Nazarene Israelite Two House Congregation of Port Elizabeth

What should be our vision for the near future?

Even though our world was absolutely perfect when YHVH recreated it, after it was destroyed when Satan rebelled against Him and wanted to take over His throne, as witnessed in Isaiah 14: 12 – 14, as follows: “How have you fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to earth, you who 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 the assembly in the recesses of the north (where Elohim’s throne is). (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’” Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan is making sure that the majority of mankind remains deceived and believe the false doctrines that he managed to teach them from the beginning; that man has an immortal soul in a mortal body and upon death those who lived good lives will go to heaven, whilst evil people will go to an eternal hellfire where they will be tormented eternally.

Despite the reality that the gospel about the coming Kingdom of Elohim, made up of both houses of Israel, was preached to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that Yahshua, who came specifically to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the covenant they made with Elohim at Mount Sinai, with the house of Judah, preached and instructed His disciples to teach the same gospel to the exiles of the house of Israel scattered into the world, Satan has managed to blind most of mankind to this truth as witnessed in 2 Corinthians 4: 3 & 4, in this way: ‘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.’ Babylon, the name YHVH gave to the false economic, political and religious system that originated in the ancient city of Babylon. This system was largely continued by Satan and his agents in Europe as the so-called ‘Holy Roman Empire’ and its deceptive influence has through the passing of time reached the ends of the earth, as was evident in the revelry that could be seen via TV from one end of the earth to the other, especially during the past silly season, as testified in Revelation 12: 9, as follows: ‘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.’  

Because history repeats itself, the event where YHVH warned King Belshazzar, who followed his father Nebuchadnezzar up as king of Babylon at the end of his rule, by writing on the wall of the palace during a drunken orgy where the king and his guests drank wine from the gold and silver vessels taken from Elohim’s Temple almost 70 years before, should serve as a warning to us from the house of Israel, who were deceived by modern day Babylon through Churchianity. At that time the Babylonians were fully aware that the Medo-Persian army was encamped outsider their impressive and impregnable city. But, they were confident that no army in the world could penetrate their walls, since according to Herodotus (484 – 424 BCE) a Greek historian, the ancient city of Babylon measured 120 stadia square (about 14 square miles) and boasted a wall 50 royal cubits (about 90 feet) wide and 200 royal cubits (about 300 feet) high. Nevertheless, before that night was over, King Cyrus a clever military strategist’s changed the course of history and fulfilled Elohim’s prophecy with a plan to let Judah return to the Promised Land to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple, 70 years after their captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. Cyrus’ general diverted the Euphrates River which ran through the gates of Babylon right into the heart of the city, reducing the water level to well below the river gates, thus giving his army access into the city. The Persian army went into the city through the lowered water level and well before the Babylonians realized what happened, they were in their midst. However, this did not happen before Elohim warned Belshazzar of his demise.

As Belshazzar began to drink another goblet of the finest wine, he noticed what looked like a man’s hand, but it was not attached to an arm and body of a human being, as witnessed in verses 5 & 6 of Daniel 5, in this way: ‘Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. (6) Then the king’s face grew pale, and his thoughts alarmed him; and his hip joints went slack, and his knees began knocking together.’  The partying stopped immediately, the musicians dropped their instruments and the dancing girls stopped in their tracks. The scene was set for Almighty YHVH the Elohim of Israel to intervene directly in the affairs of puny mankind and specifically in Belshazzar’s life and the downfall of the mighty Babylonian kingdom, depicted by the head of gold of the image described in King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. King Belshazzar could not interpret the vision, nor could his diviners, but the queen’s mother reminded the king how the Jewish Prophet Daniel used to help his father interpreting dreams and visions. Daniel who was about 80 years of age at the time, was brought before the king and after listening to the king’s request, the king also  promised him authority as the third ruler in the kingdom’ if he could interpret the handwriting. But, Daniel told the king in verse 17 of Daniel 5, saying:  “Keep your gifts for yourself, or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.”  Daniel went ahead and pronounced the prophetic and disastrous warning on the wall, as follows: ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin,’” which was interpreted as follows: ‘Mene: Elohim has numbered your kingdom and finished it; Tekel: You have been weighed in the scales and found wanting; Peres (the singular form of Upharsin): Your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.’

