140 Will Yahshua our Messiah return?

Will Yahshua our Messiah return?

Only a small percentage of the people alive in the world today believe that Yahshua the Messiah will return to earth one day soon. In fact only a relatively few people today and indeed throughout the ages understood Messiah’s gospel message, including His return to establish the Kingdom of Elohim on earth. YHVH has a plan of salvation for all of His creation, but very few believe that He is powerful enough to bring His plan to fruition. Messiah’s first coming was not as a result of a failed plan – Elohim did not send Yahshua to earth to overcome the ‘unforeseen’ sin of Adam and Eve. In fact we see from 1 Peter 1: 20 & 21, that Yahshua’s first advent and death was not as a result of an afterthought, in this way: ‘For He (Yahshua) was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you (21) who through Him are believers in Elohim, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in Elohim.’

Because YHVH knows the end from the beginning, Yahshua the Messiah’s first advent was specifically to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the covenant they made with Him together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, as He also confirmed when He sent out His disciples after instructing them in Matthew 10: 5 – 7, saying: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; (6) but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” Rav Shaul also witnessed to the fact that Yahshua came to earth in accordance with Elohim’s purpose in 2 Timothy 1: 8 – 10, saying: ‘Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Master, or of me His prisoner; but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of Elohim, (9) who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Messiah Yahshua from all eternity, (10) but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Messiah Yahshua, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.’ A short while after Messiah’s resurrection and ascension to heaven, the apostles started preaching about His return to earth one day. The reason for doing so, was twofold: They understood from the prophesies in the Tanach that Yahshua will come to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to Elohim in order to establish His eternal kingdom, during the later days as witnessed in both Isaiah 11: 10 – 12 and Daniel 7: 13 & 14, as follows:

· Isaiah 11: 10 – 12; ‘Then it will come about in that day that the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; and His resting place will be glorious. (11) Then it will happen on that day that YHVH will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands (or coastlands) of the sea. (12) And He will lift up a standard for the nations, and will assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.’ and

· Daniel 7: 13 & 14 in this way: “I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven one like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. (14) And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is and everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.”

The second reason was, that on the day of Yahshua’s ascension to heaven, after He told them that they will be empowered by the Set-apart Spirit and should go forth witnessing about Him throughout the world (as He also told them in Matthew 28: 18 – 20), two angels spoke to them, as is recorded in Acts 1: 9 – 11, as follows: ‘And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. (10) And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was departing, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them; (11) 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.”’

Like many scholars of the Scriptures, the apostles understood from the pattern of the creation week, also preserved in the Ten Commandments, that six days of work is followed by the seventh day rest. It is clear to such scholars that Scriptures speak of a thousand year reign of Messiah, a Sabbath rest for mankind, as explained in Hebrews 4: 1 – 11 and Revelation 20: 4 – 6. Knowing that it is almost six thousand years since creation, such scholars know that the timing of Messiah’s return, to rule the world for a thousand years is very close. In addition to the apostles and those of us called out of the churches of the world at this time, the house of Judah has been keeping the Feast Days of Elohim and is familiar with His plan of salvation for all mankind. Even though most Jews are presently blinded to the identity of Yahshua, they have since their return from Babylon believed in the coming kingdom of Elohim, with Messiah coming to rule them after bringing the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to Elohim and His everlasting covenant, to rule the commonwealth of Israel as the kingdom of Elohim, during the millennium and beyond as we are told in Romans 11. At this time the main function of returnees is to overcome the world, Satan and their own human nature and persevere to the end as mentioned in Revelation 14: 12 as follows: ‘Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of Elohim and their faith in Yahshua.’ The Rabbinical Jews will only be introduced to Yahshua the Messiah, when He returns one day on Yom Teruah, as explained in Zechariah 12: 7 – 10. This will be the day on which they will actually see how we (including them) are inscribed in His hands (as witnessed in Isaiah 49: 16). Even though the Rabbinical Jews believe that the lost ten tribes will rejoin them at Messiah’s coming; they do not at this time accept the likes of us, who used to eat pork and lobsters before; and who used to believe in a Messiah who abolished Torah.

