Showing posts with label end times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end times. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Monday, July 11, 2016
Will Turkey Build the Third Temple?
Is the third Temple finally ready to be built. It indeed seems that Israel has struck a deal with Turkey to build the third temple. At Israeli News Live, Stepehen Ben Nun reports on this unfolding situation, and you see in the news clip how the Jewish diplomat exalts and almost bows to this Turkish ruler (the Mahdi/Antichrist?).
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The Goal (End) of the Faith - Part Two
In Part One, we looked at a letter from a Rabbi to his son in the Faith. Rabbi Shaul, known to most as the Apsotle Paul. In this excerpt of his letter to Timothy, I translated the term "law" which is being carried over from the Hebrew concept, as "Torah" or, "instruction." When hermeneutics are applied consistently, we can see more clearly.
But where does Rabbi Shaul get this expectation, or this doctrine, that this instruction (torah) has as its goal a "good (ie, clean/pure) conscience and a sincere faith?" It is the teaching and testimony of the First Covenant, and Yhwh's redemptive promises to Israel, the sons of Jacob.
One place we see this clearly is by the prophet Zechariah. Yeshua taught, "I did not come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets...." In chapters 12-14, Zechariah prophesied on the coming battle of Armageddon, and the salvation of all (yes, twelve tribes) of Israel. In chapter 14, we see Yeshua Messiah's victory:
In this first part, we see that Rabbi Shaul tells Timothy: "1 Timothy 1:5 the goal of our torah is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." Some of you who read this may think we are heading in a direction of legalism, or something akin to that of the Judaizers. On the contrary, the Rabbi precedes this verse in the letter to Timothy with the aspiration:
1 Timothy 1:4 4" nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith" Note, the Apostle puts torah, and faith together in the same sentence, whereas modern churches teach they are opposite and antithetical!
But where does Rabbi Shaul get this expectation, or this doctrine, that this instruction (torah) has as its goal a "good (ie, clean/pure) conscience and a sincere faith?" It is the teaching and testimony of the First Covenant, and Yhwh's redemptive promises to Israel, the sons of Jacob.
One place we see this clearly is by the prophet Zechariah. Yeshua taught, "I did not come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets...." In chapters 12-14, Zechariah prophesied on the coming battle of Armageddon, and the salvation of all (yes, twelve tribes) of Israel. In chapter 14, we see Yeshua Messiah's victory:
Zechariah 14:9 9 And the LORD (Yahweh) will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD (Yahweh) will be the only one, and His name the only one.
And then a few verses down, we see the state of affairs in the Messianic kingdom, also know as the kingdom of God.
And then a few verses down, we see the state of affairs in the Messianic kingdom, also know as the kingdom of God.
Zechariah 14:16 16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD (Yahweh) of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths (Sukkot).
Most churches teach in their theology that Yeshua, or Jesus came to set us free from the Law. Never mind that John tells us that "everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness. Sin is law-lessness (1 Jn. 3:4)." Protestant believers have been separated from the worldview of the Hebrew authors of the Bible, almost from the second century.
The fact is, the Bible clearly defines the righteousness of Yahweh with his commands (Ps. 119:150), His Torah (instruction - Ps. 119:142). During His life Yeshua lived a life of perfect righteousness, keeping Yahweh's Torah perfectly.
Does it then make sense that once Yahweh delivers sinners from the punishment and verdict of their sin, that he will allow and encourage them to live in law-lessness (unrighteousness)? Yet this is the approach that many who claim to follow Messiah take. But scripture tells us that "he who claims to live in him (Messiah Yeshua) must walk as he walked" (1 Jn. 2:6). The apostle Paul asks, " What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?" (Rom. 6:1,2).
Clearly, we see that the Messiah Yeshua reigns from His temple in the Millenial Kingdom, over the restored Israel, and the surving remnant of mankind, who will then repopulate the earth during this 1,000 year period. As Yahweh Elohim told us, "He is the same yesterday, today and forever." His standard of righteousness never changed. In fact His Son, Yeshua, His Word/Torah made flesh will reign over His people, till He hands over all things to Yahweh Abba, the Father.
Most churches teach in their theology that Yeshua, or Jesus came to set us free from the Law. Never mind that John tells us that "everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness. Sin is law-lessness (1 Jn. 3:4)." Protestant believers have been separated from the worldview of the Hebrew authors of the Bible, almost from the second century.
The fact is, the Bible clearly defines the righteousness of Yahweh with his commands (Ps. 119:150), His Torah (instruction - Ps. 119:142). During His life Yeshua lived a life of perfect righteousness, keeping Yahweh's Torah perfectly.
