3. 3
GREGORIAN CALENDAR (CATHOLIC ORIGIN)
YEAR 2015
In the Hebrew Calendar we have 7 x 3
shemitah cycle to go…..before end of 6000
years entering into the millenial reign of Christ
22. Mat 24:6-15 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that
you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet
the end. (7) "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. (8)
"But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. (9) "Then
they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated
by all nations because of My name. (10) "At that time many will fall away
and will betray one another and hate one another. (11) "Many false
prophets will arise and will mislead many. (12) "Because lawlessness is
increased, most people's love will grow cold. (13) "But the one who
endures to the end, he will be saved. (14) "This gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and
then the end will come. (15) "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION
OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Mat 24:23-25 "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or
'There He is,' do not believe him. (24) "For false Christs and false
prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to
mislead, if possible, even the elect. (25) "Behold, I have told you in
advance.
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Mat 24:4-17 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one
misleads you. (5) "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the
Christ,' and will mislead many.
(6) "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not
frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the
end. (7) "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and
earthquakes. (8) "But all these things are merely the beginning of
birth pangs.
(9) "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you
will be hated by all nations because of My name. (10) "At that time
many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
(11) "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. (12)
"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. (13)
"But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. (14) "This gospel
of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
the nations, and then the end will come. (15) "Therefore when you see
the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel
the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
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2Chron. 7:14 and My people, on whom My name
is called, shall be humbled, and shall pray, and
shall seek My face, and shall turn back from their
evil ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears
attentive to the prayer of this place;
Pro 28:9 He who turns away his ear from listening
to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
31. ( YESHUA WILL JUDGE SHEEP NATIONS VS GOAT NATIONS)
PHILIPPINES – SHEEP NATION? OBEDINET TO YAHWEH? KEEPS
SHEMITAH? JUDGMENT BEGINS IN HOUSEHOLD OF GOD
Mat 25:28-34 'Therefore take away the talent from him, and
give it to the one who has the ten talents.' (29) "For to
everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an
abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what
he does have shall be taken away. (30) "Throw out the
worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(31) "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the
angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. (32)
"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will
separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats; (33) and He will put the sheep on
His right, and the goats on the left. (34) "Then the King will
say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world.
37. “And it shall be, because you hear these right-rulings, and shall
guard and do them, that יהוה your Elohim shall guard with you the
covenant and the kindness which He swore to your fathers, and
shall love you and bless you and increase you, and shall bless the
fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your
new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring
of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give
you. “Blessed are you above all peoples – there is not going to be a
barren man or a barren woman among you or among your
livestock. “And יהוה shall turn away from you all sickness and put on
you none of the evil diseases of Mitsrayim which you have known,
but He shall put them on all those who hate you.
(Deuteronomy /Devarim 7:12-15)
38. As ’יהוהs special nation, they are preparing to enter the land that has
been promised to them. Most of these second generation Israelites
have never known anything other than life in the desert, so it is critical
that they be taught the importance of and the extreme necessity of
keeping the commandments of יהוה that pertain to living in the land.
*** The Almighty YEHOVAH is fully capable of defeating the enemies
in the land and caring for their needs, but only IF they do things HIS
way. Moses is very aware that the tendency will be for them to forget
what he has told them to remember and will do his best to present the
consequences.
“And it shall be, because you hear these right-rulings, and shall guard
and do them, that יהוה your Elohim shall guard with you the covenant
and the kindness which He swore to your fathers, (Deuteronomy 7:12)
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39. (Deuteronomy 7:12)והיהH1961עקבH6118תׁשמעוןH8085אתH853
....
The first thing we note is the stand-alone aleph/tav
()את in this verse. The stand-alone aleph/tav ()את
appears in peculiar places throughout the Hebrew
Scriptures and points to the Messiah who Himself
declared that He was the alpha and the omega (in
Hebrew this is the aleph and the tav), the first and the
last, the beginning and the end.