 Daniel outspokenly reminded King Belshazzar of the things he remembered and told him how Elohim humbled his father Nebuchadnezzar by making him eat grass in the royal pasture for seven years, as recorded in verses 18 – 21 of Daniel 5, in this way: “O king, the Most High Elohim granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. (19) And because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations, and men of every language feared and trembled before him; whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled. (20) But when his heart was lifted up as his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken away from him. (21) He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High Elohim is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whoever He wishes.” In verses 22  & 23 Daniel continued informing the king of Elohim’s plan, saying: “Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this, (23) but you have exalted yourself against the Master of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the Elohim in whose hand are your life-breath and your ways, you have not glorified.”  King Belshazzar actually experienced the irony of having his obituary read by someone enslaved by his father. Belshazzar had not learned the lesson his father was forced to learn: that Elohim is in charge and whatever He wills, will be done. He had not learned that Elohim requires that mankind honors Him in humility and obedience. However, Daniel knew that King Darius could not have been totally unaware of his father’s seven-year downfall. This incident had great historic importance, yet, it has far greater prophetic implications for us today, in that the handwriting is still on the wall. Yahshua Messiah in the book of Revelation interprets Daniel’s account for us. Three constituent parts make-up the fulfillment of that ancient type: namely; (1) a king; (2) an end-time Babylon; and (3) Elohim. Because Elohim is ever-present, the third part needs no explanation, but what about the end-time Babylon? Although described in Revelation 18 as ‘the great city’, the end-time Babylon is not a city-state as ancient Babylon was.

But, Elohim reveals that Babylon is characterized by its religious and political power in Revelation 17. In fact its economic power is so enormous that rulers and merchants will mourn at its demise, as we read from Revelation 18: 9 – 19, as follows: “And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, (10) standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ (11) And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more; (12) cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze  and iron and marble, (13) and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. (14) And the fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. (15) The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, (16) saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls; (17) for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste! And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, (18) and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’ (19) And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’” This great Babylon is a way of life and system so far reaching that it involves all of the nations and peoples of the earth, as witnessed in verse 3 of Revelation 18, in this way: “For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts on immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.” In addition it has a sinister foundation, as it traffics in ‘human lives’ (verse 13).  A king will also ascend who will ally himself with other rulers at the end-time Babylonian system and rule it as if he were a god. This is the ‘beast’ prophesied in Revelation 13 and it is significant that this powerful end-time king is identified as the beast, recalling that the first king of Babylon was also reduced to a mere beast.  

The message that Daniel gave Belshazzar still applies today, namely that humility allows Elohim to show us His great plan of salvation. We are at this stage in the calm before the storm. Different governments and religions will combine in the near future and will make pronouncements of peace and safety, as witnessed in 1 Thessalonians 5: 1 – 3, as follows: ‘Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. (2) For you yourselves know full well that the day of YHVH will come just like a thief in the night. (3) While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like birth pangs upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.’ Many will perish (as per Messiah’s words in Matthew 24: 21 & 22), but the person who truly knows Elohim and understands His handwriting on the prophetic wall, will be protected and saved, as witnessed in Revelation 3: 8 – 10, in this way: “I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. (9) Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie (talking about replacement theology; especially those who usurp the role of Jews as the custodians of the ’Oracles of Elohim’, because they assert that Elohim has taken it from the Jews and given it to them – which is according to Romans 3: 3 & 4 untrue.)—behold, I will make them to come and bow down at your feet, and to know that I have loved you. (10) Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth.”

