The Great Falling Away

Part 5

By DON ESPOSITO

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      I am amazed how many people who call themselves Christians have no idea about the Kingdom of Yahweh.

 

When you tell them that Yahshua is coming back to earth to destroy all the lawbreakers and that He will restore peace to all the earth for one thousand years, people tell me that they have never heard about it! Why is it that the Catholic Church, with almost a billion believers worldwide, has never preached this message? Is it because the pope is more involved in politics than in spreading the good news about the awesome Kingdom of Yahweh? In the Christian world the message of the  Kingdom of Yahshua has been changed into a gospel about the person of Yahshua. They will talk about “Jesus” and His love, but will never tell you the message that He preached.

Matthew 4:17 “From that time, Yahshua started to preach and to say, repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

 

The Jews of Yahshua’s day missed the Messiah’s first coming because they were looking for the literal Kingdom of Yahweh right then.

Acts 1:6 tells us that even the apostles were looking for it. “When they had therefore come together they asked of Him, Master wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel?”

 

It is understandable why they wanted the Messiah to return and bring the Kingdom. They had just gone through over six hundred years of suppression and captivity. First by the Babylonians, then the Persians, followed by the Greeks and then by the last and worst, the Romans. Romans were brutal warriors and killed many Jews who were dispersed because they would not blend into the Greek/Roman paganized customs. There were fierce battles and much bloodshed and many Jews were slaughtered. These people knew the prophecies and also that the throne of David would be restored to the Messiah. They even knew, from the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 when the Messiah would come, but they did not understand that the penalty for their law breaking went much further than physical captivity. They all had an eternal death penalty hanging over their heads.

Ezekiel 18:4 “The soul that sins, it shall die.”

 

Before the Kingdom could be restored to Israel, they had to have their sins paid for, and that is exactly what Yahshua did by his death. When the veil in the temple, (which was seventy feet high and four inches thick), was torn in two from top to bottom, we gained access to the Father through the blood of the Son. This was only the beginning. Yahshua is coming back to earth to reign for one thousand years of peace. All those who truly repent from their sins and are baptized into His name and believe that His shed blood has covered their sins, will start a new life in holiness, and will reign with Him.

Hebrews 9:28 “So being once offered to bear the sins of many, Messiah shall appear a second time without sin to those expecting Him for Salvation.”

Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them. And judgment was given to them, and the souls of the ones having been beheaded because of the witness of Yahshua, and because of the word  of Yahweh, and who had not worshipped the beast nor it’s image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they lived and reigned with Messiah a thousand years.”

 

This is the good news of the Kingdom, but this is just one part of it. Let’s go back to where the promise of eternal life started and to whom it was promised. This is a great mystery in most corporate churches today because of replacement theology. Replacement theology is basically changing the clear written word of Yahweh, and replacing it with symbolism. The only problem with symbolism is that since everybody thinks differently, everyone’s symbolism is different. Instead of just believing Yahweh at His word, they change it because they have no faith.

 

Because of the faith and obedience of one man, Abraham, we have the opportunity with Yahweh for covenant relationship, and we have the great hope of reigning with Yahshua during the millennium.

Genesis 12:1-3 “And Yahweh said to Abram, go out from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and curse the one despising you. And IN YOU ALL FAMILIES of the EARTH SHALL be BLESSED.”

 

Here we have a very important prophecy in verse three and it affects everyone who has ever lived who is not an Israelite. Yahweh promised Abraham that all the families of the earth would be blessed through him. This prophecy was fulfilled by Yahshua the Son of Yahweh being born through the seed of Abraham. Remember that Yahweh is revealed as the Elohim of Israel.

Isaiah 37:21 “Thus says Yahweh, ELOHIM of ISRAEL.”

 

Although Yahweh is the Creator of all things in the universe, He only made a covenant through one bloodline. It started with Adam then through his son Seth and through Noah. Yahweh continued this covenant through one man, Abraham, and his “seed”, the physical descendants of his son, Isaac.

Hebrews 11:17-18 “By faith Abraham being tested, offered up Isaac; and he receiving the promises was offering up the only begotten, as to whom it was said, “IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED.”

