We are walking in today The Two Witnesses--No Man Knows The Day Or Hour, Part 4
Witness two witness throughout the Bible: two--H8147 shenayim spelled shin, nun, yod, mem--two (the cardinal number), both, double, twice, second (the ordinal number), in combination with other numbers, dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם two; also, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand
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witness--H5713 edah spelled ayin, dalet, hey--testimony, witness, always plural and always of laws as divine testimonies, feminine of H5707 in its technical sense; testimony
Deuteronomy 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
The Torah: Genesis 1:16, 7:2, 9:23, 19:1, 21:27, 21:30, 25:23, 31:52; Deutreonomy 1:23, 4:13, 4:45, 6:17, 6:20, 9:10-11, 9:15, 32:20
Prophets: 2 Samuel 18:24: Isaiah 1:31; Jeremiah 3:14; Ezekiel 37:22, 41:23; Amos 3:3; Zechariah 4:14
Writings: Joshua 2:1, 2:4, 6:22, 24:27; Esther 9:27; Psalms 25:10, 62:11, 93:5, 99:7, 119:2, 119:24, 119:59, 119:125, 132:12
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Revelation 11:3-7
3 “Also I will give power to my two witnesses; and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two menorahs standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone tries to do them harm, fire comes out of their mouth and consumes their enemies — yes, if anyone tries to harm them, that is how he must die.6 They have the authority to shut up the sky so that no rain falls during the period of their prophesying; also they have the authority to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. 7 When they finish their witnessing, the beast coming up out of the Abyss will fight against them, overcome them and kill them;
The Ancient Hebrew Wedding in Chronological Order:
1. The father arranges the wedding as Samson’s father did, or:
The father sends an agent in his place, as Abraham sent Eleazer (YaHuWaH sent the Holy Spirit to prepare the bride).
The young man comes by himself to the girl’s father to arrange the marriage between the two of them.
2. If the young man goes to the house of the girl, he initially must carry these three things:
A large sum of money (or many expensive items) to pay the price for the bride (Yeshua has purchased his bride with his own blood).
A betrothal contract with his promises to the bride written on it. This is the same Torah given to Yisra’el at Mount Horeb and deposited into the ark.
A skin of wine (this represents our Messiah’s blood) and the skin is the fact that he came in a mortal body (in the flesh).
3. If the father approves of the marriage, the girl is called in and they all drink the wine together. In the drinking of the wine, she commits herself to the young man.
John 5:8 “For there are three that bear witness in earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”
In prophetic typology, the wine represents the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit), the water represents the Word—the marriage contract or covenant--the Torah given at Mount Sinai and then renewed again at Mount Horeb. And then finally, the blood represents the price paid for our salvation. It is called “the bride price”
Ruth 4:10
Also, I am acquiring as my wife Rut the woman from Mo’av, the wife of Machlon, in order to raise up in the name of the deceased an heir for his property; so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
Psalm 74:2
Remember your community, which you acquired long ago,the tribe you redeemed to be your very own. Remember Mount Tziyon, where you came to live.
3 “Also I will give power to my two witnesses; and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two menorahs standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone tries to do them harm, fire comes out of their mouth and consumes their enemies — yes, if anyone tries to harm them, that is how he must die.6 They have the authority to shut up the sky so that no rain falls during the period of their prophesying; also they have the authority to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. 7 When they finish their witnessing, the beast coming up out of the Abyss will fight against them, overcome them and kill them;
The Ancient Hebrew Wedding in Chronological Order:
1. The father arranges the wedding as Samson’s father did, or:
The father sends an agent in his place, as Abraham sent Eleazer (YaHuWaH sent the Holy Spirit to prepare the bride).
The young man comes by himself to the girl’s father to arrange the marriage between the two of them.
2. If the young man goes to the house of the girl, he initially must carry these three things:
A large sum of money (or many expensive items) to pay the price for the bride (Yeshua has purchased his bride with his own blood).
A betrothal contract with his promises to the bride written on it. This is the same Torah given to Yisra’el at Mount Horeb and deposited into the ark.
A skin of wine (this represents our Messiah’s blood) and the skin is the fact that he came in a mortal body (in the flesh).
3. If the father approves of the marriage, the girl is called in and they all drink the wine together. In the drinking of the wine, she commits herself to the young man.
John 5:8 “For there are three that bear witness in earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.”
In prophetic typology, the wine represents the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit), the water represents the Word—the marriage contract or covenant--the Torah given at Mount Sinai and then renewed again at Mount Horeb. And then finally, the blood represents the price paid for our salvation. It is called “the bride price”
Ruth 4:10
Also, I am acquiring as my wife Rut the woman from Mo’av, the wife of Machlon, in order to raise up in the name of the deceased an heir for his property; so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
Psalm 74:2
Remember your community, which you acquired long ago,the tribe you redeemed to be your very own. Remember Mount Tziyon, where you came to live.