After the final destruction of the modern day Babylon and Messiah’s return to earth, Elohim will renew the earth to become like paradise before Adam and Eve sinned under Messiah’s leadership. Initially Yahshua will commence the healing process in the Land of Israel in the Middle East, as is recorded in Ezekiel 36: 8 – 11, in this way: “But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. (9) For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be cultivated and sown. (10) And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. (11) And I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at first. Thus you will know that I am YHVH.” When Yahshua our Messiah returns one day, He will lead the descendants of ancient Israel out of great tribulation into the Land of Israel, where He will again settle them. This is confirmed in Ezekiel 36: 33 – 35, as follows: ‘Thus says YHVH Elohim, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. (34) And the desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passed by. (35) And they will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the Garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’”’ When the re-gathering and rebuilding of Israel occurs, Israel will never again practice pagan ways or be removed from their homeland. Whereas today’s overpopulated metro-cities are rife with racial tension and every sort of evil, these conditions will not exist in the newly established cities during the millennium.

Messiah will make Jerusalem the capital city, or the headquarters of His government on earth, as witnessed in Jeremiah 3: 16 - 18, in this way: “And is shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land,” declares YHVH, “they shall say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of YHVH.’ And it shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they miss it, nor shall it be made again. (17)  At that time they shall call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of YHVH', and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of YHVH; nor shall they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. (18) In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.” The land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will be the headquarters of the new world to be established as the Kingdom of Elohim, by Yahshua our Messiah. Jerusalem being the geographical center of the land surface of the earth will be the focal point for world control. It will be rebuilt to perfection and become the model city according to which all the cities of the world will be patterned, during the millennium. Elohim originally promised to bless ancient Israel if they would only obey Him as we’ve recently read from Deuteronomy 28: 1 – 14. However, we know that they did not obey Elohim and as a result were scattered into the nations of the world. But during the millennium rule of Messiah and His saints, the descendants of ancient Israel will trust and obey Elohim and will receive tremendous blessings for so doing.

At present the Middle East is a relatively barren region. But according to many Scriptural prophecies, the wasteland will become fertile and the deserts will become green, filled with gardens, trees and shrubs, as witnessed in Isaiah 41: 14 – 20, as follows: “Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares YHVH, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. (15) Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; you will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, and will make the hills like chaff. (16) You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the storm will scatter them; but you will rejoice in YHVH, you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. (17) The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst; I, YHVH, will answer them Myself, as the Elohim of Israel I will not forsake them. (18) I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land fountains of water. (19) I will put the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert, together with the box tree and the cypress, (20) that they may see and recognize, and consider and gain insight as well, that the hand of YHVH has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”  A second witness, giving more details comes from Isaiah 51: 3, in this way: ‘Indeed, YHVH will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, and her desert like the garden of YHVH; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and sound of a melody.’ Ancient Israel was never able to claim the blessings that YHVH promised them in Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26, because they were never faithful in obeying Elohim. But when Messiah rule the world from Jerusalem during the Millennium, they will become the model nation that YHVH always wanted them to be and will show all the other nations of the earth how obedience to Elohim’s laws will benefit all.

