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The Mighty "Mount Zion" - Becomes Firmly Established

The deep connection between Mount Zion and the temple comes from the fact that the temple was historically located on Mount Zion. That much is obvious. But more is at play here than mere geo-locations. Only Evidence Profiles will tell what is going on. Let's start with identifying the temple!

Tear down this Temple & ... I Will Raise it Up

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What did Jesus mean? The holy spirit gives us a clue in the book of Hebrews. Jesus, you will remember is the master worker - he is all about Evidence Profiles! When he speaks in such a manner, he is not being poetic. It is not hyperbole. There is a deeper, purely fundamental meaning. Always! What is that meaning in this case? We go to Hebrews:

The first thing this teaches us, is the truth about prototype and facsimile. The earthly temples always had to follow a pattern. What was the pattern of? "The Heavenly things!" So the original is not the Earthly, but the spiritual. Further scriptures in Hebrews clarify the matter more:

What interests us is not so much the "tent" compartments on Earth, but how they relate to the "greater and more perfect tent not made with hands." (Heb 9:11). Again, we are getting clues about the original tent. We have to narrow down our search, for though we know that the original tent is heavenly, we also know it cannot represent all of Heaven! That is because Jehovah is not an ether - he doesn't exist everywhere at once. Instead he is a "person." (Ac 3:19 NWT w/References) So the entity that was represented by the most holy on Earth is just wherever Jehovah is, in Heaven. He helps us narrow it down through a detail in the construction of the physical tabernacle:

Our previous scripture already showed us that there were two compartments in the "tent." What would happen if you moved the furniture of the most holy to the holy? (Say with Jehovah's permission.) The first tent compartment would immediately become the most holy. Wherever the ark of the covenant with the two cherubs is - that's the most holy! Why? Because that's where Jehovah's presence is. You don't even need buildings or tents, i.e., shelter. When Moses approached the "thornbush that was on fire, and yet ... was not consumed," why was he warned not to come any closer?:

Jacob wrestled with an angel all night. No warnings. What's the difference? Jehovah was acting through this angel in the nested spirits way we have already covered. That is why the scripture says "God called to him out of the thornbush." Jehovah's spirit was in the angel. It is this scenario that the Bible is referring to when it speaks of God's announcement being, "as transmitted by angels." This only happens when Jehovah's spirit is in that creature. As soon as that is the case, the immediate vicinity is "holy ground." What made Mount Sinai holy? (Ex 3:1,2) Because Jehovah had once been on it. (Ne 9:13) Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai are the same mountain! (Ex 3:11,12) The same is true of Mount Zion - due to the temple and thus the most holy being built on it. No other being has the capacity to make things holy, just with their presence! Thus what makes something holy is not what it is or where it is - but the answer to the question: "Is Jehovah's spirit present there?"

Now, did Jesus Christ have Jehovah's spirit? Of course he did - that's what turned him from Jesus, to Jesus the Christ. (Joh 1:33,34) But how does that connect "holy ground" with "temple?" A temple is just an enclosed holy ground. In other words at the thornbush on Mount Sinai/Horeb, the mountain was holy ground (open space); and the angel was a temple! Its that simple. That is why Jesus could call himself a temple. And that is why each member of Jehovah's anointed holy ones numbering 144 000 in total - is a "temple!":

Now, in the same way that your body's cells are individually alive, while also being alive collectively: so it is with the temple. Each of us is a temple individually, but we are also referred to collectively - as a temple. The Apostle Peter helps us with the maths:

This - is a most pivotal scripture! What do we learn? First we see the individual and collective dynamics at play: "living stone" versus "being built up into a spiritual house" - both are temples! But more importantly we see the full import of Jesus being a living stone. He is not just any stone - he is a living "cornerstone!" Did you catch where Jehovah laid this foundational cornerstone? Take note. We'll get to it soon enough. For now, we focus on the fact that Jehovah is building something. So far we can glean that it is "a spiritual house." That is meant in two ways: one - it is a temple; two - it is not of this creation. That is, it is being built by God. For it is God who is laying the stones. (1Pe 2:6)

Further, we know that this "building" is on Mount Zion. But Peter here leaves out an important original detail. Let's go to the source material:

In his explanation of the prophecy Peter was focusing on how Christ is precious to believers, while he was rejected by unbelievers. So he left out the "sure foundation" found in the original scripture, in order to bring focus to the "precious foundation." This was done for continuity in making his point. So, it is good that we have both accounts. However, we want to focus on the fact that the foundation is "sure." What does that mean? It means it is unshakeable. That's an important detail. As I explained to you previously, building techniques of the ancient world had a chief cornerstone, and many other stones on that level of the house - all of which constituted the foundation! And so it is with the temple: having a "chief" foundational cornerstone, means it has other foundation stones:

We now have a firm Evidence Profile. The building that is being put up by God is definitely a "temple." But another scripture merges that Evidence Profile, with another:

Thus we come to understand that the "congregation" is the temple. The assigning of the congregation is the blueprint - the plans - for this masterful temple Jehovah is constructing! A further scripture helps us understand why Jehovah is building this temple:

The origin of this desire from Jehovah was communicated to the Israelites after they left Egypt. That desire was realized through the building of the Tabernacle. But as we have learned that arrangement was a "shadow" of the reality that belongs to the Christ. The Heavenly things are the originals after which the Earthly things were patterned. (Heb 9:24) We have now established that the building God is constructing is a temple - and we now also know it's purpose. But let us drill down to a key detail: the sure foundation.

The "Sure Foundation"

Just how sure is this foundation - precisely?

That's one side of the coin: it offers total security to the those who are "exercising faith" in it. What's the other side of the coin?

Just as definitively as it secures those those who exercise faith in it - it crushes and shatters "anyone" in opposition to it. In both its ability to ensure security (Joh 3:16) and its power to obliterate out of existence (2Th 1:7-9), it is unequalled. Wow! That is power! (Mt 28:18; Php 3:21) Since Matthew 28 spoke of "all authority," and Philippians 3 spoke of "subjecting all things," it means the sureness of this foundation is unique. So unique that it forms an unmissable Evidence Profile. We can use this profile in two ways: firstly, to find out any other names by which this building with sure foundations is known; and secondly, to achieve unification with any other entities that we might have thought were distinct realities - but which, an identical Evidence Profile will prove, are the same! Let's start with the easy one: what other names is this "sure foundation" Evidence Profile known by?:

Also Known As ...

At the end of this passage we see two factors of the unique Evidence Profile coming to the fore. This city has "real foundations." And its "builder is God." But can it be true that this building is also a city? Indeed:

Here we get powerful confirmation that the "household of God" as Ephesians 2:19 puts it is also a city! This city is called the "tent of God" i.e. a temple. We know God only has one temple structure and he uses it to reside with mankind. (2Co 6:16) That is confirmed by the fact that it is "holy" - meaning God's spirit is present there. But there is more, we also have the architectural plans for New Jerusalem - and they match the "assigning" by God - for the congregation. (1Co 12:28) We already covered the blueprint for the congregation. Let's see the one for the city - "New Jerusalem.":

The foundation stones are also the apostles, matching our Evidence Profile. But there is actually no need for matching because verse 9 starts by telling us that this city is the "Lamb's wife." Christ only has one wife - per the standard from Genesis that Christ re-instituted during his ministry: and she is the congregation. (Mt 19:3-11; Eph 5:22-27)

So the temple is a congregation; a building; and a city. Paul also describes this building as the "field under cultivation." (1Co 3:9) This harkens back to Christ's statements in Matthew 21:37-45 (a few scriptures back). There he likened the Messianic Kingdom, made up of him and his 144 000 co-rulers, as a "vineyard" that produces "fruits when they become due." In other words that performs the "good works" which Jehovah has "determined in advance for us to walk in them." (Eph 2:10)

Shares Evidence Profiles With ...