Does it then make sense that once Yahweh delivers sinners from the punishment and verdict of their sin, that he will allow and encourage them to live in law-lessness (unrighteousness)? Yet this is the approach that many who claim to follow Messiah take. But scripture tells us that "he who claims to live in him (Messiah Yeshua) must walk as he walked" (1 Jn. 2:6). The apostle Paul asks, " What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?" (Rom. 6:1,2).
Clearly, we see that the Messiah Yeshua reigns from His temple in the Millenial Kingdom, over the restored Israel, and the surving remnant of mankind, who will then repopulate the earth during this 1,000 year period. As Yahweh Elohim told us, "He is the same yesterday, today and forever." His standard of righteousness never changed. In fact His Son, Yeshua, His Word/Torah made flesh will reign over His people, till He hands over all things to Yahweh Abba, the Father.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Copper Scroll Project
I came across this project tonight while watching 119ministries. I have never heard of it, though it is exciting and could uncover one of (if not the) most significant, invaluable finds in all of human history!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Genesis 6:1-4 About the Nephilim Detailed in Enoch
In Genesis chapter 6 we have somewhat of an enigma, denied or explained away by much of the church in these last days. But the book of Enoch, known and read by Y'shua and his disciples, quoted and referred to (according to J. Lumpkin, hundreds of times) in the pages of scripture, details the actions of the fallen watchers to do this deed. In Gen. 6 we read:
Then the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they were beautiful. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose. And Yahweh said, “My Spirit shall not abide with humankind forever in that he is also flesh. And his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were upon the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God went into the daughters of humankind, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty warriors that were from ancient times, men of renown.
In the book of Enoch we read more detail as to what really happened:
Chapter 6
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn
7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal,8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn
7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal,8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
(http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/ethiopian/enoch/1watchers/watchers.htm)
And so we see the 200 watchers descended on Mt. Sermon. At the base of this mountain is where Yeshua asked his disciples (talmidim) "Who do men say that I am?" against a backdrop of pagan temples. Today Mt. Hermon has a U.N. building sitting atop it! http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/ethiopian/enoch/1watchers/watchers.htm
"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
Friday, December 18, 2015
He's Coming Again - by Joshua Arron
Sometimes in th he world of gloom and doom prophecy (though the endview is eternal light and Shalom) you need a bright spot. Recently I came across Messianic worship leader Joshua Arron, and have been truly blessed by His music. I want to feature one of his songs, for which reason this blog exists... He's Coming Again! Shalom! 😇
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The Pope Issues Statements Against the Teachings of Yeshua
This has been happening for a while, but now the Pope has said that fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions." Fundamentally speaking, just what is the Pope saying? The fundamentals are the basic building blocks, the basic instructions or directions of a faith.
So it seems the very words of the "Vicar of Christ," are against the Messiah Himself. The Messiah, who taught that "vengeance belongs to Go, and "to love our neighbours as ourselves" also taught that "I am the way, the truth and the life." (Jn. 14:6). But now, if we believe that and hold our lives to that, believing Yeshua when He said "Your word, O God, is truth," (Jn. 17:17), that somehow makes us a disease on society?
Yeshua taught in John 14:21
He who has My commandments [the fundamentals] and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”So it seems the very words of the "Vicar of Christ," are against the Messiah Himself. The Messiah, who taught that "vengeance belongs to Go, and "to love our neighbours as ourselves" also taught that "I am the way, the truth and the life." (Jn. 14:6). But now, if we believe that and hold our lives to that, believing Yeshua when He said "Your word, O God, is truth," (Jn. 17:17), that somehow makes us a disease on society?
Something's up. The Pope is us in ::) a linguistic sleight-of-hand equating the violence sanctioned in Islam with Christianity, which teaches the above platitudes, along with respect for human life, authorities, and government. He then calls it (with the MSM) "fundamentalism" and applies it to all the faithful across the board!
By his own words, this Pope is anti-Messiah.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Hanukkah, it's Significance for Believers Today
The next holiday coming up on the Hebrew calendar, celebrating Yah's prophetic events, is Hanukkah. This feast is not commanded in scripture, yet it is important in the life of those who love the Saviour. Also know as the feast of Dedication, it was celebrated yearly by Yeshua (Jn. 10:22-23).
In this short video. Pastor Deyoung gives us a brief insight inn the prophetic significance of this feast for believers today.
"Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked." 1 Jn. 2:6
Thursday, November 19, 2015
ISIS, Yhwh's Tool for Judgement on The Israelites
About a year or so ago, Yhwh spoke to me as I was studying my Bible. The previous night on the news, there was much celebration of law-lessness. And Abba said to me, "Look, the eyes of my Lord Yahweh are on the kingdom of sin, and I will destroy it from the surface of the earth. However, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares Yahweh." Amos 9:8
As we reject the ways of Yhwh on earth in our respective countries, we think Elohim doesn't see. Or we think He is like us, and that's part of the problem, we worship a God made in our image. We reject the holy, set-apart God who has revealed Himself to us in the Bible.
As a consequence of disobedience to the Torah, the ten northern tribes were scattered. Dispersed to the ends of the earth (Hos. 7:8), 9:17). Later, around 135 C.E., the house of Judah also was exiled into the nations. The tribes have migrated, and in fulfillment of prophecy, gone to the ends of the world. And so Yhwh has graciously extended the Covenant to all peoples.
And we are there descendants. If we reject Father's instructions, do we think we shall escape judgment? Abba Yhwh knows all things. He has prophesied a coming shaking.
“Yes, look, I am going to command and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations like one who shakes with a sieve, but not a pebble will fall to the ground. All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil will not overtake or confront us.’" (Amos 9:9-10).
Repent and follow Yhwh's instruction, the Torah. The Torah-less one is coming, and he is here!
Monday, November 9, 2015
The Prophecy of Avram's Birth
Many of us know of Father Abraham, from whom is descended Ishmael and Isaac, and the line that comes from him, known as the Biblical patriarchs. But most of us don't know of the early life of Abram, other than his lineage described in Genesis, because Gentile believers were separated from the Hebraic roots of their faith by an baptized pagan emperor, who syncritized the faith with pagan worship, that has entrenched the faithful. But knowing this prophecy of Abram's Birth puts the modern prophetic circumstances into a greater Biblical context.
And when all the wise men and conjurors went out from the house of Terah, they lifted up their eyes toward heaven that night to look at the stars, and they saw, and behold one very large star came from the east and ran in the heavens, and he swallowed up the four stars from the four sides of the heavens.
3 And all the wise men of the king and his conjurors were astonished at the sight, and the sages understood this matter, land they knew its import.
4 And they said to each other, This only betokens the child that has been born to Terah this night, who will grow up and be fruitful, and multiply, and possess all the earth, he and his children for ever, and he and his seed will slay great kings, and inherit their lands. (http://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/8.htm)
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Friday, September 18, 2015
8.3 EarthQuake/40+ Aftershocks/CERN
BP Earthwatch has an excellent video, that I think shows the causal link to the 8.3 earthquake just felt recently, with all the aftershocks, to CERN. It seems we really are getting close. How much more does the near future hold?
26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. Luke 21:26
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Matt. 24:27
26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. Luke 21:26
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Matt. 24:27
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Sunday, September 13, 2015
Shemitah 2015 - What You Need To Know!
I would be remiss if I didn't include this teaching on the ending of the Shemitah year. In this Sis Roth episode, Cahn also answers viewer audience questions.
The Opening of the Abyss, CERN, the Seal of Yahweh, and the key to Immortality
Many people are rightfully concerned about CERN, thinking that it will open the Abyss, and unleash demonic, monstrous powers upon the earth. But often, CONcern gives way to fear, especially when the teaching of God's word is not understood. The book of Revelation chapter nine speaks to the opening of the Abyss. Let's look at what it says.
In this passage we see that those who have the seal of Yahweh written across their forehead have no need to fear. From the Bible's teaching, we see that all the adversary does is an imitation of Yahweh, since he wants to be like Him, and worshipped as Him (Isaiah 14:13-14).
This is why all who follow the leader of the New World Order, the Maitreya, or Mahdi (the anti-Messiah) will be required to take the mark of his name. We see in this passage also that the people tortured will NOT be able to die, it will flee them. This gives us a hint that this leaders' mark will involve a "genetic mutation."
This seal of Elohim, will it be physical, or visible on people's heads? I'm not sure, but in Rev. 7:3, we're told the 144,000 are sealed on their foreheads. Most likely, I'd venture it is not visible, as so much has to do with the genetic code, and being created in the image of Elohim.
In Genesis 10:8, we're told Nimrod became a mighty one, a 'gibborim,' on the earth. That is, he was transformed genetically into a Nephilim (a gibborim, Gen. 6:4), like those beings who lived on earth during the days of Noah (and afterword, see Dt. 3; 2 Chr. 20). Under the rule of this reborn (or reincarnated) Nimrod, "who was, is not, and is to come," this technology of transforming your genetic code will be forced upon the inhabitants of earth. No doubt it will be presented a the key to immortality, when in fact, it changes people from being made in Elohim's image to being a Nephilim, and in fact ensures their torment while on earth, and for eternity hereafter!
