As I have done, so God hath requited me…
... As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women…
... Thus says the Lord, ‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you’…
... As they did unto me, so have I done unto them… As you have done, it will be done to you…
.. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be
measured to you...
... As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow harm, reap them… but those who plant righteousness
are truly rewarded…
... Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will reap a crop of my love; plow the hard ground of
your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord...
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-- Judges 1:6-7, 1 Samuel 15:33 (King James Bible JB), 2 Chronicles 12:5 (English Standard Version),
Judges 15:11 (Jewish Publication Society, 1917 Edition), Obadiah 1:15 (Christian Standard Bible), Matthew
7:2 (English Standard version), Job 4:8 (Tree of Life Version), Proverbs 11:18 (International Standard
version), & Hosea 10:12 (Living Bible)
When will the Messiah come?
An ancient Jewish Midrash states the following: While meditating near the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai,
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi (who lived in the first half of the third century C.E.) was visited by the Prophet Elijah.
“When will the Messiah come?” asked Joshua. “Ask him”, replied the Prophet.
“Where can he be found”, asked Rav Joshua; “The Messiah is at the gates of Rome, sitting among the poor,
the sick and wretched. Like them, he changes the bindings of his wounds, but does so one wound at the time,
in order to be ready at a moment's notice”. Then Joshua went to Rome and met the Messiah and greeted him,
saying “peace upon thee, Master and Teacher”, and the Messiah replied “peace upon thee, O son of Levi”.
Joshua then asked “When will you be coming?”, and was told “Today!”.
Joshua went back to Elijah and was asked what the Messiah said. “Peace upon thee, O son of Levi”, Joshua
replied; Elijah observed, “By that he assured you and your father of a [good] portion in the World to come”,
Joshua then said that the Messiah had not told him the truth, because he had promised to come today but had
not.
Elijah explained- When he told you 'Today', he was quoting the first word of a verse that goes to say,
'Today… if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart' (Psalm 95:7-8, KJV)… [Thereby making Messiah's
coming conditional to personal repentance & obedience; as also stated in the verse that goes on to say:
'And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and (unto whom shall the Redeemer come??)….unto them that turn
[in sincere repentance] from transgression in Jacob, saith הוהי '- Isaiah 59:20, KJV]. And Even the Christian
gospel quotes Jesus of Nazareth agreeing with the idea that there can be no personal deliverance without
sincere repentance, as it is said: “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well”- Luke 13:3,
Christian Standard Bible.
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Whence do we get the proverb, “Practice repentance and obedience, and peace of mind you’ll soon
experience”? We get it from: “
IF YE WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, AND
DO THEM… I WILL GIVE PEACE IN THE LAND, AND YE SHALL LIE DOWN, AND NONE SHALL
MAKE YOU AFRAID...”-
Leviticus 26:3-6. But some say we get it from a literal reading of Exodus 19:17--
“AND THEY STOOD UNDER THE MOUNT”-- The former implying that the Holy One overturned the
mountain and said to the people: “If you repent of your contemptuous spirit, and submit to my Law, it will go
well with thee. But if not, your grave will be right here!”
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