Two Songs Two People
(Revelation 12 :1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven:
a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth)
ISRAEL-- she is a woman-- a bride, if you will,
through whom Elohim himself would be born in the flesh and dwell among His people in glory,
as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Yet even then, at the very incarnation of the Living Elohim, Israel would reject Him,
just as she had done in so many ways and times before.
So who then is Israel? Is she the Covenant Nation and Chosen People of eternal promise and blessing,
or a nation and people whose vast majority would more often than not 'play the harlot', behaving in blasphemous
and contemptible ways so as to reject her God; continually breaking His covenant, always grieving His heart,
and forever provoking Him to anger and judgment?
The answer is that Israel is both;
she is the Covenant Nation and People by the choice of Elohim--
and a harlot, so often and in so many ways, by her own choice.
Yet from the beginning there has always been a remnant of 1%ers in Israel that would not bend the knee, nor bow the head to any but to the true Elohim Chayim. And in these last days of the coming Great Tribulation, a Jewish Remnant will come forth to be a holy people in Yeshua. An extraordinary people-- chosen, separate, and quite possibly hidden from the harlotry of the people and nation around them. Truly, a nation within the nation. They will not be part of the prophesied end-time deception, as this present-day 'unbelieving' Israel will align themselves with the antichrist, who is coming with great powers of intrigue, to socially, economically, politically, and spiritually, captivate the nations and make the world as one, according to the working of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
deceiving even the Elect if possible.
Yes, a prophesied time of peace is coming-- a false peace and many lies to deceive the nations,
for the Counterfeit must come first before Messiah's return and the true peace and restoration of Israel (2 Thes 2).
The Counterfeit-- the Beast, whom all the world will follow, and Israel will embrace as messiah, causing the third temple to be built in a counterfeit fulfillment of Zechariah 6, from which Israel will carry out their abominable rituals and sacrifices, having rejected the one true sacrifice and blood of Elohim Chayim-- Yeshua haMashiach.
And when you, O Israel, shout "Peace and Safety", know that swift and sudden destruction will come upon you, for it will be then that the Man of Sin, the Abomination of Desolation, will stand in your temple and demand that you and the entire world worship him as God... It is of that day and hour that Yeshua spoke in the gospels:
(Matthew 24 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation', spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.")
(Luke 21 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.")
These things are not written for the sake of Israel 'the harlot', but for the sake of Israel 'the bride', the Remnant Elect, who will come through the fires of destruction, and go to the Thousand Year Reign with Yeshua at His return. For even on the very day of His return, the enemies of Elohim will have long since descended upon the hills and valleys of Israel, putting to death two-thirds of the people in the land, and possessing Jerusalem for plunder, rape, and death,
as foretold by the prophet Zechariah.
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die
- Zechariah 14 -
Behold, the day of Adonai is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity...
These things are written that the Remnant of Israel may be given ears to hear, and eyes to see; that they might believe in Him who gave His life a ransom for their life, a sacrifice for their sins; that they might believe upon His name, be covered by His blood, and be filled with the holiness of His Spirit, Ruach Hakodesh. It is of the Jewish Remnant, and of Messiah's Millennial Kingdom, that it is written; "and so all Israel will be saved".
Yes, O Remnant, all these things are written for YOU!
They are written through the blood of the prophets, the blood of the martyrs, and the BLOOD OF THE LAMB!
They are written so that you might believe on Him who died for you, and escape the judgment that is to come.
And to the present-day Jews in Israel who are believers in Yeshua, I say to you; 'walk in the lowest of humility, not thinking more highly of yourself, or that you are somehow special because you are Messianics living in Israel in the last days. For if you reason that you have attained some higher stature because of who and where you are, know this-- JUDGMENT WILL FIND YOU, and in my spirit I am sure that many will find themselves under such judgment,
just as many gentile believers will also come under judgment in these last days, for truly,
'judgment begins at the house of Adonai'.
Take heed, O Israel, for just as you faced great judgments and destruction in the past,
so an even greater judgment of destruction is still to come.
Now see what is prophesied...
Yes, see what Elohim has spoken concerning you, O Israel my sister.