"And another third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself also will drink of the wine of the anger of God that has been mixed full strength in the cup of his wrath, and will be tortured with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torture went up forever and ever, and those who worshiped the beast and his image did not have rest day and night, along with anyone who received the mark of his name." (Revelation 14:9-11)
Monday, August 31, 2015
History Of Unmistakable Divine Wrath Should Serve As Warning Against Obama / Pope Francis Push For Iran-Mageddon Deal
The below article has an excellent outline of the divine retribution that has followed all moves to take the land away from Yhwh's chosen people. And now we can understand clearly that Ps. 2 is clearly speaking of the times in which we live.
History Of Unmistakable Divine Wrath Should Serve As Warning Against Obama / Pope Francis Push For Iran-Mageddon Deal
History Of Unmistakable Divine Wrath Should Serve As Warning Against Obama / Pope Francis Push For Iran-Mageddon Deal
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Brand New Jonathan Cahn! Prophetic Mystery Unlocked! What Will the End o...
On this video posted by Lyn Leahz, Cahn gives a clear picture of the Shemitah, and what we can expect coming up very quickly in September.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Storing Up Wealth For the Last Days?
Ok, here it is. Some of you were probably wondering if I were going to tackle this topic. How should we store up wealth in the end-times? Many bloggers and Christian shows have dealt with the topic, advising people to buy gold and silver to prepare for the coming economic collapse. For most people, gold is out of teh question, as the economic price is just too high, even per ounce! For us, even silver is quite high. Just a little bit is all we could afford.
James seems to think that those who store up wealth for the last day aren't going to receive a whole lot of good from it. In fact, he says it will be a witness AGAINST you and consume your flesh like fire! I thought that is what we were trying to avoid, being consumed by fire! In context, we see from verse four, that James is speaking to those who have people in their employment, who are withholding wages, and living luxuriously on earth, at the expense of those who do their labor.
Verse Six tells us, "You have condemned the righteous person, he does not resist you." Nowhere in holy scripture does it teach taking vengeance on one's enemies, contrary to the belief of Islam. In fact, Yeshua tells us to "love our enemies," and "pray for those who persecute us" (Mt. 5:43).
Now there may be some wisdom in securing your financial assets in precaution to a financial collapse, but I don't know that selling all to buy gold and silver is the answer. The believer's life is one that is marked by faith in Yeshua Messiah. All Yahweh's prophecies concerning the end have been being fulfilled for thousands of years. It's silly to think that they will stop now. We have the full assurance that we are able to walk in the faith and confidence in the YHWH's power, for He is a shield about us (Ps. 3:3), an ever present help in trouble (Ps. 46). YHWH is our Good Shepherd, even in the last days, when the adversaries forces are running about upon the earth, Yhwh still leads us to green pastures, to lie beside still waters, and to restore our soul. He is over all, and He can prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies (Ps. 23).
Hab. 2:4b "but the righteous shall live by his faith."
Hab. 3:
So, when you are part of that 98% of the world's population who makes less then the upper one percent, is that really a wise investment of your resources, to put it all into one little piece of metal?
The other day I was reading in James (or Jacob, really, in the Greek/Hebrew), the half-brother of Yeshua, and came to a section where he speaks about the topic, storing up wealth in the last days:
5 Come now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived self-indulgently on the eartha and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous person; he does not resist you.
(www.biblia.com)
Verse Six tells us, "You have condemned the righteous person, he does not resist you." Nowhere in holy scripture does it teach taking vengeance on one's enemies, contrary to the belief of Islam. In fact, Yeshua tells us to "love our enemies," and "pray for those who persecute us" (Mt. 5:43).
Now there may be some wisdom in securing your financial assets in precaution to a financial collapse, but I don't know that selling all to buy gold and silver is the answer. The believer's life is one that is marked by faith in Yeshua Messiah. All Yahweh's prophecies concerning the end have been being fulfilled for thousands of years. It's silly to think that they will stop now. We have the full assurance that we are able to walk in the faith and confidence in the YHWH's power, for He is a shield about us (Ps. 3:3), an ever present help in trouble (Ps. 46). YHWH is our Good Shepherd, even in the last days, when the adversaries forces are running about upon the earth, Yhwh still leads us to green pastures, to lie beside still waters, and to restore our soul. He is over all, and He can prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies (Ps. 23).
