Earlier this month(October), I was reading Genesis and came to this passage:
Gen 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
From this point, of course, came the condemnation of the world, and the instructions for Noah.
Keep those verses in mind, because Yahshua also referenced 'days' like the above....
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 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,
Mat 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.
Here is what came to my mind as I read Genesis 6, which emphasized verse 3...again, here...
Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
I guess I've always had a 'bigger scheme of things' vision(only by His mercy and grace, I will add), and He showed me the year 2012 many years ago, so the thought occurred to me:
"I wonder IF ANYTHING AT ALL occurred around 1892? (2012-120 years for 'a man'=1892). I found an amazing thing......
January 1, 1892 was the day Ellis Island opened its doors to IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY. 'Many peoples, nations and tongues' started to flow into the U.S.A. You can confirm this at Wikipedia, as well as the Ellis Island website, and even history.com. I checked all three myself.
Does this show you what 'the beast' may be? I would say it is strong evidence for it.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
A word to the State of Israel
Sh'ma Israel,
Thus saith YHWH Lord of Hosts,
You have been making decisions for me, and they have not been good ones. There are my people who want to come and serve me, yet you will not let them in, therefore I am cursing this land and this people. Bring these people in and I will pour out a blessing from heaven. They love me, they love my Torah, and they love my Word. Let them come, establish them in my fields, for they do not work for money, they work for Me. I am about to bring judgement to this world, and establish my Law in the hearts of whom I will spare, and I am about to cut off the seed of some of you.Seek what I spoke to Jeremiah about. I will bring in a righteous branch to this land, a seed of David, a people worthy of Me, from all the nations which I have scattered them. Humble yourselves, do not be stiff-necked, and I will spare you of my judgements against the unrighteous, the adulterers, those that swear falsely, those who are selling their brothers for interest, who oppress the widow, the orphan and the traveller. Fear Me, return to Me with all your heart, and I will return to you.
Thus saith YHWH Lord of Hosts,Through His servant Michael.
Thus saith YHWH Lord of Hosts,
You have been making decisions for me, and they have not been good ones. There are my people who want to come and serve me, yet you will not let them in, therefore I am cursing this land and this people. Bring these people in and I will pour out a blessing from heaven. They love me, they love my Torah, and they love my Word. Let them come, establish them in my fields, for they do not work for money, they work for Me. I am about to bring judgement to this world, and establish my Law in the hearts of whom I will spare, and I am about to cut off the seed of some of you.Seek what I spoke to Jeremiah about. I will bring in a righteous branch to this land, a seed of David, a people worthy of Me, from all the nations which I have scattered them. Humble yourselves, do not be stiff-necked, and I will spare you of my judgements against the unrighteous, the adulterers, those that swear falsely, those who are selling their brothers for interest, who oppress the widow, the orphan and the traveller. Fear Me, return to Me with all your heart, and I will return to you.
Thus saith YHWH Lord of Hosts,Through His servant Michael.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Discussion group
Since there has been some people who want to discuss certain issues on this blog, I have started a discussion group:
http://groups.google.com/group/the-end-and-the-beginning . Feel free to join in, but make sure your Bibles are with you...any discussions MUST have full scriptural support.
Michael
http://groups.google.com/group/the-end-and-the-beginning . Feel free to join in, but make sure your Bibles are with you...any discussions MUST have full scriptural support.
Michael
Friday, June 22, 2007
An interesting observation
In my 'Universe today' email I received a story about a 'nearby' star(7500 light years away)which is about to supernova(explode, in simple terms). Those in the science of astronomy say that it will be highly visible when it does. I just felt I should post this, as this is an unusual event which could occur in our lifetime. An additional comment follows the article.
Thanks to http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/etacar/etacar.jpg for the image here.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/etacar/ is the link for the story.
Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone's throw - astronomically speaking - from Earth at a distance of only about 7,500 light years. The star is thought to be consuming its nuclear fuel at an incredible rate, while quickly drawing closer to its ultimate explosive demise. When Eta Carinae does explode, it will be a spectacular fireworks display seen from Earth, perhaps rivaling the moon in brilliance. Its fate has been foreshadowed by the recent discovery of SN2006gy, a supernova in a nearby galaxy that was the brightest stellar explosion ever seen. The erratic behavior of the star that later exploded as SN2006gy suggests that Eta Carinae may explode at any time.
