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Quest For the Messiah.

Who is the true Mashiach
(Messiah) of the Hebrew Scriptures?
 

The Truth In The Quest For The Mashiach (Messiah).
The Hebrew Scriptures alone, is the ONLY Consecrated Scripture of Yahweh.

With all of the wars and upset weather conditions religious groups the world over are looking for a Messiah to appear and save the world. The Jews are looking for a human Mashiach and the Christians are looking for the return of 'Jesus Christ'. Each group thinks that the coming Messiah/Mashiach is being sent from heaven by 'god' [1] and will arrive just in the nick of time to spare their group from the cataclysmic prophecies of the end time! They all think that their coming Messiah/Mashiach will establish world peace and usher in a utopian world order, with their particular group in the upper echelons of influence.

Satan is more cunning and clever than any beast of the field [2], and truly has deceived the whole world. One the greatest deceptions of all time is the true identity of the Mashiach/Messiah and the false substitution of one of the previous Sixteen Crucified Saviors[3], made to take the place of the Mashiach who is discussed in the Hebrew Scriptures. However, what is the truth? The Hebrew Scriptures are replete with information about the Mashiach of Israel who will save the whole world. Nevertheless, who is he? This has been a well-hidden fact ever since the 'Council of Nicaea' [deceptivly, intentionally, purposefully, and willfully] hid the facts, and substituted their deception in it's place. That is what we will explore, and the subject of this essay.

The Jewish Concept Of The Mashiach (Messiah).[4]

"The Mashiach [a Hebrew term (Strong's H4886 meaning to anoint), which was twisted into the false concept of the 'christian' Messiah] was never thought of as a supernatural being and was never described that way in any part of Hebrew scripture that refers to the Mashiach [maw-shee'-akh]. The phrase 'son of god' does not appear anywhere in Hebrew scripture nor does anything even remotely resemble that term.

The Mashiach is conceived of as an extraordinary human being, like King David, who will unite the entire world in a peaceful kingdom centered in Israel with everyone following the ETERNAL CREATOR's laws, and everyone believing in a single ETERNAL CREATOR and SOVEREIGN of the universe. All of the children of Israel will be reunited in the land of Israel in that time and the other nations will recognize the truth of our beliefs and will feel ashamed of the harm they have done to us." [5]

The Christian Concept Of The Messiah.

'Jesus' of Nazareth, a 1st-century Jewish teacher who was crucified by the Romans, is believed by Christians to be the 'Christ' or Messiah whose personal sacrifice and death, reconciles man to 'god', as a final one-time payment for the sins of all mankind. See the article: "Is Blood Required To Atone For Sin?".

Knowledge of 'Jesus' ('Yeshua or Yahshua') as a historical person is provided mainly by the [New Testament]™ (especially the Gospels). From this source and a few references in other works of the 1st and 2nd centuries, the following consensus [6] can be drawn. 'Jesus' was born in Roman-ruled Palestine during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) and grew up in the Galilean village of Nazareth. Associated early in his career with John the Baptist, he gathered around him a group of disciples attracted by his interpretation of Jewish law and his miracles, especially his exorcisms and healing of the sick. 'Jesus' criticisms of Jewish religious leaders, coupled with the political rhetoric he used in announcing that 'gods' rule was about to replace human rule, led to mounting opposition toward him in both the Jewish and Roman establishments. Arrested in Jerusalem, he was tried, condemned, and executed [for treason] as a claimant to Jewish kingship.

This death by crucifixion, a form of execution used by the Romans to punish non-Roman citizens who threatened Roman authority, took place when Pontius Pilate was Roman governor of Judea (AD 26-36). 'Jesus' followers subsequently claimed that 'god' had raised him from the dead, and 'Christianity,' the movement launched in his name, quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean world. The Roman emperors Claudius and Nero took actions to suppress 'Christianity' in the middle of the 1st-century, and by the end of the century, Jewish authorities in Palestine had adopted policies aimed at sharply differentiating 'Christians' from Jews.

The Gospel accounts vary in the information they provide about 'Jesus'. The Gospels according to Mark and John concentrate on the story of his public activity and teachings. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke furnish accounts of his birth and childhood. All, however, allegedly agree on the essential features of his life".[7] See the article: "New Testament Credibility".

[Editor's Note: This means that there are definitely disagreements on all points, so who is correct if any.]

Is Jesus The Son Referred To In Proverbs 30?

In an attempt to prove the divine origin of 'Jesus', christian theologians have pointed to this proverb as a proof text for their claim. However, an in-depth examination of what the text actually says, will dispel any attempt at such a forced interpretation.

After informing us that he does not have all the wisdom and understanding that he should possess, Agur, the son of Jakeh, poses a series of rhetorical Questions, the Answers to which he realizes all men who seek knowledge should possess:

(Proverbs 30:4) (NKJV) Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?

Knowing the Answers to these Questions, is to know the fundamentals of all knowledge. The Answer to the Question "What is His Name?", is found in Scripture where we are informed that [YHWH or Yahweh] is the only CREATOR:

(Deuteronomy 4:39) (LEB) So you shall acknowledge today, and you must call to mind that Yahweh is 'God' in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no other 'God'.

(Deuteronomy 4:39) (NOG) Remember today, and never forget that Yahweh is 'Elohim' in heaven above and here on earth. There is no other 'god'.

(Deuteronomy 4:39) (WEB) Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is SOVEREIGN in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.

Following this Question a second Question is asked: "What is his son's name?". Just as the first question is readily answered through a reading of Scripture, the source of all true knowledge, so too is the second question answered by studying such verses as:

(Exodus 4:22) (KJV) And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the ETERNAL, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

(Deuteronomy 14:1) (KJV) Ye are the children of the ETERNAL your CREATOR: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

(Hosea 2:1) (TLV) Yet the number of Bnei-Yisrael will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. Instead of 'You are not My people' being said to them, they will be called 'Children of the living God'.

Consequently, it is Israel that is the name of His son, His firstborn. While it is true we that find elsewhere in Scripture, that David and Solomon stand in a filial relationship with the ETERNAL (Psalms 89:27-28, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:6), they are also Israelites who count along with the whole. Indeed, this will also be true of the future [Mashiach/Messiah]. But the right to this title is due, in the final analysis, to the fact that they are the representatives or personifications of Israel as a whole. Hence, it is Israel that is the sole bearer of the august title of "the son", or "the firstborn", of the ETERNAL, and not some counterfeit self-proclaimed 'man-god' savior mythology, of an equally counterfit [New Testament]™ book of deception.

Christian theology may argue that any reference to Israel's relationship with the ETERNAL only points to an allegedly greater relationship between the ETERNAL and 'Jesus', but this argument remains unproved, having no bases whatsoever in the Hebrew Scriptures. It is an argument based on misguided deceptive motives, trying to prove a preconceived idea by using false, forced interpretations.

As a point of fact: Only in the future will [The Mashiach/Messiah] when he comes, enter into the inheritance of "sonship" of the ETERNAL, a position he will share with all of the ETERNAL's chosen servants. In other words, it hasn't happened yet, despite the so-called [New Testament's]™ insistence to the contrary!

General Information About The Messiah.

Moreover, the foundation of 'Christianity' rests on the claim that 'Jesus Christ' was the Jewish Messiah. In fact, the writings of the Hebrew Scriptures (The Tanakh or Old Testament) are actually the writings of the nation of ancient Israel. Since the nation of Israel was composed of twelve tribes, the Jews of today being composed of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin along with part of the tribe of Levi, they make up only a small portion of the nation of Israel.

Can the claims of 'Christianity' that the Messiah was the son of 'god' who became flesh and dwelt among us to be crucified for the sins of mankind be found and verified in The "Holy" Scriptures? How many times was the Messiah supposed to come? Most 'Christians' say twice: Once to be crucified by the Romans to 'atone for sin*' and again to establish himself as King of Kings and usher in the Kingdom of 'god'. [8]

*For an eye-opening study on this topic, please see: Is Blood Required To Atone For Sin?

The word 'Messiah' is an English translation of the Hebrew word 'Mashiach,' which simply means to be 'anointed with oil'. It usually refers to someone who has been initiated into the service of the ETERNAL through the ceremony of being anointed with oil. In the Holy Bible, every Israelite and Jewish king was anointed with oil as well as hereditary High Priests who served in the Temple. Sometimes prophets were anointed with oil. All of these people could correctly be referred to as an 'anointed one'. [9]

For example, in the first book of Samuel, King Saul is referred to as the ETERNAL's 'anointed' (1 Samuel 26:9). In the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus, the king of Persia, is referred to as the ETERNAL's 'anointed' (Isaiah 45:1). So, what we see, is that in the Hebrew Scriptures, the word [Mashiach/Messiah] is used generically to refer to anyone who is anointed.

While it is technically true that the Hebrew Scriptures do not contain the phrase "the Messiah" or "the Mashiach" as applied by name to a particular person or being, they do indeed prophesy of one who IS [future tense] to usher in world peace, build the Third Temple in Jerusalem, and sit at the right hand of the ETERNAL CREATOR. The Builder of the Third Temple is the one this paper is referring to by the use of the English phrase "the Messiah" or in Hebrew "the Mashiach" or "Ha-Mashiach." I prefer to use the Hebrew word "Mashiach" as the English word "Messiah" is generally taken to be the man from Galilee of the [New Testament]™ and this paper is a Quest for the "Mashiach" of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Is the coming Mashiach of the Israelite tribes, or of the Gentiles? What is the difference between the people of Israel and the people of the rest of the world? Are all of the Israelite people Jewish? Before answering the question concerning the identity of the Mashiach, it is important to understand who the ancient people of the Commonwealth of Greater Israel were.

What Is The Difference Between The Jews And Israel?

Did you know that the first place the Scriptures use the word "Jew" the JEWS ARE AT WAR WITH ISRAEL?

(2 Kings 16:5-6) (KJV) ⁵Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. ⁶At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and [drove] the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

Did you know that all Jews are Israelites [10], but not all Israelites are Jewish [despite their insistance to the contrary]? How could that possibly be? The story begins with Abraham and his obedience to the Great CREATOR who gave him many promises. One of the promises was that Abraham's descendants would make up many nations:

(Genesis 17:3-5)[11] (KJV) ³And Abram fell on his face: and 'God' talked with him, saying, ⁴As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. ⁵Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Another of these promises was that these descendants of Abraham would be called the sons of Isaac:

(Genesis 21:12) (KJV) And the ETERNAL [12] said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called."

Even though Sarah was barren and was in her old age, the Great CREATOR intervened and she gave birth to a son and named him Isaac, (Genesis 21:2-3). Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. The birthright of Isaac passed to Jacob (Genesis 25:24-33). The ETERNAL changed Jacob's name to Israel (Genesis 35:10). Thus all the sons that Israel (Jacob) had became known as the "sons of Israel," and the resulting nation became the nation of Israel. Yet, the overriding name would still be the "sons of Isaac."

The twelve sons of Israel (Jacob) were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher (Genesis 35:23-26). The families of each of these sons became large and compose the twelve tribes of Israel. These same twelve tribes became known as the children of Israel, who became slaves in Egypt. Moses later brought these Israelite tribes out of slavery from Egypt.

However, Joseph had two sons named Ephraim and Manasseh, and the tribe of Joseph became split into two tribes that were named after his sons (Genesis 48:9-16). Since the tribe of Joseph was then accounted as being two tribes, in reality there became thirteen tribes of Israel.

The tribe of Judah sprang from one man, Judah, who was only one of Israel's (Jacob's) children. They were the ones who became known as Jews. The Jewish people only make up one-thirteenth of the tribes of Israel. Thus, we can see that all Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jewish.

The tribe of Levi became the Levitical priesthood scattered among all the tribes and was not counted as a tribal nation (Numbers 1:47-50). Thus, even though there were actually thirteen tribes, there were only twelve tribal nations.

Who Are The People Of Israel In Today's World?

ETERNAL promised Abraham that his descendants would become as numerous as the stars in the heavens (Genesis 17:5-7). Notice the longevity of the nation of Israel of a thousand generations that our CREATOR has promised, to those who love Him and keep His Commandments:

(Deuteronomy 7:6-9) (NKJV) ⁶For you are a holy [set apart] people to the ETERNAL CREATOR; The ETERNAL CREATOR has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. ⁷The ETERNAL did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; ⁸but because the ETERNAL loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the ETERNAL has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹Therefore know that the ETERNAL CREATOR, He is SOVEREIGN, the faithful Mighty One who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His Commandments.

Next the ETERNAL CREATOR said the House of Israel would be taken captive. Take note that the House of Judah (Jews) is mentioned by itself, and that both nations are mentioned together as the House of Isaac. Therefore, it requires both Israel and Judah together to make up the House of Isaac [Israel]:

(Amos 7:9-16) (KJV) ⁹The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam. ¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos has said: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive from their own land.' ¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos: Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, and there prophesy. ¹³But never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal residence. ¹⁴Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet. Nor was I a son of a prophet, but I was a sheepherder and a tender of sycamore fruit. ¹⁵Then the ETERNAL took me as I followed the flock, and the ETERNAL said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel. ¹⁶Now therefore, hear the word of the ETERNAL: you say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not spout against the house of Isaac.

After King Solomon's death, the Commonwealth of Israel split into two nations. The Northern Kingdom consisting of ten tribes became the nation of Israel with Shechem as the first capital. Samaria eventually became the permanent political capital of the Northern Kingdom. Israel consisted of the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim, Manasseh, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Jeroboam (their first king) set up a golden calf in Dan and one in Bethel and turned their religion to pagan mythology causing them to be taken into captivity and losing their identity.

The Southern Kingdom consisted of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and part of Levi, which became the nation of Judah with its capital remaining in Jerusalem. The Babylonians later took Judah into captivity but Judah retained the sign of the Sabbath and did not lose its identity, as did the tribes of Israel. After seventy years, most of the Jews returned to Jerusalem to build the Second Temple.

Since the ten tribes of the nation of Israel had turned to a mythological religion, they no longer worshipped the ETERNAL, The Righteous One of Israel, nor kept the Sabbath. They worshipped the mythological 'sun god' on the first day of the week [sunday] instead. The CREATOR set the Sabbath for a sign between Himself and Israel for all generations (Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12-20). And since Israel did not keep the sign for the CREATOR's people, they became the "Lost Ten Tribes."

As time progressed, Assyria became a powerful empire. They captured and deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in approximately 740-720 BCE (Before Common Era). Assyria removed Israel from their homeland and replaced them with other captured peoples of the Assyrian Empire. The Assyrians placed the captured people of Israel in the western part of the empire. Later Babylon became the world-ruling empire replacing Assyria. Rather than be taken captive by the Babylonians, the Assyrians migrated westward and, in doing so, they pushed the Israelites farther westward.

