Men of Torah Day--Men Crowned Kings, At Yahweh's Coronation!!! No Man Knows The Day or Hour Series, Part 3

Revelation 5

We are walking in today:  Men of Torah Day--Men Crowned Kings, At Yahweh's Coronation!!! No Man Knows The Day or Hour Series, Part 3


Witness scepter throughout the Bible:  H7626 ​​shebet spelled shin, bet, tet--rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, scepter, tribe​, rod, staff​, shaft (of spear, dart)​, club (of shepherd's implement)​, truncheon, mark of authority​, clan, from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, literally a stick for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, correction

Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, ​ ​Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, ​ Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

The Torah: Genesis 49:16, 49:28; Exodus 24:4, 28:21; Leviticus 27:32; Numbers 18:2, 24:17; Deuteronomy 12:5, 29:10, 31:28
Prophets:  2 Samuel 7:14; Isaiah 9:4, 10:5, 14:5, 14:29, 49:6; Ezekiel 19:11, 19:14, 21:13, 37:19; Micah 7:14

Writings: Joshua 4:5, 7:14; 1 Kings 8:16, 11:36, 18:31, 2 Chronicles 6:5, Psalms 45:6, 74:2; Proverbs 10:13, 13:24, 22:15, 23:13, 29:15; Lamentations 3:1

Esther 5:2
So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, ​ ​that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.

Revelation 5:10
 You made them into a kingdom for God to rule, cohanim to serve him; and they will rule over the earth.”

“Ha’Melek” means: The King! This is another name for Yom Teruw’ah. The Jewish people call this day “Rosh Ha’Shanah” meaning “Head of the Year.” The Jews call it the New Year because it is   the birthday of the world (creation). The redemption of the nation of Israel marks the spiritual New Year in the month called “Abib” which is the first month of the year. . On the first day of the 7th month of Tishri is the day of his coming--at the Feast of Trumpets, this is “Coronation Day.”

Exodus 12:2
“You are to begin your calendar with this month; it will be the first month of the year for you.

Exodus 13:14
When, at some future time, your son asks you, ‘What is this?’ then say to him, ‘With a strong hand Adonai brought us out of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery.

Why do the Jewish people refer to this day as “Rosh Ha’Shanah?” To put it simply, there are two different “New Year’s. The first “New Year” is mentioned in Exodus 12:2 & 13:4 as “the month Abib,” and it commemorates the time when Yahweh took Israel out of Egypt. It is the first of the year for the seven feasts annually. This calendar runs its course for seven months and it measures the seven months of feasts as well as the “four harvests” in Israel (barley, first wheat, second wheat, grapes).

The other “New Year” measures “linear time” itself and this is when the “seven year sabbatical cycles” are measured called “shmitta” as well as the “fifty year” Jubilee cycles. At the “end” of these “seven months” of feasts is the “ingathering” of the harvest and every fifty years on Yom Kippur (the tenth day of the seventh month) is a cancellation of debts where slaves are freed and people who owed money were able to redeem their land or their inheritance.

Leviticus 25:9
 Then shall you cause the shofar (trumpet) of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the Day of Atonement shall you make the shofar (trumpet) sound throughout all your land.

Exodus  23:16
  And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.

 Exodus  34:22
  And you shall observe the feast of weeks (Pentecost or Shavout), of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

The Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruw’ah usually occurs during the Gregorian month of September or October, depending on the sighting of the new moon at the beginning of the New Year in the spring in the month Abib. On this day, the bridegroom comes for his bride, and at their wedding day, he is crowned the King, and she is crowned the Queen. Thus marriage day is the day of coronation for both of them. Yeshua will come for His bride on Yom Teruw’ah—the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishri on the Hebrew calendar. The essential message of this feast is the reaffirmation of the “kingship” of Elohim.

Revelation 1:6
And has made us kings and priests unto Elohim and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Awmane.

Revelation  5:10
And has made us unto our Elohim kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Zechariah  9:9
 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

In Revelation 19:11-16, Yeshua is seen coming with the sound of the trumpet and with much fan-fare and ceremony. He comes as the trumpet sounds loudly, with his angels, in the wrath of Yahweh, to destroy his enemies and the enemies of his bride. He comes as a victorious king to deliver his bride from the evil one. This is what the prophets call “the great and terrible day of Yahweh” On this day, Yeshua becomes the “King of Kings” over all the kingdoms of this world as seen in Revelation 11:15-19; 19:16; Daniel 7:9-27; Revelation 1:7. He also becomes “Master of Masters” as the High Priest, Melchizedek.

Joel 2:11

Adonai shouts orders to his forces —his army is immense, mighty, and it does what he says.
For great is the Day of Adonai, fearsome, terrifying! Who can endure it?

Isaiah 61:2
  to proclaim the year of the favor of Adonai and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,

Jeremiah 46:10

For on that day Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will have a day of vengeance for avenging himself on his enemies. The sword will destroy, have its fill, be made drunk on their blood. Yes, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot decrees slaughter in the land to the north by the Euphrates River.

Luke 21:22
For these are the days of vengeance, when everything that has been written in the Tanakh will come true.

Revelation 1:7
Look! He is coming with the clouds! Every eye will see him, including those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the Land will mourn him. Yes! Amen!

Revelation 11:15-19
15 The seventh angel sounded his shofar; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!” 16 The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones in God’s presence fell on their faces and worshipped God, 17 saying, “We thank you, Adonai, God of heaven’s armies, the One who is and was, that you have taken your power and have begun to rule. 18 “The Goyim raged. But now your rage has come, the time for the dead to be judged, the time for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your holy people, those who stand in awe of your name, both small and great.It is also the time for destroying those who destroy the earth.” 19 Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the Ark of the Covenant was seen in his Temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake and violent hail.

On the wedding day, the bridegroom and the bride are called King & Queen

Psalms 45:1-15
(0) For the leader. Set to “Lilies.” By the descendants of Korach. Amaskil. A lovesong:
2 (1) My heart is stirred by a noble theme; I address my verses to the king; My tongue is the pen of an expert scribe. 

3 (2) You are the most handsome of men; gracious speech flows from your lips. For God has blessed you forever.

 4 (3) Warrior, strap your sword at your thigh; [gird on] your splendor and majesty.

 5 (4) In your majesty, succeed, ride on in the cause of truth, meekness and righteousness. May your right hand teach you awesome things.
6 (5) Your arrows are sharp. The people fall under you, as they penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
7 (6) Your throne, God, will last forever and ever; you rule your kingdom with a scepter of equity.
8 (7) You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy in preference to your companions.
9 (8) Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia; from ivory palaces stringed instruments bring you joy.
10 (9) Daughters of kings are among your favorites; at your right stands the queen in gold from Ofir.
11 (10) Listen, daughter! Think, pay attention! Forget your own people and your father’s house,
12 (11) and the king will desire your beauty; for he is your lord, so honor him.
13 (12) Then the daughter of Tzor, the richest of peoples, will court your favor with gifts.
14 (13) Inside [the palace], the king’s daughter looks splendid, attired in checker-work embroidered with gold.
15 (14) In brocade, she will be led to the king, to you, with the virgins in her retinue.

Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

Are You The Bride Of Christ? Part 2 of No Man knows The Day Or Hour Series

Exodus 12

We are walking in today--Are You The Bride Of Christ? Part 2 of No Man knows The Day Or Hour Series

Witness husband & wife throughout the Bible:  H376 iysh spelled ayin, yod, shin--man, male (in contrast to woman, female), husband, human being, person (in contrast to God), servant, mankind, champion, great man, whosoever, each (adjective), contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, husbandman, great, mighty man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, none, one, people, person, steward, whosoever, worthy. 

