Nazarene Israelite Two House Congregation of Port Elizabeth

Hear, O Israel! The Trumpet for the King.

The coming great tribulation spoken about in Matthew 24: 21 and Revelation 6: 7 & 8, will according to verses 22 of Matthew 24 be cut short and will last for two and a half years, after which will follow the Day of YHVH, a year long period of Elohim’s wrath upon the inhabitants of the earth. The Day of YHVH is made up of seven trumpet plagues[1] as described in Revelation 8: 6, in this way: ‘And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.’  At the sound of the seventh and last trumpet the dead in Messiah will be resurrected as immortal spirit beings and those believers still alive will be  changed from flesh and blood to also become immortal spirit beings (as per 1 Corinthians 50 – 53 quoted later), composed of body, soul and spirit once again as we are assured in 1 Thessalonians 5: 23, as follows: ‘Now may the Elohim of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Master Yahshua Messiah.’

All these events are pictured by Elohim’s annual Set-apart Days, which we are commanded to keep in Leviticus 23, giving those who obey and keep them the understanding of Elohim’s plan of salvation for all mankind. Since we are only discussing the Feast of Trumpets (or Yom Teruah) here we read from Leviticus 23: 23 – 25, in this way: ‘Again YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, (24) “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month on the first of the month, you shall have a (a Sabbath) rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. (25) You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to YHVH.’” The normal blessing to be said before blowing the trumpet or shofar is: “Blessed are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe Who has sanctified us with the commandments, and has commanded us to hear the voice of the shofar.”  In the traditional Jewish teaching Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah is the remembrance of the creation of mankind on the sixth day of creation, before the very first Sabbath (created specifically for mankind to rest), which pictures a type of the Messianic Kingdom of peace (shalom) which will start on Yom Teruah in the near future. The Feast of Trumpets displays a conception of time in the Hebraic meaning, in that it is not only an occurrence, or ceremony, nor only a period in the Feast Cycle of Elohim, but on Yom Teruah we as Israel together with our Jewish Brothers experience a new beginning of time or back to the future-eternity.  It is a moment of origin where time needs to be reset in the spiritual world of heaven for the next year. Even though time and space does not exist in heaven because it is like Elohim eternal, transliterated in Hebrew as ‘Ein Sof’.

In Hebraic though time like a heart beats once and then again – a constant cycle of dying and rebirth, since we are constantly between two beats of time until time dies in eternity and ceases to exist in the physical world. A good example of this is given in Isaiah 60: 19 & 20, as follows: “No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; but you will have YHVH for an everlasting light, and your Elohim for your glory.  (20) Your sun will set no more, neither will your moon wane; for you will have YHVH for an everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be finished.” The coming spiritual year brings about the harvest of seed that is sown on Yom Teruah and will give fruit in your life over the next year. Each one of us are accountable for the fruit that comes from us as a branch of  Yahshua and it was for this reason that Rav Shaul wrote in Galatians 6: 7 & 8, saying: ‘Do not be deceived, Elohim is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. (8) For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life.’ Yahshua our Messiah explained this in Luke 6: 43 & 44, saying: “For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit; nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. (44) For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar (bramble) bush.” Yahshua also told His disciples (and by implication also us His modern day disciples) in John 15: 1 & 2, the only way in which we from the lost ten tribes of the house of Israel are able to bear fruit, saying: “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (2) Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may bear more fruit.”

