"In Matthew 12:8-11, Jesus asserts His sovereignty as the 'Lord of the Sabbath,' justifying the rescue of a sheep fallen into a pit as a matter of moral necessity. From an eschatological perspective, if the Millennial Reign is defined as the divine Sabbath of Yahuwah, then Christ, as the Lord of that Sabbath, exercises His high-priestly authority to mediate for humanity. This suggests a prophetic mandate where Christ acts as the ultimate Advocate, intervening in the spiritual abyss of Sheol to provide atonement and restoration for those lost to despair and self-inflicted death."
Resurrection of the Righteous and the Unrighteous
Acts 24:15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
Jesus told a criminal sentenced to death: “You will be with me in Paradise.” The man was unrighteous—a lawbreaker rather than a distraught suicide victim—guilty by his own frank admission. (Luke 23:39-43) He had no hope of going to heaven to rule with Jesus. So the Paradise in which this thief could hope to come back to life would be the beautiful earth under the rule of Jehovah God’s Kingdom.—Matthew 6:9, 10; Revelation 21:1-4.
For what purpose will God awaken this criminal? So that He mercilessly can hold his past sins against him? Hardly, for Romans 6:7, 23 says: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin,” and “the wages sin pays is death.” Although his past sins will not be accounted to him, he will still need the ransom to lift him to perfection.
Therefore, theologian Albert Barnes was wrong and misleading when he asserted: “Those who have done evil shall be raised up to be condemned, or damned. This shall be the object in raising them up; this the sole design.” How beneath a God of justice and love! Rather, a resurrection to life on a paradise earth will furnish this former criminal (and other unrighteous ones) a golden opportunity to be judged by what they do after their resurrection.—1 John 4:8-10.
A Merciful Opportunity
Stunned friends of a suicide victim may thus take comfort in knowing that “Jehovah has shown mercy to those fearing him. For he himself well knows the formation of us, remembering that we are dust.” (Psalm 103:10-14) Only God can fully understand the role of mental sickness, extreme stress, even genetic defects, in a “suicidal crisis,” which, the National Observer noted, “is not a lifetime characteristic [but] often a matter only of minutes or of hours.”—See Ecclesiastes 7:7.
1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, "It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!"
Job 1:21 And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Ecclesiastes 2:17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind. Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one's birth; 7 Surely oppression destroys a wise man's reason,
Jeremiah 20:17 Because he did not kill me from the womb, That my mother might have been my grave, And her womb always enlarged with me. 18 Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, That my days should be consumed with shame?
Granted, one who takes his own life deprives himself of the opportunity to repent of his self-murder. But who can say whether one driven to suicide might have had a change of heart had his fatal attempt failed? Some notorious murderers have, in fact, changed and earned God’s forgiveness during their lifetime.—2 Kings 21:16; 2 Chronicles 33:12, 13.
Thus, Jehovah, having paid “a ransom in exchange for many,” is within his right to extend mercy, even to some self-murderers, by resurrecting them and giving them the precious opportunity to “repent and turn to God by doing works that befit repentance.”—Matthew 20:28; Acts 26:20. Cited here
Christians are not the only ones who survive.
The fundamental rationale for Christian conversion transcends the mere avoidance of eternal condemnation. Its primary purpose is the preparation of individuals to exercise pedagogical and gubernatorial functions within the Millennial Kingdom, directed toward the vast multitude of the unrighteous who will be resurrected. In this eschatological framework, these resurrected individuals—those who lacked knowledge of Christ yet are subject to divine clemency—constitute the focus of a global restoration project. God appoints true disciples to a royal priesthood alongside Christ, the High Priest, to execute a redemptive mandate. Their mission is not one of personal exaltation, but of sacrificial service to facilitate the atonement and spiritual rehabilitation of all humanity. Consequently, the believer’s salvation is redefined as a vocational calling to serve as an agent of divine reconciliation within the promised Sabbath rest.
Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Luke 11:31 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
The Day of Judgment is defined as the chronological span during which the Son of Man—identified as the archangelic Michael/Jesus—is delegated the sovereign authority of the Millennial Kingdom by Yahweh. During this period, a judicial administration is established, comprising the twenty-four elders and the 144,000, who exercise collective prerogative in the eschatological tribunal. Central to this framework is the resurrection of the unrighteous and the uninstructed, exemplified by the historical inhabitants of Sodom, Tyre, and Sidon, as well as the Queen of Sheba. These populations, having lacked prior access to Christological revelation, are restored to life to undergo a process of divine evaluation and rehabilitation. Thus, the Day of Judgment is characterized not as a momentary act of condemnation, but as a sustained era of governance and high-priestly mediation, aimed at the systematic restoration of humanity under the lordship of Christ and his co-regents.
