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See
Rev. 12:6, compare with Daniel 12:11, and also with Daniel 8:13-14: 2,300
evenings and mornings = 1,155 days; from 1,155 days to 1,260 days = 105
days, which precede the final 75 days. This could mean, that something
of tremendous importance and impact will occur during those 105 days (sort
of like the “last chance”); from 1,260 days to 1,290 days = 30 days; from
1,290 to 1,335 days = 45 days; the last 30 days and 45 days = 75 days.
The # 75 is the # of separation, cleansing + purification; the #
30 is the # of consecration; the # 40 is the # of probation, trial + chastisement
(but not of judgment as for G-d’s enemies); the # 5 is the # of grace,
victory + life. The numbers’ meaning by itself indicates G-d’s dealing
with His saints: during those last 75 days G-d will separate His saints
unto Himself by means of a heavenly process of cleansing and purification
we do not know. The apostle Paul refers somewhere to a purging “fire”.
Those saints already in heaven will undergo the final consecration to priesthood;
while the hindmost remainder of saints will pass through one last period
of testing before being caught up to heaven just before the battle of Har
Meggido (Armageddon). Finally, the # 5 tells us that all of G-d’s saints
are gathered together by His grace in victory for eternal life. PTL!
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I believe that Ezekiel 38 and 39 speak of two different wars, the one in
39 taking place in the very near future (before the one in Ezekiel 38).
When comparing our days with those described in Ezekiel 39, we can’t help
but see that the war of Ezekiel 39 is at the door.
These wars cannot occur
during the Millennial Messianic Reign, because at that time nations no
longer have weapons (they are turned into farm tools), nor do they make
war anymore [Isaiah 2:4]. These also cannot take place after the Messianic
Reign, when Satan once again leads men into war against G-d, for before
they can even commence the war, G-d sends down fire from heaven and consumes
their armies [Rev. 20:7-9]. And, of course, there will be no war
when G-d’s new heaven and earth are manifest. The new race of men, the
redeemed of the Lord, won’t even remember [Isaiah 65:17] what war is, much
less fight one.
Hence --- at what time is
this war going to take place? To pinpoint a precise date is impossible.
But considering facts and that this 7 year period of relative peace for
Israel must end prior to the last 3 ½ years, we can draw the conclusion
that this war is going to break out in the very near future. For more in-depth
discussion see my newsletter May/June 1997, Vol. 31.
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This is in light of G-d’s promise that He would restore BOTH, the Southern
and the Northern kingdom, Judah and Ephraim, to the land and make of both
ONE single nation, “one stick” If this is to be an event to take place
AFTER Yeshua has returned, then a lot of Scriptures make no sense. Although
there will be those who had fled Israel, and survived the Great Day of
G-d’s wrath, who will again return, the bulk of the people will return
to Israel before the Lord’s Second Coming, the “remainder of Yeshua’s brethren”
at the time of travail (see Micah 5:3).
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Arafat
eluded yet to another treaty: the one between Caliph Omar, the conqueror
of Jerusalem, and the Patriarch Sophronius, leader of Jerusalem at the
time of the conquest. They agreed that Jews would not be allowed to return
to live in Jerusalem. Christians were guaranteed free access to their holy
places under Moslem control over all of Jerusalem. What would prevent the
Palestinian leader (or "Man of lawlessness") to make a similar treaty with
the Pope?! Arafat assured his listeners that the Pope, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and the Patriarch of Istanbul have already been informed of
their inevitable fate.
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When printing the first copy of "The Unchanageable Calendar of G-d"
on my printer, a strange thing happened: the printer rattled violently
to and fro and up and down when it came to the reference of Prof. Majid
Khadduri's book, “The law of war: The Jihad.” Furthermore, a big painting
depicting Shabbat fell off a wall from no detectable cause. The printer
shut down and the words I saw printed - which I had not written - made
my hair stand on end: instead of "Majid Khadduri" the printer had spat
out "lying traitor." I was in shock. I have kept this page as a reminder
what we deal with when we come with the truth against the adversary.
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Deception
introduces truth "laced" with a lie, gradually increasing the lie and diminishing
the truth, until lies are "laced" with some truth. If an outright lie were
introduced right from the start it would be immediately recognized as such
and therefore would not fulfill the function of deception [Deception, or
its synonyms, means: cheating; cunning; concealment; dissimulation; craftiness;
deceit; fraud; delusion]. Countless millions of Christians have been deceived
into believing that the "Old Testament" is no longer active and has been
replaced by the New Testament (Satan's favorite deception seems to be the
replacement theology [Daniel 7:25], whether of G-d's People, G-d’s Calendar,
or His Scriptures). However --- the Tenach constitutes
two thirds
of G-d's Word, and it is there where we find G-d's
Blue-Print!
