The OT Sword Prophecy & Jesus

[GaKat]

Greetings ~ Have you ever wondered why Jesus said he came to send a sword and not peace (Matthew 10:34)? My curiosity to find a reason why he might make that statement guided me to thoroughly investigate the Bible (KJV). What I have found and offer as a possible reason is revealed by comparing the Bible scriptures using the keyword "sword" for similarities/consistencies. I used the "keyword" feature of an online Bible Study Tool at Crosswalk.com and learned there are 384 scriptures in the KJV Bible that have the word "sword" in them. As I read and investigated the sword scriptures (and the chapters associated with them) I pulled out and grouped all the (many) scriptures that I understand are similar/consistent in wording and/or subject theme together and this is when I noticed how the scriptures (as written) seemed to strongly support a sword prophecy and reasonably support a possible fulfillment of the sword prophecy by Jesus.

The Holman Bible Dictionary says there are many symbolic uses for the word "sword" in the Bible. Using a few scripture references I will offer the symbolic uses that I understand are used in the Bible. In Gen 3:24, God placed a flaming sword at the east of the Garden of Eden to guard the tree of life, in Lev 26:25, the sword is sent to avenge the quarrel of God's covenant (compare with "Blessing and curse" Deu 11:26 - ch. 13 & Deu 29:10-29 and with "The Four Sore Judgements" Eze ch.14), a sword is one of the Four Sore Judgements in Eze 14:21, a sword and/or spear is used as a weapon of war as in 1Sam 13:22 & 17:28, a man who is deceitful by his words and actions is considered to be wicked and a sword according to Ps 17:13 & Pr 25:18 , and in the NT, Eph 6:7 says, "take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

It is my understanding that the sword that is sent to avenge the quarrel of God's covenant, the sword that is one of the Four Sore Judgements, and a deceitful man that is a sword are prophecies of/about one and the same sword. Jeremiah also prophecies about the sword that God will send among them/us (Jer 25:16, 27, & 29). Isa 34:5 adds an interesting description of the sword as being bathed in heaven and coming down upon Idumea and upon the people of God's curse, to judgement. The place called Idumea is linked to Jesus in Mr 3:8, and he is considered to be a good and divine being by many people. Isaiah seems to provide a hint (bathed in heaven) that the wicked deceitful sword will be considered a divine being and good. Maybe this is why this is written in Isa 5:20, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

In the OT, there are many stories about how and why God wants His people to be loyal to worship Him as their only God and to keep His commandments. God tried over and over again to get His people to be loyal to worship Him during several generation spans but over and over again His people forsaked Him for other gods. God used His prophets to warn His people of the curse that would be poured out on them and their future generations if they continued to farsake Him. The curse seems to involve scattering His people among the heathen (Lev 26:33, Deu 4:27, Jer 9:16, Eze 20:23 & 22:15) pouring out upon us the spirit of deep sleep (Isa 29:10-14), sending a sword to consume them/us and it will cause them/us to drink and be moved and be mad (Jer 24:10, 25:16) and they/we will serve other god's (Jer 16:9-21). It was people's continued willingness to serve false gods that caused the curse to be poured out on them. And the sword is a significant part of the curse because the sword is sent because of God's fury with His people continually forsaking Him for false gods. God's wrath brings the punishments of the sword so that we may know there is a judgment. (Job 19:29, Ps 78:62, Jer 25:29).

There are many scripture comparisons that I understand do reasonably support the possibility of Jesus fullfilling the sword prophecies and I also perceive that he was possibly aware of his role as the sword. It is difficult to include all the scriptures that are involved with how/why I understand Jesus fulfills the sword prophecy in one post. However, I have included many in this post that I think will give you a good idea of how I derive my understanding. The following scriptures are a few that I would like to point out for similarities.

Zec 11:17 - Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Zec 13:7 - Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Compare Zec 11:17 & 13:7 to Mt 26:31 and notice how Jesus implies that he fulfills Zec 13:7. Jesus is often called the Good Shepherd.

Mt 26:31 - Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (see also Mr 14:27)

Compare Mt 26:52 & Joh 18:11 to Eze 21:3-5 and notice how the sword is implied to be a man by the use of the word "his."

Mt 26:52 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into "his" place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Joh 18:11 - Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy "sword into the sheath:" the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? (compare Jesus' cup to what is written in Jer 25:16-17)
Eze 21:3-5 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of "his sheath," and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

Compare Daniel 11:45 to Lu 22:37 - Notice how Daniel describes a king who will be magnified as a supreme god. But the king will come to an end. In Lu 22:37, Jesus states that things concerning him have an end. In Lu 23:2-3, Jesus is called a King.

Daniel 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. 39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; "yet he shall come to his end," and none shall help him.

Luke 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: "for the things concerning me have an end." 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. 39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

Simeon says to Mary in Lu 2:34-35, "Behold, this child (Jesus) is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy (Mary's) own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." Compare what Simeon tells Mary with Jer 4:10. Is Jesus the sword, which is the sign that is spoken against because many people believe he fullfills another sign (Messiah)? I think its possible.