Hab. 2:4b "but the righteous shall live by his faith."
Hab. 3:
16 I hear and my stomach shakes;
my lips quiver at the sound;
infection enters my bones;
that which is beneath me trembles;
I wait quietly for the day of trouble
to come upon the people attacking us.
nor there be fruit on the vines;
the yield of the olive tree fails,
and the cultivated fields do not yield food;
the flock is cut off from the animal pen,
and there is no cattle in the stalls,
I will exult in the God of my salvation.
he makes my feet like the deer;
he causes me to walk on my high places.
To the choirmaster with stringed instruments.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Major Prophetic Announcement! - Holy Altar Constructed For Third Jewish Temple
The following article was posted at Prophecy In The News, written by Leo Holman.
- Major Prophetic Announcement! - Holy Altar Constructed For Third Jewish Temple
End-times prophecy watchers are marveling over a news report out of Jerusalem this week that the Altar of the Lord has been reconstructed by the Temple Institute.
The Institute, based in the Old City of Jerusalem, announced it has finished building an altar that is essentially “ready for use” in sacrificial services.
The altar is the most ambitious project to date toward the goal of rebuilding the Jewish Temple. The massive outdoor altar, which took several years to build, can be operational at little more than a moment’s notice, reported the Israeli magazine Matzav Haruach.
The altar is the last major component needed for the long-obstructed sacrifices to resume in a future Jewish temple.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray daily for its reconstruction atop the holy hill known as Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount.
Bible scholars say the rebuilding of the ancient temple is predicted throughout scripture, starting with Daniel’s vision in Daniel 9:27. Jesus echoed Daniel’s warning about an abomination standing in “the holy place” in the last days in Matthew 24:15, followed by the Apostle John’s vision of the Temple in Revelation 11:1-2. Paul mentioned it in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.
Most people don’t realize the temple had two altars — the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. The largest was the altar of burnt offering, placed in the outer court of the priests. Designing and building it to exact biblical specifications required quite an undertaking.
It was approximately 5 meters (16 feet) tall and 16 meters (52.5 feet) wide, with four “horns” or raised corners, and a ramp.
The altar is the central focus of the sacrificial services that were halted with the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 A.D.
The Temple Institute has prepared all the priestly garments and sacred vessels for the rebuilt temple, which can be viewed on its website. It even trains members of the priestly family to be ready to serve as soon as the Temple is constructed.
Carl Gallups, a Baptist pastor in Florida, Bible prophecy expert and author of “Final Warning: Understanding the Trumpet Days of Revelation,” told WND the announcement about the altar will be seen by many Christians as a huge step toward fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
“This announcement will surely excite prophecy watchers around the world,” he said. “Regardless of one’s eschatological leanings, every sincere student of the Word of God knows there are at least hints, if not clear declarations, of something happening just before the return of the Lord that involves altar sacrifices and the distinct possibility of a rebuilt temple on the Temple Mount.”
Jonathan Cahn, author of “The Harbinger” and “The Mystery of the Shemitah” also sees the announcement as significant.
“We know that end-time prophecy cannot be fulfilled without the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem,” Cahn, a Messianic Jewish rabbi in New Jersey, told WND. “The abomination desolation prophesied in Daniel and in the Gospels, must take place within the Temple precincts. So, too, the apostle Paul speaks of the ‘man of sin,’ or the Antichrist, sitting in the Temple of God. What many people don’t realize is that along with the Holy of Holies, the altar of the Temple is the most central and critical part of the Temple.”
Cahn said it is the altar that is the center of the abomination causing desolation.
“It was specifically the altar of the Temple that was desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes in the days of the Maccabees that comprised the first abomination desolation and the foreshadowing of what will take place in the end-times,” he said. “So any progress made toward the rebuilding of the altar is worthy of our attention.”
Mark Biltz, author of “Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs” and pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, says prophecy watchers should not forget, however, that the Temple Mount is under the control of the Muslims for a reason.
“Religiously, you have the Temple Institute and they are ready to rebuilt it,” he said.
In previous years, there have been attempts to sacrifice a goat on the Temple Mount at Passover, something that enrages Muslims who consider the hilltop the third most sacred spot in Islam.
“They could actually do sacrifices without a temple, some sacrifices. And Passover is one of them. There’s always been a drive to sacrifice a lamb on the Temple Mount,” Biltz said. “They would do it in a heartbeat. But it’s just like here in America where the ACLU wants nothing to do with religion or religious groups. So it’s the same there. The Israeli government doesn’t want to cause any uproar among the various religious factions, especially with elections coming up.”
