OUR FATHER WHO CLEANSES HIS PEOPLE AND THEN PLACES THEM UNDER HIS PROTECTION

The book of Isaiah chapter 4 verse 4, from the Amplified version,  says this;

When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

The verse then continues into verse 5 saying this;

then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].

At the time when the Lord cleanses the people of Zion from their immorality and their bloodshed with a fiery judgement, He will  create a system of protection like the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night that went ahead of the people of Israel as they left the bondage of Egypt behind and travelled to the promised land.

The people of God who are admitted into the kingdom of Zion will reside on mount Zion and there, the Lord will make a protective shield so that they are secure forever dwelling on Mount Zion the mountain of God.

Psalm chapter 15 lists the type of people who will be able to live on the holy mountain of God.

It reads this way;

Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

The one whose 

1- walk is blameless

2- who does what is righteous, 

3- who speaks the truth from their heart; 

4- whose tongue utters no slander, 

5- who does no wrong to a neighbor, and

6- casts no slur on others; 

7- who despises a vile person 

8-but honors those who fear the Lord; 

9-who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; 

10-who lends money to the poor without interest; 

11-who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. 

Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Amen.

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