Understand why He has said to you through the prophet Ezekiel;
"Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!",
for the truth is that over the years you have not changed at all as a people,
except perhaps to have grown even worse as the time now approaches,
and you embrace the spirit of antichrist.
Yes, read and understand;
- Exodus 32 -
1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!” 5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to Adonai.” 6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 7 And Adonai said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’” 9 And Adonai said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.”
(Let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them)
- Deuteronomy 9 -
4 “Do not think in your heart, after Adonai your Elohim has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness Adonai has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai is driving them out from before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai your Elohim drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which Adonai swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Therefore understand that Adonai your Elohim is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people... 13 “Furthermore Adonai spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people. 14 Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' "
(Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven)
- Deuteronomy 31 -
16 And Adonai said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
(I will forsake them... and many evils and troubles shall befall them)
19 “Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. 20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. 21 Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”
(that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel)
22 Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 23 Then he inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you." 4 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Adonai, saying: 26 “Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of Adonai your Elohim, that it may be there as a witness against you; 27 for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against Adonai, then how much more after my death? 28 Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of Adonai,
to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.”
(and evil will befall you in the latter days)
30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
(The Song of Moses) Deuteronomy 32:1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. 3 For I proclaim the name of Ehyeh asher Ehyeh (I AM THAT I AM): ascribe greatness to our Elohim. 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, the Elohim of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. 5 “They have corrupted themselves; they are not His children, because of their blemish: a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do you thus deal with Adonai, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? 7 “Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you: 8 when the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For Adonai’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. 10 “He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, 12 so Adonai alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him. 13 “He made him ride in the heights of the earth, that he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock; 14 curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs; and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the choicest wheat; and you drank wine, the blood of the grapes. 15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook Elohim who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to Elohim, to gods they did not know, to new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. 18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten Elohim who fathered you. 19 “And when Adonai saw it, He spurned them, because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters. 20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not Elohim; they have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell; it shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 ‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them. 24 They shall be wasted with hunger, devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword shall destroy outside; there shall be terror within for the young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs. 26 I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” 27 had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is high; and it is not Adonai who has done all this.”’ 28 “For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them. 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Adonai had surrendered them? 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of cobras. 34 ‘Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures? 35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them.’ 36 (The Great Tribulation, Armageddon, and coming Millennial Kingdom) “For Adonai will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and there is no one remaining, bond or free. 37 He will say: ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they sought refuge? 38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, and be your refuge. 39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no Elohim besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. 40 For I raise My hand to heaven, and say, “As I live forever, 41 if I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.”’ 43 (Millennial Kingdom Prophecy) “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
(I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith... Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end)
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In the years to come after Moses, the Spirit of Elohim would raise up many prophets to confront His wayward people.
And while there would be many judgments against Israel in the days from Moses to Messiah,
it would not be until a number of years after their rejection of Messiah that the greatest judgment would come;
'the dispersion from the Promised Land, and the curse that would follow them throughout the nations'.
- Jeremiah 9 -
13 And Adonai said,“Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says Adonai Tseva'ot (the Lord of hosts) , Elohei Yisrael (God of Israel): “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 16 I will scatter them also among the gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”
(I will scatter them among the gentiles, and I will send a sword after them)
- Jeremiah 23 -
39 therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence. 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’”
(I will utterly forget you and forsake you, and will cast you out of My presence)
- Jeremiah 29 -
17 thus says Adonai Tseva'ot (the Lord of hosts): Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, 19 because they have not heeded My words, says Adonai, which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed.
(I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth-- to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing,
and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them)
- Isaiah 43 -
27 Your first father sinned, and your mediators have transgressed against Me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Amazingly, even long before the fulfillment of the many 'diaspora' prophecies, an 'aliyah' prophecy was given through Ezekiel that foretold the future return of the people and nation of Israel in the last days. Yet concerning that return, Elohim even rebukes the very people who will be returning to the land in that future day, stating that He will not be doing it for their sake, but for His Holy name's sake alone, and to be ashamed and confounded for their own ways. And in the very midst of His promise to one day return this unworthy people to the soil and nation of Israel, a Millennial Kingdom prophecy is also given (Ezekiel 36: 25-31) which declares that He will restore His righteousness among His people when He is hallowed in them before the eyes of the nations; a restoration and redemption,
which can only begin to fulfill at Yeshua's return and reign.
