22   Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.  Col. 3:12-13                                                                                                                23   Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.                                                                                                          24   “And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.                                                                                                 25   “But was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made,                                    Lev. 25: 39-41; 2 kin. 4:1                                                                                                               26   “The servant therefore fell down before him saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’                                                                                                  27   “Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.  Matt. 9:36; Matt. 14:14; Matt. 15:32                            28   “But the servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii’ and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!                                                                                                  29   “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and i will pay you all.  v. 26                                                                      30   “And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.                                                                                                                                                31   “So when his fellow servants saw what he had done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.                                                 32   “Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.   Luke. 7:41-50                             33   ‘Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’                                                                                                                                34   “And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.                                                                                          35   “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.’   James. 2:13 

1    Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves;                                 Mark. 9:2-8                    2    and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as the light.                                      Matt. 16:28; Rev. 1:16                  3    And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.                   4    Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”                                                                                                                                    ♦5   While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed therm; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!                                                         Matt. 3:17                6    and when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid,                                                                                                                     2 Pet. 1:18              7    But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.”                                                                                                                                              Rev. 1:17                8    When they had lifted up their eyes; they saw no one but Jesus only. v.5              9    Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.”                                                                                                                                     Matt. 28:5-6             10   And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?                                                                                                                    11   Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.                                                                                                                               12   “But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at  their hands.”                                                                                     Mal. 4: 5-6          13   Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.                                                                                                                           Luke. 1:17; John. 1:21       14   And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,                                                                                                              15   “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.                                                                16   “So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”                    17   Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”                                                                                                                                           Phil. 2:15        18   And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.                                                                                                            19   Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?                                                                                                                                                        20   So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief, for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.                  21   “However this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”                    22   Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus Said to them, “the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.                                        Matt. 8:16    ◊23  “and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up. ” And they were exceedingly sorrowful.                                                                                                        24   When they had come to Capernaum, those who receive the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?                                    25   He said, “Yes.” And when he has come into the house, Jesus anticipating him saying, “What do you think, Simon? From what do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from strangers?”                                       26   Peter said to Him, “from strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.                                                                                                                          Matt. 21:43         27   “Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money, take that and give it to them for Me and you.      Ex. 30:12-16

  1    Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that he would show a sign from heaven.                                                                       Mark. 8:11-12    2    He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;                                                                                                               3    “and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the time.                                                                                             4    “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ” And He left them and departed.                                                                                                                          Matt. 12:39    5    Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.                                                                                                                 Mark. 8:14-21    6    Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ”                                                                                                               7    And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread. “                                                                                                                                                  8    But jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread?                                                                                                                                                              Matt. 8:26; Matt. 14:31   9    Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?                                                                    Matt. 14:20  10   “Nor the seven seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?                                                                                                    Matt. 15:27  11   “How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”                v.1   12   Then they understood that he did not tell them beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.                                            13   when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples saying, “Who do men say that I , the Son of Man am?”                                                    14   So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”                                                                                                                 15   He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”                                                       16   Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”                                                                                                             Mark. 8:29; John. 6:69  17   Jesus answered and said to him, “blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.                                                                                                                               Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 15:50  18   “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.                                                 19   “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”                                                                                                   Acts. 2: 14-21    20   Then He commanded His Disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ                                                                                                             Matt. 22:42  21   From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priest and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.                                                           Luke. 9:22   22   Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”                                                                       23   But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”                                                                                                                                       Matt. 4:10; Luke. 4:10 24   Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.                                                25   “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.                                                                                                                   26   “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?                                                     ◊27  ” For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.                                 Matt. 24:31  28   “Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till the see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”  

1 And Joseph fell on his fathers face, and wept on him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel. vs. 26 3 Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. 34:84

 As would any child who is present at the time of one of their parents last breathe, instinctively we lean down toward them and give them one final kiss on their forehead or cheeks, out of our love and respect for them. Just as we  when we put our children to sleep; we kiss them goodnight. Joseph says goodnight to his father.  Jacob has gone to sleep, awaiting for the promise in which he did not obtain in his lifetime. Through his faith in God above, who promised that He would be with Him until He does all that He has spoken to him Genesis 28: 15,  never obtaining that promise, but seeing it afar off              ( Hebrews 11: 13,  38-40), goes to sleep, knowing that a better resurrection awaits him. There is so much to speak about this man Jacob/ Israel. Too much for this format here. I will elaborate more on him, his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham, and also Joseph in my other writings, as I go back and reflect upon my journey I started back in 2015, upon my completion of studying this great book of Genesis. As was the custom of the Egyptians Joseph had his father embalmed so that his body may be preserved as best as possible. Embalming was not the custom of Israel, but I believe Joseph chose this method of preserving his father’s body because  he promised Israel that he would carry his body back to Canaan, to the cave of Machpelah where Abraham and Sarah were buried, along with Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob’s first wife Leah. It was going to be a long journey, and the embalming method would help keep Israel’s body from decaying so quickly, thus keeping the stench of his body hovering over the huge procession that journeyed with them.

