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"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. For I am with thee, saith
the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a
full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and
will not leave thee altogether unpunished."
(Jeremiah 30:7-11)

As we have already seen, 'Moshiach' must be a direct
descendant of the bloodline of King David. It is because of
the fact that the above verses mention a future David that
they have erroneously been applied to 'Moshiach ben David'.
While these verses are not referring to the King David of
old who lived some three thousand years ago, neither are
they referring to a King David of our present day, or of the
near future. These Scriptures, and those which will follow,
were all received starting at the beginning of the reign of
King Nebuchadnezzar and later, literally hundreds of years
after the original King David had died. Consider what the
Prophet Jeremiah wrote regarding his own ministry to Israel:

"The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of
Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the
people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
saying, From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon
king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and
twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and
I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye
have not hearkened." (Jeremiah 25:1-3)

Thus, we can be certain that these verses do not apply to
the King David of old. While these prophecies are referring
to a future shepherd, prince and king of Israel who would be
like the original King David, the mistake that Orthodox Jews
have made is that they have totally by-passed the One to
Whom these verses really are directed, and thus they blindly
continue to look for a fulfillment. The same error is
committed with the following verses as well:

"And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed
them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he
shall be their shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God,
and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have
spoken it." (Ezekiel 34:23-24)

"And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither
they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring
them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in
the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be
king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations,
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at
all: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with
their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any
of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all
their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will
cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be
their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and
they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my
judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they
shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall
dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their
children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be
their prince for ever." (Ezekiel 37:21-25)

"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a
king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and
without an image, and without an ephod, and without
teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and
seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall
fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days."
(Hosea 3:4-5)

"In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is
fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise
up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"
(Amos 9:11)

You see, if we reject the simple Truth that all of these
Scriptures should be applied to Jesus Christ, a descendant
of David, then in our own confusion, it is very easy to come
to the false conclusion that they are speaking of someone
who will come in the Endtime, in the Latter Days, as the
true Jewish 'Messiah'. Even if we do not have an
understanding of Jewish teachings and doctrine, just by
taking an English Bible like the Authorized King James
Version, we can find these verses and convince ourselves
that they are speaking of a coming Shepherd, Prince and King
named David. From what I have read of Jewish beliefs, this
coming 'Moshiach' will be very similar to Moses of old. In
fact, they point to the following verse from the book of
Deuteronomy where Moses makes the following statement:

"The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye
shall hearken;" (Deuteronomy 18:15)

While the Jews claim that this is a reference to 'Moshiach
ben David', and while the Muslims claim it is a reference to
the coming of their prophet Mohammed, Jesus made clear that
Moses was prophesying our Saviour's own coming during the
First Century:

"Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had
ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote
of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words?" (John 5:45-47)

From all of the above, it should be clear now that there is
a solid scriptural basis for 'Moshiach ben David', IF you
are one who has rejected the Truth of the Scriptures; and IF
you are one who has rejected the True Messiah, Jesus Christ.
Personally, I firmly believe that Jesus Christ is the
Messiah, the Saviour of the world for all of humanity. Many
of my articles on Salvation and Eternal Life make this very
clear. There should be no doubt whatsoever as to what my
personal beliefs are on this matter. Matthew said it very
well when he quoted from the book of Isaiah:

"Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom
my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and
he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive,
nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the
streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax
shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto
victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."
(Matthew 12:18-21)

Matthew was quoting from Isaiah chapter forty-two. As a
Gentile, I have indeed placed my faith and trust in Jesus
Christ; however, the Jews did not and have not accepted
Jesus Christ as THEIR Saviour; and that is exactly where the
problem lies.

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Before closing this article, I feel it is important to
reiterate the fact that all of the Scriptures which the
Orthodox Jews use to support their belief in their coming
messiah known as 'Moshiach ben David', are totally
misinterpreted. This is a part of the strong delusion which
the Apostle Paul spoke about. All of the verses I shared at
the beginning of this article are really referring to Jesus
Christ. This is exactly how the Early Disciples understood
them, and it is how we should likewise understand them
today. The First Centry Disciples knew that Jesus was the
prophesied son of David. In the four Gospels alone, Jesus is
referred to as the 'son of David' fourteen times. Jesus is
the Prince and King who will reign forever as described in
the verses from Ezekiel chapter thirty-eight and elsewhere.
For those of you familar with Handel's 'Messiah,' the
following verses from the Book of Isaiah will be easily
recognized as pertaining to Jesus Christ Himself:

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of
his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to
establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth
even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform
this." (Isaiah 9:6-7)

It is Jesus alone who will sit upon the throne of David as
the Prince of Peace and King of Righteousness, and NOT
'Moshiach ben David' the false Jewish messiah. Some two
thousand five hundred years ago, the Lord declared through
the Prophet Jeremiah:

"Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in
man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth
from the LORD." (Jeremiah 17:5)

In the days and years ahead, the Orthodox Jews will be doing
this very thing. They will be trusting in a man to deliver
them; setting up a man to be their messiah; trusting in the
arm of the flesh; trusting in plastic peace accords and
broken promises; just as they have done in ages gone by, and
even as they do now in putting their faith in their peace
arrangements with Egypt and Jordan. However, when Satan, via
the forces of the Beast, blows on him, the false messiah
will fall flat on his face in defeat' and then they will
realize the error of their ways. Only then will the Jews cry
out to God for mercy and finally say, 'Blessed is He Who
cometh in the name of the Lord!'