- Ezekiel 36 -
16 Moreover the word of Adonai came to me, saying: 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of Adonai, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ 21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Ha'adon Adonai (the Lord God): “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 (Millennial Kingdom)... And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am Adonai,” says Ha'adon Adonai, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then (at Yeshua's return when He will be hallowed in Zion before the eyes of the nations, vs 23) I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your Elohim. 29 I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations..... 32 Not for your sake do I do this,” says Ha'adon Adonai, “let it be known to you.
Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!"
(I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake)
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And now, just as prophesied, the nation of Israel is established back in the Land of Promise, and is ever-returning as more and more Jews continue to find their way to the soil of their distant heritage. Yet also just as prophesied, Israel is made a stumbling block by Adonai himself; a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, both to herself and to the nations, and will soon be the focus and reason for a pre-tribulation world war, and whose soon-to-be-built third temple will one day headquarter the anti-christ in his tribulation reign of terror upon the earth. For the prophetic reality of Israel's current return is but for only two basic reasons-- 1) for judgment... 2) for revealing, refining, and redeeming a remnant...
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
but one–third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one–third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined,
and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say,
‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘Adonai is my Elohim.’”
Therefore, a remnant within Israel will ultimately survive only by the return of Messiah,
to be followed by a 'second and final' gathering of His people still scattered
among the nations even at that time...
- Isaiah 11 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
11 It shall come to pass in that day (the established Millennial Kingdom) that Adonai shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea. 12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 35 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
8 A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, 10 and the ransomed of Adonai shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Zechariah 10 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will redeem them; and they shall increase as they once increased. 9 “I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember Me in far countries; they shall live, together with their children, and they shall return. 10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, until no more room is found for them.
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In the End of Days there is much to come to you as a people, O Israel; much in judgment, and much in mercy--
fires of judgment to test, purge, and destroy-- and mercy to refine and reveal the purest of gold among you.
All that is despised in the eyes of Elohim will finally be removed from you,
that the Apple of His Eye may finally flourish.
So may it be within us all.
Let those who have ears to hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying,
as the Remnant of Israel is being chosen and established in these last days,
though they know it not.
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- Revelation 12 -
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon (Lucifer) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven (fallen angels) and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman (Israel) who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child (Yeshua) as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Millennial Kingdom). And her Child was caught up to Elohim and His throne (crucifixion, resurrection, ascension). 6 Then the woman (Remnant Israel) fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by Elohim (supernatural protection, hiding), that they (angels?) should feed her there (supernatural provision) one thousand two hundred and sixty days (3 1/2 years, the 2nd half of the tribulation period).
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
but one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined,
and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say,
‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘Adonai is my Elohim.’”
- Zechariah 14 -
1 Behold, the day of Adonai is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. (Matt 24:28 wherever the carcass is, there the eagles (vultures) will be gathered together) 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; (Rev 11:8 the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt) the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, BUT THE REMNANT of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then Adonai will go forth and fight against those nations (Armageddon) as He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus Adonai my Elohim will come, and all the saints with You.
- Revelation 14 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. (Rev 7: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed) 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to Elohim and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of Elohim.
(They sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, and no one could learn that song
except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth)
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In that glorious day of Yeshua's return,
the Song of Moses will no longer be a testimony in Israel as a witness against them,
but a New Song in the mouths of the Remnant-- a Song of Redemption.
- Revelation 5 -
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain,
and have redeemed us to Elohim by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 and have made us kings and priests to our Elohim; and we shall reign on the earth.”
Selah!
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- Jeremiah 33 -
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says Adonai, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says Adonai. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Adonai: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Adonai,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Adonai.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
- Luke 22 -
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying,
“This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you."