In the late 1800's, some Assyrian clay cuneiform tablets were discovered and they were finally translated in the 1930's. These tablets were Assyrian records of this 700's BCE Israelite deportation. There were records of four deportations which proved the ten tribes of the northern Nation of Israel were assembled into Assyrian culture and became identifiable as the Camerians, Sycthians, and Goths. Records of ancient history show that over several hundred years and through different paths, the Sycthians, Camerians, and Goths migrated essentially to northwest Europe and became known as the Anglo-Saxon Celtic people.

Linguistic analysis of the word "Anglo-Saxon" shows the word "Saxon" means "sons of Isaac." This is exactly what The Mighty One promised Abraham and again to Jacob:

(Genesis 21:12) (KJV) And the ETERNAL said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

(Genesis 48:14-16) (KJV) ¹⁴And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. ¹⁵And he blessed Joseph, and said, the ETERNAL, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the ETERNAL which fed me all my life long unto this day, ¹⁶The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name [Jacob later named Israel] be named on them [Ephraim and Manasseh], and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Our CREATOR's statement to Abraham, "in Isaac shall your seed be called" has happened exactly that way. The basic message the CREATOR was relaying through Abraham is: through Isaac the children of Israel will be able to learn their identity.

Secular history traces the Anglo-Saxon "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel through the Caucasus Mountains where they picked up the name Caucasians. From there they migrated into Europe and England. Portions of them migrated from Europe to America. Generally speaking, the democracies of Europe, America, and the countries of the former British Commonwealth are the "lost tribes" of Israel. Most people in these countries have the mistaken feeling that they are gentiles because most people today have no idea past two or three generations where they came from.

The people of northwest Europe migrated to the British Isles, Ireland, and Scotland. They colonized South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and America. Since they were from the Anglo-Saxon Celtic people, and are called Saxons (sons of Isaac), this is a fulfillment of prophecy.

For a long time, many people have felt there was more to the Hebrew Scriptures (OT) than they have been taught. This is true because the Hebrew Scriptures is written to the people of Israel, who are destined to become a kingdom of priests, a holy nation unto the ETERNAL (Exodus 19:3-7). The world time clock says we are less than a minute away from midnight. The hour is late in this earth age, and the time is too short, just to be playing attending church[3]. Educate yourself on the location of Israel[4] and the truth of The Holy Scriptures.

Jacob Prophesies Of The Mashiach.

Jacob (Israel) the patriarchal father of both the House of Israel and the House of Judah proclaimed the coming or advent of the Mashiach in the end time.

(Genesis 49:1) (NKJV) And Jacob called his sons and said, Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:

(Genesis 49:8-10) (NKJV) ⁸Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you. ⁹Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down; he lies down as a lion; and as a lion, who shall rouse him? ¹⁰The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

The Companion Bible[14] adds the word "he" so that the verse then reads "Until he, Shiloh comes." "Shiloh is an epithet of the Mashiach." [15] Who is this Shiloh that is to appear? Is he one who the people will obey? The New Scofield Reference Bible's note for verse ten states:

"Several suggestions have been offered to explain the word 'Shiloh.' The oldest translations render it 'whose it is' or 'to whom it belongs' with reference to the Mashiach's reign and the prophecy of (Ezekiel 21:27)."

Then Scofield says that the prophecy does not refer to the city of Shiloh nor was it already fulfilled in King David of ancient Israel. Then Scofield states of verse ten that:

"The reference is to the Mashiach. Rule in Judah will not depart until He [Shiloh] comes, when that sovereignty will be heightened to include the world."

Ezekiel Prophesies Of The Mashiach.

Ezekiel was among the Jewish exiles carried away to Babylon. Ezekiel went into Babylonian captivity with Judah; and by that time, Israel had long since been taken into Assyrian captivity. They had become the "Lost Ten Tribes" and thus have not yet heard this prophecy from Ezekiel; therefore, it is a prophecy for Israel in the latter days. Since Ezekiel died long ago and since this is an end-time prophecy, it has yet to be revealed to Israel:

(Ezekiel 2:3) (NKJV) And He said to me: "Son of man, I AM SENDING YOU TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day.

(Ezekiel 21:25-27) (NKJV) ²⁵Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end, thus says the ETERNAL CREATOR: ²⁶Remove the turban, and take off the crown; nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. ²⁷Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, UNTIL HE COMES WHOSE RIGHT IT IS, AND I WILL GIVE IT TO HIM.

Psalms Tell Of The Mashiach.

Someone will appear who has authority to take the crown, and it rightfully belongs to him. But who? Notice another passage about the coming Mashiach:

(Psalm 2:1-12) (NKJV) ¹Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing: ²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the ETERNAL AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, ³"Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us." ⁴He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The ETERNAL shall hold them in derision. ⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure. ⁶"YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY [SET APART] HILL OF ZION. ⁷I will declare the decree," the ETERNAL has said to me, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. ⁸Ask of me, AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, and the ends of the earth for your possession. ⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel." ¹⁰Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. ¹¹Serve the ETERNAL with fear, and rejoice with trembling. ¹²Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

The kings and judges are told to "kiss up" to this son, whoever he is, because he is the Anointed and rules with a rod of iron. But who could this be? Who could this possibly be??

Whoever appears on the scene as the Mashiach Will Be [future tense] a begotten son of our CREATOR. He will be given the nations as an inheritance to be able to break (punish) them with a rod of iron. They will pay homage to him and put their trust in him. But who? Who? Notice another Mashiach verse:

(Psalm 16:7-11) (NKJV) ⁷I will bless the ETERNAL who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. ⁸I have set the ETERNAL always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. ⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will rest in hope. ¹⁰FOR YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN SHEOL, nor will You allow Your [set apart] One to see corruption. ¹¹You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE.

Whoever the Mashiach is, Will Be [future tense] a son of our CREATOR with authority to take the crown over all kings. He will stand from his grave to eternal life and will sit at the right hand of the Mighty One forevermore. Nevertheless, oh who could this ever be?

Whoever it is, the Dead Sea Scrolls state he Will Stand [future tense] from his grave, to be the Son of the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN; he will not come down from heaven on a cloud.

"For Yours is the might and in Your hands, the battle ...for our Ruler is holy and the glorious King [ETERNAL] is with us. The host of His Spirits is with our foot soldiers and horsemen. They are as clouds of dew covering the earth as torrential rain shedding judgment on all that grows there. Arise hero [King David] ...smite the nations, your enemies, and consume guilty flesh with your sword." This last clearly being a Messianic allusion. [16]

"This Holy offspring that sprouts from the ground Will Be [future tense] called the Son of G-d and he Will Occupy [future tense] his own throne, the Throne of David.[17] The Mashiach of all Israel, the Mashiach of our SOVEREIGN Will Be [future tense] the Son of our SOVEREIGN and he Will Stand [future tense] from his grave.

Balaam Tells Of The Mashiach.

Even 'Balaam', who wanted to put a curse on Israel, was forced to testify of the coming end-time Mashiach:

(Numbers 24:15-18) (NKJV) So he [Balaam] took up his oracle and said: The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened; the utterance of him who hears the words of The Mighty One and has the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes wide open: I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult. And Edom shall be a possession; Seir also, his enemies shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

But who is the Star that shall come out of Jacob as a Scepter rising from Israel?

Pieces Of The Puzzle.

In order to understand the Scriptures that hold the key to the Mashiach's identity, we must first cover some basic Scriptural knowledge. With this basic knowledge, we can begin a treasure hunt from the Hebrew Scriptures whose translations have been tainted by the doctrines of those religions claiming to descend from the Fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. First, notice something about the shepherd boy David. He was the anointed king and was given the ETERNAL's Righteous Spirit:

(1 Samuel 16:12-13) (KJV) ¹²And he [Jesse] sent, and brought him [David] in... And the ETERNAL said [to Samuel], "Arise, anoint him: for this is he." ¹³Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and ANOINTED him in the midst of his brethren: AND THE SPIRIT OF THE ETERNAL CAME UPON DAVID FROM THAT DAY FORWARD.

(2 Samuel 23:1) (NKJV) Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; thus says the man raised up on high, the anointed of the SOVEREIGN of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

The Hebrew Words inspired by the Mighty One of Israel state that King David is the anointed of the ETERNAL. David was anointed into office [as King], by the Prophet Samuel using olive oil poured on his head as prescribed by Law. Moreover, the ETERNAL also anointed David with 'THE SPIRIT OF THE ETERNAL' or [the Holy Spirit], which stayed with David for the remainder of his life.

The [New Testament]™ says the man from Galilee, the so-called Messiah, was anointed by mary [Magdalene] who rubbed a costly perfume on his feet:

(John 12:3) (TLB) Then Mary [Magdalene] took a jar of costly perfume made from essence of nard, and anointed Jesus' feet with it and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with fragrance.

However, this anointing by Mary did not make him King, nor did 'THE SPIRIT OF THE ETERNAL' come upon him! These are TWO DIFFERENT Messiahs, with two different agendas. Will the real Mashiach please stand up [from his grave].

King David knew that the ETERNAL will not leave him in the grave forever, but will cause him to stand [from his grave] to everlasting life in the likeness of the ETERNAL Himself. He knew that he will sit at the Mighty One's right side. Notice the next passages:

(Psalm 16:1) (NKJV) Preserve me [David speaking], O ETERNAL, for in You I put my trust

(Psalm 16:5-11) (NKJV) ⁵O ETERNAL, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. ⁶The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance. ⁷I will bless the ETERNAL who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. ⁸I have set the ETERNAL always before me; because, He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. ⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh [DAVID'S] also will rest in hope. ¹⁰For YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY [David's] SOUL IN SHEOL [the grave]. NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE [DAVID] TO SEE CORRUPTION. ¹¹You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE.

(Psalm 17:14-15) (NKJV) ¹⁴With Your hand from men, O ETERNAL, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their possession for their babes. ¹⁵As for me [David], I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied WHEN I AWAKE IN YOUR LIKENESS".

And David Shall Be Their King.

These next Scriptures are quoted from The Living Bible because they are in conversational English. Read these verses in context in your own Scriptures and then you can see that the Scriptures plainly tell us who the Mashiach is:

(Ezekiel 37:21-28) (TLB) ²¹For the ETERNAL CREATOR says: "I am gathering the people of Israel from among the nations and bringing them home from around the world to their own land, ²²to unify them into one nation. One king shall be king of them all; no longer shall they be divided into two nations. ²³They shall stop polluting themselves with idols and their other sins, for I will save them from all this foulness. Then they shall truly be My people and I their Mighty One. ²⁴And David, My Servant - The Messiah - shall be their King, their only Shepherd; and they shall obey My laws and all My wishes. ²⁵They shall live in the land of Israel where their fathers lived, the land I gave My servant Jacob. They and their children after them shall live there, and their grandchildren, for all generations. And My Servant David, their Messiah, shall be their Prince forever. ²⁶And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting pact. I will bless them, multiply them, and put My Temple among them forever. ²⁷And I will make My home among them. Yes, I will be their Mighty One, and they shall be My people. ²⁸And when My Temple remains among them forever, then the nations will know that I, the ETERNAL, have chosen Israel as My very own."

(Ezekiel 34:11-13) (TLB) ¹¹For the ETERNAL CREATOR says: "I will search and find My sheep. ¹²I will be like a shepherd looking for his flock. I will find My sheep and rescue them from all the places they were scattered in that dark and cloudy day [of Jacob's Trouble]. ¹³And I will bring them back from among the people and nations where they were, back home to their own land of Israel."

(Ezekiel 34:15-28) (TLB) ^15-16I myself will be the Shepherd of my sheep and cause them to lie down in peace, the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN says. I will seek my lost ones, those who strayed away, and bring them safely home again. I will put splints and bandages upon their broken limbs and heal the sick. And I will destroy the powerful, fat shepherds; I will feed them, yes, feed them punishment! ¹⁷And as for you, O my flock, my people, the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN says, I will judge you and separate good from bad, sheep from goats. ¹⁸Is it a small thing to you, O evil shepherds, that you not only keep the best of the pastures for yourselves, but trample down the rest? That you take the best water for yourselves and muddy the rest with your feet? ¹⁹All that's left for my flock is what you've trampled down; all they have to drink is water that you've fouled. ²⁰Therefore the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN says: I will surely judge between these fat shepherds and their scrawny sheep. ²¹For these shepherds push and butt and crowd my sick and hungry flock until they're scattered far away. ²²So I myself will save my flock; no more will they be picked on and destroyed. And I will notice which is plump and which is thin, and why! ²³And I will set one Shepherd over all my people, even my Servant David. He shall feed them and be a Shepherd to them. ²⁴And I, the ETERNAL, will be their SOVEREIGN, and my Servant David shall be a Prince among my people. I, the ETERNAL, have spoken it. ²⁵I will make a peace pact with them and drive away the dangerous animals from the land, so that my people can safely camp in the wildest places and sleep safely in the woods. ²⁶I will make my people and their homes around my hill a blessing. And there shall be showers, showers of blessing, for I will not shut off the rains but send them in their seasons. ²⁷Their fruit trees and fields will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken off their chains of slavery and delivered them from those who profiteered at their expense, they shall know I am the ETERNAL. ²⁸No more will other nations conquer them nor wild animals attack. They shall live in safety and no one shall make them afraid.

(Jeremiah 30:8-10) (TLB) ⁸"For on that day," says the ETERNAL of Hosts, '" will break the yoke from their necks and snap their chains, and foreigners shall no longer be their masters! ⁹For they shall serve the ETERNAL CREATOR, and David their King, WHOM I WILL RAISE UP FOR THEM," says the ETERNAL. ¹⁰"So don't be afraid, O Jacob My servant; don't be dismayed, O Israel; for I will bring you home again from distant lands, and your children from their exile. They shall have rest and quiet in their own land, and no one shall make them afraid."

(Micah 5:2-4) (NIV) ²"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me one [David] who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." ³Therefore, Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers' return to join the Israelites. ⁴He will stand [from his grave] and shepherd his flock in the strength of the ETERNAL, in the majesty of the name of the ETERNAL his SOVEREIGN. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.

(Micah 5:2-4) (TLB) ²"O Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are but a small Judean village, yet you will be the birthplace of my King [David] who is alive from everlasting ages past"! ³The ETERNAL will abandon his people to their enemies until she who is to give birth has her son [David stands from his grave]; then at last his [David's] fellow countrymen, the exile remnants of Israel, will rejoin their brethren in their own land. ⁴And he [David] shall stand and feed his [David's] flock in the strength of the ETERNAL, in the majesty of the name of the ETERNAL his SOVEREIGN, and his [David's] people shall remain there undisturbed, for he [David] will be greatly honored all around the world.

(Hosea 3:4-5) (NKJV) ⁴For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. ⁵Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the ETERNAL their CREATOR and David their king. They shall fear the ETERNAL and His goodness in the latter days.

David To Be The King For The Eternity To Come.

