To Bring in Everlasting Righteousness:

The Second Coming of Christ

Apart from the LORD Jesus Christ, righteousness is only a fantasy. "21 But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference" (Romans 3:21-22).

Only God's "righteousness is an Everlasting Righteousness" (Psalm 119:142). When He whose "name is called The Word of God" (Revelation 19:13) appears at His Second Coming to "smite the nations" (19:15), then Everlasting Righteousness will be brought in.

Righteousness has become a word associated with those who are "holier than thou" (Isaiah 65:5) when rolled from the tongue as "self-righteousness". Consequently, the possession of true righteousness is often lost in an attempt to distance oneself from being identified as a modern Pharisee.

But, David was unafraid to admit his righteousness. "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me" (Psalm 18:20). Yet, this Old Testament Saint clearly comprehended the source of his righteousness. "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast" (36:6).

Likewise, we of the New Testament times ought to have even greater appreciation of true righteousness, because of the fuller revelation of the LORD Jesus Christ. "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (2Peter 1:1).

Though righteousness is an act of the will, it would be foolhardy for anyone to say that we are righteous simply because we will it. The Apostle Paul set forth the right idea. "But by the grace of God I am what I am" (1Corinthians 15:10). Coupled with the grace of God, our Gospel understanding is: "If ye know that He [the LORD Jesus] is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him" (1John 2:29).

To Seal Up the Vision and Prophecy:

Back to The Seventy Weeks of Daniel