Considering this implication, this first part of
Deuteronomy 7:12 would read – Then it shall be
because you listen to יהושע ()את ….
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40. Judaism teaches that we have to give it our all, when we study ’יהוהs
Word. We have to look deep, as well as on the surface. Here, we
have a situation that we’ve seen before, in which the English
translations do not convey the entire message that was written. In
fact, there’s a “coded message” in these Scriptures just for us, today.
This parsha, titled “Ekev”, according to Strong’s Concordance
Dictionary, means “consequently” or “because” derived from verse 1
“And it shall be, because you hear these right-rulings” is named “on
the heel” by the rabbis. Why?
Neither the English word “heel” or the phrase “on the heel”, or any
like it, appear in the English translations of this Torah portion, not
even in those published by Jews; such as the Stone Edition TaNaK and
Chumash, from Artscroll or the JPS (Jewish Publication Society)
Scriptures.
Could it be that the rabbis saw more here? Is Elohim perhaps telling
us something more profound?
41. Verse 1 opens, in the Hebrew, with “V’haya ekev ti’shma’un”, which
we read above in English as, “And it shall be because you hear….”
Looking at the Hebrew we get:
“V’haya” means “And it shall be”; but also, “And you shall do”.
“ti’shma’un”, we have a form of the word “shema” or “to hear and
do”. But, “ti’shma’un” is the future tense of the verb “sh’ma”.
*** What it’s saying here is suggesting that there will be those who
hear and obey in the future ( Prophecy) ; not just when these words
were spoken and written.
“ekev” or “ekeb” is Strong’s #6118 and is translated generally from
Hebrew as “because”. We see that its meaning includes “as a result
of” or “consequently”.
In other words, “if you do thus and so, then (“ekev” or as a result) this
and that will happen”. This is why it is sometimes translated as
“reward” or “wages”.
42. “Ekeb” is spelled (ayin-kuf-beit):
“ayin” means “eye”, “to see” or “seeing”,
“kuf” means “to surround” and;
“beit” means “house” or “dwelling place”.
So, in the letters we have “seeing surrounds the house.” “Seeing” isn’t
just related to eyesight. ’יהוהs “seeing”, or His “foreknowledge”, is
what surrounds us all; but, especially those whom He calls or
chooses. As the people Elohim chose to set His “Dwelling Place”
within or to “make His stay with”, the Father promises to keep His
eyes upon us and to surround us.
As the mountains surround Yerushalayim, So יהוה surrounds His
people, Now and forever. (Psalms 125:2)
יהושע also states He is going to prepare a dwelling place for us.
“In My Father’s house are many staying places. And if not, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)
43. The letters in “ekev” or “ekeb” (ayin-kuf-bet [or vet]), when you
change the vowel markings are pronounced “aqab”. Remember, there
are no vowel markings in the Hebrew Torah. The pronunciation and
meanings of the words are derived from the context. So, these words
could have several definitions, as long as those meanings fit into the
context of the Scriptures where they appear. And, as long as there is
harmony with the context, we can have multiple meanings, even in
the “parshat” or simple, straight-forward understanding of the
Scriptures.
“Aqab” is Strong’s #6117 which means “to supplant” or “to
circumvent”. So, in context, what are we circumventing by “hearing
and doing” Torah? According to the context of our parsha this week,
we are circumventing the curses that come from not obeying Torah;
and, supplanting them with the blessings of obedience to His Word.
“aqab” is the root word in “Ya’aqob” (Ya [Yud] – Aqab) or “Yah’s
Supplanter” or “Yah’s Circumventor”. Jacob would replace Esau and
be renamed by Elohim as Israel, “overcomes with El”.
44. Another meaning for “aqab” is “to come from behind”. Even
though Esau was born first, Jacob came from behind to supplant
him. From the prophets, we’re going to have an exciting “come
from behind to finish” also.
