Messiah Yeshua is often despised, mocked, ridiculed and rejected, as prophesied by the prophet Isaiah¹. And though existing in the form of G-d, He did not consider His equality with G-d something to cling to, but willingly surrendered His mighty glory and power to be born as a man, Assuming the guise of an obedient Servant, He humbled Himself to the utmost, laying down His life and dying like a criminal to bear the collective sin of man and the punishment for it as G-d’s "Sa’ir la’Azazel/ scapegoat"² in fulfillment of the Day of Atonement. And as the “Lamb of G-d” by whose blood the power of the destroyer would be undone He willingly let Himself be taken to the ordained altar of sacrifice --- the Roman crucifix³, so that all who believe in Him and in the New Covenant by His blood are forgiven of their sins and reconciled to G-d.

Therefore G-d has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the Name which is above every name - Yeshua - that at this Name every knee shall bow, in heaven, on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Messiah Yeshua is Lord, to the glory of HaShem, G-d the Father.

Then all mockers will be silenced and all unrepentant blasphemers will howl in despair. For when Messiah Yeshua returns it will not be as the humble and gentle Lamb, but as the Lion of Judah⁴ Who shall roar for His people and bring them into the safety they long for. Then the survivors of the nations will tremble before the King of Israel, Who shall rule over them and over all the earth with an iron rod, from Jerusalem.

He will judge the peoples, first those who have believed in Him and share in the First Resurrection; afterwards those who shall be raised in the Second Resurrection at the end of the Messianic Reign lasting a thousand years. Messiah will be a strong and righteous Judge and those of the House of Israel who refused to believe in Him will mourn inconsolably as for an only son, as prophesied by the prophet Zechariah⁵. They will wail bitterly when they see Him Whom they had pierced - the marks of His wounds proving that He had indeed come once before as the Lamb of G-d, slain upon a wooden cross for the salvation of G-d's people and the world. For Ha-Shem, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel), had made His only begotten Son to be the One and only acceptable "korban" / Sacrifice, for us all.

While Messiah has not as yet returned it is still called "The Day of Salvation." Let us not reject Him Who is offering us such a marvellous and most costly, free gift of forgiveness of sin and redemption with G-d. For after Messiah’s return, there remains nothing but judgment for the survivors of the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, who refused to receive and believe in Him, as it is written:

"There will be tribulation and distress for every human being that does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile and worldy person), but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For G-d shows no partiality."

By their works done under the Law, or of faith and charity, they will stand or fall.

But all who belong to Messiah Yeshua, whether Jew or Gentile, will exult in Him and marvel at His majesty, when He shall reign upon the throne of David. As the fearsome Lion of Judah He shall exercise His rule and authority over all.

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of G-d! Hallelujah! Amen and amen!
 
 

1 Isaiah 52:14; 53:3

2 See "Carrying Our Judgment"; Leviticus 5, 7-10, 20-22

3Philippians 2:5-8

4 NOT of the "Westbank!"

5 Zechariah 12:10