At this point in time, there are Nazarene/Messianic Jews/Israelites and some Christians who remain as offshoots of the World-wide Church of G-d and Assemblies of YHVH and Jews looking forward to the coming (or return) of Messiah to rule the commonwealth of Israel from the throne of David, as they are familiar with the prophesies regarding this event, in both the Tanach and the Renewed Covenant. But why if there are thousands who believe in the coming of Yahshua and the resurrection of the dead in Messiah at His coming, do most Christian groups teach that good people go to heaven and evil people go to an eternal hell fire at death. Why don’t they know Elohim’s plan of salvation for mankind? The reason is two-fold: Firstly; they believe the so-called ‘Old Testament’ and that the Set-apart Days mentioned in Leviticus 23 were abolished after Yahshua’s death. Secondly; even though the reason for Yahshua’s return to come and rule us for a thousand years, is given clearly in the Scriptures, it is not accepted or ‘understood’ at this time by those who do not believe in the resurrection of the dead. In fact, Yahshua explained why people do not understand the good news about the coming kingdom of Elohim in Matthew 13: 11, 12 & 19, saying to His disciples: “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. (12) For whoever has, to him shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. (19) When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.”’ Rav Shaul said virtually the same thing in 2 Corinthians 4: 3 & 4, as follows: ‘And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, (4) in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim.’ Elohim also inspired the prophet Hosea to prophesy in Hosea 4: 6, to say: ‘My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your Elohim, I will also forget your children.’

This is in fact an important Scriptural principle at work: Elohim removes understanding of Scriptural truths when we are unwilling to believe the same, despite the overwhelming evidence given throughout His word. If for example we are shown the truth about the Sabbath, and start keeping it, He will show us more truth, else He will remove any further understanding from us and eventually we will even forget what we once knew. In the verse from Hosea quoted above, Elohim tells us through Hosea, that His people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. But why do they lack knowledge? It is not because the knowledge is not available, but the available knowledge is rejected without further consideration. Messiah’s return is mentioned throughout the Scriptures. In fact Yahshua our Messiah explained in Matthew 24: 29 - 31, saying: “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken, (30) and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. (31) And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.”

Rav Shaul also tells us about Messiah’s return when the elect will be gathered together in 1 Thessalonians 4: 14 - 16, as follows: ‘For if we believe that Yahshua died and rose again, even so Elohim will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Yahshua. (15) For this we say to you by the word of the Master, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Master, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. (16) For the Master Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim; and the dead in Messiah shall 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, and thus we shall always be with the Master.’ This agrees with what he (Rav Shaul) explained in 1 Corinthians 15: 50 – 54, in this way: ‘Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of Elohim (i.e. you cannot become a king and a priest in the Olam Haba if you are flesh and blood); 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. (53) For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. (54) But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.’ Reading from the beginning of 1 Corinthians 15, we see that this is talking about the first resurrection at Messiah’s return.

We are also told by Rav Yochanan in Revelation 20: 6 that those resurrected at Messiah’s return will rule under Him for a thousand years, as follows: ‘Blessed and set-apart is the one who has part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of Elohim, and of Messiah and will reign with Him for a thousand years.’ We see further from Revelation 5: 10 that this reign will not be in heaven, but right here on earth, in this way: “And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our Elohim; and they will reign upon the earth.” An additional witness is found in Daniel 7: 18, where we read: ‘But the saints (true believers) of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.” This is talking about a time when the true gospel about the coming kingdom of Elohim preached by Yahshua in Mark 1: 14 & 15, 38 will truly come to fulfillment. The point is that the return of Messiah has been proclaimed throughout the Scriptures. Why doesn’t Christianity teach these truth’s to their members? Why do they sing about Messiah’s return, but teach that their members go the heaven at death? If, as they teach, we have immortal souls and are judged at the moment of our death and be either sent to heaven, or hell, depending on how we lived, why need we be resurrected? There is absolutely no place for the kingdom of Elohim or Messiah’s return in these teachings of Churchianity.