The Temple Institute represents the views of the Ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up a small percentage of Israel’s population, about 4 percent.
“They would love a temple but the broader population wants to keep church and state separate, and there is a lot of animosity toward the Ultra Orthodox,” Biltz said. “But they don’t need some big elaborate temple, they could start to do the sacrifices with a tent or some sort of makeshift tabernacle. It’s all very interesting and it’s all coming to a head. I believe you’re going to see a major war first, which would redraw alignments and allegiances.”
This explains the reaction of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan as he observed rabbis rushing to pray at the Temple Mount following the Israeli Army’s reclaiming of the landmark in the 1967 Six-Day War.
“What is this?” Dayan, a secular Jew, reportedly mused. “The Vatican?”
“One of the first things he did was give it back to the Muslims,” Biltz said. “They didn’t want the religious right telling the government what to do. They would rather have the Muslims have it. So there is a bigger fight among the Jews, an even bigger fight over whether to build a temple, than the fight with the Muslims. There are two huge fights going on. ”
There is an interesting foreshadowing of this end-time rebuilding event in the book of Ezra, who gave an account of the Jewish exiles returning from captivity in Persia.
“In rebuilding the temple destroyed under the Babylonian occupation, the first act of those returnees was to rebuild an altar and offer sacrifices upon it to the Lord,” Gallups said.
They did this at the site of the ruined temple. The altar was constructed under the leadership of a high priest named, of all things, Yehoshua (Joshua, or Jesus in the New Testament Greek).
The returning Jews, according to Ezra, rebuilt this holy altar despite fears of attack from surrounding enemies. After the altar was rebuilt, and regular sacrifices reinstated, the returnees celebrated their first festival — the Feast of Tabernacles.
That feast occurs in autumn. This year it will occur during the season of the rare tetrad of four blood moons and the seven-year Shemitah cycle described in Cahn’s book.
Ezra, chapter three, says that after the altar was rebuilt and sacrifices resumed, and when the temple had been rebuilt – the people shouted with joy, praised the Lord and wept aloud. “And the sound (of the celebration) was heard far away.”
“Now, in 2015, we have the news that once again the altar of sacrifice has been rebuilt and is ready for use,” Gallups said. “We also know of a very serious plan to rebuild the ancient temple of God upon the Temple Mount. The days of Ezra and Yehoshua appear to be upon us again. In the midst of the celebration of these facts, the sound of that celebration is once again ‘being heard far away.’ And through the modern technology of the Internet the sound is being heard around the world. These are certainly prophetic times in which we are living.”
Biltz sees the timing of the altar announcement as prophetic.
“Tomorrow, (Saturday) every Jew in synagogues around the world is reading the Torah portion from Exodus about the construction of the tabernacle,” he said. “It’s the last chapter of Exodus about the glory falling, Moses coming out and blessing the people and the glory falling on the tabernacle.
“Not only that but this next week, historically, is the very day the dedication of the tabernacle happened, on Nisan 1, that is read in the Torah portion. This year, being Saturday, March 21. It actually begins at sundown on Friday, March 20.”
As an expert in the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith, Biltz is always looking at current events in light of the times and the seasons according to the Hebrew calendar. And there is something else special this year about Nisan 1, which arrives at sundown March 20.
“Amazingly, there is also a total solar eclipse occurring at the beginning of the religious calendar on March 20. A total solar eclipse speaks of judgment coming on the nations. This is followed two weeks later by a total lunar eclipse or blood moon on Passover.”
So the fact that a remnant of Jews has prepared an altar and the sacred vessels for temple services, even if the politics are still such that constructing the temple is currently impossible, is exciting, Biltz said.
Most of the sacred vessels needed for the temple sacrificial system have been recreated by Israeli artisans – the cups, the chalices, the incense altar and incense shovel, the table of showbread, the high-priest’s crown, the golden menorah, the three-pronged fork and so on. All of these items are being planned now by the Temple Institute, even though the political obstacles to rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem remain huge.
“They even have the high priest’s crown. They have everything ready to go,” Biltz said. “They’ve even had the Levites come in and be fitted for the priestly garments, everything is ready.”
The purpose of the Temple was to make atonement for Israel and atonement for the nations of the world before the Creator, whom all mankind should desire to draw near, Biltz said.
“If the nations had only understood this back then, they would have never destroyed the temple but placed their armies around it to protect it,” he said. “If the nations understood that today, they would realize rather than dividing Jerusalem it should be united with a Temple to Hashem bringing His presence back into our world. This is the only true path to world peace.”