(Ben Sizemore - [email protected] - facebook.com/BenSismai - permission granted for copy and distribution)
(Revelation 12 :1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven:
a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth)
ISRAEL-- she is a woman-- a bride, if you will,
through whom Elohim himself would be born in the flesh and dwell among His people in glory,
as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Yet even then, at the very incarnation of the Living Elohim, Israel would reject Him,
just as she had done in so many ways and times before.
So who then is Israel? Is she the Covenant Nation and Chosen People of eternal promise and blessing,
or a nation and people whose vast majority would more often than not 'play the harlot', behaving in blasphemous
and contemptible ways so as to reject her God; continually breaking His covenant, always grieving His heart,
and forever provoking Him to anger and judgment?
The answer is that Israel is both;
she is the Covenant Nation and People by the choice of Elohim--
and a harlot, so often and in so many ways, by her own choice.
Yet from the beginning there has always been a remnant of 1%ers in Israel that would not bend the knee, nor bow the head to any but to the true Elohim Chayim. And in these last days of the coming Great Tribulation, a Jewish Remnant will come forth to be a holy people in Yeshua. An extraordinary people-- chosen, separate, and quite possibly hidden from the harlotry of the people and nation around them. Truly, a nation within the nation. They will not be part of the prophesied end-time deception, as this present-day 'unbelieving' Israel will align themselves with the antichrist, who is coming with great powers of intrigue, to socially, economically, politically, and spiritually, captivate the nations and make the world as one, according to the working of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
deceiving even the Elect if possible.
Yes, a prophesied time of peace is coming-- a false peace and many lies to deceive the nations,
for the Counterfeit must come first before Messiah's return and the true peace and restoration of Israel (2 Thes 2).
The Counterfeit-- the Beast, whom all the world will follow, and Israel will embrace as messiah, causing the third temple to be built in a counterfeit fulfillment of Zechariah 6, from which Israel will carry out their abominable rituals and sacrifices, having rejected the one true sacrifice and blood of Elohim Chayim-- Yeshua haMashiach.
And when you, O Israel, shout "Peace and Safety", know that swift and sudden destruction will come upon you, for it will be then that the Man of Sin, the Abomination of Desolation, will stand in your temple and demand that you and the entire world worship him as God... It is of that day and hour that Yeshua spoke in the gospels:
(Matthew 24 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation', spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.")
(Luke 21 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.")
These things are not written for the sake of Israel 'the harlot', but for the sake of Israel 'the bride', the Remnant Elect, who will come through the fires of destruction, and go to the Thousand Year Reign with Yeshua at His return. For even on the very day of His return, the enemies of Elohim will have long since descended upon the hills and valleys of Israel, putting to death two-thirds of the people in the land, and possessing Jerusalem for plunder, rape, and death,
as foretold by the prophet Zechariah.
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die
- Zechariah 14 -
Behold, the day of Adonai is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity...
These things are written that the Remnant of Israel may be given ears to hear, and eyes to see; that they might believe in Him who gave His life a ransom for their life, a sacrifice for their sins; that they might believe upon His name, be covered by His blood, and be filled with the holiness of His Spirit, Ruach Hakodesh. It is of the Jewish Remnant, and of Messiah's Millennial Kingdom, that it is written; "and so all Israel will be saved".
Yes, O Remnant, all these things are written for YOU!
They are written through the blood of the prophets, the blood of the martyrs, and the BLOOD OF THE LAMB!
They are written so that you might believe on Him who died for you, and escape the judgment that is to come.
And to the present-day Jews in Israel who are believers in Yeshua, I say to you; 'walk in the lowest of humility, not thinking more highly of yourself, or that you are somehow special because you are Messianics living in Israel in the last days. For if you reason that you have attained some higher stature because of who and where you are, know this-- JUDGMENT WILL FIND YOU, and in my spirit I am sure that many will find themselves under such judgment,
just as many gentile believers will also come under judgment in these last days, for truly,
'judgment begins at the house of Adonai'.
Take heed, O Israel, for just as you faced great judgments and destruction in the past,
so an even greater judgment of destruction is still to come.
Now see what is prophesied...
Yes, see what Elohim has spoken concerning you, O Israel my sister.
Understand why He has said to you through the prophet Ezekiel;
"Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!",
for the truth is that over the years you have not changed at all as a people,
except perhaps to have grown even worse as the time now approaches,
and you embrace the spirit of antichrist.
