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I am the Lord who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by myself spread out the earth, who frustrates the omens of liars and make fools of diviners, who turns back the wise and makes their knowledge foolish, who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the prediction of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, it shall be inhabited and of the cities of Judah, they shall be rebuilt and I will raise up their ruins, who says to the deep, be dry, I will dry up your rivers, who says of Cyrus, he is my shepherd and he shall carry out all my purpose, who says of Jerusalem, it shall be rebuilt and of the temple your foundation shall be laid. Indeed, this is but one example of indeed where we read in Scripture about a kingdom that doesn't exist and a king in the kingdom that doesn't yet exist that are going to release the people, and here's the king that's going to do it. Isaiah prophesied on that day the death shall hear the words of a scroll and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see the meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord and the neediest people shall exalt in the holy one of Israel. When Jesus says that there is no greater profit than John the Baptist and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than He, note that He says of John the Baptist that John the Baptist is greater than those who are born of woman. And so like with all of the words in scripture, there is how is it used in scripture, how is it used outside of the scripture during that period of time, and it's exactly what the linguistic scholars would look at, and there can be a struggle with how to translate that particular word, here it's translated humbly, but what's underneath it, how you can also translate it, is attentive, thoughtful, with understanding. And then we come to Israel's future, the future promise that the Lord had made to them in Micah chapter five, where the prophet writes for the Lord, but you O'Bethlehem of Ehrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me, one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from old from ancient days, over and over.

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