CHAPTER 6 ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK (THE NEW TABERNACLE) (NEW COVENANT)

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1 CHAPTER 6 ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK (THE NEW TABERNACLE) (NEW COVENANT) Melchizedek s origin was unknown, and his life had no beginning or end. Heb. 7:1 3 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated "king of righteousness," and then also king of Salem, meaning "king of peace," 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually. Melchizedek was different and greater than even Abraham. Heb. 7:4 7 4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

2 5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. Abraham had to tithe to Melchizedek, or give a tenth. All this was a foreshadow of things to come. Jesus, after His resurrection, was likened to the order of Melchizedek (no beginning or end). Heb. 7: For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest, 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For He testifies: "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." The resurrected Jesus, like Melchizedek, was greater than man, or should we

3 say all that are Adam. So Adam would have to tithe to Jesus as did Abraham to Melchizedek. We are God s treasure. So Adam s tithe would be the ten percent of the last generation or the remnant of man. This ten percent would be those chosen to be born again, and become a new generation that would be created through the name of Jesus. Ps. 102:18 18 This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. These would be after the order of Melchizedek also, as they will be in the image of Christ. Remember the scripture in 1 Corinthians 15:49? 1 Cor. 15:49 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust (Adam), we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man (Jesus). The born again will be after the order of Melchizedek in that they too will be without mother and father, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God! God would make a new and better covenant with this generation of people.

4 Heb. 8: But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah 9 "not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 "None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them (These are all ones chosen by God to be born again). 12 "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more." 13 In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now

5 what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. We must be a part of the new generation and new Israel to receive this new covenant. Gal. 3: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. There is no other way to be accepted by God or to be a recipient of His covenant. Your bloodlines do not count. How good you are will not even be seen unless you are the new seed of Abraham. You must be born again! John 3:3 3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Rom. 9:7 8 7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called."

6 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. The born again are the children of the promise. Gal. 3:29 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. THE TABERNACLE Also, as there is an earthly physical tabernacle to guide us on the highway of holiness, so there is an even greater and more perfect tabernacle to give us direction. We find this tabernacle in Acts 15. Acts 15: 'After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up; 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does all these things.'

7 This tabernacle is a dwelling place for God to rule and reign His people from. It is made of living stones. 1 Pet. 2:5 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. This spiritual tabernacle is not made with human hands. Heb. 9:11 11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation (or not of Adam). This tabernacle is made up of those living stones that have been fashioned by the hand of God as they made their walk up the highway of holiness. Molded and shaped as God wanted them, these have laid their lives on the Altar of incense at the feast of Atonement. They are His temple or tabernacle: His government. HIS HOUSE

8 Eph. 2: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, He lives and dwells in them and they in Him. They are one. He will be the savior and reveal His mysteries through His government as the Lamb of God, but He will judge through them as well as the Lion of Judah. 1 Cor. 6:19 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? God will protect the elect from the enemy. 1 Cor. 3: Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

9 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. These are His oil (or the anointed ones) and His wine (the born again that have His life in their blood). He says "do not touch the oil and the wine" to His angels as they are seen pouring out lack and poverty on the earth. Rev. 6:6 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine." THE BODY These are also the sealed found in Revelation 7:3 4. Rev. 7:3 4 3 saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and fortyfour thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

10 The number one hundred and forty four thousand symbolizes a complete number of the remnant who will follow the Lamb through His government. The Apostle John saw visions of all this in Revelation 14:1. Rev. 14:1 1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. He will love and guide His people from His tabernacle or His government. The Apostle John saw this tabernacle also. Rev. 21:5 5 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. Now let us go back and read the promise at Acts 15: Acts 15: 'After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up; 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who

11 are called by My name, says the Lord who does all these things.' HIS WORKS OR OURS At last a people that will forfeit their will that the works of God can come forth or be birthed into the natural. As taught before, these works were finished before God formed the earth. Acts 15:18 18 "Known to God from eternity are all His works. Now the scripture in Ecclesiastes becomes clear to us. Eccl. 1: That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us. God created and performed all things and all works in the supernatural and then rested. As we enter that rest with Him, these works can manifest through us as He wills them to, and in His timing. Through word of knowledge and