 

Isaac was the son of promise. Abraham had a son named Ishmael previous to Isaac by his wife Sarah’s handmaid. In Gal 4:21-31 these two sons are allegorized as the two covenants. One was made at Mount Sinai, which gave no way for redemption of sin. Then there was the giving of the New Covenant through Yahshua (the seed of Isaac) which brought a way to have our sins forgiven and the promise of eternal life (Heb 8: 6). It was a better covenant built on better promises. Some have mistakenly taken this analogy of Galatians 4 to mean we do not any longer need to obey Yahweh’s law. We have already proven that is one of Satan’s lies. Law-breaking (sin) is never condoned in any scripture, and only leads to death.

Romans 6:23 ” The wages of sin are death.”

 

What this allegory is trying to show us is that the first covenant (Mount Sinai and the Law) was incomplete because it had no clause in it for forgiveness of sin, only an animal sacrificial system to remind them year by year that they were sinners. Where Israel went wrong, (as some believers do today), is that instead of looking to the law as a mirror to show us our downfalls and how to live a holy righteous life, Israel looked at it as a means of salvation. They built a self- righteousness based on the law instead of faith in Yahweh.

The law cannot save us; it only reminds us that we need the blood of Yahshua every day of our life. But through this faith in Yahshua and Him living in us, we establish the law (make stand, keep firm) in our lives (Romans 3:31).

Romans 7:12 “Although the law is holy and just and good,” We are not.

Romans 7:14 “For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.”

 

We all have pride to different degrees, but most people never face the fact of it in their lives. It is impossible for Yahweh to work through you, if you are full of pride.

James 4:5-6 “Do you think the scripture says in vain, the spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy. But he gives more grace, wherefore He says, Yahweh RESISTS THE PROUD, but GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”

 

It is pride that leads us to blame someone else for our mistakes. We don’t want to look deep inside and see that we are the problem, not Yahweh’s law. All of us have gone astray. We are all creatures, full of pride and vanity, and without Yahweh’s spirit dwelling in us, we are worthless.

Some will say the words, but will not internalize these words and reflect it in their lives. Most of the time people just want to accept “Jesus” in their heart, blame Yahweh’s law for all of mankind’s problems, and believe in a Savior who allows them to live in sin. They believe in a Savior who allows them to be who they are— corruptible, prideful and lustful, instead of what He can make them into—righteous servants. No, the law can’t save you, but it points you, with every letter, to the righteousness in Yahshua.

Remember, Yahshua wrote every word of the law (John 1:1-3). The problem is our fallen state; our pitiful, helpless state which we are in without Yahshua in our life. If we are trying to earn our salvation and accept the law before faith, we are no better than the Pharisees or non-believers.

 

Our obedience is the evidence of our faith, but like our forefather Abraham, faith must come first, then the works made his faith perfect.

James 2:21-24 “Was not our father Abraham justified by works, offering up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith worked with his works, and by the works, the faith was made complete. And the scripture was fulfilled saying, and Abraham believed Yahweh, and it was counted for righteousness to him. And he was called friend of Yahweh.”

 

Because of this covenant that Yahweh made with Abraham and his seed (physical descendants), Yahshua was born from his physical bloodline.

Galatians 3:16 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He did not say seeds, as to many, but as of one, and to thy seed, which is the Messiah.”

 

Abraham had other children after Sarah died; he had children by another wife named Keturah. The promise of the covenant was only to Isaac, who fathered Jacob and whose name was changed to Israel. He had 12 sons. One was named Judah. It was through Judah that Yahshua was born. Now, since Yahshua is our Maker and Creator through his blood, the everlasting covenant of salvation can go to anyone in the world. Since He is the Lamb of Yahweh, slain from the foundation of the world, we can be grafted into the tree of Israel by the blood of Yahshua. In Luke 2:32, which is a prophecy from Isaiah 42:6, told by Simeon at Yahshua’s birth, Gentiles are grafted into the tree of Israel. Before that, Gentiles had no hope. Remember, the promise of eternal life in the physical land of Israel was only given to Abraham and to one seed, Isaac.

Genesis 17: 1-9 “And when Abram was ninety – nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty Yahweh! Walk before Me  and  be perfect; and I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply  you exceedingly. And Abram  fell on his face. And Yahweh spoke with him, saying, as for Me, My covenant is with you and you  shall be a  father of many  nations. And your name shall  be Abraham;  for I have made you a father of many nations. And I will make you very fruitful, greatly so. And I will  give you (for) nations. And kings shall come out of you. And I will ESTABLISH My  COVENANT between ME and  YOU, and your SEED after you in their generations, for an EVERLASTING COVENANT, to be Elohim to you and to your seed after you. And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land of your sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their ELOHIM. And Yahweh said to Abraham, you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you in their generations.”

