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EBEDMELECH
Ebedmelech is the third person identified as an Ethiopian. Probably most seekers of truth have never heard of or have forgotten all about Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian. Ebedmelech means ‘servant of a king,‘ and/or ‘servant of the king.’ This Ethiopian is referenced SIX times through SIX verses in TWO Chapters in 1 book: FIVE times in Jeremiah Chapter 38, and ONE time in Jeremiah 39. These numbers may appear to the reader as unimportant, but there is an UNSEEN message written across the numbers. What I am about to suggest will not please most readers: READ Jeremiah Chapter 37, Chapter 38 and Chapter 39. The following verses are selected to place Ebedmelech’s name forward.
1. Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; (Jeremiah 38:7)
2. Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, (Jeremiah 38:8)
3. Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. (Jeremiah 38:10)
4. So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 38:11)
5. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now [these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (Jeremiah 38:12)
6. Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be [accomplished] in that day before thee. (Jeremiah 39:16)
As you take a minute to gather your strength and courage to READ three chapters in the book of Jeremiah, allow me to remind you about the river Gihon and how God draws Ethiopia into the flow of Gihon. As Gihon has a dual meaning of ‘the breaking forth,’ and/or ‘a fountain;’ showing a fracturing away from God and a fountain flowing with the grace of God, so Ethiopia is also connected with being away from God and being the recipient of God’s grace. Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian eunuch, became the recipient of the grace of God. Through Ebedmelech God displays Gihon as the fountain of God’s grace. This eunuch descended from a people terrible from their beginning . . . the Cushites . . . and a people mixed with the blackness and terror of sin and war. But God has plans for Ethiopia. Ebedmelech is not only historical, but he is the proof of the prophetical yet to come. He is the evidence of God’s faithfulness, and of God’s promises to Ethiopia.
● Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. (Psalm 68:31)
● Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God. (Isaiah 45:14)
● From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, [even] the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. (Zephaniah 3:10)
● In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. (Isaiah 18:7)
● For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. (Malachi 1:11)
This Ethiopian eunuch (Ebedmelech) who had no hope in progeny, nor in any future blood lineage was in fact symbolic of a future hope for the land of his birth. He was the first Ethiopian presented as being of the faithful generation of God. Ebedmelech lived through the meaning of his name, he was ‘a servant of a king,’ and ‘a servant of the king.’ He was a servant of a king, king Zedekiah, and he was a servant of THE KING: The Lord Jesus Christ, the express image of God, King over all the earth (Psalm 47:2), and the King of Israel (Isaiah 44:6; John 1:49) CLICK HERE to learn more about living in the meaning of your name.
Although a slave, Ebedmelech had great power. On his testimony alone, king Zedekiah acted. On his words alone, the prophet Jeremiah lived. On his verbal validation alone God’s words were confirmed and accepted. This Ethiopian eunuch believed God and acted on the word of God. The men of renown in the court of Zedekiah didn’t believe the words of God through the prophet Jeremiah and they paid with their lives for their disbelief. King Zedekiah FEARED his own court, but this servant, this eunuch did not fear the court or a king, he feared his KING, his GOD. Now that the scene has been set for you, and the stage decorated, and the curtain moves slowly across time by UNSEEN hands . . . READ. OH, oh, I added Chapter 37 to your reading assignment. CLICK HERE for an outline of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Zedekiah was the last king of the nation of Judah. It was Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, who MADE him king in Judah. This Babylonian power structure had taken over ALL governments between the river and the sea. The 37th Chapter sets the background to the political end of the nation of Judah. Sometimes I do a lot of chewing for you, but this time, try chewing with the teeth of the Holy Spirit. If you just cannot endure to read your complete assignment, just don’t tell me, I’ll never know!