In the book of Acts, the Apostle Peter likewise acknowledged
that it was Jesus who was to sit on the throne of David, just
as David himself had prophesied:

"Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a
prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he
would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this
before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul
was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he
hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For David
is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I
make thy foes thy footstool." (Acts 2:29-35)

In Acts chapter thirteen, the Apostle Paul, when preaching
at Antioch, also confirmed that it was Jesus whom God has
raised up to sit on the throne of David to be the King
Eternal and Saviour of the world:

"And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David
to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said,
I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own
heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed
hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a
Saviour, Jesus:" (Acts 13:22-23)

In Acts chapter fifteen, James likewise confirmed that the
words spoken by the prophet Amos, (quoted previously in this
article), applied to Jesus alone:

"And after they had held their peace, James answered,
saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath
declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to
take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree
the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I
will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might
seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name
is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things."
(Acts 15:13-17)

In the final book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, we
find the Lord via His angelic messenger telling the Apostle
John to write to the church which was at Philadelphia, one
of seven churches which was located in Asia Minor. In that
particular letter he is told to write:

"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;" (Revelation 3:7)

It is because Jesus sat on the throne of David and had not
only the key of David, but also the keys of hell and death,
that He was able to say to Peter while He was still in the
flesh:

"And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:19)

Here are two final verses which show that Jesus is the
everlasting Prince of Peace, the King of Righteousness and
the root of David as prophesied by all of the verses I
quoted previously in this article:

"And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the
Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed
to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."
(Revelation 5:5)

"I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star." (Revelation 22:16)

The message is clear: There can be only one heir to the
throne of David, and that is the man Christ Jesus and not
'Moshiach ben David' the Jewish messiah or anyone else who
seeks to usurp this title.

This belief in 'Moshiach ben David' is not the first time
that I have heard of these Old Testament verses being used
to describe an earthly Endtime leader named David. Almost
three decades ago I became acquainted with the teachings of
a small evangelical organization called the 'Children of
God', later to become known as the 'Family of Love', and now
simply known as 'The Family'. This group was founded in 1968
by a man named David Brandt Berg, who assumed the Biblical
name of Moses David. He was also referred to as Moses or Mo,
and in later years as Father David.

According to this man's own testimony written in his many
articles which became known as the 'Mo Letters', the reason
he assumed the name of Moses David was because he received a
prophecy, purportedly from the Lord, in which he was told
that he carried the spiritual anointing of Moses and King
David of the Bible. It has been a great many years since I
read this, so it may even be that Mr. Berg believed that
these two men were his spiritual guides or assistants. In
order to enforce this belief amongst their followers,
members of the group were encouraged to memorize a set of
Bible verses, known as the 'David Set', which included some
of the very same ones I quoted earlier in this article. Not
only that, but like certain other organizations, such as the
Mormons and the followers of the Urantia Book, members of
'The Family' believe that the writings of Father David, and
possibly those of his wife and successor, Maria, are new
Scriptures which supercede the Bible in some cases. This is
particularly true in regards to some of the writings of the
Apostle Paul. This belief is held so strongly amongst
members of the group that, just as student radicals of the
1960's memorized quotes from 'The Little Red Book' written
by former Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, 'The Family' also
encourages memorization of quotations taken from the 'Mo
Letters' of Father David.

Mr. Berg later revealed that he had also been told by the
Lord that he had been given the wisdom of the Prophet
Daniel. Personally, I have a problem with this as well.
Throughout the course of his ministry, David Berg, or Father
David, made some very specific time prophecies; none of
which ever came to pass with any degree of accuracy as far
as I know. Primary among these prophecies was the prediction
of the arrival of the Beast in 1989. About eighteen years
earlier, Father David had also predicted that he would die
in the very same year that the Beast appeared on the world
stage. In addition, Father David was convinced and taught
his followers that the return of Jesus Christ would occur
somewhere between 1990 and 1993. Unfortunately, neither of
these two events has come to pass in the time frames that
Mr. Berg predicted. I recently discoverd that Father David
died at the age of 75 in 1994, five years after the date he
said he had been given through prophecy. As to the return of
Jesus Christ, we are all still here patiently waiting for
it. In light of this clear evidence, and the following
Scriptural admonition, it is extremely difficult to believe
that Father David was the Prophet of God that he claimed to
be. As Moses of old wrote in the Book of Deuteronomy:

"And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word
which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in
the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to
pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him." (Deuteronomy 18:21-22)

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