Some often wonder how the month of Abib or Nissan is called the beginning of Months and Yom Teruah on the 1st day of the seventh month is called Rosh Hashanah or the Head of the year. We read from Exodus 12: 2, YHVH saying to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: “This month shall be the beginning (or Head) of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.” Therefore Abib or Nissan is the beginning of the 12 Hebrew months, but it is not the head of the spiritual year! It is the first in a succession of 12 months and each new month (transliterated as ‘Rosh chodesh’) is a spiritual renewal in itself. The word head means a place of honor, as much as Yahshua is the head of the body – the first ‘Human Being’ to be born again from the dead as a Spiritual Son of Elohim (as per Romans 1: 1 – 4[2] and Colossians 1: 18[3]) of many brethren - the body of Messiah which will be born-again later when Messiah returns as Rav Shaul wrote in Romans 8: 29, saying: ‘For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren.’  That is what the month of Abib or Nissan means; it is the Head of the months that starts the yearly cycle of 12 months for the commonwealth of Israel with the purpose of becoming a set-apart people to Elohim as the Israel of Elohim.  The month (‘chodesh’ –meaning renewal) is connected to the ‘rebirth’ of the moon celebrated as Rosh Chodesh. Each of the months in the Hebrew calendar represents one of the 12 tribes of Israel and on each Rosh Chodesh we say: ‘King David is alive and enduring” three times as a reminder to the promise YHVH made to David as witnessed in Psalm 89: 34 – 37, as follows: “My covenant I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterances of My lips. (35) Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. (36) His descendants shall endure forever, and the throne as the sun before Me. (37) It shall be established forever like the moon, and the witness in the sky is faithful.”

We strive to connect with the righteous man (transliterated as the ‘tsaddik’ in Hebrew) on Yom Teruah, since Yom Teruah is the day of the Tsaddik, who is sinless (or flawless) as in the day he was created or the Day of Messiah, as Rav Yochanan wrote in 1 John 3: 2, saying: ‘Beloved, now we are children of Elohim, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is.” This is also what King David wrote in Psalm 17: 15, saying: ‘As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Thy likeness when I awake.’  Yom Teruah is the utmost beginning and is therefore in concealment; whereas all other Feast Days of Elohim occur when the moon is full or visible. On Yom Teruah the good light is concealed as in the Day of Judgment – it is a representation of the hidden light within each true Israelite believer that has a portion of the Divine Nature indwelling him/her through the Set-apart Spirit.  A direct translation of the Hebrew of Psalm 81: 4 & 5 reads: “Blow the shofar on the New Moon, concealed (transliterated as ‘ba’keseh’ in Hebrew) to the day of our festival.” The question is how is Yom Teruah actually a spiritual Rosh Hashanah? Yom Teruah is called the head of the year because in the birthing process, mankind is designed by YHVH to be born, head first. Yom Teruah is the head of the year, not the head of months as Abib or Nissan is called. Abib is the first among the monthly cycles that begin the year scripturally in the physical world. But Yom Teruah is the Head of the yearly cycle in the world to come, when we can choose to make YHVH King in our lives for the next year. It is therefore also a shadow of what will happen when Messiah comes to rule the world from Jerusalem as King of kings and Maser of Masters during His millennial rule. The seventh month or Tishrei is also the time of the year according to Torah that the Sabbatical Year (or ‘Shmetah’)’ of rest and the Jubilee (or ‘Yovel’) was announced with the blast of the shofar on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), as witnessed in Leviticus 25: 9 & 10, in this way: “You shall then sound a ram’s horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land. (10) You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.”

Yom Teruah is like when you take a video or movie, by recording your life on film for the heavenly courts to review and judge. It is recorded over the two days of Yom Teruah, after which you have ten days of teshuvah to edit the film before the Day of Atonement. On these ten days you display the connection you made on Yom Teruah with the shofar and prayers. We need to understand that the concept of ‘time’ did not exist until creation of the physical world. Whereas Abib or Nissan is only for the commonwealth of Israel, Yom Teruah is for all mankind, since it marks the time of creation of Adam or mankind. Creation began by the will (‘Keter’ or crown) of Elohim. Yom Teruah is the time we take on the yoke of Elohim’s kingship and we elicit His will to reign in our lives, which is known as ‘Keter Malchut”. We choose to begin again through repentance and return (Teshuvah) when we hear the voice of the shofar (a type of Messiah). The end in the Kingdom (‘Malchut’) begins through thought or will (‘Keter’) in the mind. Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashanah is also the time when Yahshua will return one day soon to rule the world from Jerusalem as is confirmed in Revelation 19: 11 – 16, as follows:  “And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness He judges and wages war. (12) And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems; and He has a name written upon Him which no one knows except Himself. (13) And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of Elohim. (14) And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. (15) And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of Elohim, the Almighty. (16) And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written “KING OF KINGS, AND MASTER OF MASTERS.”’