These letters are also pronounced “aqeb”, Strong #6119, which
means “ heel”. Heel has three biblical indicators:
1. “heel” refers to “heel print” or “footprint” and speaks of our
“walk”, ”walking out Torah”, or “halachah” which means
what is legally binding according to Torah. Walking it out is
how we “sh’ma” .
2. Jacob’s birth. Genesis 25:26 …Jacob came forth holding on to
Esau’s “heel”. “And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said ,יהוה
“Yisra’ĕl is My son, My first-born, (Exodus 4:22)
3. It is “hinted at” in Genesis 3:15. “And I put enmity between
you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed.
He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.”
*** When we walk according to Torah; we crush the head of the
adversary.
45. With which Your enemies have reproached, O ,יהוה With which
they have reproached the footsteps עקב of Your anointed.
(Psalms 89:51)
Jewish commentator James Stone Goodman points to the
usage of ekev in Psalms 89:51 where it speaks of “on the heels
(ekev) of the Messiah” as referring to the last generation before
the Messiah.
That “heel” generation contains the weight of every generation
prior to it…every word said, every mitsvah (commandment)
performed, contributes in someway to the coming of the
Messiah.
*** That generation is therefore pointed to in Devarim 7:12 as
the generation who will “shema” to the instructions of יהוה .
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46. *** That generation is therefore pointed to in Devarim 7:12 as
the generation who will “shema” to the instructions of יהוה .
*** Signs that we could be the the last generation that will
witness the end time events prior to the coming of the
“Warrior King Messiah Yeshua sonf of Elohym.” ?
- Never in the history of judaism & christianity that have record
breaking numbers of believers keeping torah. 1967 – 2015.
1Cor. 10:11 And all these things ( experience of the
generations of israelites in the wilderness prior to entering
the promised land) happened to those as examples, and it
was written for our warning, on whom the ends of the ages
have come.
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47. *** That generation is therefore pointed to in Devarim 7:12 as the generation who
will “shema” to the instructions of יהוה .
The 70 Shavuot of Daniel - The 2300 Day s of Hell by JOSEPH DUMOND
Daniel 12:4 Shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end.
Brethren, I believe we are now in those last days and this Prophecy could
not be understood until now, in this last Jubilee Cycle; until people began
to once again obey Yehovah and keep his set apart times; the weekly
Sabbath, the Annual Holy Days and the Sabbatical Years. This prophecy
could not be understood until the Sabbatical and Jubilee Cycles were
understood. You are about to learn exactly what they show us for this end
time.
Get ready for the most terrifying Prophecy in the bible to now be revealed
to you the reader for first time since it was given to Daniel over 2552 years
ago; terrifying to those who do not and will not obey and exciting and
thrilling to those who do obey the commandments of Yehovah.
Amos 3:7 “For the Lord Yehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His
secret to His servants the prophets.”
It would be contrary to the promise of Yehovah to come to these last days
and not have someone warn the people of what was about to happen.
- Joseph Dumond
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48. Chapter 6 | Why Daniel’s Book Has Been Sealed Until the
Last Days & the Jubilee Cycle Explained
24 “Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for
your set-apart city, to put an end to the transgression, and
to seal up sins, and to cover crookedness, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and
prophet, and to anoint the Most Set-apart.
Gen 6:3 And YAHWEH said, My Spirit shall not always strive
with mankind; in their going astray he is flesh. And his days
shall be a hundred and twenty years (times).
ׁשנה shânâh H8141 ( law of the first mention)
(The first form being in plural only, the second form being
feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time):
120 x 50 jubilee cycle = 6000 years
49. “Seventy weeks are decreed for your people.”
Seventy Shavuots are decreed for your people. A Shavuot is
forty-nine days. Therefore, seventy forty-nines are decreed for
your people.
70 x 49 = 3,430
Now when the Bible says a “year is as a day” as it does in
Ezekiel,365 we then have 3,430 years to reckon with and not
the 490 years that most try to rationalize. A Jubilee Cycle is also
forty-nine years in length of time in the same way the Feast of
Weeks is.