Eta Carinae, a star between 100 and 150 times more massive than the Sun, is near a point of unstable equilibrium where the star's gravity is almost balanced by the outward pressure of the intense radiation generated in the nuclear furnace. This means that slight perturbations of the star might cause enormous ejections of matter from its surface. In the 1840s, Eta Carinae had a massive eruption by ejecting more than 10 times the mass of the sun, to briefly become the second brightest star in the sky. This explosion would have torn most other stars to pieces but somehow Eta Carinae survived.
Hubble Optical Images of Eta Carinae The latest composite image shows the remnants of that titanic event with new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue regions show the cool optical emission, detected by Hubble, from the dust and gas thrown off the star. This debris forms a bipolar shell around the star, which lies near the brightest point of the optical emission. This bipolar shell is itself surrounded by a ragged cloud of fainter material. An unusual jet points from the star to the upper left.Chandra's data, depicted in orange and yellow, shows the X-ray emission produced as material thrown off Eta Carinae rams into nearby gas and dust, heating gas to temperatures in excess of a million degrees.
Animation of Massive Star Explosion This hot shroud extends far beyond the cooler, optical nebula and represents the outer edge of the interaction region. The X-ray observations show that the ejected outer material is enriched by complex atoms, especially nitrogen, cooked inside the star's nuclear furnace and dredged up onto the stellar surface. The Chandra observations also show that the inner optical nebula glows faintly due to X-ray reflection. The X-rays reflected by the optical nebula come from very close to the star itself; these X-rays are generated by the high-speed collision of wind flowing from Eta Carinae's surface (moving at about 1 million miles per hour) with the wind of the companion star (which is about five times faster).The companion is not directly visible in these images, but variability in X-rays in the regions close to the star signals the star's presence. Astronomers don't know exactly what role the companion has played in the evolution of Eta Carinae, or what role it will play in its future.
Eta Carinae, a star between 100 and 150 times more massive than the Sun, is near a point of unstable equilibrium where the star's gravity is almost balanced by the outward pressure of the intense radiation generated in the nuclear furnace. This means that slight perturbations of the star might cause enormous ejections of matter from its surface. In the 1840s, Eta Carinae had a massive eruption by ejecting more than 10 times the mass of the sun, to briefly become the second brightest star in the sky. This explosion would have torn most other stars to pieces but somehow Eta Carinae survived.
Hubble Optical Images of Eta Carinae The latest composite image shows the remnants of that titanic event with new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue regions show the cool optical emission, detected by Hubble, from the dust and gas thrown off the star. This debris forms a bipolar shell around the star, which lies near the brightest point of the optical emission. This bipolar shell is itself surrounded by a ragged cloud of fainter material. An unusual jet points from the star to the upper left.Chandra's data, depicted in orange and yellow, shows the X-ray emission produced as material thrown off Eta Carinae rams into nearby gas and dust, heating gas to temperatures in excess of a million degrees.
Animation of Massive Star Explosion This hot shroud extends far beyond the cooler, optical nebula and represents the outer edge of the interaction region. The X-ray observations show that the ejected outer material is enriched by complex atoms, especially nitrogen, cooked inside the star's nuclear furnace and dredged up onto the stellar surface. The Chandra observations also show that the inner optical nebula glows faintly due to X-ray reflection. The X-rays reflected by the optical nebula come from very close to the star itself; these X-rays are generated by the high-speed collision of wind flowing from Eta Carinae's surface (moving at about 1 million miles per hour) with the wind of the companion star (which is about five times faster).The companion is not directly visible in these images, but variability in X-rays in the regions close to the star signals the star's presence. Astronomers don't know exactly what role the companion has played in the evolution of Eta Carinae, or what role it will play in its future.
The editor of the email posts from 'Universe Today' wrote this...
When it does explode, Eta Carinae is going to be spectacular. It's thought to have between 100 and 150 times the mass of our own Sun. Not only that, it's a mere 7,500 light years away. Its brilliant display of fireworks will rival the light of the full Moon, and should be easy to see in the middle of the day; you could read a book by it at night.
The timing could prove to be interesting....or nothing at all.
Michael
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Who do you say I am?
By request, I'll do a study here on WHO Yahshua is, in relation to the entire Kingdom of Heaven. I will point out scriptures which, hopefully, will give you some semblance of the heirarchy to His World, and yes, there is an order to the Heavenly Kingdom.