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Jeremiah Chapter 37
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. (Jeremiah 37:1)
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 37:2)
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. (Jeremiah 37:3)
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. (Jeremiah 37:4)
Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 37:5)
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, (Jeremiah 37:6)
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. (Jeremiah 37:7)
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. (Jeremiah 37:8)
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. (Jeremiah 37:9)
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (Jeremiah 37:10)
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, (Jeremiah 37:11)
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. (Jeremiah 37:12)
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. (Jeremiah 37:13)
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. (Jeremiah 37:14)
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. (Jeremiah 37:15)
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; (Jeremiah 37:16)
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. (Jeremiah 37:17)
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? (Jeremiah 37:18)
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? (Jeremiah 37:19)
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. (Jeremiah 37:20)
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 37:21)
Jeremiah was incarcerated because he spoke the truth of the word of God, and by this truth, the princes, the ‘elites,’ the men of political renown accused Jeremiah of treason of working with the Chaldeans. However, the false prophets, the prophets of popularity and fame who had prophesied lies were nowhere to be found just before or during the battle. Jeremiah was committed to remain in prison for the sake of truth.
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Jeremiah Chapter 38
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, (Jeremiah 38:1)
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. (Jeremiah 38:2)
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. (Jeremiah 38:3)
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. (Jeremiah 38:4)
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. (Jeremiah 38:5)
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. (Jeremiah 38:6)
➤ Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; (Jeremiah 38:7)
➤ Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, (Jeremiah 38:8)
➤ My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. (Jeremiah 38:9)
➤ Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. (Jeremiah 38:10)
➤ So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 38:11)
➤ And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (Jeremiah 38:12)
➤ So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 38:13)
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. (Jeremiah 38:14)
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? (Jeremiah 38:15
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. (Jeremiah 38:16)
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: (Jeremiah 38:17)
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. (Jeremiah 38:18)
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. (Jeremiah 38:19)
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. (Jeremiah 38:20)
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: (Jeremiah 38:21)
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. (Jeremiah 38:22)
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. (Jeremiah 38:23)
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. (Jeremiah 38:24)
But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: (Jeremiah 38:25)
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. (Jeremiah 38:26)
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. (Jeremiah 38:27)
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. (Jeremiah 38:28)
Jeremiah 38:5 reveals that Zedekiah feared his own court. He KNEW that he had NO power, and that he was powerless to save Jeremiah, nor did he have any power to save himself. The truth of God had become unbearable to those who followed their own truths. Jeremiah was lifted up from the death of the dungeon by thirty men under the leadership of an Ethiopian eunuch. (The number thirty represents the price of redemption and it also represents God’s perfect order in being the right moment, the perfect moment.)
Zedekiah FEARED his court, he had enemies without, but the most deadly enemies were those within his court because they refused GOD and the TRUTH of God through the prophet of God. Jeremiah, through the word of God, gave Zedekiah a way out to survive, and that was to surrender to Babylon willingly. Chapter 39 reveals the end of Zedekiah, and the end of the nation of Judah.
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Jeremiah Chapter 39
➤ In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. (Jeremiah 39:1) Notice the numbers: ninth year (the number of finality in judgment), the tenth month (the number of God’s perfect ORDER.)
➤ And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. (Jeremiah 39:2) Jerusalem was under siege for TWO years. The Spirit of God adds more numbers to date the destruction of the great city of Jerusalem: in the eleventh year, the number eleven is the number of rebellion against God’s perfect order and in the fourth month, the number four is the number of the world and in the ninth day we have the number of finality in judgment. The siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was in 587 B.C. God loves details, it is sad that many readers quickly glance over what God the Spirit reveals about the power of God in the details. Jerusalem was BROKEN UP, shattered, in the 11th year because of its mutinous refusal to acknowledge God’s perfect order from the mouth of the prophet of God. In the fourth month, and in the ninth day Jerusalem suffered its greatest tragedy up to that point in time and that was realized prophetically and historically in 70 A.D. by Titus, (approximately 40 years after the Lord’s crucifixion, 40 was the number of testing and trial). Jerusalem did not see its last destruction by Titus, but this great city will historically yet see their destruction on the NINTH day and prophetically will yet face God’s judgment through a second WOE and through a third WOE. In Revelation the second WOE against Jerusalem was so tragic that the Spirit of God could not call the city Jerusalem, but He spiritually referred to it as Sodom and Egypt.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. (Revelation 11:8)
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13)
That NINTH day during the age of Jeremiah disclosed not only a future second WOE to come, but a third WOE yet to come during the Battle of Armageddon. At this time, not only will Jerusalem, the great city fall, but the cities of the nations will fall, and in this we see the depth and fulfillment of the number four and the number nine.