The Torah calls the Feast of Trumpets a remembrance of the shofar blasts in Numbers 29: 1. What shofar blasts is spoken about in the Torah concerning Yom Teruah? Yes, it is speaking of the shofar blasts on the day the commonwealth of Israel received the Torah by the hand of Moses from YHVH as witnessed in Exodus 19: 16, in this way: ‘So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.’ This was the day the whole nation of Israel took on the yoke of Torah and the yoke of the Kingship of YHVH. When we therefore hear the blast of the shofar, we are reminded or call to memory when our ancestors stood at the bottom of Mount Sinai and declared YHVH as King over them.  We read from Deuteronomy 29: 14 & 15 about the covenant that Elohim made with our forefathers, but also with us, as follows: “Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath, (15) but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of YHVH our Elohim and with those who are not with us here today.” The shofar therefore reveals Elohim’s Divine Will to us, as King David declared in Psalm 18: 2, saying: “YHVH is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my Elohim, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”              A direct translation of the Hebrew of the first part of Psalm 89: 15, reads: “Blessed are the people who know the shofar call.” The shofar is sounded to announce military victories, to signal the time to stop working and light the candles to usher in the Sabbath, to call a fast day, to inaugurate a King, and to call the dead in the first resurrection, as witnessed in 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 & 17, in this way: ‘For the Master Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim; and the dead in Messiah will rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Master in the air (on the Mount of Olives from which He ascended and upon which the angels told His disciples in Acts 1: 11[4] He would return one day), and thus we shall always be with the Master.’ We are given additional details regarding the first resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15: 50 – 52, as follows: ‘Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of Elohim; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. (51) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.’

The long blast of the shofar (transliterated as ‘tekiah’ in Hebrew) is a voice that reveals the inner heart of man. It is followed by three shorter blasts (transliterated as ‘shevarim’), which is a moan from the depths of man’s soul that expresses heartbreak and finally the nine staccato blasts (transliterated as ‘teru’ah’ in Hebrew) is a wailing with tears that awaken (YHVH)’s mercy. The ‘teru’ah’ is called an awakening blast. Those who are dead spiritually are awakened. There are a total of 100 shofar blasts. The first 30 cleanse us from idolatry in our lives; the second 30 cleanse us from bloodshed; the third 30 cleanse us from any negativity in our relationship with people; and the last 10 cleanse us from evil speech or slander (transliterated as ‘lashon hara’ in Hebrew). These are the different wake-up calls to our being on the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah). Rav Yochanan recorded Yahshua’s words regarding those who will receive eternal life at His return on the Feast of Trumpets in John 5: 24 & 25, saying: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. (25) Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Elohim; and those who hear shall live.” The Prophet Daniel wrote about those in the two resurrections in Daniel 12: 2, saying: “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contemp.” RAMBAM also wrote in ‘Hilchot teshuvah’, Chapter 3, saying: ‘Awake you sleepers from your sleep, and you slumberers, arise from your slumber – examine your deeds, repent and remember your Creator. Those of you who forget the truth in all the vanities of the times and dwell all year in vanity and emptiness, look into your souls, improve your ways and actions, let each of you forsake his evil path and his thoughts which are not good.” We read a very similar statement from Ephesians 5: 11 – 14, as follows: ‘And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; (12) for  it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. (13) But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. (14) For this reason it says, “Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.” We see that even Isaiah also prophesied about that glorious day when the dead in Messiah will be resurrected in Isaiah 60: 1, saying: “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of YHVH has risen upon you.”