Isaiah 19:23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria--a blessing in the midst of the land, 25 whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."
Ezekiel 16:53 "When I bring back their captives, the captives of Sodom and her daughters, and the captives of Samaria and her daughters, then I will also bring back the captives of your captivity among them, 54 that you may bear your own shame and be disgraced by all that you did when you comforted them. 55 When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you and your daughters will return to your former state.
Zechariah 14:16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem(People who rebelled against God's moral standards in all generations, including Old Testament times, and who were sinners with extenuating circumstances.) shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
The population resurrected during the Millennial Reign includes individuals with inherent sinful tendencies, yet they are subjected to a process of divine rehabilitation. As suggested in Matthew 12 and related verses, even those who suffered the judgment of fire—such as the people of Assyria and Sodom—will be resurrected, provided that God’s justice finds they were not characterized by inherent cruelty. This gives them an opportunity to learn the Gospel and pursue spiritual rebirth. Instead, individuals deemed eligible for divine clemency are restored to life for the purpose of Christological education. Within this framework, the historical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is reinterpreted not as an irreversible annihilation, but as a precursor to a secondary opportunity for atonement and integration into the kingdom under the pedagogical administration of the High Priest.
Isaiah 66:19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
The narrative in Zechariah 14 regarding the nations that besieged Jerusalem—representing those who persisted in opposition to divine authority during their natural lives—reveals an extraordinary dimension of eschatological clemency, wherein even these adversaries are granted a path toward atonement and the mission of proclaiming the Lord. If the potential for reconciliation is extended to such defiant populations, it is a logical and theological necessity to infer that a vast number of the deceased, including both professing Christians and the uninstructed who succumbed to the despair of suicide without fully knowing the true Christ, will be granted a resurrection. Within this framework, the high-priestly mission of Christ is seen as an expansive redemptive mandate, specifically designed to retrieve those from the abyss of Sheol and provide them with a definitive opportunity for spiritual rehabilitation and instruction under the Millennial administration.
The judicial framework of the Millennial Reign is centered upon the principle of individual accountability, as mandated in Ezekiel 18:30. For the specific multitudes deemed eligible for divine clemency, the administration of Christ functions as a system of rigorous spiritual and ethical rehabilitation. When individuals among these resurrected groups exhibit persistent defiance or attempt to assert autonomous dominion, the Messianic government exercises its prerogative to impose corrective sanctions. Drawing from the precedents in Zechariah 14, these measures—such as the withholding of rain or the infliction of plagues—serve as instruments of providential discipline. Within this eschatological legal structure, such penalties are interpreted not as arbitrary retribution, but as a necessary pedagogical intervention by the Lord of the Sabbath to subdue rebellion and facilitate the redemption of those subject to this restorative mandate.
On the Biblical Implications of Rain
In Israel, the climate is divided into wet and dry seasons, with the wet season lasting from November to March (or mid-October to mid-April) and the dry season from May to September. Rainfall in October and November, when the rainy season begins, is called "autumn rain," while rainfall in March and April, when the rainy season ends, is called "spring rain." (Deut. 11:14-17) Christians are also compared to wheat. (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-40) Furthermore, James 5:7 also says, "Therefore, brethren, endure until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits patiently for the precious fruit of the earth, until the former rain and the latter rain." As it says, the increase of water sources in spring and fall is of great importance in Israel, which is symbolically represented as the descent of the Holy Spirit and the harvest of Christians.
The Holy Spirit of the Autumn Rain and the Holy Spirit of the Spring
Rain
The prophecy of the autumn rain was fulfilled 2,000 years ago when Jesus,
after His resurrection and ascension, gave the Holy Spirit on Pentecost to His
disciples who gathered in Jerusalem and prayed with all their hearts for ten
days. This caused 3,000 people to repent in one day in the early church, and
many more souls received salvation thereafter. "When the day of Pentecost came
and they were all gathered together as one, ... they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit, ... and those who accepted Peter's words were baptized, and about
3,000 were added to their number that day." (Acts 2:1-47)
On the last day, when the Feast of Unleavened Bread was celebrated with the greatest festivity, Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, "Whoever is thirsty, let him come to me and drink that which I have given him of the Spirit; And the living water will flow from within him as a river." Jesus was referring to the "spirit" that those who believe in Him are about to receive. (John 7:37-39) "The 'Spirit' and the Bride say, 'Come! He who is thirsty, let him come. And whoever wants the water of life, let him drink without cost." (Revelation 22:17)
Once we understand the environment of Israel, where water is so precious, we can see that Jesus’ words, “I will give him water to drink, and he will never thirst again” (John 4:14), and the words of the Holy Spirit and the Bride, who came as the Savior of the Age of the Holy Spirit—“Come, take the water of life” (Revelation 22:17)—carry a figurative meaning.