Where to start? How about with our question...'Who do you say I am?'
Mat 16:13 Now when Yahshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Yahshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
This shows that His disciples KNEW He was the SON of God. That was also the charge given against Him when He was taken to the Pharisees....
Mat 26:63 But Yahshua held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Messiah, the Son of God.
Mat 26:64 Yahshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
Mat 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
Mat 26:66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
An interesting point to bring out...notice in verse 63 they ask 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?' They KNEW that the MESSIAH would be called THE SON OF GOD!Notice in ALL the testimony all references to Yahshua were as 'THE SON' and not GOD HIMSELF! Indeed, the voice from heaven said 'This is MY SON...'
Now, I want to counter point this with something. What was LUCIFER'S DOWNFALL? Let's look...
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day star(Halel--KJV: Lucifer), son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations!
Isa 14:13 And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
This is why the NAME is very important. When you call the Messiah J-sus(Greek: Ie-sous), and when you say He is GOD the FATHER, you are actually putting Him where LUCIFER WANTS TO BE! Reference books(including Strongs)try to tie ie-sous with Yahshua, saying they are one and the same. THEY ARE NOT! Otherwise these scriptures CANNOT BE TRUE:
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
That bears witness to this...
Exo 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Finally, to keep this short, count how many times Yahshua references HIS FATHER. It can be no other way.There is FAR FAR MORE to this, including why 'The Father is greater than I' and 'THe Father and I are one' is NOT a contradiction. But this could lead to pages and pages....
Where to start? How about with our question...'Who do you say I am?'
Mat 16:13 Now when Yahshua came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Yahshua answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
This shows that His disciples KNEW He was the SON of God. That was also the charge given against Him when He was taken to the Pharisees....
Mat 26:63 But Yahshua held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Messiah, the Son of God.
Mat 26:64 Yahshua saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
Mat 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
Mat 26:66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
An interesting point to bring out...notice in verse 63 they ask 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?' They KNEW that the MESSIAH would be called THE SON OF GOD!Notice in ALL the testimony all references to Yahshua were as 'THE SON' and not GOD HIMSELF! Indeed, the voice from heaven said 'This is MY SON...'
Now, I want to counter point this with something. What was LUCIFER'S DOWNFALL? Let's look...
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day star(Halel--KJV: Lucifer), son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst lay low the nations!
Isa 14:13 And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
This is why the NAME is very important. When you call the Messiah J-sus(Greek: Ie-sous), and when you say He is GOD the FATHER, you are actually putting Him where LUCIFER WANTS TO BE! Reference books(including Strongs)try to tie ie-sous with Yahshua, saying they are one and the same. THEY ARE NOT! Otherwise these scriptures CANNOT BE TRUE:
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
That bears witness to this...
Exo 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Exo 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Exo 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Finally, to keep this short, count how many times Yahshua references HIS FATHER. It can be no other way.There is FAR FAR MORE to this, including why 'The Father is greater than I' and 'THe Father and I are one' is NOT a contradiction. But this could lead to pages and pages....
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Armageddon/Who is Gog?
Here is a study I did, which started as a look at Armageddon(Har-Megiddo). As most people who have studied scriptures and/or Israeli history, many battles have been fought at Megiddo. The LAST one will involve Yah Himself. By the way, I reference a couple of maps I've found, both using the E-sword bible program. You can find the program, along with the maps, at www.e-sword.net . A majority of downloads there are free, and it's a great program.
On to the study....
I did some research on Har-Megiddo/Armageddon as mentioned in Revelation 16. There is some POWERFUL stuff to understand when you start looking at WHO is involved with this. In a nutshell, there are TWO 'battles' or judgements: one for Babylon, the other for the GENTILES. If you have the American Bible society maps from E-sword, then look at the map of the Assyrian and Babylonian Kingdoms, 9th to 6th century BC. You'll find 'TUBAL' and 'MESHECH" are located in what is now GREECE. If you download the CLASSIC BIBLE MAPS(also free), and look at the MAP OF THE WORLD, you'll see the same thing, as these are children of JAPHETH(given in Gen. 10). These are important things to remember when you go through the scriptures.
Assuming you've gotten this far with this, I'll show you the NT reference, then highlight some important passages in the OT as far as the TIMING of these things....