Those two thirds are still valid and active, except for the curses of the
Law for everyone who is in Messiah, especially for the Jew. Only Israel
became the recipient and guardian of the Law, and the bearer of the curses
for every trespass - NOT the Gentiles. It is the lordship of the Law, exercised
over the Jewish people through the curses of trespass, which was nailed
to the cross and abolished for every Jewish believer, not G-d's commandments
themselves. Else we might as well destroy Psalm 119, and many other Psalms
and Proverbs extolling G-d's commandments, which are good (Ro 3:31; 6:15;
7:12-14, 16; 1 Tim. 1:8-11) and not merely ten. The commandments are a
guide, a pattern, a blue-print, and instructions for righteousness, NOT
the basis for our salvation which is in Messiah ALONE, by grace through
faith, ratified in baptism and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
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Jeremiah
31:31; the New Covenant which Messiah established in His blood and flesh,
and ratified through His death followed by His resurrection, not by remaining
in the tomb. The
B'rit
(Covenant) of G-d is a Blood-Covenant made
by sacrifice. This is true both for the Old, and for the New Covenant.
The Old could not redeem and renew once and for all, the New one in Messiah
can and does. A “Testament” is the written declaration of one's last will.
A "Covenant" is an agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties;
a compact, made by passing between pieces of flesh; it is a written agreement,
as a contract, under seal ("Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk DICTIONARY,
Revised Edition, Funk & Wagnalls Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1977;
STRONG'S Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible)
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Beginning with Ezekiel ch. 40, we learn about the New Temple during the
Messianic Reign, its arrangements and ordinances. In chapter VII, D. The
Blueprint and the Builder, endnote #13, the reason for sacrifices during
the Millennial Reign are explained, which will be offered again as an expression
of faith in the saving sacrifice of the Lamb of G-d. Yeshua will be back
on earth as supreme King and Priest, and those of the Body of Messiah will
neither kill nor offer any of the animal sacrifices. However, priests will
be needed to render this service, whose sanctification qualifies them to
minister in this capacity while, on the other hand, not of a holiness that
forbids it.
In Ezekiel
44:15-31 we read of G-d’s promise to the levitical descendants of Zadok,
who shall minister at the Temple with the sacrifices, and teach and judge
the people on G-d’s behalf. This promise to the Levitical priests is confirmed
in Jeremiah 33:18-21. The Temple derscribed by Ezekiel will serve as G-d’s
House for one thousand years, until the new heaven and the new earth manifest,
and the Heavenly Jerusalem descends upon the new earth. THEN this Temple
will no longer be needed, because G-d and the Lamb will be the Temple in
the New Jerusalem [Rev. 21:22], and the city G-d’s eternal Holy of Holies
[foursquare - Rev. 21:15-17].
Hence
these Levites will minister as priests and rule as judges among the people
for one thousand years, the same length of time these saints of Revelation
20:4-6, raised from the dead after the Lord’s Return, shall reign with
Messiah. These Levites are very special priests, because they are not numbered
among the tribe of Levi, which is now listed together with the other tribes
and no longer kept separate [Rev. 7:7].
The name
Zadok
means righteousness, just as Melchizedek means
king of
righteousness. The same righteousness that was imputed to Abraham and
to every believer on the basis of faith [Ro 3:22; 4:3-6], will have been
imputed also to these Levitical priests of Zadok [see their faith
in Rev. 20:4]. The righteousness of G-d in Messiah [2 Cor. 5:21] will sanctify
them for their service, and their immortal, sinless nature render them
holy to carry out their LEVITICAL ministry, which is holy,
but NOT most holy.
