150 How the two House and Messiah link

How the two house doctrine and Messiah’s main purpose are linked.

Even though Messianic Judaism fervently denies the two house doctrine and is tacitly supported in their denial by Christianity, the restoration of the two houses of Israel is spoken about in both the Tanach and the Renewed Covenant. Both these groups also have no idea of Messiah’s main purpose for coming to earth, since the house of Israel’s dispersion into mainly the western nations of the world, after their captivity by the Assyrians during 721 to 718 BCE because of idolatry, when they started referring to themselves as Christians after they lost their original language, identity, culture and religion. Shortly after their captivity by the Assyrians they were taken into Europe via the Caucasus mountain range and for the past 1800 years have been kept under the control of Esau or more specifically Rome after Messiah’s original disciples past away during the latter part of the first century CE.

But, the fact of the matter is that Messiah’s main purpose for coming to earth is directly related to two house restoration as He clearly stated in Matthew 15: 24, saying: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” A second witness to this comes from Luke 19: 10 (and Matthew 18: 11), where Yahshua said: “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” In addition Yahshua spoke to 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.’” As can be seen from Matthew 10, the gospel of the coming Kingdom of Elohim is directly related to the restoration of the two houses of Israel to eventually become the Kingdom of Elohim over Israel at Messiah’s return, as it used to be called during King David’s reign, as recorded in 1 Chronicles 28: 4 & 5 as follows: “Yet, YHVH, the Elohim of Israel, chose me (David) from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me King over all Israel. (5) And of all my sons (for YHVH has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of YHVH over Israel.” The question is: Where does Messiah talk in more detail about the coming kingdom of Elohim? This truth is like most other important matters of Elohim, hidden in plain sight in the Scriptures and if we want to get the details about what Yahshua taught, we have to search out these hidden matters, as we are instructed in Proverbs 25: 2, in this way: ‘It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.’ Now, some might argue, saying: ‘But we are only normal everyday people, not kings, so why do we have to search for concealed matters of Elohim?’ For those of us who came to believe in Yahshua as our Passover lamb, the answer to this question is found in Revelation 1: 5 & 6, in this way: ‘And from Yahshua Messiah, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by His blood, (6) and He has made us to be a kingdom, priest to His Elohim and Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amein.’ As co-rulers under Yahshua in the coming kingdom of Elohim, we need to make sure that we know what Yahshua taught and did whilst He was on earth, if we truly want to be accepted by Him when He returns one day.

My question to those who want Jews and everyone alive to accept the Christian faith, is why does YHVH command us in Revelation 18: 4 & 5 saying: “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins (such as Sunday keeping and the eating of unclean foods) and receive of her plagues; (5) for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and Elohim has remembered her iniquities.” Rav Shaul who was personally trained by Yahshua the true Messiah for three years, actually confirms this in 2 Corinthians 6: 16 – 18, saying: ‘Or what agreement has the temple of Elohim with idols (images of the false messiah on a wooden cross)? For we are the temple of the living Elohim; just as Elohim said, “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL NE THEIR ELOHIM, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, (17) Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says Adonai. “AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; and I will welcome you. (18) “And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says Adonai Almighty.’ The reason why such people do not understand Messiah’s main purpose to bring the two houses of Israel together, is as Yahshua told His disciples in Mark 4: 11 & 12, saying: “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of Elohim, but those who are outside get everything in parables, (12) so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN.” About 900 years after the house of Israel were dispersed throughout the world because of idolatry, they were purposely taken captive by Esau under the guise of the Roman Catholic Church and were led to believe in a false ‘Messiah’ who ‘freed’ them from obeying Elohim and His Torah teachings given for the benefit of His people Israel.