 

This is the only lineage in all of humanity with which Yahweh made this particular covenant. He did not make it with all mankind, but rather with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel). Before Yahshua’s sacrifice of blood, Gentiles were unable to be grafted into the everlasting covenant. They were all lost. There are no promises in the scriptures to China, Russia, or India. The promises are only made to the descendants of Abraham and the physical LAND of ISRAEL. Yahweh sanctified Israel and kept them separate from the Gentiles. When they entered the land, they were told to kill every man, woman and child, so as not to be influenced by these pagan cultures.

1st Samuel 15:3 “So says Yahweh, now go, and you shall strike Amalek, and destroy all that he has. And you shall have no pity on him, and you shall put to death all, from man to woman, from little one to suckling, from ox to sheep, from camel to ass.”

 

Yahweh kept Israel away from these people because He knew if they intermarried, they would start to follow the Gentile pagan practices. As Solomon proved, Yahweh was, and is, correct. You cannot mix good and evil. Most of the time fornication in the Bible is spoken of as a spiritual condition. Spiritual fornication is a mix of the truth of Yahweh with pagan Gentile practices.

Ezekiel 23:5 “And Ohalah (Israel) whored under Me (they worshipped to pagan practices) and she lusted after her lovers (Gentile pagan nations) to Assyrian neighbors.”

 

Ironically, the Assyrians were the ones who destroyed her and took her captive in 722 B.C. for this idolatry.

Yahweh had tried to keep Israel pure. There were no promises made to the Gentiles. There was actually a hatred that developed between Israel (the chosen people) and the Gentiles (everyone else). Through Yahshua, Yahweh did away with the hatred between Israel and the Gentile nations, and through Yahshua’s bloodline (shed blood), He brought salvation to all that believed. He broke down the wall that had been between Jew and Gentile. This was literal. At the temple in Jerusalem there was a court of the Gentiles and also an inner court for Israelites. There was literally a great wall separating the two. Yahshua broke down that wall.

 

John 2:19 when asked for a sign that he was the Messiah, He answered “Destroy this temple  and in three days I will raise it up”. The temple is Yahshua’s body and all believers are part of that body. He destroyed the old temple with the middle wall of partition and rebuilt a new spiritual temple that all believers, Israelites and Gentiles, can be part of. The following scripture shows the joining of Israelite and Gentile through His blood.

Ephesians 2:11-22 “Therefore remember that you, the nations, were then in the  flesh, those having been called uncircumcision by those having been called circumcision in the flesh made by hand, that at that time you were without Messiah, alienated from the common wealth of Israel and strangers of the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahweh in the world. But now in Yahshua you who then were afar off came to be near by the blood of Yahshua. For He is our peace, He making us both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, annulling in His flesh the enmity, the law of the commandments in decrees, that He might in Himself create the two into one new man, making peace; and might reconcile both in one body to Yahweh through the stake, slaying the enmity in Himself. And coming, He preached  peace to you, the ones afar off, and to the ones near. For through Him we both have access by one spirit to the Father. So, then, you are no longer strangers and tenants, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and of the household of Yahweh, being built up on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, Yahshua Himself being the cornerstone; in whom all the building fitted together grows into a holy sanctuary in Yahweh; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of Yahweh in the spirit.”

 

Some have erroneously used this scripture to say the law was abolished. But if we read the scripture in context, we will see that it is not talking about the Law of Moses at all. It is talking about the Jewish law separating Jew and Gentile.

Acts 10:28 listen to what the apostle Peter tells the Gentile Cornelius, “And he (Peter) said unto them, you know how UNLAWFUL it is for a Jew, to unite with or to come near to one of another race (Gentile). Yet Yahweh showed me not to call a man common or unclean.”

 

The law that was being abolished was the Jewish law of separating Jew and Gentile. As the literal wall that separated the court of the Gentiles from the court of  the Jews at the temple was torn down,  Yahshua through  His death broke down this wall in the new spiritual rebuilt temple, which was his body (the congregation). Look carefully at verses 11-14, and note that before this, Gentiles literally had no hope; they were aliens, strangers to the promises and covenant of Yahweh. I cannot stress this enough. This is the crux of the  whole matter. Yahweh has only revealed himself as the Elohim of Israel. But now Gentiles are able to be grafted into the tree of Israel, and become the seed of Abraham. Even Israelites living abroad in Gentile nations were not even considered Israelites any more by the Jews living in Israel. Because they had lived among the Gentiles for so long and assimilated into their culture, they were considered Gentiles by the Pharisees of Yahshua’s day.