They shall
reign with Yeshua for the duration of the Messianic Reign, but they do
NOT
share in His heavenly origin and divine nature. The Marriage Supper of
the Lamb is long past, at which Bridegroom and Bride ratified the two-thousand-year
Betrothal, and the Bridemaids shared in their joy and union. Now the Lamb,
His Bride, the Bridemaids and the guests [Rev. 19:9] at the supper have
returned to earth, and Yeshua has begun to reign. It is NOW,
only NOW, that these dead
are raised from all the “rest of the dead”, who were not raised to participate
in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Obviously,
they do not share in the Body of Messiah! And their time
of ministry and rule is also limited to the thousand years. But those who
are of the Body of Messiah, who qualify for the most holy
ministry of the Royal priesthood, they will reign forever
and ever! [Rev. 22:5]
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Pattern
of
sanctification in Torah: G-d commanded,
“Be ye holy as I am holy” [Leviticus 19:2; 20:7]. G-d dwelled among His
people of mortal, sinful nature. In order for them to be able to approach
the most holy G-d, and for Him to be able to abide in their midst and to
accept their offerings, He established the ordinance of sanctification,
which lit. means to be
“set apart unto G-d”. It renders the person,
animal, fruit, etc.
“holy” unto G-d. The thus sanctified object
is now acceptable to Him and may abide in His Presence, safe from the consuming
fire of His holiness [Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 11:1-3; 16:35; 9:15-16]].
It belongs now specifically and solely to G-d to be used by Him as ever
He pleases.
The procedure
was/is as follows: when the grain harvest had been threshed, before the
grain was yet gathered into the grainery, a small portion of threshed out
grain was taken from the threshing floor and burnt as a first fruit offering
upon G-d’s altar. This “first fruit” offering “sanctified” the entire
threshing floor, and all of the grain to be used by G-d’s people was rendered
holy.
The same
principle applied for the grape harvest, i.e. the fruit of the vine, and
also for the wine vats, of which a first fruit libation was poured upon
G-d’s altar.
This principle
applied for the flocks and herds as well, for the dough to make the bread
[Numbers 15:19-21], herbs, etc. On the festival of Shavuot/First Fruits,
the people gathered from their early harvests of barley, wheat, fruits
of the field, trees, and vine, and the early wine from their wine vats,
even water from their cisterns gathered during the winter months, and in
a festive procession brought all these items up to G-d’s Temple in Jerusalem,
where they were offered up. By this offering, as well as the ones rendered
at Succot/Feast of Tabernacles, all of Israel’s harvests, wine vats,
cisterns, bread dough, food, etc., were sanctified and therefore holy unto
G-d [Exodus 23:16, 19; 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:9-11, 13-15; Numbers 18:12-13,
24-32].
All the
firstborn of man and animal are holy unto G-d and rendered to Him as a
First Fruit offering for sanctification [Exodus 13:2, 12-13; 34:19-20].
Everything is to be tithed [Leviticus 27:26-27, 30-33; Deuteronomy
12:17-18;
14:22-23, 28-29] unto the most holy G-d to render
all of the land, its seed and fruit, and all of the people [Exodus 19:6;
22:29-31] and their possessions and living holy, because nothing
common,
profane or unclean may abide in His Presence [Leviticus 10:10].
Paul the apostle
evokes this principle when he says in Romans 11:16: “If the dough offered
as first fruits is holy, so is the WHOLE LUMP; and if the root is
holy, SO ARE the branches;” and in 1 Corinthians 7:14: “For
the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the
unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. OTHERWISE,
your children would be unclean, but as it is they are
holy.”
The sinful, carnal, mortal nature of the unbelieving partner, “touched”
as it were by the holy mate, is rendered
also holy, just
as whatever touched G-d’s altar and anointed furnishings of the
Tabernacle was rendered holy [Exodus 29:37; 30:29; Leviticus 6:18,
27].
There are many,
many more such Scriptures, upon which the concept of sanctification and
holiness expressed in the N.T. are based. But I believe, the examples I
listed suffice to help you see this principle of sanctification, and hence
to understand the purpose for which a group of dead, belonging to the Second
Resurrection, are raised to immortal life in the First Resurrection. Bearing
in mind the fact that only the best and choicest was acceptable as sanctifying
first fruit offering, we realize that this group must be the choicest of
the dead belonging to the Second Resurrection, such as Abel, Noah, Samuel,
the prophets, including John the Baptizer, of whom the Lord said that even
the least in the Kingdom of heaven (belonging to the Body of Messiah) is
greater than John, who was the greatest of those born of women. But we
are born not of blood nor of the flesh, but of G-d.
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5.
TEMPLE MOUNT UNDER SIEGE (Arutz-7 News:
June 18 - 21, 2000; Arutz Sheva News Service <www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
E-mail: arutz-7@arutzsheva.org; Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@IsraelNationalNews.com>;
Sunday, June 18, 2000 / Sivan 15, 5760
Photographs taken last week on the eastern section of the Temple Mount
show that the Moslem Waqf is building a new mosque on
the actual location of the Holy Temple.