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
First of all, you have to come to understand the LINK between Gog/Magog and the battle given above. That is given in Revelation 20....
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever .
Why are these passages linked together? Compare the following....
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Notice the result of this is the same.....
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Eze 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
So it is important to understand WHO this battle involves and WHEN it takes place. Now that Gog/Magog is established as to the WHO, we can then further see WHO this is....
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
I saw something else in that Gen 10:5 verse, notice the phrase 'isles of the Gentiles'. There is a reference to that in Ezekiel too....
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
If you look at Revelation 20, there are two 'battles': the first one is when satan is thrown into the pit for 1000 years, the SECOND one is Gog/Magog/Armageddon. This is also confirmed by the Ezekiel passages....(Notice that this says it comes to mind as PAST TENSE, that is, that it has ALREADY HAPPENED at this point)....
Eze 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Eze 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
SO, by this reckoning, guess what? THE RAPTURE(really, the ingathering to the land)has ALREADY OCCURRED.(That may twist your thinking a bit about the rapture theory, I'm sure). Armageddon occurs AFTER the 1000 year rest, when there are people living securely in the land.
This also CONFIRMS what Paul was teaching. Check this out...
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Messiah Yahshua Hamashiach.
This confirms Rev. 16 and Ezekiel 38....
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Eze 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Eze 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
One other thing to consider....recall I said there were TWO battles, Babylon and Armageddon. Check out Daniel...
Dan 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Dan 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Persia was to the east, which included Babylon(Shinar), and those countries that are now MUSLIM. Note later in that same chapter of Daniel....
Dan 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Now that we've come this far, we can identify BOTH PRINCES...Persia is of Mohammed(Muslim), Greece is of GOG(Gentiles). Pretty interesting stuff, and I'm sure there is more here than I'm seeing. More later, as it is revealed...
Michael
On to the study....
I did some research on Har-Megiddo/Armageddon as mentioned in Revelation 16. There is some POWERFUL stuff to understand when you start looking at WHO is involved with this. In a nutshell, there are TWO 'battles' or judgements: one for Babylon, the other for the GENTILES. If you have the American Bible society maps from E-sword, then look at the map of the Assyrian and Babylonian Kingdoms, 9th to 6th century BC. You'll find 'TUBAL' and 'MESHECH" are located in what is now GREECE. If you download the CLASSIC BIBLE MAPS(also free), and look at the MAP OF THE WORLD, you'll see the same thing, as these are children of JAPHETH(given in Gen. 10). These are important things to remember when you go through the scriptures.
Assuming you've gotten this far with this, I'll show you the NT reference, then highlight some important passages in the OT as far as the TIMING of these things....
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
First of all, you have to come to understand the LINK between Gog/Magog and the battle given above. That is given in Revelation 20....
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever .
Why are these passages linked together? Compare the following....
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Notice the result of this is the same.....
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Eze 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
So it is important to understand WHO this battle involves and WHEN it takes place. Now that Gog/Magog is established as to the WHO, we can then further see WHO this is....
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
I saw something else in that Gen 10:5 verse, notice the phrase 'isles of the Gentiles'. There is a reference to that in Ezekiel too....
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
If you look at Revelation 20, there are two 'battles': the first one is when satan is thrown into the pit for 1000 years, the SECOND one is Gog/Magog/Armageddon. This is also confirmed by the Ezekiel passages....(Notice that this says it comes to mind as PAST TENSE, that is, that it has ALREADY HAPPENED at this point)....
Eze 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Eze 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Eze 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
SO, by this reckoning, guess what? THE RAPTURE(really, the ingathering to the land)has ALREADY OCCURRED.(That may twist your thinking a bit about the rapture theory, I'm sure). Armageddon occurs AFTER the 1000 year rest, when there are people living securely in the land.
This also CONFIRMS what Paul was teaching. Check this out...
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Messiah Yahshua Hamashiach.
This confirms Rev. 16 and Ezekiel 38....
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Eze 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Eze 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
One other thing to consider....recall I said there were TWO battles, Babylon and Armageddon. Check out Daniel...
Dan 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Dan 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Persia was to the east, which included Babylon(Shinar), and those countries that are now MUSLIM. Note later in that same chapter of Daniel....