King David wrote in Psalm 130: 1, saying: ‘Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O YHVH.’ Why did David write depths in the plural? It is because we need to reach a higher depth; a depth within the depth of our heart. At Yom Teruah we need to reach down into the lowest depths of our soul until we find the very root of our being. Then we need to call on YHVH by searching for Him from the depths of our being. On Yom Teruah we try to reach the zero point in creation and the zero point of our souls (or lives). We are not seeking the source, but where the source originates from, namely the fountain of life, as King David also wrote in Psalm 36: 9, saying: “For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light we see light.” The fountain of life is the Pure Will that is found only in YHVH, and that is what we are seeking on Yom Teruah. A new beginning is a renovation; the abolition of the penalty for the past. We put on the renewed man who is made in the image of Elohim. But how can we cause something that existed not to exist any longer? That is exactly what we ask for in the Yom Teruah prayers. It can only be done in a place that is outside of time, where past, present and future do not exist. Only then can we experience a reawakening. That is the purpose of the sounding of the shofar. It is almost like an anti-virus program that scans your files and they are cleaned or renewed. The seventh or last trumpet also known as the Great Shofar (transliterated as ‘Hashofar HaGadol’ in Hebrew) will announce the rebirth of the commonwealth of Israel to our home in the Promised Land. The Prophet Isaiah wrote about it in Isaiah 27:  12 & 13, saying: ‘And it will come about in that day, that YHVH will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. (13) It will come about also in that last day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship YHVH in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.’

We need to understand that YHVH does not punish us; rather the act of sin itself has consequences, and death is the natural consequence of sin. Every time we partake of the ‘Tree of knowledge of good and evil’ we die a little more inside -  because of the laws of cause and effect that YHVH has put in place right at the beginning, as He told us in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. We can only continue to live because we go beyond cause and effect and enter into a realm that is above or beyond casualty. It is a place that cause and effect no longer hold, and sin does not result in death. Time the dimension that creates cause and effect, contrasts the dimension beyond time, which is the love of Elohim – or pure love, as we read from 1 John 4: 9 & 10, in this way: “By this the love of Elohim was manifested in us, that Elohim has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. (10) In this is love, not that we loved Elohim, but that He loved us and sent His son to be the propitiation for our sins.” This is talking about those of us from the lost ten tribes who have returned to the covenant relationship with YHVH, through Yahshua our Messiah and Savior. We read about Judah in Zechariah 13: 1 (after they have accepted Messiah in Ezekiel 12: 10[5] and He poured on them a spirit of grace and supplication, and as a result of their acceptance of Him as their Messiah and King those of us who died in Messiah will be resurrected from the dead as per Romans 11: 15[6]), as follows: “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.”

When we receive Elohim’s grace the past is not eliminated, but the guilt and penalty are destroyed which is the beginning of our change. We have an opportunity to do things correctly the next time. The shofar blasts prompt us to convert or return to YHVH and His Torah, not to join another worldly religion like Christianity. The shofar blast should help us remember the original covenant we entered into with YHVH, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai. The transliterated Hebrew word ‘Shanah’ means year but is very close to the He brew verb (hn`) Shana meaning to change or return. We read part of King David’s prayer from Psalm 51: 13, as follows: ‘Then I will teach transgressors Thy ways, and sinners will be converted (or return) to Thee.’ Rav Kepha also admonish us to return in Acts 3: 19 - 21, saying: “Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of YHVH; (20) and that He may send Yahshua, the Messiah appointed for you (meaning us from the lost ten tribes), (21) whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which Elohim spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.” In Hebrew thought time is repetitive and cyclical, and therefore implies change and improvement. If repetition does not imply change, we are wasting our time every cycle. The shofar is a sign of a new beginning or renewal. It is for that reason that we are required to blow the Shofar on every Sabbath and New Moon. The sound of the shofar is called ‘Kol Pashut’; meaning a pure sound.