● The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. (Revelation 11:14)
● And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16)
● And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. (Revelation 16:18)
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Revelation 16:19)
Consider the numbers of eleven, four and nine in Jeremiah 39:2 (3 – 9 – 2) and see the underlying voice of God in HIS TOTAL (3), JUDGMENT (9), and the WITNESS (2) of His power recorded in words and in numbers of Nebuchadrezzar’s hatred against this city. Now, read again Revelation 16:19, and see how the Spirit of God again records in words and in numbers how the power of God retaliates against great Babylon by His WRATH . . . to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Consider where God’s FINAL ACT OF JUDGMENT against the great Babylon comes into play, for it is not only Babylon who will experience judgment but ALL the nations of the world will have their NINTH day, their NINTH hour, their NINTH month, and their NINTH year. This verse is found in the 16th Chapter in the 19th verse, And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Consider these numbers (16:19). It is GOD (the number ONE) who judges mankind (6), it is GOD (the number ONE) who JUDGES (9) the cities of the nation, and great Babylon in His WRATH.
The Holy Spirit is the Master Wordsmith, and the Great Mathematician of numbers and the Superior Designer of patterns and primes revealing God’s purpose and plan to those who seek the truth. There is no end to His power in the art of communication.
➤ And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. (Jeremiah 39:3) Six princes of the king of Babylon with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon sat in the MIDDLE gate. Again, we have the number six representing ALL of mankind, sitting in the MIDDLE gate, the central gate, the gate of power where they are acting as middlemen or ambassadors of the king of Babylon. Babylon was the showpiece of Satan. It was and IS Satan’s masterpiece, his jewel of political and religious success tied up in one package. The Beast is currently building his one world political power supported by his one world religion strengthened by the AI of all new and approved knowledge.
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. (Jeremiah 39:4)
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. (Jeremiah 39:5)
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. (Jeremiah 39:6)
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. (Jeremiah 39:7)
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 39:8)
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. (Jeremiah 39:9)
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. (Jeremiah 39:10)
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, (Jeremiah 39:11)
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. (Jeremiah 39:12)
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes; (Jeremiah 39:13)
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. (Jeremiah 39:14)
➤ Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, (Jeremiah 39:15)
➤ Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. (Jeremiah 39:16)
➤ But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. (Jeremiah 39:17)
➤ For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 39:18) Ebedmelech had put his trust in God. An Ethiopian at that time and in that age could trust no one. He had no place of refuge. He had no where to run. He trusted in the only ONE who could deliver him from the ravages of sin and death. Ebedmelech chose wisely, he trusted in God alone. The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Proverbs 18:10)
The last mention of an Ethiopian in the Old Testament revealed a person of faith. Although a eunuch, Ebedmelech was DELIVERED from his enemies and was added to the generation of Jesus Christ. He was one of many eunuchs in the house of king Zedekiah, but through FAITH in GOD Ebedmelech became a son of God, a part of the generation of Jesus Christ, a man with a holy family. Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. (Isaiah 56:3) Again, the Holy Spirit discloses the grace of God offered to those of sinful mankind who join themselves to the LORD. What do the numbers of 56:3 say? Grace (the number 5) is given to man (the number 6) through the GODHEAD bodily (the number 3). ALL who gather to the LORD belong to God as the sons of God. Here is the other side of ultimate grace, to be called sons of God. (Job 38:7) The phrase sons of God is documented five times in the Old Testament (Genesis 6:2, 4; Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7) and six times in the New Testament (John 1:12; Romans 8:14, 19; Philippians 2:15; 1st John 3:1, 2) for a total of eleven times.
● When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:7) CLICK HERE for more about Job 38:7. When did that happen? Where did that happen? And why did that happen? CLICK HERE for more.
● But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: (John 1:12)
● For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:14)
● Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1st John 3:1)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1st John 3:2)
What a tremendous way to end the theme of Ethiopia in the Old Testament that the last person mentioned as Ethiopian would be a SON OF GOD. From being drawn from the waters of Gihon as DARKNESS and TERROR from the curse of Cush to a son of God made pure and clean by the water of life in Christ Jesus that proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (Revelation 22:1)
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