In Acts 20:28, Sha’uwl speaking to Pastors says: “Take heed to yourselves, to feed the assembly of Elohim, which he has purchased with his own blood.”
In Ephesians 1:14 he tells us that the Ruwach’s presence with us is the “down-payment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession.” His bride was the purchased possession, and he is coming to fully redeem her unto himself:
Ephesians 1:13-14
13 In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the besowrah (gospel) of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
1 Corinthians 6:20
for you were bought at a price. So use your bodies to glorify God.
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price, so do not become slaves of other human beings.
Jeremiah 31:31: “I will make a Renewed (Chadash) Covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Yahuwdah (Judah).”
Matthew 26:27-28: And He took the cup (the 3rd cup of the Seder—the cup of Redemption) and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying “Drink you all of it: for this is my blood of the Renewed Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Thus, he renewed his covenant in his own blood, with his remnant bride who would be taken from among the whole believing House of Israel. During the course of the Passover Seder, the four cups of wine that are served to the people are used in the following manner, and are described below:
Cup 1 The Cup of Sanctification (Luke 22:17; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:13). This cup is called the Cup of Sanctification, or the Kiddush.
Cup 2 The Cup of Wrath (Luke 22:42-44). This cup is not to be drank of but is poured out on the table as the plagues of Egypt are recited. Yeshua drank of this cup for us in the Garden of Gethsemane and when he died on the tree (Revelation 14:10, 16:19).
Cup 3 The Cup of Blessing (1st Corinthians 10:16) & The Cup of Salvation, (Psalms 116:13) or Redemption. This cup is filled to overflowing, symbolizing an overflowing salvation.
Cup 4 The Cup of the Kingdom (Matthew 26:28-29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18).
Yeshua spoke of eating and drinking this fourth cup in the Messianic Kingdom with his disciples because this is the final cup that the bride and the groom drink on their wedding day! This is the only cup that he did not drink because it is reserved for the wedding day!
In Ephesians 1:14 he tells us that the Ruwach’s presence with us is the “down-payment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession.” His bride was the purchased possession, and he is coming to fully redeem her unto himself:
Ephesians 1:13-14
13 In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the besowrah (gospel) of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
1 Corinthians 6:20
for you were bought at a price. So use your bodies to glorify God.
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price, so do not become slaves of other human beings.
Jeremiah 31:31: “I will make a Renewed (Chadash) Covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Yahuwdah (Judah).”
Matthew 26:27-28: And He took the cup (the 3rd cup of the Seder—the cup of Redemption) and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying “Drink you all of it: for this is my blood of the Renewed Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Thus, he renewed his covenant in his own blood, with his remnant bride who would be taken from among the whole believing House of Israel. During the course of the Passover Seder, the four cups of wine that are served to the people are used in the following manner, and are described below:
Cup 1 The Cup of Sanctification (Luke 22:17; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:13). This cup is called the Cup of Sanctification, or the Kiddush.
Cup 2 The Cup of Wrath (Luke 22:42-44). This cup is not to be drank of but is poured out on the table as the plagues of Egypt are recited. Yeshua drank of this cup for us in the Garden of Gethsemane and when he died on the tree (Revelation 14:10, 16:19).
Cup 3 The Cup of Blessing (1st Corinthians 10:16) & The Cup of Salvation, (Psalms 116:13) or Redemption. This cup is filled to overflowing, symbolizing an overflowing salvation.
Cup 4 The Cup of the Kingdom (Matthew 26:28-29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18).
Yeshua spoke of eating and drinking this fourth cup in the Messianic Kingdom with his disciples because this is the final cup that the bride and the groom drink on their wedding day! This is the only cup that he did not drink because it is reserved for the wedding day!
*Note: can you see how these four cups correlate to the four trumpets on the Feast of Trumpets?
4. At this point, the two are considered husband and wife. Their union can only be dissolved by divorce, but their state is still called “a betrothal,” (engagement) just as with Mary & Joseph while she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
5. After the drinking of the wine, the young man says these words:
4. At this point, the two are considered husband and wife. Their union can only be dissolved by divorce, but their state is still called “a betrothal,” (engagement) just as with Mary & Joseph while she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
5. After the drinking of the wine, the young man says these words:
John 14:2-3
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
He will go away and prepare a room for them--adding on a room to his father’s house. He promises that when the room is finished, he would come back for her, and she would forever be with him. She belongs to him now, for she has been “bought with a price,” and this purchase has been witnessed and confirmed.