4 Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, 5 ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.'” 47: 29-31 6 And Pharaoh said, “Go ,up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

  It took the Egyptians forty days in which to embalm a person. After the embalming was complete there was still another thirty days left to mourn for the death of Jacob, which brings the mourning process to a total of seventy days. According to all the commentaries, and the famous historian Herodotus it was a custom of the Egyptians to mourn for the death of a king seventy two days: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/genesis/50-3.htm.  It is also known that the Israelites time of mourning for someone of significance was thirty days ( Numbers. 20:29, Deut. 34:8),   Jacob was not a king, however he was the father of Joseph who was looked upon by the Egyptians as a deity, second to the Pharaoh. this could explain why this mourning here was for only seventy days, to distinguish Israel’s importance, but not equal to the Pharaoh. It may have been that the Egyptians mourned the loss of Israel out of respect for Joseph who was well loved by the people. I would like to think that the long period of mourning by the Egyptians were out of respect for Joseph, and for who Israel was. Since Joseph was considered a deity in the eyes of the people, then the father who bore him must have been placed in high esteem by the people of Egypt. Israel/Jacob was one hundred and thirty years of age when he entered into Egypt (Gen. 47:9),  upon his arrival, one of the first things he did was to bless the Pharaoh of Egypt. this speaks volumes to me. the Pharaoh and the people of Egypt considered himself god, why would he need a blessing from anyone? We see no where in the scriptures that the Pharaoh took exception to this, Pharaoh, god and king of Egypt was blessed by Israel a man, not even a priest of any kind in the eyes of Egypt.. what king would lower himself to such standards? The Pharaoh did not see it as lowering his standards, instead he allowed it. Israel lived in Egypt for seventeen years before his death. As in a lot of places in the bible we are not told what his life was like during those years. Did he just lay around in his tent because of age? or did he go out and mingle among the people and gain the respect of them, to wit, the long mourning period of his death? we don’t know. I can always ask Israel myself when I am in the kingdom. how many times have we of the “Way” made such comments: “I’ll have to ask him or her in the kingdom”? Before his death, Israel Charged Joseph and all his brothers to bury him with his fathers in the cave that is in the  the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burying-place. (Gen. 49: 29-30), back in chapter forty seven Israel did make Joseph swear to him that he would bury him with his fathers in their burying place.  (Gen. 47: 29-31), just as Joseph told the Pharaoh.

7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering.

  This must have been a grand processing that went up with Joseph and his brothers and their families (With the the exception of the livestock and the children), as they go to bury their father. In my opinion I think the reason for leaving the children and livestock in Egypt is to assure the Pharaoh that they would return. We just watched England bury queen Elizabeth about a year ago and saw all the grandiose that was put on for her funeral procession. I think hers was miniscule compared to what the people witnessed as this procession went by their homes and villages, that could have stretched out for a few miles.  All the elders of all Egypt ( The most important people of the country), along with their entourage accompanied Joseph. this would of had to include with them a massive army of chariots, foot soldiers and horsemen for protection if the occasion was to arise. Everything you can think of to sustain this amount of people on such a long trip (250 -300 miles some commentaries suggest), food, horses, encampment gear, and the people to set that up and break down everyday as they moved across the desert. What a sight to behold. During that time and era, for lack of communication like today, the people of the land may have feared for their lives seeing this great army of people, thinking that the Egyptians had come to make war in the land. 

10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father. 1 Sam. 31:3 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians.” Therefore it’s name was called AbelMizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

