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• Jer 22:29-30 . . O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! Thus said the Lord:
Record this man as without succession, one who shall never be found acceptable;
for no man of his offspring shall be accepted to sit on the throne of David and to
rule again in Judah.
The bad king's name was Jeconiah, a.k.a. Jehoiakim and/or Coniah. (Jer 22:28)
Had the curse extended in perpetuity, it would've prevented Messiah from ruling for
very long in the land of Israel. However; the wording "to rule again in Judah"
indicates that the curse on Jeconiah's royal progeny was limited to the era of the
divided kingdom. That condition came to an end when Nebuchadnezzar crushed the
whole country and led first Samaria, and then later Judah, off to Babylonian
slavery.
When Messiah reigns, the country of Israel will be unified. His jurisdiction won't be
limited to Judah within a divided kingdom, but will dominate the entire land of
Israel. So the curse won't apply to Messiah no matter who he turns out to be;
whether the man is Jesus or some other guy makes no difference.
• Ezek 37:21-22 . .You shall declare to them: Thus said the Lord God: I am going
to take the Israelite people from among the nations they have gone to, and gather
them from every quarter, and bring them to their own land. I will make them a
single nation in the land, on the hills of Israel, and one king shall be king of them
all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided
into two kingdoms.
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