2. INSIDE THIS ISSUE
The Battle for Jerusalem Has Begun! .... . . 3
Zechariah predicted that God would make Jerusalem a "cup of
trembling" and a "burdensome stone" in the last days. The current
contention that led to the recent Palestinian uprising appears to be
the beginning of the fulfillment of that prophecy. Yassir Arafat has
declared, "The most imponant thing we can't accept is Ihe
ludaization of Jerusalem." Gary Steannan analyzes the difficulties
facing both sides and gives a view of what may happen in the near
future.
Superman Marries Lois Lane! .. . .. . 7
When Jerry Seigal first created the innocent alien from Krypton,
he laid the groundwork for an allegory that depicts the very
essence of Christ . For example, Superman's Kryptonian name was
" Kal-EI," a Hebrew teml meaning "the voice of God." His
KrYPlOnian father was "10r-EI," a fonn of the Hebrew term
"Jehovah Elohim." It is easy to see the allegorical nature of
Seigal's character. Recently. on their Sunday night telev ision
series, Superman married Lois Lane. The ceremony was performed
in an unnamed garden - shades of Eden - by an angel-like
minister named Mike - shades of Michael , the arch angel!
Trouble Over the Tunn el ... . . . 9
The conflict started over the Jerusalem tunnel recently opened
for tourists. J. R. Church provides pictures of the tunnel. He has
been there with tour groups several times since 1974. It should not
have been a problem for the Palestinians. Yet, they chose to usc the
issue to create a confrontalion with the Netanyahu govemment .
The stakes are much higher than just a tunnel.
"Rapture" Encoded al
Equidistant Letter Sequences .... . . 12
Yacov Rambsel, author of YES HUA: T HE HEBREW FACTOR,
has found new encoded messages in the Old Testament Hebrew
Scriptures. He has discovered the Hebrew word for "rapture"
encoded in several passages that will astound you. Be sure 10 read
the article beginning on page 12. Also, we have produced a new
video interview with Yacov Rambscl which is offered on page 17.
The Sacred Jou ~ ney of Moses ...... 15
The life and ministry of Moses has remarkable characteristics
which prophetically correspond to Christ. Both fi lled the roles of
prophet, priest, lawgiver, teacher, and leader of men. Both con-
firmed their teachings with miracles. Both spell! their early years in
Egypt. One established the covenant of Law and the other estab-
lished the covenanl of Grace.
Video Review: CAPITAL C RIMES .. . . . . 19
Letters From Our Friends . ..... 35
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3. Zechariah's Amazing Prophecy:
The Battle for
Jerusalem Has Begun!
By Gary Stea rman
"Behold. 1 will make Jerusalem a Clip
of trembling U/lto all the people found
abDul, wilen they shall be in Ihe siege both
against ludah and against Jerusalem.
"And in that day will J make Jerusa -
lem a burdensome stolle for all people:
all thaI burden Ihemsell'cs wilh it shall
be cur in pieces, though ali Ihe people of
the earth be ga/hered fOgerher against it"
(Zechariah 12:2,3).
Scripturall y, Jerusalem is the center of
earth. At some point
the future, it will be
the ru ling capital of the
whole world. Perhaps at
an almost subconscious
level, mankind recog-
nizes Ihis important
truth. For this reason,
Jerusalem has always
been the focus of con-
tention among the nations. Today, this ob-
servation is more accurale than ever. The
battle for Jerusalem is being waged right
now. The contestants involve virtually ev-
ery counlry on earlh, but the Palestinian
Liberation Organization is curren tly the
most visible.
Supported on the artificial foundation of
a unified Western media, the PLO has once
again proven that in todny's world, tru th Renewed fighting erupted in Palestinian cities over the opening of a tunnel which
runs north along the Western Wall. Now tourists will not have to return to the
and morali ty arc regarded merely as out- entrance shown above. The other end of the tunnel opens to the Via Dolorosa.
moded obstacles to progress.
Follow ing a pattern he has successfully weak and vacillating European and Ameri - How bizarre! If Jerusalem can't be
used in the past, Yasir Arafat has finessed can leaders . T hey too. are convinced o f the "Judaized," what can?
the politicians and media pundits of the myth that only appeasement, and the found- On Tuesday, October I, 1996, Arafat ar-
West, in his continuous quest for Palestin- ing of a Palestinian state can promOle con- rived in Washington at the behest of the
ian statehood. He wants tlmhing less than tinu ing peace in the region. Cl inton State Department, after a stopover
the Palestinian flag flying over Jerus<llem, In a widely-televised quote after the re- in Luxembourg. There, he had met with Eu-
which at that time would become the capi- cent uprising. Ararat made perhaps the ropean Community fEC] foreign ministers,
tal of P<llestinc. most blatllt1t public self-revela tion in re- includi ng the next Ihree men scheduled to
His motives are transparent, as he at- cent history when he said, "The most im- step into the rotational EC "Presidency."
tempts to undermine the du ly-elected portant thing we can't accept is the Clearly, it is his wish 10 create a renewed
Netanyahu government by appealing to Judaization of Jerusalem." Oslo initiative, perhaps even a new Madrid-
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4. style peace conference. But first, he is try-
ing to shore up the ongoing "peace pro-
cess" that he has manipulated so profitably,
at least in the days leading up to the assas-
sination of Yitzhak Rabin.
It Wasn ' t the lmnel
Even before the elec tion, Benjamin
Nctanyahu warned that he wou ld slow
down the Rabin/Peres peace process. The
security offered by this slance is the rea-
son that he won by an 11 percent margin
among Jewish voters. This happened in
spite of the fac i that Bill Clinton openly
campaigned for Shimon Peres before the
election.
In response, the PLO said that if its de-
mands weren't met, there would soon be a
new intifada.
Throughout the summer of 1996, Israel
watchers had predicted that open hostil i-
ties - perhaps even war - were immi-
nent. With the coming of the Jewish New
year (Rosh Hashanah, 5757) on Septem-
ber 14, many felt that the tension would
soon break into open warfare.
The Days of Awe came 10 an end with
Yom Kippur, on September 23. Early on
the morning of the next day, the Netanyahu
government quietly opened the northern
end of an ancient Hasmonean archaeologi-
cal tunnel that runs northward from the
Western Wall. They installed a door that
opened on the Via Dolarosa . in the Arab
Quarter. With that, tourists would now be.
able to travel the tunnel through its entire
I ,250-foot length without having to back-
track to the Western Wall. Furthermore , Above is a view of the rabbinic tunnel looking north. The inset shows where the
tunnel entrance begins at the Western Wall and exits at the Via Dolorosa.
they would be active shoppers, bringing
money to Arab shopkeepers in the area. Israel and the PLO concerning Jerusalem. dents and American politicians banded to-
Alas, the opening was politicized , and One way or another. it was bound 10 star! . gether to label him as everything from a
quickly turned into a mini-intifada. Expert observers now tell us that it's bound murderer to - as the Germans put it - a
Netanyahu proclaimed the action was to continue. rebellious teenager. The Guardian newspa-
"an expression of our sovereignty, our his- per in London ran a political cartoon that
tory." To Yasir Arafat, it was "a deliberate Heaping the Blame showed him putting a dove in a food grinder.
act of incitement." In the days leading up From the. first moments of the difficulty, Newspapers around the world ran fea-
to the Feast of Tabernacles on September Nelanyahu bore the full brunt of the world's ture after feature sympathetic to the Pales-
28, Palestinian riOling became open war- opinion-makers. President Clinton called tinians. One example from the Associated
fare. The scene took on a haunted look, for a cease-fire and proclaimed that instant Press ran on September 30, is typical:
under the ghastly red glow of a total lunar summit in Washington, which came to pass "After four deadly days, Jews and Ar-
eclipse that occurred on the 26th, just prior on the third day ofTabe.rnacles, October 2, abs have forced down the lid on Pandora's
to Tabernacles. 1996. Box, but few Palestinians now speak of the
The violence quickly spread to Judea and The abortive Washington talks resulted ' peace process' without a sneer or a sigh.