  Since the time I read about the death of Deborah (Gen. 35:8), I always say,  “God doesn’t just have Moses write willy nilly to fill in space” There is a more meaningful reason why these things are mentioned in Scripture. I think these two verses of the threshing floor of Atad has a more deeper spiritual understanding to it than what I thought when I first began my studies.                       The threshing floor itself was a place not only for processing the grain of their crops such as bringing in the harvest, separating the grain from the straw , or the wheat from the chaff, (separating the good part of the harvest from the bad),The winnowing of the chaff from the grain, or the husk from the cob, but it was also used for other purposes such as as agricultural processing facilities, commercial activity, As neutral places of gathering such as political treaty’s. building sites, places of sacrifice, and a place of mourning. (World History Encyclopedia; threshing floors of the bible). This particular threshing floor of Atad (H329),    was surrounded by thorns (Hence the name), and was owned by all the villages that were near it. The people of the surrounding area who saw this great mourning by the Egyptians changed the name of the threshing floor from Atad to AbelMizraim meaning Meadow Egypt (H67),  after witnessing the great mourning of the Egyptians.  In my opinion the children of Israel would have been familiar with this threshing floor, as they had lived in the vicinity throughout their lives. This could be why they came to this particular site to mourn.                                                                                                                                                         Out of Egypt I have called my son  (Matt. 2:15, Hosea. 11:1).  Again I see Joseph as a type of our Lord Jesus Christ. It has been noted in the scriptures that Egypt is spiritually a type of sin in and of itself. We don’t see this any clearer than in book Of Revelation Chapter 11 where Egypt is tied together with Sodom as a sinful place. (Rev. 11:8), Speaking of the two witness’s whose bodies lie in the streets of Jerusalem after being struck down by the beast. At that time Jerusalem has become as evil and sinful as Sodom and Egypt were. Thru Moses God called His people out of Egypt, and they were led by that spiritual rock which is Jesus Christ, and they drank of that spiritual rock that was Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 10: 1-4). Joseph, being Christ like is the one who leads his brothers, (The twelve tribes of Israel), out of Egypt ( Sin), to Israel’s final resting place. when Jacob died, Israel the nation was born and God called out his son from Egypt       ( Hosea. 11:1). Symbolically I see the foreshadowing of the time when they will be led out of Egypt by Moses to their physical resting place in the land of Canaan. But it doesn’t stop there. when they get to the threshing floor of Atad, Joseph see’s this threshing floor surrounded by thickets of thorns, and he is in the middle of the thorns spiritually representing the crown of thorns that were placed on our Lord Jesus Christ’s head as He was crucified. ( Matt. 27:29, Mar. 15:17, John. 19:2), although not mentioned in the scriptures it is in my humble opinion that Joseph would have unwrapped all the clothe that was used in Egypt to mummify Israel, and anything else the Egyptians put on him during the mummification process, as all this is representative of Egypt and sin. Just as Jesus Christ takes the sins of Israel away, so to Joseph, being Christ like, is doing the same for his father, Israel. 

12 So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them. 13 For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place. 14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father. vs.5

Jacob commanded his sons to take him back to the land of Canaan, to the cave in the field of Machpelah that is before Mamre, which Abraham bought for a burial place for his wife Sarah at the time, but also for him and his family to follow. Abraham bought this property and it was certified by the the sons of Heth as a legal purchase, measuring it’s borders with all the trees round about. even though God told Abraham years ago that all the land he sees from north to south to east and west would be his. Abraham did as God commanded, and he finally moved to Mamre where he settled, he pitched his tent and lived among the oaks in Mamre, which is in Hebron. There Abraham built an altar to Jehovah to worship Him (Gen. 13: 15-18),  All this he did many moons ago. Abraham still considered himself a stranger and a visitor in the land, although the people of the land considered him a mighty prince among them (Gen. 23:4-6), he was highly regarded by the people, yet Abraham did not lord this over them, nor did he accept the offer from Ephron the Hittite to give him the land for free. Instead Abraham purchased the land for four hundred shekels of silver. When Joseph and his brothers came to bury their father, they left behind in Egypt their family, and all that they owned. It is so that the prophecy of Abraham might be fulfilled, ” that his descendants would be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and be afflicted for four hundred years (Gen. 15:13). It was not their time to possess the land of Canaan. so they returned to Egypt, all that went with them and no one was left behind. 

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” 37: 18-36

The evil Joseph’s brothers did to him was when they plotted to kill him, but instead sold him to the Midianite trader of the Ishmaelites, who in turn sold Joseph to the Egyptians where he became a slave.

16 So they sent messengers to Joseph saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying, 17 ‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you.” ‘Now please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19 Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

  Again we see Joseph as a foreshadow of things to come that is a type of Jesus Christ. his brothers come to ask Joseph for forgiveness of their sins. Yet Joseph pointed to the Father stating, “Am I God. I find it an interesting saying of Joseph, “Am I” we say you are, and God say’s I Am and He fills in the blanks. I am the Almighty God,” I am the Alpha and Omega,” and, “I Am That I Am”   (Gen. 17:1, Rev. 22:13, Exo. 3:14), just as Jesus always pointed to God the Father, as he is weeping, so to Joseph points to God, “the Father” as they beg for forgiveness of their sins from him, Joseph reminds them that it is only God who can forgive their sins.