Dan 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Now that we've come this far, we can identify BOTH PRINCES...Persia is of Mohammed(Muslim), Greece is of GOG(Gentiles). Pretty interesting stuff, and I'm sure there is more here than I'm seeing. More later, as it is revealed...
Michael
Monday, June 04, 2007
New blog
Since stories concerning 'global warming' are increasing, I decided to create a blog reserved for those posts, rather than to 'clutter' this blog with that information. You will find it at http://ferventheat.blogspot.com . Please tell your friends about it.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
You'll get about a 1 hour warning....
I subscribe to 'Universe Today's' email list. They have some interesting astronomy stories from time to time, and usually give a 'head's up' about astronomical events about to take place. (Please note: astroNOMY and astroLOGY are two completely different things. Torah speaks AGAINST ASTROLOGY, it literally COMMANDS ASTRONOMY. Even Yahshua spoke about the 'sign of the son of man in the heavens', which is discussed below.) Anyway, Revelation 6(as well as a few OT prophets) speak about running into the caves and hoping the rocks fall in on them. Especially with the 6th seal reference, this seems to indicate that there is, at least, a short amount of TIME given, so that these people will have time to RUN INTO THE CAVES to start with. Below is a cut and paste from the story I received for 5/26/07....
One of the great risks of space travel is the threat from solar radiation storms. An unlucky group of astronauts traveling to the Moon could get caught unprotected as a hail of charged particles and radiation blast through the spacecraft. But now NASA researchers think the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) will be able to give astronauts some warning before the big storm hits.
SOHO is normally used for scientific observations of the Sun. But it’s equipped with an instrument called the Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer (COSTEP), which counts particles coming from the Sun, and measures their energies.
One of the main predictors are electrons, which aren’t dangerous in themselves, but are the first wave of a coming storm. The electrons are lighter than the other particles, so they’re carried out ahead of the heavier, and more dangerous particles. By analyzing hundreds of solar storms, the researchers were able to match electrons with a predicted density of ions.
When SOHO is experiencing one of these electron storms, astronauts traveling to the Moon will be experiencing it as well. And the more dangerous ions and heavier particles are about to arrive. This advance notice will allow the astronauts to retreat to a safer location in the spacecraft and ride out the storm, suffering the minimum radiation damage.
This technique was able to predict all 4 major storms in 2003, providing advance warnings from 7 to 74 minutes.
The email says the original source for this was a NASA press release, so if you wish to verify it, I'm sure you can find it on the NASA site.
Point is, if you are not where the WHEAT is supposed to be stored, then you will be with the TARES, which are to be bundled and burned. Hope you are where you are supposed to be.
(Sidenote: I also received information that the solar scientists released, in that they say the next solar peak of the sun will be between August 2011 and March 2012. That's just about right.)
One of the great risks of space travel is the threat from solar radiation storms. An unlucky group of astronauts traveling to the Moon could get caught unprotected as a hail of charged particles and radiation blast through the spacecraft. But now NASA researchers think the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) will be able to give astronauts some warning before the big storm hits.
SOHO is normally used for scientific observations of the Sun. But it’s equipped with an instrument called the Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer (COSTEP), which counts particles coming from the Sun, and measures their energies.
One of the main predictors are electrons, which aren’t dangerous in themselves, but are the first wave of a coming storm. The electrons are lighter than the other particles, so they’re carried out ahead of the heavier, and more dangerous particles. By analyzing hundreds of solar storms, the researchers were able to match electrons with a predicted density of ions.
When SOHO is experiencing one of these electron storms, astronauts traveling to the Moon will be experiencing it as well. And the more dangerous ions and heavier particles are about to arrive. This advance notice will allow the astronauts to retreat to a safer location in the spacecraft and ride out the storm, suffering the minimum radiation damage.
This technique was able to predict all 4 major storms in 2003, providing advance warnings from 7 to 74 minutes.
The email says the original source for this was a NASA press release, so if you wish to verify it, I'm sure you can find it on the NASA site.
Point is, if you are not where the WHEAT is supposed to be stored, then you will be with the TARES, which are to be bundled and burned. Hope you are where you are supposed to be.
(Sidenote: I also received information that the solar scientists released, in that they say the next solar peak of the sun will be between August 2011 and March 2012. That's just about right.)