Gaza, ultimately taking the lives of 53 Pal- only in a half-hearted agreement to con- "Ibrahim al-Zamareh lost the faith Sat-
estinians and 14 Israel is. But with the tinue the dialogue in the futu re. Other than urday afternoon in his comfortable hilltop
weekend arrival of Tabernacles, hostilities Benjamin Netanyah u and Arafat, only home when an Israeli soldier's stray rub-
quickly tapered off. Jordan 's King Hussein showed up. Impor- ber bu llet smashed into his wife 's face less
To be sure, the opening of the ancient tant players, like Hosni Mubarak of Egypt than an inch from her left eye .
tunnel had triggered the horrors of that and Hafez ai-Assad of Syria refused to come. "Insherah Zamareh grimaced with pain as
week. But Israel watchers had been warned World leaders sharply criticized she listened to her mild-mannered husband,
for weeks that such an event was in the off- Netanyahu, calling for him to close the tun- a builder of houses, talk revolution.
ing. It wasn't the tunnel that started the war; nel , but he stood fast on his decision. Is- "'We stopped intifada after seven years
it was the violent disagreement between lamic religious authorities, European presi- because we wanted peace,' Zamareh, 46,
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5. said of the 1987-93 Palestinian uprising. spiritual and economic control of the terri-
' But if we have to start again, we are ready Zecharia h's Advance View: tory God gave to Abraham, Isaac and
to go 100 years. '" Jerusalem Destined for Instability Jacob.
Zamareh sums up the Arab position suc- It is remarkable that the prophet And then, Zechariah describes the diffi-
cinctly, saying, "We believed in this [peace] Zechariah was given a view that coincides culties surrounding Jerusalem with the
process. We put nowers in our gun barrels with events now in the news. Chapter 12 of metaphor, "a cup of trembling. " The verb
and forgot all of our martyrs. Then this his prophecy specifically states the condition translated "trembling" is the Hebrew ra' al
Netanyahu came and damaged it all." thaI now exists in downtown Jerusalem: ['V'] : It conveys a sense oftwisling, wob-
President Clinton was pictured as the "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of bling, shaking and spinning out of control.
concerned peacemaker, begging the brutal trembling unto all the people round ahollt, Certainly, today's situation is not far short
Israelis to rerum to the path of peace. The when they shall be in the siege both against of this eventuality. Given the complexity
New York Times of October 3, placed its Judah and against Jerusalem. of Mideast politics, diplomatic solutions
slant in a front-page article: "And in that day willi make Jerusalem a fall laughably short of prov iding stability.
"What little the emergency Middle East burdensome stonefor all people: all thaI bur- Perhaps the best modern translation of ra' at
summit meetirig of the last two days pro- den themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, would be "instability."
duced was best summed up in President though all the people of the earth be gath- Additionally, in Scripture, the cup is a
Clinton's anxious plea to Israelis and Pal- ered logether against it" (Zechariah 12:2,3). symbol of destiny, as in the time when
estinians: ' Please, please give us a chance The current accuracy of this prophecy is Jesus fell to His knees and prayed: "0 my
to let this thing work in the days ahead.' astounding. The Western policy of appease- Father, If it be possible, let this cup pass
"As yet another Palestinian youth fell to ment that has been followed by Israel 's /rom me: nevertheless not as I will, but as
Israeli bullets in Hebron, and as Palestin- Labor party has produced the present no- thou wilt" (Matthew 26:39).
ians greeted the reports from Washington win situation. The Likud coalition is now Here, thc· cup symbolizes the destined
with dismay, it was far from certain that saddled with belatedly trying to cure a situ- mission given by the Father to the Son. Its
the peacemakers would be given this ation for which there is no cure. The PLO, ultimate fulfillment brought incredible pain
chance, or that 'this thing' would work." having had a taste of power, will no longer to Jesus, nevertheless, He realized that it
One could pick up virtually any news- settle for peaceful coexistence. was His destiny. He took the cup.
paper and find the Israelis getting tarred Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Jerusalem has a similar destiny. It is to
with the same half-truths. Palestinians were Netanyahu has only two choices ~ both undergo tremendous paroxysms of agony
treated as idealistic revolutionaries, while bad. First, he can yield to pressure and re- before the Lord finally comes to declare
Israelis were depicted as brutal overlords. turn to the appeasement policies of his pre- victory over His foes.
The October 4, Times quoted one of the decessors. [fhe does this, land will be given The horrors of the beast , the false
young throwers of Molotov cocktails: for peace, including the Golan Heights and prophet and waves of oppression by the
"'The moment the Palestinian police the majority of Jerusalem. Israel's very nations will reach a fever pitch during
opened fire on the Jewish troops last week survival would then be in question . the Tribulation period. Even now, we see
they became our brothers,' said Jamal Abu His second possibility lies in staying with the first ripples . From here on, we will
Mohammed, a teenager, as he stood at the his election promises. He ran on the slo- see this besieged city become more and
edge of the camp. ' Before that they had gan of "peace with security," vowing never more unstable as warring factions be-
been Israeli rent-a-cops in Arab unifonns. 10 give up the contested territories. If he come further radicalized.
But now they have proved that they are with sticks to his guns, Palestinian violence will Jerusalem is already "a burdensome
us. We are aJl one now. We will together drive surely escalate to higher, possibly termi- stone for all people." Several times in this
the Jewish occupiers from our land. '" nal, levels. century, the Papacy has announced that
Such quotes as this assume that the Pal- Either choice will leave Jewish resolve Jerusalem will be ils ultimate headquarters.
estinians have ajust cause which they will at abysmally low levels. Israel will most Already, it lays claim to many of the holy
one day realize. With few exceptions, West- certainly find itself like a cornered animal, city's most archaeologically significant
ern leaders go along with this line. with no choice but to lash out at its enemy. locations.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu bears Many authorities point out that this raises Likewise, Islam says that sooner or later,
up under the unceasing castigations of sta- the ugly specter of nuclear confrontation . the city must be surrendered to its rule. For
tus-quo politicians who wish to curry fa- Zechariah prophesies exactly this kind them, this is a major article of faith .
vor with various sheikhs, pashas, mufties, of no-win situation. First, he sets the scene, As if that weren' t enough contention,
and assorted dcspots of the Mideast. They noting that the day will come when Judah leaders of the West and the United Nations
seem to forget that Israel is the region's (the Jews) and Jerusalem are under siege. have suggested that Jerusalem be made an
only democracy. Th is is the situation right now. "international" city, whatever that means.
The battle is for conlrol of the entire Slowly but surely, the nations have acted Among olher things, such a plan certainly
Middle East. More than lhal, it is for the in concert to drive Israel into a corner. For intends that the Jews would not control it.
Holy Land, itself. And at the heart of the them , it is only the preliminary struggle in Rather, some combination of OPEC and
Land is the real prize ~ Jerusalem. The a battle to rid the land of all Jews forever. Islam, in concert with the oil merchants of
real nucleus of the contention is the Temple As stated earlier, world leaders arc con- the world and various spiritual figureheads
Mount. Currently, it lies in the tight con- vinced of the myth that the Jews are the would pull the strings .
trol of the Arabs, specifically administered great obstacle to peace. They totaUy over- But Zechariah's prophecy is quite clear
by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Arabs look the numerous warring factions among in this matter. He says that as various
don't want this to change in any way. In the Arabs, themselves. power groups seek to control Jerusalem,
facl, Arab backers of the PLO clearly wish But as things stand, Jerusalem has be- they will call certain destruction down
to use it as a lever to gain the entire city. come the vital sticking point in a battle for upon themselves.
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6. •
Jerusalem do not magnify themselves
The Stone and the Rock against Judah.
More specifically, {he "stone" that is "In that day shall the LORD defend the
Jerusalem will cut them to pieces. This re- inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is
minds us of the language fo und in feeble among them at that day shall be as
Deuteronomy 32, the Song of Moses. This David; and the house of David shall be as
is the epic ofIsrael's latter-day deliverance. God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Five times in this chapter, we fi nd the "And it shall come to pass in that day,
word, "Rock." All five times, it is capital- that I will seek to destroy all the nations
ized as a proper noun. It is one orlhc titles that come against Jerusalem."
of our Lord. Here, the scene is j ust as we see it in the
"He is the Rock, his work is pelfect:for Song of Moses, in which the Rock deliv-
all his ways are judgmenr: a God of truth ers His people. Zechariah shows the Lord
and without iniquity. just and right is he" taking fiery vengeance upon pretenders to
(Deuteronom y 32:4). His throne . T he language here strongly
As can be witnessed in this verse, the suggests that the Lord will use the Jews to
Lord is prophesied in these verses as mov- launch a fiery war. Many have speculated
ing fonh in righteous judgment. He takes that Israel's nuclear arsenal will at last be
vengeance upon Israel's enemies. set in motion. But whatever the case,
All this would be just fine, but unfortu- Jerusalem will at last be given to the Jews.
nately, Israel " .. . lightly esteemed the Rock We see precisely this kind of rhetoric
of his salvation" (v. IS). being used in Psalm 97. One would have
Of Israel, Moses writes, "Of the Rock to completely lack discernment not to see
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin
that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast Netanyahu , is under pressure to yield that the world is soon to be subjected to a
forgotten God that formed thee" (v.I8). to Arafat's demands. horrible period of fiery (almost certainly,
Throughout its history, Israel has gone nuclear) warfare.
through various cycles of apostasy, down- Isaac for sacrifice, in obedience to the com- "The LORD reigneth; let the earth re-
fall, captivity and regathering. Somehow, mand of God. Some archaeologists say that joice; let the multitude of isles be glad
they always seem to forget that the Lord is it is the very location of the Holy of Ho lies thereof.
their Rock and protector. in the first two Temples. T he archaeologist "Clouds alld darkness are round about
Verses 30 and 31 show that the Rock is Dr. Leen Ri ttmeyer even says that a carved- him: righteousness and judgment are the
the real reason for Israel's victory in battlc: out rectangle <ltop the rock W<IS once the rest- habitation of his throne.