Understanding Evidence Profiles makes our job so much easier. When I was still trying define what an Evidence Profile was for you, I had to build each Evidence Profile up, convincing evidence by convincing evidence. Only then could I superimpose them on each other and show how they traced out the same picture in every detail. But now that we have been dealing with them for so long, I trust you have a strong grasp of how they work. Having reached that point: we now just look for an unmistakable Evidence Profile and know intuitively (since the evidence is in), that every other entity with that Evidence Profile is the same as our source entity - no matter how different they may appear on the surface! That is why the "sure foundation" Evidence Profile is so critically important! God's temple, then, shares an Evidence Profile with - and is thus the same thing as:

... God's Kingdom

It is clear why. No need to elaborate. We move on.

... The Congregation

We already know that the congregation is the temple - but this is an additional way to prove it from another perspective. But most important for us and our discussion - and the reason we are doing this exercise is the next entity ...

... Mount Zion

Mount Zion, the temple and the Congregation, that is, Christ and his holy ones - are all one and the same thing! It is for that reason, that on this page which has the title The Mighty Mount Zion we have so far only discussed the temple: they are one and same thing. That, in turn, means, all the dynamics that we listed on the last page, as being functions of Mount Zion are actually functions of the Congregation! That is why the third administration of Christ - the one that administers Jehovah's retributive justice to the world - is an administration for gathering the holy ones together!

Since, the last part of Satan's system is reserved by Jehovah, for nothing but judgement after judgement from him (that is what Revelation is about, hence it's alternate name is the Apocalypse - in other words it is a book about revelations of an apocalypse), and all such judgements are a function of the Congregation: this period is also a time for the Congregation to rise!:

That is why I said the scripture that combined five aspects was critical to understand. I re-quote it below:

Mount Zion Being the Congregation is so Important that ...

We must build up the Evidence Profile of this connection step-by-step. I know you believe. But to be able to explain it to someone else, you need to know how to build its Evidence Profile - from the ground up! It's all about Evidence Profiles. Ask Jesus. I don't mean that jokingly. Jehovah and Jesus are not subject matters for jokes. I mean it literally. He is the "Amen." That means he is the instrument that turns all of Jehovah's decrees into reality - or Evidence Profiles! Jesus is special!

The Evidence Profile is so straightforward, you will giggle when you first understand it - or perhaps cry. It starts with a remarkable prophecy about Mount Zion - one that establishes an Evidence Profile against which we will compare everything that comes thereafter:

Finding the identity of this "mountain" is straightforward. Death being "swallowed up forever" is an event which is most unique in all of existence: for it only happens once. Not after. Not before. Thus, we don't just have a narrow range of possibilities - we have only one! How elegant, simple and straightforward is that? There are different ways it is described, but the common thread that runs through them all, is - death is "done away with." That phrase "done away with," is the footnote of the term "swallow up." So, that, verse 8 could read: "He will do away with death forever." Let us look at the other synonymous expressions of death being "done away with" or "swallow[ed] up" forever:

In this case, the equivalent term is: "Where is your sting, O Death?" In other words, death has been rendered completely ineffective! You might think that this occurs when Christ resurrects the good and the bad:

But that would be incorrect. For the simple reason that this "resurrection" includes the variable of "judgement," to those who practice "vile" things - after they are resurrected. We know that these "vile" things are their works only after they have been resurrected ... "For the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin." That's the double jeopardy rule in law where you can't be tried twice for the same crime, much less punished twice! All of Jehovah's "ways are justice." (De 32:4) He would never conduct himself in that way. A resurrection of life and judgement, that is, death, for the resurrected who, now having knowledge - still fail to love and obey Jehovah! That outcome serves the exact same purpose as the current third administration of Christ - The Life, does now, for those who live at the end of days, the end of this current system of things. Jehovah does not judge people in the absence of them having knowledge: hence, the "convincing evidence" from "the helper" at John 16:8-11! In this way, everyone who has ever lived, will get a chance, to choose for themselves - whether they want life of death. This is what judgement is about. Informed sowing and reaping.

Thus, what John 8 is referring to is the fact that, since, humans will always have free will, they will always have the possibility of turning against Jehovah, just as Satan, and later, the demons did - even though they had faithfully lived with and worshipped Jehovah for thousands of years: all through the creative days, which we know were each at least several thousands years in length. The result is a negative judgement of death, even though they already had everlasting life - as eternal Inzintian creatures. (1Ti 3:6; Re 20:10) So death can never be "done away with" in that sense - since 'free ,' will always exist on Earth - and among Jehovah's faithful angels. The Bible tells us plainly, that even in God's new world, after the new Heavens and new Earth have been established and implemented, anyone who sins will die - even if they are a hundred years old:

No. Hosea 13:14 has a more fundamental meaning. We dig deeper. At 2 Timothy 1:10, we find a matching Evidence Profile:

This scripture gives us so many clues. First it tells us that it has "been made clearly evident" - meaning we now have an Evidence Profile. Next we are told this clear evidence is through the manifestation of how Christ Jesus "abolished death." But more important than that was that his manifestation has shed light on "life and incorruption through the good news." So the good news about Jesus gives us all the details we need. The first one we want to consider is the detail of "incorruption." This incorruptibility explains why Christ can never die again. It might seem that "eternal life" and "immortal life" are one and the same thing - but that is not true. Beings who are immortal live forever; but beings who live forever are not immortal. They can die! Such as is true in the case of Satan, his demons - and Adam and Woman! All the angels have everlasting life - but they are not immortal. As is proven by none other than Jesus, himself. (Ro 6:9) Had he been immortal in his pre-human existence, he could not have come to Earth to die for sinful mankind. The truth is Christ had everlasting life before he came to Earth to be a ransom - in exchange for many. Only after he was resurrected could he "shed light on life and incorruption," for then, he was "immortal" and we could, for the first time see the distinction between a mortal and an immortal creature. You cannot be immortal, unless you have incorruption. That is why the angels are not immortal: they are righteous and perfect beings; but, as Devil and his demons prove - they can be self-corrupted! (1Pe 3:19,20) That is what "has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Saviour, Christ Jesus!" What an Evidence Profile. Christ is special!

We also glean from the above scripture another synonym for the phrases: "Where is your sting, O death?" and "swallow up forever," and "done away with." To that list, we now add: "abolished death." All these phrases are equivalent. Now, we know that this clear evidence through Christ is about his death and resurrection. Can we find this Evidence Profile in another group of people? Is there any other group of people who are having the same experience as Jesus in death - and will soon share in a resurrection that is equivalent to his? If we can find them, we have found the Evidence Profile that identifies Mount Zion. Here's the Apostle Paul:

Another verse, shows this is not wishful thinking. It is God's promise to his faithful chosen ones! God is love. And we appreciate the inestimable privilege of sharing in his incorruptible "divine nature" from the final trumpet - onward! (2Pe 1:4) Thus, those who are called to share in Christ's sufferings, will also share in his unique resurrection. (1Pe 2:21; 2Ti 2:12) The Apostle Paul, speaking under inspiration of Jehovah's holy spirit penned these words of promise to us who are called and chosen and faithful:

So Paul wants to share in both aspects of the Evidence Profile, that Christ has "shed light on": death and a resurrection to incorruption. He explains in the last part of Philippians 3 that such an Evidence Profile leads to the "earlier resurrection from the dead." In the Bible, this is also called the "first resurrection." Now who partake in the "first resurrection?" Revelation 20:6 puts it all together for us:

For the first time then, we have a direct scripture that links Mount Zion, where death will be swallowed up forever, with the holy ones! For in both cases, they share the singular Evidence Profile of death being powerless - due to incorruption - over it/them! For it (Mt Zion), is them - and they, are it. In this case, that thought is realized through the term: "death has no authority." And that is true of them because they are "happy and holy," which of course means they have God's spirit - within them. The fact that this is a "first resurrection," means there is another one. So not everyone will share in it. But more precisely, the scripture tells us to whom this resurrection is limited - to those who "will rule as kings with" Christ. In other words, the 144 000 who are people whom Christ bought "for God" from the Earth. (Re 5:9,10)

But there is an even more direct link. One that shows the transition from corruption to "incorruption," and similarly shows the transition between the states of mortality and "immortality," which became manifest, when Christ was resurrected to Heaven. But more than that, it identifies what entity the prophecy of Mount Zion is fulfilled through! Let us read it:

A scriptural passage we are well familiar with, because we studied it in great detail earlier. I said earlier that, "Death being "swallowed up forever" is an event which is most unique in all of existence: for it only happens once. Not after. Not before. Thus, we don't just have a narrow range of possibilities - we have only one!" This verse identifies both when this moment occurs: during the last trumpet; and the briefness of its duration: "In a moment, in the blink of an eye, during the last trumpet." Did you notice that the book of first Corinthians - written by the holy spirit through the hands of Paul - was written after Christ had already been resurrected back to Heavenly life? Why, then, did the prophecy of death being "swallowed up" not apply at the time Christ was resurrected - or at least include Christ's resurrection?:

Christ dying "no more" and death being "no longer master over him" fits the Evidence Profile of death being "swallowed up" on Mount Zion - does it not? How, then, can I say death being swallowed up, is an unique one time event that does not occur before or after the events of the "last trumpet." Because Christ's death does not fit the Evidence Profile of that prophecy! Let's read both the prophecy and its fulfillment to understand where Christ's Evidence Profile differs from mine and my fellow holy ones:

And ...