With crystal clear wording, the ETERNAL states that He will establish King David as the one shepherd over His sheep. Most serious students of Scripture understand that since the message of Ezekiel was never taken to the captured Northern Kingdom, that it is an end-time message. The time setting is the Messianic Kingdom:

(Ezekiel 34:25) (NKJV) I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and [can] sleep in the woods.

David is promised to be the King in the Messianic Kingdom:

(Ezekiel 34:1) (NKJV) And the word of the ETERNAL came unto me, saying,

(Ezekiel 34:11) (NKJV) For thus saith the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN; "Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

(Ezekiel 34:22-24) (NKJV) ²²Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. ²³And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. ²⁴And I the ETERNAL will be their SOVEREIGN, and my servant David a prince among them; I the ETERNAL have spoken it.

Now we will go back and look at Psalm 2 and it is now obvious that the reference is to King David.

(Psalms 2:1-3) (NKJV) ¹Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing: ²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the ETERNAL AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED [DAVID WAS ANOINTED], saying, ³Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us.

(Psalms 2:4-9) (NKJV) ⁴He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the ETERNAL shall hold them in derision. ⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure ⁶YET I HAVE SET MY KING [DAVID] ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION ⁷I will declare the decree. The ETERNAL has said to me [David], YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. ⁸Ask of me, AND I WILL GIVE YOU [DAVID] THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. ⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.

(Psalms 2:10-12) (NKJV) ¹⁰Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. ¹¹Serve the ETERNAL with fear, and rejoice with trembling. ¹²Kiss the son [King David], lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

King David is the anointed one, or Mashiach, since the word anointed means Mashiach. The ETERNAL CREATOR plainly tells us to put our faith and trust in Him, and His firstborn son, King David. Notice this in a different context:

(Psalms 89:3) (LEB) I made a covenant with my chosen one; I swore an oath to David my servant...

(Psalms 89:20) (KJV) I have found My servant David; With My holy oil [Spirit] I have anointed him...

(Psalms 89:24) (KJV) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, and in My Name his horn [18] shall be exalted.

(Psalms 89:26-28) (KJV) ²⁶He shall cry to Me, "You are my Father, My SOVEREIGN, and the Rock of my salvation." ²⁷Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the Kings of the earth. ²⁸My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My Covenant shall stand firm with him.

(Psalms 89:29-32) (KJV) ²⁹His seed also I will make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰If his sons forsake My Law and do not walk in My Judgments, ³¹If they break My Statutes and do not keep My commandments, ³²then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

(Psalms 89:33-37) (KJV) ³³Nevertheless My loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail. ³⁴My Covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. ³⁵Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: ³⁶his seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me; ³⁷it shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky". Selah.

The ETERNAL CREATOR and SOVEREIGN of the Universe states of King David:

1) That He made a covenant, and swore an oath to David.
2) That David is the Mashiach / Messiah.
3) That David was anointed with the ETERNAL's Holy Spirit.
4) That David shall be exalted.
5) That David shall be made the ETERNAL's firstborn.
6) That David shall be made the highest of the Kings of the earth.
7) That David's seed will endure forever.
8) That David will live and rule on his own throne forever.

None of this is said to, or about, a man from Galilee. Why? Because he was not anointed [19] nor did he have seed (children); and even if he did sleep around and have children, neither he, nor they, ever ruled as a king of Israel; And no Covenant was ever made between the ETERNAL and him, though he calims to have made 'A New Covenant' of forgiveness, with no authority of the ETERNAL.

The Mashiach, King of Israel.

Quoting Vendyl Jones: [20]

The only person in the Bible who was called "The Mashiach of the ETERNAL" [21] was King David the son of Jesse. Saul, son of Kish was anointed as a prophet and later anointed as king of Israel. David said of Saul, "I will not raise up my hand against the ETERNAL's anointed." Moreover, the ETERNAL made no Messianic covenant with Saul.

The ETERNAL CREATOR did make an eternal Messianic Covenant with David in (2 Samuel 7). It was an eternal covenant that the throne of David, son of Jesse, would be established forever. Solomon, son of David, reigned on the throne of his father David. In all, twenty-two kings sat on the throne of David, son of Jesse. All of them were anointed as kings, yet, only David was called the Messianic king of Israel. The 21 kings that followed him sat on David's throne, not their own throne.

The great Messianic prophesy in (Isaiah 11) does not promise a descendant of David to be the Mashiach. It is very plainly stated that David himself will be the Messianic king of the Messianic age. "And there shall come forth a rod [22]out of the stem of Jesse and a branch [23]shall grow out of his roots, The "rod" was the earthly reign of David during his lifetime. The "branch" is his reign in the Messianic age to come.

(Ezekiel 34) speaks to the self-serving shepherds who caused the Diaspora [scattering] of Israel:

(Ezekiel 34:1-6) (NKJV) ¹And the word of the ETERNAL came to me, saying, ²"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN to the shepherds: "Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? ³You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. ⁴The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. ⁵So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. ⁶My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them".

He also spoke of the regathering of Israel in the last days:

(Ezekiel 34:11-13) (NKJV) ¹¹'For thus says the ETERNAL: "Indeed I Myself [ETERNAL] will search for My sheep and seek them out. ¹²As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I [ETERNAL] seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. ¹³And I [ETERNAL] will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land;".

(Ezekiel 34:23-24) (NKJV) ²³I [ETERNAL] will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them; My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. ²⁴And I [ETERNAL], the CREATOR, will be their SOVEREIGN, and My servant David a prince among them; I [ETERNAL], the CREATOR, have spoken.

In verse 12, notice that the ETERNAL is 'The Shepherd' gathering 'His sheep', and not the self-proclaimed 'son of man', as the so-called [New Testament]™ book of deception would have you believe. In verse 23 we read "And I will set up [raise-up] one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant David [he/David] will be their shepherd". In verse 24 we read: "And the ETERNAL, will be their SOVEREIGN and My servant David a prince among them". Again, The only person in the Bible who was called "The Mashiach of the ETERNAL" was King David the son of Jesse.

Contrary to the [New Testament's]™ insistance that they [ETERNAL's Commandments, Statues, and Laws] were all 'Nailed To The Cross' as it is claimed by the 'self-proclaimed' apostle Paul, notice that these regathered 'sheep' will be observing all the ETERNAL's 'judgments and statutes' [i.e. His Commandments, Statues, and Laws]:

(Ezekiel 37:24) (KJV) And David shall be prince over them: and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes, and do them".

(Jeremiah 23) begins as does (Ezekiel 34), opposing the slothful shepherds of Israel that caused them to be scattered. In (Jeremiah 23:5) in Hebrew it reads, "The days are coming that the ETERNAL will raise up to David, [the] righteous branch, and he will reign king and make prosperity and justice and righteousness in the earth:

(Jeremiah 23:5) (KJV) Behold, the days come, saith the ETERNAL, that I [ETERNAL] will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

And who will this 'righteous Branch, and King' be:

(Jeremiah 30:9) (KJV) But they shall serve the ETERNAL their SOVEREIGN, and David their King, whom I will raise up unto them.

Continuing in (Jeremiah 33:15), In those days and at that time will I cause the branch [the reign] of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

(Zechariah 12:8)" and the house of David will be as SOVEREIGN as the angel of the ETERNAL before them.

When the Mashiach comes, the first thing in the order of events is the [standing from the graves] of the dead. This is one of the very few things on which Judaism and 'Christianity' fully agree. However, in reality, one does not precede the other. The [standing] and the coming of the Mashiach happen simultaneously. In the words of (Isaiah 26:19) "Thy dead men shall live together; with my body shall they rise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is like the dew of the herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."

This is not some new idea of Vendyl Jones. The people of Qumran were called Essenes. The word Essenes is a Greek corruption of the Hebrew word "Ishiim." The word "Ishi" is Jesse in English. The Dead Sea Scrolls are void of any aspect of their belief in the soon coming of the Mashiach and the soon redemption of Israel. They saw the time of the end and the third house in far distant generations. They believed that the "Son of Ishi," that is to say, "David son of Ishi, "would redeem Israel and the world at the [standing from their graves] of all the dead.

Yes, I believe there will be the coming of the Mashiach. Based on the Jewish Scripture, I find only that David himself, and no other, will be the Messianic King of Israel. " [24]

What About The Word "UNTO"?

Also, notice that in the phrase "upon David", the word "upon" does not appear in the Original Hebrew[25]:

(1 Samuel 16:12-13) (KJV) (NASB Lexicon) ¹²And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the ETERNAL said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. ¹³Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the ETERNAL came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

The addition of the English word "unto", is another English word, that has been added to the text. The King James translators added the word "unto" to (2 Samuel 22:51). The word "unto" is not in the Original Hebrew, and should have been italicized if, or when, added to an English translation. Likewise for the word "to" in (Psalm 18:50). Neither word is in the Original Hebrew, and both should have been in italics.

(2 Samuel 22:51) (KJV) (NASB Lexicon) He [ETERNAL] is the tower of salvation for His king: and showeth mercy to His anointed, unto David, and to His seed for evermore.

(Psalm 18:50) (KJV) (NASB Lexicon) Great deliverance giveth he to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

What difference does it make, you might ask. The answer is: much in every way because without the "unto" or "to" both verses WOULD read: "To His anointed David". The English word "anointed" comes from the Hebrew word in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (H4899) which is "Mashiach" (maw-shee'-akh) and means, "anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); especially the Mashiach." Therefore, the ETERNAL is plainly stating that King David was, is, and will be, the Mashiach/Messiah!!

The phrase "unto David" is used 51 times in the King James Bible, yet the English word "unto" is not in the Original Hebrew! In some verses, its addition makes no difference whether it is there or not:

(1 Samuel 17:41) (KJV) And the Philistine came on and drew near UNTO David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

(2 Samuel 22:51) (KJV) He is the tower of salvation for His king: and showeth mercy to His anointed [Mashiach], UNTO David, and to his seed for evermore.

In some verses, its addition causes our English language to flow more smoothly:

(1 Samuel 17:17) (KJV) And Jesse said UNTO David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren.

In some verses, its addition causes our English language to flow less smoothly:

(1 Chronicles 12:16) (KJV) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold UNTO David.

However in some verses its addition completely distorts the meaning:

(Jeremiah 23:5) (KJV) Behold, the days come, saith the ETERNAL, that I will raise UNTO David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

(Jeremiah 33:15) (KJV) In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up UNTO David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. [26]

The addition of the word "UNTO" [deceptivly, intentionally, purposefully, and willfully], changes the meaning indicating that a descendant of David, will someday be The Branch, who will be the Mashiach. However, the Original Hebrew clearly and boldly states, that the ETERNAL will raise [cause to stand from his grave] David HIMSELF, as His Mashiach.

Now you can see one of the manipulations perpetrated by the 'Council of Nicaea', that was needed to support their so-called [New Testament]™ lie, that their self-proclaimed 'Messiah', is the 'True Mashiach of the ETERNAL'. As you read these articles and essays, you will soon learn there are other [agenda driven] manipulations, deceptions, and untruths.

No Hebrew Word For Resurrect.

The American Heritage Electronic Dictionary gives the meaning for the word 'resurrection' to be:

a. The act of restoring a dead person, for example, to life.
b. The condition of having been restored to life.

The Greek word "anastasis" (Strong's G386) means "a rising from the dead, of all men at the end of this present age". In reading the [New Testament]™, the Greek word "anastasis" was translated into the English word "resurrect" because both words have the same meaning of "rising from the dead."

The [New Testament]™ word "resurrection or resurrect" is not found in The Hebrew Scriptures. There is no Hebrew equivalent word that specifically means "rising from the dead" used in The Hebrew Scriptures. There are words used that mean simply to "raise or rise up," but not specifically "to raise or rise or stand from the grave."

An example is the word "quwm" (Strong's H6965) which means "to arise, to exist, to go forth, to grow up, to stand." Two examples of its use not connected to rising from the grave:

(Genesis 4:8) (KJV) And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose (quwm) up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

(2 Samuel 17:21) (KJV) And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise (quwm), and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

An example of "quwm" connected with bringing back to life:

(Jeremiah 23:5) (KJV) Behold, the days come, saith the ETERNAL, that I will raise (quwm) UNTO David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

King David, a righteous Branch, will stand from his grave as King. He shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. How very plain it is that King David is the righteous Branch that will stand from his grave to rule. He will follow the ETERNAL's Spirit and rule with peace and righteousness.

Q: Where are roots?
A: They are in the soil, in the ground, buried.

Q: What happens when a root sprouts?
A: Its branch emerges from the ground.

Q: Where is King David?
A: In the soil, in the ground, buried.

Q: What will happen to King David when he stands from his grave?
A: He will emerge as the Branch from the ground:

(Isaiah 11:1-7) (KJV) ¹And there shall come forth a rod[27] out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch [King David] shall grow out of his roots: ²And the spirit of the ETERNAL shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the ETERNAL; ³And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the ETERNAL: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: ⁴But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. ⁵And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. ⁶The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. ⁷And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

The ETERNAL will cause King David, the righteous Branch to STAND FROM HIS GRAVE as King and then he will save the House of Isaac from captivity. In the next verse UNTO are not in the Hebrew:

(Jeremiah 33:14-16) (KJV) ¹⁴Behold, the days come, saith the ETERNAL, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised UNTO the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. ¹⁵In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow [sprout] up UNTO David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The ETERNAL our righteousness.

King David will sprout up from the ground. The English word "sprout" comes from the Hebrew word 'tsamach' which is (Strong's H6779), a primary root word and means to sprout. This is another Hebrew word used to express a rising from the dead.

(Zechariah 6:11-13) (KJV) ¹¹Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; ¹²And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the SOVEREIGN of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the ETERNAL: ¹³Even he shall build the temple of the ETERNAL; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Remember that anointed = Messiah [English], and Mashiach [Hebrew], so King David will be the Anointed or Mashiach. King David's physical reign was the horn of David. His spiritual reign will occur when he buds out of his place in the ground:

(Psalm 132:13-18) (KJV) ¹³For the ETERNAL hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. ¹⁵I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷There will I make the horn of David to bud (tsamach): I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed [Mashiach]. ¹⁸His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Those verses leave little room for doubt, that King David IS the future Messiah, and that he [King David] will be the one wearing the crown, not some self-appointed 'son-of-god'. Moreover, there are many Scriptures stating that King David will stand from his grave and be the Mashiach. The two English words 'bring forth' in the following verse come from the Hebrew word [28] "bow" and mean, "to go or come" and again are referring to King David's waking from his sleep of death:

(Zechariah 3:8-10) (KJV) ⁸Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. ⁹For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. ¹⁰In that day, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.