"How should one chase a thousand, and ing place of the holy Ark of the Covenant. '!A fi re goeth before him, and burneth
two put ten thousand loflight, except their The fight is on. Who will claim this rock? up his enemies round about.
Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut Without a doubt, that's the big question. "His lightnings enliglllened the world:
Ihem up? the earth saw, and trembled.
"Fo r their rock is not as ow' Rock. even A Fiery Deliverance, in the "The hills melted like wax at Ihe pres-
our enemies themselves being judge.~." Language of Psalm 97 ence of the LORD, at the presence of the
The Lord - Jesus - is the real Rock. Conceming the answer to this question, Lord of the whole earth" (Psalm 97: I-S).
Ironically. He is the power behind Israel. Zechariah's language is unequivocal. It is not a question of whether these
For this reason, those who come against Jerusalem and the Jews will be delivered things will happen, but when? Psalm 97
His plan for Mount Zion are doomed to from those who lay false claim to its sa- speaks in general tenns of the Lord's ven-
failure . This holy mountain has a foreor- cred precincts. Chapter 12, verses 4 through geance. Perhaps this has already begun in
dained destiny - a cup. Those who try to 9 clearly tell us the outcome of the battle: what to us might seem an insignificant way.
drink it will be destroyed. To them. it will "In thai day, sailh the LORD, I will smite To those of faith, the Lord now reigns.
literally be a cup of poison. every horse with astonishment, alld his However, many events must unfold before
l erusalem is a c ity of grim ironies. And rider with madness: and I will open mine His visible and present sovereignty upon
in the midst of this dispute, there lies yet eyes upon the house ofJudah, and will smite the throne of David in lerusalem.
another incredible irony. The " rock" of Is- every horse of the people wilh blindness. Until Jesus comes, the world will con-
lam is encapsulated beneath a profane "And the governors of Judah shall say tinue to fight over Jerusalem. Each group
golden dome, called the Mosque of Omar. in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusa - has its own delusions about why it should
It is sometimes referred to as the «Dome lem shall be my strenglh in tlte LORD of be the entity in control of the ancient city.
of the Rock." hosts their God. As we continue to read warped and
If there is a needle-sharp point of con- "In that day willI make the governors slanted stories in t.he world's newspapers,
tention in the world today, this rock cer- of Judah like an hearth offire among the let us rej oice and be glad that man's
tainly marks the spot. Moslems say that it wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; schemes will not decide the fi nal disposi-
is t he place from which Mohammed and they shall devou r all the people round tion of the matter. Global authorities may
vaulted to heaven on a flying white steed . aboUl, on the right hand and on the left: think they can control the ancient spiritual
They even show off certain depressions in and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again ill capital, but they have not yet seen the fire
the rock that are said to be the footpr ints her own place. even in Jerusalem. of the Lord.
that mark his departure. "The LORD also shall save the tents of In the meantime, remember Psalm 122 :6:
This same rock is claimed by the l ews Judah fi rst, that Ihe glory of the house of "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they
as Mt. Zion, the place where Abraham took David and the glory of the inhabitants of shall prosper that love thee." •
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7. SuperlDan Marries
Lois Lane!
By J . R. Churc h
"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a
plane! No, it's Superman!"
Remember those words from a genera-
lion ago? Superman was the hero of my
generation. Superman - solver of prob-
lems - unrelenting in his pursuit of peace
- in his fight for truth, justice, and the
American way! In fact, hispopularity ex-
ceeds that of any hero character since,
whether it be Aquaman, Spidennan, Won-
der Woman or the dozens of newly created
robot creatures from space and their hu-
man counterparts. Superman has surpassed
them all.
During the 1980s Superman took to the
silver screen to become a multi-mi ll ion
dollar box office attraction. Over the past
few years, "Lois and Clark" have become
Sunday night television favorites. In their
October 6, 1996 episode, the two lovers
were finall y married - in an unnamed
garden somewhere toward the west -
shades of Eden - by a minister who When Jerry Siegal first created the innocent al ien from Krypton , he laid the
popped in and out of the program like an groundwork for an allegory that depicts the very essence of Christ. For example,
angcl - named Mike! Each time they met Superman 's Kryptonian name was " Kal- El," a Hebrew term meaning " the voice ot
Mike, they recognized him, but looked God." His Kryptonian father was " Jor-EI ," a form of the Hebrew term " Jehovah-
Elohim." It Is easy to see the allegorical nature of his character.
puzzled when they left him - as if they
could not remember who he was. he laid the groundwork for an allegory that ended last year with a visit from New Kryp·
Toward the end of the program, Clark depicts the very essence of Christ. For ex· ton by Clark's long· lost relatives- includ-
lifted Lois in his arms and just flew toward ample, Superman's Kryptonian name was ing the wife he had never known. It seems
the west unlil both felt they had arrived at "Kal· EI," a Hebrew tenn meaning "the his father had wed him to a Kryptonian girl
the right place. Just as they landed, Mike voice of God." His Kryptonian father was at birth. It was now his obligat ion to return
appeared and remarked that they had ar· "Jor-EI," a form of the Hebrew term "Je- to New Krypton, consummate the marriage
rived just before him. About that time, the hovah-Elohim." It is easy to see the alle- to the one Jor-El had chosen, and wage a
parents of Lois wa lked into the scene, gorical nature of his character. Born on a war in the heavens against an evil usurper
shook hands with Mike and addressed him distant planet , his father sent him to eanh to the throne - the evil Nor! The name of
as if they had known him all their lives. as a baby with supernatural powers to save this wicked Kryptonian is spelled in He-
Then the Kents arrived and did the same mankind from ev il. He is pictured as the brew as nun resh ['"J] meaning, "lamp," or
thing. After them, Perry White and J immy epitome of all that is good . His boyish /lun vav resh [iD] meaning, "fire." Either
Olsen came up the steps and shook hands features show him as shy and unpreten- way, it smacks of Lucifer which, in He-
with the minister, greeting him as an old tious, knowing no evil - one who can brew, means "shining one" or "light
friend as well. solve the problems of hunger, war, dis- bearer." T he two main leiters that make up
It looked to me as if Mike represented ease, and disaster. Nor 's name are nun and resh. Nun [J]
none other than Michael, the arch· angel .lt Last year's episodes were filled with at- means "downfall" and resh ('" ] means
was a fantasy that had all the earmarks of a tempts to wed Lois and Clark. Failing to "wicked."
modem allegory. When Jerry Siegal first become a June bride, Lois eventually be- New Krypton sounds a lot like "New
created the innocent alien from Krypton, comes a September bride . The season Jerusalem ." The spacecraft used to trans-
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8. port Superman across the universe was Wars" say. " May the fo rce be with you," for longi ng for such a man. Most would
called "New New." Ii was also refe rred to but the "force" is satanic in origin - a agree that we need someone who can solve
as " Palace." On their way out of our solar product of wi tchc raft. Casti ng spe lls or the problems that plague our planet. How-
system, Kal-Elleamed that the evil Nor had communication by mental te lepathy - all ever. the anti ch ri st will be a great de-
taken over Smallville, enslaved its people, of these things have been practiced forcen - ceiver. Wh ile the world is cryi ng, " peace,
and set about to conquer earth! turies in witchcraft. Along with witchcraft peace," he will usurp the peace and bring
Kal-EI had to return to save the human is the taking of drugs. The wiIChes' brew nbout Armageddon.
race! Upon arriving, Lo is and two other of long ago is still around today and grow- All of the hero characters being produced
women were beamed (raptured) aboard ing in popularity. today by the movie makers are whetting
New New - Kal-EI's palace - to become Beware of the hero characters who fight the appetite of our generation for the ar-
his co ncubines. Lois was Caucasian, an- for the affections of today 's chi ldren. He rival of the antichrisl. Men are going to get
other girl was Black, and the other, as I re- may be the evil Nor! When the future too anxious and act too soon in procla im-
eail , was Orienta l. Be tween the time Kal- Wicked One appears, he will be accepted ing the arrival of the great problem·solver.