The first thing we acknowledge is Christ's profile. In that step we see the difference:

I love him too much. I was going to just mention the fact and then move. (Because we all should know that about Christ.) But I add more scriptures, to make the point abundantly clear: 'my grootman' is awesome!:

And ...

We continue ...

Thus, the Mighty Christ, does not meet the profile described in Isaiah, regarding Mount Zion. He was never under the "shroud that is enveloping all the peoples," which is what the prophecy is about. It is about removing this shroud. That is, inherited sin - and its price, death - as a result of Adam's foolishness. (Ge 2:16,17; 3:17-19; Ro 6:23; 5:12) That idiocy has nothing to do with our heroic Saviour Christ! Nothing. His death was not from failing to uphold a commandment of Jehovah's - like Adam. It was from following through on a commandment from Jehovah: out of his deep love for his Father, and God - despite the most intense pressure and anxiety ever experienced by a human, in the universe!:

His death was not the wages of sin! His life was surrendered - he surrendered it as a "ransom in exchange for many." (Mt 20:28) That thought is the fulfillment of ...

This. Was. Not. Easy!:

And ...

As the appointed time grew closer his distress only intensified! As you would expect:

And continued intensifying - to the point of "death":

And intensified, yet more:

If the grief his disciples felt had the effect of weariness on them - why did it have the opposite effect on him? It was no just because he was staying vigilant through prayer, and they were not, nor was it just due to the angel that "strengthened him." It was primarily because he is a mighty warrior of a man. It is not for no reason that he is known in holy scripture, as the conquering "Lion of ... Judah!" (Re 5:5) Remember, how Jehovah spoke of the stone that he was going to lay in Zion: it was a "tested stone." Jehovah had absolute confidence that "through him, the delight of Jehovah [would] have success." (Isa 53:10) And just as it was written. So it came to be! It is for this reason that he is the "Amen!" (2Co 1:20)

So Christ did not die from being corrupt. But Jehovah made sure the difference is even more fundamental, so that there can be no confusion of the Evidence Profiles we are now comparing - between Christ's death and the death aspect of the holy ones. After dying sinless - as a "loyal" one: Jehovah did not allow Christ's physical body to undergo decomposition - that is, biological corruption:

Now, the point of this scripture - within the narrow boundaries of our current discussion - ends with the words: "neither was he forsaken in the Grave nor did his flesh see corruption," in verse 31. Why, then, have I included verse 32? Because, anyone who knew and understood this prophecy could have worked out the "sign of Jonah."

In other words you could have worked out, the outside parameter of how long Jehovah would leave him in the grave - before resurrecting him. Every Jewish person in that agricultural society, knew that by the fourth day - decomposition sets in!:

Thus, the length of days he was left in the grave had to end by the third day. And because it was the same Evidence Profile suffered by Jonah (figuratively) - it is appropriate to call it the sign of Jonah. I apologize. In the flow of writing, I said earlier, I am going to elaborate due to my love for Christ. That's nice, but that's not the fundamental reason for the explanations. The whole point for the The Greatest Story Ever Told is as a "work of bearing witness concerning Jesus." (Re 12:17) That is the work that I, and all 20-odd thousand fellow holy ones alive at this time have. It is not out of the goodness of my heart that I do it: it is from a command from Jehovah! "Woe is me" - if I did not do it!:

Of course, love does factor in: this whole current blog - and every subsequent episode are all love letters from me to my God and my big brother - in that order - as testimony to both of their individual and collective greatness! Love is how Jehovah motivates us:

You do know I am a king - do you not? I and all my brothers! (Re 20:6; 22:3-5) So, Jehovah motivates us, not by duty - but by love, that compels us carry out Jehovah's commandments for us: his "good works, which [he] determined in advance for us to walk in them." (Eph 2:10) But, in this way Christ is our exemplar, for it is God's will that he be "first in all things!" (Col 1:18) As regards what we are talking about now, Proverbs 21:1 - here is the proof:

That's why the precious cornerstone laid in Zion by God is a "tested stone," which results in a "sure foundation!" (Isa 28:16) His motivating love to do Jehovah's will is established and sure! After all, he is the 'Master Worker.' Back to our Evidence Profiles!

So, Christ does not meet the first half of the Mount Zion and first Corinthians Evidence Profile: being subject to the "envelopment that is enveloping over all the peoples," - or inherited sin and death! Nor, does he meet the precondition of corruptness, for those being resurrected to incorruption in the fulfillment of Isaiah:

He was never corrupted! Thus again, we zero in on an evidence based conclusion. Who are the only ones that this Evidence Profile fits? It is only the 144 000! They are the only beings in the whole universe, who will ever fit this profile! Christ doesn't fit it because while he was resurrected to "incorruption," he was never corrupt; the faithful lovers of God who die and will be resurrected to a "resurrection of life," don't qualify, because, although they were corrupted, their resurrection is not to "incorruption." They will never transform from being "mortal" and "put on immorality.": Their gift from God is "everlasting life" - not immortality. (Ro 6:23)

Immortality is for those who will inherit "divine nature." (2Pe 1:4) Since God is immortal - partly due to being incorruptible! That's why Christ, and we - later - will inherit this template:

I trust all is clear. The prophecy of Mount Zion can only be fulfilled on Jehovah's 144 000 anointed ones!

Further Evidence Profiles that Mount Zion - Is the Congregation

There are many scriptures that make this point! But they are somewhat circumstantial, because you can't quite tell if Jehovah is referring to the holy ones as "being" Mount Zion, or as "being on" Mount Zion. I give two examples:

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Just to be clear the anointed are Mount Zion, we are Jerusalem, we are the "city," we are "new Jerusalem," we are the "field under cultivation, God's building." We are the "temple!" We are the "bride." We are Christ "body." There are so many ways in which we are described, but in all cases, all these labels are describing one thing: the holy ones of Jehovah. So, in the above scripture, Mount Zion represents the anointed, while "those who escape" represents those who follow their direction as "priests to ... God." (Re 5:10; Isa 56:6,7) In Zechariah 8, it clearly identifies that it is Jerusalem, which we know is the bride of Christ, that is referred to as the "mountain of Jehovah," or the "holy mountain." (Re 21:2) Also this city made of holy ones is called "Zion of the Holy One of Israel."

This agrees with why the nations will be "rocked" to bring the gold and silver, which we now know does not represent good people, but actual resources - into the temple of Jehovah. (Hag 2:7-9) We also already know that the temple of Jehovah, his sanctuary is the holy ones, hence the beautifying of the "place of [Jehovah's] feet," and its being called: "Zion of the Holy One of Israel," ties everything together - so that there is no doubt that Zion, or Mount Zion, is just another name for the holy ones of the Most High!

But we, that is you and I (for understanding the information in this blog is a heart-to-heart conversation between you and I) have graduated from mere Evidence Profiles to the most fundamental type of "convincing evidence." We understand Evidence Profiles, but they are at the level of atoms and molecules in chemistry. We now want to graduate to the most fundamental layer of evidence and proof, a layer equivalent to quantum mechanisms in physics. That layer requires us not to prove things by inference, and deduction, but from first principles Evidence Profile building. That means, we build the Evidence Profile from the ground up - using the prophecies in the scriptures to furnish proofs. Here are three examples of first principle, Evidence Profile building:

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And, of course, the master himself:

By now, surely we both know that Jehovah is a worker - who creates systems! That means all the proofs he has given me are not circumstantial - but convincing, logical, reasoned Evidence Profiles! From now on, Evidence Profiles are the only game in town!