In addition to believe that the Roman Catholic Church is something totally different from Christianity, is a major misconception, because as long as Christians keep Sunday, Xmas and Easter and ‘christen’ babies, they are simply following the Pope who instituted all these ‘rites’ or false doctrines, as the prophet Daniel warned was going to happen in what was yet future to him in Daniel 7: 23 – 26, saying: “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom (or world-dominating power namely the Roman Empire) on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. (24) As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. (25) He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times and half a time. (26) But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever.’” One thing that really annoys me, is when someone sends me a video where a so-called Jewish Rabbi shouts the name of the false messiah out loud, showing that he has accepted ‘him’ as his personal savior. Such people obviously believe that they succeeded in their mission to convert a Jew. To such people I would like to say, that true Jews will only accept Yahshua one day after His return, when He will have succeeded in bringing a remnant of the lost ten tribes back to the commonwealth of Israel, when they see His nail scarred hands as recorded in Zechariah 12: 7 – 10. In the meantime I pray daily that our Jewish Brothers will remain in control of the Promised Land and Torah observant until Messiah’s return. The reason being that when that day arrives, the dead in Messiah will be raised as prophesied in Romans 11: 15, in this way: ‘For if their (our Jewish Brothers) rejection (of Messiah at this time) be reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?’ My faith in the first resurrection is based partly on this truth, as well as Messiah’s promise that He will resurrect those who died in Him, at His return. My advice to Messianic Jews and Christians is as Yahshua said to some of the Pharisees He spoke to in Matthew 23: 15, saying: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” May I remind you at this point that the Jewish faith is a non-proselyting religion and they will never seek to convert anyone, unless such a person goes to them and ask to be converted. So, it seems Yahshua’s teaching changed some of those who like Christians and Moslems always want to force other people to accept their faith, since they do not normally believe in converting anyone, but try to be an example of how to live serving Elohim. Nevertheless, we notice that according to Acts 15: 5, some of them came to believe in Messiah soon after His death. Yes, Christians are Israelites who were scattered into the world because of idolatry, but will have to return to the covenant their forefathers made with YHVH at Mount Sinai, before they can be part of the commonwealth of Israel to ultimately become part of the Kingdom of Elohim.

Another reason why the two house doctrine and Messiah’s main purpose are hidden from those who are controlled by the Roman Empire, is that they are unfamiliar with the covenants of promise explained by Rav Shaul in Ephesians 2: 11 – 16, saying: Therefore remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Un-circumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— (12) remember that you were at that time separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without Elohim in the world. (13) But now in Messiah Yahshua you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Messiah. (14) For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, (15) by abolishing in His flesh the enmity (punishment due for our sins), which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances (judgments portion of Torah), that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, (16) and might reconcile them both in one body (the congregation of YHVH or body of Messiah) to Elohim through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.’ We also have a sure promise made by YHVH through the Prophet Amos, as confirmed by Rav Yaa’cov in Acts 15: 15 – 18, saying: “And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, (16) ‘AFTER THESE THINGS I WILL RETURN, AND I WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT, (17) IN ORDER THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK YHVH, AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,’ (18) SAYS YHVH, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM OF OLD.’” The Covenants of promise referred to in verse 12 of Ephesians 2 are: (a) that YHVH made a two-fold promise with Abraham that he and His descendants through Isaac and Jacob will live eternally in the Promised Land, provided they remain loyal to Him and His Torah, including circumcising their sons at age eight days old as a sign of the covenant. The second part of the promise was that those descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, who eventually disobeyed and were scattered into the world, would be able to return to the covenant though Abraham’s one seed, namely Yahshua, through whom the rest of mankind will also be saved after His millennial rule. (b) YHVH also made a covenant with David in 2 Samuel 7: 16, saying: “And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.” The ‘GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME’ referred to in verse 17 of Acts 15, are members of the house of Israel who became like the Gentile nations of the world into which they were scattered because of idolatry, as explained in Amos 9: 7 – 10, 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? (8) Behold, the eyes of Adonai Elohim are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth; nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,” declares YHVH. (9) For behold, I am commanding, and I will shake the house of Israel among all nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, but not a kernel will fall to the ground. (10) All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’”

If we truly want to determine what Yahshua had to say about the two house restoration in the Scriptures, we need to consider what the prophets had to say about it in the Tanach. Let’s therefore turn to the book of Hosea, where YHVH through Hosea is telling us about the rebellious house of Israel and what He is planning for those of us alive during the time of the end. The name Hosea, like Joshua and Yahshua, simply means salvation in Hebrew. In Hosea 1: 2, the prophet Hosea is commanded by YHVH to marry a whore. In response to (YHVH)’s command Hosea obediently marries Gomer (Hosea 1: 3) and she became his whorish wife just as the house of Israel was a whorish wife to YHVH. YHVH prophetically staged His putting away (or divorcing) the house of Israel through the naming of Hosea’s three children. YHVH tells Hosea to name his first-born son ‘Jezreel’ (Hosea 1: 4); the name Jezreel literally means ‘Elohim sows by scattering’ – YHVH is therefore saying that He took the house of Israel out of the Promised Land and scattered them into the nations of the world, as He also told Abram in Genesis 13: 14 – 16, as follows: ‘And YHVH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; (15) for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. (16) And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.”’ In Hosea 1: 6, YHVH told Hosea to name the second child ‘Lo-ruhamah’ – meaning ‘no mercy/no compassion’ in Hebrew. YHVH is basically saying to Hosea that after He scattered the house of Israel into the world, He no longer shows mercy for them. Next YHVH told Hosea to name his third child with Gomer, ‘Lo-ammi’ – meaning ‘not my people’ in Hebrew. YHVH therefore also told Hosea that the house of Israel became no longer His people. This final statement is a very strong judgment on the house of Israel and the prophet Jeremiah confirms the same in the first part of Jeremiah 3: 8, saying: “And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce.” However, when reading further from chapter 1 of Hosea we see that even though YHVH has scattered us, the lost ten tribes of the house of Israel amongst the nations of the world, in the end He will have compassion on both us and Judah, as we read in Hosea 1: 11, in this way: ‘And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader (Messiah, also known as the son of David), and they will go from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.’ YHVH promises to save those of us from the lost ten tribes, whom He calls out of the world and who answers His call to return to Him in obedience, together with the Torah observant Jews.