Yes, read and understand;
- Exodus 32 -
1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!” 5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to Adonai.” 6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 7 And Adonai said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’” 9 And Adonai said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.”
(Let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them)
- Deuteronomy 9 -
4 “Do not think in your heart, after Adonai your Elohim has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness Adonai has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai is driving them out from before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai your Elohim drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which Adonai swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Therefore understand that Adonai your Elohim is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people... 13 “Furthermore Adonai spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people. 14 Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' "
(Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven)
- Deuteronomy 31 -
16 And Adonai said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
(I will forsake them... and many evils and troubles shall befall them)
19 “Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. 20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. 21 Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”
(that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel)
22 Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 23 Then he inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you." 4 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Adonai, saying: 26 “Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of Adonai your Elohim, that it may be there as a witness against you; 27 for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against Adonai, then how much more after my death? 28 Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of Adonai,
to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.”
(and evil will befall you in the latter days)
30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
(The Song of Moses) Deuteronomy 32:1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. 3 For I proclaim the name of Ehyeh asher Ehyeh (I AM THAT I AM): ascribe greatness to our Elohim. 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, the Elohim of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. 5 “They have corrupted themselves; they are not His children, because of their blemish: a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do you thus deal with Adonai, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? 7 “Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you: 8 when the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For Adonai’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. 10 “He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, 12 so Adonai alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him. 13 “He made him ride in the heights of the earth, that he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock; 14 curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs; and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the choicest wheat; and you drank wine, the blood of the grapes. 15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook Elohim who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to Elohim, to gods they did not know, to new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. 18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten Elohim who fathered you. 19 “And when Adonai saw it, He spurned them, because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters. 20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not Elohim; they have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell; it shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 ‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them. 24 They shall be wasted with hunger, devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword shall destroy outside; there shall be terror within for the young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs. 26 I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” 27 had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is high; and it is not Adonai who has done all this.”’ 28 “For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them. 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Adonai had surrendered them? 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of cobras. 34 ‘Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures? 35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them.’ 36 (The Great Tribulation, Armageddon, and coming Millennial Kingdom) “For Adonai will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and there is no one remaining, bond or free. 37 He will say: ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they sought refuge? 38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, and be your refuge. 39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no Elohim besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. 40 For I raise My hand to heaven, and say, “As I live forever, 41 if I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.”’ 43 (Millennial Kingdom Prophecy) “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
(I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith... Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end)
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In the years to come after Moses, the Spirit of Elohim would raise up many prophets to confront His wayward people.
And while there would be many judgments against Israel in the days from Moses to Messiah,
it would not be until a number of years after their rejection of Messiah that the greatest judgment would come;
'the dispersion from the Promised Land, and the curse that would follow them throughout the nations'.
- Jeremiah 9 -
13 And Adonai said,“Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says Adonai Tseva'ot (the Lord of hosts) , Elohei Yisrael (God of Israel): “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 16 I will scatter them also among the gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”
(I will scatter them among the gentiles, and I will send a sword after them)
- Jeremiah 23 -
39 therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence. 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’”
(I will utterly forget you and forsake you, and will cast you out of My presence)
- Jeremiah 29 -
17 thus says Adonai Tseva'ot (the Lord of hosts): Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, 19 because they have not heeded My words, says Adonai, which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed.
(I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth-- to be a curse, an astonishment, a hissing,
and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them)
- Isaiah 43 -
27 Your first father sinned, and your mediators have transgressed against Me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Amazingly, even long before the fulfillment of the many 'diaspora' prophecies, an 'aliyah' prophecy was given through Ezekiel that foretold the future return of the people and nation of Israel in the last days. Yet concerning that return, Elohim even rebukes the very people who will be returning to the land in that future day, stating that He will not be doing it for their sake, but for His Holy name's sake alone, and to be ashamed and confounded for their own ways. And in the very midst of His promise to one day return this unworthy people to the soil and nation of Israel, a Millennial Kingdom prophecy is also given (Ezekiel 36: 25-31) which declares that He will restore His righteousness among His people when He is hallowed in them before the eyes of the nations; a restoration and redemption,
which can only begin to fulfill at Yeshua's return and reign.