I love all my brothers. But some more than others. That's human nature, and it's not wrong - even Christ was closer to three or four of his apostles - than he was to the rest. Now one of my favourites says, (I'm paraphrasing): "Jehovah is a God of style! When he does something, he doesn't just do it, but he does it - with style!" That was the same point my special curator friend taught me. (I loved that sister also - even though I only met her once, while driving her to Lanseria - because she was so bright and spiritual. She taught me so much! Within a half hour trip: we went from being total strangers to sharing a deep spiritual understanding.) How then will Jehovah manifest style in substantiating this Evidence Profile? Through one of the most beautiful prophecies ever written - it's found in the Book of Daniel:

It is this powerful piece of inspired literature, that forms our Evidence Profile. By the way, I assume that you know that the inspiration behind prophecies is to create and establish Evidence Profiles about one or other aspect of the Christ! That is why they exist:

That means for the holy ones (who have the work of bearing witness about the Christ), to do our jobs correctly, we have to know how to use prophecy to establish the Evidence Profiles about the Christ - just as Jehovah meant it to be! I will not waste time.

This prophecy is in three parts, and each part transforms from one to the other. These parts can be labeled as "the Stone" that is cut from a mountain; the stone transforming into a mountain; and lastly, the mountain growing to fill the whole Earth! Here they are - explained. It's simple, simple, simple. And elegant, elegant, elegant!

STEP ONE: The Stone

The stone being "cut out not by hands" means it is done by Jehovah. That is obvious. Two scriptures make the point clear:

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The circumcision performed without hands is performed by the "spirit" - the spirit of Jehovah. (2Co 3:6; Joh 6:63) So, it is Jehovah who cuts the stone. Thereafter, we are told that the stone becomes a large mountain. That is the detail we want to zoom in on. For this to happen, the stone has to come to a standstill after it smashes through the feet of the immense image. What is that location? We know if: for "no one can lay any other other foundation than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ." There is only one foundation stone in the whole Bible - Jesus Christ. (Ps 118:22,23)

It coming "from Jehovah" is the cutting "without hands." Christ used this same scripture to explain that he was that stone! (Mr 12:10,11) We all know where that Stone was laid:

We have covered the stone. We are focused on Jehovah's means of bringing salvation ... and not on the destruction of Satan's system of things, for the nations "are like a drop from a bucket, and as the film of dust on the scales they are regarded," by Jehovah - completely inconsequential. (Isa 40:15) So we are not, here interested, in what the collapsing image means. Our only focus is on Christ - and showing how prophecy leads to understanding him. (Lu 24:19-27) We move on to how the precious, tested foundation cornerstone turns into a large mountain!

STEP TWO: The Stone Becomes a Mountain

There is a building project that Jehovah has been working on for almost 4 000 years! I'm not big on history, so I might be out by a decade or two. The detail is not significant spiritually, it falls into the "nice to know" category. I will give you my reckoning, so you can correct on your side, if you see a miscalculation. As I said, the timing doesn't seem to be spiritually significant. If it is, Jehovah has or will reveal that to another holy one - or to me later. Here then is my reckoning of how I arrive at 3965 years for this building project.

I will not substantiate the dates with references, you can research that for yourself, easily enough. (Type in: "Counting Back to Adam's Creation," on jw.org.) The Israelites came out of Egypt in 1513 BCE. But the direction from Jehovah, to Abraham to leave Ur and go to the land of Canaan was made 430 years earlier in 1943 BCE. That is when the building project started, in earnest. That was when Jehovah picked Abraham - the father of all those having faith, to be the patriarch of a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation." (Ro 4:11; Ex 19:5,6) The initial phase lasted from Abram in 1943 BCE to 70 CE at the fall of Jerusalem in the first century. Since there is no zero when you count down from BCE and switch to CE, we subtract one from 1943, and say 1942 plus 33 equals 1980. 33CE was pentecost - and the moment the first administration of the Christian era - The Way - began! We then, just get the difference between 33 CE and the present date, as of this writing in early March 2023. We are not interested in months - and exact dates. There difference is 1990 years. Thus the building project had two phases of almost exactly equal lengths (according to my reckoning). Since there is only a decade between these two dates, I couldn't help but think I am missing 10 years somewhere. But Jehovah has not given me the history "talent." The holy one responsible for that (if it is important enough to explain), will publish that revelation.

What was to be built?:

As the holy spirit says through Paul: "To them belong the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the sacred service and the promises." (Ro 9:4) The fulfillment is found at Revelation 5:9 and 10:

Now this kingdom of priests is the city, temple, field under cultivation, vineyard that gives its fruits when they are due ... that we have been reading about the whole time. It is this city having "real foundations, whose designer and builder is God" that Abraham himself - as the father of all those having faith - was waiting for. (Heb 11:10) Now a point of clarification. Look at the three scriptures below - and get the main point:

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We see that Jehovah delegates the implementation of something that he is prophesied to do to Christ. This is a common dynamic. In this case the explanation is that when Christ judges, he does so righteously, because: "I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me." And since he is the "reflection of God's glory," the "exact representation of his very being," we can understand why those two just discussed dynamics mean Christ is perfect to judge on Jehovah's behalf! (Mt 25:31,32)

We get back to our current point: just like Jehovah says the whole world will stand before the judgement seat of God, but then we find out that the implementation is through Christ, so it is, with the building of this city. Though, Jehovah is prophesied to be its builder - in the implementation, Jehovah delegates the honour of building this city to Christ! Now we know why - so that he can be honoured along with his Father! So, we start with:

As there, so here: Jehovah again uses Christ for implementation:

Next, we return to Hebrews, to learn all we need to get a positive, and independent confirmation of what/who this city is:

Here we learn that the city God is preparing is "one belonging to Heaven!" Immediately, we know: "New Jerusalem" - the bride of Christ! (Re 21:1-3; 2Co 6:16; Ps 132:13,14) Now, we already know that one of the names by which this "city of Jehovah" is called is Zion:

Now Jehovah glorifying the "place for [his] feet," by forcing our enemies to bow down at our feet, is because Jehovah's footstool, is, the city of Jehovah, which is Mount Zion. Several scriptures make that point emphatically. Usually, they each only cover two out of the three variables, but by comparing them with each other, you can combine their Evidence Profiles, so that all three variables are accounted for:

In this case we have: Zion, footstool, and holy mountain all in one verse. Verses 5 and 9 are parallels: making it clear that bowing down "at his footstool' and bowing down before "his holy mountain" is one and the same act! So the "footstool" is the "holy mountain." But the "footstool" is also known as his residence:

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Thus, Zion, the footstool, the holy mountain, and the resting-place or temple of Jehovah are all the same thing. Of course, as we know the anointed are that temple/house:

The fact that all these descriptions share one Evidence Profile, is brought home by Paul, who makes it abundantly clear and gives us one reference point that combines all the moving parts into one powerful scripture!:

"Mount Zion is the city" of the living God. It is also called Heavenly Jerusalem, confirming the earlier statement in 11:16 that this ciy that is being prepared - belongs "to Heaven." Lastly on that same point of Heavenly Jerusalem, we know it is also called "New Jerusalem." The point of focusing so much on the Heavenly city being prepared, is that, in the end, this scripture shows it and Mount Zion are one and the same entity:

So Mount Zion is Heavenly or New Jerusalem. (Obviously, New and Heavenly Jerusalem are just descriptors, for the same entity, as New Jerusalem comes "down from Heaven." (Re 21:2)

The Mountain Identified!

We have now identified the mountain. (Zec 8:3) Having done so from first principles, we now want to know when and how the "stone" changed into that "large mountain?"