Galatians 3:29 “And if you are of Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed, even heirs according to promise.”

 

When we are baptized into the name of Yahshua, you put on Yahshua and become an Israelite.

Galatians 3:27 “For as many of you who have been baptized in Messiah, you put on Messiah.”

 

This is the mystery of Yahweh. Not only will He redeem the nation of Israel when He returns, but He has also grafted in (adopted) any Gentile who will believe in Him as Savior. Then by repenting of sin, and believing in Yahshua for forgiveness of those sins, you are grafted into the family of Israel.

Ephesians 3: 4-5 “By the reading which you are able to realize my understanding in the mystery of Messiah. Which has not made known to the sons of men in other generations, as it now has been revealed to His holy Apostles and prophets in spirit  for the Gentiles to be joint heirs of the SAME body.”

1st Corinthians 12:13 “For by one spirit are we all baptized into ONE BODY, whether we be Jew or Gentile.”

 

What an awesome plan. However, you can be sure of one thing, that because Gentiles can be adopted into the family of Israel that it did not make Yahweh become a pagan god. No, it was the Gentiles who are joined into this New Covenant by the sign of immersion of baptism. The Old Covenant of flesh was through circumcision, (that was to the birthright promise), but the sign of the New Covenant, was immersion (baptism). Yahweh never became a Gentile god, and it is just as wrong to try to worship him with pagan practices under the New Covenant as it was in the Old Covenant. Any new Gentile convert has no excuse not to obey Yahweh’s law, because at baptism he has become a spiritual Israelite or Jew.

Romans 2:29 “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and not the letter, whose praise is not of men, but Yahweh.”

 

Remember, the covenant and promises were only made to Abraham, then only through one seed, his son Isaac and then Isaac’s son Israel, and then on down to Yahshua.

 

The only way Gentiles can receive the promise of eternal life is by being grafted into the tree of Israel.

Romans 11:11-24 “I say then, did not they stumble that they fall? Let it not be! But by their slipping away (Israel) came salvation to the Nations to provoke them to jealousy. But if their slipping away is the riches of the world, and their default the riches of the nations, how much more their fullness?

For I speak to you, the nations, since I am an apostle of the Nations – I glorify my ministry, if somehow I may provoke to jealousy my flesh, and may save some of them (Israelites). For if their casting away is the reconciliation of the world, what is their reception, except life from the dead?

Now if the first fruit is holy, also the lump. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you being a wild olive tree were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root but the root bears you. You will then say, the branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well! For unbelief they were broken off. And you stand by faith. Do not be high – minded, but fear.

For if Yahweh did not spare the natural branches (Israel) lest it may be He will not spare you either (Nation)). Behold, then the kindness and severity of Yahweh: on those having fallen, severity. But on you, kindness – if you continue in the kindness.  Otherwise, you will also be cut off. And those also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in. For Yahweh is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut  out  of the natural wild olive tree, and were against nature grafted into a good olive tree, how much more these being according to nature will

 

 

If only Christians today could understand this simple fact. Our Savior, whose name in Hebrew is Yahshua, meaning Yah is Salvation, was a Jewish  carpenter. He came to His own people Israel (not just Judah) and He is the Savior of Israel. Listen to the prophecy of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist concerning Yahshua Messiah.

Luke 1:67-77 “And his father Zacharias was filled of the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, BLESSED BE YAHWEH, THE ELOHIM OF ISRAEL, because he visited and worked redemption for his people. And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; even as He spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from the age before: Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those hating us; to execute mercy with our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant, the oath which he swore to our father Abraham, to give to us that we being delivered out of our enemies hand, in order to serve him without fear, in consecration and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Master to prepare his ways, to give a knowledge of salvation to his people by forgiveness of their sins.”