The Institute, based in the Old City of Jerusalem, announced it has finished building an altar that is essentially “ready for use” in sacrificial services.
The altar is the most ambitious project to date toward the goal of rebuilding the Jewish Temple. The massive outdoor altar, which took several years to build, can be operational at little more than a moment’s notice, reported the Israeli magazine Matzav Haruach.
The altar is the last major component needed for the long-obstructed sacrifices to resume in a future Jewish temple.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray daily for its reconstruction atop the holy hill known as Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount.
Bible scholars say the rebuilding of the ancient temple is predicted throughout scripture, starting with Daniel’s vision in Daniel 9:27. Jesus echoed Daniel’s warning about an abomination standing in “the holy place” in the last days in Matthew 24:15, followed by the Apostle John’s vision of the Temple in Revelation 11:1-2. Paul mentioned it in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.
Most people don’t realize the temple had two altars — the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. The largest was the altar of burnt offering, placed in the outer court of the priests. Designing and building it to exact biblical specifications required quite an undertaking.
It was approximately 5 meters (16 feet) tall and 16 meters (52.5 feet) wide, with four “horns” or raised corners, and a ramp.
The altar is the central focus of the sacrificial services that were halted with the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 A.D.
The Temple Institute has prepared all the priestly garments and sacred vessels for the rebuilt temple, which can be viewed on its website. It even trains members of the priestly family to be ready to serve as soon as the Temple is constructed.
Carl Gallups, a Baptist pastor in Florida, Bible prophecy expert and author of “Final Warning: Understanding the Trumpet Days of Revelation,” told WND the announcement about the altar will be seen by many Christians as a huge step toward fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
“This announcement will surely excite prophecy watchers around the world,” he said. “Regardless of one’s eschatological leanings, every sincere student of the Word of God knows there are at least hints, if not clear declarations, of something happening just before the return of the Lord that involves altar sacrifices and the distinct possibility of a rebuilt temple on the Temple Mount.”
Jonathan Cahn, author of “The Harbinger” and “The Mystery of the Shemitah” also sees the announcement as significant.
“We know that end-time prophecy cannot be fulfilled without the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem,” Cahn, a Messianic Jewish rabbi in New Jersey, told WND. “The abomination desolation prophesied in Daniel and in the Gospels, must take place within the Temple precincts. So, too, the apostle Paul speaks of the ‘man of sin,’ or the Antichrist, sitting in the Temple of God. What many people don’t realize is that along with the Holy of Holies, the altar of the Temple is the most central and critical part of the Temple.”
Cahn said it is the altar that is the center of the abomination causing desolation.
“It was specifically the altar of the Temple that was desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes in the days of the Maccabees that comprised the first abomination desolation and the foreshadowing of what will take place in the end-times,” he said. “So any progress made toward the rebuilding of the altar is worthy of our attention.”
Mark Biltz, author of “Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs” and pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, says prophecy watchers should not forget, however, that the Temple Mount is under the control of the Muslims for a reason.
“Religiously, you have the Temple Institute and they are ready to rebuilt it,” he said.
In previous years, there have been attempts to sacrifice a goat on the Temple Mount at Passover, something that enrages Muslims who consider the hilltop the third most sacred spot in Islam.
“They could actually do sacrifices without a temple, some sacrifices. And Passover is one of them. There’s always been a drive to sacrifice a lamb on the Temple Mount,” Biltz said. “They would do it in a heartbeat. But it’s just like here in America where the ACLU wants nothing to do with religion or religious groups. So it’s the same there. The Israeli government doesn’t want to cause any uproar among the various religious factions, especially with elections coming up.”
The Temple Institute represents the views of the Ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up a small percentage of Israel’s population, about 4 percent.
“They would love a temple but the broader population wants to keep church and state separate, and there is a lot of animosity toward the Ultra Orthodox,” Biltz said. “But they don’t need some big elaborate temple, they could start to do the sacrifices with a tent or some sort of makeshift tabernacle. It’s all very interesting and it’s all coming to a head. I believe you’re going to see a major war first, which would redraw alignments and allegiances.”
This explains the reaction of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan as he observed rabbis rushing to pray at the Temple Mount following the Israeli Army’s reclaiming of the landmark in the 1967 Six-Day War.
“What is this?” Dayan, a secular Jew, reportedly mused. “The Vatican?”
