May all souls be blessed to have their minds connect The Prophets with Jesus and His Church.
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Question 1: “Does Zechariah 8:20-23 connect The Old Testament to Jesus?”
Answer: “That is easy to see! ‘Thus says The Lord of Hosts: There shall yet come peoples, the inhabitants of many cities; and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another, and say, ‘Come! let us go to implore the favor of The Lord’; and, ‘I too will go to seek The Lord.’”
Those who ‘seek The Lord’ will turn to His Word in The Holy Bible.”
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Question 2. “Can every person in the world ‘seek the Lord’?”
Answer: “Zechariah makes that clear! ‘Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to implore the favor of The Lord.’”
Zechariah continues! ‘Thus says The Lord of Hosts: In those days ten men of every nationality, speaking different tongues, shall take hold, yes, take hold of every Jew by the edge of his garment and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
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Question 4: “How does that apply today?”
Answer: “God’s Promised Messiah fulfilled The Prophecies. Those who study Every Prophecy see that Jesus Christ did That Holiest Work on Earth. The first people to follow Jesus were His mostly Jewish Disciples. Billions of people ‘took hold of the edge of their garments’ and followed them into The Only Church Spoken Into Being by This Word of Jesus!
‘And I say unto you, thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.’”
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Question 5: “Is that why Today’s Psalm 87:1-7 includes Zechariah’s Word, ‘God is with us.’”
Answer: “Yes! God is with Catholics so miraculously that all may obey The Call to Catholic Communion that Jesus repeated 14 times: ‘If you do not eat My Body and drink My Blood you do not have life in you.’”
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Question 6: “Why do some people ignore That Holy Miracle of The Messiah?”
Answer: “They have not asked God to let them Think Clearly enough to understand how real He is. They do not say ‘Alleluia, Alleluia’! because they do not see what Mk 10:45 tells us: ‘The Son of Man came to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.’”
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Question 7: “Does Luke 9:51-56 tell us that many prefer to live among the Willful Protestants of Samaria who reject ‘the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’?”
Answer: “St. Luke is clear in 9:51-56! ‘When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, Jesus resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem . . . On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for His reception there, but they would not welcome Him because the destination of His journey was Jerusalem.’”
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Question 8: “What did Jesus answer when James and John asked Him: ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from Heaven to consume them?’”
Answer: “‘Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village’. Jesus does not kill those who refuse to ‘welcome’ Him and His Church into their hearts and minds.”
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Question 9: “Does Jesus let the devil punish their souls forever.”
Answer: “He will decide that when every soul stands before Him at Judgment.
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Catholics know: It is best to have tried to live so we may be forever among: ‘You are My friends if you obey My commands.’”
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