Contrasted with King David is an example of the unrighteous king of Babylon, called an "abominable branch," who will not rule:

(Isaiah 14:4-6) (KJV) ⁴That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! ⁵The ETERNAL hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. ⁶He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

(Isaiah 14:19) (KJV) But thou [King of Babylon] art cast out of thy grave like an ABOMINABLE BRANCH, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet[29].

The Mashiach [Messiah] Is Mentioned In Josephus.

A footnote in Josephus correctly shows that the promise to Solomon's posterity always ruling the everlasting kingdom throughout the generations was to Solomon and the eternal Throne was to King David himself, when he stands from his grave as the Mashiach.

Now when the king [David] saw that his affairs grew better almost every day by the will of the ETERNAL, David thought he would offend the ETERNAL if while he himself continued in houses made of cedar, such as were of a great height and had the most curious works of architecture in them, he should overlook the ark while it was laid in a tabernacle, and was desirous to build a temple to the ETERNAL as Moses had predicted such a temple should be built. And when he [David] had discoursed with Nathan the prophet about these things, and had been encouraged by him to do whatsoever he had a mind to do, as having the ETERNAL with him and his helper in all things, he was thereupon the more ready to set about that building. But the ETERNAL appeared to Nathan that very night, and commanded him to say to David*, that he took his purpose and his desires kindly, since nobody had before now taken it into their head to build him a temple.

*Josephus seems to confound the two distinct predictions, which the CREATOR made to David and to Nathan, concerning building him a temple by one of David's posterity [future generations]: the one belongeth to Solomon, the other to the Mashiach. (Antiquities of the Jews, Book 7:4:4:1-4, Footnote #9 by Josephus).

A wide range of people from Balaam to Josephus have spoken of King David as being the coming Mashiach. It is one of the prominent messages of The Hebrew Scriptures and a major clue to understanding their meaning.

Physical Allegory And Spiritual Reality.

The terms "type" and "anti-type" are 'Christian' terms frequently used in prophecy to indicate a first and second occurrence of some incident. These terms are used to support a wide range of prophetic philosophy especially true concerning a rapture of some sort.

Depending upon the denomination, the doctrine will take on various forms. It will vary from a physical rapture called "The Place of Safety" to a spiritual rapture called "Heaven." "Types" and "anti-types" are used frequently in "Christian" prophetic theology. Using this method of "duality," some obscure event can be manipulated to support any other event that can be imagined.

Webster gives the meaning of the word "type" as: "to represent before-hand, to prefigure." Based on that meaning, the word "anti-type" would be the fulfillment of the type. Biblical commentaries usually say that the "type" is the physical first occurrence of an action and the "anti-type" is the second occurrence whether it is spiritual or physical.

'Allegory' -Versus- 'Reality'.

Mr. Webster states that an allegory is something spoken of figuratively or a symbolic representation of what is to happen later. Based on the meaning of allegory, we will define "physical allegory" as a physical action that foretells or represents some "spiritual reality" that is yet to happen.

As humans, we live in a physical realm of three dimensions: length, width, and height. We relate to these three dimensions by our five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. We can hear the sounds an animal might make as it dies. We can see the dead body and feel its coldness. In a few days, we can smell an awful sense of putrefaction. It is visibly and painfully obvious that the physical is not eternal because IT WILL ROT AWAY. The total physical domain, as defined by the three dimensions of length, width, and height, is not eternal and will decompose. Since the physical will decompose, it is not an eternal reality.

(Deuteronomy 33:27) tells us our CREATOR is ETERNAL, which means He will never die. He inhabits eternity (Isaiah 57:15). He and the angels are invisible to our eyes unless we are made to see them. They function in a fourth dimension and are undetected by our five senses. They are in an everlasting dimension which will not rot away, thus, only the eternal dimension is a true everlasting reality! The Physical Allegory is some action the ETERNAL causes in the physical dimension, that foreshadows some Spiritual Reality He will do in the spiritual dimension.

Before returning to the narrative of the Messiah, notice three scriptural examples of physical allegory and spiritual reality. The scriptural use of physical allegories and spiritual realities is obvious in the contextual scriptural dialogue. It does not require complicated explanations, based on vague scriptures, as does 'Type' and 'Anti-type' theology. An example is the weak case of the one seed philosophy of (Galations 3:16) and (Genesis 3:15), which, without explanation does not make much sense.

Prince And King Of Tyre.

The physical allegory of (Ezekiel 28:1-10) is a scenario about the trading practices of the human prince of Tyre. The prince of Tyre is a physical man who uses the illegal trading practices developed by the spiritual king of Tyre (Satan). The physical allegorical scenario concludes with the destruction of the prince of Tyre in verse 10. The spiritual reality of (Ezekiel 28:11-19) is a scenario about the trading practices of the spiritual king of Tyre (Satan). It is a spirit being (verse 13-14) who developed illegal, sinful trading or merchandising (verse 16). The scenario concludes with the spiritual reality of the destruction of the king of Tyre. [30]

The practices that make trading or merchandising illegal or sinful are the uses of usury (interest) (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36). In addition, this is coupled with the exploitation of the poor, the fatherless, and the widow. The Western World has the exact same sinful system of interest and central banks as did ancient Babylon. In addition the religious system is the same as started by Nimrod in ancient Babylon and is known as the Babylonian Mysteries.

Fall Of Babylon And The Day Of The ETERNAL.

There are two physical allegories and spiritual realities woven into (Isaiah 13 and Isaiah 14). The first set concerns the fall of Babylon and the second set deals with its punishment.

(Isaiah 13:1-8) describes the tumult before the fall of ancient Babylon as a physical allegory of the Day of the ETERNAL, when our CREATOR Himself takes His hand to punish humankind. The ones in verse three, who were sanctified and chosen to come from afar and overthrow Babylon, were Cyrus and the Medes.

The spiritual reality is described in (Isaiah 13:9-16). These verses describe the destruction of modern-day Babylon as the day of the ETERNAL falls in full-force upon the Western World, which is a carry-over from ancient Babylon.

The Punishments Of Ancient And Modern Babylon.

The physical allegory described in (Isaiah 13:17-22) is the scenario of the destruction of ancient Babylon and its becoming a perpetual wasteland with no one living there.

Following the destruction of ancient Babylon, Israel was not brought back to their own land. However, chapter 14 opens (verse 1-3) with a promise that in the latter days Israel will be returned to her homeland.

The spiritual reality described in (Isaiah 14:4-27) is the scenario of the destruction of modern Babylon and its sinful mysterious system of merchandising and religion. Before the fall of modern Babylon (beginning in verse 21), the king of Babylon is dealt with (verse 4). He is named Lucifer (verse 12), which means "Bright and Morning Star*"[31], and is finally brought to justice. The scenario continues in (verse 21) with the destruction of his children, the modern-day Babylonian system.

Stop and ask yourself, "What is wrong with the world we live in?" Is it not the greedy illegal, sinful merchandising (particularly the use of usury) and the religious system? When those evil systems and the father of them are brought to "the pit" and to justice, then there will be peace on the ETERNAL's Righteous Mountain.

*An interesting side note concerning the author of the so-called [New Testament]™ book of deception, is who claims to be it's author. Looking in Revelation: First he states his name is 'Jesus', then he falsely calims to be the root and the offspring of David, finally he goes on to state his real name. (Revelation 22:16).

The Generational Descendants -Versus- The Eternal Throne.

Returning to the narrative of the Messiah/Mashiach, and integrating the use of Physical Allegory and Spiritual Reality will give us a tool to understand some Scriptures that 'Christian' and Jewish theology muddles and confuses.

King David explained to Solomon that the ETERNAL had said that He would never let the Throne lack a descendant from Solomon. The promise of always having a descent on the throne was to Solomon and not to David:

(1 Chronicles 22:7-10) (KJV) ⁷And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the ETERNAL my CREATOR: ⁸but the word of the ETERNAL came to me, saying, 'Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars; thou shalt not build an house unto My name, because thou has shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. ⁹Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. ¹⁰He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I WILL ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF HIS [Solomon's] KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL FOREVER.

(1 Chronicles 28:6-7) (KJV) ⁶And He [ETERNAL] said unto me [David], Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ⁷Moreover I WILL ESTABLISH HIS [Solomon's] KINGDOM FOREVER, if he be constant to do My Commandments and My judgments, as at this day.

In the next scripture, again notice that King David, through Solomon, [32] would always have a descendant on the Throne of the kingdom, yet the Throne itself would always belong to King David:

(2 Samuel 7:12-13) (KJV) ¹²And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

(2 Samuel 7:16) (KJV) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: THY THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER.

The physical allegory is that a physical descendant of David, through Solomon, would always sit on the physical throne and rule in Israel. This will be a fulfillment of a prophecy Jacob gave to Judah, before Jacob died in Egypt:

(Genesis 49:8-10) (KJV) ⁸Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. ⁹Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? ¹⁰The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Did you catch that? The physical lineage, through Solomon, would rule until Shiloh comes. Since King David will be resurrected the Mashiach, he is Shiloh. He will take over the physical rule as a Spirit Being. Now, notice the last half of (2 Samuel 7:16): "your throne shall be established FOREVER." [Editors Note: This states that Judah (Jews) will still be on the scene when the Messiah appears. Therefore, true Jews, descendants of Judah, are still with us to this day.]

The physical allegory of a physical descendant ruling the kingdom would last until Shiloh (King David) would reclaim the Throne. The spiritual reality is that when Shiloh is resurrected, the throne will then be his forever. [33]

In Psalms 89, this same Allegory verse Reality is repeated. First, the Physical Allegory of descendants of David through Solomon in all generations:

(Psalm 89:3-4) (KJV) ³I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant, ⁴thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Before the Spiritual Reality, verses 5-18 are praises to our CREATOR. Skipping them we see King David is to be 1st-born and over all kings on the earth forever.

(Psalms 89:19-28) (NKJV) ¹⁹Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, and said: I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. ²⁰I HAVE FOUND MY SERVANT DAVID; With My holy oil I HAVE ANOINTED HIM, ²¹with whom My hand shall be established; also My arm shall strengthen him. ²²The enemy shall not outwit him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him. ²⁴But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, and in My name, his horn* shall be exalted. ²⁵Also I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. ²⁶He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My CREATOR and the Rock of my salvation. ²⁷ALSO I WILL MAKE HIM MY FIRSTBORN, THE HIGHEST OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. ²⁸MY MERCY I WILL KEEP FOR HIM FOREVER, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

*When his horn is exalted, King David will be raised from the grave, to rule on his Throne forever. These verses are prophetic since King David did not fulfill them during his lifetime. The scenario is of a glorious future kingdom to be set up when King David returns in glory; yet this fact has been buried in total mistranslations and misrepresentations.

The Glorious Davidic Kingdom.

The Kingdom of the ETERNAL will be set up in The Wonderful World Of Tomorrow and will be truly breathtaking. King David shall be its king:

(Isaiah 11:1) (KJV) And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

An analysis of the Hebrew meaning adds to the understanding of this verse. The chart shows the meanings from Strong's:

To rewrite the verse with its true meaning:

(Isaiah 11:1) (KJV) (rewritten) And there shall grow a branch from the stump of Jesse, and a sprout shall come from its roots:

To quote these verses from the Tanakh:

(Isaiah 11:1-5) (KJV) (Tanakh) ¹And there shall come forth a rod [David] out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch [David reborn as spirit] shall grow out of his roots: ²And the spirit of the ETERNAL shall rest upon him [David], the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the ETERNAL; ³And shall make him [David] of quick understanding in the fear of the ETERNAL: and he [David] shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: ⁴But with righteousness shall he [David] judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he [David] shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his [David's] lips shall he slay the wicked. ⁵And righteousness shall be the girdle of his [David's] loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his [David's] reins.

(Isaiah 11:9) (KJV) (Tanakh) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the ETERNAL, as the waters cover the sea.

And that is a vivid description of The Wonderful World Of Tomorrow.

More Physical Allegory -Versus- Spiritual Reality.

1. Physical Allegory - Solomon's descendants to sit on the physical throne:

(2 Samuel 7:13) (NKJV) He [Solomon] shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Spiritual Reality - David to sit on the throne forever:

(2 Samuel 7:16) (KJV) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy [David's] throne shall be established forever.

2. Physical Allegory - Solomon to build a house for the ETERNAL:

(1 Chronicles 17:11-12) (KJV) ¹¹And it shall come to pass, when thy [David's] days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

Spiritual Reality - David to build the ETERNAL a house, and the ETERNAL will establish his [David's] kingdom forever:

(1 Chronicles 17:12) (KJV) He [David] shall build me [ETERNAL] an house, and I [ETERNAL] will stablish his [David's] throne for ever.

Whenever the ETERNAL builds something, it is FOREVER. Solomon's descendants ruled the physical lineage, but King David will rule Israel for all eternity. How comforting it is to know what the ETERNAL has promised; yet,this is 'good' news and 'bad' news. The 'bad' news is: That Israel will be overthrown and go into captivity first. However, while you're in captivity, the ETERNAL invites YOU to join David in His kingdom:

(2 Chronicles 7:14) (NKJV) If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The 'good' news is: That King David will be awakened and stand from his grave to bring the Israelite captives out of the countries they were taken in the Day of Jacob's Trouble. But as you just read, it requires sincere, heartfelt action on your part.

The question is: "What are YOU going to do with this vital new information, that the ETERNAL has just revealed to you"? Will you continue to look into the WORDS of our CREATOR, The Righteous One of Israel, with all your heart and with all your soul and love Him as He loves you, and obey all His Commandments, Statutes, and Laws? Or will you continue to believe the self-proclaimed 'son of god' and his lying [apostles and deciples], with their false new covenent lies like, the CREATOR's commandments and Laws have been 'nailed to the cross', and all you have to do now is believe, and the biggest lie of them all 'No one can come to the Father except through me'?

The Choice Is Yours! You Only Have Two Choices:

1) Repent and save yourself, and help others to see the truth and join David as he regathers Israel under the ETERNAL's guidance.

2) You can continue playing attending church and to do nothing, because the [New Testament]™ book of deception says you don't have to.

New Proof Of The Two Witnesses.

Among various church groups there has been a lot said lately about the "Two Witnesses." Who are they? What is their work? When will they appear? How will they be recognized? Will they be human men? Will they be Spirit Beings? Are they here now?

The identify of the Mashiach is a silver bullet straight to the heart of each of the three religions that claim to descend from the Fathers,: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is true because if you know the identity of the Mashiach, you will not be confused by other false identities. In addition, you will also know who the Two Witnesses are. The Mashiach of Israel is not one of the three Messiahs expected by Islam, Christianity, or Judaism.

One of the places in The Hebrew Scriptures that discusses 'The Two Witnesses' is in the book of Zechariah; where they are referred to as 'The Two Anointed Ones'. In ancient Israel, only the kings, priests, or prophets were anointed:

(Zechariah 4:1-5) (KJV) ¹And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. ²And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: ³And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. ⁴So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my 'lord'? ⁵Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my 'lord'.