Turning Point

I have previously listed the functions, which are dependent on the existence of Zion. These you will remember where all functions of the third administration. Why is that significant? The last time we hear about Zion, it is in the sad state prophesied in Jeremiah 26:6!:

This sad state culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE as retribution for killing the Messiah - as Christ himself foretold:

Thus Christ prophesied the destruction of their society: both "our place and our nation," as they put it. (Joh 11:48) This sad state persisted until 1914. Christ had - while on Earth - prophesied that 1914 would be the year that, "the appointed times of the nations are fulfilled." (Lu 21:24) (Get a free Bible study if you don't know how we arrive at 1914. Get that Bible study!)

Now, here is the point: since, the functions of the second administration of Christ - The Truth - did not depend on any of the functions of Zion that I listed for you earlier, about 15 of them (since they are functions of the third administration of Christ: The Life), this abandoned state of Zion, persisted! Jehovah did not at that point restore the condition of Zion. You will see clearly why imminently - when we discuss how the curse was turned into a blessing!:

From a Curse to a Blessing

Now, as we have established before "then," is a function of "when!" (De 30:1-7) This prophecy also has that cause-and-effect Evidence Profile. "When" is the cause; and "then" is the effect. So what does "then" represent at Jeremiah 31? It represents people again saying, "May Jehovah bless you, O righteous dwelling place, holy mountain." So, what happened to Shiloh when it was cursed? What did it being cursed ... mean?

It means being abandoned by Jehovah. His holy spirit is not present and thus that person (as in King Saul), or entity (as in the tabernacle at Shiloh) - is no longer "holy!" Destruction soon follows. This is what happened to Jerusalem after Jesus was killed in 33 CE. 37 years later - Jerusalem was in flames - being burned until not a stone was left on a stone!:

Do you see the pattern - and how it works? Alright. Before we even look at the scriptural evidence for what the opposite situation - a blessing looks like, what can we say we are expecting? If a curse involved three major components: abandonment by Jehovah, which means that entity is no longer "holy," and then imminent destruction, figuring out the opposite effect is quite straightforward. It must start with the opposite of abandonment: Jehovah coming to us! Then it proceeds to holiness, as Jehovah's spirit is now present. Then lastly, we would expect the opposite of destruction - being established! Do we all agree that that scenario is the opposite of what happens when we are "cursed?"

Alright, let us now see if the scriptural definition of a blessing includes those things:

The Opposite of Abandonment is ...?

"Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion; for I am coming," says Jehovah of Armies. How wonderful. You get goose bumps. Let's look at our next expectation.

The Opposite of not Being Holy is ...?

"'And I will reside in your midst,' declares Jehovah." As soon as Jehovah's spirit resides in something, we know that it is holy! (Eph 2:21,22) From Ephesians the connection between us being holy and Jehovah dwelling in us through his spirit is beyond clear! How about our third criteria? Is it met, in the blessing?

The Opposite of Destruction is ...?

The opposite of being destroyed, is being established as a major destination that "many nations will join themselves to." This is prophesied to happen when Jehovah "again choose[s] Jerusalem!" Wonderful! This being established is what is meant by the stone becoming a large mountain - in the Daniel 2:31-35 prophecy. Now, when did Jeremiah 31:23 tell us the blessings would come. We are intensely interested in this turning point. What is the catalyst? Let me re-quote only the relevant part for you:

The blessing will only happen when ... Jehovah "gather[s] back" the "captives [of Judah]!" Now, which is the administration that is responsible for this gathering work?:

It is The Life! So that is why Zion lay dormant - or in its unhealed condition all throughout the administration of The Truth, because the gathering work was only due at that end of the appointed times - not when Christ was enthroned in 1914. Now, of course, the administration of The Truth was blessed by Jehovah - in many and very powerful ways. I myself have benefitted so much from being in The Truth. I love it. But the blessing we are speaking of here, has to do specifically with Zion and re-establishing it! It is this re-establishment that is represented by the stone of Daniel chapter 2, turning into "a large mountain." (Da 2:35) Let's zoom in on that - the mountain being established!:

As I told you before: whenever, you see a sentence with the formula of something starting in the old system and lasting forever it can only apply to the holy ones - and specifically, the holy ones once the third administration has started. Similarly, in this case: our kingdom is set up in this system; takes over everything; and rules forever without being passed on to any other people.

This "set up" represents the turning point from being "cursed" to becoming "blessed." That set up, in turn, is realized through the stone becoming a large mountain. This is the construction project that I earlier said took 1990 years since 33 CE. Since pentecost of that year, Jehovah has been carefully choosing anointed ones, and - through Christ - working to perfect them! This is what Ephesians 4:7,8,11-16 is all about:

Build. Up. The. Congregation. Of. The. Holy. Ones! Once, we have identified our three variables, we want to know what they accomplish? Jer 31:13 quoted earlier - answers:

Vrystaan jy! The gathering work only happens, to enable Jehovah to take "action from his his holy dwelling," once we have been "set up," as per Daniel 2:44. As we have already thoroughly discussed, because Jehovah could not take judgemental actions against his enemies while the anointed were still being chosen - not gathered, but chosen - the turning point of Zion going from being cursed to blessed could not have happened during the administration of The Truth. The Truth is responsible for identifying the holy ones through the preaching of the Good News, But The Life is responsible for gathering them together into one entity - Mighty Mount Zion. It is not enough to have holy ones existing on Earth. They must be gathered into one entity. Only then, does Jehovah bless Mount Zion - not on an individual level, but as an entity: Mount Zion! This blessing, is thus a function of the administration of The Life! And it is from now, that Jehovah will take action from his holy dwelling. That is what the setting up involves: going from a foundation stone to a complete building/city/field under cultivation - because the body of the Christ is - in essence complete:

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"I cannot do a single thing, until you arrive there!" That is exactly equal to: "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until after we have sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads." Now, again, I want to emphasize that the anointed's third administration's "good works determined in advance by God" occurring now, does not mean that there will be no new anointed ones in a month's time, or in the next few years. That has nothing to do with me! Jehovah chooses - and Christ takes care of us: guarding us day and night! I have no access to such information. Why would Jehovah reveal that to me? Or, you? "So when they had assembled, they asked him: "Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?" He said to them: "It does not belong to you to know the times or seasons that the Father has placed in his own jurisdiction." (Ac 1:6)

The things Jehovah reveals have to do with information humans need to take action on:

Since there is no contribution I - or any other holy one - can make regarding the choosing of the holy ones (what I am going to do ... give Jehovah advice on whom to choose? - Ro 11:34), there is no need for Jehovah to reveal anything to us!

So, we have discussed how the stone turns into a large mountain. This just means Christ has finished building the city Jehovah tasked him with completing! His body is complete, or almost complete (you know what I mean). The point is, it is complete enough that the angels can let go of the "four winds of the Earth!" (Re 7:3; 2Co 10:5,6) There are different ways to build structures. You can do so on site, or through pre-fabrication, also known as 'prefab.' This second technique is when the structure of the new building is constructed off-site, but assembled on-site. That is how Mount Zion is put together! Christ has been working on us individually, from just as soon as Jehovah chooses us. (Isa 45:13; Eph 5:25-27; Php 1:19) From 33 CE onward the different parts of the building were being hard won and catalogued. With the rise of the third administration, Jehovah directs that they be gathered and assembled into one unit - Mount Zion, his holy temple! I want to emphasize that this does not mean that all holy ones will live in the same area of the Earth. No, it is more nuanced than that, for when Christ comes for us, he will gather us from the four corners of the Earth, meaning holy ones will be in many different countries. Mount Zion, just means we operate as a unit. If you are in The Truth, you know that it was frowned upon for the holy ones to be looked at as being special. That was because Jehovah's time for that development had not yet arrived. Now, that it has: not only will all people in The Truth/The Life look at holy ones in that light - but the whole world will also. That's the point! That is the temple of Haggai 2 that will be more glorious than Solomon's:

It is precisely, because he is setting us apart as something most special that he is rocking all the nations and bringing their wealth to us! In turn, the glory will accumulate, and the knowledge we will publish and spread to all mankind - through The Life - is what will draw all right-hearted ones to Mount Zion. That is where Isaiah 2, Micah 4 and Zechariah 8 start to feature. But let's not get ahead of ourselves!