20 “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. 21 “Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Matt. 5:44

  Verse twenty is so profound, one can’t help but think of Christ on the cross when they read this verse. The Romans, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees all meant evil as He was being tortured, and crucified on the tree, He cried out to God, “forgive them, for they do not know what they do” ( Luke. 23:34), What his brothers did they meant for evil against him, but they did not understand what they were truly doing, because in the long run, “God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it this day,’ to save many people alive”. The people of the time of Christ were blinded in what they were doing to to Him. they meant pure evil against Him, But God meant it for good, in order to also bring it about as it was on that day, to bring salvation to all the nations, so that it might be fulfilled, “In your seed all nations will be blessed ( Gen. 22:18, Acts. 3:25, Gal. 3:8). Joseph assured them that there was no reason for them to fear him, as he spoke to them with a gentle voice, telling them that he will take care of them. This gave great comfort to his brothers that everything will be alright.  Just as Jesus gave us the comforter to help us and assure us that all will be well.

22 So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his fathers household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation, The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees. 24 And Joseph said to his brethren,” I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. v. 2; Heb. 11:22

 In the cave at the field of Machpelah before Mamre, in the land of Canaan which is Hebron, that Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite for 400 shekels of silver, witnessed before the sons of Heth, who certified the field and cave as a burial place (Gen. 23: 16-30). Abraham and Sarah were first buried there, after which Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried there along with Jacobs first wife Leah, and now Jacob joins his family awaiting the resurrection. All three patriarchs of Israel (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), from whose seeds all nations of the earth were to be blessed still lye in wait to this very day, awaiting for the promise they did not obtain during their life time, although having seen it afar off, understanding that they were strangers in a strange land all the days of their life. In a land that God promised would one day would be theirs for eternity. After burying their father in this land all the sons of Israel returned to Egypt and dwelt there until there death. Joseph was born in Padan – Aram, the land of his mothers father Bethuel in approximately the year 2199 AC (After creation), this would put his death around 2309 AC. give or take 3 years. see my chart section on my home page and click on “Genealogy of Adam to Joseph” to see how I arrived at this date.  Joseph lived one hundred and ten years old, roughly ninety three years of his life was spent in Egypt where he gained great prominence among the Egyptians, second to Pharaoh in the land among the people. joseph lived long enough to see his great grandchildren be born and raised  on his knees. upon his death bed Joseph remembers the promises he was told; of how God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; that one day this land would be theirs  for an inheritance to them and all their descendants for ever into eternity.  His faith in God was unwavering even after living in Egypt for most of his life. He knew he was truly a stranger in the land of Egypt. by faith Joseph knew that one day God would deliver his people from the bondage that was sure to come,  and bring them back to their homeland, in a land flowing with milk and honey. so he had his family swear an oath to him that when that day comes, for them them to carry his bones up out of Egypt and into the promised land. Joseph was embalmed just as his father was. this was not a practice of the Israeli nation nor has it ever been. Joseph was so revered by the Egyptians (Almost god like), it was them who embalmed him. the children of Israel had no say so in this matter, for they were strangers in a strange land. Thus this ends the book of Genesis. but as it is titled, this is only the beginning of Gods story to us; His-story. 

 The eighth day

Our Father above wishes that none would perish but have everlasting life (2 Peter 3:9), the Greek word for perish here means to destroy, to put out of the way entirely, to abolish (G622). No one except for the devil and the false prophet will ever be cast to hell and be tormented day and night. This is the first big lie that church’s use to scare people in some cases, Or should I say extort people for money, to buy themselves or their lost ones a way out of purgatory. For those who chose not to follow God’s way and accept Jesus Christ as their savior, our loving, merciful Father above will not allow those to live forever, but will cast them away in the lake of fire that will consume them in seconds time to which they will perish for all eternity. 
God created us because He wants a family, and to Him we are His children. What father could put their child in a place where they are tormented day and night forever? Our Father above is a God of love, and He will never do this to His children. Nor would our Father above condemn people to death who have never heard of the name of Jesus Christ, or of Himself, or those who do not truly know the truths of His word (The bible). Take comfort in knowing that our God is a loving God, full of mercy and grace, who will judge all in righteousness, and fairness. People sometimes ask themselves; “how could God cast into hell  for eternity those who never heard of the name Jesus Christ, or God the Father, who never had the opportunity given to them for salvation’ Why would He bring those into this evil world with no hope for salvation?” Well He doesn’t, the God I serve is a righteous God who will judge in righteousness, and everyone will have their first opportunity to truly know Him, and then be given the oportunity to chose for themselves if they want to Follow him, and live by His every word or not. Those that chose not to, will be cast into the lake of fire, where they will perish for all eternity. Out of the love God has for all His creation, it would, and does, grieve Him in his heart to see what they have become, just as in the days of Noah (Gen. 6:6) It is too much for Him to bear, to see His children continue to live such wicked lives. This is not what He had planned for them. He loves them too much to see them suffer in such a way, and to Him, it is suffering to live such a sinful life where they will never be content, and they will be cruel to one another. He would rather they perish forever and ever. So how does He plan on bringing all His children to the knowledge of Him, His Son and His word? It is through His Holy days that He gave to the Hebrews on Mt. Sinai and meant for all mankind. God proclaims that these are “His Feast days, the Feast of the Lord” (Leviticus 23: 2, 4, 37, 39, 44), He did not say these are the feast of the Hebrew people alone. In Deuteronomy 16 verse 14 God says even the stranger within the gates shall keep the feasts (Deut. 16:14) . I take this to mean for anyone who chooses to dwell with the Hebrew people and walk in his statutes, ordinances, and commands, and the church of today which is spiritual Israel. It is in the eighth day holy day (the last Holy day of the Jewish sacred calendar year), That I want to concentrate on, because it is the time in which all who have ever lived since Adam and Eve will be resurrected and have their first true chance of salvation. They are those who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have never had a chance to know the one true God, and His word (the holy bible), as I said previously; God would not condemn people to death who have never heard the word taught to them, or even those, who thought they knew him but did not because of their Lack of understanding of the scriptures, or just because as Jesus Said, it was not given to them to know the keys to this kingdom in this earth age:
Luk 8:10  And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