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The MEAT of the Second Passover
There are some powerful scriptures which speak about the time we are in, but in order to understand it, you must have a grasp on certain things:
1. Messiah fulfills Torah. Those of you that have studied the Feasts(given in Leviticus 23)should understand how Yahshua fulfilled the Spring feasts(1st passover, unleavened bread, Firstfruits), how He will fulfill the Sabbath, etc. This fulfilling is part of the greater picture of heaven and earth coming together as ONE...ECHAD.
2. The parables that Yahshua taught are given in the Old testament. As He is the living Torah, He gave us examples of things He wanted to show us. One of the best examples is that of the marriage supper in Matthew 22. I would suggest you read that parable, then look upon 2Chronicles 29-31, with the thought in mind that another TWO WEEK festival that occurred in scripture was the marriage of Jacob to Leah and Rachel. The parable then combines both thoughts...the marriage party to the SECOND PASSOVER.
3. The command for the second passover is in Numbers 9. Notice it is for those who are UNCLEAN by contact with a dead body OR for those who have been on a FAR OFF JOURNEY, who could not observe the passover in the land at the appointed TIME.
With that general understanding, consider another observation: in the Book of Revelation, nothing is referenced to Egypt, at least that I can see(although some may say the 'plagues' have the 'style' to what was done in Egypt). However, there are NUMEROUS references to BABYLON, including the cry to COME OUT OF BABYLON, MY PEOPLE! The reason is that the final gathering before the 7th day sabbath is for the tribes that were SCATTERED into all different parts of the world.
Here are some passages to consider, and this first one is very important because it indicates a CHANGE in the understanding of the passover. Remember, Jeremiah wrote this for the EXILES who were thrown into the first Babylon:
Jer 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith YHWH.
Jer 23:2 Therefore thus saith YHWH Elohim of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith YHWH.
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith YHWH.
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, YHWH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS(tzedek).
Jer 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that they shall no more say, YHWH liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jer 23:8 But, YHWH liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
As we've just come out of the 1st passover, the bold type should be echoing in your ears. Is Israel STILL saying about being brought out of Egypt? Is the MARRIAGE SUPPER now taking on NEW LIGHT? Jeremiah writes later on more about the coming out of Babylon....I would encourage you to read Jeremiah 31 in its entirety. Here is a portion of it....
Jer 31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto YHWH Elohim.
Jer 31:7 For thus saith YHWH; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O YHWH, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Jer 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Jer 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jer 31:10 Hear the word of YHWH, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jer 31:11 For YHWH hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Jer 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of YHWH, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jer 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jer 31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith YHWH.....
Now, remember that its not about EGYPT ANYMORE?
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith YHWH:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith YHWH, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YHWH: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith YHWH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Do we still have TEACHERS on every corner? So, is the NEW COVENANT been FULFILLED YET?
There is yet MORE to this.....here is scripture that I feel applies to TODAY, in the fact that the 'state of Israel' is NOT allowing true Torah/Yahshua believers into the land. This is a warning to THEM....
Mal 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and ADON (the Lord), whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith YHWH Tzevaot.
Mal 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto YHWH an offering in righteousness. Mal 3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto YHWH, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Mal 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:6 For I am YHWH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Mal 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith YHWH tzevaot. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Mal 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Mal 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith YHWH tzevaot, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Mal 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith YHWH. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Mal 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before YHWH tzevaot?
Mal 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Mal 3:16 Then they that feared YHWH spake often one to another: and YHWH hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared YHWH, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith YHWH tzevaot, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
You are probably familiar with the part about the tithes given here, as most 'churches' use this passage to gain mammon in their collection plates. But hopefully, with some of what I've given you here, you can see that the tithe for YHWH is not of MONEY, but of BELIEVERS, those who FEAR HIM, and who think upon His NAME. This is the stick of EPHRAIM, which needs to come into the land. Then MESSIAH WILL APPEAR, because His BRIDE WILL BE READY.
Are you ready?
COME OUT OF BABYLON, MY PEOPLE....and be gathered INTO HIS LAND!
Michael
1. Messiah fulfills Torah. Those of you that have studied the Feasts(given in Leviticus 23)should understand how Yahshua fulfilled the Spring feasts(1st passover, unleavened bread, Firstfruits), how He will fulfill the Sabbath, etc. This fulfilling is part of the greater picture of heaven and earth coming together as ONE...ECHAD.