(Zechariah 4:11-14) (KJV) ¹¹Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? ¹²And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? ¹³And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my 'lord'. ¹⁴Then said he, these are The Two Anointed Ones that stand by the SOVEREIGN of the whole earth.

The following notes are from Scofield for (Zechariah 4:1-13):

In this vision, the lampstand represents 'gods' witness before the world. In the time of Zechariah Israel maintained this witness. The two olive trees represent two phases of 'gods' government, one the priestly and the other the kingly. From these two olive trees, the oil was carried to the lampstand. Oil is the uniform symbol of the Holy Spirit.

The two olive branches represent the two branches of CREATOR's government, the civil division presided over by a king, and a temple division presided over by a priest who is a prophet. (Zechariah Chapters 1 and 2) (GNT) show the Scriptures are replete with references to King David's resurrection as the Kingly Mashiach, but who is to be the Prophet? Zechariah 6 is additional proof of the Mashiach, but it also states that a priest will have a throne. This is quoted from three different versions:

(Zechariah 6:12-13) (ESV) ¹²And say to him [Joshua], Thus says the ETERNAL of hosts, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch [David]: for he [David] shall branch out from his place [be resurrected], and he [David] shall build the temple of the ETERNAL. ¹³It is he [David] who shall build the temple of the ETERNAL and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

(Zechariah 6:12-13) (GNT) ¹²Tell him [Joshua] that the ETERNAL Almighty says, The man who is called The Branch [David] will flourish [be resurrected] where he [David] is and rebuild the ETERNAL's Temple. ¹³He [David] is the one who will build it and receive the honor due a king, and he [David] will rule his people. A priest will stand by his throne, and they will work together in peace and harmony.

(Zechariah 6:12-13) (NRSV) ¹²say to him [Joshua]: Thus says the ETERNAL of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch [David]: for he [David] shall branch out [be resurrected] in his [David'S] place, and he [David] shall build the temple of the ETERNAL. ¹³It is he [David] that shall build the temple of the ETERNAL; he [David] shall bear royal honor, and shall sit upon his [David'S] throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.

There are two beings, a king and a priest, not one being that is a king-priest. How very plain and straightforward that is. Nevertheless, who is the priest who will be the Prophet?

Who Was Melchizedek?

Before continuing the Quest for the Prophet, we must identify Melchizedek. Did you ever wonder about Melchizedek? Many groups of 'Christianity' identifies him as a member of a polytheistic godhead who was the 'god' of the Old Testament. However, I ask, if he was a spirit being, why was he living in a dwelling place on earth? If he was living in an earthly dwelling place, why did Abram and others that the ETERNAL worked with, not live there? Why did Abraham have to rescue Lot? Why did the angelic armies of Melchizedek not rescue Lot? Why would a spirit being live in Salem (Strong's H8004) and have physical people live there also? Would the humans living there be physical servants? If they were physical servants how could they possibly serve a spirit being?

Melchizedek is first mentioned as King of Salem (Strong's H8004) and Priest of the Most High. Abram [before being renamed Abraham] was returning home after delivering Lot from the kings who had captured him. In doing so he journeyed by Salem (Strong's H8004) and was met by the King of Salem (Strong's H8004), a Priest of the Most High:

(Genesis 14:16-18) (NKJV) ¹⁶So he [Abram] brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. ¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. ¹⁸Then Melchizedek (Strong's H4442) [34] King of Salem (Strong's H8004) brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of 'god' Most High.

Therefore, the man Melchizedek was the righteous King of Salem (Strong's H8004) and a priest of the Most High. The following quote is from The Chronology of the Bible[35]:

Consider how great this man [Melchizedek/Shem] was, unto whom even the Patriarch Abram gave the tenth of the spoils. Shem named his city Shem (Jerusalem) after himself (Genesis 14:18; Psalms 76:2). The meaning of Shem's name is that it is an appellation [an identifying name or title]. It is as a mark or memorial of some individual who by implication has great honor, authority, and character (Strong's H8035), and (Strong's H8034).

Another point is that if Melchizedek was the 'god' of the Old Testament instead of the man Shem, then the ETERNAL would live in Salem. If the ETERNAL lived in Salem, then why did He say that He CAME DOWN from heaven to visit Abraham?

(Genesis 18:20-22) (NKJV) ²⁰And the ETERNAL said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorra is great, and because their sin is very grave, ²¹I will go down (Strong's H3381)[36] now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know. ²²Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the ETERNAL.

The Companion Bible states that "I will go down now" should be translated "let us now go down." It also says; See: (Genesis 11:7) and (Exodus 3:8) where all three are times of judgment. The point being that if Melchizedek were the CREATOR living in Salem, then He would not have to GO DOWN to earth. He already would have been here.

Melchizedek's (Shem) And Abram's Actions Before The ETERNAL.

Continuing with the account in Genesis, Melchizedek kneels before the ETERNAL who is in heaven, to bless Abram. This is a part of his duties as a priest of The Most High. In all probability, Abram also knelt.

(Genesis 14:19) (KJV) And he [Shem] blessed (Strong's H1288) him [Abram], and said, Blessed (Strong's H1288)[37] be Abram of the most high 'God' [SOVEREIGN], possessor of heaven and earth:

After blessing Abram while kneeling (Strong's H1288), [38] Melchizedek then praises the ETERNAL. These are the actions of a human priest and are appropriate only if Melchizedek was Shem.

Abram then gives a tithe of the spoils to Melchizedek. Notice that in this verse and also in the one above, that the conversation is between two humans and that the CREATOR is referred to in the conversation but is not part of it.

(Genesis 14:20) (KJV) And blessed (Strong's H1288) be the most high 'God' [SOVEREIGN], which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he [Abram] gave him [Shem] tithes of all.

To back up a verse or two, in order to pick up another point before putting all the verses together, notice that verse 18 simply says that Shem was providing victuals for Abram and the others.

(Genesis 14:18) (NKJV) Then Melchizedek (Shem) King of Salem (Strong's H8004) brought out bread (Strong's H3899) [39] and wine (Strong's H3196); he was the priest of 'God' [SOVEREIGN] Most High.

This is not during the days of unleavened bread with Melchizedek acting out a future 'Christian Eucharist*' with bread and wine. Shem was simply serving food to his guests. In the next verses, note that the King of Sodom was also there with Abraham and Shem:

(Genesis 14:16-20) (NKJV) ¹⁶So he [Abram] brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. ¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. ¹⁸Then Melchizedek King of Salem (Strong's H8004) brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of the SOVEREIGN Most High. ¹⁹And he [Shem] blessed him [Abram] and said: "Blessed be Abram of the SOVEREIGN Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; ²⁰And blessed be the SOVEREIGN Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he [Abram] gave him [Shem] a tithe of all.

After dealing with the bread/wine and tithe, there is an exchange between the king of Sodom and Abram. With all three men standing there, the ETERNAL now speaks to Abram in a vision:

(Genesis 15:1-4) (NKJV) ¹After these things the word of the ETERNAL came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward. ²But Abram said, ETERNAL CREATOR, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ³Then Abram said, Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir! ⁴And behold, the word of the ETERNAL came to him, saying, This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.

Thus, it is quite apparent when reading the full account in context that Melchizedek was the man Shem and not a spirit being. So [Melchizedek/Shem] and Abraham both worshipped the One True CREATOR. Abraham also recognized the role of Melchizedek as a priest.

*Here again, we come to more intentional deception on the part of 'Council of Nicaea', or CON-Men. They want you to believe even more [New Testament]™ 'Mumbo-Jumbo', that Melchizedek is (1) 'The Son of god', (2) 'he had no father or mother', and (3) 'he was never born and he never died'! See: (Hebrews 7:1-3).

Psalms 110.

The next series of scriptures show a conversation of two persons/beings. One is our CREATOR and the other is the priest who is being installed into his office in these very verses: (Psalm 110:4) refers to one who would be forever a priest in the "order of Melchizedek." This psalm teaches that the Mashiach of the future Hebrew nation will have a priest by his side and there will be peace and understanding between the two of them.

(Psalms 110:1-3) (KJV) ¹The 'LORD' (Strong's H3068) saith unto my lord (Strong's H113): Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ²The rod of thy strength the 'LORD' (Strong's H3068) will send out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ³Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; In adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

(Psalms 110:4-7) (KJV) ⁴The 'LORD' (Strong's H3068) hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek. ⁵The 'lord' (Strong's H136) at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His. ⁶He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies. He crusheth the head over a wide land. ⁷He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head.

The English word 'LORD' in verses 1, 2, and 4, is translated from the Hebrew word 'YHWH' and means the self-Existent or the ETERNAL (Strong's H3068), and refers to our CREATOR.

The English word "lord" in verse 1 is translated from the Hebrew word 'adown', (Strong's H113) and is from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) and refers to King David.

The English word "lord" in verse 5 is translated from the Hebrew word 'Adonay' (Strong's H136) and is an emphatic form of (Strong's H113); "LORD" (used as a proper name of 'god' only) (Strong's H136) and refers to our CREATOR.

In order to understand this scenario; imagine three thrones facing a court-yard in front of you, and you are standing behind them:

Seated in the center Throne is the ETERNAL. The Priest is to the ETERNAL's left hand and David is to His right. Both the ETERNAL and David are to the right of the Priest.

In the first stanza of (Psalms 110:1-3), the Priest is speaking about David and says, "ETERNAL told my sovereign [King David the Mashiach], 'Sit on My right hand until I send forth the rod of My strength and make your enemies your footstool.' The ETERNAL also told David, 'Rule in the midst of your enemies and the people will offer themselves willingly in the day of warfare.' And David will stand from his grave [be resurrected], in the strength of his youth."

In the second stanza (Psalms 110:4-7), the Priest is speaking about himself and says, "ETERNAL has sworn and will not repent when He told me 'you are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek and David at your right hand does crush kings and will judge among the nations and will fill them with dead bodies. He will drink of the brook and regain his strength.'"

Nevertheless who can this priest be, who will be the Prophet with King David? The Hebrew Scriptures proclaim who he is straightforward:

(Malachi 4:1-6) (NKJV) ¹For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up, says the ETERNAL of hosts, that will leave them neither root nor branch. ²But to you who fear My name the [ray] of righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. ³You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this, Says the ETERNAL of hosts. ⁴Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. ⁵Behold, I WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the ETERNAL. ⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

Who Are They?

The priest is the Prophet Elijah, and David is the anointed King or Mashiach. Together they are the Two Witnesses that bring Israel back from captivity and bring them to repentance.

In the following verses, they both work together, after both have been raised to glory, and the Third Temple is built*. The Prince [King David], provides some of the sacrifices and offerings and the Priest performs the sacrifices:

(Ezekiel 45:15-22) (CEV) (Tanakh)[40] ¹⁵Finally, they must bring one sheep out of every two hundred from their flocks. These offerings will be used as grain sacrifices, as well as sacrifices to please me and those to ask my blessing. I, the ETERNAL, will be pleased with these sacrifices and will forgive the sins of my people. ¹⁶The people of Israel will bring you these offerings. ¹⁷But during New Moon Festivals, Sabbath celebrations, and other religious feasts, you leaders will be responsible for providing animals for the sacrifices, as well as the grain and wine. All these will be used for the sacrifices for sin, the grain sacrifices, the sacrifices to please me, and those to ask my blessing. I will be pleased and will forgive the sins of my people. ¹⁸The ETERNAL SOVEREIGN said: On the first day of the first month, a young bull that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice to purify the temple. ¹⁹The priest will take some blood from this sacrifice and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, as well as on the four corners of the altar and on the doorposts of the gates that lead into the inner courtyard. ²⁰The same ceremony must also be done on the seventh day of the month, so that anyone who sins accidentally or without knowing it will be forgiven, and so that my temple will remain holy. ²¹Beginning on the fourteenth day of the first month, and continuing for seven days, everyone will celebrate Passover and eat bread made without yeast. ²²On the first day, the ruler will bring a bull to offer as a sacrifice for his sins and for the sins of the people.

But the burnt offerings, the meal offerings, and the libations on festivals, new moons, Sabbaths, and all fixed occasions of the House of Israel, shall be the obligation of THE PRINCE; HE SHALL PROVIDE THE SIN OFFERINGS, the meal offerings, the burnt offerings, and the offerings of well-being, to make expiation for the House of Israel."

Thus said the ETERNAL CREATOR: "On the first day of the first month, you shall take a bull of the herd without blemish, and you shall cleanse the Sanctuary. THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE SOME OF THE BLOOD OF THE SIN OFFERING and apply it to the doorposts of the Temple, to the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and to the doorposts of the gate of the inner court. You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month to purge the Temple from uncleanness caused by unwitting or ignorant persons.

On the fourteenth day of the first month you shall have the Passover sacrifice; and during a festival of seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. On that day, the prince shall provide a bull of sin offering on behalf of himself and of the entire population."

ETERNAL said that King David was a man after His own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). Thus we can see why King David was chosen to be the Mashiach; but what about Elijah, why was he chosen to be the Prophet? To understand that question, we must look into the life and work of Elijah.

*The 'CON-Men' of the so-called [New Testament]™, never let a good lie slip by. 'Christian' dogma holds that the crucifixion of 'Jesus' served as the final atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world. See: (Mark 10:45, Hebrews 10:12). So how is it that the ETERNAL will still require regular sacrifices during the eternal reign of King David the Mashiach, at all future festivals, new moons, Sabbaths, and all fixed occasions [Feasts], of the House of Israel? See: (Ezekiel 45:17).

Warning Israel.

Elijah is a much discussed topic among various church groups lately. Who is he? What is his work? When will he appear? How will he be recognized? [41]

Why is a work of Elijah even needed? The Hebrew Scriptures speak of the destruction and desolation of all the tribes of Israel. This is because both Israel and Judah have turned their back on their CREATOR. Notice what Hosea has prophesied:

(Hosea 5:9-13) (KJV) ⁹Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure. ¹⁰The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water. ¹¹Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked by human precept. ¹²Therefore, I will be to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness. ¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb; yet he cannot cure you, nor heal you of your wound.

The reason a warning to all of Israel is needed is because both Israel and Judah will be desolate in the day of rebuke. There are many in Israel who believe in a rapture theory, whether the rapture is spiritual or physical. The Evangelical 'Christians' generally believe in a spiritual rapture. Those of WCGanity and other fundamentalists generally believe in a physical rapture to a place of safety, usually it is Petra, but now it includes Texas. In both cases, the people go off somewhere so that there is no one left to warn Israel of what is to happen, either before or in captivity.

End-Time Setting.