EI left earth last May, and the time he re- by mankind as a g reat solver of problems. So determined is the human race to reject
turned in Se pte mber, there were four He will even succeed in taking over the the real Super Hero, the Lord Jesus Christ,
months. All of this should sound strangely many governments of the world. He' ll have that they have gone about concocting ev-
familiar to the student of the Bible. Jesus a lot going for him - leadership ability, ery conceivable character to take His place.
once to ld His disciples, "Say nor yeo There charisma. even power and signs with ly- However. in spite of all the tricksters and
are yet/our monfhs, and then cometh har- ing wonders. He will be able to call fire deceivers, I'm glad that one day the hu-
vest?" (John 4:35). Someday, when Christ down from heaven in the sight of man , and man race will exclaim, "Look! Up in the
returns, He will rapture His Gentile bride he will cause all men to worship him - sky! It 's a bird! It's a plane! No. it 's ... "
(made up of all races) into His palace, while assuming the role of God . Well, it won't be another substitute. It
He wages war against the antichrist who One can hard ly blame the human race really will be Jesus! •
attempts to usurp His throne.
Superman married Lois Lane this year.
Say, could it be? Is this the year? Mmmm
... Nah! We won't know until it comes
about - in a moment - in the twinkling
of an eye!
Hero characters have always been wo-
ven into the folklore of ancient civiliza-
tions, suc h us Hercu les, noted for hi s
strength ; Apollo, revered fo r his wisdom;
Mercury. admired for hi s swiftness; or Ju-
piter, feared for his judgment.
The Superman of the ancient Jew was
Samson - and let me say that Samson was
no fi gment of man's imagination. Samson
was real. Samson, however. was of the tribe
of Dnn , a renegade tribe. In addition , he
was lhe 13th judge of Israel , destined to
bad luc k. He got mixed up with the wrong
Lois Lane and lost his locks.
History shou ld te ll us that mankind has
always desired a supemntural supennan on
who m he could place his allegiance fo r
deliverance. I believe this desire has been
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9. Trouble Over
The Tunnel
By J . R. Church
The latest conniel between Israel and the
Palestinians erupted over the opening of
the Rabbinic tunnel to tourism. The exca-
vated tunne l runs northward along the
Western Wall of Herod 's Temple com-
pound . It does not enter any so-called Mos-
lem sacred . In fact, the tunnel has
been available for tours
for many years. In
1974, I was given one
of the earliest tours of
the sile . Since then, T
have taken several lour
groups into the tunnel.
I remember well , my
first tour of the area. It
was about 5:00 o'clock
one August af,e;;;oon. 1eagerly awaited my
appointment with onc of Israel's leading
archeologists. Zw i Hoffman met my pho-
tographer, Ed Cass, and me at the Western
Wall and escorted us under Wilson's Arch,
the ancient bridge that spans the Tyropeon
valley. We were there to take photographs In 1974, J . R. Chu rch entered the rabbinic tunnel and took panoramic pictures.
of his excavations along the Western Wall Mr. Zwi Hoffman, chief archeologist in charge of the excavation , sits on a rock ledge
of the Temple compound. (right) as the camera is adjusted for the series of pictures. This is the tunnel recently
opened to tourists.
As we walked northward along the bed-
rock that supported the massive stone and I asked him what he thought about a how do we now interpret the prophet who
blocks, dating back 1 the time of Herod
0 possible solution. His answer was a bit sur- wrote abo ut a future conflict with Gog and
the Great, we discussed israel's burden prising . He said, "Our problem is not re- Magog?
with history. Signs of first-century conflict aUy with the Palestinians and Arabs. They The questions are heard over and over
with the Romans were evident all around are but pawns in a game. Ourdifficully lies again. Now that the Soviet Union is dis-
us. Broken boulders, burned stonework, with the motivating force behind them- solved and R ussia remains, can we really
and layers of debris reminded us of the suf- namely. the Soviet Union. Our problem is look forward to an era of peace? The Cold
fering Israel had endured toward the close not really with the Arabs, but with Ihe So- War seems to be over - is it, really'! Will
of the first century. viets." He told me that someday Israel must Russia become part of the free-market
I was curious to learn his perspective face the predicted "Battle of Gog and West? That is the dream of Boris Ycltsin.
about the continuing conflict between the Magog." Theologians are naturally perplexed
Jews and Arabs since the birth of Israel in S ince that delightful evening in Old about current events in Russia and its sat-
1948. We discussed the 1967 Six-Day War Jerusalem, I have watched the "evil em- ellite republics. Popular media images of
and the Yom KippurWarof 1973. Our COIl - pire" crumble. After 70 years, Soviet-styled post-Soviet peace and the free-market revo-
versation soon got around to the prophets Communism faile d to capture the enthusi- lution appear to be at odds with our tradi-
and their prediction that the Chosen People asm of its people. There is no more Soviet tional prophetic view. Ezekiel called for an
would someday relurn to their Promised Union. In its place are several republics that invasion of regathered Israel by a northern
Land - only to face renewed conflicts. once menaced the planet. However, Israel enemy who gathers allies from the Middle
We discussed the Arab nations that op- slill faces a continu ing conflict with the East. This unholy consortium will enter
posed the formation of the state of Israel Ambs. Was my friend wrong? Or be!ler yet, the Holy Land with a vengeance. Many

10. have said that this event can't be too far
into the future. How then, do we recon-
cile these two seemingly contradictory
points of view?
Russia is neither practical nor noble. She
has always supported the enemies of Israel.
Syria, Jordan, Libya, Ethiopia, and other
similar Mideast powers have always de-
pended upon Russia for military support.
It seems my Israeli friend was right. Rus-
sia has always supplied military equipment
for Arab use against Israel. For example,
in 1982, when Israel moved into Lebanon
to rout the PLO, they uncovered an enor-
mous hidden cache of Russian anns and
war material. Clearly, the Russians were
planning an invasion of some sort. Has their
intent changed in the years since that event?
Apparently not.
The message to small but militant coun-
tries around the world is loud and clear -
why go to the trouble and expense of manu-
facturing your own nuclear materials, when
they can be so easily obtained on the black
Under Wilson's Arch, which lies on the north side of the Western Wall, is a large
market?
room where Jews congregate to pray. The door at the north end of this room (above)
The top headline of the JEWISH PRESS leads to the tunnel which continues straight north along the wall of the ancient
(February 14, 1992) screamed, "SyriaAc. Temple fortress.
quires Nuclear Bombs." Arizona's Secre-
tary of State, Richard Mahoney added, "By the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: It speak a spine-chilling truth. The world's
ignoring Syria's President Hafez Assad's hopes to buy - from India, China or both most horrifying weapons are now in the
deadly actions and treating him as an ally, - 'a few' legitimate civil reactors soon." hands of terrorists.
our president is enabling Syria to acquire Onee again, it ean be seen that the mere
nuclear bombs. Assad is much smarter than signing of a treaty has vi rtually no mean- Syria May Light the Fuse
Traq's Saddam Hussein and has concealed ing, except as propaganda. In Tran, Syria Let's look at the events leading up to the
his securing a nuclear bomb in the shroud and other Middle-Eastern countries, "non- predicted "Battle of Gog and Magog." Ac-
of Palestinian statehood." proliferation" now means "proliferation." cording to Isaiah's view, Syria may play
He continues, "American intelligence The nuclear arms race that has captivated an important role in the confliet that leads
has established that Soviet nuclear bomb the world for the last 40 years has now to the invasion by Gog. Somehow, the Syr·
technicians are quitting Russia and head· shifted to a new arena. ians will force a showdown with devastat-
ing for more remunerative waters to peddle The ECONOMIST adds another inter· ing results. During a war with Syria, Dam·
their wares. Accordi ng to recell C IA testi- esting note: "For Algeria, the Chinese are ascus - for the firs t time in its history-
mony on CapitOl Hill , Syria, after failing building a large research reactor at Ain will be destroyed . Isaiah 17 speaks of this
to purchase Soviet SS-23 i.ntermediate- Oussera. This looks fishy. The Algerians event:
range ballistic missiles, has now acquired kept it a secret until it was spotted by sat- "The bwden of Damascus. Behold, Dam-
a possible nuclear-delivery system from ellites." Under the title "Bombs for All?" aSCIlS is taken away from being a city, alld
North Korea. Syria has also tried to purchase the editors of this prestigious magazine had if shall be a ruinous heap" (Isaiah 17: 1).