Bulldozers and trucks have already cleared dozens of piles of dirt from
the area, and have brought in their place large quantities of building
materials. It should be noted that several months ago, the government
decided that the only works to be carried out on the Mount were emergency
doors for the existing mosque there. Archaeological student Tzachi
Tzveig emotionally shared his concerns with Arutz-7 today:
"This is the fourth mosque on the Mount, and this
one is in the actual spot of the Beit HaMikdash.
The government is well aware of what's going on, yet the ministers do little
more than speak about it here and there... Public Security Minister Ben-Ami
announced several weeks ago that no trucks with construction materials
would be allowed into the area - but it was just words. The trucks
come and go, and I saw a video from a week ago showing that the work is
continuing apace. Until I saw those pictures [which can be seen at www.miac.com/bait],
I didn't realize the extent of the damage... Nadav Shragai writes
in Ha'aretz today that there are "plans" for a fourth mosque - but the
fact is that these are way beyond just plans... two structures are
in quite advanced stages..."
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Ps 7:14-16; 9:15-16; 37:14-15; Pr 26:27; Ecl. 10:8; President Bill
Clinton, whose re-election was assured with considerable sums of "contribution"
by certain interest groups, among them the Hughes Corporation and the Loral
Space Systems Company (who helped China with precision in rocket launching),
continued to strongly object to Israel's sale of the Phalcon AWACS Radar-System
to China. These companies with their huge contributions had helped put
him back into the White House, and they expect him to return the favor.
In this case, to pressure Israel to cancel the much needed sale of the
Phalcon AWACS under the pretense of US security interests, so that THEY
could make that profitable deal with China, instead of Israel. Not only
did they mobilize those members of Senate and Congress who decide and vote
how much, if any, of foreign aid goes to Israel, they furthermore made
certain that the open trade-bill with China went through the House in a
hurry and got passed. Now the way is open - lawfully, hahahah! - to make
this and other such profitable deals with China. The only hurdle in the
way was Israel, and Barak is succumbing to the pressure.
For the love of money America has dug her own pit. China she wants, and
China she shall have --- however not quite the way she imagined it (see
page 22, "Years of Impact", and newsletter #39)! But the Mountain of the
Lord, which is being violated and desecrated - against which Clinton did
not
"strongly
object" - by a people doomed to destruction, she shall not ascend, except
for a righteous Remnant G-d has preserved from this nation.
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Sacrifices WILL be offered up during the Millennial Reign, for the simple
reason that Yeshua will have returned as King of kings, and Lord of lords,
and Judge of all the earth, Who will rule the nations with an iron rod.
His glory, His majesty and splendor, His power and might, His wisdom, justice
and righteousness, will be unmatched throughout the earth. Both the survivors
of Israel and of the nations will see Him, with their very eyes, yet be
told that He had come once before, humble and lowly, and died the death
of a criminal on a Roman crucifix for our redemption from sin and death.
It will be VERY difficult to believe such a story in view of His magnificent
splendor and majesty and unequaled power (just as it is difficult today
for so many to believe the account of His redemptive work and that He rose
from the dead and lives at the right hand of G-d Almighty).
Today, our “sacrifice of faith”
is accepted without any actual animal sacrifice, because we believe without
seeing Him. But what “sacrifice of faith” shall those who live during the
Millennial Reign offer, in view of the fact that He is back and can be
seen and heard and felt? They will put “action” to their faith in the report
by offering up literal sacrifices but -- THIS time every sacrifice is channeled
through Him. Since He fulfilled ALL sacrifices for ALL times, it is impossible
to offer up any sacrifice apart from Him. They all have to be “channeled”
through Him to be acceptable to G-d. Only HIS eternal priesthood and His
atoning and redemptive work sanctify those sacrifices and render them holy,
and make them acceptable as an expression of faith.
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"THE RISE OF BABYLON": Sign of The End Times - by Charles H. Dyer, with
Angela Elwell Hunt; Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois,
1991
In September 1987 - the very date when
my family officially returned to Zion after an absence from the land of
almost 2,000years - the First International Babylon Festival, under the
patronage of Saddam Hussein, was held in the newly revived city of Babylon,
the restoration of which began in 1978. For this event Saddam Hussein had
a special seal minted which featured his portrait side by side with the
great Nebuchadnezzar of Daniel's days, stressing the similarity of their
appearance. The festival's official theme was: "From Nebuchadnezzar to
Saddam Hussein, Babylon undergoes a renaissance."
