238 Why is our world descending in chaos

Why is our world descending into chaos and confusion?

Most thinking people of the world have become uneasy with the way in which mankind is running around aimlessly without understanding the reason for being on earth, but also why the world is descending in chaos and confusion at this time. We are almost at the end of 6,000 years of Scriptural history, about to enter the world to come (Olam Haba) and are facing conditions which the world has not ever experienced before. After World War II, the nations of the world started developing weapons of mass destruction which can erase all life from earth. Most nations are in deep financial trouble and their citizens suffer from many incurable diseases. Soon a world-wide famine caused by natural disasters and inclement weather will result in millions starving to death, but very few are aware of it and even fewer cares.

The major powers of the world who are turning to Science and Technology for help, cannot find solutions to their problems any longer and have no-where to turn to. Even those who turn to the Scriptures cannot find the answers, because they believe the Scriptures to be outdated and only offered solutions to the ancient nation of Israel. In fact a large part of the prophecies in the Scriptures were never written for the ancient nation of Israel, but is about the people and nations alive today. We are also able to see from many of the prophecies in the Scriptures where the people of Israel will reside before Messiah’s return and the coming exodus back to the Promised Land, picturing them in captivity and slavery. Speaking first of ancient Israel, YHVH says in Ezekiel 20: 10 – 12, “So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. (11) And I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live. (12) And also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am YHVH who sanctifies them.” Nevertheless we read in verse 21 of Ezekiel 20: “But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.” Therefore, we see according to verse 23 that YHVH scattered ancient Israel in national captivity and slavery. Instead of becoming the model nation that YHVH wanted them to be, ancient Israel became trapped in the worship practices of the pagan nations around them. This was the main reason YHVH made them wander aimlessly in the wilderness for forty years, where most of the older generation died out. When they eventually entered the Promised Land, it was a new generation, but they witnessed the miracle of the manna provided during their years in the wilderness, as well as Elohim’s presence in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. This new generation of Israelites had a priesthood in operation to help them remember the many blessings that YHVH provided for them and should have forgotten the pagan gods of Egypt, but instead of driving out the pagan nations from among them in the Promised Land, they absorbed the heathen worship practices of their neighbors. Even after the nation of Israel split into two separate nations, they did not obey YHVH, as is witnessed in 2 Kings 17: 22 & 23, like this: ‘And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, (23) until YHVH removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.’

By studying the Scriptures we find that Jeroboam, the king who took over rulership of the house of Israel after King Solomon died, erected two golden calves in Israel, one in Dan and one in Bethel and instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth of the month, ‘like the feast (of Tabernacles) which is in Judah’ (see 1 Kings 12: 28 – 33). Their idolatry resulted in the fact that YHVH no longer cared for them as a nation, as we read in Amos 9: 7, in this way: ‘“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?” declares YHVH. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?”’ They became like every other nation in the world to YHVH and lost their status of being His chosen people. Even so, as we continue to read this amazing prophesy we see from Ezekiel 20: 33 & 34 that this is in fact talking about the people of Israel today, as follows: ‘“As I live,” declares YHVH Elohim, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you. (34) “And I shall bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out.”’ A glaring question facing mankind is: Why don’t these extremely learned and talented scientists and teachers of religion understand the real meaning of what is happening in our world today? The reason for this is twofold, namely:

1. They have been deceived by Satan through the false education and religious systems of the world, which appeal to the vanity of their intellect, causing them to reject Scriptural knowledge that can only be understood by those who have the Set-part Spirit indwelling them; and

2. The key to understanding Scriptural prophesies, namely the identity of the lost ten tribes of Israel, and the other nations in the catastrophic events soon to occur, has been lost.