 

These scriptures are very clear. Yahshua came to earth as the Messiah of Israel to redeem his chosen people and to fulfill his promises to his servant  Abraham.  By his mercy and love, He opened salvation to the nations to be grafted into the one tree of Israel. What the Gentiles have done for the last 1900 years is make Yahshua into a Gentile Savior and Yahweh into a Gentile god. You never see this in scripture. One of the most deceptive doctrines taught today is called “replacement theology.” This is the idea that Yahweh is no longer the Elohim of Israel but that the church has replaced Israel. That is absolutely not true. The wonderful plan of salvation that we understand from the above scriptures not only includes the marvelous plan of grafting the Gentiles into the one tree of Israel, but that in the end time, the natural branches would again be grafted into their own tree.

Romans 11:1-2 “I say then, did Yahweh cast away his own people? Let it not be. For I am an Israelite, out of Abraham’s seed, of the tribe of Benjamin. Yahweh did not thrust away His people, whom he foreknew.

Romans 11:5 “So then, also in the present time a remnant according to election of grace has come into being.”

Romans 11:25-32 “For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be wise within yourselves, that hardness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Nations comes in; and so all Israel will be saved, even as it has been written, the deliverer will come out of Zion, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.

Indeed, as regards the gospel, enemies for you; but as regards the election, beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the free gifts and the calling of Yahweh are without repentance. For as you also then disobeyed Yahweh, but now have obtained mercy by the disobedience of these; so also these now disobeyed, so that they also may obtain mercy by your mercy. For Yahweh shut up all in disobedience, that He may show mercy to all.”

 

No, Yahweh has not cast away His people Israel. He plans to graft in these natural branches back into their own tree in this end time. In Ezekiel 36:24-28 listen to what Yahweh says to Israel about entering the New Covenant in the end time.

“For I will take you from the nations and gather you out of all the lands, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean waters on you (baptism), and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your defilement and from all your idols. And I will also give you a new heart and will put a new spirit within you (Holy Spirit), and I will take away the stony heart of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them (notice how the law is still in affect). And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your Fathers. And you shall be a people to me and I will be an Elohim to you.”

 

Another very exciting thing about this end time is the uniting again of the kingdom of Israel (the northern ten tribes) with Judah and Benjamin for the first time since King Solomon. Remember earlier in this book, we discussed the separation of the ten sons of Jacob (Israel) with the other two sons (Judah and Benjamin). Israel was taken into captivity in 721 B.C by the Assyrians. Then Judah was taken into captivity beginning in 605 B.C. by the Babylonians. Although Judah (the Jews) was allowed to return back to the land of Israel, they never had sovereignty until 1948. The northern ten tribes disappeared (mainly to Europe) and have not been recognized to this day. (request our gift book called “The Chosen People”) Listen to this great prophecy in Ezekiel 37:15-28 about the regathering of Judah and Israel for the Messiah’s 1,000 year reign.

Ezekiel 37:15-28 “And the word of Yahweh was to me saying, and you, son of man, take one stick to yourself and write on it for Judah, and for his companions, the sons of Israel. Then take another stick and write on it for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions. And draw them one to one for yourself, into  one stick. And they shall become for oneness in your hand. And when the sons of your people shall speak to you saying, will you not declare to us, what these mean to you? Say to them, so says Yahweh; behold, I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions, and I will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and will make them one stick; and they shall be one in my hand. And the sticks shall be in your hand, the ones on which you write, before their eyes. And say to them, so says  Yahweh: I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations, there where they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and will bring them into their own land. And I will make them one nation, in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one King shall be a King to all of them. And they shall not be two nations still. And they will not be split into two Kingdoms anymore. And they will not still be defiled with their idols, even with their filthy idols, not with all their transgressions. But I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in them where they have sinned; and I will cleanse them. And they shall be to me for a people: And I will be to them Elohim. And my servant David shall be King over them. And there shall be one Shepherd to all of them. And they shall walk in my judgments and keep my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell on the land  that I have given to my servant, to Jacob, there where your fathers dwelt in it. And they shall dwell on it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, forever. And my servant David, shall be a ruler to them forever. And I will cut a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them, and  multiply them. And I will give my sanctuary in their midst forever. And my tabernacle shall be with them. And I will be their Elohim, and they shall be for a people to me. And the nations shall know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in their midst forever.”