If we make it, we will with our faithful Torah observant Jewish Brothers become kings and priests under Yahshua. It is for this reason that YHVH is telling Brother Judah in Isaiah 66: 20 & 21, saying: ‘“Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to YHVH, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My set-apart mountain Jerusalem,” says YHVH, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of YHVH. (21) I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says YHVH.’ The valley of Jezreel referred to in Hosea 1: 11, is approximately 10 miles from the Jordan and extends north-west toward Mount Carmel near the Mediterranean Sea. Even though YHVH has scattered the lost ten tribes into all the nations of the world, He tells in verse 11 that He will again gather us and the sons of Judah together. This is one of many Scriptural witnesses for those Assemblies of YHVH and Nazarene Israelites who are too anti-Semitic to believe that we will be joined together with Brother Judah in the end. In Hosea 2: 1 YHVH talks to Jezreel, saying: ‘Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.” Here YHVH informs Jezreel through Hosea that they will again become His people and He will again have compassion on them, basically saying the exact opposite of His original pronouncement in Hosea 1. We read further from Hosea 2: 2 to the first part of verse 5, “Contend with your mother, contend, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; and let her put away her harlotry from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts, (3) lest I strip her naked and expose her as on the day when she was born. I will also make her like a wilderness, make her like desert land, and slay her with thirst. (4) Also, I will have no compassion on her children, because they are children of harlotry. (5) For their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them has acted shamefully.” Although the accusations made here are against Gomer, it is depicted as a courtroom in which YHVH is the Plaintive, bringing charges against the nation of Israel, where the physical acts of Gomer’s immorality is likened to the spiritual idolatry of Israel. Continuing in the second part of verse 5, we read: “For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’” The words ‘I will go’ indicates Israel’s intense desire for the pagan idols of her neighbors, forgetting that YHVH is our provider, and showing that nothing would deter her form chasing after her lovers. This describes the frenzy with which Christians are planning for their upcoming pagan festivities.

Verses 6 – 8 of Hosea 2 informs us about the action that YHVH will take to force us (from the house of Israel) to return to Him, as follows: “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths. (7) And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; and she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now!’ (8) For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.” The nation of Israel started worshiping Baal during the time of the Judges and it became firmly established when King Ahab married Jezebel. She did everything in her power to stop Israel from worshiping YHVH. We understand from verse 8 that the offerings that Israel used in worshiping Baal, actually came from YHVH. We read from verses 9 & 10, YHVH saying through Hosea, “Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time and my new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax given to cover her nakedness. (10) And then I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will rescue her out of My hand.” YHVH pledges to put an end to the luxurious lifestyles the house of Israel got used to during the past few centuries and to expose her wickedness for all to see, adding that not one of her idols will be able to save her from what is coming upon her. Continuing in similar fashion in verse 11, we read: “I will also put an end to all her gaiety, her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her festal assemblies.” Soon after Israel left Egypt they started mixing idol worship with the worship of Elohim; and continued doing so to this day, by keeping Xmas and the like, saying they do it for Him. This is confirmed about the house of Israel in 2 Kings 17: 33, as follows: ‘They feared YHVH and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.’