&
H802 ishshah spelled aiyn, shin, hey--woman, wife, female, woman (opposite of man), wife (woman married to a man), female (of animals), each, every (pronoun) ​ feminine of H376 or H582; a woman, each, every, many, none, one, together, Often unexpressed in English.

Ruth 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The Torah:  Genesis 2:22-25, 4:1, 4:17, 8:16, 9:20, 12:19, 13:16, 17:5, 20:7, 20:11; Numbers 1:44, 12:1, 30:3, 30:7-8, 36:8; Deuteronomy 3:20, 17:7, 20:7, 21:15, 27:14, 22:16, 22:29, 24:5

Prophets:  Isaiah 4:1, 36:16; Jeremiah 2:6, 3:1, 5:1, 6:11; Hosea 2:2, Micah 7:6, Malachi 2:10

Writings: Psalm 1:1, 128:3, Proverbs 5:21, 11:2, 11:16-17, 12:4, 31:30; Song of Solomon 5:9

Genesis 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Exodus 12:2
This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.

THE ANCIENT HEBREW WEDDING CEREMONY

How Does it Picture Mashiach Yeshua & His Bride?

Behold I Stand at the Door & Knock
The word of Elohim is basically the story of a wedding, from start to finish. It is a love story of a loving Father, seeking the perfect bride for his son, Yeshua. He is searching for a bride who is totally devoted, pure of heart, in love only with him, submitted and perfect in His sight. Such a picture of this is found in the basic structure of the Ancient Hebrew Wedding Ceremony, you will see the Heavenly Father, and the bridegroom, Yeshua sending the “servant” which is the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). The attendant of the bride is Mosheh/Moses (representing the Torah), and the attendant of the groom is Eliyahu/Elijah (representing the spirit of prophecy). And then there are the guests who are redeemed people, but they are not the bride.

Matthew 24:36-44: But of the day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.... Therefore, be also ready: for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of man comes.

Matthew 25:10 the bridegroom came: and they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage and the door was shut.”

Revelation 19:7-8: Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife has made herself ready. And to her was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white, for the fine linen is the righteousness of set-apart ones (saints).”


In most weddings, there are 3 groups of people:

1.) The guests, forming the largest group.
2.) The attendants of the bride and the groom, usually a small group.
3.) The bride & her bridegroom.

All are content and happy within their situation. But, only the bride gets to go into the “chuppah”(bridal chamber) with the bridegroom in the New Jerusalem on Mount Zion and live in his house forever. She has an intimacy with him that no one else has. The bride goes away with him for a “seven-day” wedding just like Leah and Ya’aqob (Jacob) as seen in Genesis 29:27-28. Their wedding lasted for seven days, and at the end of seven days, Ya’aqob (Jacob) was also given Rachel as a wife. Leah represents the “Ten Northern Tribes of Israel” for Leah had “ten children.” These “Ten Northern Tribes” later on became known as “The House of Ephraim” and they have “Gentile companions” that are joined to them as “born-again” believers. so the bride who is typified in Leah will be “caught up” to meet him in the air on Yom Teruw’ah , and then she will be taken into the “chuppah” (bridal chamber) for seven days. In Revelation 11:11, the “Two Witnesses” will be killed and their bodies will lie in the streets for “three and a half days.” I believe that this is in keeping with the pattern of their Messiah who was also “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). During the “ten days” between the two feasts of Trumpets & Atonement, the first three of these days are when the bride follows the same pattern as her bridegroom. She must die to her old sinful body and then be raised up on the third day.

1 Thessalonians 4:17
 then we who are left still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.

Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the depths of the earth.

Then for the next seven days, she will be in the bridal chamber with her bridegroom, and at the end of seven days, she will return on the Day of Atonement aka Yom Kippur. This is when Messiah will also be married to the other bride typified in Rachel. This is when the Jews who were “sealed” will finally see their Messiah “face-to-face” and they will during the ten days between Yom Teruw’ah & Yom Kippur, the Jewish people refer to this as “The Ten Days of Awe.” These “ten days” between the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruw’ah) and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) are also referred to as “ten days of tribulation”.  After the “seven-day” wedding with the first bride typified in Leah, the bridegroom will then return and he will marry the other bride typified in Rachel. Rachel represents the Jews who have not yet recognized Yeshua as their Messiah until He returns. But they will be “sealed” in advance in the foreheads because they will not take the “Mark of the Beast” nor will they worship his image.

Ezekiel 9:4
Adonai said to him, “Go throughout the city, through all Yerushalayim, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the disgusting practices that are being committed in it.”

Revelation 7:3
“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads!”

The bride typified in Rachel must suffer “ten days of tribulation” during what is called “The Ten Days of Awe.” The Hebrew word for “awe” is #7264 in the Hebrew Strong’s Concordance and it is the word “ragaz” which means: “trouble, to provoke.” During these ten days, the other bride typified in Rachel will be “provoked to jealousy” as she realizes that her sister has been taken into the “chuppah” with the bridegroom ahead of her. In Leviticus 16, we read the instructions for the High Priest each year as we find out that he was commanded to mingle the blood of a bull with the blood of a goat:

Romans 11:11
 In that case, I say, isn’t it that they have stumbled with the result that they have permanently fallen away? Heaven forbid! Quite the contrary, it is by means of their stumbling that the deliverance has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.

Leviticus 16:15
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat.

Leviticus 16:18
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before YHWH, and makes an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

What is interesting is that Leah’s name means “cow” (bullock) and Rachel’s name means “lamb” (goat). What does this typology mean? It means that on that final day of Yom Kippur, our Messiah will act as the High Priest (Kohen Gadol) who will mix the blood of these two families (two brides) together and he will make them “one bride” or “one stick” in His hand! As you can see from the above prophecy, the Two Houses of Yisra’el will be made one stick or one bride on that day!

Ezekiel 37:16-19
16 Moreover, you son of man, take you one stick (tree), and write upon it, For Yahuwah (Judah), and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick (tree), and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick (tree) of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions 17 And join them one to another into one stick (tree); and they shall become one in your hand. 18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus says YHWH Elohim; Behold, I will take the stick (tree) of Joseph,which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick (tree) of Yahuwah (Judah), and make them one stick (tree), and they shall be one in my hand.

At the end of the Millennium, there will be a New Heaven and a New Earth (Revelation 21:1), which will come down out of Heaven. There will also be a “New Jerusalem” who will be “adorned as a bride” for her husband.

The bride is the one who “overcomes” and she is mentioned in Revelation 3:7-13 in the letter to the Congregation at Philadelphia. She is marked, she is submissive and yielded to her bridegroom, guarding and obeying the terms of his marriage covenant, the Torah. He knows her, and she knows him, and their fellowship is sweet. She has an “open door” into the marriage on the Feast of Trumpets because she has not “denied his name” and she has also “kept his word” or in other words, his commandments Torah. In Revelation 3:10, she is “kept from the hour of temptation” which take place during the “The Ten Days of Awe” which leads up to Yom Kippur!”   Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

Understanding No Man Knows The Hour!!! Part 1

We are walking in today:  Understanding No Man Knows The Hour!!! Part 1

Witness man and know throughout the Bible:

Job 37:7 ​ He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Today we look to the words men & know​:
H582 'enowsh spelled alef, nun, vav, shin --man, mortal man, person, mankind​, of an individual, men (collective)​, man, mankind​, from H605; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively):—another, bloodthirsty, certain, divers, fellow, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some of them, stranger, those, their trade
&
H3045 yada` spelled yod, dalet, ayin--to know​, learn to know​, to perceive and see, find out and discern​, to discriminate, distinguish​, to know by experience​, to recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess​, to consider, be acquainted with, to know a person carnally, ​, to know how, be skillful in, to have knowledge, be wise​, to be made known, be or become known, ​ to make oneself known​, to be perceived​, to be instructed​, to cause to know​, known, one known,​ declare​, a primitive root; to know properly, to ascertain by seeing; acknowledge, acquaintance with, advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, of a surety, teach, can tell, understand, have understanding, will be, wist, wit, wot

the Torah testifies......
Gen 3:5
For God doth know​ that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing  good and evil.