12 word of wisdom, we are lead by the Spirit of God in us to do in the natural what was already accomplished in the supernatural. From this position of rest, both the body following the lead of the government, and the government following the lead of the Holy Spirit are now experiencing the eighth Feast, the Feast of Tabernacles! THE LAST GENERATION (GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE) (HEAD AND BODY) It all began with Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and toweling them dry. To understand, let us turn to the Strongs Concordance once again and look at the Hebrew number ken (kane); the same as 3651, used as a noun; a stand, i.e. pedestal or station: KJV base, estate, foot, office, place, well. So the word foot in Hebrew can be translated as estate or office. If we look up the words estate and office, we will see the number is also Now let us look at the word towel. It is Greek number 4676 meaning:

13 4676 soudarion (soo dar' ee on); of Latin origin; a sudarium (sweat cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse): As Adam, or as the Adamic race after their fall in the garden, God said we would work and live by the sweat of our face. This was part of the curse they brought on themselves. Jesus toweled the offices dry. He removed man s sweat or intellectual efforts from those in office. From now on those placed in office were to rest from their labors or works and allow His works to flow through them. Jesus meant for those in governmental positions to allow Him to manifest through them on behalf of the church as the Lamb and the Lion. Here is a little more meat to chew on. If we look at the definition of the word towel, we will see it also means napkin. When Jesus was resurrected from death, He wrapped together or folded the napkin that had been placed over His face in a place by itself, away from the rest of the grave clothes. The words wrapped together is number 1794 in the Greek. It goes to 1722, meaning fixed state a relation of rest from that which had the face bound. Face is number 3799, meaning appearance. Adam and his descendants would work and live by the sweat of their faces. No longer in the image of God, they were spiritually dead (a corpse). Christ neatly put the sweat cloth away because His death on the Tree had removed the curse that Adam brought on man. He uncovered the face or removed the binding, and now the appearance of the first of the new generation, the last Adam could appear.

14 These will be the blessed generation. So, He had washed the feet of the apostles, or the foundation of His government to cleanse their offices of human intellect. Now He could enter them as Wisdom, and the Spirit of Truth. Their language or gospel would be pure from now on. Let us look at the definition of language! If we will look at number 8193 in the Hebrew we will see the word language means, among other things: cloth, termination, binding! Remember the definition of towel as a cloth binding the face? In other words, He wrapped the napkin or towel up neatly and set it aside from the rest of the grave clothes, which is the false doctrine, lies and man s tradition of the religious system called Babylon. Now He could set His people free, or take the cloth from their face and remove their grave clothes, and lead and guide them into eternity as well as rule His Kingdom. His face, seen through His government, would not be hidden from the ones that have eyes of discernment to see, and the voice of truth will be heard by those that have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. The government of God as stated before, takes on the image of the last Adam as the Lamb to lead God s people to salvation and the Lion to rule and judge as the Head of His body. 1 Cor. 15: And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life giving spirit.

15 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. This image of the heavenly man is the Tabernacle of David that the people of the nations can follow. However, we must see and be obedient to God through His government, for it to be the Head of Christ s body! This head is set in place to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Eph. 4: And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Why are they called to this ministry? Ephesians 4:13 tells us.

16 Eph. 4: till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, So we see that when the full stature of Christ is attained, He will protect, rule and guide through His government as well as live, conquer and work through His body. Truly it is Christ in us that is the hope of glory. HIS WORKS NOT OURS! (THE REST OF GOD) The government will lead the body of Christ into this rest. They will lead through the Spirit of Wisdom, not the futile intellect of men. In other words, through the life of Christ within them they will overcome the first sin that was birthed in the garden and they will free the body from this sin as well. Now the Scripture at Ephesians 4:16 19 becomes much clearer. Eph. 4:16 19

17 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. 17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God (or spiritually dead), because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Verses 18 and 19 describe those that are not following the Lamb. These will not obey His commandments. They will love the world and the one who is master over it more than the Kingdom of God. Now with our eyes of discernment, let us read Revelation 14:9 13. Rev. 14: Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast (Satan) and his image (man s government), and receives his mark on his forehead (their intellect) or on his hand (they put their hands to Satan s works),

18 10 "he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 "And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name (His name is Satan and his number is 666 or man in his image)." 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them." The dead described here are found in Romans 6:3 5. Rom. 6:3 5 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

19 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, These have entered His rest as foretold in Hebrews 4:10. Heb. 4:10 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. (God did all things before the foundation of the earth and then rested. We must enter into that rest). Again, who are those that enter His rest? Rev. 14:1 1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Is this not exciting! In that one scripture we see the whole body or full stature of Jesus walking the highway of holiness! We see the one hundred and fortyfour thousand who are the faithful saints, the body members (New Jerusalem).

