New Covenant Hope


and the Baptism of fire


 


But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 


And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them;  OBADIAH 17,18abcde


 


Israel shall burn with glory in the age to come with Jesus, her saviour, reigning from mount Zion.  The new covenant hope is filled with hope of glory.  The baptism of fire confirms a right hope concerning the salvation of Israel among both Jews and Gentiles.


 


Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fats ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.  And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame :  ISAIAH 10:16,17ab


 


The Holy One is a flame.  The blessing of Abraham and the firstfruits of the Spirit acknowledge desire for the flame of God. 


 


And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.  And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.  JEREMIAH 33:7,8


 


But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 


And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  MICAH 4:1,2


 


Desire for his word will openly manifest as the end of this age draws near.  The open manifestation for the words of Jesus of Nazareth among nations forms, and will form solemn assemblies.


 


According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you : fear ye not.  For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come : and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.  HAGGAI 2:5,6,7