By Liaf
One cannot have a site devoted to God’s
promise of a continual monarchy through King David and not take
some time out to be touched by the recent loss of our Queen Mum.
She was a great woman that brought dignity and respect to the
monarchy. She was a unifying matriarch of the commonwealth. She
helped King George VI to take over an awesome responsibility that
neither one of them originally expected to have when his brother
abdicated. And during World War II, the King and Queen stood by
the people through all the tragedies of the war including the
blitzes. The commonwealth was captivated by her loyalty and
loving-kindness. Many, I’m sure, regarded her as their
“mum”. And because of her position of power coupled
with her love of everybody, what a comforting feeling that must
have been for many! I must confess she reminded me of godly women
who attended our church that I could look up to and feel secure
with. I was fortunate enough to also have several Great Aunts
with similar characteristics. I looked up to Queen Mum, too. I
could not help but to smile at the different hats that only Queen
Mum would look good in, and then say, “God love her.”
She had my heart, too. And I must also say that although her
death made me sad, yet I praise God that he gave her a long life
and endowed her to become a stabilizing power both within her own
household as well as the commonwealth. I have NO DOUBT that
she will be here on this Earth again one day ruling and reigning
with our Lord Jesus Christ--- I could just imagine her giving the
Lord a little friendly advice about ruling a Great Kingdom with a
wink in her eye. I think the Lord would listen just as he listens
to our prayers, too. Who could turn away the Queen Mum with so
much experience to offer?
You may be wondering about the second part
of our title. What does that have to do with the tribute we just
gave? Just after our Queen Mum’s passing, her funeral
services were not yet completed when the question comes up in a
news talk show “So what will become of the monarchy? Is this
the end of the monarchy?” They said that with a glee in
their eye while “commentators” and so-called experts on
the subject (even from Britain itself) claimed that this is the
end of the monarchy. Some said the Queen will abdicate. More
often, they said the Queen will reign until her death at which
time the monarchy will cease. All I have to say is that’s
fine respect to the Queen Mother who put her every effort into
the monarchy. What do you think she would have to say about
these peoples’ lack of faith in what she stood for? For
those “whatevers” that claim Queen Elizabeth will
abdicate, they do not know her well at all. She swore as a
covenant to enact her duties as Queen until the end. It is her
birthright. Don’t listen to critics who say she will
abdicate. Just because they do not place much value in any
commitment does not mean the Queen will not follow through on
hers. I would not be surprised if the likes of her critics were
married and divorced several times around (in their
“marry-go-round”)--- such little value and respect do
they place on anything sacred. They do not know the meaning of
endurance--- they are quitters. What about the next generation?
What if Charles and/or William refuse the throne? God will supply
somebody. I’m positive. And for Biblical prophecy to
remain true, there must be a King on the throne at the end times.
Why is that? Let’s take a look at the Throne of David in
end times.
Luke 1:32-33 says, “He shall be
great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and
the Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign
over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall
be no end.”
Now, do you suppose Jesus will return to an
unoccupied (or non-existent) throne? With our message regarding
the three overturns of the throne of David, it was pointed out
that in Ezekiel 21:27 God said, “I will overturn,
overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come
whose right it is; and I will give it
him.”
The subject of that passage was the throne
of David. We already had a message out that this throne went from
Jerusalem, to Ireland, to Scotland, and finally to Britain in the
three overturns. Then God said it would not be overturned any
more (and it shall be no more) until “he whose right
it is”, i.e., King Jesus. When Jesus comes again, God will
give “it” (i.e., the throne) to Jesus. You cannot give
something that does not exist my friend.
If you turn to Isaiah 22, you will read this
passage:
Isa:22:15-25: Thus saith the Lord GOD of
hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which
is over the house, and say,
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away
with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
He will surely violently turn and toss
thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and
there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's
house.
And I will drive thee from thy station,
and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
And it shall come to pass in that day,
that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
And I will clothe him with thy
robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will
commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
And I will fasten him as a nail
in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his
father's house.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
This
is a historical passage that has end-time application. Or as we
often say, “History repeats itself.” What
happened was that Shebna ran the government while King Hezekiah
was ill and could not do it himself. Shebna evidently did a lot
of things behind the King’s back without his knowledge and
may have supported a secret rebellion against Assyria. He lived
high off the hog with the wealth while poverty was all around
him. He was not true to the throne of David--- his idea was to do
things his way instead of contacting the King. Needless to say,
God would stop Shebna’s “reign” with captivity
where he would die. He would replace him with the faithful
Eliakim who in end-time prophecy represents Christ. How do we
know this? Jesus quoted that same Scripture in Revelation 3:7,
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These
things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the
key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth,
and no man openeth”. Likewise, we can find the passage
about the “nail” in Zechariah 10:4 when that passage is
talking about the house of Judah. In addition, the same Zechariah
passage speaks of a “corner” in conjunction with this
nail. I Peter 2:6-7 identifies that cornerstone as Jesus Christ.