Gen 4:1
And Adam knew  Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Gen 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know ​ not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Gen 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Gen 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Gen 9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Gen 12:11
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Gen 12:20
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Gen 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we  be brethren.

Gen 14:24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men  which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Gen 15:8
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Gen 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Gen 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Gen 18:21-22
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

Gen 19:4-5
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know
​ them.

Exo 1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

Exo 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men​ of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Exo 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Exo 3:19
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Exo 4:19
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Exo 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know
​ not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

Exo 6:7
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Exo 7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

Exo 10:7
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men
​go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Exo 18:20-21
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew​ them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men,
​ such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Deu 1:13
Take you wise men,  and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

​Deut ​1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

Deu 2:7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been ​with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

the Prophets proclaim......

1  ​Sa 1:11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man
​ child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

1​ ​Sa 1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1 ​ ​Sa 3:7
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

Neh 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Neh 4:15
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

Neh 8:3
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men ​ and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Neh 8:12
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Neh 9:14
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Neh 12:44
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Neh 13:10
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

Isa 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Isa 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isa 7:13
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

Isa 7:15-​1​6
​15 ​Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
1​6​ For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.


Jer 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Jer 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jer 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

Jer 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

the Writings bear witness......

Jos 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there

Jos 2:4
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist
​ not whence they were:

Jos 2:5
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Jos 2:9
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

Jos 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Jos 3:7
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

Jos 3:10
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Psa 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psa 9:20
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psa 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psa 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Pro 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Pro 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

1 Chronicles 12:32
​ And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

Mathew 24:36-37
36 But when that day and hour will come, no one knows — not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father. 37 For the Son of Man’s coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach.

Many of us have read the famous quote of our Messiah in the gospels when he declared that His second coming would be at a time that “no man knows.” How many of us knew that He was actually making a reference to the “Feast of Trumpets” when He spoke this Hebrew Idiom? What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression that does not make sense in other languages other than the one being spoken. “It's raining cats and dogs outside!”


The Feast of Trumpets was known by those in ancient Jerusalem as “The Day That No Man Knows.” And why is it called this? Well, it is because this is the only feast that is determined by the sighting of the new moon, and so “no man” can calculate the exact day or hour of when this feast day will begin. In ancient Jerusalem, there would be “two witnesses” who would stand on the walls of Jerusalem and “watch” for the first sliver (crescent) of the new moon. When the Father in heaven decided to allow the new moon to appear in the sky, then these “two witnesses” would sound the shophar (trumpet) and all the people in the city would immediately drop what they were doing, and they would run towards the temple for the celebration of “The Day of Blowing” or in Hebrew it is called “Yom Teruw’ah.”
The temple doors were only open for a short period of time, and if they failed to make it to the temple before the doors were shut, those who were slack in running to the temple were left out of the feast because the “doors were shut,” and once they were shut, no man could get in.

Just as the five foolish virgins. Who had not prepared themselves by filling their lamps with oil. When “The Day That No Man Knows” had arrived, the two witnesses sounded the “trumpet” and the five wise virgins were ready to go into the marriage. But the foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps, and so they could not see their way around in the dark. The foolish virgins went to buy oil for their lamps, and this caused them to be too late for the feast. When the temple doors were shut, the five foolish virgins were left out. The person who was alert and listening for the sound of the shofar was “taken” by the sound of the trumpet; this was his signal to run towards the temple. But the person who was not alert and not watching, would not hear the sound of the trumpet,

The Thief in the Night
We often make reference to this term “thief in the night” from the scriptures, but how many really know what the metaphor of the “thief in the night” is all about?

Leviticus 6:13
This is the offering for Adonai that Aharon and his sons are to offer on the day he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour, half of it in the morning and half in the evening, as a grain offering from then on.

If a priest was on duty to watch the fire by night, he was not allowed to fall asleep on the job, for if he did, the fire would not stay stoked and the fire could go out, thereby bringing judgment on the entire nation of Yisra’el. The priests were also commanded not to have wine or strong drink while serving in the temple

Leviticus 10:9
“Don’t drink any wine or other intoxicating liquor, neither you nor your sons with you, when you enter the tent of meeting, so that you will not die. This is to be a permanent regulation through all your generations,

Alcohol in their blood stream would defile their worship and cause them to become drunk, lazy and sleepy. Because the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) came at an hour when they were least expecting him to show up, the priests began to nickname him “the thief in the night.”

If the priest on duty fell asleep and was not watching the fire on the brazen altar, the High Priest would show up and find him sleeping on the job. The High Priest would then take some hot coals from the altar, and scoop them up with a shovel. He would then dump some of these hot coals onto the priest’s garment who had fallen asleep. The priest who had fallen asleep would be suddenly awakened by the smell of hot burning coals and his garment on fire. He would immediately strip off his clothes as fast as he could in order to prevent from being burned. At the end of his shift, the other priests would see him naked without his garment, and he would be ashamed because all of the other priests would know that he was caught falling asleep on the job.

We are admonished not to be like those priests who fell asleep on the job. We are given a command to watch, and keep our garments so that we will not be ashamed when our Messiah returns.

Revelation 16:15
 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

In his letter to the Renewed Covenant believers in Messiah, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) wrote to them

1 Thessalonians 5:1
But you have no need to have anything written to you, brothers, about the times and dates when this will happen.

Sha’uwl (Paul) was saying here, we must understand that the Hebrew word for “times and seasons” is “mowediym.” The word “mowediym” is plural for the Hebrew word “mowed” as seen in the Hebrew Concordance:

# 4150 mow’ed mo-ade’ or moled {mo-ad’}; or (feminine) moweadah (2nd Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw’}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand):--appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).

Why did Sha’uwl (Paul) have no need to write to them about these things? Because they were all keeping the “Sabbaths” and Feast Days of Yahweh!

Be not deceived the hour is known to the Hebrew, as the day that no man knows. Understanding Hebrew idioms and metaphors are the language of the Kingdom.    Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

Weekend Meditation--Many Are Deceived In This Hour Of Tribulation!!!! Conclusion of the Deception Series

Matthew 24

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Many Are Deceived In This Hour Of Tribulation!!!!
Conclusion of the Deception Series

Witness watch throughout the Bible:  H4931 mishmereth ​spelled mem, shin, mem, resh, tav--guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch​, ​guard, watch, house of detention or confinement​, keeping, preserving, charge, injunction​, office, function (ceremonial)​, from the root word H4929; watch, the act (custody), the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, safe; figuratively observance, duty​, a usage or party—charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinance, safeguard, ward
Isaiah 42:20
You have seen many things, but don't keep watch. With ears open, you don't hear.
The Torah:  Genesis 1:26; Exodus 16:32; Leviticus 8:35, 18:30; Numbers 1:53, 9:23

Prophets:  1 Samuel 22:23; Nehemiah 7:3, 12:45, 13:30; Isaiah 21:8; Ezekiel 40:45, 44:14-15; Zechariah 3:7

Writings:  1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 11:5-7; 1 Chronicles 9:27, 23:32,: 2 Chronicles 7:6, 13:11, 23:6

Habakkuk 2:1
​ I will stand at my guard post. I will station myself on the wall. I will watch to see what he will say to me and what answer I will get to my complaint.

Mathew 24:24-25
24 For there will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing great miracles amazing things! so as to fool even the chosen, if possible. 25 There! I have told you in advance!

Matthew 24:41
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

We are to continue to grind out the meal for the bread of Life, and the bread is the body of Yeshua HaMashiach, and His Torah. Occupy until I come, is what we have been commanded by the King.

Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Right now we don't know the hour, but we have a good understanding of how to locate the hour that He will come, for they are spelled out in the signs that Yeshua is giving to us. But the hour that Yeshua is talking of here is the "hour of temptation"

Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

You will not know the instant, but you can know the hour. This is done by recognizing the antichrist, at his arrival, including his army of fallen angels. Then know when the one world system totally comes into being, after being torn apart politically as the political beast, and that is the start of the hour. Yahweh's elect will escape from that hour, for they don't find Satan and his system tempting to sell their soul for.

Revelation 17:12
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom, as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

Matthew 24:45
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

The wise servant over Yeshua's household, of the fellow Hebrew, is the one that gives the members of the body of HaMashiach the meat of His word, and not milk--which is Yahweh's word taught in full, and meat in due season.  This season, the season of the parable of the fig tree, when these events will come to pass.

Matthew 24:46
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

The time of the blessings to the faithful is "when He cometh", and the blessings and rewards are for those that Christ finds doing the work of the Lord. Are you going to be out there bowing to the supernatural, and part of his magical side shows? Are you going to be part of the new world order's plan of peace, peace, peace? Or are you in the trenches of the spiritual war that will be going on? We are to be witnessing as the Spirit of God speaks through His elect. God has shortened the time for the elect, or else no flesh would be saved.

Matthew 24:47
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

During the Millennium age, their will be one thousand years where all that will transpire will be teaching and discipline.

Yahweh is in control in this age, and whatever your assignment, it will be exactly right for you. To get a better vision of what this will be like, the Millennium chapters of Ezekiel 39-48 tell you exactly how it will be. If you have not studied it, then you are missing the thousand year age that you will be living in, in your spiritual body. It tells us how the Millennium Temple will be, and what people will be doing there. Will we know our loved ones, and what will the people be like? Yahweh's Chosen doesn't rule with a rod of iron, but with concern, for they know that the kingdom will last for one thousand years, then comes the judgment for those outside of His instruction or deliverance for those who walk in the fullness of Yahweh's teaching! The concern of the elect is the eternity, and the destruction of the lost souls at the end of the kingdom.

Matthew 24:48
But and if that if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays his coming.

If the evil servant says, the end is not coming, the antichrist is not coming, and the latest expression is that of the evolutionist, "it has been this way for the past 240 million years, and there has not been a major calamity, nor will there be one." You probably have heard other expressions by these evil servants.

Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken.

This evil servant takes the little bit of information that he does have, and a twists it to deceive the true sheep of Yahweh. He will be in friendship with the world system, and thus will eat and drink with them. They get along because they agree with one another. The "drunken" are the spiritually deceived. The "fellow servants" are the Hebrews true brethren, and they are smitten by the evil servant by various means.

Matthew 24:50
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of.

It is the hour of the beast, and that is the subject of this chapter. That hour is when the seals are released and take place. it is the first tribulation. That tribulation is the tribulation of deception, and if you are not aware of that hour, you are one lost soul.

Matthew 24:51
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

If you continue to turn your nose up at the warnings that Yeshua gave us in this chapter, He is telling you here and now what is going to happen to you. "And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites", those Kenites, the scribes and Pharisees that also led Yahweh's people into false doctrine, and led them astray in Yeshua's day. Where they go, and what happens to them, is what will happen to you.
Think of how terrible it will be for one that calls themselves a Christian, and goes a whoring after the antichrist. Then on the day of the Lord, when Jesus, the Son of Man returns will he find the servants of His house ready, prepared and on watch?  Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

Have You Received The Mark? The Danger of Deception, Part 5 of the Deception Series

Matthew 24

We are walking in today:  Have You Received The Mark? The Danger of Deception, Part 5 of the Deception Series

Witness hidden throughout the Bible:  H5956 ​​`alam spelled ayin, lamed, mem--to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret​, to be concealed​, dissembler​, to hide oneself​, to veil from sight, blind
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is​ to search out a matter.

The Torah:  Leviticus 4:13; Deuteronomy 22:1, 22:3-4
Prophets:  1 Samuel 12:3; Isaiah 58:7; Ezekiel 22:36

Writings:  Psalm 26:4, 55:1, 90:8; Proverbs 28:27; Ecclesiastes 12:14

Jeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.



Mathew 24:24
For there will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing great miracles — amazing things! — so as to fool even the chosen, if possible.

Matthew 24:31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

This is the seventh and the last trumpet, and there will be no coming by HaMashiach until that time, except the Spirit of Yahweh working within you.

Matthew 24:32
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh

Yeshua told us in Mark 13:28-29, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near," 29 "So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh even at the doors."

Matthew 24:33
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

"It is near, even at the doors", should read "He is near, even at the doors."

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.

Even after the return of Yeshua HaMashiach and when we are in the Millennium age, we will still have the Word of Yahweh, with all the promises that are contained within

Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
We have been given the season, the generation, and the events that will take place, even marking the last three and one-half days. That being when the entire world celebrates the murdering of the two witnesses by the Antichrist, haSatan.

Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

This "Noe", is the Greek form of the Hebrew word, "Noah". These final days of this earth will be exactly as it was in the days that Noah was on the earth, just prior to his entering into the ark.

Genesis 6:1-2
And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of Yahweh [the fallen angels] saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."

These angels left their first estate, as Jude writes in Jude 4, and married flesh women. From this marriage came the offspring of this evil relationship. So we see that the fallen angels left their habitation of the heavenly, and came to earth and mated with women and created those who were evil and defiant against Yahweh.  We are very close to the time when they will become as common as a man, and be accepted, and this can happen because the Kenites now control the one world system.

Revelation 12:7-9
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Matthew 24:38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Pray to God that you are not of that mindset, for it is part of the mark of the beast. No, the mark of the beast is not any form of an electronic device, but a mindset that conforms to the doctrines of devils. Before HaMashiach returns, the entire world will accept the doctrines of this locust army of fallen messengers because they will be taught in their church houses to do so. If you are not one of the elect, you will accept these angels as being from Yahweh, and you will agree with everything that they say, for if you do not have the seal of Elohim in your forehead, you mind--Yahweh will allow the delusion to come over your mind.

Matthew 24:39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the son of man be.

It is going to be exactly as it was then. The people of the earth thought the merry times and times of peace and prosperity could never end. As Noah preached and told them of the coming flood, they laughed and made fun of him. During the reign of the antichrist on earth, you family and friends will think of you as some sort of nut that has lost mind. If you do know the true word of Yahweh then praise Yahweh, and stand tall, and rejoice in the Lord.

Matthew 24:40
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.

"Then", is the time that all this intermixing with the fallen messengers takes place. The "field is the world, and as a servant of the true Yahweh, we are to be tending the vineyard of the Good Master, as we read in the parable of Matthew 21, until the true HaMashiach comes. Many pray and sing that they will be taken by the first to come, and in ignorance, they pray to be taken by the antichrist.
The one that is taken first is the one that is taken by antichrist, we are to occupy or position in the field until Yeshua comes at the end of this earth age.  Fiveamprayer are you prepared and in position?   Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson.

Men of Torah Day--For Surely You Won’t Die! Deception Series Part 4

Matthew 24

We are walking in today:  Men of Torah Day--For Surely You Won’t Die!  Deception Series Part 4
 
Witness go astray throughout the Bible: H5080 nadach spelled nun, dalet, chet--to impel, thrust, drive away, banish​, to thrust away, banish​, ​outcast (participle)​ to be driven away​, to be thrust away, thrust aside, move, to be chased, be hunted, to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, ​cast down, chase, compel, draw away, drive, force, go away, withdraw

Proverbs 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

The Torah: Deuteronomy 4:19, 13:5, 13:10, 13:13, 30:4

Prophets: 2 Samuel 14:14; Nehemiah 1:9; Isaiah 8:22, 11:12, 56:8; Jeremiah 16:15, 23:2-3, 23:8, 27:10, 27:15, 29:14, 30:17; Ezekiel 34:4, 34:16; Daniel 9:7; Zephaniah 3:19

Writings:  2 Chronicles 13:9, 21:11; Psalms 5:10, 62:4; Proverbs 7:21

Jeremiah 50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.