We now tackle the last of our three original variables. We have covered the identity of the stone. We have covered what the stone turning into a large mountain means. We are now looking on as the large mountain starts to fill the whole Earth! What does that mean? And what does it mean for all throughout the Earth, who love Jehovah - but are not anointed? What does it mean for you?:

And Micah 4 verses 1 to 7:

I trust, you now understand these prophecies fully - for the first time. All the pieces of the puzzle that we have been identifying, simplifying and clearly defining for ourselves - are there! Even without any further exposition from me, you should be able to put together what is happening, i.e., what the significance of the time you find yourself living in, is! I am sure you read many times in the Bible when one or other amazing development was coming to fruition. Sometimes, even in the narrative one of the people then alive says something to the effect of, "what a time to be alive." Christ, explicitly said: "many ... have wanted to see these days, and hear what you are hearing...." Living, as you are, at the end of days, Jehovah has reserved many "Wow" moments for our times! I hope you tilled the soil of your heart sufficiently, so that these developments bring joy to your heart - and not sorrow and misgivings. There will be a lot of that, too.

I will not rob you of the joy of putting it together yourself! You are now trained in Evidence Profiles. You can pause, and take the time to try and put it together yourself. When you are ready, read on - for the full exposition!

In the above scriptures: we have key words like: "In the final part of the days" and "the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established," which are equivalent to Jehovah setting up the kingdom. Where do the people want to go? What is it called and what does it represent? What benefit will they get when they arrive? What do "Zion" and "Jerusalem" represent? What administration is responsible for administering this "judgement among many peoples and set[ting] matters straight" through the convincing evidence concerning "judgement?" Who is Jehovah gathering in that day? What is the Mount Zion that Jehovah will be ruling from? What is the significance of the statement: "From now on and forever," and to whom does it apply - and why? All interesting questions - and I trust that you know all the answers! Alright, we now move onto - what the mountain filling the whole Earth means!

STEP THREE: The Mountain Fills the Whole Earth

Do you recall what the problem is in the universe? I think we discussed it when we spoke of Spirics - and why Heaven is different from the Cosmos! In that discussion we mentioned that Heaven was the throne of God and that the earth was his "footstool." But then, we recognized a problem: there is a huge discrepancy between the intended footprint of the footstool - and its actual footprint. The footstool is supposed to be the whole earth! And yet, we find: "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." Disconnect. Problem. But the one thing we know is that the word of God always comes true! How then will the following scripture come to fruition?:

Now the definition of a footstool is in the Bible, so we don't have to struggle to know what this verse is trying to tell us:

So, a footstool is the domain or dominion where people are glad to hear - and more importantly obey Jehovah's "words!" Immediately, we recognize that that is not how things stand. No one on Earth listens to Jehovah - except for a small fraction - numbering about 9 million - who are part of The Truth! These are the ones who keep offering Bible studies, as per Jehovah's instructions, so that people can survive what was foretold - and that which has already begun! Pleas that many people completely ignore. (Mt 24:14; Lu 18:8; Mt 7:13,14) That is the sad reality. They cannot listen for clear reasons:

This reality has the effect of shrinking the footprint of Jehovah's footstool, since:

Thus, the footprint of Jehovah's footstool, is limited only to the temple:

Thus, the only place Jehovah is respected and voluntarily given the worship he is due - is at the temple! (Re 4:11) ...

Now, as we have said his footstool is all his anointed holy ones: for we are his temple! That is why people who willingly want to worship Jehovah - must come to us! As per Jehovah's design:

This "holy mountain" of verse 7 is, of course, the same mountain/house of Jehovah of Isaiah and Micah fame. Jehovah cannot inhabit arrangements - only temples. We won't talk of that again. (Ja 3:1,2) If you understand Isaiah 56 verses 6 and 7, then you will understand what is happening in Isaiah chapter 45:

For instance, you understand why Jehovah is angered and determined that as the Creator he will not give his glory to anyone else: "I am Jehovah. That is my name; I give my glory to no one else, nor my praise to graven images." (Isa 42:8) Despite the fact that he is the awe-inspiring Creator of Space and the Cosmos, people try to deny his existence. His remedy is pure genius: to "raise up a man in righteousness, ... he is the one who will build my city." Jehovah then promises to bring in the profit of all the world superpowers. Lastly, we learn that when they talk to us, it is in a form of prayer! That is not as strange as it sounds. This is not because, the anointed are to be worshipped. Only Jehovah is to be worshipped! That much is clear! (Mt 4:10) No. Resolving the discomfort is quite simple: it is because we - as Jehovah's temple - were designed to be a "house of prayer." (Heb 3:6; Isa 56:7) This is most ingenious! Mind-boggingly brilliant! Here are the facts.

It's All About the Size of the Footprint - Compared to the Earth!

Now, why did Jehovah appoint Christ to build him a city - Mount Zion - as a response to being disrespected by those who don't want to worship him? (Compare verses 12 and 13.) To know the answer, we must read Matthew 6:9,10:

How the Messianic Kingdom Eradicates the Footprint Gap

This city, which is the Messianic kingdom - is the entity that is responsible for closing the gap between the footprints of the "footstool" and the world - so that Jehovah's will, will come to take place: "as in Heaven, also on Earth!" The closing of that footprint gap means Christ and his holy ones through his third administration - the administration that administers "judgement" through "convincing evidence" - must conquer the whole world!

And that is what the "large mountain," growing to fill up the "whole Earth means!" When the mountain is firmly established, it is established "above the top of the mountains." (Isa 2:2) That means, from the very beginning of Mount Zion, we are the most prestigious address in the World! That is because Jehovah has reserved for us glories which no man can conceive of. Glories that can only be attained through revelation. That of course, is what The Greatest Story Ever Told, is! But what we are talking of now is another dynamic. After being established higher than all the other mountains and hills, Mount Zion goes on to grow - and grow to such an extent that it fills the whole Earth! Thus, closing the Footprint Gap! It is that dynamic that we are now laser focused on. Mount Zion will start of dominant, but there will still be other contenders - and stubborn Intellectuals. We have not brought them to nothing, yet. For instance, there are still false Gods. The publication of this blog, will not immediately change that. This is why the judgements are necessary! And why they are a function, only of the third administration. We can liken this exact moment in the history of the world to the first few times Moses and Aaron meet with Pharaoh. The coming judgements are equivalent to the plagues dolled out on Egypt. The equivalent development for Mount Zion, is our gathering the nations into the Valley of Jehoshophat - as detailed in the prophecy of Haggai chapter 3! More on that shortly.

All the while, as we keep conquering the world, we are attracting honest-hearted ones to Jehovah! They stream - of their own accord - to come and worship him with and through us. For, we are the ones that will establish and promulgate the laws of Jehovah. Thus, in addition to the holy ones who are Mount Zion - there is going to be a huge influx of willing worshippers of Jehovah. These are the people from Isaiah 2, and Micah 4. It is these people though, who take the initiative and seek out the holy one - they seek Mount Zion, as prophesied in Zechariah 8:20-23! The proverbial ten men holding on to the robe of a Jew! In this way, God's prophecies about the Christ and Mount Zion - are fulfilled:

In other words, the fulfillment of Daniel's mountain growing to fill the whole Earth, and God's kingdom making Jehovah's will take place on Earth as it is in Heaven - are both descriptions of the same dynamic: how the Messianic kingdom, will take over the Earth! They have the same Evidence Profile! It is two different ways of describing the same thing! They are both taking Jehovah's influence on Earth, from the size of his temple and extending it to cover the whole Earth. This conquering is what The Life is all about:

This gathering is exactly like bounty hunting: dead or alive - the choice is yours, but you're coming with me! It requires the third administration to completely conquer all of God's enemies - and thus narrow the gap between the footprint of the footstool, and the footprint of the Earth - until it disappears! (1Co 1:25-29) We do this: taking one scalp after another - until we have conquered all opposition - and made it obedient to Christ!