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you-- The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.
Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Since the New Testament says that the Lord will give rain to the wicked, it can be said that there will be areas during the millennium where there will be no rain and it will not affect innocent individuals or animals. The blessing of rain throughout the millennial kingdom in Zechariah probably refers to the descent of the Holy Spirit through the acceptance of Jesus.
The fall rain in the true revival of the first century is described by Peter in Acts 2:14, "14Then Peter stood up with the eleven and lifted up his voice and spoke to the people. He said, "I want you to know this, all you Jewish people and all who live in Jerusalem. I want you to know this, and to listen to what I say. 15For it is now nine o'clock in the morning, and these men are not drunk with wine, as you think. 16Nor is this anything other than what the prophet Joel had prophesied. 17 "Thus saith the Lord God. 17 "In the time of the end, I will pour out my spirit upon all men. And your sons and daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18And I will pour out my Spirit on my servants, male and female, at that time." and quoting Joel 2, the outpouring as the Holy Spirit has already been completed. The spring rain will be the descent of the Holy Spirit by the grace of God upon those who have not known Christ since the first century.
About the Animals of the Millennium
The true meaning can be described as follows: if unbelievers who have been resurrected remain rebellious and refuse to accept God, the Holy Spirit—which is likened to rain—will not descend, and each individual will face calamities, plagues, and ultimately death. Even if we interpret this literally—that rain temporarily stops or plagues spread to admonish those prone to sin—the lives of unrelated people and animals are guaranteed to remain healthy. While this is within the realm of imagination, it can be inferred that there is a clear distinction between those who can receive the blessing of rain and those who cannot. Furthermore, one can imagine that animals are also miraculously protected by Christ, the heavenly priest, and are moved to fertile lands with abundant water sources within the vast paradise.
Job 5:19 He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you. (The righteous and animals will not be harmed in the seven-thousandth millennium.)
➡A case in which the Old Covenant symbolically shows the future.
Daniel 4:10 "These were the visions of my head while on my bed: "I was looking, and behold, A tree in the midst of the earth, And its height was great. 11 The tree grew and became strong; Its height reached to the heavens, And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth. 12 Its leaves were lovely, Its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, And all flesh was fed from it.
Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made it grow; Underground waters gave it height, With their rivers running around the place where it was planted, And sent out rivulets to all the trees of the field. 5 'Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field; Its boughs were multiplied, And its branches became long because of the abundance of water, As it sent them out. 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And in its shadow all great nations made their home. 7 'Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches, Because its roots reached to abundant waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
Even if it is a figurative representation of the dream of the wicked Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and Assyria, the symbol of the kingdom, the giant tree seems at this stage to be a symbol of the tree of life that Satan has taken away through sin, and which they monopolize at the expense of others, as he boldly said he would give to the vicious power. But in the Millennial Kingdom, they will be taken back by Christ and fulfilled as the possessions of the righteous and animals, just as in the Golden Age during Solomon's reign.
Isaiah 65:21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Ezekiel 17:22 Thus says the Lord God: "I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree(Rebellious authorities) and exalted the low tree(The oppressed people), dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it."
Therefore, even if there were individuals among humanity—who, having perished without knowing Christ and suffered the consequences of their sins before being resurrected—still harbored a tendency toward sin, there must be some distinction or mark that prevents them from receiving the blessing of the rain when they are restrained by Christ. Nevertheless, just as it is written that all animals are nourished by the Tree of Life, it is conceivable that they will be moved to and nourished in the fertile, water-rich lands near the vast Garden of Eden by Jesus and the heavenly Christians.
However, if people continue to act rebelliously even after being resurrected, it will inevitably disrupt the established order; therefore, some form of punishment will likely be imposed to ensure that individuals are made aware of God’s existence and do not act selfishly. Nevertheless, the Book of Revelation clearly states that those who repent and come to the New Jerusalem will be healed. On the other hand, regarding those who, during the period when Satan is imprisoned and temptation is absent, deliberately act selfishly and continue to commit sins that cross the line, Isaiah 26:10 states: “Though the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn righteousness. They commit injustice in a land of integrity and do not acknowledge the excellence of Yahweh.” Those wicked ones will be put to death during the period of Judgment Day, and their death will be permanent. (Isaiah 65:20) Nevertheless, the earth will not be laid waste, and neither animals nor humanity will suffer; for the innocent, a rain of grace and healthy peace will be guaranteed forever.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Revelation 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
In the Millennial Kingdom, there will be various peoples, in need of healing. The Greek word ethnos is used to refer to the Gentiles, or unbelievers, as opposed to the Christians, the Israel of God. These nations are the resurrected people who do not know Christ and will be judged by Jesus and the Christians as to whether they can enter into this New Jerusalem and obtain the water of life during the Millennial Kingdom.