 

These covenant promises made by Yahweh to Abraham have been virtually lost for the past 1900 years. He promises Abraham to restore the nation of Israel in the millennial Kingdom. The reason that this knowledge has been lost is that Christianity has used paganism, and replacement theology, maybe even unwittingly, to suppress the true good news message brought by Yahshua of Nazareth (a Jew) almost 2,000 years ago. They preach about the person of “Jesus” but they do not tell the message that Yahshua brought. The message of the coming Kingdom of Yahweh! The message  that He will be King in Jerusalem, and all 12 tribes of the sons of Israel will be restored to their land for a 1,000 years of peace and prosperity. Yahweh will once again be their Elohim, and Israel will be his people.

 

The prodigal son of Luke 15 is Israel, and the faithful son is the New Testament believers. Just as the father told his son to rejoice because his brother who was dead is now alive, we too, should rejoice at the regathering and restoring of Israel in the coming days of the Messiah. Yahweh has not cast away his people, as Romans the 11th chapter tells us. He has only stirred them to jealousy by opening up salvation to the world. Yahweh will fulfill his word and covenant promises made to faithful Abraham.

Mic 7:18-20 “Who is an Elohim, like you, forgiving iniquity, and passing by the transgression of the remnant of his possession? He does not make strong his anger forever, for he delights in grace. He will return to show us compassion; he will trample our iniquities; and you will call our sins into the depths of the sea. You will give faithfulness to Jacob, and  kindness  to Abraham, which you have sworn to our Fathers from the days of old.”

 

Every single word of the Holy Scriptures will be fulfilled exactly as written. When Yahweh speaks, it is as if it is already done.

Isa 55:11 “So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth. It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing where to I sent it.”

 

Every word that Yahweh said in the entirety of the Holy Scriptures will come to pass. It is a shame that modern Christianity has spiritualized away most of the Bible. They have literally made Yahweh a liar. The preachers will tell their congregations, “Oh that is only spiritual.” What they really mean by spiritual is “done away with.” Almost every prophet in the Bible talks of a literal restoring of the 12 tribes of Israel to their land. The Bible is very clear that when a Gentile joins the one tree of Israel, he becomes an Israelite of the seed of Abraham through Yahshua Messiah.

Gal 3:29 “And if you be in Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.”

 

Do you know that the word “new” in New Covenant actually means “repaired” or “refreshed”, having its original qualities (the Law) unchanged!

 

The Old Covenant was a covenant about the law, but it was not the law itself. In the New Covenant the law has not changed, but our judgment for sin (breaking of the law) has been changed. There was no removing of the penalty of sin in the Old Covenant, simply a covering (atonement) for sin, just the continual reminder, through animal sacrifices, of their helpless state. In the New Covenant we have true atonement and a full covering of our sins, through faith in Yahshua’s blood. The law has not changed. Sin is still sin; the breaking of the law. Only our judgment has gone from the letter to faith. The nation of Israel will again get their chance to accept Yahshua’s blood for the atonement of their sins. They will again be restored to their land with our father Abraham and Yahshua for a 1,000 years of peace.

Zech 10:6 “And I will make stronger the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph (10 tribes), and I will return to save them (Yahshua), for I will have pity on them. And they shall be as though I had not rejected them. For I am Yahweh, their Elohim, and I will answer them.”

 

Almost the whole book of Zechariah talks about the end time and the return to earth of Yahshua to save his people Israel. Many in Christianity today focus only on the aspect of Yahshua returning back for his bride, the congregation of believers. It is true that He is returning for his bride! But it is only half of the story. He is also coming back to save his people Israel from surrounding armies. It will be the worst time that the world has ever known or ever will know.

Zech 14:1-9 “Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, and your spoil shall be divided among you. For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. And the city shall be captured, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half the city shall go into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. And Yahweh shall go out and fight against the nations, like the day he fought, in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall divide from its middle, from the east and to the west, a very great valley. And half the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, King of Judah. And Yahweh, my Elohim shall come, and all the saints with you. And it will be in that day, there shall not be light, the glorious one will shrink. And it will be one day which will be known to Yahweh; not day and night, but it will be, there will be light at evening time. And it shall be in that day that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them shall go toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward  the western sea; in summer and winter it shall be. And Yahweh shall be King over all the earth. In that day there shall be one Yahweh, and his name one (United).

 

Yahweh loves Israel. True believers should be overjoyed to be able to preach the same good news that Yahshua, our Savior, preached—the restoring of Israel. Listen to the warning of Yahweh about anyone who tries to harm Israel.

Zech 2:8 “For so says Yahweh of hosts, he has sent me after glory, to the nations that plundered you, for he that touches you (Israel) touches the apple of his eye.”