980 grams of enriched uranium as well as a the following to say: "TIle Soviet collapse Such a destruction has not yet occurred
nuclear research reactor from China." has raised fears that would·be bomb mak· in the hislory of Damascus, which is said
Expert opinion tells us that those mis- ers, from Iran to North Korea, may get their to be the oldest continuously occupied city
siles can accurately deliver nuclear war- hands on Soviet nuclear skills, weapons or in the world. I feellhat when Damascus is
heads into Israel, with a warning time of materials. Butlhe really bad news is what destroyed Israel will occupy Lebanon and
only a few minutes, and perhaps as little Iraq had been up to under the noses of in· Syria-all the way to the Euphrates River.
as a few seconds. spectors from the International Atomic The borders between Israel, Lebanon, and
The ECONOMIST also reported, "In Energy Agency. It shows that, against a de- Syria seem to be coming down in verse 3:
1984, China helped Iran build a nuclear- termined cheat, existing safeguards are "The fortress also shall cease from
research center at Isfahan. A Chinese re- alarmingly inadequate." Ephraim ... " (Isaiah 17:3).
search reactor may follow." It adds, "There No wonder the ancient prophets spoke Some interpret this to mean that the
are persistent reports of Chinese and Paki- of fire that wou ld sweep injudgmemacross Lebanese border will cease to exist. Israel
stan i experts setting up uranium-enriching the land. Though the Middle-East is the will occupy Lebanon and Syria. Isaiah eon·
cemrifuges at Moallem Kalayeh, north of flash point, that fire seems destined to tinues:
Tehran, although inspectors from the In- sweep around the world. " ... and the kingdom from Damascus,
ternational Atomic Energy Agency found We don't know the full details yet, but alld the remnant 0/ Syria; they shall be as
nothing there in February. Iran has signed stories now leaking out of the Middle East the glory of the children a/Israel, sai,1I the
10 Propllecy ill tile News

11. LORD of hosts" (Isaiah 17:3).
Ephraim 's northern borders with Leba-
non and Sy ria may be dissolved. Both
countries cou ld become part of a greater
Israel - as God promised Abraham in
Genesis 15:18.
However, this occupation will nOt be
without a price. Just as Lraq was condemned
for annexing Kuwait, the United Nations
would condemn Israel for this acquisition.
Instead of the United States leading the in-
vasion fo rce, as it did against Iraq, the So-
viet Union could take the initiative and
head up the anned forces against Israel.
Such a scenario could result in the battle
of Gog and Magog.
Instead of the Soviet Union sitting back
and cooling its heels, as it did in the lraq
situation, we could see the Sov iet Union
playa dominant role. The Soviet invasion
cou ld come as a result of Israel's confli ct
with Syria. Isaiah describes the deployment
of a massive invasion follow ing the de-
struction of Damascus : Entering through the door s hone on the previous page, one enters the tunne l.
"Woe to the multitude of many people, The large s tones on the right are nine feet tall, nIne feet thick, and forty feet long,
The re a re three of them we ig hing up to 450 tons each. These are a retaining wall
which make a noise like the liaise of the built by Solomon.
seas; and to the I'Ilshing of nations, that
make a rushing like the rushing of mighty invasion of Israel. Again, Jeremiah 4:6 says: to be a description of the Battle of Gog
waters! "Set lip fhe standard toward Zion: re- and Magog. Zechariah seemed to be re-
"The nations shall rush like the /'Ushing tire, stay not:for I will bring evil from the ferr ing to the end-time when he wrote in
ofmany waters: but God shall rebuke them, north, and a greaf destruction ." Zechari ah 6:8:
and They shall flee far off, and shall be Aga in, in Jeremiah 6:22 : "Then cried he upon me, alld spake U/lTO
chased as the chaff of the mountains be- "Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a peOI)le me, saying, Behold, these that go toward
fore the wind, and like a rollillg thillg be- cometh from the north country, and a great fhe north country have quieted my spirit in
fore the whirlwind. lIation shaff be raised from the sides of the the north country."
"And hehold at el!eningtide trouble; and ear/h." Finally, Daniel seems to link the Battle
before the morning he is 1I0t. This is the Yet again, in Jeremiah 10:22: of Gog and Magog to events of the end-
portion of them that.tpoil lls, and the lot of "Behold, the noise of the bruit {new.tJ is time when he referred to the Antichrist in
them that rob liS" (Isaiah 17:12- 14), come, and a great commolion alit of the Daniel 11: 44-45 :
This could be a description of the Rus- nOl'lh country, 10 make fhe cities of fudah "But tidings out of the east and out of
sian invasion. It corresponds qu ite nicely desolate . ." the north shall trouble him: therefore he
with Ezekiel 38, The tenn "spoil" is used Micah also wrote about the war: shaff go forth with great fury to destroy,
by both prophets. Notice, the battle begins " ... theday of thy watchman and thy visi- alld laterly to make away mally.
about sundown and by the next morning lafiOIl cometh, now shaff he fheir perplex- "And he shaff plant fhe tabernacles of
the mighty invading amlY is devastated . ity" (Micah 7:4) . his palace between the seas in the glori-
The word "watchman" comes from a ous holy mountain; yet he shall come to
F rom the North Hebrew word which some have translated his end, and nOlle shall help him."
When the prophet wrote in Isaiah 14 :31 "north." Theiel'llsalem Bible translates the "Tidings out of the north" may be a ref-
that "a smoke" would come from the north, verse this way : erence to the Russian invasion, and "tid-
he was referring to one of the great wars of "Today will come fheir ordeal from the ings aUl of the east" may be a reference to
the end·t ime. T think the key to the proph- north, now is the time for their confusion." the awesome Annageddon.
ecy is the word "I/orth." Furthermore, Indeed, it will be an "ordeal" when the All of these verses appear to describe the
there are other prophetic scri ptures wh ich Russians come over the hill. Joel also de- wars of the Tribulation Period in general
also describe an invasion from the north. scribed the invasion of a nonhern anny tenns. Very few specifics are given. There-
For instance. Jeremiah wrote: when he wrote in Joel 2:20: fore. we must leave the unfold ing details
"And the wort! of the Lord came unlO "But I will remove f ar off from you the of the events in the hands of God.
me the second time, saying, What seest northern army, and will drive him into a We can only speculate as to what will
thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and land barren and desolate, with hisface to - happen next, but I bel ieve we can say with
the face thereof i.~ toward the north. ward the east sea, and his hinder pal'! to- a fai r degree of accuracy that the darkest
"Then the LaId said unto me, Out of the ward the utmost sea, and his stink shall hour of world history is upon us. The world
north an evil shall breakforrh upon all fhe come lip, and his ill savor shalf come up, is soon to see a Russian invasion or Israel
inhabitallls ofthe land." (Jeremiah 1: 13- 14). because he hath done great things." and the unfo lding of the last seven years
TIlese verses seem to describe an end~time Many Bible scholars believe this verse of world history, •
Prophecy ill the News 11

12. I
I
Yacov Rambsel Continues to Find New Prophetic Pe'r ceptions!
"Rapture" Encoded at
Equidistant Letter Sequences
Editor's Note: Regular followers of Boaz and Ruth are the main characters.
Prophecy in the News associate the name Boaz portrays the prophetic position of the
Yacov Rambsel with a book that we've coming Messiah, and Ruth, the believers.
offered our readers entitled, Yeshua , The It is no wonder that the name of the Mes-
Hebrew Factor- his first attempt 0 bring siah would shine forth in this text. God is
to the general public the complex subject revealing the awesome wisdom and knowl-
of internal coding in the Hebrew Scriptures. edge from His Word at a rapid pace as we
He has found literally hundreds of occur- draw near the coming of the Lord.
rences of the Divine Name, Jesus (in the Near the end of the book of Daniel, we
Hebrew language, Ye.~hua, 1'1!V' ). Among find a prophecy that shows why these in-
other things, his revelations have emphati- sights are appearing at such a rapid rate. In
cally proven that Scripture cannot possi- Daniel 12:4 and 9, the prophet is told how
bly be of human origin. Its complex sys- the Word would be read latter days:
tem ofintemal codes could only have been "But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words,
the product of the Holy Spirit of God. and seal the book, even to the lime of the
Specifically, he has been called by God end: many shall run to andfro, and knowl-
10 look into the Hebrew words of the Old edge shall be increased.
Testament. Without using a computer, or "And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for
aid other than paper and pencil, he searches the words are closed up and sealed till the
the Hebrew text. By counting regular in- lime of the end."