2. The parables that Yahshua taught are given in the Old testament. As He is the living Torah, He gave us examples of things He wanted to show us. One of the best examples is that of the marriage supper in Matthew 22. I would suggest you read that parable, then look upon 2Chronicles 29-31, with the thought in mind that another TWO WEEK festival that occurred in scripture was the marriage of Jacob to Leah and Rachel. The parable then combines both thoughts...the marriage party to the SECOND PASSOVER.
3. The command for the second passover is in Numbers 9. Notice it is for those who are UNCLEAN by contact with a dead body OR for those who have been on a FAR OFF JOURNEY, who could not observe the passover in the land at the appointed TIME.
With that general understanding, consider another observation: in the Book of Revelation, nothing is referenced to Egypt, at least that I can see(although some may say the 'plagues' have the 'style' to what was done in Egypt). However, there are NUMEROUS references to BABYLON, including the cry to COME OUT OF BABYLON, MY PEOPLE! The reason is that the final gathering before the 7th day sabbath is for the tribes that were SCATTERED into all different parts of the world.
Here are some passages to consider, and this first one is very important because it indicates a CHANGE in the understanding of the passover. Remember, Jeremiah wrote this for the EXILES who were thrown into the first Babylon:
Jer 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith YHWH.
Jer 23:2 Therefore thus saith YHWH Elohim of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith YHWH.
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith YHWH.
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, YHWH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS(tzedek).
Jer 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that they shall no more say, YHWH liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jer 23:8 But, YHWH liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
As we've just come out of the 1st passover, the bold type should be echoing in your ears. Is Israel STILL saying about being brought out of Egypt? Is the MARRIAGE SUPPER now taking on NEW LIGHT? Jeremiah writes later on more about the coming out of Babylon....I would encourage you to read Jeremiah 31 in its entirety. Here is a portion of it....
Jer 31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto YHWH Elohim.
Jer 31:7 For thus saith YHWH; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O YHWH, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Jer 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Jer 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jer 31:10 Hear the word of YHWH, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jer 31:11 For YHWH hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Jer 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of YHWH, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jer 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jer 31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith YHWH.....
Now, remember that its not about EGYPT ANYMORE?
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith YHWH:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith YHWH, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YHWH: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith YHWH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Do we still have TEACHERS on every corner? So, is the NEW COVENANT been FULFILLED YET?
There is yet MORE to this.....here is scripture that I feel applies to TODAY, in the fact that the 'state of Israel' is NOT allowing true Torah/Yahshua believers into the land. This is a warning to THEM....
Mal 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and ADON (the Lord), whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith YHWH Tzevaot.
Mal 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto YHWH an offering in righteousness. Mal 3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto YHWH, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Mal 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:6 For I am YHWH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Mal 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith YHWH tzevaot. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Mal 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Mal 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith YHWH tzevaot, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Mal 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith YHWH tzevaot.
Mal 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith YHWH. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Mal 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before YHWH tzevaot?
Mal 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Mal 3:16 Then they that feared YHWH spake often one to another: and YHWH hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared YHWH, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith YHWH tzevaot, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
You are probably familiar with the part about the tithes given here, as most 'churches' use this passage to gain mammon in their collection plates. But hopefully, with some of what I've given you here, you can see that the tithe for YHWH is not of MONEY, but of BELIEVERS, those who FEAR HIM, and who think upon His NAME. This is the stick of EPHRAIM, which needs to come into the land. Then MESSIAH WILL APPEAR, because His BRIDE WILL BE READY.
Are you ready?
COME OUT OF BABYLON, MY PEOPLE....and be gathered INTO HIS LAND!
Michael
Global warming/fervent heat is NOT caused by man!
I recently found the following article on CNN News, which confirms scripture, although most, if examined just on the surface, would probably not realize it. The thought that comes to mind is that heaven and earth BEAR WITNESS against man. One way, of course, is with signs in the heavens, which I've shared in a previous post here(way down near the bottom of this blog). However, now we have a 'second witness' to the fervent heat, and the simple fact that it is NOT being caused by man. Recall Isaiah 30:26 that it will be like the LIGHT of seven days....here is the story....(Added: the link to the story has changed. You can now find it at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0434088320070405 . )
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Earth's dusty neighbor Mars is grappling with its own form of climate change as fluctuating solar radiation is kicking up dust and winds that may be melting the planet's southern polar ice cap, scientists said Wednesday.