During the early part of the last century there were religious groups, who started identifying some of the lost ten tribes of Israel. As time went on, the identity of the various nations making up the lost ten tribes became clearer. Today since the late 1990’s there are groups and even Jewish Rabbis in Israel who agree with and has in fact provided an even clearer opinion on the identity of the lost ten tribes. One source from Israel tells us that the descendants of the lost ten tribes are to be found throughout the world, but mainly amongst the so-called ‘Gentile’ peoples of Northwest Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The Jews in Israel and those in the Diaspora are mainly descended from the tribe of Judah. The early Israelites are proven to have migrated to the west and over many years formed the nations of France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The most prominent tribes were Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph’s two sons and are mainly to be found in the present day English-speaking nations; the tribe of Reuben became the forefather of the French; Benjamin the forefather of Belgium; Zebulon the forefather of the Dutch; Asher gave rise to the Scots; Issachar the Swiss; Dan contributed to the Welsh and Irish and fathered the Danes and so on. Issachar was dominating in Switzerland and Zebulon in Holland, but groups of both tribes were found in each country. The Scots and the Jews are amongst the most intelligent people in the world and many scientific breakthroughs may be attributed to both these groups.

It is commonly accepted that the aforementioned peoples have always been attached to the Scriptures, especially the original Hebrew Covenant. Abraham was the first ancestor of the Hebrew nation. The blessings of Abraham was passed on to his son Isaac and then onto Jacob in the book of Genesis, where we discover the identity of the lost tribes of Israel, not previously identified. Jacob lived seventeen years in Egypt. His family and his children’s families increased greatly in numbers during that time. Elohim changed Jacob’s name to Israel and it is for that reason that his descendants are called Israelites, a nation that developed whilst they lived in Egypt. Jacob believed that his life was nearly over, so he sent for Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, in order to bless them, as we read from Genesis 48: 11 – 20, in this way: ‘And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face, and behold, Elohim has let me see your children as well.” (12) Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. (13) And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand towards Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand towards Israel’s right, and brought them close to him. (14) But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the first-born. (15) And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The Elohim before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the Elohim who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, (16) the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; and may my name live on in them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” (17) When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. (18) And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born. Place your right hand on his head.” (19) But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people and he also shall be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”(20) And he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel shall pronounce blessing, saying, ‘May Elohim make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’ Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.’

We learnt by comparing Scriptural prophesy to our world today, that Ephraim became a commonwealth of nations and Manasseh became a great nation. It is clear today that Joseph became the father of the English speaking nations of the world today. Ephraim is identified as Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and Manasseh as the United States of America. Even though out of sequence, we read the blessing that Jacob gave to Joseph, from Genesis 49: 22 – 26 as follows: “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; its branches run over a wall. (23) The archers bitterly attacked him, and shot at him and harassed him; (24) but his bow remained firm, and his arms were agile, from the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), (25) from the Elohim of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. (26) The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.” The Scriptures clearly show that YHVH is dealing with the various nations at different times, as is recorded for us in the following Scriptures:

· Deuteronomy 32: 8, “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.”

· Acts 17: 26 & 27, ‘And He made from one (blood), every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of their habitation, (27) that they should seek Elohim, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.’

However, most of the people descended from the lost ten tribes of the house of Israel have lost their identity, culture, language and any knowledge of the promises YHVH made to the descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob and started believing they are nothing but Gentiles. In addition, the chaos we have been experiencing since 2008 was prophesied in the Scriptures for years. The prophet Haggai recorded a number of prophecies about the future, referring to a time period ‘on that day’ in Haggai 2: 23. This is the time period referred to in Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Hosea as ‘the latter days’, meaning the time during which we live today. The burning question is why are we from the lost sheep of the house of Israel experiencing this sudden urge to find the reason for our existence after almost 6,000 years? We are given the reason in a prophecy by YHVH himself in Deuteronomy 4: 25 – 31, saying: “When you become the father of children and children’s children and have remained long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in the sight of YHVH your Elohim so as to provoke Him to anger, (26) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you shall surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but shall be utterly destroyed. (27) And YHVH will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where YHVH shall drive you. (28) And there you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. (29) But from there you will seek YHVH your Elohim, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. (30) When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days, you will return to YHVH your Elohim and listen to His voice. (31) For YHVH your Elohim is a compassionate Elohim; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.”