Mathew 24:24 For there will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing great miracles — amazing things! — so as to fool even the chosen, if possible

Matthew 24:21 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."

This is not the tribulation of Yahweh for there are two tribulations, and this tribulation is the tribulation of the deception. This is the tribulation of the locust army, spoken of in the book of Joel. This locust army will so pervert the minds of all men on earth that the truth of Yahweh's word will be as desolate wilderness.

Acts 2:6-8
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Matthew 24:22 "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved but for the chosen sake those days shall be shortened.

Daniel told us in Daniel 9:27 that this time of the Antichrist, the desolator, was one-half of one week of years.

Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Matthew 24:23  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
If they say, "But He is coming to fly me away"; Believe it not. It is not going to happen because it is not written in Yahweh's Word

Mathew 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.

Yahweh has told us many times before, in the prophesies of the Old Testament--each prophet spoke as they were given unto them, the words to speak. If you are wondering what Yahweh is telling you to do, He has told you to get ready for the spiritual battle that is about to start. Stop pouting and get to studying!!  Now is the time to truly study and seek His word that you would not be deceived in this time and season!!

Matthew 24:26
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, 'Behold, He is in the desert;' go not forth: 'Behold, He is in the secret chambers;' believe it not.

Some will appear to have a word for your from Yahweh, test the spirit by the word!  We are not to received all that is given to us--as we learned and were taught as children we can not accept and take all that is handed to us!  There are many that mean us harm or have other intentions!!  This is why we have have a series of teachings on deception, being deceived--why would warning after warning come forth it there was nothing to guard against??  So it is with watchful and studied eyes and ears that you perceive what it is they are really sharing with you--they are getting messages alright, but the spirit is not the Spirit of Yahweh, and their messages are lies if it doesn't correspond with the Word of Yahweh.

Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh our to the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. It is just as sure as the sun comes up every morning, and sets in the evening, that is the absolute reliability that what Mashiach says, will come true.

It is just as sure as the sun comes up every morning, and sets in the evening, that is the absolute reliability that what Yeshua says, will come true.


Matthew 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not have her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

There are two tribulations, and you had better know the difference.

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

This is after the tribulation of the deception after the antichrist ruled and claimed himself to be Yahweh, and after all the events of the first six seals are over.   Fiveamprayer we have to truly know what it is that is being whispered in our hearing.  What is attempting to convince us of something that is totally against scripture?  Whether it appears to appeal to our natural desires or even spiritual pursuits--is it Biblical?  Does it agree with all that He has already spoken into your life?  For He has placed His word above His name!  There is power in understanding what He has revealed to us--that even the King of the Universe is subject to His own word!  That is why it all agrees with itself and can not be reversed!  The key is for us to know His word and have His understanding to be able to move and live in accordance to all that He has set forth in His iron clad word.  The unaltered, unwavering word of Yahweh!  Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson. 

The Dangers of Being Deceived!!! Part 2 of the Deception Series

Matthew 24

We are walking in today:  The Dangers of Being Deceived!!! Part 3 of the Deception Series



Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

The Torah: Genesis 1:5, 1:8, 1:13-14, 1:16, 1:18, 2:2, 2:4, 8:22; Exodus 10:23, 12:14, 13:3, 13:10; Deuteronomy 27:10, 29:13
Prophets: Isaiah 2:2, 10:3, 11:16, 17:11, 24:21; Jeremiah 3:18, 7:25, 17:27; Ezekiel 12:25, 16:43
Writings: Joshua 23:1; Judges 21:19; 1 Chronicles 22:9, 28:7; 2 Chronicles 6:5

Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Mathew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Matthew 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Revelation 9:1-4
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

This hatred comes because of their beliefs and their religion. When you tell your relatives that this antichrist is a fake, you will be branded as a blasphemer, right from the start. The church world today is looking for someone to fly them away, and satan will give them the flight of their life. Did you get it? You will know the difference between the two Christs, or God will turn you over to satan to be deceived. It is your soul at stake here.

Mark 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son;
satan, the antichrist comes with supernatural powers, and the keys, or authority to use it to deceive the people of the earth
Satan is death, and he is the destroyer. In ignorance, brother will deliver up his brother to satan, because he simply doesn't know the difference.

Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Think of all those ministers that preach the rapture theory. Every last one of them is a false prophet. They give you hope where there is no hope, and they make you vulnerable to going after the first Christ to arrive on earth, and that one is Satan, the Antichrist. Jesus said there would be false prophets, they shall rise and deceive many. You shall be here and face Satan, whether you like it or not.

Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

The "iniquity" is "lawlessness" of turning away from God's Word. It will multiply because of the apostasy, or the falling away from God's Holy Word. The love of family members and friends shall "wax cold" or turn against those within their own family, or friendship because of their refusal to accept Satan, the Antichrist as the true Christ.

The "iniquity" is "lawlessness" of turning away from God's Word. It will multiply because of the apostasy, or the falling away from God's Holy Word. The love of family members and friends shall "wax cold" or turn against those within their own family, or friendship because of their refusal to accept Satan, the Antichrist as the true Christ.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

God's elect are destined to endure to the end, and not be deceived by the antichrist. They know the Word of God, and that the false Christ will come first.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

In other words, when one of us, the elect, is delivered up to give an account of why he or she will not submit to satan the antichrist, without premeditating, the message will be broadcasted throughout the world. Some of you have known that you have had a destiny and a purpose since you were a child. That there was more to God's Word than you have been taught, in the simplicity in which Christ Himself brings it forth.

Luke 21:17-19
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake. 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place whoso readeth, let him understand

Daniel 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The "abomination" is when Satan stands in Jerusalem, and proclaims that he is God, and the world believes it. The "desolation" is an incorrect translation into the English, which should read "desolator", and Satan is the desolator that will make the claim that he is God, the true Christ. "Desolation" is a condition, in the Hebrew manuscripts, it is written, "On the wings of the desolator," this is not a condition, but an entity, a person. It is through this individual, Satan that the abomination shall come from. It is the desolator [Satan] that shall cause all but the sealed of God, to become desolate, or deceived. The Holy place is the place that the temple sits, and this is the subject for the very first when the buildings of the temple were observed by the disciples and the question of what it would be like at His second advent. This is where the desolation [Satan, the Antichrist] shall sit on mount Zion, making his abominations, or statements that he is the Christ.

The world will be deceived when Satan claims himself to be Christ, for he does have supernatural powers, and he will use them to draw the peoples of the world to come to peace. He will say, I am Jesus whom ye have been waiting for, and I have come to bring peace to the world, and the world will be brought to peace and prosperity by satan, the antichrist. I feel that this time of world peace will come in a matter of months or a few years. It will come, though. Revelation 19:15, tell us how Jesus will come back to earth, at His second coming:

Revelation 19:15; And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Yeshua will come with a sharp sword to smite the nations of the earth. He will subdue them like grapes in the winepress, not some sweet mushy talk of peace. Jesus shall rule over them with a rod of iron, because at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the start of the Millennium age--that thousand year age kingdom of Christ will be a time of learning and discipline, there will be no flesh on earth, for all will be changed to their incorruptible bodies, and will be of a full sound mind, and capable of learning and understand what is being taught them.

Matthew 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Judea is that land or country that Jerusalem was the capital of--today we would call it the nation of Israel, on both sides of the Jordan river. It is the place where the major peace treaty is being signed, and the largest part of world conflict is over. If you are in that nation, Jesus is telling you to flee into the "mountains", or nations of the world, but get out of there.