From the Easy read Version:
Mar 4:11 Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about God’s kingdom. But to those other people I tell everything by using stories.
Mar 4:12 I do this so that, ‘They will look and look but never really see; they will listen and listen but never understand. If they saw and understood, they might change and be forgiven.'”

In my opinion verse 12 is speaking about Christians in the past, even to this day, and in the near future who were not baptized, or if they were, they did not recieve God’s Spirit thru the laying on of hands by elders of the church, as it is written. Acts 8:14-17,  9: 17, 18, 19:4-6. These people do hear the word and perceive it, but cannot understand it fully without God’s Spirit, and if they cannot fully understand it then they have been blinded by it’s truths about the holy days of God, keeping the Sabbath, and the Law, and how it changed after the crucifixion but not done away with fully as so many are led to believe. This is hard to understand what Jesus was saying here in Mark. We ask ourself; “why would Jesus not want these people to be forgiven. It is like I have said before; “God is not trying to save the whole world in this earth age,’but each according to their appointed time” this is my opinion and that of my church. It is up to each individual to chose to believe this or not. We as Christians should not question our God. Look what happened to Job when he did, God put him in his place. As a Christian, I believe in God and Jesus Christ. I believe that the bible is written by men whom God chose, and inspired them to write his words (God breathed), I believe in His word from “in the beginning” all the way to the end of the Holy bible. I believe that His words are true and faithful, as He is true and faithful to His word. We must trust him 100% with His plan of salvation for all his children, and in His word when He says all things work for the good.

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

So if God is not trying to save the whole world now then what is His plan, and when will this take place? He reveals this through His holy day called the eighth day. I will talk about that later. First I think I must reveal some other truths leading up to this day in order for this all to make sense. Lets go to Thessalonia chapter four.
1Th 4:15 For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord.

Here we read that those who are dead in Christ shall rise first. These are those who had God’s holy Spirit, Kept His Commandments, (The Saturday Sabbath, and His Feast days), Before Christ came the first time,  these whom God chose, and had His Spirit. These are people like the patriarchs; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Adam and Eve, the prophets of old, all those listed in the faith Chapter (Hebrews eleven), and many more in the Old Testament times. Included will be all those who have ever lived and died after Christ’s first appearance, who also had God’s Spirit, Kept His Commandments, (The Saturday Sabbath, and His Feast days), and not those who seeing they did not see, hearing they did not hear, and perceiving yet they did not perceive, thinking these days were nailed at the cross and they could therefore create their own ways of worshiping God and Jesus Christ according to the traditions of men, in effect creating their own God who they say would be pleased at how they worship him because they do so with love. Yet Christ said, “If you love me you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15). I am speaking to the Christians and non christians of today and the future. These people will have to go through the tribulation, many will be persecuted and will die as martyr’s, And be part of the dead in Christ. Some will live through it all, not receiving the mark of the beast and be given the crown of life (Rev. 20:4), These people will also be a part of the group that are caught up in the clouds to be with the lord forever as part of the first fruits (1Thes 4:17), and will also rule and reign with Christ for those one thousand years, along with the first fruits who were Carried away to the wilderness, and found worthy to escape the tribulation to that place of safety during the three and one half years of the tribulation time, Rev. 12: 6, 14, Luke. 21:36 , being part of the first resurrection (those who were caught up after the dead in Christ), Those who die during the tribulation time, who did not repent, still not fully knowing who Christ and God the Father are, will be part of the second resurrection, after the one thousand years have passed, where they will be given their first chance to hear, see, and perceive, correctly God’s word, they will be resurrected along with all those since Adam and Eve.