 

Yahshua wept over Jerusalem. He said He would have taken them under his protection like a mother hen if they had only known their time of visitation.

Luke 13:34-35 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The one killing the prophets, and stoning the ones having been sent to her; how often I desired to gather your children, in the way that a hen gathers her chicks under her wings; and you did not desire it. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. And truly I say to you, you shall not at all see me until it come when you say, “Blessed is the one coming in the name of Yahweh.”

 

Yes, Israel was cast away but not forever. Yahshua said they will only be cast away until they see His return. Then they will see the holes in his wrists and in his feet from the way He was crucified him. Then they will repent and mourn for him and accept Yahshua of Nazareth as the Messiah, the Son of Yahweh.

Zech 12:9-10 “And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they shall look on me, (Aleph & Tav) whom they have pierced, (hands, feet) and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for a only Son, and shall be bitter over him, like the bitterness over the firstborn.”

 

It is interesting to note that in the original Hebrew, between the words “me” and “whom”, are the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the “aleph” and the “tav”. Rev 1:8 tells us that Yahshua calls himself the “alpha and the omega.” These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. So here in Zech 12:10, He has actually revealed one of His names to His people Israel. What a glorious event that will be! They will know that they rejected the Messiah.

 

They will bitterly repent and Yahweh will have mercy on them and forgive them. How exciting it is to be a true believer today and have Yahweh reveal these wonderful truths to his true believers.

Luke 10:23-24 “And He turned unto his disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes that see the things that you see. For I tell you that many prophets, and kings, have desired to see those things that  you see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them.”

 

How do you feel? Do you feel blessed to find out the true plan of Yahweh? Do you feel excited and joyful for the redeeming of the sons of Israel by Yahweh? Do you go forth with a voice of singing, as it states in Isaiah 48:20 to declare (utter it) even to the ends of the earth. Saying “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.”

 

Just like the shame that Israel will feel when they realize they rejected Yahshua the first time, many Christians will feel the same at rejecting his word and his law. Yahweh does not want to condemn you, but restore you. Just as He will have mercy on the sons of Israel, He will give all Christians mercy if they leave their vain pagan customs of men and repent. Our Father is waiting with outstretched, loving and forgiving arms, if we will only admit our sin, repent, and turn back to him in obedience. Do you want to reign with Yahshua during this glorious time? If you do, you need to live a life of truth and holiness and faith in these promises that we have been reading. This is what the whole millennium is all about—the restoring of Israel and the law going forth from Zion. Israel will be a model nation to the rest of the world to show them that Yahweh’s laws work for true happiness. Yahshua will reign over all the earth from Jerusalem, as King of Kings. Let us end this chapter with another passage about the great hope of this soon-coming Kingdom.

Isa 65:17-25 “For, Behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth. And the things before shall not be recalled, and shall not go up on the heart. However, be glad and rejoice forever in what I create. For,  behold, I create Jerusalem, a rejoicing and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people. And the voice of weeping and the voice of crying shall no longer be heard in her. There shall not still be an infant of days, or an old man that has not filled his days. For the youth shall die the son of a hundred years, but the sinner the son of a hundred years, shall be accursed.

And they shall build houses and live in them, and they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another live in them; They shall not plant, and another eat. For like the days of a tree  are the days of my people; And my elect shall grow old to the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for terror. For they are the seed of the beloved ones of Yahweh, and their offspring with them. And it will be, before they call, I will answer.  While they are speaking, then I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed as one; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And dust is the food of the snake. They shall not do evil nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.”

 

Micah 4:1-7 “But it shall be in the end of days, that the mountain of the house of Yahweh shall be established on the top of the mountains; and it shall be lifted up from the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

And many nations will come and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the Elohim of Jacob. And he will teach us from his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For the law shall go forth out of Zion, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. And he shall judge between many peoples, and will decide for strong nations afar off. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore. But they shall each one sit  under  his vine, and under his fig tree; and there shall be no trembling, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken. For  all the peoples walk, each one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh, our Elohim, forever and ever. In that day, I will gather the lame, declares Yahweh, and I will gather the banished, and the one that I have afflicted. And I will make the lame into a remnant, and her who was cast off, into a strong nation. And Yahweh shall reign over them in Mount Zion, from now on and forever.”

 

May that day come quickly and may we be spotless and holy in his sight at his return!

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