Some say that the warning has already taken place that the work of warning Israel has already happened. Some say that Herbert W. Armstrong did it. Others say that someone else is doing it now. From their point of view, everything is going to be peachy-keen. If they believe in the rapture, they may have a bumper sticker saying, "In case of rapture, this car will be with out a driver." The derivatives of WCGanity eagerly yearn to go to a place of safety. However, their feelings notwithstanding none of that takes care of warning the ETERNAL's people Israel in the latter days.

Ezekiel did not get to warn Israel because: 1) They were not there but were in captivity when Ezekiel lived and wrote. 2) They will soon be in captivity and none of the above groups are daring to say to Israel that, 'Islam', 'Christianity,' and 'Judaism' are pagan religions and that the ETERNAL CREATOR demands repentance and a returning to the worship of the one true SOVEREIGN, the Mighty One of Israel. To see that in scripture:

(Isaiah 30:8-11) (NKJV) ⁸Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever: ⁹That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the ETERNAL; ¹⁰Who say to the seers, 'Do not see', And to the prophets, 'Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. ¹¹Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us'.

Anciently, the Israelites rejected the ETERNAL, His Laws, and His prophets. Even today, despite a strong warning to the contrary*, ALL the world's religions are still rejecting the truth of the ETERNAL and his Laws, in favor of honoring a false covenant, at the feet of a false deity, the so-called 'son of man'. They are preaching smooth things that are easy, so the people can do what they want, and not feel guilty while doing it. Just believe the lies of: (John 3:14-16, John 5:24, John 20:31) etc. This is what happens when people playing attending church, take in the message without verifying it:

(Psalm 146:1-3) (KJV) ¹Praise ye the ETERNAL. Praise the ETERNAL, O my soul. ²While I live will I praise the ETERNAL: I will sing praises unto my CREATOR while I have any being. *³Put NOT your trust in princes, nor in 'the son of man', IN WHOM THERE IS NO HELP.

(Psalm 19:7) (KJV) The law of the ETERNAL is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the ETERNAL is sure, making wise the simple.

(Isaiah 8:16) (KJV) Bind up the testimony, seal the law among My disciples.

(Isaiah 8:20) (KJV) To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

The above verses considered collectively, show that the law and the testimony are both the ETERNAL's word, they are both truth, and they are bound and sealed among the ETERNAL's true people. The Israelites, knowing this full well, chose instead to try and eliminate the prophets, the testimony, and the law, which provoked the ETERNAL greatly:

(Nehemiah 9:26) (KJV) Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

It is the prophets that give the ETERNAL's testimony to the people. And time after time, the people rejected that testimony and the law and the prophets. So when the word of the ETERNAL is described as the law and the testimony, it is the equivalent of the law and the prophets, as in the following verses:

(Jeremiah 2:8) (KJV) The priests said not, Where is the ETERNAL? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by 'Baal', and walked after things that do not profit.

(Lamentations 2:9) (KJV) Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the ETERNAL.

(Zephaniah 3:4) (KJV) Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

(Zechariah 7:12-14) (KJV) ¹²Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the SOVEREIGN of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the SOVEREIGN of hosts. ¹³Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts: ¹⁴But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Yet, Hosea proclaimed that early in their end-time captivity, that Israel would finally repent, and return to the worship of the one true CREATOR:

(Hosea 5:14-15) (KJV) ¹⁴For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. ¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

What Is Jacob's Sin?

What could possibly be such a grave sin that our loving CREATOR would finally have to bring His own people Israel into an end-time captivity in order to bring about their repentance? Throughout The Hebrew Scriptures, the ETERNAL CREATOR reveals scores of times, that He is ONE and [there is no other]:

(Deuteronomy 4:35) (KJV) Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the ETERNAL He is SOVEREIGN; there is none else beside him.

(Deuteronomy 4:39) (KJV) Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the ETERNAL he is SOVEREIGN in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

(Psalm 95:1) (KJV) O come, let us sing unto the ETERNAL: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

(Isaiah 42:8) (KJV) I am the ETERNAL: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

(Isaiah 43:11) (KJV) I, even I, am the ETERNAL; and beside me there is no saviour.

(Isaiah 44:6) (KJV) Thus saith the ETERNAL the King of Israel, and his [Israel's] redeemer, the ETERNAL of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no CREATOR.

(Isaiah 44:8) (KJV) Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a CREATOR beside me? yea, there is no refuge; I know not any.

(Isaiah 45:21) (KJV) Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the ETERNAL? and there is no ETERNAL else beside me; a just SOVEREIGN and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

(Zechariah 14:9) (KJV) And the ETERNAL shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one ETERNAL, and his name one.

He requires that Israel worship Him and Him alone:

(Exodus 20:3) (NKJV) You shall have no other 'gods' before Me.

(Exodus 34:14) (NKJV) for you shall worship no other 'god', for the ETERNAL, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous SOVEREIGN.

(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) (NKJV) ⁴Hear, O Israel: The ETERNAL our SOVEREIGN, the ETERNAL is one! ⁵You shall love the ETERNAL your SOVEREIGN with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

How many times, dear reader must you hear it before you believe it? I know that the so-called [New Testament]™ book of deception holds unnatural power over it's followers, but the ETERNAL is stronger than that. Much stornger. Now that He has shown you His truth, what will you do with it?

The note for (Deuteronomy 6:4) in the Scofield Reference Bible states that: "'Shema' (pronounced Shmah) is the initial Hebrew word of this verse (hear); the entire verse is recited as the Jewish confession of faith The Shema' is understood to emphasize the monotheistic belief of Judaism."

Did you notice the word "monotheistic"? It means that there is only one ETERNAL CREATOR, not three as in most of "Christianity" who worship a 'man-god' crucified deity somehow made up of three beings. WCGanity and their derivatives along with most Messianics have simplified the three-beings-in-one to two-beings-in-one, but that is still one too many. Thus, they all pray TO or THROUGH [43] "Jesus" or "Mary," and that puts some other 'god' before the ONE True CREATOR:

(John 14:6) (NKJV) 'Jesus' said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me".

All Israel [Christianity] worships at the feet of other 'gods' in place of [Yahweh], the ONE True ETERNAL CREATOR, the righteous One of Israel. That is [and always has been], Israel's big sin!

Our Jewish brethren have that fact correct. They do profess to worship only one Deity. A person worships whoever they obey. The Jews have other books, traditions, and the words of rabbis, and sages that take precedence over the word of the Hebrew Scriptures. Therefore, they do not worship the ETERNAL as He describes in His word; their worship follows their own traditions based on what they brought back from Babylonian captivity. Their worship is based on the practices of other nations or people, which the ETERNAL condemns:

(Deuteronomy 12:30-31) (KJV) ³⁰Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their 'gods', saying, How did these nations serve their 'gods'? Even so will I do likewise. ³¹Thou shalt not do so unto the ETERNAL thy CREATOR: for every abomination to the ETERNAL, which he hateth, have they done unto their 'gods'; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their 'gods'.

Today, the Jews' religion of "Judaism" is only a hollow shell of the Hebrew religion of the Fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It too, contains many remnants of paganism remaining from their captivity in Babylon, and in addition they obey the words and traditions of men and the writings of the Talmud, Mischnah, and Kabbalah, which "they say" supersede and override The Hebrew Scriptures, and that is Judah's big sin.

Israel will be taken into captivity and there are none of the above mentioned groups doing the job of warning the ETERNAL CREATOR's people. Because our SOVEREIGN is a Being of love, He is not going to take ALL of the people away who know the truth, to some safe place without giving a warning to His people Israel. Scripture prophesies that Israel will go into captivity for worshipping at the feet of the 'Baals'. [44] They are prophesied to repent, return to the One True SOVEREIGN and to worship only the SOVEREIGN. Although they broke the Marriage Covenant they made with the ETERNAL at Mt. Sinai, our SOVEREIGN stands ready to grant them repentance, because He loves them. Let us look at (Hosea 11:1-4). You will notice verse one is used a lot around "Christmas" time. However, as you read this, you will see it is NOT referring to calling a man and his wife out of Egypt who have a young son who is a 'son-of-god':

(Hosea 11:1) (NKJV) When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

The first time the ETERNAL mentions His 'son', is found in Exodus. There we see the ETERNAL has a message that he wants Moses to give Pharaoh. And it is nothing less than a knockout blow, to the whole false narrative of the [New Testament's]™ 'son-of-god' theory. And it is a 'factless' theory at that! Using actual facts as stated by the ETERNAL Himself, we see the following:

(Exodus 4:22-23) (KJV) ²²And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the ETERNAL, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: ²³And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

That is when CREATOR delivered His people Israel out of Egyptian captivity, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with a mother and child being called out of Egypt. The [New Testament]™ narrative, is a complete fabrication to justify the worship of the 'baals' ['Baalim'], at the feet of the so-called 'son-of-god':

(Hosea 11:2-4) (KJV) ²As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. ³I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. ⁴I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

The ETERNAL prophesied through the mouth of Hosea the reaction of Israel in captivity:

(Hosea 6:1-3) (KJV) ¹Come, and let us return to the ETERNAL: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. ²After two days He will revive US; in the third day He will raise US up*, and we shall live in his sight. ³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the ETERNAL: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

*As a side note here, I just want to point out how the 'CON-Men' of the so-called [New Testament]™, plagiarized and twisted the words of the Hebrew Scriptures into something they didn't say, like the falsehood of a 'man-god' being raised up on the third day, when what it really said was that the ETERNAL would 'raise US up' [Israel], that we [Israel, all 13 tribes] may live in His sight.

It is obvious that the the ETERNAL CREATOR, our maker, is a loving, caring Being. He will send Israel into captivity, but He will bring them back because He will send a prophet in the end-time. He does this in one last attempt to bring Israel to repentance:

(Malachi 4:5-6) (KJV) ⁵Behold, I will send you ELIJAH THE PROPHET before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the ETERNAL. ⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

The english word 'curse' is (Strong's H2764 'cherem') which means 'have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction'. Our CREATOR is telling His people that if they do not turn their hearts back to the fathers; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and if they do not repent and return to worshiping the ONLY CREATOR and ETERNAL SOVEREIGN over all Creation, the ONLY Redeemer and Savior of mankind, He will smite the earth with utter destruction.

Israel is prophesied to go into captivity for worshipping at the feet of the 'Baals'. They will repent, return to their CREATOR, and worship Him as the Righteous One of Israel. Although they broke the marriage covenant they made with their CREATOR at Mt. Sinai, the ETERNAL stands ready to grant them repentance because He loves His people Israel. He married them with a marriage covenant at Mt. Sinai. He betrothed them, but Israel has been an adulterous wife all these many years until this very day.

Background On Elijah.

Since the ETERNAL is going to send Elijah the Prophet, we need a little background on the original Elijah. The root Hebrew word for the name 'Elijah' is (Strong's H452 'Eliyah') which means, "my SOVEREIGN is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is SOVEREIGN" [45] His name will play a big part in the work of Elijah.

(1 Kings 17:1) (KJV) And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

The following quote is from Holman's Dictionary [46] concerning (1 Kings 17:1). The prophet Elijah from the ninth century BCE, from Tishbite of Gilead in the Northern Kingdom, has been called the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced. He was a complex man of the desert who counseled kings. His first miracle was associated with his prophecy before King Ahab in which he said there would be no dew or rain apart from his approval.

Immediately after that declaration [prophecy], he retreated to the brook of Cherith where he was fed by ravens. His next miracle occurred at Zarephath where he asked the ETERNAL to raise the widow's dead son:

(1 Kings 17:2-4) (NKJV) ²Then the word of the ETERNAL came to him, saying, ³Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. ⁴And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

(1 Kings 17:8-9) (NKJV) ⁸Then the word of the ETERNAL came to him, saying, ⁹Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.

(1 Kings 17:20-24) (NKJV) ²⁰Then he cried out to the ETERNAL and said, O ETERNAL CREATOR, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son? ²¹And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the ETERNAL and said, O ETERNAL CREATOR, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him. ²²Then the ETERNAL heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived. ²³And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives! ²⁴Then the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of 'god', and that the word of the ETERNAL in your mouth is the truth.

Here is where he was first called a man of 'god'. Later, on Mount Carmel his greatest miracle involved his encounter with 450 prophets of 'Baal' and the 400 prophets of the groves of 'Ashtoreth'. The contest was to determine who the true CREATOR is. The false prophets called on their deity, and Elijah called on the ETERNAL, to see which one would rain fire down from heaven. After the 850 false prophets failed to hear from their deity, from morning until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. Having failed in their day-long prayers and supplications at raising 'Baal', Elijah wetted the wood on his altar by pouring four jars of water over it, on three different occasions. Then Elijah prayed to the CREATOR to consume the offering. In response to Elijah's prayer, the ETERNAL rained fire down from heaven and consumed the wet wood. As a result of their deception, Elijah ordered the false prophets to be killed. (1 Kings 18:17-40).

Interwoven in the life of Elijah is his trouble with 'Baalism'. Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of Sidon and Tyre, was Ahab's wife and Israel's queen. She brought the worship of her god 'Baal' into Ahab's kingdom. The contest on Mount Carmel, was a contest between the living CREATOR, and non-existent false deities. The ETERNAL's power and the impotence of 'Baal' were further revealed through their imposed drought. His prophetic role constantly placed Elijah in opposition to the majority of the people of his nation. His prophetic confrontations involved King Ahab and later his son Ahaziah. Their tolerance of polytheism, was the reason for Elijah's continued prophetic denunciations.

That is what Elijah was up against; groups of people who believed in a 'godhead' of more than one being. If we look around today, that is exactly what we find in the western world! The people are still in a pagan religion, looking and praying toward more than one being. A comment was made that, not only was Elijah dealing with a trinity and/or a duality, but also he was dealing with a mother-child relationship in which the child was a crucified 'savior' such as we find today. He was dealing with the same situation we find in the western world today. For More on this, see: 'Religious Saviors And Their Claims'.

Continuing with the dictionary: in (2 Kings 1:2) when Ahaziah fell and injured himself (he was the son of Ahab) he sent messengers to ask 'Baal-Zebub' (lord of the flies) about his fate:

(2 Kings 1:2) (KJV) And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of 'Baalzebub' the 'god' of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

That is somewhat funny. Here the man is dying, and he sends to ask the 'lord' of the flies, today known as 'Beelzebub', if he would live. I guess the flies were bothering his injury!

Elijah intercepted them and sent word back to Ahaziah that he would soon die. Ahaziah sent three different detachments of 50 soldiers each to arrest Elijah. The first two units were destroyed by fire from heaven, the captain of the third group pleaded for his life. He safely escorted Elijah back to the king where he delivered the prophecy of his impending death personally. Speaking truth to power; read the whole story here: (2 Kings 1:1-18).

That is what happened with the Elijah of old. Going back to Malachi to review what will happen before the end-time trials and tribulations that are coming upon the earth in our time, we see that the ETERNAL will again send us Elijah the prophet:

(Malachi 4:5-6) (KJV) ⁵Behold, I will send you ELIJAH THE PROPHET before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the ETERNAL. ⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

Turn The Hearts.