I also think it is possible that Paul might have been aware of Jesus' role as the sword because he seems to be admitting that he might have lied about some of the things that he has told other's (see Rom 3:3-19 & Phil 1:18 and compare to Dan 11:35).

An interesting scripture to note is 2Sam 12:10 which states the "sword shall never depart from David's house (lineage)." This means that both the sword and the coming Messiah are from the lineage of David.

1Chr 21:16, is significant because it describes the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and heaven with a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem (compare with Isa 34:5 & Mr 3:8) and Jerusalem and Idumea appear to be associated with Jesus and his ministry.

Please understand that I am presenting this information as a reasonable possibility based on scripture comparisons. However, I do think that when all the information (scripture references and comparisons) are understood as a whole, it is simple to understand how well it unfolds into a possible truth that Jesus is the sword that was sent among us.

May God bless and guide you.

Kat

[GaKat]

Read and consider the following OT and NT scriptures and comparisons. The let me know if you think the scripture comparisons provide a strong reasonable possibility that Jesus' purpose was to fulfill the role of the sword that was prophecied by the OT prophets. I think it is a strong possibility. If you understand and agree too, then I think you'll also agree this information will be a major upset to a few of our world religions.

Le 26:25 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Compare Lev 26:25 to Romans 13:4

Romans 13:4 - For he (Jesus) is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

*Note: avenge implies the infliction of deserved or just punishment for wrongs or oppressions (Webster's New World Dictionary (NWD))
*Note: revenger - to take vengence in behalf of (a person, oneself, etc.); avenge (NWD)

Le 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Mt 10:34 - Think not that I (Jesus) am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Lu 12:51 - Suppose ye that I (Jesus) am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Mt 12:25 - And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: See similar scriptures in Mr 3:24-25; Lu 11:17, 12:52-53

Deu 11:26-28 - 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. * To understand more about the Blessing and the Curse, please read Deu 28:1-68 and 29:10-29.

Deu 32:25-42 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock (Compare to 1Cor 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.), even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine (Compare to Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ) is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? (compare to Pr 2:4) 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? (Compare to Matt 26:26-28 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.) let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword (Compare to Lu 9:29 And as he (Jesus) prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering), and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Job 19:29 - Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 20:25 - It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job 27:14 - If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. (compare to Matt 26:26)
Job 36:12 - But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. (compare to Isa 29:10-14)
Job 40:19 - He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. (compare to Job 1:6-7 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.)
Ps 17:13 - Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Ps 37:15 - Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Ps 78:62 - He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Pr 25:18 - A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Isa 34:5 - For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea (compare to Mr 3:8), and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Mark 3:8 - And from Jerusalem (compare to Eze 21:1-3, emphasis on vs 2), and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him (Jesus).

Eze 21:1-3 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath (compare to Mt 26:52), and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Isa 65:12 -Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

Jer 4:10 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul (compare to Lu 2:34).

Jer 14:13-16 13Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

Jer 16:9-13 9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

Compare Jer 25:15 to Joh 18:11 for similarities.

Jer. 25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

John 18:11 - Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? (also compare to Matt 26:26-28)

Jer 25:16 - And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Jer 25:27 - Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Jer 25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

Eze 5:12-15 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

Eze 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (read all of chapter 14)

*Notice in Eze 21:3-5, it is implied by the use of the word "his" that the sword is a man. It is also implied in these scriptures: Ps 17:13, Pr 25:18, Zec 9:13 & Mt 26:52
Eze 21:1-32 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. 8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. 25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end (see also Dan 11:31-45 & compare to Lu 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. ), 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27 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. 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath (compare to Matt 26:52)? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

Eze 32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

Eze 33:1-9 1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul

Eze 39:17-23 17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. 21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

(compare Ez 39:17-19 to Joh 6:54-56)

Joh 6: 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my (Jesus) flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.


Zec 9:13 - When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Zec 11:17 - Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Zec 13:7 - Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

In Matt 26:31 & Mr 14:27, Jesus implies that he is fulfilling the OT scripture Zec 13:7.

Mt 26:31 - Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (see also Mr 14:27)


Jesus is called a King (Luke 23:2-3), a prophet (Luke 7:16), a priest (Hebrews 2:17), and a prince (Rev.1:5) in the NT. Jesus drank wine and was called a winebibber, according to Proverbs and Isaiah, he should not have drank at all.

Pr 31:4 - 5 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Isa 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment

Mt 11:19 - The Son of man (Jesus) came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. (See also Lu 7:34)

Pr 26:9 - As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. (see Mt 11:19 & Lu 7:34)

Mic 2:4 - In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided (compare to Lu 12:51) our fields.

Mt 13:13 - Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mt 13:34 - All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Mr 4:33 - And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Lu 8:10 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.


Kat