Elohim will bless mankind during the Millennium, as long as they continue to obey His laws. Elohim’s Law is a law of liberty as Rav Yaa’cov says in James 1: 25: ‘But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.’ There are many people who question private ownership of property and socialist and communists are particularly against it, because men have abused the system.  But we see from Micah 4: 4 that Elohim do not have a problem with private ownership of property, in this way: ‘And each of them will sit under his vine and under his fig tree, with no one to make them afraid, for the mouth of YHVH of hosts has spoken.’ We also see from Isaiah 35: 3 – 6, that YHVH will heal the sick during Yahshua’s thousand year reign on earth, as follows: ‘Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. (4) Say to those with anxious heart, “Take courage, fear not. Behold, your Elohim will come with vengeance; the recompense of Elohim will come, but He will save you.”  (5) Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. (6) Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb will shout for joy, for waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the Arabah.’  The combination of obeying Elohim’s Torah and instant healing during the millennium will result in perfect health for all. Only about ten percent of the earth’s land surface is arable (tillable) and there are numerous mountains, deserts and wildernesses in the world today, but the opposite will be true during the millennium as Elohim will start blessing the entire world. YHVH will give rains in due season, as witnessed in Ezekiel 34: 26, in this way: “And I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessings.” For farmers who had to gamble with the weather for the past 6,000 years, this is the best news ever, since their work will always be successful, as long as they trust and obey Elohim. We see from Jeremiah 31: 12 that there will be great rejoicing over the abundance of crops that Elohim will bestow upon farmers during the Millennium, as follows: “And they shall come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the bounty of YHVH— over the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; and their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall never languish again.”

Zechariah tells us in Zechariah 14: 4 what will happen on the Feast of Trumpets when our Master returns, in this way:  ‘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.’  We see further from verse 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.’  The eastern channel of the river spoken about here in which living waters flow into the Dead Sea is the same river described in Ezekiel 47: 1 – 12. Verses 8 & 9 show that when the healing water flows into the Dead Sea, it will heal the sea and it will contain a multitude of fish. We read further from verse 12: “And by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.” At present the water of the Dead Sea is so salty that no plant or fish can survive in it, but once the living waters begin to flow into it, its water will rise until it overflow through the desert into the Arabah.

The river of ‘living water’ described in verse 1 of Ezekiel  47 flows from underneath the temple of Elohim and is described by Yahshua in John 4: 10 and 7: 37 - 39 as the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, as follows: ‘Yahshua answered and said to her ( the woman at the well), “ If you knew the gift of Elohim, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” (37) ‘Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Yahshua stood and cried out, saying, “If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. (38) He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.’” (39) But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Yahshua was not yet glorified.’  The Set-apart Spirit like the physical river will go forth from Jerusalem and will heal the mental and spiritual problems of mankind. Yahshua was specifically born to rule the world as King of kings and Master of masters, as the angel told His mother Miriam in Luke 1: 31 – 33, saying: “And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Yahshua. (32) He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and YHVH Elohim will give Him the throne of His father David; (33) and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.”  But, when Pilate asked Yahshua about His kingdom, He answered in John 18: 36, saying: “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” Yahshua explained in Luke 19: 12 – 17, that He will go to a far country (heaven) after His death to receive authority to rule the nations. We see depicted in Daniel 7: 13 & 14 Yahshua’s coronation as King, 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 an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.”  This pictures Yahshua’s actual coronation; He appears before the Ancient of Days as ‘One like a Son of Man’ to receive the kingdom. At that time the Word of Elohim appeared like ‘a Son of Man’, since He was not yet born as ‘the Son of Man’ of a human mother.

We see from Revelation 14: 14 that Yahshua will have a golden crown that will designate Him as the Master of Masters and King of kings at His return with His called, chosen and faithful saints to make war with the Beast, as witnessed in Revelation 17: 14, as follows: “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Master of masters and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”  But who will be these other kings that Yahshua will rule over during the Millennium? They will be believers from both houses of Israel, who overcome the pulls of their own flesh, the world and Satan and will be given rulership with Messiah, as witnessed in Revelation 2: 26, as follows: ‘And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; (27) AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES,  as I also have received authority from My Father.’ According to Rav Shaul in 2 Timothy 4: 7 & 8, true believers in Messiah will receive their crowns of righteousness when Messiah returns, in this way: ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; (8) in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Master, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.’  When Elohim begins to save humanity, Yahshua will use absolute authority as is confirmed in Revelation 12: 5, as follows: ‘And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to Elohim and to His throne.’ Messiah Yahshua will be in control of all the earth, but will rule with complete justice and mercy. Although He will rule with power and authority, He will not force anyone to accept His truth. So progressively as people will obey Elohim’s laws, they will begin to understand the wisdom and justice of His rule and will gladly submit to His authority and the ‘rod of iron’ will no longer be required. As a result the vast majority will see that His ways are best and will voluntarily choose to follow it as a way of life. Even though Elohim’s way of life is based upon truth, it was rejected by mankind ever since the fall of Adam and Eve. In fact the Scriptures have been totally disregarded by modern education!