Now I must respectfully ask, if Shebna is “occupying”
the throne when Eliakim takes it, then in end times the throne
must be occupied. Otherwise, how can Jesus be “clothed with
thy robe”?
In our prophecy series, I’ve made
mention of the importance of the “seven times”
punishment to Israel if they disobeyed God’s Laws. Leviticus
26 has blessings and warnings to Israel depending on whether they
obeyed or rebelled. Similar blessings and curses can be found in
Deuteronomy 28. What many may not realize is that this
“seven times” indicates an actual time that Israel and
Judah would be punished. Some of the seemingly contradictory
pronouncements are because some of the punishments apply to the
Jew (such as being few in number) and others apply to the house
of Israel since God really saw them as separate. The mechanism is
basically simple. If they obeyed, God blessed them according to
the birthright promises. If they disobeyed, war, famine, beasts,
exile and even death resulted. However, God made it very clear
that he would still remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob (Leviticus 26:42). Theologians see this “seven
times” punishment as having a long fulfillment of
2520 years, after which Israel would become blessed again (in the
“Lost Tribe” days). On this site, this was the angle we
primarily approached when interpreting this prophecy. However, in
the time of the end, this will repeat itself during a short
fulfillment of the “seven times” prophecy. This will be
the “time of Jacob’s trouble” alias the
“Great Tribulation” lasting a literal seven years.
Antichrist will come on the scene peacefully
as we saw in our prophecy series. He will seem to be the answer
to the world’s problems, especially the turmoil in the
Middle East. He will gain power over a ten-nation confederacy
although he will subdue three of the ten kings of that
confederacy. He will allow the Israelites in the land to start
their temple sacrifices again upon making a seven-year covenant
with them. This is old stuff to you if you have read this series.
However, in the unveiling of these events, the future King of
England will make an agreement with Antichrist thinking of saving
the throne and the commonwealth. He will be willing to become a
vassal King just as the kings of Judah in the past and will plot
against “Assyria” (where we know the Antichrist will
come from) just as Shebna once did. History does indeed repeat
itself. His plot to submit the throne to Antichrist to save the
commonwealth’s skin will not work! (See Hosea 12:1) What
will happen to the King and his people? Deuteronomy 28:36 says,
“ The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king
which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou
nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other
gods, wood and stone.” The same thing will happen as it
did before! Then Hosea’s prophecy will happen again when it
is said, “For the children of Israel shall abide many
days without a king, and without a prince
[in these days we may call such a person our
“president”] , and without a sacrifice, and without
an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim”-----
CAPTIVITY!
“I thought you taught that the throne
of David is forever? Now you’re saying they will be without
a king?” a critic may ask. Primarily, we teach that this
prophecy was fulfilled the first time during Israel’s first
exile when the house of Judah still had a Davidic King. In the
end times, this disorganized array that Israel will be in means
that their King will be in captivity. Notice the subject is the “children
of Israel” abiding (to live) without a king in
their presence. This passage does not say there is no king! There
is still a king with some of them somewhere--- we’re dealing
with a transition here. I heard critics claim that the throne of
David was vacant because between the Babylonian captivity and the
time that Jeremiah transplanted the king’s daughter took
several years. Good gravy! Give the poor girl a chance to travel
to her appointed destination! Is the throne vacant because the
King or Queen must attend to himself or herself like any of us
people do? No. This is not a vacant throne because there is still
a son of David in that position. This exile comes under the
“warning category” of II Samuel 7:14. The exiled
King is just feeling the rod and stripes of men as prophesied.
I never said that the Davidic descendant would always
have a life in a rose garden--- on the contrary, David’s
house was prophesied to have much violence in it due to his sin.
(II Samuel 12:10). I’m merely saying that in spite of
everything (good or bad), God would keep the throne going by
always having a Davidic descendant there to occupy it wherever
there were people of Israel. For any critic out there, I say stop
living in fairytale land where there are castles on green
paradises and thrones garnished with jewels and monarchs without
a spot or stain on their perfect attire. An eternal throne does
not imply that at all.
In the very end when Jesus comes to take the
throne of David, Jeremiah prophesied:
Jeremiah 30:7-10: 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.
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant
Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I
will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their
captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be
quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Even the apocryphal book of II Esdras states the disarrayed nature of Israel and the different punishments that Israel will endure just before their return to the Holy Land at Christ’s Second Coming (again, do not confuse this returning to the Holy Land with the natural “man-inspired” one just before and during the Tribulation days before Antichrist breaks his covenant with them mid-way into the Tribulation):
“And there came much
people unto Him [Messiah], whereof some were glad,
some were sorry, some of them were
bound, and other some brought of them that were
offered”
Yes, the British throne, the people of the commonwealth and even the people here in the United States are in for some trying times during the tribulation, but we will not cease to exist and there will always be a monarch for David’s throne. Ultimately however, the restoration of Israel in her land under the risen King David (Christ) will be her glorious future.
I hope somebody from the news media will one
day read this message, because what’s stated in this
message is what will happen to the British throne.
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