BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEANING
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WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE ... A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEAN?
Let's begin our studt, shall we? The Bible has a statement within, that strikes the curiosity of many souls including many Religious leaders.
Isaiah 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together ...
and a little child shall lead them.
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BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM QUEST WHAT DOES A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEAN
Ever read these words and wondered who this child is?
Many
believe it represents Jesus ... But, does it?
Let's take
a lil journey into PROPHECY in the Word of God.
In
Isaiah Chapter 11, it speaks of a time of peace where a
child leads the people. Most who know the Bible, know that this time
period of peace is a 1000 year period of peace known as the
Millennium.
Now, when
one reads the entire Bible, they find mysterious PROPHECY
about this child who will reign during the Millennium.
The
prophecies reveal that during the Millennium ... DAVID shall
reign as king.
Let me
share a few of these Scriptures with you.
Keep in
mind that these prophecies were written after the death
of King David.
Isaiah 55:3-4
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your
soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you,
even the sure
mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for
a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the
people.
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Jeremiah 30:7-9
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall
be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his
yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and
strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: But
they shall serve the LORD their God, and
David their king, whom I will
raise up unto them.
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Ezekiel 34:23-25
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall
feed them, even
my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall
be their shepherd.
And I the LORD will be their God,
and my servant David a prince among them;
I the LORD have spoken it. And I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to
cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in
the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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Ezekiel 37:21-25
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
will take the children of Israel from among the
heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on
every side, and bring them into their own land: And I
will make them
one nation
in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king
shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more
two nations, neither shall they be divided into two
kingdoms any more at all. Neither shall they defile
themselves any more with their idols, nor with their
detestable things, nor with any of their
transgressions: but I will save them out of all their
dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will
cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will
be their God. And David my servant
shall be king over them;
and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall
also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes,
and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I
have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your
fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein,
even they, and their children, and their children's
children for ever: and my servant
David shall be their
prince for ever.
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BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM WHERE? A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM ADVENTURE
Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and
seek the LORD their God, and
David their king;
and shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter
days.
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No doubt about it ... David will be king.
But, being as David has passed on to the next realm (Died)
how will this be?
Some think
that the scriptures are cryptically saying that Jesus (Of
the bloodline of David) will LIVE and rule ON EARTH during
the Millennium.
Others
believe that David will return from
Abraham's Bosom
and rule as king once again in Jerusalem during the
Millennium.
Let's take
it one possibility at a time.
FIRST theory ...
COULD THE CHILD BE REFERRING TO JESUS?
Isaiah 11:1-10
And there shall come
forth a ROD out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick
understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall
not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove
after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness
shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth:
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his
lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall
be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his reins. The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them.And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones
shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw
like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the
hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his
hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a ROOT of Jesse, which shall stand for an
ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek:
and his rest shall be glorious.
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NOTE: In this Bible Child Leader study on a child shall lead them Bible verse with a little child shall lead them ... In verse 1 it says ... a ROD out of the stem of Jesse, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his
ROOTS:This is saying that from the OFFSPRING of Jesse will come another
which will be this CHILD which will lead during the Millennium. Then in verse 10 it says ... And in that day there shall be a
ROOT
of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to
it shall the Gentiles seek:
A ROOT means it came BEFORE Jesse.
Jesse is David's Dad.
The
individual spoken of in verse 10 is Jesus ... Jesus was here
from the beginning.
John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God.
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John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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Paul confirms this individual in verse 10 ... IS Jesus:
BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM TRUTH A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEANING FACTS
Romans 15:8-12
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the
promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles
might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For
this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles,
and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice,
ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the
Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
And again,
Esaias
(Isaiah)
saith, There shall be a ROOT of Jesse, and He that
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in Him shall
the Gentiles trust.
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But, who is this BRANCH in verse 1?
Now, how
about the idea that maybe Verse 1 is really somehow
mysteriously saying that Jesus (Of the bloodline of David)
is really the child that will be king and rule on Earth during
the Millennium?
First of
all, let's look at this theory in a diff light ...
Is Jesus
gonna come back to Earth at
Armageddon and slay the wicked
on His white Horse, then become an infant and be called
David and lead the people ON EARTH during the Millennium?
Is He gonna
be demoted from being a part of GOD to becoming a human and
trade up sitting on the right hand side of God to be an
earthly king?
You have to
ask yourself will Jesus be 'born again' in order to come
back as a little child to 'lead' or rule God's people during
the Millennium?
Have you ever read anything like that in
your Bible?
NOW ...
LET'S LOOK AT THIS BRANCH OF JESSE
BEING TAUGHT FEAR OF THE LORD.
And there shall come
shall grow out of his roots:
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
And shall make him of
quick understanding in the fear of the LORD ... It appears
that this individual will be taught FEAR of the Lord.
Is Jesus, WHO IS THE LORD, to be taught to fear the Lord?
WHERE
IS JESUS DURING THE MILLENNIUM?
It is
clear in the prophecies that the LORD will be the Lord in HEAVEN and
David will be their king and shepherd ON EARTH.
So, a
GREAT way to discern if Jesus is the child being
referred to as "David" in these prophecies, is to determine where Jesus will be during the Millennium, in Heaven or on Earth?
Let
me give you a couple of hints:
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and
I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for
the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God,
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his
image, neither had received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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These souls
live and reign with Christ for 1000 YEARS during the
But
... WHERE
will they live and reign with Jesus?
ON EARTH OR
IN HEAVEN?
BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM RESEARCH A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEANING TESTIn order to find out, we have to find
out where the souls are, that died in the name of Christ:
Revelation 6:9-11
And when He had opened the Fifth Seal,
I saw under the
altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word
of God, and for
the testimony which they held: And they cried with a
loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the Earth?
And white
robes were given unto every one of them;
and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet
for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should
be fulfilled.
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They are in Heaven
...
Those
souls who died for the Word of God (because of their beliefs) are
under the altar, in front of God's Throne.
So ... Jesus
will LIVE and REIGN in HEAVEN.
NOT on
Earth.
Now we
know that the David, who is to rule ON
EARTH during the Millennium, is NOT Jesus, because those who
died in His name are in HEAVEN living and reigning with Him.
WE MUST
REMEMBER ...
Scripture
says that during the Millennium, David will be the leader
on Earth.
Scripture says he will feed the people and be their
shepherd. Scripture says, a little child shall lead them
during this time of peace.
Now, let us look at the other theory ...
IS THE
CHILD A RESURRECTED KING DAVID?
Tho we know resurrection of the dead is possible ...
Are we to
assume that when the
Rapture and Resurrection occurs, that David's soul will come
to Earth from Abraham's Bosom to rule once again, while all
the other souls go to Heaven to live and reign with Jesus?
If you were
David, wouldn't you be lifting your eyebrow about that one?
We had better
investigate this a little more, don'tcha think?
Now, we
KNOW that during the Millennium that God will be the
people's God and that David will be king and shepherd over
the people.
The Bible is CLEAR.
So, how do we make sense of all this?
Let's give
our mortal minds a break for a few minutes here and put on
our SPIRITUAL thinking caps for a while, okay?
Did you
know that God can put the same SPIRIT into different people?
Is it
possible that someone with the SPIRIT of David
will rule as king on Earth during the Millennium?
WHO IS THE BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM WHEN?Consider
the Prophet Elijah ... Now, when you think about Elijah, you
probably think about him challenging 450 false prophets to a
"Who can prove their God is real" contest, and winning,
hands down.
But, do you
also remember that just after this event, he sheepishly hid
in the wilderness praying for death because he feared the
woman Jezebel? Could this be one and the same man? The
answer is yes, but with a different SPIRIT working through
him at times.
God can and does put different SPIRITS into people.
Elisha (the
Prophet who the Lord chose to take Elijah's place) asked for
a double portion of Elijah's spirit.
2 Kings 2:9
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that
Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee,
before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I
pray thee, let a
double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
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2 Kings 2:14-15
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God
of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters,
they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
And when the sons of the Prophets which were to view
at Jericho saw him, they said,
The spirit of Elijah
doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him.
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Would you
like another example?
The spirit
of Elijah was ALSO put into John the Baptist:
Malachi 4:5-6
Behold,
I will send you Elijah
the Prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the
LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to
the children, and the heart of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and smite the Earth with a curse.
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Matthew 11:10-14
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy
way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them
that are born of women there hath not risen a greater
than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is
least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. And
from the days of John the Baptist until now the
Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force. For all the Prophets and the law
prophesied until John.
And if ye will receive
it, this is Elias (Elijah), which was for to come.
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Mark 9:11-13
And they asked Him, saying,
Why say the scribes
that Elias (Elijah) must first come?
And He answered and told them, Elias verily cometh
first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written
of the Son of man, that He must suffer many things,
and be set at nought. But I say unto you,
That Elias (Elijah) is
indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever
they listed, as it is written of him.
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BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MYSTERY A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEANING DEBATE
What was it that Jesus said? If you can understand it,
John the Baptist is
Elijah
Of course
John the Baptist was John the Baptist and Elijah was Elijah,
but what does it mean, "this IS Elias"?
Simply that
God put the same spirit that was in Elijah, into John the
Baptist as well.
Okay,
everyone, adjust your thinking caps a little because I have
a little puzzler for you:
IF John the Baptist was Elijah ... Who was Elijah during the
transfiguration?
Matthew 17:3
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him.
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Was he Elijah or Elisha or John the Baptist?
How about
one more illustration, just to understand thoroughly that
God can put the same spirit into different people:
Revelation 11:3-13
And I will give power unto my Two Witnesses, and
they shall prophecy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees,
and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the Earth.
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Now, let's
see if we understand this properly ... These two individuals
are chosen by God to be on Earth during a three and one half
year time period during the End Times ... They are the "Two
olive trees and candlesticks" ... Before we proceed, it's
important to learn more of this phrase "Two olive trees and
candlesticks" that stand before God.
In
Zechariah, it tells us
of an Angel talking with Zechariah.
Zechariah 4:11-14
Then answered I, and
said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the
right side of the candlestick and upon the left side
thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What
be these two olive branches which through the two
golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what
these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he,
These are the two
anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole
Earth.
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This Angel
showed him a vision. The vision was of a Candlestick of
gold, with the bowl upon the top of it, with seven lamps and
seven pipes. It had two "olive trees" on either side of it.
Zechariah asked the Angel what the two olive trees stood for
... What the symbols represented. The Angel responded in
Verse 14 ... These are the two anointed ones that stand
before the Lord.
So, it is
apparent that God has two spirits that He places in humans,
as He did with Joshua and Zerubbabel, in the book of
Zechariah. God places these spirits into humans to fulfill
His will. This will be done through the
Two
Witnesses in the Book of Revelation.
From these
examples, can we not conclude that it is POSSIBLE that when
the prophecies predicted that David would be king and
shepherd during the Millennium that it was referring to the
SPIRIT that was in David, will also be in the king who leads
God's people on Earth during the Millennium.
Not David
himself ...
BIBLE CHILD LEADER / A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM VOW A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM PROMISE
Just as it
was with the SPIRIT of Elijah being in John the Baptist?
I know that
your natural instincts want to go by the letter rather than
the spirit of the words so I will help you to understand
this better.
Is Jesus
... God?
John 1:1
In the beginning was the WORD, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these
three are one.
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Immediately, you want to say, Yes ...
AND YOU ARE CORRECT!
BUT ...
Does Jesus not sit on the right Hand of God?
Psalms 110:1
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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Luke 22:69
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand
of the power of God.
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Mark 16:19
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was
received up into Heaven, and sat on the right hand of
God.
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1 Peter 3:22
Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the right hand of God; Angels and
authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
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BIBLE CHILD LEADER & A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM IDENTITY A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM MEANING CLUES
How is Jesus sitting on the right hand of God when He is God?
This is
such an integral part of our Faith, that we don't question
that God is God, and Jesus is God, and the Holy Spirit is
God. We understand how essential all three are to the
completeness of our Lord.
We accept
it as TRUTH ... And it is.
We understand that the depths of God are beyond man's
limited understanding ... Yet, oft times man seems to forget
this rule of thumb when attempting to discern other aspects
of God's Word such as prophecy and tend to believe the
carnal interpretation of a Spiritual matter.
I expound
on this to further point out that even though God may put
the same SPIRIT into different people, they are still
individual people.
John the
Baptist didn't have the exact same physical appearance as
Elijah, and certainly they had unique personalities. They
are not clones. God put the same SPIRIT into each of them as
to accomplish His will through these two MEN.
So at this
point, my question to you is this:
Could it be
that this "David" that we read of in the Word, who is to
lead God's people during the Millennium, will be a unique,
different, separate person than David the King was?
Let me
remind you once again that scripture said that the Lord would send Elijah back:
Behold,
I will send you Elijah
And that
would sound like God was going to send Elijah HIMSELF back
from the dead but with hindsight, we see He did NOT.
Jesus
Himself said that if one could comprehend it, John
the Baptist WAS Elijah.
SPIRIT
OF MAN
This is a
good time to remember what happens to the spirit when a
person dies.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the
dust return to the Earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
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So, from
what we've just read about the spirit returning to God when
a person dies, it's not incomprehensible to conclude that
God is keeping the spirit that David had in safe keeping
until the time of the Millennium, when He will give it to
that special person that only He knows, who will shepherd
His people and be the chosen Earthly prince forevermore.
Sooooooo
... Why David?
You may
have noticed when reading the Bible, that David was one of
God's favorite people.All of David's predecessors were
compared to David and when you read the Word, you can sense
a unique kind of Love when the Lord refers to David, more
intensely than other men of God. Perhaps David won a special
place in God's heart because of the adoration that he had
for the Lord and his way of expressing it through writing
psalms and singing and playing the harp.
Maybe it
was David's earnest burning desire to follow God's
commandments and lead His people in doing the same. Maybe it
was the deep sincerity of David's repentance whenever he did
something to disappoint the Lord that made him dear to God's
heart. Maybe it was David's total devotion right from the
get go, when as a child, he even refused to wear armor,
because he put ALL his Faith in God as his protection, and
stepped up to defend the army of God against the giant
Goliath while the rest of Israel stood watching in fear and
astonishment.
Why David?
Oh, I dunno
... Maybe he just proved to be the best spirit for
the job.
BIBLE CHILD LEADER / A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM AGE A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM TIMELINE
HOW OLD WILL THIS CHILD
BE?
In the days
of the kings in the Bible, there were children as young as
seven years old that reigned over God's people. Don't forget
about God's Prophet Jeremiah who was called when he was
just a child.
Jesus said you must be as a child to enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven ...
Now ... God
WILL come and reign in the
New Heaven and New Earth.
Read
Revelation Chapters 20-22
To learn the difference between Millennium and the New Heaven and New Earth.
But,
this is AFTER the 1000 year period known as the Millennium is ended and the Great White Throne Judgment has occurred. This can all be confirmed in the
Prepare For End Times study. Bring your Bible to confirm.
So, we see that there are few theories as to who the Child could be. But, let's look at this just one more time
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious.
For those
that believe that the Branch in verse one DOES represent
Jesus, there is no real dispute as we also see that it never
actually says the CHILD is the entity spoken of in verse
one.
BIBLE CHILD LEADER - A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM SUMMARY A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM CONCLUSION
So, what we do know is ... There will be a child, with the spirit of King David, that shall lead and shepherd God's people on earth during the millennium and Jesus will reign from Heaven during the
Millennium .
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