That curse is yet to come upon the earth, a time when there will be utter destruction. Returning to 1 Kings to learn what the first Elijah did might be a clue as to what might happen at the time of the end.

(1 Kings 18:17-21) (KJV) ¹⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? ¹⁸And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the ETERNAL, and thou hast followed 'Baalim'. ¹⁹Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of 'Baal' four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. ²⁰So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. ²¹And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the ETERNAL be SOVEREIGN, follow him: but if 'Baal', then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

This is the same work, of warning Israel, that will be done by Elijah in the soon to come end-time: Telling Israel that, "If the ETERNAL is the one true Supreme Being, follow Him. If this 'man-god' or the triad/diad of beings are supreme, follow them;" However, the choice will be Israel's to make.

Getting back to Kings, the prophets of the 'sun-god baal' had been jumping up and down and screaming all day long for 'Baal' to send fire to burn up the sacrifice. Elijah had been taunting them:

(1 Kings 18:27) (KJV) And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a 'god'; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

The English word 'pursuing', (Strong's H7873 'siyg') means: "a moving away, dross". The Hebrew word 'siyg', comes from the root word 'suwg', (Strong's H7734) which means: "to move, go, turn back, turn away". It means "a private place" in other words, maybe he has gone to potty! Nevertheless, since he is not here to answer your prayer, you need to jump, yell, cut yourself, and scream more earnestly. But still, nothing happened. Then late in the afternoon Elijah said a very short, moving, and to the point prayer:

(1 Kings 18:36-37) (KJV) ³⁶And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Almighty CREATOR of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art SOVEREIGN in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. ³⁷Hear me, O ETERNAL, hear me, that this people may know that You are the ETERNAL CREATOR, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.

The Almighty CREATOR of Heaven and Earth responded to Elijah's prayer in a way that left NO doubt as to who the living SOVEREIGN CREATOR really is:

(1 Kings 18:38-39) (KJV) ³⁸Then the fire of the ETERNAL fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. ³⁹And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The 'Lord', he is the 'God'; the 'Lord', he is the 'God'.

What the people were actually saying, in other words was, "The ETERNAL, He is SOVEREIGN! The ETERNAL, He is SOVEREIGN!" or "Yahweh, he is the CREATOR! Yahweh, he is the CREATOR!".

It took fire coming down from heaven, before the people repented. Sadly, it appears that it will once again take fire coming down from heaven, as it did for ancient Israel, before modern Israel repents, and they finally admit that their false trinity/twinity self-proclaimed 'man-god' false deity, is not the CREATOR. Only the ETERNAL CREATOR is the true SOVEREIGN of Creation. He Alone is the Mighty One of Israel!

After the warning from Elijah, fire coming down, destruction and desolation of the sacrifice, then there was refreshing rain from the ETERNAL.

(1 Kings 18:41-44) (KJV) ⁴¹And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. ⁴²So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, ⁴³And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. ⁴⁴And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.

That is how it appears it will be this time. It will take destruction, desolation, and captivity before Israel is ready to say, "The ETERNAL, He Alone is SOVEREIGN, He Alone is the Mighty One of Israel!" When the ETERNAL calls His people back to the Promised Land there will be a time of refreshing with the true Mashiach of Israel. However, many things must happen first.

Required Happenings.

When Elijah appears there are three things that must be revealed to Israel. The first item is to tell the children of Israel just who they really are. This must be broadcast to all the tribes of Israel, "You are the children of Israel, you are the Lost Ten Tribes, and you are descendants of the Fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That would be in all the countries where Anglo-Saxon people are today, the democracies in Europe, America, Britain, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, all the places around the world where the descendants of Jacob have settled. Then Elijah will tell all of Israel and Judah they are worshiping at the feet of 'Baal' and to "repent and return to the one true Mighty One of Israel."

The Third Step In Detail.

Modern day Israel is in denial as was Ahab of old:

(1 Kings 18:17-18) (NKJV) ¹⁷Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is that you, O troubler of Israel? ¹⁸And he [Elijah] answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the Commandments of the ETERNAL and have followed the 'baals'.

Notice that 'baals' is plural. (Strong's H1168 'baal' [and/or] 'Baalim') means: 'supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites' and 'lord (used of foreign 'gods') and deities'.

Consider that scenario for a moment: when modern Israel will be warned, as Ahab was, they will blame also Elijah. Elijah will reply, You have followed a triplicate or dual 'godhead' (both plural 'Baals'). You have worshipped at the feet of a statue of a mother and a baby savior 'man-god'. When will you ever repent?

(1 Kings 18:21) (NKJV) And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the ETERNAL is the Supreme Being, follow Him; but if 'Baal' follow him." But the people answered him not a word.

The next thing Elijah will do is to call for repentance. He will give a warning of destruction, and if Israel refuses the ETERNAL states:

(Malachi 4:6) (KJV) And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

End-time Responsibility.

(Ezekiel 2:1-3) (KJV) ¹And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. ²And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. ³And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

The word WILL GO forth to Israel and they are brazen of face. In other words, they have a countenance that is set and hard, not soft and warm with affection as compared to man back in verse one. Continuing verses four and five:

(Ezekiel 2:4-5) (KJV) ⁴For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the ETERNAL CREATOR. ⁵And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

If Israel does not repent and goes into captivity (because the indication is, the nation as a whole will not repent), they will know then that there had been a prophet among them and will repent in captivity.

(Ezekiel 2:6-7) (KJV) ⁶And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. ⁷And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

The Scriptures say they are a rebellious nation, but remember, anciently it was only Judah that heard this message the first time. The lost tribes of Israel have yet to hear this message, because they weren't there to hear it the first time. It will be new to ALL of Israel. Judah heard it back in Babylonian captivity, but it was never preached to ALL of Israel. This is a proof that this is for the latter times.

(Ezekiel 3:5) (NKJV) For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the House of Israel.

This word WILL GO TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; it will not go to foreigners (Chinese, Russians, and the people who are not descendants of Israel). Why? Because this warning is not to a people of strange speech, but to the people the ETERNAL is working with and has always worked with.

(Ezekiel 3:6-10) (KJV) ⁶Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. ⁷But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. ⁸Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. ⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. ¹⁰Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

[Note: (Isaiah 56) shows that later all of the rest of the nations will be worked with. (Read it in your Scriptures).]

Whoever is to do the warning of Ezekiel must receive ALL of our CREATOR's words into their heart. In other words, they need to take this warning work very seriously and to obey all of the Commandments of the ETERNAL to be able to be free among the captives to call for repentance.

Warning In Captivity.

Notice that Ezekiel was supernaturally moved among the Jewish captives:

(Ezekiel 3:4-9) (KJV) ⁴And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. ⁵For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; ⁶Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. ⁷But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. ⁸Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. ⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

(Ezekiel 3:10-15) (KJV) ¹⁰Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. ¹¹And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the ETERNAL CREATOR; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. ¹²Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the ETERNAL from his place. ¹³I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. ¹⁴So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the ETERNAL was strong upon me. ¹⁵Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

Ezekiel evidently had freedom to roam among the people in captivity. He could go from place to place under captivity.

(Ezekiel 3:16-21) (KJV) ¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the ETERNAL came unto me, saying, ¹⁷Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. ¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ¹⁹Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. ²⁰Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ²¹Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

To the people who understand what our loving CREATOR is doing; this warning needs to go out to Israel, it is imperative they take this to heart. This is a very serious time and these are very serious circumstances. We have the responsibility for all the Israelites on our shoulders.

The Watchmen.

The CREATOR states that in effect we are our brothers' keeper and are watchmen for one another:

(Leviticus 19:17) (TLB) Don't hate your brother. Rebuke anyone who sins; don't let him get away with it, or you will be equally guilty.

If you see a brother that has a problem, it is your duty, your responsibility to go to him and talk with him so that he will not sin, because WE ARE ALL WATCHMEN for one another. Another scripture that states the same:

(Isaiah 58:1) (NKJV) Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

We ALL have a responsibility to warn the house of Israel of their sins and call for repentance and a return to the one true CREATOR.

To tie this back to the very beginning when it was stated that Ezekiel would have the freedom to walk among the captives back then, and he will also in this latter time:

(Ezekiel 12:15-16) (KJV) ¹⁵And they shall know that I am the ETERNAL, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. ¹⁶But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the ETERNAL.

End-time Activity.

The Watchmen have specific tasks to do:

* The revealing of Israel's identity to them.

* Showing Israel their sin of not worshipping the one true CREATOR, The Mighty One of Israel.

* Warning and calling for repentance.

* The building of hope in the captives for the coming of the Davidic Kingdom.

Those are the signs that will accompany the Watchmen. Remember, (Malachi 4:5) says that before the time of the end, the ETERNAL CREATOR will send His prophet in the end-time to warn Israel lest He smite them with a curse.

One other point in closing: In ancient Israel, it was not just a single individual who had the job of blowing the shophar if he saw the enemy coming. Any citizen who saw the enemy approaching had an obligation, a duty, to blow the shophar and warn the inhabitants of coming trouble:

(Ezekiel 3:18-21) (KJV) ¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ¹⁹Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. ²⁰Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. ²¹Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

In Addition To All That Above, The ETERNAL States That:

(2 Chronicles 7:14) (KJV) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

There you have it. To keep from going into captivity, you must come out of Babylon. Stop worshiping at the feet of 'Jesus', the self-proclaimed 'man-god' of the trinity or twinity [or 'Baals'], on the first day of the week [Sunday], and start worshiping the True Mighty One of Israel, on The Sabbath, the seventh day of the week!

Restoration of the Temple.

As the troubles in the Middle East mount, there has been much speculation in all walks of religious activity concerning the reconstruction of the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Hebrew Scriptures speak plainly of the restoration of all thirteen tribes of Israel in the Davidic monarchy and the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

This series of prophecies concerning end-time Israel and the restored Temple, are in the book of Ezekiel. The theme of the book of Ezekiel is "Judgment and Glory for All of Israel." The date of the writing is approximately the sixth century BCE, after the ten tribes of Israel had gone into captivity and during the time of Judah's captivity. Keep in mind, whenever you read the prophecies in Ezekiel they are about Israel, but Israel has never heard these prophecies. Why? Because by Ezekiel's time Israel was already in captivity and had already been moved out of the area. Babylon had begun to push against Assyria and Assyria pushed the ten tribes towards Europe, so they were no longer there to hear Ezekiel's words. This is shown in Scofield's Notes:

Ezekiel, a priest whose name means CREATOR will strengthen, was among the Jewish exiles carried away to Babylon between the first and final deportation of Judah (2 Kings 24:11-16).

His book shows him as a man of stern integrity and strong purpose, completely devoted to the practices of his priestly duties. Unlike the pre-exilic prophets, whose ministry was primarily either to Judah or to the ten-tribe kingdom, or to both, Ezekiel was the voice of the ETERNAL to "the whole house of Israel." [49].

Observe that the Glory of the ETERNAL departed from the city of Jerusalem just before its destruction. The Glory will return to Jerusalem in the millennia period. No temple in Jerusalem has known the presence of the Glory of the ETERNAL in this manner since 586 BC" [50] (the date of the destruction of Solomon's Temple).

The trail of our CREATOR's Shekinah [51] Glory is the key to understanding the Third Temple. We will follow the trail.

It is noteworthy that to Ezekiel, the priest, was given the vision of the glory of the ETERNAL departing:

1. From the cherubim to the threshold of the Temple (Ezekiel 9:3 and Ezekiel 10:4).
2. From the threshold (Ezekiel 10:18).
3. From Temple and city to the mountain on the east of Jerusalem, Olivet (Ezekiel 11:23).
4. Returning to the millennia Temple to abide (Ezekiel 43:2-5)." [52].

Step 1.

(Ezekiel 9:3) (KJV) And the glory of the SOVEREIGN of Israel [the ETERNAL] was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

Step 2.

(Ezekiel 10:18) (KJV) Then the glory of the ETERNAL departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

Step 3.

(Ezekiel 11:23) (KJV) And the glory of the ETERNAL went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

The departure of the divine glory (the visible symbol of CREATOR's presence) from the Temple marks the end of the Theocratic Kingdom in OT history. The visible glory will return when the Kingdom is restored to Israel (Ezekiel 43:1-7)[53].

Step 4.

(Ezekiel 43:2-5) (KJV) ²And, behold, the glory of the CREATOR of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. ³And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I[54] came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. ⁴And the glory of the ETERNAL came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. ⁵So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the ETERNAL filled the house.

Much is being said about the restoration of the Temple, who will build it, and when will it be built. The first Temple was Solomon's; the second Temple was Hezekiah's which was extensively remodeled by Herod. The Mashiach [King David], will build the Third Temple in Jerusalem and it WILL NOT be built before that time:

(Zechariah 6:12-13) (KJV) ¹²And speak unto him [Joshua], saying, Thus speaketh the SOVEREIGN of hosts, saying, Behold the man [King David] whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up [be resurrected] out of his place [in the grave], and he [King David] shall build the temple of the ETERNAL: ¹³Even he [King David] shall build the temple of the ETERNAL; and he [King David] shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he [Elijah] shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both [King David and Elijah].

The Third Temple will be a physical Temple, and then after it is built the ETERNAL states He will dwell there:

(Ezekiel 43:7) (KJV) And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

The English word 'dwell', is (Strongs H7931 'shakan') meaning: 'to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside'. Thus, the ETERNAL will put His Shekinah Glory into this Third Temple and He will dwell there among His people forever. Another scripture that states the same is:

(Haggai 2:1-5) (KJV) ¹In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the ETERNAL by the prophet Haggai, saying, ²Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, ³Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? ⁴Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the ETERNAL; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the ETERNAL, and work: for I am with you, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts: ⁵According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

That verse is saying that although the Shekinah Glory of the ETERNAL left the first physical Temple and it will not be back until the Third-the final Temple is built. He states My Spirit remains among you fear not! Therefore, we do have access to the ETERNAL and His Righteous Spirit now, today. Then again, our CREATOR promises peace:

(Haggai 2:6-9) (KJV) ⁶For thus saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; ⁷And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts. ⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts. ⁹The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the SOVEREIGN of hosts.

There will come a day when both Houses of Israel will be at peace, when the ETERNAL will again dwell among His people. However, that is yet a ways off, because before the destruction and regathering of Israel, a work is being done in the end-time: A work that is dedicated to the reuniting of Israel. A work that will tell the children of Israel who they are, and what their sins are; in the hope that they will repent. For the ETERNAL, in speaking to Solomon about the first Temple, has stated:

(2 Chronicles 7:12-14) (TLB) ¹²One night the ETRNAL appeared to Solomon and told him, I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place where I want you to sacrifice to me. ¹³If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust swarms to eat up all of your crops, or if I send an epidemic among you, ¹⁴then if my people will humble themselves and pray, and search for me, and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land.