YHVH is busy calling members of the lost sheep of the house of Israel to come out of the churches of the world because of the promise He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob out of love. YHVH will shake us to our very foundations, because He wants to save us from our self-destructive ways before the time period open to us to return to Him is considered to be over. You and I are being called out of Churchianity to return to the covenant relationship we entered into with Elohim, together with the house of Judah at Horeb and are presently being appointed as watchmen over the house of Israel. It is almost uncanny how many of the citizens of the world, including Gentiles site 2 Chronicles 7: 14 as a solution to some of the problems facing mankind, saying: ‘And My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.’ The fact that we are definitely living during the latter days and that true to His word YHVH the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is busy calling a remnant of the lost sheep of Israel out of the false religions of the world, to return to Him is absolutely undeniable. Both the Tanach and Renewed Covenant bear witness to these facts. For example, we read from Ezekiel 20: 33 - 44: “As I live,” declares YHVH Elohim, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm (meaning Yahshua) and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you. (34) And I shall bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out; (35) and I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I shall enter into judgment with you face to face. (36) As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgement with you,” declares YHVH Elohim. (37) And I shall make you pass under the rod, and I shall bring you into the bond of the covenant; (38) and I shall purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I shall bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am YHVH. (39) “As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says YHVH Elohim, “Go, serve everyone his idols; but later, you will surely listen to Me and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols. (40) “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares YHVH Elohim, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I shall accept them, and there I shall seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.” (41) “As a soothing aroma I shall accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I shall prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.” (42) “And you will know that I am YHVH, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers.” (43) “And there you will remember your ways and all your deeds, with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evil things that you have done.” (44) “Then you will know that I am YHVH when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel,” declares YHVH Elohim.”

Rav Yaa’cov confirmed that YHVH is busy calling first fruits from the lost sheep of the house of Israel in the Renewed Covenant at this time 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.’ Rav Shaul gave us more details when these first fruits will join Yahshua to start ruling the kingdom of Elohim, in 1 Thessalonians 4: 13 – 17, saying: ‘But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Yahshua died and rose again, even so Elohim will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Messiah. (15) For this we say to you by the word of YHVH, 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 the 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.’ We read more on the subject from Revelation 20: 6, as follows: “Blessed and holy is the one who has a 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.” These are encouraging Scriptures, if we truly understand who the people that YHVH calls by His name in 2 Chronicles 7: 14 are, but also what the full ramification of this section in the Scriptures entail. We need to understand that YHVH specifically called the descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob to become a nation of kings and priests to Him as a model nation, showing the rest of mankind how obedience to Him and His Torah instructions will eventually bring peace and prosperity to the entire world. But, since YHVH scattered the house of Israel into captivity because of idolatry, they lost their language, culture and the covenant relationship they had with Him, together with the house of Judah, He chose to continue with the house of Judah as His chosen people as is confirmed in Psalm 78: 67 & 68, in this way: “He also rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (68) but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.” But true to His promise in Deuteronomy 4: 25 – 31, He has again during the latter days chosen a remnant of the lost ten tribes according to His gracious choice to join their Jewish Brothers when the fullness of the Gentiles (called by Elohim’s name) have been called and all Israel shall be saved, as per in Romans 11: 25 – 27, as follows: “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; (26) and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, ‘THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.’ (27) ‘AND THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.’”

Another problem with understanding 2 Chronicles 7: 14 is what is meant by the words, “humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways”? The only way in which we can humble ourselves before YHVH the Elohim of Israel, is when we make Him the controlling factor in our lives. He being the Creator of the Universe and everything in it, should become the One in our lives to tell us when and how to serve and obey Him as our King, Creator and sustainer for the rest of our lives, similar to the way the house of Judah have been worshipping Him for the past almost 3,500 years since He entered into the original covenant with them at Mount Sinai. We have to get to know YHVH and His requirements in exact detail if we truly want to have faith in Him and His promises. But, what is faith? The answer to this question is given in Hebrews 11: 6, as follows: “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Elohim must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” To have faith in Elohim means that we belief in Him, although we cannot see Him, but also that we trust enough in the promises that He gave us in His word, to obey Him. To help us understand what true faith is, let me explain the three components firefighters are taught as necessary to start a fire, namely: (1) Fuel plus (2) Oxygen plus (3) Heat. By removing anyone of these three essential components the fire is extinguished. To understand what is meant by the word faith or more specifically faithfulness, transliterated in Hebrew as ‘emunah’, we make use of a similar triangle with three essential components on each side. Faith is not only a warm fuzzy feeling or an opinion, but true faithfulness requires (1) an intimate Knowledge of truth – or the word of Elohim as Yahshua defined truth in John 17: 17; plus (2) Trusting enough in the promises that YHVH made to the commonwealth of Israel, knowing He is a rewarder of those who seek Him, to (3) obey what He teaches in His word. It is as Rav Yaa’cov explained in James 2: 17, in this way: ‘Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.’