Researchers have been watching the changing face of Mars for years, studying slight differences in the brightness and darkness of its surface.
These changes in brightness have been generally attributed to the presence of dust, but until now their effect on wind circulation and climate has not been clear.
NASA scientist Lori Fenton and colleagues, reporting this week in the journal Nature, now believe variations in radiation from the surface of Mars are fueling strong winds that stir up giant dust storms, trapping heat and raising the planet's temperature.
By studying changes in light reflected from the surface of Mars -- a measure known as an object's albedo -- they predict the red planet has warmed by around 1 degree Fahrenheit from the 1970s to the 1990s, which may in part have caused the recent retreat of the southern polar ice cap.(Story continues at the website).
Notice the beginning of the story, that they say outright that the cause is SOLAR RADIATION.
I am not a scientific genius, but one has to ask the question: why is MARS experiencing the same GLOBAL WARMING as we are? Simple: we both receive light from the same source, of course. It bears witness that we are seeing changes, predicted in scripture, that has nothing to do with man, and everything to do with Yah.
Coming soon to a planet near you!
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0434088320070405 . )
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Earth's dusty neighbor Mars is grappling with its own form of climate change as fluctuating solar radiation is kicking up dust and winds that may be melting the planet's southern polar ice cap, scientists said Wednesday.
Researchers have been watching the changing face of Mars for years, studying slight differences in the brightness and darkness of its surface.
These changes in brightness have been generally attributed to the presence of dust, but until now their effect on wind circulation and climate has not been clear.
NASA scientist Lori Fenton and colleagues, reporting this week in the journal Nature, now believe variations in radiation from the surface of Mars are fueling strong winds that stir up giant dust storms, trapping heat and raising the planet's temperature.
By studying changes in light reflected from the surface of Mars -- a measure known as an object's albedo -- they predict the red planet has warmed by around 1 degree Fahrenheit from the 1970s to the 1990s, which may in part have caused the recent retreat of the southern polar ice cap.(Story continues at the website).
Notice the beginning of the story, that they say outright that the cause is SOLAR RADIATION.
I am not a scientific genius, but one has to ask the question: why is MARS experiencing the same GLOBAL WARMING as we are? Simple: we both receive light from the same source, of course. It bears witness that we are seeing changes, predicted in scripture, that has nothing to do with man, and everything to do with Yah.
Coming soon to a planet near you!
An apology
Shalom y'all,
First of all, my apologies for such a lengthy time between posts. I have been 'in prison', that is, a spiritual prison, for a little while, and now I'm about to be given my freedom, a joyous freedom in that I may serve Abba and Yahshua instead of the mammon. It's a personal thing. :-)
Abba has shown me some amazing things in the past few weeks, which I will share on this blog.
One is a confirmation on the 'fervent heat', as spoken about by Peter, given by Isaiah.
The other concerns some powerful information concerning a CHANGE in the PASSOVER, which all true Torah-believing Yahshua-minded believers must consider. This is not something that is being taught even in Messianic synogogues that I know of, let alone in the 'church'. The spirit of Yah and Yahshua is with those who have been 'cast out' of those spiritless places, in that the harvest is happening NOW!
May you be blessed by HIS WORD in these posts, and may we all sit at His table in the coming Kingdom IN ISRAEL soon!
Michael
First of all, my apologies for such a lengthy time between posts. I have been 'in prison', that is, a spiritual prison, for a little while, and now I'm about to be given my freedom, a joyous freedom in that I may serve Abba and Yahshua instead of the mammon. It's a personal thing. :-)
Abba has shown me some amazing things in the past few weeks, which I will share on this blog.
One is a confirmation on the 'fervent heat', as spoken about by Peter, given by Isaiah.
The other concerns some powerful information concerning a CHANGE in the PASSOVER, which all true Torah-believing Yahshua-minded believers must consider. This is not something that is being taught even in Messianic synogogues that I know of, let alone in the 'church'. The spirit of Yah and Yahshua is with those who have been 'cast out' of those spiritless places, in that the harvest is happening NOW!
May you be blessed by HIS WORD in these posts, and may we all sit at His table in the coming Kingdom IN ISRAEL soon!
Michael
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