The reason there is a difference in size between what the footprint of the footstool is supposed to be - and what it is: is lack of obedience! So, by bringing every errant thought in opposition to Christ "into captivity" - we are reversing that trend! And, simultaneously growing the footprint of the footstool! That's how our empire grows to fill the "whole Earth!" I trust this is clear, simple and straightforward! For instance, by now, you should be able to work out for yourself: how being "prepared to inflict punishment for every disobedience, as soon as your own obedience is complete," is related to the angels holding tight the four winds: "... So that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. ... until after we have sealed the slaves of our God in their foreheads." It is important to make one thing clear: the difference in the size of Mount Zion is not a reflection of the fact that many peoples from many nations will come and join us in worshipping God. That has nothing to do with it. The difference in the size of Mount Zion from the beginning to the end of the administration of The Life, is due to The Life fulfilling all of 2 Corinthians 10:3-6! That scripture is only talking about the anointed. No part of it references the other sheep. (The whole Bible is like that - with rare and obvious exceptions!) So, when we start we have an advantage: we are a large mountain, that is taller than all the other mountains. But we must still conquer everything that is in opposition to Jehovah and his Christ! After, we have accomplished that, Mount Zion not a large mountain - it is the Earth. It fills the Earth - because we have conquered all opposition. It's like I explained in the page about binary choices: all the Evidence Profiles fall on the side of truth. People can decide to hate God; but there is no Evidence Profile that will support that stance. Hence, all who choose it, will have no leg to stand on - and will thus be destroyed, according to Jehovah's perfect justice. Daniel chapter 2 establishes that the stone that becomes a large mountain, and the large mountain that grows to fill the whole earth are all different aspects of establishing the kingdom of God. Revelation 5, on the other hand establishes that the kingdom of God - made up of a 144 000 people - is a kingdom of priests! In other words it is centered on the temple. In fact it is the temple - as per 2 Corinthians 6:16. Then Psalms 99 verses 5 and 9 make it clear that the "footstool" and the "holy mountain" are the same thing! Though they are part of the same passage of scripture, I am going to quote them separately so you can more easily see the parallel!:

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The exacting parallelism couldn't be clearer and establishes beyond doubt that "his footstool" is "his holy mountain!" What does this mean? It means, the establishing of the kingdom that will "never be destroyed" and that "will not be passed on to any other people," the very kingdom that "will stand forever," as the stone becomes a large mountain, and the large mountain fills the whole - is how Jehovah fulfills Matthew 6:10, which in turn brings about the fulfillment of Isaiah 66:1! The gap is now closed. Forever!

Do you get it?

This is all independent of what the other sheep are doing. Learning about Jehovah and his purposes benefits all of us personally, but the other sheep going through that process does not affect the size of Mount Zion. That growth is a function of only one thing: the "good works" that Jehovah has laid out in advance for the holy ones to perform, being done expertly and diligently by Christ's third administration - the administration of judgement: the administration of The Life! In turn, the power holy ones have, in the administration of The Life, to conquer Intellectuals and decimate their institutions, comes from our being "in union with Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God!" (1Co 1:30):

And this destruction of worldly wisdom - takes place while the Intellectual's system is still in place and running! This has already starting - as you very well know!

Two-Way Synergies

The last two scriptural passages, taken together, help to explain Ephesians 1:10, which is four quotations back: "to gather all things together in the Christ.... Yes, in him." What could that possibly mean?

1 Corinthians 1:30 tells us that we are "in union with Christ." The Bible also tells us that Christ is the sacred secret of God, and that: "Carefully concealed in him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." To that realization, we add the knowledge of what it means to be "in union" with him:

The "one spirit" by which we were all baptized "into one body," is of course, Christ's nested spirit - as already discussed! (Ro 8:14,15; Ga 4:4-6) How does that knowledge and the two scriptures in 1 Corinthians chapter one and twelve, then come together to explain Ephesians 1:10 - specifically, the part about all things being gathered "in Christ - yes, in him?" Because they explain the two-way synergy between Christ, and the anointed holy ones - who are his body! It is this functionality that allows for what we will call "reconciliation-by-relay."

From Him to Us

We remember that the "spirit," is the mind or consciousness of a person. Thus, our having Christ's spirit means we have his mind. In this way, all the treasures of wisdom, which are carefully concealed in him become available to us - since we are part of him, through possessing his mind. We are one body with him. That is one synergy: from Christ to us! Let's look at the second.

From Us to Him

To sit on Christ's throne, we must conquer the world, just like he conquered - and only then, sat on his Father's throne! Now every enemy we vanquish, every victory we gain becomes a part of our record - and legacy. In this way, through our faith - we conquer the world, and vanquish Jehovah's and Christ's enemies. Now, on Earth, no matter how successful a parent is, their accomplishments are their own. They can't pass them onto their kids, for instance. Have you seen the sad case of a parent who is very successful in a particular field - and his children try to follow suit, with regrettable results. Kardashian and his daughter Kim come to mind, as a recent example. Why is this? Because they are different people - and thus continuity is impossible. If the children do achieve acclaim, in the same field, it is always due to their own talents - and hard work. Here I am thinking of Denzel Washington and his son John David Washington. Accomplishments can never be transferred. In the case of the anointed and Christ however, whatever we achieve, he has also achieved. This is not because, we are somehow transferring our credits to him. No. We are him! As soon as we accomplish something - he has accomplished it too! Or, with, or through, whose strength do you think we accomplish said feats in the first place?:

In this way, Christ is us and we are him! This is not a parable, or illustration, or anything - other than reality! Again: He is us; and we are him! He is the head, we are the body, of the same person - the same being!:

And, as his body, we use his strength, to accomplish all we do - and thus all our accomplishments are in him. Yes - in him! That is why we are described as his "fullness." He fills us up, through possessing all the treasures of knowledge; and we fill him up, by using that knowledge to conquer everything in opposition to him and his Father - and ours - Jehovah of Armies. The process of using his knowledge to conquer the world is called the third administration of the Christ - or The Life! Do you get it? Going through this process is what takes Mount Zion from being a large mountain, to being a mountain that fills the whole Earth! Thus, this administration of conquest, is simultaneously, an administration of judgement - against those in opposition! I trust that all is clear.

It's all, you will agree with me: very simple! The administration of judgement is all about increasing the footprint of the footstool - until it covers the whole world! To achieve this, Jehovah has determined that Mount Zion must be established, hence the tested stone will become Mount Zion. This just means going from Christ by himself to Christ in union with the 144 000! For that to happen, Jehovah has decreed an administration which will gather them - "at the full limit of the appointed times!" (Eph 1:10) This administration is the last of three administrations of the Christ, that must be accomplished before the "last trumpet," that is, before we go to heaven: The Way; The Truth; and The Life! But gathering the things in the heavens, is not the only gathering work this administration of The Life is responsible for: it is also required to gather all the Earthly things, into Christ. This is accomplished by conquering Jehovah's foes! Since, this act is equal to Jehovah's domain of authority increasing in the Earth - it is likened to the mountain, growing to fill "the whole earth." (Da 2:36) Thus Daniel chapter 2 and Ephesians 1 explain each other! These events automatically, reconcile the universe back to its original form, by starting a chain reaction: we "own" the worldly, things, in turn we are owned by Christ, who, in turn is owned by Jehovah. And, thus both realms of the universe will once again exist in harmony! The whole earth will be Jehovah's footstool - once again! And thus, will Isaiah 66:1 be fulfilled:

The Greatly Diversified Wisdom of God

The solution to how the discord in the universe is eventually solved is due to the "greatly diversified wisdom" of God - which cannot be equalled, or rivalled! (Eph 3:10-12) It was through this wisdom that Jehovah decided that the reconciliation of all renegade elements would be accomplished by each layer of his Heavenly Kingdom participating! That means not only him and the Christ (Joh 5:17), but also, the "congregation of the firstborn" - us! (Heb 12:23) Jehovah has decreed that the only way to share in the glory is to share in the works! Thus, since we are to be glorified alongside him and his Son - we must also participate in the outworking of his will, through the "good works which God determined in advance for us to walk in them." (Eph 2:10; 2Co 4:10; 2Ti 2:11,12; 3:12; Re 3:21; 20:4) As, we perform them ...