6. The young man goes to prepare a “chador” (chamber) in his father’s house, also called a “chuppah” (honeymoon bed).
Psalm 19:5
5 (4) their line goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world.
Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber (cheder), and the bride out of her closet (chuppah).
7. The girl must now spend her time learning how to be a wife and mother, and to learn how to please her husband. He may be gone for as long as two years or more. In 2 Peter 3:8 it says that “one day is a like a thousand years with Yahweh” and so if the bridegroom is gone for “two days” in the earthly timing of a Hebrew Wedding, tradition, then it means that the bridegroom will be gone for 2,000 years preparing a place for her before he returns!
The young man, if asked when the day of his wedding will be, often gets rid of nosy inquirers by saying: “No man knows the day or the hour, only my Father knows” (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32). Thus he puts the responsibility of dealing with nosy friends and family off on his father. It is a personal thing with him, and he only talks about the timing of his coming for his bride with his father. He may communicate with his bride, in secret by messenger (represented by the Ruwach ha’Qodesh).
But, also, the term “no man knows the day or the hour” is a catch-phrase for the “Feast of Trumpets” aka Yom Teruw’ah, for it lasts for two days around the earth.
8. The groom designates two close friends to assist him and to assist the bride during the ceremony. They are called “The Two Witnesses.” These two witnesses were seen at “The Mount of Transfiguration” with our Messiah (Matthew 17:3-4). They are Mosheh & Eliyahuw (Moses & Elijah) who represents two elements of Law & Prophets or Spirit & Truth.
9. In the same way that the father threw a big party when the prodigal son came home, the Heavenly Father will throw a big party for his Son and his bride with music and dancing (Luke 15:25). The prodigal son repented as he received “a white robe of righteousness” (wedding garment) and a signet ring (his father’s name).
10. On their wedding day, they are called the King & Queen. On this day, they both stand without spot or blemish as they are united. For two years or more (for us, 2000 years approximately since our bridegroom went back to his Father’s house) the servant, represented for us by the Ruwach ha’Qodesh, works to prepare the bride to perfection for her marriage to the perfect bridegroom, Yeshua.
11. The words of the wedding ceremony are from Psalm 45, and Isaiah 61:10-62:5 “…as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall Elohim rejoice over you.”
12. Once the ceremony is over, the two go into the bridal chamber (chuppah) for seven days. There are portions of the Song of Solomon read during Passover, which give the details of the intimacy between Messiah and his bride.
13. The seven days in the chamber correspond to the seven days between the end of the Feast of Trumpets (the third day of Tishri), and the Day of Atonement, when the High Priest takes the blood before the altar of Yahweh, and the sins of the nation of Israel are forgiven. On the Day of Atonement, Messiah will judge all the nations that came against Jerusalem, and separate out the sheep and goat nations, as well as pronouncing the remnant of the Whole House of Ya’aqob (Jacob)-Yisra’el
14. The Spirit of Eliyahuw (Elijah) typified in Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser is the “best man” who is also called “The Friend of the Bridegroom” in John 3:29, or his “witness,” who waits at the chamber door. At the end of the seven days, the guests will then arrive and are waiting for the door to be opened, and the wedding banquet to begin. When the groom is ready, he knocks from the inside of the door of the chamber, indicating that they are ready to make their public appearance before everyone. The friend opens the door, and the guests cheer. This will take place on Yom Kippur when the “veil” is removed and the bride and groom are revealed to the guests. The House of Judah (remnant Jews who were sealed) then see him “face-to-face” and they finally recognize him as their Messiah whom they pierced (Zechariah 12:10).
15. In Revelation 11, the two witnesses have been in the earth witnessing and preparing for 3 ½ years. At the voice of the bridegroom calling them up, Messiah, Yeshua comes out of heaven with a trumpet blast, accompanied by the set-apart ones who have died, to gather his bride for the wedding, and the seven days in the chuppah (during the ten days of awe between trumpets and atonement). The door of heaven opens and he proceeds out for the “bride has made herself ready.” He picks up his bride who is alive and waiting for him on the earth. Then after his glorious entrance into Jerusalem, they proceed to the wedding feast which is called “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). But before the wedding feast, he first takes vengeance on the enemies of his bride and the enemies of Israel & Yerushalayim!
The idioms of the Hebrew marriage is the same expectation of the return of Yeshua!!!!!!! It would behoove you to learn your Hebrew roots. We know absolutely nothing without them. Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
He will go away and prepare a room for them--adding on a room to his father’s house. He promises that when the room is finished, he would come back for her, and she would forever be with him. She belongs to him now, for she has been “bought with a price,” and this purchase has been witnessed and confirmed.
