How amazing it is to ponder on these things. Imagine a complete new order of things. There won’t be hospitals anymore. Entire professions done away with, no nurses, no doctors, no surgeons, no new medical advancements, no more pharmaceutical industries. No funeral houses, hospices or end of life care. No courthouses, police stations or law schools. It is a world so far removed from anything & everything we have always had that it is difficult to imagine. I have banked ALL my chips & that of my family on God’s promise to make all things new. My goodness I wish to see this baby grow & grow & fill the entire word with the delights that rest on God’s hand. The golden age of human development, human flourishing & understanding, scientific exploration & advancement is yet to come! Maranatha!
Maranatha ❤ The LORD bless you and keep - make HIS face shine upon you - be gracious to you The LORD turn HIS face towards you - and give you peace xxx you and your wife ❤️
The line continued from King Zedekiah Jeremiah 41:10 While none of his sons survived Jerusalem's fall, Zedekiah was survived by at least two daughters. One of these daughters had recently married an Irish prince of the line of Judah through Zerah. In fact, the marriage took place during (or shortly before) the siege of Jerusalem. Thus, Zedekiah's daughter, who was a descendant of Perez, married a man descended through Zerah. Both had Judah as a common ancestor. It is not fanciful to adduce that an Irish prince was visiting Jerusalem in the sixth century BC. The ancients were more traveled than many today want to believe, and international relations, complete with ambassadors, protocols, and "diplomatic immunity," were extant as well. Nehemiah 11:24 mentions a certain Pethahiah, who was probably one such ambassador. More importantly, he was "of the children of Zerah, the son of Judah, [and] was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people." The word deputy literally means "hand." In modern idiom, Pethahiah was the Persian king's "right-hand man." As strange as it may seem, several generations after Jeremiah's day, there was a highly placed Jew (that is, someone of Judah) in the Persian court whose task it was to look after the Jews in Palestine. We do not need to read too much between the lines to understand from this scripture that Ireland had diplomatic relations with the Persians, and Pethahiah, possibly of the Irish royal family, was sent to Persia to represent the interests of the Jews in Palestine. That is, the Irish king, himself a Jew in that he descended from Judah, felt responsible for the Jews in Palestine. Since he did not enjoy hegemony over that part of the world, he looked after their interests through a highly placed person-virtually an ambassador-in the Persian court. Even in today's complex world of foreign relations, this technique is a common method through which a leader can exercise a measure of control over an area outside his immediate authority.
I've heard these claims and find them fascinating. As I understand it, there is an alleged grave of Jeremiah in Ireland. Are you aware of any reliable books on this topic?
@@JoelRichardson I have read specialised articles, I will do a more thorough check, as it's something I have been aware of since about 1974. I am pretty sure there have been books written about this but they may be older and now out of print. Will certainly message you if I find out anything :)
How amazing it is to ponder on these things.
Imagine a complete new order of things.
There won’t be hospitals anymore. Entire professions done away with, no nurses, no doctors, no surgeons, no new medical advancements, no more pharmaceutical industries.
No funeral houses, hospices or end of life care.
No courthouses, police stations or law schools.
It is a world so far removed from anything & everything we have always had that it is difficult to imagine. I have banked ALL my chips & that of my family on God’s promise to make all things new. My goodness I wish to see this baby grow & grow & fill the entire word with the delights that rest on God’s hand.
The golden age of human development, human flourishing & understanding, scientific exploration & advancement is yet to come!
Maranatha!
Thank you Joel ❤️ xxx
Ty Joel! You are doing Gods work! Love in Christ! 🙏🙏❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪
I love your teachings ❤️ xxx
Maranatha ❤
The LORD bless you and keep - make HIS face shine upon you - be gracious to you
The LORD turn HIS face towards you - and give you peace xxx you and your wife ❤️
❤🤍💙
The line continued from King Zedekiah
Jeremiah 41:10
While none of his sons survived Jerusalem's fall, Zedekiah was survived by at least two daughters. One of these daughters had recently married an Irish prince of the line of Judah through Zerah. In fact, the marriage took place during (or shortly before) the siege of Jerusalem. Thus, Zedekiah's daughter, who was a descendant of Perez, married a man descended through Zerah. Both had Judah as a common ancestor.
It is not fanciful to adduce that an Irish prince was visiting Jerusalem in the sixth century BC. The ancients were more traveled than many today want to believe, and international relations, complete with ambassadors, protocols, and "diplomatic immunity," were extant as well. Nehemiah 11:24 mentions a certain Pethahiah, who was probably one such ambassador. More importantly, he was "of the children of Zerah, the son of Judah, [and] was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people."
The word deputy literally means "hand." In modern idiom, Pethahiah was the Persian king's "right-hand man." As strange as it may seem, several generations after Jeremiah's day, there was a highly placed Jew (that is, someone of Judah) in the Persian court whose task it was to look after the Jews in Palestine.
We do not need to read too much between the lines to understand from this scripture that Ireland had diplomatic relations with the Persians, and Pethahiah, possibly of the Irish royal family, was sent to Persia to represent the interests of the Jews in Palestine. That is, the Irish king, himself a Jew in that he descended from Judah, felt responsible for the Jews in Palestine. Since he did not enjoy hegemony over that part of the world, he looked after their interests through a highly placed person-virtually an ambassador-in the Persian court. Even in today's complex world of foreign relations, this technique is a common method through which a leader can exercise a measure of control over an area outside his immediate authority.
I've heard these claims and find them fascinating. As I understand it, there is an alleged grave of Jeremiah in Ireland. Are you aware of any reliable books on this topic?
@@JoelRichardson I have read specialised articles, I will do a more thorough check, as it's something I have been aware of since about 1974. I am pretty sure there have been books written about this but they may be older and now out of print. Will certainly message you if I find out anything :)