ANTICHRIST'S COVENANT?

by Eddie Chumney, Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup

Many believers are not familiar with the Jerusalem Covenant. It was signed by Israel's leading religious and political leaders on May 19, 1993. Will the False Messiah also sign this covenant with Jerusalem? These are the days when the final status talks regarding Jerusalem are taking place with Israel and the PLO. Only time will tell.

The text of the Jerusalem Covenant can be found here!

Why maybe would the False Messiah be willing to sign the Jerusalem covenant? The hope of the Messianic Age is Isaiah 2:2-4 as it is written:

"(2) And it shall come to pass, in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it, (3) And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the TORAH, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn of war anymore."

Inscribed on the United Nations building in NY is Isaiah 2:4, ".. they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks ..."

Is the United Nations the entity that will bring about world peace and fulfill Isaiah 2:4? Hardly. For the quote ignores, that the nations of the world will "beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks" when the TORAH is taught from Jerusalem by the MESSIAH. For HE shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: AND they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks ...

Why might the False Messiah be willing to sign the Jerusalem Covenant? Because it is worded is such a way to promote the internationalization of Jerusalem and make it a city for "all faiths". Let me highlight a part of the Jerusalem covenant for you.

"Today, as old, we hold fast to the truth of the words of the Prophets of Israel, that all the inhabitants of the world shall enter within the gates of Jerusalem; "And it shall come to pass at the end of days, the mountain of the House of the Lord will be well established at the peak of the mountains and will tower above the hills, and all the nations shall stream towards it. ***** "Each and every nation will live in it by its own faith:" *******

Isaiah 2:2-4 does NOT say this. Isaiah 2:2 is quoted in the Jerusalem Covenant: "And it shall come to pass at the end of days, the mountain of the House of the Lord will be well established at the peak of the mountains and will tower above the hills, and all the nations shall stream towards it" but this next verse in Isaiah 2:3 does NOT say (*** Each and every nation will live will live in it by its own faith***) but is says that the TORAH will go forth from Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem covenant continues: "For all the nations will go forward, each with its own Divine Name; we shall go in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever, "

Isaiah 2:3 does NOT say that "all the nations will go forward, each with its own Divine Name" but the TORAH will go forth from Jerusalem. In Zechariah 14:16-17, ALL NATIONS will be REQUIRED to keep the Feast of Tabernacles not "each in its own Divine name"

The Jerusalem covenant is written with phrases to be tolerant of all religions. During the days of Isaiah 2:2-4, it is the TORAH which will go forth from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3) and the Messiah will rule them "with a rod of iron" (Revelation 19:15) and HE will JUDGE among the nations (according to the Torah) (Isaiah 2:4).

In Deuteronomy 4:2 it is written: "You shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you"

They have "added" the "universality of Jerusalem being a religion of all faiths" to the Jerusalem covenant.

With the covenant of Jerusalem having this "universality" phrase to it, it fits the agenda of the United Nations plan and goal for Jerusalem in conjuction with the New World Order to have it be an international city of "all faiths".

This phrase in the Jerusalem covenant discussed above is consistent with the goal of the Israel/PLO peace process. The Israel/PLO peace is based upon U.N Resolutions 242 and 338. Implied in U.N. Resolution 242 is for Jerusalem to be divided according to the original U.N. plan for the state of Israel in 1947 and become an international city. So, the false Messiah may be willing to sign the Jerusalem covenant.

Therefore, "pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee" (Psalm 122:6) because "he that keeps Israel neither slumber nor sleep" (Psalm 121:4)