Therefore, if the number of those who will be resurrected includes the deceased who died in their sins without knowing the Christ of Sodom and Gomorrah, it follows all the more that those who took their own lives while suffering from temporary distress will undoubtedly be resurrected. They are the nations—that is, the unbelievers known as the “ethnos”—who need healing, and they will be given the opportunity to become believers and children of God during the Millennium. The fact that even the writers of Scripture and the great forefathers of the faith were driven to such spiritual and mental distress during their lifetimes that they wished for death clearly demonstrates the limitations of human nature. Based on this theological premise, it is a perfectly valid logical conclusion that Yahuwah's mercy extends to unbelievers who ended their lives in despair without ever having known the light of truth.
Ruth 2:20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he of the Lord, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!" And Naomi said to her, "This man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives."
Psalms 103:3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The Lord executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
In the first place, since Christianity today is a cult created by the Roman Empire to enforce the politics of fear, there is a trend to threaten people with hell for heresy if they do not believe in orthodox doctrine.
Actually know God after being saved.
In Luke 10:25, Jesus explains that the pagan Samaritan were more righteous than the Jews who knew God because he saved a man who was being robbed. The Samaritans at this time had some mixed children with the pagan Assyrians, who had invaded and subdued apostate northern Israel and settled there for several hundred years. Jeroboam popularized the worship of the golden calf in northern Israel, and when it was destroyed, more and more Assyrian pagans settled in the area and the pagan worship practices, in which the names of various unclean gods were enumerated, completely penetrated the land. (1 Kings 12:28-33; 2 Kings 17:7-17, 24-41; 2 Chronicles 11:13-15; 13:8, 9) For more background on the Samaritans.Furthermore, when the Jews returned to their land after the Babylonian captivity and began rebuilding the temple, the Samaritans tried to stop them. (Nehemiah 6:1-14) Finally, a Samaritan temple was built on Mount Gerizim to resist the Jerusalem temple, a practice that would have been a complete disaster from the perspective of modern Christianity, which conveniently mixes paganism and Judaism.
However, in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus emphasized that those who act with compassion—regardless of their impure, pagan background—are the righteous. Modern Christianity has lost sight of this perspective. It can be surmised that the Jew in the parable, being a priest, did not want to touch the body of a man on the verge of death because the Law forbade touching a corpse. Yet, in God’s eyes, the Gentile who prioritized saving a life even when it meant breaking the rules is considered righteous.
Naturally, rather than clinging to obscure doctrines like “divine righteousness” and merely spreading the arguments of evil spirits as orthodox doctrine, non-believers and pagans who actually treat their neighbors with kindness and compassion are defined as righteous in God’s eyes. From this, we can expect that even among non-believers and pagans, those who strive to save the lives of others are more likely to be saved than those who judge right and wrong based on religious background and become exclusive. Therefore, it can be concluded that the many non-believers and pagans who were willing to sacrifice themselves to save others—and who actually died as a result—will be resurrected in the Garden of Eden and receive blessings as righteous people in God’s eyes, rather than Christians who are fixated on orthodox doctrine.
In the following scripture passages, Isaiah 11:3 emphasizes that the Lord Jesus does not judge based solely on outward appearances but treats people fairly; therefore, the suffering experienced by those who have taken their own lives due to their life circumstances is fully taken into account. Furthermore, Ezekiel 34:30 states that a people who have been mistreated will come to know God after being rescued. It is not that people are saved after coming to know God; rather, those who have been oppressed and wounded by various factors—such as working conditions or interpersonal relationships—and who could not find hope even in existing Christian doctrine, and who died without knowing the true God, including those who took their own lives, are seen as coming to know God “after” being saved by Him. First Timothy 2:4–6 also clearly states, “It is God’s will that all people be saved and come to a true knowledge of the truth.” In short, this implies a sequence of events: God’s salvation comes first, and only then do all those saved accept God and become believers. In conclusion, the Bible does not clearly state that those who have committed suicide and experienced their first death are currently in hell; rather, it suggests that a future filled with hope—one in which they will be resurrected and receive mercy—awaits them.
Isaiah 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. 3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; 4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."
Ezekiel 34:7 'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 "as I live," says the Lord God, "surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock"-- 9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! 10 Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them." 11 'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord God. 16 I will seek what was lost(In Hebrew, it means to seek that which is dead and perished.) and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment." 30 Thus they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people," says the Lord God.' "
In terms of priority, “those who have perished” are mentioned first in verse 16. Those who died in unfortunate circumstances without knowing God will come to know Him after being saved. The Millennium describes a process in which righteous people who did not know God are resurrected, educated by the heavenly priesthood, and come to accept Christ.
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