YHVH is saying through Jeremiah in Jeremiah 16: 14 – 19, “Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares YHVH, when it will no longer be said, ‘As YHVH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.’ (15) but, ‘As YHVH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. (16) Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares YHVH, “and they will fish for them; and afterwards I shall send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and from the clefts of the rocks. (17) For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes. (18) And I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.” (19) O YHVH, my strength and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of distress, to Thee the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, futility and things of no profit.” Mankind has inherited lies from birth – profitless ideas that have been fed into unquestioning minds. As adults people have continued accepting falsehood learned from childhood, and build their lives around it, believing in Xmas, Easter and worship on Sundays and other totally false ideas such as going to heaven when they die, propagated by Satan and his agents. They are so deceived that some are even prepared to die for their false beliefs. When Messiah returns to rescue mankind from self-destruction, people will acknowledge their ignorance, which resulted from false education. The confession in Jeremiah 16: 19 is actually our first step towards true repentance, which means forsaking all wrong concepts about life we have always took for granted, without proof and turning to Elohim’s truth! Every evil in our world today can be laid at the doorstep of false education through Satan.

When Messiah returns He will not only rule as King over all the nations of the world, but He will also be our High Priest or supreme teacher, as witnessed in Isaiah 2: 3, as follows: ‘And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of YHVH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; that He may teach us concerning His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of YHVH from Jerusalem.’ Messiah will unite these two functions in Himself, as recorded in Zechariah 6: 12 & 13, in this way: “Then say to him, ‘Thus says YHVH of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of YHVH. (13) Yes, it is He who will build the temple of YHVH, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices.”  As mentioned before in Revelation 5: 10 the resurrected believers in Messiah will rule under Yahshua as kings and priests, right here on earth. Those qualifying to rule under Messiah during the millennium will be present and ready to teach and convince new believers not to do wrong. Because they will be spirit-beings, they will be able to come and go as required, to walk through locked doors and walls, the same way as Messiah was able to after His resurrection. Elohim will soon put an end to this world’s mad rush toward self-destruction. Yahshua will come to intervene in our affairs and put down all rebellion against Elohim’s way of life. Yahshua and His saints will at that point begin to teach the children of Israel His ways; so that they will truly become the model nation that YHVH intended them to be from the beginning. We read about the change that will take place in mankind from Micah 4: 1 & 3, as follows: ‘And it will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of YHVH will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. (3) And He will judge between many peoples and render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they train for war.’  We see further from Isaiah 11: 6 – 9 how even the nature of animals will be changed to become like YHVH wanted them to be in the Garden of Eden, in this way: ‘And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. (7) Also the cow and the bear will graze; their young will lie down together; and the lion will eat straw like the ox. (8) And the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. (9) They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of YHVH as the waters cover the sea.’

In the same way that the Babylonian Empire of yesteryear came to an end in one night, to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, so will the modern day Babylonian system come to an end, when Messiah returns to once again unite the two houses of Israel and rebuild its Temple. With Satan out of the way, everyone will know the truth! There will be no more religious confusion by modern day Babylon continued by Satan and his agents through the Roman Catholic Church and her protesting daughters. Crime, sickness, disease and all suffering will be eradicated. Poverty and ignorance will be banished. All wild animals will be tame; no more air and water pollution. The millennium will be full of happy people protected and ruled by Messiah and His saints. That is what our fathers in the faith were looking forward to and that should be the vision of all true believers today. May YHVH bring about that time soon! Amein and Amein!