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So it is the tribulation that "works out for us" the coming glory. That means our glory as holy ones is a function of our participating in the sufferings of the Christ. No suffering. No share in the glory!:

Thus, all three levels share, and because we are all in union with each other through the central figure of Christ - our efforts are cumulative and more importantly, credited to one account! And it is that dynamic, that makes reconciliation-by-relay possible! If one angel accomplished something for Jehovah, and another angel similarly succeeds at his task, their individual efforts are cumulative - they can be added together - but they are not reconcilable: because they are credited to two different accounts. But since anyone who is in "joined to the Lord is one spirit," that is, one spiritual body, with him - we have one account, and can thus, reconcile our individual efforts to one account! The following scripture is a most important passage: read it carefully - with understanding:

What does this most important function of unity make possible? The afore-defined "reconciliation-by-relay!" What does that mean? Since Jehovah is connected to Christ, through Jehovah's spirit; and Christ is connected to us via his and Jehovah's nested spirits - and his spiritual body, we are working to credit one account! Our being one account, means we share the same liabilities (sufferings) - and assets (glories/possessions).

Below, we use scripture to highlight a subtle nuance:

I must point out that those who are joined to the Lord being "one spirit" is not referencing the mind or consciousness. It is referencing his spiritual body. The contrast with the members of a harlot, makes it clear that we are here talking about Christ's "spiritual body" - otherwise the comparison is invalid. (1Co 15:44) We are not said to be in one mind with the harlot, through fornication - but in one body. Now, is not the time to get into this - and we shouldn't have to, but I see a mistake has crept in. That is why the citation is to the Bible with References. We are not one with him "in spirit" (which is a reference to his consciousness) - but, we are rather "one spirit" with him, which is something totally different! Totally different. Many people who sleep with harlots - hate them. That is they become members of their bodies through the principle of sexual union, as quoted in the scripture, out of lack of self-control, not intention - but they are disgusted by their conduct. Is is easier to separate the different aspects with a human because they have different names: "flesh" and "spirit" (as in mind) - for instance. But when the subject is a spirit being, the word spirit applies to both the mind and the body - hence the confusion. We can talk about this another time, but just not to leave you in the lurch, I will point you in the right direction. And you can meditate on the guiding principles, in your own time. The Evidence Profile for correctly understanding the nuance behind this distinction, is that the 144 000 are called Christ's "bride!" Why is that? Because we are one "spiritual body" with him, in the very same way as a married couple on Earth - are one "physical body" with each other. Are we also one body with Jehovah? No! We are only in union with Jehovah mentally - not through "spiritual bodies!" We are not Jehovah's wife! In fact, this is another "sacred secret." This is what the holy spirit is trying to explain through Paul, in Ephesians 5:29-32! In this context, Jehovah is also our Father-in-law. After the last trumpet, when we get to Heaven: if Jehovah tells Christ something about us, Christ is bound, by Jehovah's own principle of husbands leaving their parents and sticking to their wives - to take our side: "No I enjoy her cooking Dad," is the only answer he can give. That kind of thing. Read the quoted verses in Ephesians chapter 5 - and meditate to understand. We are one mentally, with both Jehovah and Christ. But, we are only one spiritual body with Christ. We are not members of Jehovah's eternal body - it already existed ... forever! Whereas, Jehovah prepared a body for Christ. Remember the designer and builder of the city is Jehovah! We are that city! Thus, what is being spoken of here is different to what 1 Corinthians 12:12 and 13 are referencing. When that scripture speaks of "drinking one spirit," it is indeed referencing his mind: like saying you have one blood for humans. So, we need to be alert to the fact that with spiritual beings, both the mind and the body are called by the same name - "spirit." Thus, we must look at the context to discern if the scriptural passage is referencing the mind; or the body! Check. We move on.

Back to our point of focus: what does reconciliation-by-relay accomplish - or make possible? So, we have the same account as Christ, and he has the same account with his Father, but for totally different reasons. With him and his Father, its because: he does nothing out of his own initiative. "Whatever things that One does, these things the Son does also in like manner." (Joh 5:19) I called it a "relay." Think of a relay team in the hundred meter 4x100m sprint that was made up of four Usain Bolt's, each one only responsible for running one leg! Now, the situation is similar with Jehovah, Christ and Christ's body - the congregation of the firstborn. Whatever we accomplish on Earth gets credited to Christ's account, and whatever he accomplishes gets credited to Jehovah's account - due to the source of the supply of power and "good works." (Lu 5:17; Joh 17:4; Col 1:29; Ac 9:15,16) Remember that the Christ is the vine, and we are the branches producing fruit. But the fruit are given the name of the tree - not the branches. It's an apple tree! Who cares about the branches? What unique situation does this create? Reconciliation-by-relay. Since we have one account - unlike those angels - whatever we accomplish is credited to Jehovah through Christ, and obviously, the same occurs, between Christ and Jehovah. In this way, whenever the anointed conquer, Jehovah and Christ are conquering! And so it is with the "reconciliation." Whatever, we reconcile in ourselves, by subsuming it, we make obsolete! While the individual works are credited to the respective holy ones who performed them - the fruits are not known by the names of the branches, but of the tree that grows them - Jesus; and its cultivator - Jehovah!:

That is why as soon as Christ saw that his apostles were getting it, he became overjoyed - because he could see that Satan had failed:

That was the first time, there was a working prototype of this principle in action. It is not enough for Christ, to conquer the Devil. The anointed have to conquer him too - through our faith! (1Jo 5:4) The account in Luke was the first working example of this functionality - but it was not the last! It is through such relays that every renegade element in Satan's world will be "overturned" by the anointed and made "obedient to the Christ!" (2Co 10:5) Now. In our time. Then, Christ will, of course, in turn submit himself to Jehovah! (1Co 15:27,28: Php 2:6,7) Long past prototypes, let us now look at the latest application of this wonderful functionality!:

How will this manifest itself now, at the end of times? By Jehovah using the third administration, which includes all his holy ones - to crush all remaining Intellectual opposition to his rule. It is these judgements - which will intensify with time - that are meted out in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, as a consequence of the gathering of the holy ones, or the setting up of Mount Zion. (Whichever perspective you prefer.) (Joe 3:1,2):

This is all grounded on the fact that the gathering of the holy ones takes precedence over the gathering of worldly people. It comes first! This gathering of the holy ones relates to the point in the prophecy of Daniel, where the stone becomes a mountain. That means the mountain then growing to fill the Earth - which comes afterwards - is a function of the gathering of the holy ones. Put another way: if the holy ones are not gathered - the Messianic Kingdom will not make Jehovah's will "take place as in Heaven, also on Earth." (Mt 6:10) Just like in the prophecy in Joel, the nations are only gathered for judgement - after, the captives of Judah and Jerusalem are themselves gathered. Put another way: the stone becoming a mountain, comes before that mountain, Mount Zion, can be used by Jehovah to punish the nations. For the nations will only be punished with judgements, once Mount Zion is safe! Jehovah will not do a single thing before the "crop permits" it. (Mt 13:28,29; Mr 4:29) So judgement, must necessarily follow Jehovah's holy ones being ready (overall) for it to arrive. When that time comes: Jehovah institutes the third administration - The Life: which is all about supplying the world with convincing evidence that will lead to everlasting judgements! Look for sequence in the following verses:

It is the arrival and rise of that administration - that I am publishing to you! Hallelujah!

Now this is how you know the administration of gathering is necessary for the coming functions that are due in our time. Joel 3 verse 2 where Jehovah says: "I will also gather together all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Je·hoshʹa·phat. I will enter into judgment with them there," is a two-pronged attack! There are two functions there: gathering together; and judgement. To kindly allow for his Son and the holy ones who make up his body to share in his glory: Jehovah has kindly delegated these functions to Christ and the holy ones - through The Life! The Life handles the "gather[ing]," while Christ has been gifted the role of judging. We know this because Christ does no gathering. When he comes and starts judging - he finds the nations already gathered:

Christ separates. He doesn't gather!

Who gathered the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat? You already know the answer:

How? By decimating the Intellectuals and their nonsensical metaphysical ideas, which are the Jenga foundations of the world you live in - and which most trust, as being infallible.

Isn't scientific prophecy wonderful!

The Greatly Diversified Wisdom of God - Explained

Having come to understand how The Life fits into the outworking of Jehovah's will: we now take a second look - this time with full understanding - at the 15 functions that cannot happen without Mighty Mount Zion being in place: that is, without the holy ones being gathered into conscious unity by The Life - in preparation for good works!