- Ezekiel 36 -
16 Moreover the word of Adonai came to me, saying: 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. 19 So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of Adonai, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ 21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Ha'adon Adonai (the Lord God): “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 (Millennial Kingdom)... And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am Adonai,” says Ha'adon Adonai, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then (at Yeshua's return when He will be hallowed in Zion before the eyes of the nations, vs 23) I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your Elohim. 29 I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations..... 32 Not for your sake do I do this,” says Ha'adon Adonai, “let it be known to you.
Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!"
(I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake)
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And now, just as prophesied, the nation of Israel is established back in the Land of Promise, and is ever-returning as more and more Jews continue to find their way to the soil of their distant heritage. Yet also just as prophesied, Israel is made a stumbling block by Adonai himself; a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, both to herself and to the nations, and will soon be the focus and reason for a pre-tribulation world war, and whose soon-to-be-built third temple will one day headquarter the anti-christ in his tribulation reign of terror upon the earth. For the prophetic reality of Israel's current return is but for only two basic reasons-- 1) for judgment... 2) for revealing, refining, and redeeming a remnant...
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
but one–third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one–third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined,
and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say,
‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘Adonai is my Elohim.’”
Therefore, a remnant within Israel will ultimately survive only by the return of Messiah,
to be followed by a 'second and final' gathering of His people still scattered
among the nations even at that time...
- Isaiah 11 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
11 It shall come to pass in that day (the established Millennial Kingdom) that Adonai shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea. 12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 35 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
8 A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, 10 and the ransomed of Adonai shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Zechariah 10 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
8 I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will redeem them; and they shall increase as they once increased. 9 “I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember Me in far countries; they shall live, together with their children, and they shall return. 10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, until no more room is found for them.
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In the End of Days there is much to come to you as a people, O Israel; much in judgment, and much in mercy--
fires of judgment to test, purge, and destroy-- and mercy to refine and reveal the purest of gold among you.
All that is despised in the eyes of Elohim will finally be removed from you,
that the Apple of His Eye may finally flourish.
So may it be within us all.
Let those who have ears to hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying,
as the Remnant of Israel is being chosen and established in these last days,
though they know it not.
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- Revelation 12 -
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon (Lucifer) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven (fallen angels) and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman (Israel) who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child (Yeshua) as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Millennial Kingdom). And her Child was caught up to Elohim and His throne (crucifixion, resurrection, ascension). 6 Then the woman (Remnant Israel) fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by Elohim (supernatural protection, hiding), that they (angels?) should feed her there (supernatural provision) one thousand two hundred and sixty days (3 1/2 years, the 2nd half of the tribulation period).
- Zechariah 13 -
8 And it shall come to pass in all the land (Israel),” says Adonai, “that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
but one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined,
and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say,
‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘Adonai is my Elohim.’”
- Zechariah 14 -
1 Behold, the day of Adonai is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. (Matt 24:28 wherever the carcass is, there the eagles (vultures) will be gathered together) 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; (Rev 11:8 the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt) the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, BUT THE REMNANT of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then Adonai will go forth and fight against those nations (Armageddon) as He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, for the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus Adonai my Elohim will come, and all the saints with You.
- Revelation 14 -
(Millennial Kingdom)
1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. (Rev 7: of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed) 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to Elohim and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of Elohim.
(They sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, and no one could learn that song
except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth)
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In that glorious day of Yeshua's return,
the Song of Moses will no longer be a testimony in Israel as a witness against them,
but a New Song in the mouths of the Remnant-- a Song of Redemption.
- Revelation 5 -
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain,
and have redeemed us to Elohim by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 and have made us kings and priests to our Elohim; and we shall reign on the earth.”
Selah!
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- Jeremiah 33 -
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says Adonai, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says Adonai. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Adonai: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know Adonai,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Adonai.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
- Luke 22 -
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying,
“This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you."
(Ben Sizemore - [email protected] - facebook.com/BenSismai - permission granted for copy and distribution)