The shofar expresses two types of purity to the Israelite; the pure heart and the pure Will of the Creator. The shofar is an emotional yet musical form of teshuvah or returning to YHVH and His Torah. Its sound is expressing  the restoration to our primordial (ancient) past, but also helps us prepare for the future, in that it heralds the arrival of the Kingdom of heaven on the earth, by declaring the Kingship of YHVH over all His creation. The voice of the shofar reminds us of a woman in travail , because this is the time of the year when we need to be expelled from this world and birthed into a new world where we become one with Elohim’s Supreme will. It is the day on which we relinquish our own and will  choose the will of YHVH Elohim in our lives. There cannot be conflict between our will and (YHVH)’s will – that is the true meaning of the shofar blasts. In fact the shofar blasts on Yom Teruah reminds us of the binding of Isaac and his submission to the will of our father Abraham, but ultimately to Elohim’s will. We need to realize that Isaac was over the age of 30 when Abraham was told to sacrifice him to YHVH. Abraham was well over a hundred years of age and Isaac could easily resist and overcome his father if he so wished. Yet, he obeyed his father and allowed himself to be bound on the altar willingly, just as Yahshua our Messiah did on the stake and annulled His will for His Father’s will. This is why some of the Rabbi’s hold that Isaac actually ‘died’. Because, when  a man renounces his will, he is as good as dead. Isaac actually lost his life, but found it as Elohim’s will and his will merged together as one. This is what our Father in heaven requires of each one of us, and this is what Yahshua said to His disciples after He told them how He was going to be killed and after three days rise again, when Kepha rebuked Him for saying that. He then summoned the multitude with His disciples and said to them in Mark 8: 34 – 37: “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (35) For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s shall save it. (36) For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul (or life)? (37) For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

The shofar blasts on Yom Teruah are a call to return to the primordial past when YHVH was the undisputed King over the undivided universe. It calls to mind when our Master will return to the Mount of Olives one day in the near future as recorded in Zechariah 14: 4 – 11, as follows: ‘And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. (5) And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then YHVH, my Elohim, will come, and all the holy ones with Him! (6) And it will come about in that day that there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. (7) For it will be a unique day which is known to YHVH, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light. (8) And it will come about in that day that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. (9) And YHVH will be king over all the earth; in that day YHVH will be the only one, and His name the only one. (10) All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. (11) And people will live in it, and there will be no more curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security.” Let’s therefore blow the shofar with confidence, knowing that our King Yahshua the Messiah is coming soon. Halleluyah!

 

[1] We read about the 6 trumpet plagues before Yahshua Messiah’s return at the seventh and last trumpet in Revelation 8: 6 – 9: 21: During the 1st trumpet plague the first angel causes hail, fire and blood; and one third of the trees and grass of the world is burnt as per verses 6 & 7 of Revelation 8; during the 2nd trumpet plague the second angel causes a third of the sea to become blood as per verses 8 & 9 of Revelation 8; during the 3rd trumpet plague the third angel causes one third of the fresh water of the earth to become bitter as per verses 10 & 11 of Revelation 8; during the 4th trumpet plague the fourth angel causes one third of the world’s light to be obscured as per verse 12 of  Revelation 8; during the 5th trumpet plague the fifth angel unleashes Satan’s inspired war on the earth as per Revelation 8: 13 and 9: 1 – 12 (this trumpet plague is also known as the 1st woe); during the 6th trumpet plague a two hundred million strong army will be gathered from the east and they will kill a third of the inhabitants of the earth as per Revelation 9: 13 – 21 (this plague is also known as the second woe); then when the seventh angel sound the seventh and last trumpet, Yahshua the Messiah will return as per Revelation 11: 15 – 19, 19: 1 – 21, Matthew 24: 30 & 31, 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53, 1 Thessalonians 4: 16, and Zechariah 14: 3 & 4, but then the seven vials or bowls will be poured on the earth. The 1st vial will inflict awful sores on mankind, the 2nd vial will turn the sea to blood, the 3rd vial will turn all fresh water to blood, the 4th vial causes the sun to scorch the people, the 5th vial causes darkness and pain, during the 6th vial the Euphrates river will dry up, and finally the 7th vial causes the greatest earth quake ever, followed by hail as per Revelation 16: 2 – 21 (all of this is known as the third woe). 

[2] Romans 1: 1 – 4: ‘Shaul, a bond-servant of Messiah Yahshua, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of Elohim, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of Elohim with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the spirit of holiness, Yahshua Messiah our Master.’

[3] Colossians 1: 18: ‘He is also head of the body, the congregation; and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that He himself might come to have first place in everything.’

[4] Acts 1: 10 & 11: ‘And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them; and they also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Yahshua, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

[5] Zechariah12: 10, “And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him, like the bitter weeping over a first-born.”

[6] Romans 11: 15, ‘For if their rejection be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?’