Rev 20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

A second resurrection is never mentioned in the bible, but in Revelation six it speaks of a first resurrection, implying that there is more than one resurrection. Revelation chapter twenty verse five speaks of this second resurrection, but we must read this verse in it’s full context:                                                                                      Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 
Rev 20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 
Rev 20:3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 
Rev 20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 
Rev 20:5  But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 
Rev 20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 

God’s holy days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Tabernacles are depicted here in the verses of Revelation I have been quoting. On the third day of Unleavened bread there is a first fruit offering the priest would make to God, this foreshadows Christ at his first coming as the first of first fruits to God, and also those who are were born again into Christ during baptism, We are those first fruits who will assist Christ and rule and reign with Him for those thousand years, along with the others I mentioned earlier. The other holy day we see in the verses I quoted in the book of revelation is the Feast of Tabernacles, which to the Israelites represents the forty years God Tabernacled (dwelt) among them in the wilderness. To the church it is a foreshadow of Christ’s one thousand year reign here on earth.
By now the reader may be asking, “What are we suppose to be doing while we rule and reign during those one thousand years?” Who are we to rule and reign over? I have already listed those who will be the kings and Priests to the Lord during this 1000 yr reign, and those who were killed during the tribulation (Those who took the mark of the beast, who were killed by all the famines, plagues, and wars, and natural disasters), But there will be a remnant that is left alive after the tribulation, who did not take the mark of the beast and did not repent of their sins as God kept hoping people would do. Every time He struck them with the plagues, and disasters, as we read in the book of revelation, the Lord would say; “But they would not repent” Rev. 2:22, 9:20-21, 16: 9, 11, In my opinion some of these who do not repent are going to be the atheist. Atheist don’t believe in any god, be the one true God, or satan the devil who makes himself to be god. With that said I don’t foresee them bowing down to either one of them. Then you have the countries of China and Russia who have Atheist governments who don’t allow religion in their countries. Then we read about a two hundred million man army that will fight against the Antichrist (Rev. 9:16), along with the northern people that will take up arms against the Antichrist at some point in time. We can read about this in Daniel chapter 11. and then you have what I cal the tribal people. These are those people who live deep in the jungles of the amazons, and New Guinea, and the like. People from these places I mentioned will be those who come out of the tribulation, never taking the mark of the beast, and because of where they live they may never have had the chance to be warned (by those who would be      martyd for their faithfulness to God), to repent and be saved from all the troubles going on around during the time of the great tribulation. There are scholars, theologians and what have you that estimate it could amount up to eight hundred million people still left alive after the tribulation. They will be a lost and confused people during this time. Many will be wondering what just happened to the world around them as they knew it. There will be others that are well aware of what happened, but refuse to accept a God who would allow all this suffering to happen to people. The bible doesn’t give a list of what people’s jobs would be, just that we will be Priests and kings. Only one person does the bible mention what their job title is and that is King David. He will be king of Israel once again  Jer. 30: 3-10, Ezekial chapter 37, Interestingly enough,  Ezekial chapter 37 begins with the valley of dry bones, and God tells Ezekial that He will raise up the whole house of Israel. I’m not sure when this will be, will it be at Christ’s second coming? or sometime during Christ’s 1ooo yr reign? (making it a third resurrection), as some believe. This I do not know so therefore I won’t speculate. We as the first fruits will have a giant task ahead of us. Remember Jesus told His apostles;  the master is the servant and the servant is the master He also said that He himself did not come to be served but to serve,  Matt. 20: 26-28, our job will be to serve all those who came out of the tribulation, and those who will be born during those 1000 yrs, for there will be births during these one thousand years. We will have the task to explain to them what just happened, why it happened, and what is to become of them. However, this time satan will not be around to deceive the people during this time. These people will get to experience what it will be like to live under God’s laws, statutes and commandments. As we read in the book of revelation; immediately after those 1000 years are up, Satan will be loosed again to go out and deceive the nations one last time:
Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

It is up to us (The first fruits), the kings and priest’s to assist Jesus, in setting up and rebuilding the earth. Some things God and Jesus will do on their own when it comes to restoring the earth and make it habitable to live in once again, also in the healing of the people. We as first frutits will assist them and serve the people. Isaiah chapters 34 and 35 speak of this time. I suggest reading both chapters. They will bring joy to your heart. There are many other prophecies that speak of the same time, but for this purpose I won’t go over them. I think the commentary from my church on chapters 34 and 35 explain it very clear on what God and Jesus will be doing during this time, so I am going to copy and paste it here:
The Day of the Lord’s Vengeance
That chapter 34 is a prophecy of the last days is clear from the reference to the heavens being dissolved and “rolled up like a scroll,” a picture also presented in the heavenly signs of Revelation 6:13-14. Some see this terminology as descriptive of a mushroom cloud.
The prophecy concerns multinational devastation to occur during the Day of the Lord, focusing on God’s judgment against Edom (Idumea). Other prophecies against Edom can be found in Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Ezekiel 25:12-14, Ezekiel 35, Amos 1:11-12, Obadiah 1-14 and Malachi 1:2-5.
The Day of the Lord is described as the time of God’s vengeance on the nations for their affliction of Zion—perhaps referring to the evil they have done to both physical Israel and spiritual Israel, the latter meaning the Church of God. And God tells us that this period of final vengeance will last for a year (Isaiah 34:8). In Revelation 6:17, the heavenly signs are said to introduce the “great day of His wrath.” Following these signs in Revelation is the blowing of seven trumpets, each heralding titanic, cataclysmic world upheaval. It appears, then, that these trumpets are blown over the course of this final “year of recompense.”
The waste and destruction that will come on the land of Edom (Isaiah 34:9-15)—with its becoming a habitation for unclean animals—seems very much to parallel what will happen to Babylon (Isaiah 13:19-22; 14:22-23; Jeremiah 50:39; 51:37), wherein the wasteland of such animals is perhaps symbolic of the prison for Satan and his demons (compare Revelation 18:2). And yet end-time Babylon is evidently to be identified with Rome. Interestingly, Jewish commentaries have traditionally identified Edom with Rome, or at least the dynasty of Rome’s leaders, and with the rulers of Germany—as was noted in the Bible Reading Program comments on the book of Obadiah. The Babylonian Talmud mentions “Germamia of Edom” (Megilla 6b). Again, it is possible that there is some connection here, though, as also explained in the comments on Obadiah, it appears that Edom primarily comprises many of the Turks and Palestinians along with various other scattered Middle Eastern groups. However, we should perhaps consider the large number of Turks and other Muslim immigrants who live in Germany and other European nations today. Moreover, Turkey itself may eventually become part of the European Union, thus fusing a significant part of Edom with Babylon.
Followed by Paradise
Isaiah 35 is entirely millennial—that is, descriptive of the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ and His saints (see Revelation 20:4-6)—and presents a contrasting picture to the desolation of chapter 34. The deserts will bloom as nature is transformed—miraculously healed. Human beings will also be healed by the miracle-working power of God.
Yet the healing will not only be external. The blind seeing, deaf hearing, lame leaping and mute singing (Isaiah 35:5-6), while literal, are also symbolic. Those who are spiritually blind will at last come to see and understand the knowledge of God. Those who are unwilling to hear God’s message will at last listen. Those who are spiritually crippled, unable to walk in God’s commandments, will at last be able to run and leap in the way of God. And those who are now silent in regard to God and His mighty works will at last praise Him and proclaim His truth.
This will be made possible by “waters bursting forth in the desert”—again literal but also spiritual, referring to the coming outpouring of the Spirit of God. The presence of God’s Spirit will work great miracles, both visible change in nature and, more importantly, transformation of the inner hearts and minds of people.
What is now the narrow and difficult path of life, which only few find (Matthew 7:14), will, in the age to come, be a broad highway that everyone will be able to follow to the Kingdom of God. The highway, too, is both literal and figurative. It is the path of return for the exiles to Zion—the physical route and the spiritual way of life that God requires.
It will be a safe road (verse 9)—on which no beast is found. Again, this is a physical and spiritual promise. As we saw in Isaiah 11, the nature of animals will be changed. They will no longer be dangerous. And the political “Beast” powers of the earth will no longer be around to harm anyone.