Saddam Hussein sees himself as the incarnation of Nebuchadnezzar, as the
successor of the ancient world leader to rule again a mighty empire from
Babylon. That empire comprised the modern nations of Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Kuwait. In August of 1990 Saddam Hussein
attempted to reclaim a portion of that empire when he invaded Kuwait. The
invasion was stopped --- BUT NOT Saddam Hussein! Why?! The man who has
no misgivings to execute anyone who even only remotely opposes him, and
who has been known to arrest and imprison people for not paying homage
to his image displayed throughout the country of Iraq, was NOT overthrown
when the American general Schwarzkopf was poised to sack Baghdad,
but at the command of President George Bush --- didn't!
Saddam Hussein has already reconstructed the Southern Palace of Nebuchadnezzar,
including the Procession Street, a Greek theater, as well as the Hammurabi
Museum and the Marduk gate. He rebuilt the Nabu, Ninmah and Ishtar temples
and the original Ishtar gate, through which the crowd at the Festival entered
the city for the concluding ceremony of the evening - a tribute to Ishtar,
the mother goddess of Babylon. Hussein also plans to rebuild the Hanging
Gardens as well as the ziggurat, or "tower of Babel".
Babylon is "the house of wickedness": for the prophet Zechariah predicted
long ago in chapter 5:5-11 the rebuilding of the ancient city to which
a measuring basket ("ephah"), with the incarnation and personification
of wickedness in it, would be taken in the day that this house would be
finished in the land of SHINAR - which is modern Iraq! In the place where
Nimrod built his kingdom and the ziggurat in rebellion to G-d, and where
his wife declared the dead Nimrod risen from the dead as a god and established
his worship as the moon-god of Mesopotamia (from which allegedly Islam's
symbol of the quarter moon originates and the name of its god "Allah";
this allegation has been contested, of course, and opinion is divided despite
some archeological finds that seem to support the claim), arises again
the ancient city which embodies the rebellion against G-d.
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Revelation 18:24; -- It appears that most Bible teachers have difficulties
in discerning the threefoldedness of this “woman” Babylon, just as the
threefoldedness of the One G-d's nature, of His One chosen people, Israel,
and of His One House of worship, and that of Satan's counterfeits eludes
many. That old serpent is presently very hard at work to counterfeit with
a satanic one-world government [of a threefold nature: 1. the "Beast" system;
2. the "Beast" man; and 3. the "prophet" of both beasts. And three demonic
spirits, in counterfeit of the threefold nature of the Holy One of Israel,
will emerge from the mouth of that threefold world-ruler- Rev. 16:13-14]
the Messianic Kingdom of a theocratic world-wide reign. The world's leaders
will have to give account to the Lord of lords and King of kings, Yeshua
HaMashiach. He will rule the nations with an iron rod, in true righteousness
and justice, according to the laws and ordinances of the Holy One of Israel
[Psalm 2:9; Rev. 2:27; 12:5; Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-3].
For a greater in-depth study on the mystery of this “3-foldedness” read
The
Threefold Remnant of Israel, and the Tabernacle in the Rapture, by
Annelore Rasco
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Indeed, how many nations have literally “burdened” themselves with Jerusalem
in support of a people who cherish perpetual enmity and wreak vengeance
with malice of heart [Ezekiel 25:15]. They are accursed by G-d Himself,
because they have cursed His people. Yes, as they seek to “lift”, or “move”
Jerusalem from being Israel’s capital, and instead make it the capital
of a Palestinian state, they will grieviously injure themselves. Because
THIS
city
is not just the capital of men, but is the chosen dwelling place of the
Holy One of Israel, the “footstool” of the Almighty. Presidents Carter,
Bush, Clinton, and Secretary of state, Baker and Madeleine Albright, Egyptian
President Mubarak, and of course Arafat, etc., they are all challenging
the King of the Universe.
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Since horses are no longer used in warfare, what sort of “blindness” might
this be in a military vehicle of the 21st century? Poisonous gases and
chemicals may damage sensitive electronics equipment, thereby rendering
tanks and whatever other machinery ineffective, or “blind”, preventing
its riders from seeing the field of action
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This will be like what happened in the days of king Yehosaphat of Judah,
when the Moabites’ and Ammonites’ armies attacked. The Lord sent a spirit
of confusion among those armies, and as a result they attacked and killed
each other, not Yehosaphat. Not a man in Judah needed to lift a sword.