Yacov Rambsel
tervals between words and letters, he ex- We arc living in the very last days of our
poses an unending myriad of insights . They or Yeshua (3)110'). I was not aware that, age. Many are running "to and fro"
have lain undiscovered for millennia, but from ages past, many rabbis had done the through the Holy Scriptures as never be-
in these last days, God is allowing them to same type of research, and some were be- fore, and great knowledge is flow ing forth
be brought to light. The appearance of these ginning to use the computer to locate in- from His Word at an unparalleled rate.
amazing truths seems to be a Divine an- sights called Torah Codes. The method I use to discover these in-
nouncement that the Lord 's arrival is near. My first book revealed many startling sights are simple. Let me give you an il-
Mr. Rambsel has graciously consented facts concerning the prophecies about the lustration of one of the many methods I use
to contribute a few of his latest insights to Messiah. I am now in the process of writ- to find encoded words and phrases . This
this month's magazine. He begins his article ing my second book. It will bring to light system of analysis is called Equidistant
with the following brief personal history. more encoded messages, proving that the Letter Sequence, hereafter referred to as
Word of God is one complete unit, delib- ELS. It is the essence of simplicity, involv-
How It All Sta rted erately divided into many letters, words, ing a count of letters. I count the number
By Yacov Rambs el verses, chapters and books. We live in a of Hebrew letters that are equally distrib-
When I received Yeshua as my Messiah time of great revelation, and should share utcd in a given passage. Counting off cqual
in 1941 at the age of eleven, the very first all that God has given us. distances, I move from one letter to the
step I took was to read through the com- Several years ago during the Passover next. The results form logical words,
plete Bible. When I finished, I proceeded Feast, 1 was reading the book of Ruth from phrases or even sentences, referring to
to read it through again and again. At a very the Hebrew Masoretic text. We always read names, places, things or actions.
young age, the thought occurred to me that Ruth from Passover through Pentecost. The For example, Genesis 20:2 says, "And
hidden messages lay beneath the surface Lord impressed upon me to look at the spe- Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my
reading, but I did not have the knowledge cial arrangement of Ruth 1:1. The name sister: and Abime/ech king ofGerar sem,
at that time to pursue this endeavor. Yeshua V11O', came directly to the surface and took Sarah." Beginning with the ninth
Around 1981, I slowly grew in the un- as if God had brought Him forth. Count- word, I count every fifth letter from left to
derstanding of the hidden messages God ing every fifth leiter, starting with the fourth right in the Hebrew ~ex~. I~ ELS, I find the
had providentially placed in His Holy letter in the second Hebrew word, spells words oht shafav ~ ,?tq ni ~ . In English,
Word. Many hidden words emerged from the wonderful name of Jesus, or Yeshua these two words literally read, "Equidis-
the depth of His wonderfu l book, but V'1IO '. The number five represents the tant Letter Spacing!" The probability of this
mostly, [ was looking for the name of Jesus, Grace of God. phrase happening by chance is 6 to the 22nd
12 Prophecy in the News

13. power, or 18 bill ion to one! we must first be taken there. This is one of the 50th day since they had crossed the Red
The Holy Bible is spirilUal, scientific, the reasons for the raprnre of the believers Sea, when the Lord descended from heaven
futuristic and h istoric. His Word also maps - whether they have passed on, or whether to the top of the mount.
out a timely message for us in our daily they are alive. And speaking of the Lord, we find His
life. 11 warns us oflhe consequences of no I Again, in Ruth 1:8, stnning with the third name in Exodus 19:6. Starting with the
fo llowing God's righteous laws; it stirs OU f leiter in the six.th word and counting every second leiter in the third Hebrew word, we
hearts as it describes the blessi ngs be- (lath letter from right to left, spel ls, narzal count every 50th letter from right to left.
Slowed on us when we faithfully obey Him. ?::;;,J, which means, to be snatched up, de- As we complete this, what should emerge
livered, save{1 or rescued. This is quite a but the name Yes/ilia ~ '~ ' !
The Awesome Word of God remarkable find. Only the Lord through the
These insights arc a part of Cod 's sacred Holy Spirit could have influenced the "Rapture" in Modern Hebrew
Word. They should never detract from the writer 10 encode this wonderful , encour- Just as the bibl ical Hebrew word for
basic, foundational doctrines of the Scrip- aging insight. "rapture" is natzal ,,~?, the modern He-
lure. All Scripture, whether from surface In Ruth I: II, as we begin counting with brew word for the same te rm is shilhuv
reading or these insights, should give glory the th ird leiter in the third word, counting :ni1'?~. This modern designation hasn't
to God, when observed with thei r funda- every 75th leiter from left to right, we once been used until recent times, but God ob-
mental, spiritual aspects in mind. again spell lIalzal '?'::;, What is so inter-
t viously knew not only that it would come
It is my belief that everything - past, esting about these fi rst two finds is that both into laller-day use, but what it would come
present and future - is encoded within the usc the same leiter Izaddi ~ to form the to mean. In the 19th chapter of Exodus,
Old Testament. It is the privilege of all be- word, natzal. God has meticulously placed various in-
lievers to search the Scriptures for our- In Ruth 1:13, we begin with the second sights that give us additional information
selves, whether from surface readi ng or letter in the 12th word, counting every 18th concerning Pentecost and the rapture.
from the encoded messages they convey. lC(ter from right to left. Here, we decode a In Exodus 19:16 and 17 we read, "And
His Holy Inspired Word is like a great phrase, hain I/atzal ?~~ lij, which means, it came to pass 011 the third day ill the mom-
reservoir of life as endless as the universe "behold the rapture." TIle Hebrew word, ing, that there were thunders alld light-
itself. You can telescope or microscope haill. means to express greal surprise: BE- nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount,
from various angles to uncover encoded HOLD! alld the voice of the trumpet lram's horn,
messages God has for us in these last days. In Ruth 1:14, when we begin with the or shofar] exceeding loud; so that all the
If a fisherman only fished on the surface, sixth letter in the third word, counting ev- people that was in the camp trembled.
he would catch very little, but if he were 10 ery 25h letter from left 10 right, we find "Arid Moses brought/orth the people ow
cast deep, he would find treasures not seen natzal ":::'J . This insight uses the same let- of the camp to meet with God ... "
from the surface. We can go a little deeper ter tzaddi~ as the one immediately above. In thi s text, the Hebrew for " . . . on the
into the Eternal Word - in areas never be- What are the odds of the preceding four third day in the morning ... " is written,
fore explored - to fmd gems that are wail- combinations happen ing by chance, using b'yom hash/ishi bihi01 habokel; or
n;i)~ ,rz;'?~iJ )l1'~ .
ing to be discovered, embedded there by the same interlocking letter tzaddi ~ ? Per-
God, Himself! haps the Lord is revealing a greater mes- iP":lij
sage than the one that appears on the sur- liere, I have enlarged the leiters for your
The Hebrew Word for HRapture" face of the text. Only time will tell. convenience. As you can see, every olher
When I think of Ruth , I also think of The first Pentecost took place 50 days letter from left 10 right (backwards) spells,
Esther. From both Ruth and Esther, we find after Moses led the children of Israel out be'shillllll' ~m?rq:;: , which is the ordinary
many hidden treaures awaiting discovery of Egypt. The num ber 50 represents deliv- tenn for " in the rapture" as written in mod-
by the serious-minded student of His Word. erance. Every 50 years is a Jubilee, or em Hebrew.
Ruth is a scenario of the coming Re- Yovel, "~ i when the silver trumpet is In Exodus 19: 16, beginning with the
deemer. It depicts the time for the count- blown. At this time, Scripture instructs Is- third letter in the firs t word, couming ev-
ing of the Orner begining with the Feast of rael to cancel debts and free prisoners. It is ery 600th letter from left to right, spells,
FirstfruilS. The Orner is counted each day a time of deliverance and rejoicing. The Messiah, or Ha Mashiach, 1j '~71 ij .
for 49 days. The fiftieth day is Shavllot or Could this insight allude to the 6,000 years
Pentecost. For some unknown reason , the The Yovel Is Also a Trumpet after Adam's creation, when the Messiah
Lord has encoded the biblical Hebrew word In Exodus 19: 13b, we read, " . .. when the will return for believers?
for "rapture," natzal "'::;.j at least four times trumpet (yovel, '?~i') soundeth long, they In Exodus 19: IS, staning with the th ird
in the same scripture. shall come lip to rhe moullt." It is interest- letter in the 12th word, coullting every 84th
In Ruth 1:S, beginning with the fourth ing that in addi tion to being the name of letter from left to right, spells, /Jatzal ?::;, .
J
lener in the first Hebrew word, we count the fiftieth year, ),O)'ei also happens to be Now we haveshilhuv, nat2Ol. haMashiach.
every t 2th letter from left tq rigpt. The re- the name of the silver trumpet that is blown YeS/ilia, which means rapture, caught lip,
sult spells Melek Yeshua ~ 'iZr 17~ , which to announce the ascending of the people of the Messiah,Jesus, in exactly the same area
means Killg Jesus. The number 12 is very God into the moumain. It is remarkable that of Scrip ture that refers to the first
significant , because it represents the 12 this word would appear in this passage of Pentecosl.The strong suggestion is that
tribes of Israel, and it is the number of theo- Scripture, because this event isn't a Jubi- Pentecost is a type of the rapture.
cratic government when Yeshua will rule lee (rovel); rather, it is Shqvu'?t (Pentecost).
and reign on eanh as King of kings. The Hebrew word, yovel "~ ", is encoded The Third Day
The New Testament tells us that we shall at least fo ur times in this area. Of course, Hosea 6: 1-3 has the well-known proph-
crown Him King in heaven and on earth . it was on the third day after the children of ecy, "Come, alld let us return UIltO the
In order for us to crown Him in Heaven, Israel arrived at Mount Sinai, which was Lord:for he halh tom, and he will heal us;
Prophecy il! th~ NroJS 13

14. he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. nificent treasure, reserved for these last days. In Esther 5: I, we read, "Now it came to
"After two days will he revive us: in Ihe The principal players in the book of pass on the third day, that Esther put on
rhird day he will raise us up, and we shall Esther are Esther, Mordecai, Haman and her royal apparel, and stood in the inner
live in his ~·ight. King Ahasuerus. Each one portrays a pro- court of the king's house, over against the
"Then shall we know, if we [of/ow on to phetic scenario of something yet to unfold. king's house: and the king sat upon his
know the Lord: his going forth is prepared Therc are many Iypes and shadows of re- royal throne in the royal house, over
as the morning; and lie shall come unto us corded history that the book of Esther has against the gate a/the house."
as the rain, as the fatter and former rain reflected, but the final fulfillment of the This passage begins with the Hebrew
unto the earth." prophecies indicated in the life of these four phrase vayehi b'yom ha'shlishi v'tifbish
It is believed by many that the third day people lies in the very ncar futufC. Esther malkut:
in the above verses refer to the rapture of Mordecai is a type of the Messiah. Esther n1J7~ '139~ Ui:l7MJ 'Ui"~ii ~"~ 'i1,J
'
the church and the Messianic Kingdom 1hal symbolized the true believer, whether Jew Starling with the leftmost shin 'IJ) in this
will reign on earth. The two days refer to or Genti le. Haman represents the Anti - Hebrew phrase, count every second letter
the 2,000 years since Yeshua came, and one christ; the false messiah. King Ahasuerus from left to right. When )lol! do, you will
day refers to the I,OOO·year Messianic is a type of God, who has the power to give spell shelev shilhuv ::l1i1"'IJ) 1?iZi, which
Kingdom. We shall look at certain key words either life or death . means security and rapture. Could this in-
thal arc encoded in this area of Scripture. We get the impression that God had for- sight refer to the rapture of the bOOy of Mes-
In Hosea 6:2, i~ l,he .phras~, " ... in the gotten the children of Israel while they siah at the beginning of the third millennium
third day ... " '!q'~~i'J 11 i'!I b'yom were in bondage 10 the Persians, because from the lime ofYeshua's first coming?
hashlishJ, we find yet another fascinating His name is not mentioned in the surface In Esther 8: 14, 15 we read, "So the posts
reference to the rapture of the church. Tak- reading of the book. God has always been that rode upon mules and camels went out,
ing every other letter from left to rig ht, available for all who call on Him, though heing hastened and pressed on by the king's
starting with the shin 'Jj to the far left, He may seem to be far away. commandment. And the decree was gil'en at
spells, shilhuv ::l'i1~'Jj. As we pointed out But in Esther 4:2, starting with the first Shushan the palace.
earlier, this is the mooem Hebrew word for letter in the ninth word, counting every "And Mordecai went out from the presence
"rapture." What a marvellous place to find seventh letter from right to left, spells God ofthe king in royal apparel ofblue and white,
this gem! Almighry, EI Shaddai '1tq ~~ . The order and with a great crown of gold, and with a
Starling with the lamed? in the same had just been given to destroy all Jews and garmen! offine linen and pUlple: and the city
phrase, with the word hashlishi '~'?'Jji1, confiscale their belongings. Mordecai was 0/ Shushan rejoiced and was glad."
and counting every 32nd letter from ri"ght in sackcloth near the palace gate. It seemed The color blue speaks of the heavenlies;
to left spells, natzal ?~~, which of course, all hope was lost, but in the midst of this white, righteousness; gold, perfection and
is the ancient Hebrcw word for "snatched grcat crisis, God Almighty was there. purple, royalty. Except for scarlet, all the
up, rescued or saved." We also find thai the Again, in Esther 5:4, beginning with the colors of the Tabernacle were worn by
adjacent letters to narzal spell shachah i10~, third leuer, in the 14th word, and counting Mordecai. Perhaps this is a picture of the
which means "reverence, worship, praise, etc. every 24th letter from left to right, spells, end of tile age when redemption has ceased,
In Hosea 6:6, beginning with the fourth Adonai et, or Jehovah et, which means Je- and there will be no need to apply the blood
letter, which is the yod ' in the seventh hovah, the aleph ~ and the tahv ti. Aleph of the Lamb of God.
word, we find the name of the Lord. That ~ and tahv n are, of course, the first and Starting with the seventh letler in the
seventh word is Elohim 11 'D~N. Starting last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, corre- seventh word of Esther 8: 14, and counting
there, with the yod " we count every 60th sponding to Alpha and Omega, as Jesus re- every 20th letter from left to right, spells
letter from right to left, and it spells Yeshua fers to Himself in the book of Revelation. Mashiaeh yatza K~ ' n'tOO, which means
t11W" the name of Jesus. In Esther 9:30, starting with the ftrstletter "Messiah, stand '~ut, ~rT co me forth. "
With the evidence presented in even this in the third word, and counting every 24th Mordecai was exalted and a gold crown
very limited research, anyone of sound letter from right to left spells, aleph Elohim was placed on his head. One day soon we
mind simply cannot deny the authenticity rahv n )l 'i}?~ ~ , which means: The aleph, shall crown our Lord and Sav ior King of
of the Word of God. God, rahv. Or better stated: God is the alpha Kings when He comes forth.
and omega (the aleph and the tahv). Remember the words of John 14:1-3:
The Controversial Book of Esther In Esther 9:5 , beginning with the sixth "Let nor your heart be troubled: ye believe
You have heard it said - perhaps you letter of the second Hebrew word, count- ill God, believe also in me.
have said it yourself - that the names of ing every 24th letter from left to right "In my F alher's house are many mansions:
God, Lord or EI Shaddai do not appear in spel ls, Yeshua 1:IitO" which of course, is ifit were not so, / would have told you. I go
the book of Esther. Some have suggested the name of Jesus in Hebrew. to prepare a place/or you.
that because it lacks the ineffable name of We can see by these few insights that the "And if 1 go and prepare a place/or you, 1
the Lord, perhaps it should not even be in- Name of our Lord appears in various will eome again, alld receive you Un!O my-
cluded in the Old Testament I emphatically places, and at one of the most dangerous self; that where / am, there ye may be also."
disagree with this thought. The names of limes in the history of Israel. Many times in To say the least, these few gems from
God, Lord, EI Shaddai and Messiah occur ourown personal crises, we forget what Jesus the Lord are wonderful and encouraging. I
many times throughout the text. One must promised us, as recorded in Hebrews 13:5: have a question for you, the reader: Have
prayerfully look deep into the Masoretic "/ will never leave thee, norforsake thee." you made Him Lord of your life? There is
Hebrew to discover these wonderful, en- I believe that the 5th chapter of Esther is still some time left, but what the future
lightening truths that seem to be hidden a picture of the rapture, when all who are holds for you is in the hands of Gad. With all
from the skeptic and the surface reading. You washed in the blood of Jesus stand in the the above information, who could possibly
need not be a scholar to uncover His mag- royal throne room of the King in Heaven. question the validity of His Sacred Word? •
14 Propllecy m Ihe News

15. The Sacred Journey
O/Moses
By J . R. Church
One would not nonnally equate Moses
with gracc. He is the epitome of Jaw. Yet,
though he was Israel's great lawgiver, his
life and ministry portrays an allegorical
v iew of Christ - the One Who came 10
establish the dispensation of grace. Toward
the end of his ministry. Moses rem inded
the people of God 's messianic promise and
compared the future Prophet to himself:
"The LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee Q Prophet from the midst of thee, of
thy brethren, like unto me; un/a him ye shall
hearke,," (Deuteronomy 18:15).