  Our job as firstfruits (Priests and kings), will be to set up and establish the government of God with all it’s laws, statutes, and ordinances, and to also enforce them as it is written, “with a rod of Iron”, Rev 2:27, 12:5, 19:15, some of  the firstfruits will be judges, law officers, and what have you, but this time truly the law of liberty will be blind and there will be no favoritism tolerated in his government. Then as priest, we shall teach them the true “TRUTH”! Of God’s word. This time without satans influence to deceive people. This is when people will truly have their first opportunity to truly know who God is; His love, mercy, grace, compassion,. And they will get to know their big brother Jesus Christ. They will learn of the holy days of God, they will keep the true Sabbath. The Temple will be in Jerusalem, and sacrifices and offerings will start up again, in my opinion to teach people of who Christ is, to teach people about the love of God who gave up His only begotten Son to be the true sacrifice for the remission of our sins. Again, during this time, they will rule with a rod of iron and satan won’t be there to deceive them, but because they are not yet children of God , they will still have that rebellious attitude that needs to be cleaned up. Those nations that don’t keep these Holy days days, God says their punishment will be that He will cause it not to rain in their land Zech. 14:16-21 People will die and be born during this 1000 yr reign here on earth and we will be there for it all. Teaching and helping to establish the kingdom of God that is to come shortly after the 1000 years are up. Then after the thousand years are up comes the second resurrection. This resurrection will consist of all those who have ever lived and died since Adam and Eve up to that point in time, including those who lived and died during the 1000 years. This is called the eighth day in Leviticus 23. it is one of God’s holy days, his feast that He proclaimed to be his. And it is known as the “Great White Throne judgment” in the book of Revelation         Rev. 20: 11-15, We must keep in mind that Judgment does not necessarily mean condemnation. Not at this point. Think of it this way. When a criminal goes to court for a crime they committed, they have a judge who rules on the case and gives this person his judgment. He could grant them probation, fines, maybe one,two, three years in jail, community service, or he could find them innocent and set them free. This is what is going to be happening at the Great White Throne Judgment. Jesus talks of this judgment on a few occasion when he tells the people that it would be more tolerable for the people of Sodom than for the people of his time, Jesus also says the same thing about Nineveh, Tyre and Sidon; Matthew 10:15, 11:20-24, in verse 25 of Mathew eleven, Jesus follows up by thanking the Father for not given these truth to the sophisticated, and cunning, but to babes only. Like I had said from the beginning: God is not trying to save all people in this earth age, but at the Great White Throne judgment is when He does. In the verses I quoted in Matthew eleven it appears to me, that the people of Sodom, Gomorrah, Tyre, and Sidon, have not been judged and condemned up to this moment in time, and if they haven’t then that means all the people in world, no matter how great their sin was, is asleep, awaiting their judgment, but not until they first have their first chance at hearing the word of God, knowing who Christ is, and being able to make an educated, and true decision as to whether or not they will accept Christ’s sacrifice, Recognize the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as the one true God, and confess with their own lips the words of Repentance, asking forgiveness for their sins from the Father, and have everlasting life.                                                                                                       Now you may be asking yourself, how will those who lived and died throughout time learn all this? At the time of their resurrection’ the 1000 years have ended, that would not be fair to them to be judge then. Well we have a very righteous God who will judge in all righteousness. Isaiah. 65:20 speaks of a time when a child shall live to be a hundred years old, while the sinner who is a hundred will be despised. Many think this to mean that these people who are resurrected in the 2nd resurrection will have one hundred years to learn who God and Jesus Christ are, and learn of their ways, just like those that lived during the one thousand years. You can also reference Isaiah 66: 22-24.
Now comes the time when satan must be released for a short time to deceive the nations once last time. I have always wondered why God would do this? And then I came to the understanding of how fair and just is our God is. As most know, God gave man free will to live their life however they saw fit to live it. Up until Jesus returns the second time God has not forced Himself upon any of us. He never has. Back to the beginning, God created us because He wanted a family, (He wants children), and He wants to be loved by them, not be forced to love Him. So those who have lived while satan was cast into the bottomless pit has never known any other way of life but Gods way. Now they will see what it is like to live a life with satan in the mix. Once they do this, then can they truly be able to make a determination on their own which way of life do they want to live: The way of the lord or the way of satan. As He said to the Israelite At one time;I give you life and death I hope that you choose life so that you may live:
Deu 30:19 I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live,
Deu 30:20 so that you may love Jehovah your God, and that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, so that you may dwell in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them.
At the Great White Throne Judgment people will chose either life or death, God will open the book of life and put the names of the ones who choose life. Those who chose not, will for the last time die, cast into the lake of fire, and will perish forever. They will not be punished for eternity, but will cease to exist. Free will.
So my friend this is my understanding of how God works out everything fairly and righteously. It has been what I was taught, and I have read all the scriptures (More than what I gave you), and it makes sense to me. This is the God I serve. I serve a very loving God who is full of grace, rich in mercy, and does judge in righteousness. I hope this makes sense to you the reader, And gives you a better understanding of our Father. If you choose not to believe what I told you here, then I guess you will go on questioning why God will put people to death, or tormented in hell forever and ever when they never knew Him. God bless