Now how do we prove that these 3,430 years, which are the
same as seventy Jubilee cycles are in fact the correct way to
understand what Daniel is saying; Seventy Shavuot or 70 weeks?
365“I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of
their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the house of
Israel…and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned
you 40 days, a day for each year.” (Ezekiel 4:5-6b). 49
50. Chapter 6 | Why Daniel’s Book Has Been Sealed Until the Last Days &
the Jubilee Cycle Explained ( attend Jo Dumond Prophecy
conference)
24 “Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your set-
apart city, to put an end to the transgression, and to seal up sins, and
to cover crookedness, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Set-apart. 25
Know, then, and understand: from the going forth of the command to
restore and build Yerushalayim until Messiah the Prince is seven weeks
and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with streets and a trench,
but in times of affliction. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah
shall be cut off and have naught. And the people of a coming prince
shall destroy the city and the set-apart place. And the end of it is with
a flood. And wastes are decreed, and fighting until the end. 27 And he
shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the middle of
the week he shall put an end to slaughtering and meal offering. And
on the wing of abominations he shall lay waste, even until the
complete end and that which is decreed is poured out on the one who
lays waste.1” [Footnote: 1Mt. 24:15 (Daniel 9:24-27) 50
52. Note: The following article is based on a comment Rashi made regarding the
"Days of the Messiah" in parashat Eikev.
Our actions invariably reveal what we are believing about the nature of reality.
We will live what we believe... Put the other way around, what we believe will
determine what we do. Nearly all of our conscious intentions are future-
directed. We assume that the future will resemble the past, and therefore we
make our plans and set our agendas. And yet to what end? What is the purpose
of our lives? Where are your actions taking you?
Questions like these concern your personal philosophy of life. Every person
makes choices based on their vision and expectation of a future good. Every
person therefore lives by a creed that speaks toward the future.... Sadly, many
people live for the immediate moments of life: cheap thrills, fast food, and
mindless entertainment. "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die" (1 Cor.
15:23). Others may enjoy fine art, reading, and learning - hoping thereby to
improve themselves. Most people live in order to love others, friends and family...
But apart from God, none of these otherwise good things will ultimately satisfy
our hearts. "Disordered love" comes from setting the heart's affections on the
transitory, the ephemeral, and the unabiding; but God has set eternity within
our hearts (Eccl 3:11). The Lord has "wired" us to experience discontent when
our heart's deepest need goes unmet.
53. On a larger scale, philosophers have asked whether life itself - all of it -
has any meaning or purpose. "Why is there something rather than
nothing - and for what reason?" Is the universe essentially a random set
of events, or is there some overarching purpose and design to
everything? Is history linear or cyclical? Does it have a goal or
destination, or is this entirely unknowable to us? Are human beings
evolving - and if so, to what? Is there a spiritual dimension to reality, or
is everything causally determined by matter and motion? Do we have
"free will" or are we entirely conditioned to do what we do? Various
answers have proposed to deal with these questions over time, including
mythological polytheism (e.g., Zoroastrianism, Egyptian/Greek
mythology, animism, paganism), cyclical impersonalism (e.g., Hinduism,
Jainism, Taoism, reincarnationism, Stoicism), various types of
materialism (e.g., scientific naturalism, pragmatism, evolutionism,
nihilism), humanism (Buddhism, secular humanism, atheistic
existentialism), romantic idealism (Marxism, Hegelianism), mysticism
(theosophy, new age thinking, popular Kabbalah), and so on.
54. The traditional Jewish view of history may be called (for lack of a better
term) "monotheistic personalism." There is one Supreme God who is the
personal Creator and Ruler of all that exists. God is both immanent
(sustaining creation) and transcendent (above creation). This God has a
Name (YHVH), a mind, and a moral, purposive will that imbues all of
creation. God is LORD over all time and space, the King of Glory, who is
Master of all possible worlds. Since God knows and providentially
controls everything, human history is a controlled process that leads to a
destination. History is therefore progressive and eschatological - leading
to a future goal.