6. The young man goes to prepare a “chador” (chamber) in his father’s house, also called a “chuppah” (honeymoon bed).
Psalm 19:5
5 (4) their line goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world.
Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber (cheder), and the bride out of her closet (chuppah).
7. The girl must now spend her time learning how to be a wife and mother, and to learn how to please her husband. He may be gone for as long as two years or more. In 2 Peter 3:8 it says that “one day is a like a thousand years with Yahweh” and so if the bridegroom is gone for “two days” in the earthly timing of a Hebrew Wedding, tradition, then it means that the bridegroom will be gone for 2,000 years preparing a place for her before he returns!
The young man, if asked when the day of his wedding will be, often gets rid of nosy inquirers by saying: “No man knows the day or the hour, only my Father knows” (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32). Thus he puts the responsibility of dealing with nosy friends and family off on his father. It is a personal thing with him, and he only talks about the timing of his coming for his bride with his father. He may communicate with his bride, in secret by messenger (represented by the Ruwach ha’Qodesh).
But, also, the term “no man knows the day or the hour” is a catch-phrase for the “Feast of Trumpets” aka Yom Teruw’ah, for it lasts for two days around the earth.
8. The groom designates two close friends to assist him and to assist the bride during the ceremony. They are called “The Two Witnesses.” These two witnesses were seen at “The Mount of Transfiguration” with our Messiah (Matthew 17:3-4). They are Mosheh & Eliyahuw (Moses & Elijah) who represents two elements of Law & Prophets or Spirit & Truth.
9. In the same way that the father threw a big party when the prodigal son came home, the Heavenly Father will throw a big party for his Son and his bride with music and dancing (Luke 15:25). The prodigal son repented as he received “a white robe of righteousness” (wedding garment) and a signet ring (his father’s name).
10. On their wedding day, they are called the King & Queen. On this day, they both stand without spot or blemish as they are united. For two years or more (for us, 2000 years approximately since our bridegroom went back to his Father’s house) the servant, represented for us by the Ruwach ha’Qodesh, works to prepare the bride to perfection for her marriage to the perfect bridegroom, Yeshua.
11. The words of the wedding ceremony are from Psalm 45, and Isaiah 61:10-62:5 “…as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall Elohim rejoice over you.”
12. Once the ceremony is over, the two go into the bridal chamber (chuppah) for seven days. There are portions of the Song of Solomon read during Passover, which give the details of the intimacy between Messiah and his bride.
13. The seven days in the chamber correspond to the seven days between the end of the Feast of Trumpets (the third day of Tishri), and the Day of Atonement, when the High Priest takes the blood before the altar of Yahweh, and the sins of the nation of Israel are forgiven. On the Day of Atonement, Messiah will judge all the nations that came against Jerusalem, and separate out the sheep and goat nations, as well as pronouncing the remnant of the Whole House of Ya’aqob (Jacob)-Yisra’el
14. The Spirit of Eliyahuw (Elijah) typified in Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser is the “best man” who is also called “The Friend of the Bridegroom” in John 3:29, or his “witness,” who waits at the chamber door. At the end of the seven days, the guests will then arrive and are waiting for the door to be opened, and the wedding banquet to begin. When the groom is ready, he knocks from the inside of the door of the chamber, indicating that they are ready to make their public appearance before everyone. The friend opens the door, and the guests cheer. This will take place on Yom Kippur when the “veil” is removed and the bride and groom are revealed to the guests. The House of Judah (remnant Jews who were sealed) then see him “face-to-face” and they finally recognize him as their Messiah whom they pierced (Zechariah 12:10).
15. In Revelation 11, the two witnesses have been in the earth witnessing and preparing for 3 ½ years. At the voice of the bridegroom calling them up, Messiah, Yeshua comes out of heaven with a trumpet blast, accompanied by the set-apart ones who have died, to gather his bride for the wedding, and the seven days in the chuppah (during the ten days of awe between trumpets and atonement). The door of heaven opens and he proceeds out for the “bride has made herself ready.” He picks up his bride who is alive and waiting for him on the earth. Then after his glorious entrance into Jerusalem, they proceed to the wedding feast which is called “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). But before the wedding feast, he first takes vengeance on the enemies of his bride and the enemies of Israel & Yerushalayim!
The idioms of the Hebrew marriage is the same expectation of the return of Yeshua!!!!!!! It would behoove you to learn your Hebrew roots. We know absolutely nothing without them. Shema, Selah--hear, listen and obey the words of Yahweh, take time to reflect and consider this lesson
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