In fact Hosea 2: 11 talks about the house of Israel’s feasts, new moons and sabbaths, not those ordained by YHVH through Moses. This could only mean worshipping on Sundays, Xmas and Easter, but could also mean the annual feast days that some keep at different times to when Judah keeps them. YHVH is not pleased with these feast days and informs us the latter day descendants of Israel, how He will punish us to force us to return to Him, as recorded in verses 12 – 15, in this way: “And I will destroy her vines and fig trees, of which she said, ‘These are my wages which my lovers have given me.’ And I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field will devour them. (13) And I will punish her for the days of the Baals (Xmas, Easter, Valentines and Halloween) when she used to offer sacrifices to them and adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, and follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me’ declares YHVH. (14) Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness, and speak kindly to her. (15) Then I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor (valley of trouble) as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.” However, we are assured here that YHVH will again speak kindly to Israel, and restore her to Himself. Praise YHVH for He tells us that our punishment will not last forever. What a merciful Elohim do we serve? We read appropriately from verse 16, “And it will come about in that day,” declares YHVH, “That you will call Me Ishi (meaning my husband) and will no longer call Me Baali (meaning my master).” Ishi denotes affection, whereas Baali denotes rulership. We are told in verse 17 that YHVH is going to remove the names of the Baals (pagan gods) from our mouths, so that we do not mention them any longer. YHVH is not pleased with the false names that the people in the lost ten tribes use in worshipping Him. Continuing in verse 18, we read: ‘In that day I will also make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the sky, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and will make them lie down in safety.” This gives us a preview into the time after Messiah’s return, when He will have restored everything to what it was like in paradise, when all nations will be subject to Him.

These are very encouraging Scriptures, but we still need to find out where Yahshua spoke about two house restoration in the Scriptures? Let’s look at the first few verses in Yahshua’s Sermon on the Mount with eyes of discernment. It is here where Yahshua reveals His systematic plan for the restoration of the house of Israel. To see the two house restoration teaching in these verses, we need to focus on the promises made in each verse. Starting in verse 3 of Matthew 5, we read: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (It is in heaven at this time, but we know that Yahshua proclaimed its coming to earth in the near future). We read further from verses 4 – 8: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (5) Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. (6) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (7) Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. (8) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see Elohim.” Now let’s consider each promise in turn to see how verses 3 – 5 reveal a three-step plan for reversing the distressing message that Hosea prophesied to happen; with the next three verses giving a three-step witness to the same: The words “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” inform us that we who were called ‘not my people’, will again, one day soon, become Elohim’s people in His coming Kingdom. We are referred to here as ‘the poor in spirit’ because our rebellious spirits are broken and even though we have discovered that we are part of the lost ten tribes, we are remorsefully longing to be fully reconciled to our heavenly Father. We are promised to be ‘Elohim’s people’ once again, which is a reversal of Hosea’s ‘Lo-ammi’ proclamation.

The words “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” is a promise that those who mourn for the sins of the house of Israel and because they received ‘no mercy’ during their time of trouble in exile, will again be consoled, encouraged and strengthened by Elohim. This is a reversal of Hosea’s proclamation of ‘Lo-ruhamah’ in Hosea 1. The words “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth” is a promise that certain ones as also mentioned in Psalm 37 will inherit the earth. Let’s turn to Psalm 37, where we read about the ones who will inherit the land transliterated as ‘eretz’ in Hebrew, meaning the land of Israel or more specifically the Promised Land. We read from verses 9, 11, 22, 29 and 34 of Psalm 37 who the ones are who will inherit the land, as follows: (9) ‘For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for YHVH, they will inherit the land.’ (Those who wait for YHVH does not sit doing nothing, they do everything in their power to get into the Kingdom of Elohim, by regularly praying and studying Elohim’s word, to get to know Him better as the time draws near.) (11) ‘But the humble will inherit the land, and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.’ (It is only when we are humble like little children who do not yet know how to brag about their superior knowledge that we can truly learn to know our Master. When we humble ourselves before YHVH, He will receive us, as he said in Matthew 18: 4, in this way: “Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”) (22) “For those blessed by Him will inherit the land; but those cursed by Him will be cut off.” (We read about the blessings and curses by Elohim from Deuteronomy 28 where it tells us in verses 13 & 15 under what conditions we will be cursed and under what conditions we will be blessed, as follows: “And YHVH shall make you the head and not the tail, and you only shall be above, and you shall not be underneath, if you will listen to the commandments of YHVH your Elohim, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully. (15) But it shall come about, if you will not obey YHVH your Elohim, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.”) (29) “The righteous will inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.” (Righteous people are those who do righteousness and obey all Elohim’s commandments, as opposed to lawlessness which is sin, as shown in Psalm 119: 172, as follows: ‘Let my tongue sing of Thy word, for all Thy commandments are righteousness.” The words ‘dwell in it forever’ show they will have gained eternal life at Messiah’s return.) (34) “Wait for YHVH, and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.” So we see that these five verses from Psalm 37 are all reversals of the ‘Jezreel’ declaration by Hosea.