“One of the first things he did was give it back to the Muslims,” Biltz said. “They didn’t want the religious right telling the government what to do. They would rather have the Muslims have it. So there is a bigger fight among the Jews, an even bigger fight over whether to build a temple, than the fight with the Muslims. There are two huge fights going on. ”
There is an interesting foreshadowing of this end-time rebuilding event in the book of Ezra, who gave an account of the Jewish exiles returning from captivity in Persia.
“In rebuilding the temple destroyed under the Babylonian occupation, the first act of those returnees was to rebuild an altar and offer sacrifices upon it to the Lord,” Gallups said.
They did this at the site of the ruined temple. The altar was constructed under the leadership of a high priest named, of all things, Yehoshua (Joshua, or Jesus in the New Testament Greek).
The returning Jews, according to Ezra, rebuilt this holy altar despite fears of attack from surrounding enemies. After the altar was rebuilt, and regular sacrifices reinstated, the returnees celebrated their first festival — the Feast of Tabernacles.
That feast occurs in autumn. This year it will occur during the season of the rare tetrad of four blood moons and the seven-year Shemitah cycle described in Cahn’s book.
Ezra, chapter three, says that after the altar was rebuilt and sacrifices resumed, and when the temple had been rebuilt – the people shouted with joy, praised the Lord and wept aloud. “And the sound (of the celebration) was heard far away.”
“Now, in 2015, we have the news that once again the altar of sacrifice has been rebuilt and is ready for use,” Gallups said. “We also know of a very serious plan to rebuild the ancient temple of God upon the Temple Mount. The days of Ezra and Yehoshua appear to be upon us again. In the midst of the celebration of these facts, the sound of that celebration is once again ‘being heard far away.’ And through the modern technology of the Internet the sound is being heard around the world. These are certainly prophetic times in which we are living.”
Biltz sees the timing of the altar announcement as prophetic.
“Tomorrow, (Saturday) every Jew in synagogues around the world is reading the Torah portion from Exodus about the construction of the tabernacle,” he said. “It’s the last chapter of Exodus about the glory falling, Moses coming out and blessing the people and the glory falling on the tabernacle.
“Not only that but this next week, historically, is the very day the dedication of the tabernacle happened, on Nisan 1, that is read in the Torah portion. This year, being Saturday, March 21. It actually begins at sundown on Friday, March 20.”
As an expert in the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith, Biltz is always looking at current events in light of the times and the seasons according to the Hebrew calendar. And there is something else special this year about Nisan 1, which arrives at sundown March 20.
“Amazingly, there is also a total solar eclipse occurring at the beginning of the religious calendar on March 20. A total solar eclipse speaks of judgment coming on the nations. This is followed two weeks later by a total lunar eclipse or blood moon on Passover.”
So the fact that a remnant of Jews has prepared an altar and the sacred vessels for temple services, even if the politics are still such that constructing the temple is currently impossible, is exciting, Biltz said.
Most of the sacred vessels needed for the temple sacrificial system have been recreated by Israeli artisans – the cups, the chalices, the incense altar and incense shovel, the table of showbread, the high-priest’s crown, the golden menorah, the three-pronged fork and so on. All of these items are being planned now by the Temple Institute, even though the political obstacles to rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem remain huge.
“They even have the high priest’s crown. They have everything ready to go,” Biltz said. “They’ve even had the Levites come in and be fitted for the priestly garments, everything is ready.”
The purpose of the Temple was to make atonement for Israel and atonement for the nations of the world before the Creator, whom all mankind should desire to draw near, Biltz said.
“If the nations had only understood this back then, they would have never destroyed the temple but placed their armies around it to protect it,” he said. “If the nations understood that today, they would realize rather than dividing Jerusalem it should be united with a Temple to Hashem bringing His presence back into our world. This is the only true path to world peace.”
Read more at http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2015/March16/161.html#LgKBQR2VSsMtc1JZ.99
Monday, March 2, 2015
The King of Israel Goes to Washington on Purim - Israel Today | Israel News
Beautiful allegory to the Biblical tale of Queen Esther coming before the king to save the Jews, which resulted in the Biblical feast of Purim (Esther 9:26-27). Is it coincidental Netanyahu is addressing Congress on Purim?
The King of Israel Goes to Washington on Purim - Israel Today | Israel News
The King of Israel Goes to Washington on Purim - Israel Today | Israel News
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Monte Judah: Gathering the Exiles of Israel (Deut 29/30)
This is an excellent teaching I just came across by Monte Judah! Confirmation is SWEET! This is what the Father has been showing me, and what I am seeing now as one of if not THE BIGGEST Endtime Prophetic Events, the regathering of the 10 Northern Tribes (Ephraim) to Israel.
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