Matthew 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house:
The housetop in some references is a place where the people went in the evening to rest and relax, however, this "housetop" is where the watchman stood. He stood watching for the enemy, and when Jesus said when you see him [the enemy] coming, this is the subject in here, flee Judaea. When you see him coming, get out. There isn't event time to grab your toothbrush, for the time is short, when you see this come pass.

Matthew 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
You will not need a change of Cloths if you live in the land of Israel.

Matthew 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Jesus is speaking in a spiritual sense about those that that become impregnated with the mark of the beast. That "mark of the beast", is a mark of service that is hidden over a long period of time. We are to know this mark, by getting to know who the Kenites are, because when you do not know who they are, then your are taking "the mark of the beast".  By not knowing the Kenites, and what they do, you become deceived by them, and drawn into their service. This is taking the mark in your forehead, and in your right hand; as recorded in

Revelation 13:15-18
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.  16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Key Note:
(According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites (/ˈkiːnaɪt/; Hebrew: קינים, Hebrew pronunciation: [qeˈnim]) were a nomadic clan in the ancient Levant. One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro, a priest in the land of Midian.[1] They played an important role in the history of ancient Israel. The Kenites were coppersmiths and metalworkers.[1] Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian.  Judges 1:16 says that Moses had a father-in-law who was a Kenite, but it is not clear from the passage if this refers to Jethro. Certain groups of Kenites settled among the Israelite population, including the descendants of Moses' brother-in-law,[2] although the Kenites descended from Rechab maintained a distinct, nomadic lifestyle for some time.
Kenite is a rendition of Hebrew קֵינִי Qeyniy. According to Gesenius, the name is derived from the name Cain (קַיִן Qayin).[3] According to A. H. Sayce, the name ‘Kenite’ or Qéní, is identical to an Aramaic word meaning a smith, which in its turn is a cognate of Hebrew Qayin, with the meaning ‘a lance’.[4]
According to the Kenite hypothesis, Yahweh was historically a Midian deity, and the association of Moses' father-in-law with Midian reflects the historical adoption of the Midianite cult by the Hebrews.[1][5][6]Moses apparently identified Jethro's concept of God, El Shaddai, with Yahweh, the Israelites' God.[1]

If you have taken on another husband before Yeshua return to earth, then spiritually you become married to another husband, being satan. Mashiach is bringing this spiritual lesson down to a level of emotions that we can understand. It means that they didn't wait on the true husband, Nor followed His commandments or feast days and now, spiritually they stand with child by the wrong husband and are feeding others [giving suck] the spiritual bad milk that draws them to Satan.   Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson

The Dangers of Being Deceived!!! Deception Series Part 2

Matthew 24

We are walking in today:  The Dangers of Being Deceived!!! Deception Series Part 2

Witness seasons throughout the Bible: H6256 eth spelled ayin, tav--time​, (of an event)​, experiences, fortunes, occurrence, occasion​--from H5703; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, after, always, certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, evening, noon tide, what time, when

Genesis 1:14-18
14 God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will mark events, sacred seasons, days, and years. 15 They will be lights in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth." And that's what happened. 16 God made the stars and two great lights: the larger light to rule over the day and the smaller light to rule over the night. ​ 17 God put them in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.
The Torah:  Genesis 8:1, 18:10, 21:22, 38:27; Exodus 18:22; Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 1:18, 3:18, 3:21, 4:14, 10:8, 11:14, 28:12, 32:35

Prophets:  1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 11:1; Ezra 10:13-14; Nehemiah 4:22, 9:27, 10:34; Isaiah 18:7, 33:1, 33:6, 48:16, 49:8, 60:22; Jeremiah 2:27-28, 3:17, 5:42, 6:15, 10:15, 15:11, 18:23, 30:7, 31:1, 33:15

Writings:  Joshua 8:29, 11:6; Judges 10:14, 21:24; Ruth 2:14; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 4:16-17, 7:1; 1 Chronicles 9:25, 12:22, 20:1, 21:29; 2 Chronicles 7:8, 35:17; Esther 1:13, 4:14; Job 24:1; Psalm 1:3, 9:9, 31:15, 32:6. 62:8:119:126; Proverbs 8:30; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3:11

Jeremiah 33:19-26 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; ​​21 Then may also my covenant be broken​ ​with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. ​ 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered , neither the sand of the sea measured : so will I multiply the seed of David my servant,and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken , saying , The two families w​​hich the LORD hath chosen , he hath even cast them off ? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not wi​​th day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

  

Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Matthew 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Revelation 9:1-4 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

This hatred comes because of their beliefs and their religion. When you tell your relatives that this antichrist is a fake, you will be branded as a blasphemer, right from the start. The church world today is looking for someone to fly them away, and Satan will give them the flight of their life. Did you get it? You will know the difference between the two Christ, or God will turn you over to Satan to be deceived. It is your soul at stake here.  This is were the study of the scriptures is so important!  We have to be like the Bereans and check closely to see if that is being taught is biblical or opinion based!

Mark 13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son;

Satan, the antichrist comes with supernatural powers, and the keys, or authority to use it to deceive the people of the earth.  Satan is death, and he is the destroyer. In ignorance, brother will deliver up his brother to Satan, because he simply doesn't know the difference.

Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Think of all those ministers that preach the rapture theory. Every last one of them is a false prophet. They give you hope where there is no hope, and they make you vulnerable to going after the first Christ to arrive on earth, and that one is Satan, the Antichrist. Jesus said there would be false prophets, they shall rise and deceive many. You shall be here and face Satan, whether you like it or not.  This escape hatch is just that a scheme devised to have you trapped in the deception of avoiding what is clearly written in scripture.

Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

The "iniquity" is "lawlessness" of turning away from God's Word. It will multiply because of the apostasy, or the falling away from God's Holy Word. The love of family members and friends shall "wax cold" or turn against those within their own family, or friendship because of their refusal to accept satan, the Antichrist as the true Christ.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

God's elect are destined to endure to the end, and not be deceived by the antichrist. They know the Word of God, and that the false Christ will come first.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

In other words, when one of us, the elect, is delivered up to give an account of why he or she will not submit to satan the antichrist, without premeditating, the message will be broadcasted throughout the world. Some of you have known that you have had a destiny and a purpose since you were a child. That there was more to God's Word than you have been taught, in the simplicity in which Christ Himself brings it forth.

Luke 21:17-19 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake.  18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place whoso readeth, let him understand

Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The "abomination" is when satan stands in Jerusalem, and proclaims that he is God, and the world believes it. The "desolation" is an incorrect translation into the English, which should read "desolator", and satan is the desolator that will make the claim that he is God, the true Christ. "Desolation" is a condition, in the Hebrew manuscripts, it is written, "On the wings of the desolator," this is not a condition, but an entity, a person. It is through this individual, satan that the abomination shall come from. It is the desolator [satan] that shall cause all but the sealed of God, to become desolate, or deceived. The Holy place is the place that the temple sits, and this is the subject for the very first when the buildings of the temple were observed by the disciples and the question of what it would be like at His second advent. This is where the desolation [satan, the Antichrist] shall sit on mount Zion, making his abominations, or statements that he is the Christ.
The world will be deceived when satan claims himself to be Christ, for he does have supernatural powers, and he will use them to draw the peoples of the world to come to peace. He will say, I am Jesus whom ye have been waiting for, and I have come to bring peace to the world, and the world will be brought to peace and prosperity by satan, the antichrist. This time of world peace will come in a matter of months or a few years. Revelation 19:15 tell us how Jesus will come back to earth, at His second coming:
Revelation 19:15 And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Yeshua will come with a sharp sword to smite the nations of the earth. He will subdue them like grapes in the winepress, notice the text--this is not some sweet, mushy talk of peace. Jesus shall rule over them with a rod of iron, because at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the start of the Millennium age. It is this season, that thousand year age kingdom of Christ will be a time of learning and discipline, there will be no flesh on earth, for all will be changed to their incorruptible bodies, and will be of a full sound mind, and capable of learning and understand what is being taught them.

