Jeremiah 31:21-22 KJV
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

Everyone knows in scripture the impossibility of woman to compass a man that is a virgin. When Adam and Eve left the garden Eve would eventually become pregnant. Then we open Jeremiah and wonder how can a woman compass a man in regards to someone not a harlot/wife of one man. The purified church gives forth fruit. A purified church is a like a virgin but not to the word of God. In order for a church/Israel at the time of the Old Testament it need to stay pure and unadulterate by culture, world, devil and perhaps even self desires. Eve was a harlot in regards to compassing a man. She had submitted to sensual desires and her first born could not be sacrificed for sin, though Cain tried with his sibling born after him. The first born of Eve because of her sensual fleshly desire by nature shows her impurity of the need of forgiveness and to make whole. Mary a virgin and innnocent to the world would be the one to give forth a perfect son. She was righteous by the law of faith and law of sacrifice. A woman pure by religious laws of faith. Woman after given birth had to go through purification rituals. Every first born man was dedicated to God. Mary had a son, with no sexual desire, but the will of God and the word of God bringing forth life in her womb.

Israel would be productive in Ephraim(God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of affliction)second born son of Joseph in Egypt. Israel would be corrupt but yet not without the ability to produce fruit pleasing to God. God's word after sin and correction, or God's word after purified state. Christ could not come into adultery nation, without the word of God already having tranforming/sanctified the nation once more into purified state. I have mentioned when the temple was rebuild they could not allow any outside help in the actual building of the temple. It had to be purified, but in the process it caused a divided world. Times had changed and neighbors helped neighbors to build. In this time period it was forbidden. So the heathens thought God was rejecting them not understanding the purification of the building of the temple. Right now in today's world the temple would be consider unholy because God's people are not in charge of the temple mount. Something interesting in recent years man discover there were three temples in Israel built. They have working on location of the third temple. Now I do not claim to understand it all in prophesy, so my suggestion is to do a little homework on the subject even for myself. Because no precept can defy what all ready recorded as being God's word and in his word. However we know that the antiChrist is already on the move around the world, yet we also understand that when Christ kingdom is restored, an earthly building is not necessary. Speaking of tribulation coming and so forth as the world as never seen. As our computers caused us to see more tribulation, because slow evidence through papers and tv is now only a push of a button that is still slowed down for man to absorb the details of current events.

Let us get back to virginity of Israel and the virginity of the church. Two things must happen, purification of the church comes through Christ coming the first time and his death on the cross. The purification of the temple came but the temple rejected Christ. Yet Christ second coming will bring God's wrath with Him. People think when the Messiah comes perhaps that he will come like he did the first time to help humanity, to heal the sick and so forth. Christ is returning to heal his people at the fountain in the New Jerusalem, but also to bring judgment to the world. Is what we are seeing in Israel even revelant to our world today as far as faith. Did not Peter go to Jerusalem and talk about with other disciples in Acts about the things occuring with the gentile nation as far as the Holy Spirit and receiving Christ? Did not Peter talk on the issue of food that was not traditionally Jewish by the law? All these things discussed by New faith and group of believers even talked about by the law.

We looking for the thousand year reign of Christ, but not understanding the principals of what that means, it means God's word reigning not mans for a thousand years. Did we not see this at the time of the middle and dark ages. Did not the church rule in the world even in the government? Has not man rejected God's word still, because people felt the Priesthood in the church were corrupt that governed by scripture. Every time man injects power and control in the use of religion it has not worked, because man is not decaded enough to govern by scripture and not think about money, prestige and so forth. When God's word comes forth in living format as the virgin birth, it is clear, but it also clear when someone receives Christ they are no longer old creation, but transformed by the renewing of mind, heart and spirit by Christ word and promise of coming and living within them, sealing them with His Spirit and guiding and changing their life, also known as being born of His Spirit. In order to have a purify rule we need God with us, in us, and for us. We need the Holy Spirit to be effectively working in our life not as we allow, but as he teaches us and we follow in submission to him, these things working in accordance to faith. None of us, because of our whoredom of faith and doubt of God's word can not see our own humanity in our failing God. Yet God continues to forgive, continues to purge our hearts of sin, teaching us ever so patiently as believers.

In Eve unholy state receives God's word through the birth of Cain and says I got a man from the Lord. The bride(Israel) heard the word through Zachariah that the Messiah was coming. No doubt they heard about Mary as well, for one of the pharisees in Luke at his trial would ask Jesus are you not the son of Mary? Maybe how can you be Messiah and going to die for our nation? How could you start this trouble in Jerusalem, we at peace with Rome. Yes I am ad libing a little, but there is a point do you not think the Pharisee who ask Jesus did not know about Isaiah were said the Messiah would be lead like a sheep to the slaughter. Do you not think after the crucifixion those words would haunt those that understood now that passage with the knowledge of Jesus rising. There feeling of now feeling cast out and their hearts harden, now hanging their heads and shame, of what can we do to fix what we did. Being like Judas without the ability of how to repent. Yet some would believe and receive Christ as Lord but probably not all of them. Peter and Paul going before council. Paul conversion radical and the fact he been a persecuter made him unworthy to convince Jews like himself and he forced to go out of the city through a window, lower down by a rope. Jews no longer friends of Paul, nor friends of the christians, because they had convince Rome to persecute them at the time of the early church. Was that not who Paul had persecuted.

Can the believers rebuild God's church, or do we allow God to do the work, while using us that are scatter in faith. Think we fail to understand that as a believer we have a choice to follow Christ and God's Spirit and allow him to rebuilding the church by first purifying the believers of a church. Repurification. Maybe more like a revival of the heart, soul and mind. A restirring of God wants to first cleanse the church, through our hearts and then purge the world of sin. The church once purified, but now cleansed, by the blood of the lamb, both Jews and Gentiles mixed into one body of believers. Each understanding scripture from different backgrounds, receiving Christ as Lord laying aside these barriers between themselves for fellowship and some even failing with tradition. No not everyone receives each other in brotherly and sisterly love.

The virgins rejoice at the coming of the Messiah, and yet sorrow feels the womens heart at the weeping of Ramath, because of the babies slain, but the joy is in the camp because the Messiah as been born or that is Jeremiah description, but in reality I do not doubt there was a mixture of joy and sorrow that would effect those that would shout crucify. We see woman at the cross that follow Christ, but they were perhaps part of the crowd shouting for they had gather branches as Christ came in to Jerusalem in the Triumphal entry. All these emotions normal for events and not understanding of the full preacher of who Christ is and his ushering in of the Holy Spirit of promise to guide his people. The issuing of the scattering of God's people once more so the Gospel of Jesus could and would be spread. It was not a story not to share but one to tell the world.

Dear Heavenly Father, Open our hearts, purify us with your word, with prophesy, with world events that says your word still speaks truth to us, that your word works and never fails us. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

Continual Scripture Study: Jeremiah 31:1-16 KJV
1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.