So terrible and awesome is the power of the Holy One of Israel [see 2 Chronicles
20:1-4, 22-23, 29].
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Yeshua HaMashiach, Son of David and Son of G-d, is not as G-d, because
the fullness of G-d dwells in Him bodily [Colossians 2:9], and He is
the exact likeness and reflection of G-d and His glory [Hebrews 1:3]. Neither
is He as the angel of the L-RD, because He IS the Angel of
the L-RD [Genesis 22:11, 15; Exodus 3:2; Psalm 34:7; Zech. 1:11-14; and
many more]. Hence,
this house of David, also translated as
the “royal line” in the Living Bible, shall be as G-d, as
the angel of the L-RD, leading the people of Jerusalem with such bold faith,
that even the weakest of the Jerusalemites will be encouraged and enter
the battle fearless like David.
This verse, as well as the following, indicates that both the royal line
of the House of David and the house of Nathan, full brother of Solomon,
will have returned to Israel. Furthermore, G-d will close the gaps in the
genealogy of this royal line according to the promise in Amos 9:11-12,
AND -- they will be people of faith, sanctified unto G-d. Else it would
not say as G-d, as the angel of the L-RD. This claim is strengthened
by Isaiah 16:5: “Then a throne shall be established
in steadfast love in the TENT [‘OHEL’] OF DAVID and on it shall sit in
faithfulness a ruler [i.e., Messiah] ...”Messiah
cannot sit on the throne IN the Tent of David, unless that “Tent” is pitched.
Furthermore, this tent is both a sukkah [the Hebrew word used in
Amos, meaning a tent made up of natural branches [of David’s family tree],
and an “ohel” [not of fabric]. “Ohel” is what formerly
the TENT of meeting was called (while "mishkan" is the word for
"tabernacle"). Hence, this “Tent” of David is a sanctified one,
because the Messiah and King of Israel would not sit in any other. And
the only sanctification acceptable to G-d is that of having been
redeemed by Messiah’s atoning sacrifice. Therefore it would seem that the
members of this house of David are believers in Yeshua, returned to Israel
and in possession of the proof of their descent. However, ONLY Yeshua will
sit on David’s throne.
The restoration of David’s royal lineage and these davidic believer’s faith
and courage will boost the people’s faith and hope in the imminent coming
of Messiah, so that they will fight like David. Because of their
heroic fighting half of Jerusalem’s inhabitants will remain. However, in
order that neither the house of David nor the Jerusalemites boast inordinately
of their victory, G-d will give victory to the settlements of Judah first.
Knowing that Messiah Yeshua is humble rather than boastful, we can safely
assume that this is indeed the royal house of David, natural “branches”
descended from the Solomonic lineage.
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Instead those that shall look upon Him -- finally SEEING Him in Person
-- will be the Jews who refused to believe the witness of their fellow
Jews concerning Yeshua of Nazareth. Once Shaul of Tarsus was such an unbeliever,
until a personal encounter and vision changed his belief and course of
life. As Shaul of Tarsus was before his conversion will be the ones
who will weep and mourn unconsolably.
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When these families realize that the One Whom they had so adamantly rejected
is indeed the Promised and Anointed One, their sorrow and emotional, spiritual
torture will be so great that husband won’t be able to comfort wife, nor
vice versa. Since both had refused to believe, who should comfort whom?!
This time it is NOT the royal line of David, but the family of David who
will be overwhelmed with mourning.
I also experienced such deep sorrow when Yeshua showed Himself to me in
a vision in which I saw the wounds in His hands. For 3 days I was
utterly crushed and in acute distress. I felt a sorrow so enormous it was
as if all Klal Yizrael was mourning with me. Had the Lord not finally comforted
me, this grief over having rejected Him may have caused me to despair.
Yes,
these will be relatives of the house of David - not the royal line
itself - who will not believe in Yeshua until they see Him. Then their
sorrow will be beyond measure. And the house of Nathan - also having survived
the many centuries of dispersion - will likewise reject the testimony
of Yeshua. However, all of them will be survivors who shall live in Messiah’s
kingdom, and rejoice in Israel’s peace and prosperity, in her glory and
honor. And they will still have a chance at eternal life, only not in the
likeness and nature of Yeshua, the Last Adam Who came from heaven.
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