There are at least 300 prophesies of Messiah’s first coming in the Scriptures. Most teachers in Christianity are aware of most of these prophesies, but missed all the prophecies about His second coming to rule the world for a thousand years. The reason for this is the fact that even though YHVH wants all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (as may be read from first Timothy 2: 4), He is not calling everyone at this time. We read accordingly from Mark 4: 10 - 12, as follows: ‘And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. (11) And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of Elohim; but those who are outside get everything in parables, (12) in order that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE; AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND LEST THEY RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN.”’ Now, this is very difficult for many to understand, especially in the light of what Rav Kepha taught in 2 Peter 3: 9, saying: ‘YHVH is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.’ This immediately raises the question: how could YHVH knowingly blind some, if He is not willing that any should perish? We need to recall Yahshua’s own words in John 6: 44, as follows: “No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” Rav Shaul was inspired to write in 1 Corinthians 1: 26 – 29, ‘For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; (27) but Elohim has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and Elohim has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, (28) and the base things of the world and the despised, Elohim has chosen, the things that are not, that He might nullify the things that are, (29) that no man should boast before Elohim.’ Does this mean that the great and wise men of the world are doomed to hell? Not at all! But what about those who never heard about Yahshua Messiah and His true gospel; are they lost forever?

Yahshua Himself answered these questions in Matthew 11 and 12 where He talks about ‘the day of judgment’ when all those from passed generations will be resurrected at the same time. We read accordingly from Matthew 11: 21 & 22, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Betsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (22) Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.’ As will be shown later, the day of judgment will not simply be a time during which people will be sentenced, but rather a time during which Elohim will resurrect the millions of people who lived during the past six thousand years, and open their minds and hearts to His purpose for them. They will be judged by their response, only after they have had an opportunity to really understand. We continue reading from Matthew 11: 23 & 24, Yahshua saying: ‘And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades (the grave); for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. (24) Nevertheless I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.” This is showing clearly that those sexual perverts of Sodom, who were killed because of their lifestyles in the past, will be resurrected again. It also adds that it will be more tolerable for them during the Day of Judgment than for the people of Capernaum who knew the prophecies in the Tanach about Yahshua and personally saw Him performing these. What is the reason for ‘such discrimination?’ The reason is that the people of Capernaum sinned even knowing the truth. It is like Satan who is already doomed forever. We read from Ezekiel 28: 14 & 15 about Satan, “You were the anointed cherub who covers, and I (YHVH) placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of Elohim (in Elohim’s government); you walked in the midst of the stones of fire. (15) You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.” Satan was perfect in all his ways prior to his rebellion in an attempt to take over Elohim’s throne; He rebelled with full knowledge – most humans do not at this time have all knowledge required for salvation. In addition, they could be deceived and are partly blinded.

As mentioned before according to 2 Corinthians 4: 4; Satan also blinds the minds of those who do not understand or believe the gospel of the kingdom of Elohim, when they hear it. We see further from Revelation 12: 9, ‘And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.’ Those who have been called at this time and who received the knowledge of the truth, will if they continue to sin like Satan, be thrown into the lake of fire (see Revelation 20: 10), as we are assured in Hebrews 10: 26 - 28, in this way: ‘For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, (27) but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. (28) Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ However, those who died blinded, will be resurrected, as Yahshua Himself said in Matthew 12: 41 & 42, as follows: “The men of Nineveh shall stand up with this generation (those who lived during Messiah’s time) at the judgment, and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. (42) The Queen of the South (Queen of Sheba) shall rise up with this generation at the judgment and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here (meaning the Messiah Himself).” We are told here that the Queen of Sheba will be in the second resurrection, she will get to know about Yahshua and learn from Him; will accept Him as her Passover and Savior. She will start keeping what is written in the books (the Scriptures) and her name will be written in the book of life, as we are told in Revelation 20.