After a believer is immersed by a teaching elder of Elohim’s congregation and had hands lain upon him/her by the teacher (as per Acts 8: 12 – 17), to receive the Set-apart Spirit, he/she needs to be taught the Scriptural truths by the teacher who immersed him/her, the same truths he was taught him by the teacher who came before, all the way back to Messiah, as He instructed His disciples in Matthew 28: 18 - 20, saying: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (19) Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name (one name) of the Father and the Son and the Set-apart Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” After the believer is suitably immersed, he/she is required to grow in grace and knowledge of Elohim’s word in order to understand what He requires of us (as per 2 Peter 3: 18). However, we need to fully understand what Yahshua told His disciples here, bearing in mind what His main purpose was for coming to earth, namely to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the faith into which He was born. We notice that Rav Kepha fully understood his Master’s command in Matthew 28, as he continues to explain in Acts 2: 36 - 39, saying to those who asked him what they should do, when they heard him explaining how Elohim promised to also give the Set-apart Spirit to those returnees from the house of Israel, saying: “Therefore let all the house of Israel (those who were dispersed into the nations, because of idolatry) know for certain that Elohim has made Him (Yahshua) both Master and Messiah—this Yahshua whom you crucified.” (37) Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Kepha and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren what shall we do?” (38) And Kepha said to them, “Repent, and let each of you be immersed in the name of Yahshua[1] (the salvation of Yah) Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Set-apart Spirit. (39) For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as YHVH our Elohim shall call to Himself.” Rav Kepha gives two very important guidelines here, namely: That we should only immerse those who are ‘far off’ and only those whom YHVH calls to Himself at this time.

Rav Shaul further explains that there is additional information we require to know, to eventually be saved in Romans 10: 11 – 14, saying: ‘For the Scripture says, WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” (12) For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Master is Master of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him; (13) for “WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF YHVH WILL BE SAVED.” (14) How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?’ He also gives us the reason we are given teachers in Ephesians 4: 11 – 16, saying: “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, (12) for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Messiah; (13) until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Messiah. (14) As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; (15) but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Messiah, (16) from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.” Ultimately as the body of Messiah we need to conform to the image of Messiah as Rav Shaul also tells us in Romans 8: 28 & 29, saying: ‘And we know that Elohim causes all things to work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to His purpose. (29) 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.’

But why is this elaborate plan necessary for mankind? Rav Shaul gives us the reason in Hebrews 2: 6 – 11, as follows: ‘But one has testified somewhere saying, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU REMEMBEREST HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU ART CONCERNED ABOUT HIM? (7) THOU HAST MADE HIIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; THOU HAST CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAST APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS; (8) THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. (9) But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Yahshua, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor that by the grace of Elohim He might taste death for everyone. (10) For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. (11) For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.’ We read that Yahshua our Messiah is appointed to be heir of all things, in Hebrews 1: 1 & 2, as follows: ‘Elohim, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, (2) in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.’

To further understand the benefits to be had as Messiah’s brethren, we read from Romans 8: 16 – 18, in this way: ‘The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of Elohim, (17) and if children, heirs also, heirs of Elohim and fellow heirs with Messiah, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him. (18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.’ Let’s therefore become more diligent in proclaiming the good news about the coming Kingdom of Elohim into the world, warning fellow citizens of the world, but also those Israelites living beyond the rivers of Ethiopia to wake up before the end of this age! Think carefully about it!

[1] Rav Kepha explains why we immerse new believers in Yahshua’s name in Acts 4: 11 & 12, saying: “He (Yahshua) is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone. (12) And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”