Matthew 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Judea is that land or country that Jerusalem was the capital of. Today we would call it the nation of Israel, on both sides of the Jordan river. It is the place where the major peace treaty is being signed, and the largest part of world conflict is over. If you are in that nation, Jesus is telling you to flee into the "mountains", or nations of the world, but get out of there.

Matthew 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house:

The housetop in some references is a place where the people went in the evening to rest and relax, however, this "housetop" is where the watchman stood. He stood watching for the enemy, and when Jesus said when you see him [the enemy] coming, this is the subject here, flee to Judea. When you see him coming, get out. There isn't even time to grab your toothbrush, for the time is short, when you see this come to pass.

Matthew 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

You will not need a change of clothing if you live in the land of Israel.

Matthew 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Jesus is speaking in a spiritual sense about those that that become impregnated with the mark of the beast. That "mark of the beast", is a mark of service that is hidden over a long period of time. We are to know this mark, by getting to know who the Kenites are, because when you do not know who they are, then your are taking "the mark of the beast". By not knowing the Kenites, and what they do, you become deceived by them, and drawn into their service. This is taking the mark in your forehead, and in your right hand; as recorded in

Revelation 13:15-18 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Key Note:
(According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites (/ˈkiːnaɪt/; Hebrew: קינים, Hebrew pronunciation: [qeˈnim]) were a nomadic clan in the ancient Levant. One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro, a priest in the land of Midian.[1] They played an important role in the history of ancient Israel. The Kenites were coppersmiths and metalworkers.[1] Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian. Judges 1:16 says that Moses had a father-in-law who was a Kenite, but it is not clear from the passage if this refers to Jethro. Certain groups of Kenites settled among the Israelite population, including the descendants of Moses' brother-in-law,[2] although the Kenites descended from Rechab maintained a distinct, nomadic lifestyle for some time.
Kenite is a rendition of Hebrew קֵינִי Qeyniy. According to Gesenius, the name is derived from the name Cain (קַיִן Qayin).[3] According to A. H. Sayce, the name ‘Kenite’ or Qéní, is identical to an Aramaic word meaning a smith, which in its turn is a cognate of Hebrew Qayin, with the meaning ‘a lance’.[4]
According to the Kenite hypothesis, Yahweh was historically a Midian deity, and the association of Moses' father-in-law with Midian reflects the historical adoption of the Midianite cult by the Hebrews.[1][5][6]Moses apparently identified Jethro's concept of God, El Shaddai, with Yahweh, the Israelites' God.[1]

If you have taken on another husband before Yeshua return to earth, then spiritually you become married to another husband, being satan. Mashiach is bringing this spiritual lesson down to a level of emotions that we can understand. It means that they didn't wait on the true husband, Nor followed His commandments or feast days and now, spiritually they stand with child by the wrong husband and are feeding others [giving suck] the spiritual bad milk that draws them to Satan.   Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson.

Weekend Meditation--The Very Elect Will Be Deceived, Part 1

Deuteronomy 18


We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--The Very Elect Will Be Deceived, Part 1

Witness chosen throughout the Bible: H977 bachar spelled beit, chet, resh--to choose, elect, decide for, to be chosen​, selected​, properly, to try, by implication, acceptable, appoint, choice, excellent, join, be rather, require
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​Nehemiah 1:9
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen​ to set my name there.​

The Torah testifies: Exodus 17:9, 18:25; Numbers 16:5; Deuteronomy 7:6-7, 10:5, 12:5, 12:11, 12:26, 14:2, 14:23, 17:15, 30:19, 31:11
The prophets proclaim: 1 Samuel 2:28, 2:28, 12:13, 17:40; 2 Samuel 6:1, 6:21; Isaiah 41:9, 43:10, 48:10; Haggai 2:23
The writings bear witness: Joshua 24:15, 24:22; 1 Kings 8:16, 8:44; 1 Chronicles 15:2, 28:6; 2 Chronicles 7:16, 29:11; Psalms 25:12, 33:12, 65:4, 119:30; Proverbs 1:29

Psalms 47:4
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13  Thou shall not steal471. You shall not deny falsely --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.472. You shall not lie to one another --Leviticus 19:11

473. You shall not retain a worker's wage overnight until morning --Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

474. You shall not rob --Leviticus 19:13

475. You shall not cheat your neighbor --Leviticus 19:13

476. You shall not commit a perversion in measurements --Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

477. You shall not commit a perversion in weights --Leviticus 19:35

478. You shall have correct scales, correct weights, and correct measures --Leviticus 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

479. You shall not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day --Leviticus 22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

480. You shall not reap the corners of the field and the gleanings of your harvest --Leviticus 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

Fiveamprayer we have a question that must be looked at this morning--who is this group called the very elect?  There are various groups that have come to put an emphasis on certain scriptures regarding this group.  Which each claims to be the exclusive too--that sets them apart from all the other groups. One scripture being used in this way is Matthew 24:24. “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; in so much that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” The point being that if you are one of the very elect, you can not be deceived.  Further implying that if you are one of them, the certainty you have not been deceived. Yet we have to look closer to the text to determine accuracy.  As with things in our every day lives, those being deceived are very rarely aware of this deception that they pay membership to.  This has to be more than a claim that can be held fast that they are not deceived and thus the elect.

While this thought displays it's circular reasoning: once a person accepts membership into this very elect group his mind closes to the possibility that he could ever be deceived. This is a powerful glue that then permanently binds the person to that group, and thus the whole group thinks of themselves as the very elect who can not be deceived. Of course this includes the leaders who teach it with this goal in mind. When some do leave the group it is pointed out that they have succumbed to deception and therefore were not part of the very elect to begin with. Who by their definition, can not be deceived, so could not have been of the very elect. This is a powerful tool used to prevent the comparison of what is being taught with the standard of truth – God’s word – the Bible. With no comparison or rather study this circular thoughts wrap around and choke those that it was supposed to protect.  There are questions that need to be answered to grasp the intent of Christ’s statement of Matthew 24:24. We must pay heed for there is a warning being given about this elect and the plans of hasatan for them. Could this warning be that what is applicable only to the end time? Yeshua gave this same alarm in verses 5 & 11, “For many shall come in my name, saying ‘I am the Christ,’ and shall deceive many.” “And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.” Each of these warnings represents an intensification by satan to destroy the elect. His greatest effort comes as his time is running out. The terms used in Matthew 24 for signs and wonders gives rise to more spectacular events such as fire from heaven. It would come as the appearance of Godly character of those pretending to lead the way of truth. Such a sign or wonder would likely persuade many to follow one with such apparent power, yet would it be possible to only put on a great show with out actual ability?  Would that be the root concern for this warning, which is repeated for emphasis?   As the sights and wonders in absence from study of scriptures makes for a ripe situation of deception to not only walk in but to have full reign of the situation!  The children of Israel were warned repeatedly as well to not harken, nor listen to one who has a show of power of ability that would appear from heaven if they do not speak in accordance to His word.  Is this what Yeshua is showing the people that as it was in the days of old, do not allow those who have the appearance of a Godly nature but are not in alignment with scripture, fool you!  As He was questioned about healing and other displays of power, 'what does the scripture say about it'.  If Yeshua, the word made flesh, refers us back to the word to determine validity why would we seek anywhere else for validation?? This logic would only work if there was no possible way to be deceived because of your status in the elect.