YHVH speaks about the veil of spiritual blindness that is presently upon the majority of mankind in His prophesies, but assuring us in Isaiah 25: 7 – 9 about a time when He will remove the blindness from all people, in this way: ‘And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, even the veil which is stretched over all nations. (8) He will swallow up death for all time, and YHVH Elohim will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; for YHVH has spoken. (Do you and I believe Him?) (9) And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our Elohim for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is YHVH for whom we have waited; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation (Yahshua).’ The question is: when will that veil be destroyed? We see the answer given in the quoted section, namely, when ‘He will swallow up death for all time.’ Death will only be swallowed up after the great white throne judgment, as witnessed in Revelation 20: 14, as follows: ‘And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.’ The Day of Judgment comes for these millions of people who lived during the past 6,000 years, who never had a real opportunity to know Elohim and to accept Yahshua as their Savior. The day of judgment will last for 100 years as recorded in Isaiah 65: 17 – 20, in this way: “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. (18) But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing, and her people for gladness. (19) I will also rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in My people; and there will no longer be heard in her the voice of weeping and the sound of crying. (20) No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days; for the youth will die at the age of one hundred and the one who does not reach the age of one hundred shall be thought accursed.”

Yes, according to Elohim’s plan of salvation, depicted by His annual Set-apart Days, there will be two resurrections or harvests of souls into His eternal Kingdom. This is similar to the harvest periods in the Land of Israel. The first harvest in the Land of Israel is a smaller harvest and takes place at the end of Spring close to the Feast of Weeks (or Shavuot), and is also known as the harvest of the first fruits. The second harvest which is much larger takes place during autumn or the fall season, after the Feast of Tabernacles. Accordingly the first resurrection is for those people who are called during this age to be a kind of first fruits. Those who make it into the first resurrection will become first fruits unto YHVH and will be made into the Spiritual sons and daughters of Elohim, as Rav Yaa’cov wrote in James 1: 18, saying: “In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among His creatures.’ The words ‘first fruits’ here should logically tell us, if there are first fruits, there should also be a second harvest of human beings to be saved later. The second harvest of souls will occur after the millennium rule of Yahshua Messiah, as witnessed in the first part of Relation 20: 5, as follows: “The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.” At this time, YHVH is calling out first fruits to assist Yahshua to rule the earth during the Millennium and onto eternity.

The majority of blinded people, who lived and died throughout the ages, will be brought back to life during the Great White Throne Judgment. At that time YHVH will bring them to spiritual understanding and will fill those who are willing with His Set-apart Spirit. He will grant them salvation in His kingdom. Those not willing to serve Him from the heart will be burnt to ashes, together with the wicked ones who sinned willfully after being called, during this age, as recorded in Malachi 4: 1 - 3, in this way: “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says YHVH of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. (2) But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. (3) And you will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says YHVH of hosts. The point is, even if we tell the truth to someone who does not understand it, Satan snatches away what is sown in his heart. There is definitely no such thing as a second chance – but those who never had a real chance will not be destroyed before the Scriptures will be opened to their understanding, similar to what Yahshua did for His disciples after His resurrection, as we read from Luke 24: 44 & 45, as follows: ‘Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (45) Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.’

We are judged for what we do with the truth given to us. Satan introduced the doctrine that man has an immortal soul to Eve, when he spoke to her in Genesis 3: 4 as follows: ‘And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely shall not die!”’ Many believe that since Adam and Eve did not die during the first day after eating of the forbidden fruit that YHVH lied to them. Satan has succeeded in selling his own aspirations as well as his final destination to his deceived audience, as their most important teaching. He wanted to go to heaven to take over Elohim’s throne in rebellion, as we read from Isaiah 14: 12 – 14, in this way: “How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you have weakened the nations! (13) But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars (angels) of Elohim, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north (where the throne of Elohim is). (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ As a result Christianity and other religions believe that ‘good’ people go to heaven, beholding the face of Elohim at the time of their death, whilst the wicked will burn in hell, for eternity.

The point is: If we determine to be priests during Messiah’s millennial rule, it will be beneficial to us, not to reject knowledge given us and without any doubt in our minds believe in the return of Yahshua our Messiah to come and establish the kingdom of Elohim over the commonwealth of Israel as we are assured in Jeremiah 23: 3 – 8, as follows: “Then I myself shall gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and shall bring them back to their pasture; and they will be fruitful and multiply. (4) I shall also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares YHVH. (5) ”Behold, the days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when I shall raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. (6) In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘YHVH our righteousness.’ (7) “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when they will no longer say, ‘As YHVH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ (8) but, ‘As YHVH lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will live on their own soil.” Praise the Name of YHVH!