20 Rev. 14:4 5 tells us: 4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes (Christ through His government). These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb (born again). 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God. Rev. 7:17 17 "for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters (give them truth). And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Where is this Kingdom with its throne? Luke 17:20 21 tells us: Luke 17: Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 "nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."

21 THE BLAMELESS SING THE SONG OF THE LORD The one hundred and forty four thousand, as well as the Lamb or government (Mount Zion) that leads them, are without fault. They are the unblemished ones, not defiled with Babylon or the Beast. Christ appears through His Head and Body to sing the songs of victory. No one can understand the songs but these ones. As the song of the Lord is sung through them, a new heaven and a new earth will be sung into being. Rev. 14:1 3 1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang (those that the Lamb sings through) as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty four thousand (His body) who were redeemed from the earth.

22 They will sing the old Satan run systems right off of its foundation and the new systems of God will be sung into being. OUR FOUNDATION AND CORNERSTONE AND TOWER Jesus, who is our foundation, our High Tower and Cornerstone, will manifest through His government as this tower. 1 Pet. 2:6 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." David sang of this tower in 2 Samuel 22:51. 2 Sam. 22:51 51 He is the tower of salvation to His king, and shows mercy to His anointed, to David and his descendants forevermore." This tower is called Mount Zion, and the city formed around it is named New Jerusalem, His Bride.

23 Rev. 21: Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain (Zion), and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Satan tried to build the counterfeit of this tower and city a long time ago, but God destroyed it and scattered Satan s people by confusing their language. Gen. 11:1 9 1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

24 6 And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. But God s tower and city is being built today, and those that are a part of this tower will speak the same language and preach the same message. This is the real meaning of unity! We see this promise at Zephaniah 3:9. Zeph. 3:9 9 "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord. Both Zion and New Jerusalem will be holy. Isa. 52:1

25 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. All will speak the same message, sing the same music and see eye to eye the things related to God. Isa. 52:8 9 8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD brings back Zion. 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. Nothing can stop them! Not Satan, not man, not even the powers and principalities or rulers of darkness. Isaiah 52 goes on to say in verse 10: Isa. 52:10 10 The LORD has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. It is Christ in us the hope of glory. He, along with His heavenly hosts, lead by Michael and Gabriel, will finally get the victory.

26 Rev. 19: Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Daniel foresaw this end time at chapter twelve. Dan. 12:1 1 "At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. David also foresaw this time and sang it into being at Psalms 61:1 5. Ps. 61:1 5

27 1 HEAR my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah 5 For You, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name. His heritage the seed of David that God promised to keep forever on His throne. The sacred seed, those baptized into Christ and raised from death as Abraham s children, are the only ones that will live and continue to walk the King s Highway and experience the feasts of Shimini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, physically experienced for us to see as Hanukkah and Purim. Rev. 19: And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

28 God through His army will not only defeat Babylon and the Beast, but bring about 1 Corinthians 15:55 as well. 1 Cor. 15:55 55 "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" This army will be glorified and in the likeness of the Son of God and in the order of Melchizedek. IN CONCLUSION Here is the promise made to those that will walk God s highway (as His government). Isa. 49: Thus says the LORD: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,' to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed along the roads (the feasts of

29 God), and their pastures shall be on all desolate heights (must be separated to attend the feasts). 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, neither heat nor sun shall strike them; for He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them. 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, and My highways shall be elevated. AS HIS BODY Isa. 11:16 16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who will be left from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt. The Government of Satan scattered God s people through the empire of that day, which Assyria was a part of. But the Government of God will gather God s people as His Kingdom is set in place. All His family will sit down to well oiled dishes and wine at the feast that is served at the end of the Highway of Holiness.

30 Isa. 25:6 8 6 And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined wines on the lees. 7 And He will destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken. They will enjoy the dinner theater from a place of safety as the drama that could be entitled "The destruction of Satan and the Adamic race" unfolds. They will watch intently as this system, as we know it, is destroyed. The birds of prey will clean up the rubble. Rev. 19:21 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh. Then, right before their eyes, the earth will be restored. It is at this time that Isaiah 2:2 3 comes into play. Isa. 2:2 3

31 2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD (Zion), to the house of the God of Jacob (His tabernacle); he will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths (the Highway of Holiness)." For out of Zion shall go forth the law (from His head), and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem (or from His body). God s mountain will be raised above all mountains and a highway or path will lead to it so that those from the nations who survived the wrath of God can find their way up the Highway of Holiness.