But where is everything "going?" In particular, what is the destiny of the
human race? If there is a characteristically "Jewish philosophy of
history," it decidedly centers on the vision of Zion as the restoration and
fulfillment of the lost paradise of Eden.
*** The relationship between Adam and God will be fully restored
in the coming theocratic utopia called "heavenly Jerusalem." This
is heaven, the place of our deepest longing:
55. As I've mentioned before, the word "Zion" is mentioned over
160 times in the Scriptures. That's more than the words faith,
hope, love, and countless others... And since Zion is a poetic
form of the word Jerusalem, the number of occurrences
swells to nearly 1,000! It is therefore not an overstatement
to say that God Himself is a Zionist.... "Out of Zion, the
perfection of beauty, God shines forth" (Psalm 50:2).
*** Zion represents the rule and reign of God in the earth
and is therefore synonymous with the Kingdom of God
(Malkhut Elohym).
*** The entire redemptive plan of God -- including the
coming of the Messiah Himself and our very salvation -- is
wrapped up in the concept of Zion. It is the "historiography"
of God -- His philosophy of history, if you will.
56. In a sense, Zion is the heart of the Gospel message and the
focal point of God's salvation in this world. Zion represents
our eschatological future -- our home in olam haba (the
world to come). Even the new heavens and earth will be
called Jerusalem -- "Zion in her perfection" (Rev. 21).
"This is what Adonai Tzeva'ot says: I am very jealous for
Jerusalem and Zion, but I am very angry with the nations that
feel secure" (Zech. 1:14-15). "For Zion's sake I will not keep
silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her
righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a
blazing torch" (Isa 62:1). "The builder of Jerusalem is God, the
outcasts of Israel he will gather in... Praise God, O Jerusalem,
laud your God, O Zion" (Psalm 147:2-12).
57. The outworking of humanity's history is essentially a
conflict between good and evil. It traces back to paradise
lost and the eventual construction of Bavel in ancient
Shinar, where Nimrod attempted to collectivize humanity
under autocratic rule. Yeshua referred to it (among other
things) as a conflict between the Kingdom of God ( כּותְל ַמ
ים ִלהֱא) and the kingdom of Satan (John 8:34-6). The
Apostles likewise spoke of "children of darkness" and
"children of light" (Eph. 5:8; Col. 1:13, 1 Thess. 5:5, etc.).
Politically speaking, St. Augustine described the cosmic
conflict as one between the "City of Man" and the "City of
God." World politics nearly always involves some form of
violence against those who belong to God (Matt. 11:12).
58. First, the sages argued that a "divine day" ( יֹום) equaled 1,000 years
based on Psalm 90:4: "A thousand years ( יםִנ ָׁש ףֶלֶא) in your sight is as
a day (i.e., k'yom: ְיֹוםכ".)
They reasoned that since man was made in the image of God, and the
Torah describes six days of creation followed by a day of divine rest,
mankind (as a whole) was therefore allotted 6 x 1,000 years (i.e.,
6,000) for "works" to be established in the world, followed by a 1,000
year Shabbat (Sanhedrin 97a, Rosh Hashana 31a). The ancient Seder
Olam Rabbah (c. 240) catalogs historical events from the start of
Creation according to the 6,000 years of history. Humanity will have his
time of reign on earth for 6,000 years and then the Messiah will begin
his reign in the 7th millennium, a "Sabbath" of sacred history. Later
midrash goes along with this basic outline: "Six eons for going in and
coming out, for war and peace. The seventh eon is entirely Shabbat and
rest for life everlasting" (Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer).
The Apostle Peter may also have had this outline in mind when he
wrote, "With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day" (2 Pet. 3:8; Psalm 90:4).
*** Happy are those who will be left alive at the end of the sixth
millennium to enter the Shabbat, which is the seventh millennium
59. The period of the "Messiah" refers to the time when the Messiah
could appear before the Kingdom is established in Zion.