Isn’t this marvelous? In the first three verses of Yahshua’s first major teaching in Matthew 5, He proclaims a wonderful threefold prophetic restoration of the dreadful prophetic proclamation made by Hosea in Hosea 1. Even so, we need to let everything be established by two or three witnesses as Yahshua declared in Matthew 18: 16. Now let’s turn our focus on the next three blessings in Yahshua’s teaching in Matthew 5:

We read accordingly from verse 6: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” With what shall they be satisfied? Simply put, they shall be satisfied by what they hunger and thirst for. Let’s in this case turn to Psalm 18: 24, for another definition of righteousness, as follows: ‘Therefore YHVH has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.’ This is talking about our application of the commandments or Torah in what we do with our hands. Do we commit sin with our hands or do we do what is right – do we help the less fortunate and work to earn a living, or do we steal, kill and murder with our hands. We need to praise YHVH for His gift of righteousness; He has made us righteous through faith in Yahshua as witnessed in Romans 8: 3 & 4, in this way: “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, Elohim did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, (4) in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Because of trusting faith in Yahshua’s sacrifice for us, the right standing of the house of Israel in the eyes of YHVH has been restored. Those in right standing with YHVH are no longer, ‘not My people’. Here Yahshua provides a witness to the reversal of the ‘Lo-ammi’ declaration of Hosea.
Continuing in Matthew 5: 7, we read: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” We are merciful if we forgive others their transgressions against us, including those who owe us money and cannot repay because of the current economic conditions. Another word for mercy is compassion. We are truly compassionate when we help those who are poor and cannot repay us, instead of demanding that they be imprisoned for debt owed us. Yahshua here provides us with a witness to the reversal of the ‘Lo-ruhamah’ declaration of Hosea.

Finally we read from verse 8 of Matthew 5: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see Elohim.” YHVH looks at our hearts – our belief system. Do we practice what we preach, or do we deceive people by not telling the whole truth. We need to remember that we are able to deceive other people, but YHVH knows exactly what we do and say. This is saying that those who are pure in their hearts, will see Yahshua at His return to earth one day on Yom Teruah, as witnessed in first Thessalonians 4: 13 – 17, in this way: ‘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 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 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 (on the Mount of Olives), and thus we shall always be with the Master.’ Yahshua will one day rule the world from Jerusalem. If we overcome Satan, the world and our own human nature, we will be with Him and see Him in the Promised Land. This is clearly a complete reversal of the ‘Jezreel’ declaration of Hosea.

Yahshua was sent to seek and save the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Praise YHVH, He overturned the threefold divorce proclamation of Hosea 1 and Jeremiah 3. He did this by systematically reversing each of the dreadful proclamations by Hosea, promising restoration at each step. This is interestingly enough; the same method of restoration that Yahshua used with Kepha following Kepha’s threefold denial of Him after His betrayal by Judas Iscariot. Kepha denied Yahshua three times and Yahshua provided a three-step restoration in John 21: 15 – 17, as follows: ‘So when they had finished breakfast, Yahshua said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Master; You know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend My lambs” (16) He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Master; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.” (17) He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Kepha was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Master, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Yahshua said to him, “Tend My sheep.”’ Despite Rav Kepha having denied Yahshua three times, Yahshua restored him as a teacher sent by Him to teach the men, women and children in the congregation of Elohim. The parallel of Hosea’s and Yahshua’s teachings go one step further. Matthew 5: 9 reads: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of Elohim.” This agrees with Hosea 1: 10, in this way: ‘Yet the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered; and it will come about that, in the place where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” it will be said to them, “you are the sons of the living Elohim.”’ The reconciliation of Elohim’s people to Himself is the basic message of Yahshua. This message is of such importance to our loving Father that He sent Yahshua to deliver His loving message of restoration to His lost sheep.

Let these encouraging words fill your spirit, as YHVH tells Hosea in Hosea 2: 19 – 23, saying: “And I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in lovingkindness and in compassion, (20) and I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know YHVH. (21) And it will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares YHVH. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth, (22) and the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine, and to the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. (23) And I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, and I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘Thou art My Elohim!’” YHVH repeats three times, that He will again betroth Israel to Himself, showing the intensity of His love for her. At that time Israel will have returned to Elohim and will no longer be a harlot; He will remarry her and the house of Judah and will also provide the entire dowry. What a fantastic future awaits true believers. We also finally read the conclusion of the two house account from Ezekiel 37: 21 – 24, as follows: “And say to them, ‘Thus says YHVH Elohim, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; (22) and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations; and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms. (23) And they will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their Elohim. (24) And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances, and keep My statutes, and observe them.” Halleluyah!