Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Rom.9:28 for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."{Isaiah 10:22-23} 9:29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies{Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze'va'ot)} had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."{Isaiah 1:9}

Many have misapplied the apostle Paul's words here by applying them to a great tribulation in the last days of our own world, but they are wrong. Paul is speaking in context to his conversation in this chapter of Roman's about how the Gentles came to righteousness, and how Israel did not. The seed left over, that is, a remnant of Jews were anointed and accept Christ by faith.

Romans 1:17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4}

This seed, notice one seed, is Christ righteousness indwelling the children of God, by Holy Spirit. The cutting short of those days, was in the fulfillment of a ancient prophecy of the book of Daniel regarding sixty two weeks, and the Christ beginning cut off in the middle of the week. A great tribulation did occur upon Israel in 70CE destroying the temple essentially ending the faith of Jews as God's chosen people.

Daniel 9:26 After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One{"Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ").} shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

Daniel 9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

The point overlooked by many how did Israel seed keep us, and them from becoming like Sodom Gomorrah? This part of the conversation is vital to the whole of the book of Roman's and what is that? Simply put, the righteousness that Israel was pursuing could not be gained by laws, and/or works of law. Subsequently, the nation became more corrupted into sin. They had a zeal for law, God's law but not according to knowledge of truth, and Spirit.

Romans 10:2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

John 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 4:22 You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

The fleshly mind of Jews and Gentle alike were being infected with the very yeast that the Jews stumble into by works of law. Yes, that is the point of the book of Roman's, were did their righteousness actually come from? All that do not have remission of sin, that is, those of this world are Sodom and Gomorrah, they are idolaters seeking eternal life by self-rightness. God children born of Spirit are the only ones on earth indwelt with Christ righteousness, if they fail to teach and preach undeserved kindness, that is, freedom from judgment of the flesh in Christ righteousness there is no other place to go to learn it.

1Cor.3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
3:13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
3:14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
.3:15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

They are the seed, one seed of righteousness this is the critical point those anointed were missing at Paul's time. The laws power is sin, they did not get that, and most today don't understand how the power of the law is sin? Now listen the power of the law was not righteousness, does that shock you? The law was righteous, and perfect, but when applied to sinner it only condemned them causing more sin to flourish. In other words, it did not remove sin, or make the sinner righteous it did the exact opposite it pointed out sin, and exposed all of us to being unworthy deserving death by God's righteous law, because we could not keep the righteousness of the law.

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Rom. 7:13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin. 7:15 For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. 7:16 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good. 7:17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good. 7:19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.
7:20 But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

When flesh is planted it grows more flesh, when corn is planted it grows more corn. Righteousness was not being planted in Israel by the law, sin being exposed is what was planted, causing an unobtainable situation which would cause them to become Sodom and Gomorrah. Faith was the only answer, the faith Israel rejected for self-merit by works of law, faith in what? The blood upon the altar which made them right with God, and/or righteous before God by redemption, payment, of their sins. Sober up that the laws righteousness judged them as unrighteous, Christ did not if they accept Christ righteousness by faith!

Galatians 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Galatians 2:16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

Christ became Israel pass-over lamb, but Israel rejected the lamb of God killing him. Only a remnant was left over of true Israel by faith like Abraham. They accept their sins as unrighteous, and did not thinking they could be made righteous by the laws. They accepted what was unmerited kindness given them freely through no works of their own, but rather Christ Jesus works which were righteous as a gift of God's love.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

If spiritual Israel went back to works of law, the restrain and the power of Christ would be removed for self-rightness just as Israel practice and failed in. However, if that seed, was in Christ, that is, in his righteousness many could be saved through true righteousness, Christ Jesus, which his righteousness is eternal life; Israel could not obtain to by works of law. Spiritual Israel the true Israel of God, should be a mediator of a new covenant given them by Christ righteousness, and not the law. If they fail at their minister qualified by Holy Spirit the nation become Sodom and Gomorrah. Those are fact why we have a world of false religion, and God's wheat are in a field of weed[ spiritual Israel did fail, like physical Israel preaching another good news, one not by faith, but laws for self-rightness.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

Matthew 13:40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

1 John 3:6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

However, we can rest assured that God will clear his name, before all the nations, resurrecting spiritually his remnant at Christ coming, with the holy angels removing the weeds from the wheat because of his name sake!

Ezekiel 20:39 As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.

Ezekiel 36:23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

See also:www.nu-truth.com