King David [IS] The Only Messiah:

While it is technically true that the Hebrew Scriptures do not contain the phrase "the Messiah" or "the Mashiach" as applied by name to a particular person or being, they do indeed prophesy of one, by name, who is [future tense] to usher in world peace, build the Third Temple in Jerusalem, and sit at the right hand of the ETERNAL CREATOR, and be The King and Leader of the people forever:

Conclusion.

The world should be on notice that if or when the State of Israel falls; that event would accelerate "The Time of Jacob's Trouble". What would soon happen afterwards would be catastrophic for the Commonwealth of Greater Israel with 2/3 dying in war and pestilence and 1/3 being taken into captivity.

Then the ETERNAL would come down to earth and stand on the Mount of Olives. He would raise the (Mashiach/Messiah) King David, and the Prophet Elijah, from their graves. While King David gathered the remnant of Israel out of concentration camps, the Prophet would turn the hearts of the children [the captives] to the fathers [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob] and the fathers to the children.

Regardless of who you may think the Jews and Jewish people are, it does not affect how this is played out. The reason is, that regardless of what your thoughts may be, on who or where all thirteen tribes of Israel are today, captivity and deliverance will still happen! Why? Even if you discount the people, The Mighty One of Israel is concerned over Jerusalem, and its falling will trigger the prophesied end-time scenario with all of its death and destruction.

However, if you are serving our loving Father, the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN of the universe, with all of your heart and soul, and with all of your might, you will be there during the restoration of all things, and the birth of the Kingdom of the ETERNAL on earth. It will begin, with all of those who are now living the Hebrew Faith of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, joining together with all those who lived and died, while obeying the Ancient of Days, who will be standing from their graves. Both groups will be gathered and brought back to Jerusalem, given spirit bodies, and join King David in the building of the third and final temple, where our Father The ETERNAL CREATOR and SOVEREIGN of the universe will dwell with His children forever. [56] Oh, what a glorious time that will be.

Since our Father, The Only ETERNAL SOVEREIGN and CREATOR of the universe, has but a single book of Scripture, the Hebrew Scriptures [the Tanakh or OT], He has only one way He wants us to live. We must trust in His promised protection and live His Way. You should compare your daily thoughts and activities against what His Commandments, Statutes, and Judgments state are how He wants us to live. Are they the same? If not, then "right now" is the time to change.

If you do compare, and you do make changes, and you do obey the ETERNAL's words, then He will bring you and the rest of the Righteous Remnant safely through the time of Jacob's Trouble. Then you will experience The Wonderful World Of Tomorrow, that follows the sorrows to come during the time of Jacob's Trouble, as He 'wipes away every tear from your eyes'. (Isaiah 25:8).

In addition, we must tell our friends, our family, and those we know, that we are part of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. We must also warn them of the coming danger of the Time of Jacob's Trouble and give them the good news of The Wonderful World Of Tomorrow. O Israel, we must turn from worshiping the 'Baals' on Friday, or Saturday, or Sunday mornings, and worship Him on His true Sabbath as we search for the loving heart of our giving CREATOR. Only then, will we find it.

How can you know what we have said here, and elsewhere, is true? You must prayerfully seek out the ETERNAL CREATOR, study His Hebrew Scriptures with all of your heart and soul, and with all of your might as you ask for understanding. As He teaches you, change your ways and observe what He has shown you. If you are sincere, He has promised that He will answer you, teach you, and love you. After reading all this, I'm sure you already know He will!

Begin now to obey the SOVEREIGN of the universe, His written word, and not the word of men no matter how much you esteem them. This is for both you and your family. In addition, no man dead or alive can intervene on our behalf, and save us*. Because the ETERNAL is the one we sin against, only He can forgive us. No self-proclaimed 'son of god' false deity, of an equally false trinity doctrine, can do that for us. Only pure heartfelt repentance, in front of The Mighty One Of Israel, the ETERNAL SOVEREIGN and CREATOR of the universe, can save us. (Isaiah 43:25-26; Psalm 51:4). We must study to know our SOVEREIGN and His Way; we must earnestly 'Quest For The Ancient Of Days'.

*For more on this, see: 'Is Blood Required To Atone For Sin?', and 'Are We Saved By Grace?'.

Wake Up America! Wake Up Britain! Wake Up Judah! All the Tribes of the children of Israel, MUST Wake Up! It is much later than you think! Even now the ancient land of Judea is flirting with total disaster. You have been exposed to this work. The question of what you will do about it has already been asked. The answer is already in your heart; known only to you and the Mighty One of Israel. He alone is your judge.

Footnotes:

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[1] See the article: What Is Your Concept Of God?

[2] Paraphrased from Genesis 3:1.

[3] See the article: "Religious Saviors And Their Claims".

[4] Holman Dictionary for Windows, ver. 1.0. "Messiah (Mehs si' uh) Transliteration of the Hebrew word (Mashiach maw-shee'-akh) meaning, "anointed one" that was translated into Greek as "Christos." Since apostolic times, the name "Christ" has become the proper name of 'Jesus', the person whom Christians recognize as the "god-given Redeemer" of Israel and the church's "Lord". "Christ" or Messiah is therefore a name [used] to express the church's link with Israel through the Old Testament."

[5] Quoted from Web page "Jews for Judaism" answer to question in Frequently Asked Questions, "JewFAQ@aol.com."

[6] "An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole or by majority will," American Heritage Dictionary,

[7] Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc.

[8] Quoted from a tape, "The Messiah of the Holy Scriptures: 'god' or Man?" Rabbi Michael Skobac, Jews for Judaism, How to Answer a Christian Missionary

[9] op. cit. Holman

[10] This statement is true for those of the bloodline of Judah but it is not true for all that believe in the religion of Judaism.

[11] New King James Version (NKJV) used throughout unless specified and emphasis is the authors unless noted.

[12] I will use the ETERNAL in place of "the Lord" and CREATOR, SOVERINGN, or Mighty One in place of 'god'.

[13] Two books by Yair Davidy, The Tribes and Ephraim reveal the identity of the lost ten tribes. Two others are The US and Briton in Prophesy by Herbert W. Armstrong and Babylon Mystery Religion and the Lost Ten Tribes by Darrell Conder

[14] The Companion Bible, Zondervan Bible Publishers, 1974.

[15] Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament #H7886 = Shiyloh, (shee-lo'); from #H7951; tranquil; SHILOH, AN EPITHET OF THE Messiah. And #H7951 = shalah, (shaw-law'); i.e. secure or successful: (together they say the one who will be successful in bringing peace and tranquillity.)

[16] Quoting Robert Eiseman quoting the "The War Scroll" of 18.12-19.4 in "James the Brother of Jesus" p 436, in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[17] Quoting Robert Eiseman and Michael Wise quoting the "The War Scroll" of column xixf. in The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered p 68-69.

[18] Strong's #H7161 qeren (keh'-ren) a horn (as projecting); by implication a flask, cornet, a peak (of a mountain); Obviously referring to King David's rule in the ETERNAL's Set Apart Mountain.

[19] At least not officially by a priest of the ETERNAL, as is the correct procedure. However, it mentions that Mary anointed the Galilean's feet with perfume, which was an acceptable substitute is the inference.

[20] Who was 'Jesus'?, Vendyl Jones, Vendyl Jones Research Institute.

[21] HaShem means "The Name" and is sometimes used to substitute for the ETERNAL's Name by some groups. Another gimmick to keep from pronouncing it is to misspell it as in "Elokim" or leave the vowels out as in "L-rd" or "G-d".

[22] A rod is a small bud as compared to a full-grown branch.

[23] A rod is a small bud as compared to a full grown branch

[24] This section is from Vendyl Jones

[25] See the article "Why Satan Not Win?" for a discussion of the Greek Septuagint and its derivatives.

[26] One source does agree with the statement for this verse. The person states that they can read Hebrew and actually the word "to" is there.

[27] op. cit. "The 'rod' was the earthly reign of David during his lifetime. The 'branch' is his reign in the Messianic age to come" The Mashiach King of Israel? By Vendyl Jones.

[28] Strong's #H935 bow (bo).

[29] Outdated Reference.

[30] Outdated Reference.

[31] Outdated Reference.

[32] David's Line through Solomon Line to Continue To Hold Throne Forever In All Generations:

(2 Samuel 7:8) (KJV) Now therefore so shalt thou say unto My servant David, Thus saith the ETERNAL of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

(2 Samuel 7:11-13) And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the ETERNAL telleth thee that he will make thee a house. And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee [David], which shall proceed out of thy bowel, and I will establish his [Solomon's] kingdom. He [Solomon's] shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his [Solomon's] kingdom for ever. (this is Physical Allegory).

(2 Samuel 7:16-17) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. (This is Spiritual Reality-physical lineage through Solomon and the eternal throne to King David) According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

[33] (1 Kings 2:1-2) Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man:

(1 Kings 2:4) That the ETERNAL may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said He) a man on the throne of Israel.

(1 Kings 8:25) Therefore now, the ETERNAL CREATOR of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my [Solomon's] father that thou promised him, saying, 'There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel;' so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.

(1 Kings 11:9-10) And the ETERNAL was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the ETERNAL CREATOR of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, Wherefore the ETERNAL said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded thee,

(1 Kings 11:11-13) I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give to thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David My servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

(1 Chronicles 17:11-14) (The Living Bible) When your time here on earth is over and you die, I will place one of your sons upon your throne; and I will make his kingdom strong. He is the one who shall build me a temple, and I will establish his royal line of descent forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son; I will never remove my mercy and love from him as I did from Saul. I will place him over my people and over the kingdom of Israel forever-and his descendants will always be kings.

(1 Chronicles 22:7) And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the ETERNAL my CREATOR:

(1 Chronicles 22:9-11) Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be SOLOMON, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. He shall build a house for My Name; and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of HIS kingdom over Israel for ever. Now, My son, the ETERNAL be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the ETERNAL thy CREATOR, as He hath said of thee.

[34] Strong's: #H4442. Malkiy-Tsedeq, from #H4428 [a king: king, royal] and #H6664 [the right] king of righteousness; an early king in Palestine: Melchizedek.

[35] The Chronology of the Bible by Frank R. Klassen, p 13.

[36] Strong's: #H3381. yarad, a prim. root; to descend (lit. to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore); - come (-ing) down, get down, go (-ing) down .

[37] Strong's: #H1288. barak, to kneel; by impl. to bless 'god' (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit).

[38] Strong's: #H1288. barak, to kneel; by impl. to bless 'god' (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit).

[39] Strong's: #H3899. lechem, food (for man or beast), espec. bread, or grain (for making it): ([shew-]) bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

[40] Tanakh, The Holy Scriptures, (Philadelphia, Jerusalem: Jewish Publication Society) 1985

[41] A sure way to know if a person is not Elijah is for the person to tell you that they are, that they are the one mentioned in Scripture. You can rest assured that when Elijah is resurrected everyone will know it. There will not be any doubt about it because the powers in authority will hear what he has to say and then they will obey or probably send SWAT teams to get him. If someone says they are Elijah but they are just hanging out in Texas for a while, DO NOT believe them!

[42] The English word "hear" comes from the Hebrew word "shama'," (Strong's H8085). It is a primary root and means to hear intelligently (often with impl. of attention, obedience).

[43] Outdated Reference.

[44] 'Baal' (plural 'Baals') Any of various local fertility and nature gods of the ancient Semitic peoples considered to be false idols by the Hebrews." The original 'Baals' consisted of Cush, Nimrod, and Semiramis. The American Heritage Electronic Dictionary:

To understand the history of Nimrod and Semiramis, as well as that of their father Cush, under their various names and titles, is not unlike unraveling a giant puzzle. To further clarify the connection with all the subsequent 'gods' and 'goddesses' of the various nations, I would like to quote a few more leading historical sources on the subject.

As mentioned, Cush was known as 'Bel,' or 'Baal' and is exclusively referred to by that name outside the Bible. The Encyclopedia Britannica says: "'Baal' being originally a title, and not a proper name, the innumerable 'baals' could be distinguished by the addition of the name of a place or of some special attribute."' It is from the name of 'Bel' that we understand the true identity of Cush. He is sometimes simply referred to as 'El,' a Semitic name for 'god'. In such a capacity he is regarded as the supreme deity of a Trinity in ancient Babylon Harper's Bible Dictionary says of him: "But 'Bel' was always one of the great TRIAD of gods, 'Bel' thus was the 'SUN god,' whose strength in the early morning and SPRING was recognized by worship and festivals." He became "the dominant deity throughout Mesopotamia. 'Bel, Marduk, Merodach,' and 'Baal' are all different names for the same polytheistic idea."' Additional evidence of "Baal's" identity can be seen in the fact that not only were bulls sacrificed to him, but, as The Encyclopedia Britannica notes, humans were considered sacred as an offering." Babylon Mystery Religion by Darrell Conder, p263, Commonwealth Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, UT.

The sacrifice of humans brings in the crucifixion of the 'man-god' Nimrod. These were forerunners of the mother of 'god', Mary, and the 'man-god'Jesus'.

[45] From Strong's numbers #H452, #H410 and #H3050. The Companion Bible Appendixes #4, 'JAH' is 'Jehovah' in a special sense and relationship as having become our Salvation.

[46] Holman's Electronic Bible Dictionary.

[47] Strong's is #H1773 "siyg" (seeg).

[48] As a side note, the Hebrew word for man is 'adam or Adam' and means ruddy or red faced. WCGanity has always said that meant Adam was made out of red mud, which may or may not be true. But his face, his countenance is red, in other words, he is a mortal. His face has blood as compared to a spirit being whose face has no blood.

[49] Notes from New Scofield Reference Edition, introduction notes for Ezekiel

[50] Ibid.

[51] "A word not in the Scriptures but use by later Jews and 'Christians' to express the visible Divine Presence, especially when resting between the Cherubim over the mercy seat. Aramaic and Late Hebrew "Shekiniah" or residence of 'god'. Unger's Dictionary, p 1008.

[52] Scofield's note for verse (9:3)

[53] Scofield's note for verse (11:23)

[54] Scofield's note for verse 3:

"Obviously it was not Ezekiel who came to destroy the city of Jerusalem for her sins, but the ETERNAL Himself. On the basis of the requirements of the context, the reading in some six manuscripts, the version of Theodotion and that of the Vulgate, the best reading is "when I came to destroy the city." A possible rendering, and perhaps preferable, would be to read the final letter of the disputed word as a well-known abbreviation for "LORD," thus giving us the reading "when the ETERNAL came to destroy the city."

This is another example of intentional, agenda-driven, mistranslation activity.

[55] Strong's #H7931 "shakan" (shaw-kan') a prim. root through the idea of lodging; to reside or permanently stay.

[56] See the article: "When A Man Dies, Shall He Live Again?"