- The time immediately preceding the appearance of the Messiah
will be a time of testing in which the world will undergo various
forms of tribulation, called chevlei Mashiach ( ַיח ִש ָׁמ ַה יְֵלב ֶח)- the
"birth pangs of the Messiah" (Sanhedrin 98a; Ketubot, Bereshit
Rabbah 42:4, Matt. 24:8). Some say the birth pangs are to last for
70 years, with the last 7 years being the most intense period of
tribulation -- called the "Time of Jacob's Trouble" / יא ִה ה ָָׁׁרצת־ֵע
קב ֲעַיְל( Jer. 30:7). ^^^ The climax of the "Great Tribulation" ( ה ָָׁׁרצ
הְָׁדֹולג) is called the great "Day of the LORD" ( יֹוםָׁדֹולג ַה ־יהוה)
which represents God's wrath poured out upon a rebellious
world system. On this fateful day, the LORD will terribly shake
the entire earth (Isa. 2:19) and worldwide catastrophes will
occur. "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can
stand?" (Rev. 6:17)
60. The prophet Malachi likewise says: "'Surely the day is coming; it will
burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble,
and that day that is coming will set them on fire,' says the LORD
Almighty. 'Not a root or a branch will be left to them'" (Mal. 4:1).
^^^ Only after the nations of the world have been judged will
the Messianic kingdom ( ים ִלהֱא ָׁה כּותְל ַמ) be established upon
the earth. The remnant of Israel will be saved and the 1000
year reign of King Messiah will then commence (Rev. 20:4).
62. As for the exact timing of these events, "no one knows the day or
hour." In fact, various Jewish sages have argued for "missing years"
in the prophetic calendar (due to periods of exile or other factors) (
Joseph Dumond research on calendar is critical)
Since Jewish tradition states that the "days of Messiah" began after
4,000 years of history (i.e., four "days"), we can better understand
the Messianic fervor among the Jews during the first century in
Judea. The Essenes were awaiting the advent of the "Teacher of
Righteousness" and the "Zealots" wanted to establish the Kingdom
of God by force of arms. Even the common people of Israel were
full of expectation that the Messiah would soon appear to redeem
captive Israel. It was in this context, in the "fulness of time" (Gal.
4:4), that Yeshua began His earthly ministry as the Suffering
Servant who redeemed us from the "curse of the law" (Gal. 3:13).
Act 1:6-7 So when they had come together, they were asking Him,
saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to
Israel?" (7) He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or
epochs (kairos- seasons) which the Father has fixed by His own
authority;
63. Messianic Hope: The King of the Jews
The Medieval rabbi and scholastic philosopher
Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, or "Rambam")
is considered to be a mainstream voice of traditional
Judaism. Maimonides' "Twelfth Principle" of the Jewish
faith is his affirmation that the Messiah is coming to
restore Israel to greatness beyond that known in the
days of King Solomon. "I believe with complete faith in
the coming of the Messiah, and though he may delay,
nevertheless I wait for his coming every day." The
following statement by Maimonides is probably the
definitive rendering of the traditional Jewish view on
the subject:
If a king will arise from the House of David who is
learned in Torah and observant of the mitzvot, as
prescribed by the written law and the oral law, as
David his ancestor was, and will compel all of Israel to
walk in the way of the Torah and reinforce the
breaches; and fight the wars of G-d, we may, with
assurance, consider him the Messiah. If he succeeds in
the above, builds the Temple in its place, and gathers
the dispersed of Israel, he is definitely the Messiah. ...
If he did not succeed to this degree or he was killed, he
surely is not the redeemer promised by the Torah..."
64. King Messiah is the instrument by whom God's kingdom is to be
established in Israel and in the world. The Messiah /Mashiyach
functions as Israel's Savior who would be empowered by God to:
- Restore the Kingdom of David (Jer. 23:5, Jer 30:9, Ezek. 34:23)
- Restore the Temple in Zion (Isa. 2:2, Micah 4:1, Zech. 6:13, Ezek.
37:26-28)
- Regather the exiles (Isa. 11:12, 43:5-6, 51:11)
- Offer the New Covenant to Israel (Jer. 31:31-34)
- Usher in world peace and the knowledge of the true God (Isa.
2:4; 11:9). This will include the entire world speaking Hebrew
(Zeph. 3:9).
- "Swallow up" death and disease (Isa. 25:8)
- Raise the dead to new life (Isa. 26:19)
- Spread Torah knowledge of the God of Israel, which will
unite humanity as one. As it says: "God will be King over all
the world -- on that day, God will be One and His Name will
be One" (Zech. 14:9)
65. Dual Aspect of Mashiach
How could the Jewish sages have missed the advent of Messiah,
especially in light of the fact that their own eschatology expected the
Messiah to appear some 2,000 years after the Torah was given to Israel
(i.e., the first century AD)? Even the Babylonian stargazers were able
to discern the appointed time (Matt. 2:1-2).
Perhaps the sages got confused about how to interpret the Hebrew
prophets. This shouldn't surprise us, for a variety of reasons, not the
least of which is that the prophets were regularly misunderstood and
persecuted by the sages in Jewish history. Still, the sages might have
missed the coming of Yeshua because there seems to be two distinct
pictures of the Messiah given in the visions of the prophets. On the
one hand, Messiah is portrayed as a great king, deliverer, and
savior of the Jewish people who comes in triumph "in the clouds"
(Dan. 7:13), but on the other he is depicted as riding a donkey,
lowly and humble (Zech. 9:9), a suffering servant, born in
lowliness, despised and rejected of men. These two images of
Messiah eventually lead to various oral traditions that there would
be two Messiahs: Messiah ben Joseph ( ף ֵן־יֹוסֶב ַיח ִש ָׁמ) and Messiah
ben David ( דִו ָׁן־דֶב ַיח ִש ָׁמ.)
66. Mashiach ben Yosef is identified with the Suffering Servant, of whom the
patriarch Joseph prefigured (and of whom Isaiah plainly spoke in his four
"Servant Songs"). In some traditions of Judaism, Mashiach ben Yosef is
recognized as a forerunner and harbinger of the final deliverer, Mashiach
ben David. Ben Yosef suffers for the sins of Israel and ends up getting killed
in the battle against evil (Isaiah 53). Of course Christians see Yeshua as the
prophesied "Man of Sorrows" and Suffering Servant who would bear the
sins of many.
Mashiach ben David, on the other hand, is identified as the great military
ruler and King of Israel of whom King David prefigures. This greater "son of
David" will regather the exiles, set up the Temple, and deliver Israel from all
her enemies. This is the Messiah that the sages of Judaism have long been
expecting. ^^^ Christians believe Yeshua the Messiah in His second coming
will completely fulfill this description of Mashiach ben David.
In other words, since the prophecies concerning the Messiah are twofold or
"dual aspect," we discern that they would be fulfilled in two distinct ways.
Yeshua is both Mashiach Ben Yosef (the Suffering Servant - at His first
coming) and Mashiach Ben David (the Reigning King - at His second coming).
He is also the Anointed Prophet, Priest, and King as foreshadowed by other
me'shichim in the Tanakh. ^^^ Both traditional Jews and Christians are
awaiting for the appearance of the Messiah, though Christians, of course,
will welcome Yeshua back!
67. According to this general framework of history, we are currently living
in the "days of the Messiah," just before the time of great worldwide
tribulation that will lead to the prophesied acharit hayamim ( ית ִר ֲַאח
ים ִָׁמי ַה), or the "End of Days." *** This is the age in which the spirit of
the Messiah is available to all. These are "days of God's favor" that
are ending soon. According to traditional Jewish sources (Pesachim
54b; Midrash Tehilim 9:2), no one knows the exact time when the
Messiah will appear -- though there are some hints. The condition of
the world during the end of days will be grossly evil (2 Pet. 3:3; 2
Thess. 2:3-4, 2 Tim. 3:1-5). The world will undergo various forms of
tribulation, collectively called chevlei Mashiach ( יְֵלב ֶחַיח ִש ָׁמ ַה)- the
"birth pangs of the Messiah" (Sanhedrin 98a; Ketubot, Bereshit
Rabbah 42:4, Matt. 24:8). Some sages say the birth pangs will last 70
years, with the last 7 years as the most intense period -- the "Time of
Jacob's Trouble" / ה ָָׁׁרצת־ֵעיא ִהקב ֲעַיְל( Jer. 30:7).
*** Just before the arrival of Yeshua as Mashiach ben David, a period
of tribulation and distress for Israel will occur. After this "great
tribulation" period, however, Yeshua will usher in Yom YHVH, the
"Day of the LORD," and the sabbatical millennium, the 1000 year
reign of King Messiah will commence (Rev. 20:4).
^^^ Expecting a terrible times for the wicked and exciting times for
the saints of YEHOVAH.
68. "Day of the LORD" is often associated with Tishah B'Av and the
catastrophic destruction of the Jewish Temple, the words of the
prophets were only partially fulfilled, and there awaits another
Day coming when God will terribly shake the entire earth (Isa.
2:19). "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can
stand?" (Rev. 6:17). ( Paul wilburn songs about end times)
The prophet Malachi likewise says: "'Surely the day is coming; it
will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be
stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,' says
the LORD Almighty. 'Not a root or a branch will be left to them'"
(Mal. 4:1). For those who are godless, the great Day of the LORD
is a time of horrific judgment, but for those who belong to the
LORD, it represents a day of victory and great blessing.
Regarding that day the prophet Malachi said, "Then you will
trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of
your feet on the day when I do these things" (Mal. 4:3).
69. Ultimately the Great Tribulation period is redemptive and
healing (called yissurim shel ahavah, "the troubles of love"). The
prophets wrote that Zion will go through labor and then give
birth to children (Isa. 66:8). Thus the Vilna Gaon wrote that the
geulah (national redemption) is something like rebirth of the
nation of Israel. This accords with the prophetic fulfillment of
Yom Kippur as the Day of Judgment and time of Israel's national
conversion. In the verse from prophet Jeremiah regarding the
"Time of Jacob's Trouble," it's vital to see the goal in mind - "yet
out of it he is saved" ( ָׁהנ ֶמ ִּומַע ֵָׁשּוִי). When Yeshua returns to
Zion, all Israel will be saved (Rom. 11:26). The sages note that
childbirth is a time of radical transition and struggle for the baby
-- from the time of relatively peaceful existence within the
womb into the harsh light of day -- and therefore a similar
transition between this world and the Messianic world to come
is about to take place....
70. Isa 66:6-24 "A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the LORD who is rendering recompense to His enemies.
(7) "Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she
gave birth to a boy. (8) "Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen
such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought
forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her
sons. (9) "Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?"
says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says
your God. (10) "Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you
who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over
her, (11) That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting
breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful
bosom." (12) For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her
like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And
you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the
knees. (13) "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem." (14) Then you will see this,
and your heart will be glad, And your bones will flourish like the new
grass; And the hand of the LORD will be made known to His servants,
71. Isaiah 66 But He will be indignant toward His enemies. (15) For behold, the LORD
will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire. (16) For the LORD will execute judgment by fire
And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many. (17)
"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in
the center, Who eat swine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end
altogether," declares the LORD. (18) "For I know their works and their thoughts;
the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see
My glory. (19) "I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the
nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that
have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among
the nations. (20) "Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a
grain offering to the LORD, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels,
to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their
grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD. (21) "I will also take some
of them for priests and for Levites," says the LORD. (22) "For just as the new
heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," declares the
LORD, "So your offspring and your name will endure. (23) "And it shall be from
new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to
bow down before Me," says the LORD. (24) "Then they will go forth and look On
the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm will not
die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all
mankind."