Whi le preaching in the Temple during
the days following Pentecost, Pctcr quolcd
this verse as a prophecy referring to Jesus
Christ:
"For Moses truly said unto the/others,
A prophet sha ff the LORD your God raise
up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever
he shall say unto you" (Acts 3:22),
Moses could ri ghtly say that Christ
would bear certain characteristics demon-
strated in his own life. For instance, Moses
was born in a time when Jewish male chil- Moses parts the Red Sea. In a similar ta shlon, Christ calmed a storm on the Sea
dren were being slaughtered. Pharaoh was of Galilee. He even walked on water. There are scores of comparisons between
Moses and Christ. It is obvious that Moses was an allegory of the Messiah.
trying to abort the binh of a Jewish deliv-
e rer. Likewise. in the days of Jesus' birth. comparisons thai can be made between powers and successfuUy subdued them.
Herod the Great had Bethlehem 's male in- Moses and Jesus. n As Moses appointed seventy rulers over
fants and toddlers slaughtered. It was an Gmnt R. Jeffrey, in his book, I·IEAVEN Israel, Jesus anointed seventy disciples to
attempt to kill the coming King. Moses was - THE LAST FRONTLER suggested. "At teach the nation. Moses sent twelve spies
born in Egypt and returned to EgYPl to lead least fifty clements and events are parallel to explore Canaan, Jesus sent twelve
his people out. In like manner, Jesus was in both lives. Both fi lled the roles of apostles to reach the world. Both fasted for
taken to Egypl as an infant in order that prophet. p riest. lawgiver. teacher, and forty days and fac ed spiritual crises on
the prophecy might be fulfilled, which says, leader of men. Both eonfinned their teach- mountain tops.
.. Our of Egypt have I caffed my son" ing with miracles. Both spent their earl y "As Moses stretch ed his hand over the
(Manhew 2: 15). years in Egypt. miraculous ly protected Red Sea to divide it, Jesus rebuked the Sea
Th is prophecy was originally given by from those who sought their lives. Moses' of Galilee and quieted the waves. Both of
Hosea: "When Israel was a child, then I fam ily initially did not accept h is role, but their faces shone with glory - Moses on
IOl'e(1 him. and called my son out of Egypt" later his brother. Aaron, and sister, Miriam , Mount Sinai and Jesus on the Mount of
(Hosca 11: I). Hosea was mainly referring helped him. Similarly, Jesus' mother and Transfiguration. Moses lifted up a brazen
to the Exodus led by Moses. Yet , Matthew brothers initially failed to follow the Sav- serpent in the wilderness and Jesus was
revealed a prophetic significance in the ior, but later Hi s brother James became the lifted up on the cross. People were ungrate-
Hosea passage and specifically related it leader in the church at Jerusalem. Also, ful and rebelled against the leadership of
to C hrist. These are only a few of the many both Moses and Christ confronted demonic both men. The generation that rebelled
Propllecy in lilt NtwS 15

16. against them died in their lack of faith, one
in the wilderness and one in Ihe siege of
Jerusalem in A .D. 70."
Now let us consider several experiences
from the Sinai drama and compare the min-
istry of Moses with that of Christ.
Seven Dispensations
To begin with , Moses made seven as-
cents into the presence of God. Notice how
they correspond to the great dispensations
of history. The term "dispensation" refers
to a unique time wherein God deals with
man in progressively different ways. The
seven dispensations of history, as deter-
mined by theologians, are:
1. The Dispensation of Innocence -
from Creation to the Fall.
2. The Dispensation of Conscience -
from the Expulsion out of Eden to Noah's
Flood.
3. The Dispensation of Human Govern-
ment - from Ihe Flood 10 the Tower of
Babel.
4. The Dispensation of Promise - from
the Call of Abraham to the Exodus from
Egypt.
5. The Dispensation of Law - from Moses receives the Ten Commandments written on tablets of stone. He, who was
Israel's great lawgiver, said, " The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet
Sinai to Calvary. from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken "
6. The Dispensation of G race - from Deuteronomy 18:15). The future Prophet established another covenant - grace.
Calvary to Christ's return.
7. The Dispensation of the Kingdo m - "And God hlessf!d them, alld God said and beliel'e thee for eveJ: And Moses told
Christ reigns as King of kings and Lord of unto tltem , Be fruitful, and mulliply, und Ihe words of Ihe people un/a Ihe LORD.
lords. replenish Ihe earth, and subdue it: alld /iGl'e "And Ihe LORD said umo Moses, Go
dominion over Ihefish oflhe sea, alld over WlfO Ihe people, and sanclify Ihem today
Moses' First Encounter: Ihe fowl of Ihe air, alld over every fiving and romorrow, and let them wash their
The Dispensation of Innocence thillg Ihat movetl! upon the earlh" (Gen- c/olhes,
Let us examine Moses' firs t ascent inlO esis 1:28) . "And be ready againslthe third day:for
the presence of God and compare it with A comparison !nay be made between Ihe third day the LORD will come down in
the dispensation of Innocence: God's prom ise toAdam and His later mes- the sight ofall/he people upon mount Sinai.
"And Moses went lip IInlO God, and Ihe sage to Israel. To "have dominion" corre- "And thou shalt set bounds UlllO Ihe
LORD called IIl1tO him out of the moun - sponds with the statements "a peculiar people round about, saying, Take heed to
lain , saying, Thus shalt Ihou say 10 the freaSllre ... above all people" and "a king - yourselves, Ihat ye go nO! up inlO Ihe mount,
hOllse of Jacob, alld tell the children of Is- dom of priests ... an holy nation." or lauch Ihe border of il: whoever lOucheth
rael; For God to say that Israel wi!! become a the mount shall be SIIrely put ro dealh:
"Ye have seen what / did unto the Egyp- kingdom of priests implies a spiritual re- "There shall 1101 an hand lOuch iI, bw
tians, and how / bare you all eagles' wings, sponsibility to gu ide the world in its wor- he shall surely be stoned, or shol through;
and brought you umo myself. ship of God. This requires leadership. whether it be beast or man, il shall nOllive:
"Now therefore, ifye will obey my voice When l sracl finally becomes "a kingdom when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall
indeed, and keep my eovenam, then ye shall ofpriests" the human race will be restored. come up 10 Ihe mount.
be a peculiar treasure unto me above all Therefore, the message to Adam in the dis- "And Moses went down from the moun!
people: for alllhe earth is mine: pensation of Innocence appears to be re- unio the people ... " (Exodus 19:8- 14).
"And ye shall be un/a me a kingdom of peated here, following Moses' first ascent. Th is encounter seems to have a corre-
priests, and all holy natioll. These are the sponding relationship 10 [he dispensation
words which thou shalt speak un/a the chil- Moses' Second Encounter: of Conscience, covering the time between
dren of Israel. The Dispensation of Conscience Adam's expulsion and Noah's flood .
"And Moses came and calledfor the el- The events of Moses' second ascent cor- First, God told Moses to "sanctify them
ders of the people, and laid before their respond to the dispensation of Conscience: ... leI them wash their clothes." Before
faces aff these words which the LORD com· .. Moses relurned the words of Ihe Adam's fa ll there was no need for sancti-
manded him" (Exodus 19:3-7). people unto the LORD. fying. After the fall, however, a need for
This is similar to the divine message "And the LORD said umo Moses, La, I cleansing became evident. Sin had entered
given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of come limo tliee ill a thick cloud, that the the human race. The dispensation IS re-
Eden : people may hear when I speak wilh Ihee, (Continued on Page 25)
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ament studies - pro·
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,'".,'l"IN' "P; fQ~IZICC' "XjlC into the verbal inspira.
C'," )'"1NC .,lJl ,~ nmlZl' ' C tion of Scripture.
Yacov Rambsel, author of the book,
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"YESHUA: THE HEBREW FACTOR,"
"l"IC:l "'IZIV-l"IN1 '''~i' C'VIZ1"1
has found the name of Jesus encoded
l"!C"C N':>, l"!IZIV !:len-N; ;V in many familiar Old Testament pass·
-;m 'N~" r~n l"!,l"!'1 :1'~~ ages. His studies in the Hebrew text
l"!N"1- 'lZI~l CIZIN C'lZIl"I"'CIN are astounding.
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