 Paul’s warning to the Corinthians clearly shows this. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”  Paul is telling us not to be surprised at this transformation. Look what satan does. When a being as evil as he can appear as an angel of light, that is a wonder. This would fall under signs and wonders without the spectacular visual effects; but it would be a spiritual wonder, devastating to God’s people. Further, one must question the purpose of warning about a deception if the group addressed cannot be deceived--if these people cannot be deceived there must be a reason for Yeshua to send forth this warning. Could it be that their preparation and unmovable foundation gives them understanding about what the Father has accomplished in creation? The building of a family to go on through eternity; who know Yahweh’s laws and understand that those laws emanate from love; that they know the workings of this world are designed by satan to deceive them.  It becomes very obvious that this is a warning for us to understand His truth, and to be trained and prepared for what is coming. I Peter 5:8-10, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered awhile, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.” The word perfect here is used to mean bringing something to its designed state through repair. Establish means to set fast by reinforcing, and settling is to place something on a firm foundation. It is our love of the truth that keeps us from being deceived through our strengthening by Rauch HaKadoesh in us - by His testing and training of us. In addition the warning implies there is a potential for failure. The following scriptures confirm this reality. I Cornthians 10:12, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” 2 Timothy 2:14-18, “Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.” This is a clear statement that some have been lost. 2 Peter 3:15-18, “…...and account that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation – as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you, as also in all of his epistles, speaking in them of things in which some things are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know these things before hand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory now and forever. Amen.” (2) This makes it quite clear that failure is possible.  All of His word was given to direct and lead our lives in the lifestyle of the kingdom of heaven!  But presuming that we have obtained and do not truly understand the fullness of the errors of the early church fathers, variance of translations, altered transliterations we are open to many deceptions! It is when we become aware of the possibilities of deceptions that we become and remain diligent in study of His word!

We must be continually on guard, never trusting any man or group of men, but Yahweh alone through His holy word!” Was there  a special category of elect here? Did he create the very elect, a group set apart from the regular elect?  The word for elect is number G1588  and is used 23 times in the New Testament. The only place that the word elect (G1588) is modified by the word “very” (G2532) is in Matthew 24:24. This holds true for the King James translation. The companion scripture of Mark 13:22 uses the same combination of words, but G2532 is here translated “even.” If Yeshua was creating a new category of elect we should be able to find it in other scriptures, but it is no where to be found. It is only used in Matthew 24:24. This should be ample cause for investigation. The definition of “kai” G2532  reads: “Apparently a primary particle, having a couplative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words: - and, also, both, but, even, for, if, indeed, likewise, moreover, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yea, yet.” It is clear that this word is never used as an adjective of a noun, but is used as a copulative. This error is corrected in the New King James translation as well as many other  present day translations. J.P. Green’s Interlinear Bible uses the word even instead of very, which is considered to be the norm. The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines “very” as real, true, genuine. Webster’s states “very” as  actual, real, legitimate. The word “very” emphasizes identity or significance, and brings the noun into special prominence. This definition shows the word to be an adjective, not a copulative. Therefore the correct translation should be “even,” and most translations correctly read, “….in so much that if it were possible, they shall deceive even the elect.” The understanding that one cannot be deceived is the same as, one being infallible. Yeshua, never established an infallible group of the elect--this was a creation of the King James translators. As Strong points out, G2532 is either a couplative or a cumulative force. “kai” can be translated very when it is showing a cumulative force such as in Matthew 10:30, “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” This would be a correct translation because it is used accumulatively.  Fiveamprayer, it is imperative that we never leave our guard down and become open to deception. Let him who thinks he stands, take heed--lest he fall!!

Deuteronomy 18:5

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

The doctrine of absolute predestination of course logically holds that some are foreordained to death as truly as others are foreordained to life. The very terms ‘elect’ and ‘election’ imply the terms ‘non-elect’ and ‘reprobation’. The biblical usage of “election” has absolutely nothing to do with salvation contrary to the teaching of Calvinism. He qualifies his summary by stating:

The predestination by which Yahweh adopts some to the hope of life, and adjudges others to eternal death, no man who would be thought pious ventures simply to deny…

By predestination, we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. The very terms ‘elect’ and ‘election’ imply the terms ‘non-elect’ and ‘reprobation’. When some are chosen out others are left not chosen.  Once the definition of the word is established biblically, the foundation of Calvinism will be undermined and will collapse and arguing the tenants of TULIP will become inapplicable.

The word elect (Greek verb: eklegomai ἐκλέγομαι; Hebrew verb: bakharבָּחַר) means to choose, select.

The elect or chosen (as nouns or adjectives) are those people or things that have been elected, selected, or chosen for a particular purpose by someone. Scripture bears witness that elect and its derivatives have nothing to do with someone being chosen specifically to eternal life.

The Election of Priests, Kings, and Disciples
We see times when Yahweh chose and people chose--Yahweh chose Levi to minister forever “… the LORD your God has chosen him…”
[bakhar בָּחַר / eklexetai εκλεξηται]

God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel. What is fascinating about King Saul is that he was chosen both by God and the people. Saul’s election by Yahweh to be king had nothing to do with eternal life and his removal from being king likewise had nothing to do with eternal life – he was simply removed from his post. Saul is analogous to Judas in many ways because both he and Judas were chosen yet they both forfeited their election. The choosing or election had nothing to do with eternal life according to the Calvinist definition.

1 Samuel 12:13
Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

God elected David to be king and passed over the other seven sons of Jesse.

1 Samuel 16:7-10
“The LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature because I have refused him’ … Neither has the LORD chosen this one…the LORD has not chosen these.”

The Election of Messiah and Angels
This very title was used of Yeshua on the crucifixion stake. Peter further confirms God’s election of the Messiah. Jesus was unquestionably chosen, elected, predestined by God to be the Messiah but His election was not for His salvation. He was chosen by the Father to give us eternal life! In a similar fashion, we find that angels can be elected – demonstrating that “elect” does not mean chosen to eternal life.

Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Luke 23:35
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God.

1 Timothy 5:21
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Hebrew 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels, but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

The Election of Jerusalem
Yahweh also elected (chose) Jerusalem to be His city proving that election has nothing to do with eternal life.

2 Chronicles 6:6
Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel

Psalms 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place.

In all of these verses we see that God has chosen or elected Jerusalem for a purpose and the word, election does not entail eternal life.

The Election of False Gods and Foolish Things
In Corinthians, we learn that God has chosen foolish, weak, base and despised things: Our conclusion from the above verses is that election has nothing to do with predestination to eternal life. God chose priests, kings and Jerusalem for His purposes and man chose both God and idols. We would be wrong to try to insert the concept of predestination into the term election.

1 Corinthians 1:27-28
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.

Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD for yourselves, to serve Him…” (Josh 24:22) “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.” (Judg 10:14)

The Election of Israel
While the election is made by Yahweh and men of people and places, there is a usage that stands out uniquely in Scripture: God’s chosen people, the elect, are the Israelites. The title “chosen/elect” is in no less than eight verses in Scripture. The use of the title “elect” to describe Israel becomes very important when we venture into the New Testament because it clears up many theological, esoteriological, and eschatological issues.

1. Seed of Israel His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones! 1 Chronicles 16:13

2. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Psalm 33:12

3. Seed of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones! Psalm 105:6

4. He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness. Psalm 105:43

5. For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure. Psalm 135:4
6. For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect… Isaiah 45:4
7. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there. Isaiah 65:9

8. 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. Isaiah 65:22

The verses above demonstrate how Yahweh has specifically called Israel or Jacob, the Seed of Abraham, His chosen. Thus the term “the chosen” or “my chosen” and “the elect” is a reference to ethnic Israel. This point is proven by Paul who, in a synagogue on the Sabbath day in Antioch, read from the Law and Prophets and then spoke to his fellow Jews: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: ‘The God of this people Israel chose our fathers…’” (Acts 13:16, 17) Thus, the election of Israel was true in the Old Testament and the New Testament as well.   Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson.