Edition 29. February 15th 2010

In this edition:

●The greatest reunion ever

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A remarkable reunion in Messiah

Before we get into this edition let me just say what it's not about. This is not the British / Israelite doctrine or any similar doctrine claiming that any national group is now the ten lost tribes of Israel. Those are all doctrines of deception based on nationalism and national pride.

What's it all about?

The ten lost tribes of Israel will be "found" again and return, but with a dramatic inclusion. The Bible says it will be so.

Let's do a bit of history firstly. There were 13 tribes of Israel at first, but it is the twelve that we are concerned about here. These were divided into the southern and northern kingdoms. The northern and southern kingdoms were often at odds with each other. The southern kingdom was called the house of Judah and was made up of the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, while the northern kingdom was known as the house of Israel or Joseph /Ephraim and was made up of ten tribes. The ten tribes become scattered and "lost" after exile and never returned to the land. In some 2900 odd years the lost tribes have really become truly lost and assimilated into the nations where they found a home.

What a home coming!

Ezekiel 37:16-17, 22 "Take a stick for yourself and write upon it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it: 'For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick and they will become one in your hand." Verse 21 "Thus says the Lord, surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land and I will make them one nation in the land."

Now the detective work starts. We need to identify who is who in this spectacular prophecy of reunion.

The first stick is called Judah, the children of Israel. This we can safely identify as the two tribes that were not scattered. The second stick is interesting and more difficult to identify. It is called Joseph and Ephraim.

Ephraim was one of the sons of Joseph through a Gentile Egyptian woman. So Ephraim is essentially Gentile with an Israelite father.

Josephs father, Jacob had his name was changed by God to Israel. In Genesis 48 Joseph brings his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh to be blessed by Jacob (Israel) This is a lengthy passage, but what is of major importance is the fact that the blessing went to Ephraim the younger son first rather than to Manasseh, who was the eldest and should have received the full blessing first. Joseph pointed this out to his father and here is what he said:

Genesis 48: 19 "And his father refused (to change the blessing) and said "I know it my son, I know it: he (Manasseh) shall also become a great people, but his younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations." The original Hebrew word used here for 'nations' is the word 'gowy' which means foreign nation or Gentiles. In other words, it's not the nation of Israel! But now we must understand that these Gentile nations are rooted in both Joseph an Israelite and his Egyptian wife, so these Gentile nations are connected to Israel through their father Joseph. In some respects Joseph is also a type of Messiah.

So these Gentile nations are connected to Israel in Messiah as we'll see just now.

Ephraim then, is the modern day Gentile nations into which the ten tribes were assimilated. The prophecy above of Ezekiel 37 doesn't limit the Gentile nations it actually expands them in the term "the companions" of Joseph and Ephraim.

The ten northern tribes of Israel, referred to here as Joseph and Ephraim were scattered abroad. They moved north of Israel into the Gentile nations. They eventually spread into many nations including some in Europe, Russia, Ireland the UK, and much later, the commonwealth countries including the US.

Over time the tribes became assimilated into these Gentile nations.

This is the identity of the 2 sticks:

"Joseph" would be a reference to Jews (Israelites) who are scattered around the world. The house of Ephraim and his companions" is no doubt a reference to Gentile believers in Messiah.

Many Jews have found a home within the Gentile nations and many of these will soon recognise their Messiah. So as the two sticks come together in one they will include the Jews of Israel (Judah) who get saved, the Jews of the world (Joseph) who get saved and the Gentiles of the world (Ephraim) who get saved.

All come together as one in Messiah.

While Israel has been scattered among the Gentile nations, she has found a sanctuary, especially in the UK and US, but has also come under the evil influences of Gentile paganism and evil practices.

Hosea 8:8-14 " Israel is swallowed up now they are among the Gentiles, like a vessel in which there is no pleasure...Because Ephraim has made many alters for sin...Israel has forgotten his Maker."

Amos 9:9 Speaks of the fact that God will scatter and sift Israel among the nations, "yet not one smallest grain will fall to the ground." God knows exactly where His sheep are. In His sight none are lost!

Jeremiah 31:10 "He that scattered Israel will gather him."

Ezekiel 11:16 Although I have cast them far off among the heathen and scattered them among many countries...I will gather you from among the peoples...and I will give you one heart and put a new spirit within you."

Zechariah 10:6 "I will save the house of Joseph, I will bring them back and have mercy upon them. They shall be as though I had not cast them off...Those of Ephraim will be a mighty man."

Yes, in 1948 Israel became a nation again and many wonderful prophecies were fulfilled but this isn't the reunion spoken of here. Israel's nationhood is not her spiritual rebirth. The prophecy that we are concerned about here relates to Israel's spiritual rebirth. The reunification or joining of the two sticks is talking about both houses of Israel ultimately coming to the Lord as one. This full spiritual re-gathering still lies ahead.

The dramatic twist in all of this lies in the final make up of the whole house of Israel.

According to our "two sticks" prophecy above, both houses of Israel will be reunited in the land and in the Lord, but a huge, huge group of many millions of Gentiles from around the world will also be part of this grand reunion and in fact become part of the whole house of Israel.

Amazing New Testament insights.

Shockingly, very few Christians know a single thing about this. Most, including pastors read over these verses of scripture with their church-doctrine glasses on and are blind to what the scriptures clearly and obviously teach. Unfortunately many Christians have been deceived and taught a lot of hogwash by their blind guides and are generally too lazy to check things out for themselves.

The entire message of the restoration and unification of the two houses of Israel is outlined in the New Testament.

James 1:1 "James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad." This clearly indicates that the book of James is addressed to the tribes who are scattered abroad.

Mathew 10:5,6 "Do not go the way of the Gentiles...but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." These words from our Messiah are what we call the great commission. Notice who the primary recipients are supposed to be!

John 11:52 "Not for that nation only but also that He would gather in one the children of God who were scattered abroad."

John 10: 6 "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold, them also I must bring and they will hear my voice and there will be one flock and one shepherd."

Romans 9:23 " That He might make known the riches of His glory...not of the Jews only but also of the Gentiles."

Romans 1:16 "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Gentile)"

Can you see what the above verses are saying? The whole of this edition which comes largely from the Old Testament is found right here in the New Testament as well. I wonder why the church ignores this.

As I said in the last edition, the church has grabbed the Jewish fruit and rejected the Jewish root. In fact many churches are coming against Israel in many ways, by not supporting her. She needs to be supported even in her temporary blindness.

Types and shadows:

There are many examples in the scriptures which parallel the joining of the two sticks.

The story of the prodigal son is one, the reunion of Joseph, sent into Egypt with his brothers is another.

The incredible story of the wild and natural olive tree branches in Romans 11 is an exact parallel.

Romans 9 :25-28 "I will call them My people who were not My people...though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of sea, the remnant will be saved"

Summary

Both houses of Israel will be reunited. The lost tribes will be found, saved and will bring with them untold millions of Gentiles believers all into one grand glorious union.

Israel is not complete yet, it will be shortly and with the grand reunion will come untold millions of Gentiles, all united as one in Messiah.

Many gentile Christians want no part with Israel, while there are Jews who want no part with the church. Both are wrong.

All of His sheep will be saved including the "lost sheep of the house of Israel"

God is now doing His final work. It is to reunite all believers, Jew and Gentile as one. The Bible calls these "All Israel"

It's important to understand who "all Israel" is. It's not all Jews nor all Gentiles, it is a remnant within Israel and many Gentiles who ultimately make up "all Israel".

Conclusion:

The Bible plots this drama from start to its a glorious finish. At the end of the day, God's final purpose comes to pass His way, just as it is laid out in the scriptures. God's chosen people become one in Him. believing Jew and Gentile will be united under Messiah.

The church is largely alienated from Israel while Israel is alienated from their Messiah. The church is partially blind to its roots in Israel even as Israel is largely blind to her Messiah in the church. The church has failed by abandoning Israel and Israel has failed to recognising Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah). Neither situation is going to last!! Victory is just around the corner!!

There are not two chosen people, there is one single royal priesthood a Holy nation in the Kingdom of Messiah.

When Gentiles are saved by the Jewish Messiah of Israel, Yeshua Hamashiach, He brings them into His one eternal covenant. When Gentiles get saved they are no longer Gentiles, neither are they Jews. They are one new Kingdom person. Likewise when Jews are saved, they are no longer Jews but part of the great undivided Kingdom of God.

God does not have two covenant people. Yes He has made covenants with Israel, the Jews and the land of Israel itself. Yes He has worked in different ways with the church in this era of Grace. These are all temporary situations along the road to one glorious united Kingdom of God.

The end of the age, which is coming soon, will see Jew and Gentile believer wonderfully glorified together as one. The blood of Messiah will restore and end all bad-blood between brothers. The blood of Messiah is the unifying agent of God.

Hosea 11:10 "They shall walk after the Lord, He will roar like a lion. When He roars, then His sons shall come trembling from the west."

Hosea 14: 4-8 "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him. I will be like dew to Israel...Ephraim will say, 'What have I to do with idols anymore."

Heaven or hell:

Young Jew, you need to break from legalism before the sun sets on your life. You have the ten commandments strapped to your forehead, that's the wrong place! You need the love of God in your mind and heart. You do not get saved by obeying or displaying an outward law. Of course I know that love for our Messiah will create in you a desire to obey Him, but salvation is a free gift of the grace of God. This must come first and its exclusive, it only comes through Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah) Works and traditions do not make you right with God. Yes there is a place for them but after the Spirit of God has moved into your heart.

Old lady, one day you will stand up straight again. You will get a new body that will be forever young and you will live forever in your new body, how about that! But what an eternal tragedy if you, in your new body move into hell. Then you will wish you had your old body back again! We are all going to get a new incorruptible body, whether we like it or not, but whose neighbourhood we're going to hang out in forever is dependent upon what we do with the free gift of salvation offered now.

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In closing this edition here is a rendition of our Jewish Messiah, Jesus by Rembrandt.

Kind regards and many blessings...Shalom and grow in grace!

Edition 28. February 6th 2010

In this edition:

●Startling prophecies still to be fulfilled!

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The prophet Isaiah by Raphael 1511

Prophecies about to be fulfilled.

This edition should be seen in light of the previous one dealing with fulfilled Bible prophecy. The bottom line is that prophecy was fulfilled in a literal and exact manner in the past, which means that this pattern will continue into the future. We are now on the doorstep of many earth shattering prophecies coming to pass. Unfulfilled prophecy must be seen in light of fulfilled prophecy.

2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete." "All" includes prophecy!

Isaiah 66: 2 "On this one shall I look; on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit and who trembles at My word."

Prophecy points the way ahead:

The world is racing at great speed to it's terrible destiny, while true believers in Messiah are racing ahead to their glorious destiny. The prophetic calendar shows that there is very little time left. Dear reader, please be aware that knowing about prophecy can't save you. It must all lead you to knowing our Messiah more deeply and intimately.

The King and the Kingdom of God:

The Kingdom of God is not the church! "Ahg, how can you speak such rubbish", I hear some very reverends saying! No the Kingdom of God is not the church. It includes the true church, but it is much larger and bigger than the church. The Kingdom of God is everything that does and will fall under His Kingship. This includes true Gentile believers, Messianic Jews, all of heaven, the future (true) new world order, and the universe including all of its currently unknown-to-us aspects. We need to see with prophetic eyes beyond our little worlds.

The sceptics nightmare.

This beautiful building, below, in Jerusalem is called the Shrine of the Book. It houses the 900-odd Dead Sea Scrolls. Many sceptics say that Bible prophecy may have been manipulated and the Bible itself has changed much since its original. Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls contain writings of many descriptions, but a number of them are accurate transcripts from the ancient Biblical texts. The Great Isaiah Scroll contains the entire book of Isaiah word for word. This copy predates the Christian era by a long way. It is identical in every word to Isaiah of our day. These scrolls show that not one single word has changed. It proves beyond doubt that Bible is authentic and can be trusted.

The image below with "Things to come" overlaid on it, is the actual Great Isaiah Scroll now kept in the Shrine of the Book.

There are many modern translations of the scriptures that are terribly flawed in many foundational areas. I will do an edition on this soon. Be warned ahead of time. The coming New International Version (NIV) to be released soon, will be the worst in history! It is nothing but blasphemy through and through. After looking at what's coming, it angers me so greatly!

Unfulfilled prophecies:

I will deal with unfulfilled prophecies relating to the soon coming millennium reign of our King in an upcoming edition.

Some unfilled, well known prophecies include the many relating to the signs of the end of this age or era. ●The great war of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 & 39 (also called the Third World War by some) ●The destruction of Damascus ●The Rapture of the true church. ●The completion of the revised Roman Empire or one world government. ●The arise of the antichrist. ●The arising of a monetary control system. ●Many relating to the judgements of God on this world during the tribulation period.

The Great Isaiah Scroll.

Startling prophecies that will come to pass soon:

What I want to do now is reveal to you some little known, but startling and profound unfulfilled prophecies, soon to be fulfilled. Unless you are a keen student of God's word, you would not be aware of most of these.

I have intentionally chosen many prophecies that are unfamiliar to the casual Christian or Jew. These all have far reaching implications for the world and believers at large. These are only a small handful of many hundreds. They are extremely exciting and of monumental importance. They are earth shattering and fly in the face of modern theology and socio-political world views.

The coming temple in Jerusalem:

Zechariah 1:16 "I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy, My house shall be built in it says the Lord" 2 Thes 2:4 Speaks of the man of sin (antichrist) setting himself up in "the temple of God" in Jerusalem. Other verses indicating the rebuilding of the temple include: Amos 9: 11, 12  Acts 15:16 Isaiah 2:1-3 and Revelation 11:1,2

A message to Germany, and all others who came against Israel and will in the future:

Isaiah :60 14, 15 " The sons of those who afflicted you, (Israel) shall come bowing to you and all those that despised you shall fall prostrate at the sole of your feet and they shall call you 'The City of the Lord'...You have been forsaken and hated, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations."

Micah 7:9 "I (Israel) will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him until He pleads my case..He will bring me forth to the light and I will see His righteousness. Then she who is my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the Lord your God?"

Isaiah 49: 16,17 "See I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands, your walls are continually before Me. Your destroyers and those who laid you waste shall go away from you."

Isaiah 54: 17 "No weapon formed against you (Israel) shall prosper and every tongue which rises against you in judgement, you shall condemn."

Coming worldwide respect of the Jews:

Zechariah 8:13 "It shall come to pass that just as you were a curse among the nations O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you and you shall be a blessing . Verse 23 "In those days ten men of every nation shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying "let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."

Isaiah 14:1 "For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will still chose Israel and settle them in their own land. The strangers (Gentiles) will be joined with them and they will cling to the house of Jacob."

Isaiah 60: 1-12 "Arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you (Israel)...His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light...The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you...For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish."

Isaiah 49:1-8 "Listen O coastlands to Me and take heed, you peoples from afar...You are My servant O Israel in whom I will be glorified...I will give you as a light to the Gentiles...I will preserve you and give you as a covenant to the people to restore the earth."

Isaiah 49: 19 "For your waste places and the land of your destruction will now be too small for the inhabitants. Verse 22-26 "Behold I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations and set up My standard for the peoples...Kings shall be your foster fathers and their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick up the dust of your feet...All flesh shall know that I the Lord am your Saviour Israel, and your redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob."

Isaiah 61:7 "Instead of your shame (Israel) you shall have double honour and instead of confusion, they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall have double. Everlasting joy shall be theirs."

Isaiah 66:10-12 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her all you who mourn for her...Behold I will extend peace to her like a river and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream."

Hosea 2: 14-19 "I will allure her (Israel) and bring her into the wilderness...she shall sing there and it will be in that day says the Lord that you will call me 'My Husband and no longer call me My Master. I will betroth you to Me forever."

Hosea 14:4-6 "I will heal their backslidings, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him. I will be like the dew to Israel, His branches shall spread. His beauty will be like an olive tree."

Isaiah 54: 7 "For a brief moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you

Psalm 102:13 "For the time to favour Zion has come."

Coming judgement on the Palestinians and their supporters: (The Biblical people of Ammon, Edom, Moab, Gaza and the Philistines, in prophetic terms would be Arab Palestinians. See edition 16 for more on this)

Zephaniah 2: 8,9 "Moab and Ammon (Arabs) have made arrogant threats against the borders of My people, therefore says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab shall become like Sodom and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah."

Ezekiel 36 :2 -27 "Because the enemy has said of you (Israel), 'Aha the ancient heights have become our possession ...therefore thus says the Lord God, surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have given My land to themselves as a possession with joy and spiteful minds." verse 25 " Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean...I will give you a new heart and will put a new spirit within you. I will put My Spirit within you,"

Amos 1:6,7 "For the transgressions of Gaza, because they took captive the whole captivity to deliver it to Edom, I will send fire on Gaza...and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish." Verse 13 "That they might enlarge their territory."

Zechariah 9:5,6 "Gaza shall be very sorrowful...and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."

Ezekiel 28 :25 "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles...I will execute judgement on all those around them who despise them."

Jeremiah 30:16,17 "Therefore all those who devour you (Israel) shall be devoured...I will heal your wounds, because they called you an outcast saying: This is Zion, no one seeks her."

Isaiah 26:15 "You have increased the nation (Israel) O Lord, You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land

The prophet Malachi

Coming judgements on the people of the world:

Isaiah 24:1-23 "The Lord distorts the surface of the earth". The earth is defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws and broken the everlasting covenant...therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned and few are left...The earth is violently  broken and split open and is shaken exceedingly...The Lord will punish the high host of exalted ones."

Jeremiah 51:20 "You are My battle-axe (Israel) and weapons of war. For with you I will break the nations in pieces, with you I will destroy kingdoms".

Jeremiah 30:11 "For I am with you says the Lord, to save you; though I make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you.

Summary

The above verses fit in perfectly with all the more familiar prophecies, but these bring in details that are generally not well known. These are the exact opposite of what is taught in much of the church today and the exact opposite of the view of the world.

These prophecies also reveal that the Palestinians will be destroyed for trying to steal God's inheritance given to Israel. Most traditional churches are in the same situation.

The above verses collectively reveal that God has a spectacular, incredible, amazing, wonderful plan for Messianic Jews, true gentile believers and the land of Israel. These prophecies reveal that all who come against God's plans for Israel will ultimately be destroyed.

Many perhaps most of these prophecies will see their fulfilment in the tribulation period, but some do relate to the period in the run-up to the tribulation, which is where we are now.

Isn't it interesting that Hitler's final solution was to wipe out the Jews. The traditional, lukewarm church also has the same solution in a presently more humane form called the replacement theology. (See edition 26) But God has a final solution that replaces all these works of the devil with Himself ultimately Glorified in the Jews! How about that for a turn of events!!

Conclusion:

What a great God we have. One who knows the end from the beginning and declares it to us before time. Unless you are a giant fool you can do nothing but be humbled before this great God.

There is no other religion that has within its evil confines anything prophetic, never mind such a carefully laid out plan that has come to pass and is and will, just as the prophets declared! I said this in the last edition; I say it again: You are gambling against immeasurable odds if you reject prophecy!

As with the flavour of the entire Prophetic Scroll, these prophecies show the importance of balance from Gods point of view and the desperate need to break from traditional views.

Much of the church has grabbed the Jewish fruit and rejected the Jewish roots. Today the church has taken all the promises to the Jews for themselves and replaced, rejected and condemned Israel. It has despised Zionism. It has a blind spot towards Messianic Jews. The truth is the exact shocking opposite as revealed in these prophecies! You can't be lukewarm to these issues and you can't be neutral.

Revelation 3: 16 "Because you are lukewarm (the Laodicea church) I will spew you out of My mouth.

Dear reader please understand this: If you bless Israel and give her the dues God gives her, you will be blessed. If you join much of the church in coming against Israel you are cursed of God and on a crowded road leading to a disastrous conclusion.

●Prophecy reveals that believing Jews and Gentiles have their destiny entwined. The restoration of Israel has already started and a new Messianic Community of Jew and Gentile as One new man is underway now.

Please be aware that we are entering incredible times. There will be mass confusion amongst many and unfortunately many believers will betray one another over these issues. Mathew 24:10 "Many will be offended and betray one another in that day...and the love of many will grow cold." We are entering times where it is critical to have your hearts right before our Lord and to be right in doctrine. False doctrine or error is no small issue, it always leads to wrong actions.

Isaiah 50:5 "He awakens my ear to hear as the learned, the Lord has opened my ear."

Ezekiel 3: 6, 27 "Receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you...When I speak to you I will open your mouth and you shall say, Thus says the Lord."

The above prophecies all come from the word of our Lord, can you hear Him speaking to you? If so, you need to speak His Words to as many as He leads you to.

Heaven or hell:

It's really all about what and how you see things isn't it? Who do you look to for your life's food? Do you look to the world and its evil gods. Are you a worshipper of the great Satanic god Hollywood? Do you let the ways of the world fill your heart and soul. Do you see things the way the great majority of the world does? If so, I'd hate to be in your shoes when our Messiah looks into your eyes on judgement day!

Your eyes are a window into your soul and God can see clearly right into your heart! He sees and knows every detail about you. As He looks in through your eyes, He knows if you've made right with Him. Are you His own child destined for heaven? If you are, your eyes will see Him face to face with confidence. You'll enter a world where you'll see so many things too wonderful to describe...forever. If not your eyes will see Satan up close and personal as you move in with him.

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In closing here is wonderful painting by Marc Chagall titled "Solitude" It shows the prophet clinging to the Torah scroll. I think it actually represents hope and promise. One thing I love about Chagall's work is that it shows, like all of us artists, that he was touch mad!! Who in their right mind would put a smiling cow playing a violin behind the prophet? I love it!! (By the way his paintings today sell in the $6 million region.)

Kind regards and many blessings...Shalom and grow in grace!

Edition 27. January 31st  2010

In this edition:

●Fulfilled Bible prophecy speaks volumes!

●Don't gamble against immeasurable odds!

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The voice of God in prophetic fulfilment.

Prophecy speaks. It speaks about things that are to come from the standpoint of the prophet. But once these things have come and gone, fulfilled prophecy continues to speak, but it now speaks a new thing, which you dare not underestimate.

Bible prophecy has a 100% fulfilment record. Not one has missed! Can you see what fulfilled Bible prophecy is saying? It's saying reject it at your own peril! It's saying if you reject it you're gambling against immeasurable odds!

You may think that rejecting or sidelining Bible prophecy is very stupid, and you would be quite right, but there are untold millions who do just this.

I would like now to discuss the issue of fulfilled Bible prophecy as proof of the veracity of the Bible itself. But first a word of warning. You can see that 2+2=4. but if your heart is not right, no amount of proof will make any difference. To be right with God we need to have a soft and broken heart before our Lord and His word, then these things all truly add up in a remarkable way.

Its no use giving intellectual accent to prophecy, or the Bible in general and still being a hard hearted sinner destined for hell. The Bible declares that even the demons believe and shudder at their future!

God Himself is the ultimate prophet. The Bible says that He knows the end from the beginning!

 Amos 3:7 "The Lord does nothing unless He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets."

The fulfilment pattern:

There is a very clear pattern of prophecy fulfilment in the Old Testament. Every single one that saw it's fulfilment in the Old Testament was fulfilled accurately and literally in time and space. Yes of course there are many allegorical lessons that we can learn from these, but we can never say that there fulfilments was not literal.

Every single prophecy of the Old Testament that had fulfilment in the New Testament, was again fulfilled in exactly the same manner. They were all fulfilled literally with not one single miss. Some were very detailed as we will see.

Now we come to the New Testament prophecies. Again every one that saw it's fulfilment in New Testament times was fulfilled exactly, literally without exception. Every one that has been fulfilled in our day has followed the exact same pattern.

Now we come to the remaining unfulfilled prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments. Obviously, logically, they will be fulfilled in the same pattern, which is literally with no exceptions.

The odds of all prophecies being fulfilled exactly and literally is immeasurable. It is the one thing that separates the Bible far above all other religious books. Only God can see the future exactly and predict it, without fail.

The big thing that this is all saying is this: If there is a completely sure visible pattern of past fulfilment of prophecy then you can be absolutely sure that the remaining unfulfilled prophecies will continue to be fulfilled in exactly the same pattern.

Prophecy speaks accurately. It opens many doors into a glorious future.

Fulfilled Bible prophecy is the atheists nightmare!

There are so so many poor, blind believers out there with no idea or no interest in prophecy, its quite amazing. In fact they are really a product of their bind leaders!

Many so called prophets have come and gone with many failed prophecies. Nostradamus for example is hero - worshipped by many, but many of his prophecies never came to pass. Equally as many are so vague and general, that anyone can make almost anything fit them. Yes he did have many that did come true. It's worth bearing in mind that most of his prophecies were simply taken from the Bible to start with and regurgitated in a different form.

Today there are many who call themselves prophets but are themselves in great need of prophetic understanding. You can't lead others with so-called prophetic utterances if you don't understand the grand prophetic picture of the Bible.

There are no prophets that are like those in the inspired Word of God!

2 Peter 1:16-19 Speaks of three disciples who saw the risen Lord with their eyes and heard Him with their ears and then it says that there is something even more sure than seeing and hearing. verse 19 "We have the prophetic word made more sure, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts."

This is an amazing portion of scripture. It says that prophecy is more sure than seeing or hearing. The morning star is the planet Venus and shines in the darkest part of the night signally that the day is about to dawn. When you recognise and realise the importance and significance of prophecy, that star has arisen in your own heart and it means that you now have spiritual eyes to see and understand.

Can you see how important these things are?

Fulfilled prophecies of the Old Testament:

●Isaiah 7:14 "The virgin will conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Immanuel"

●Micah 5:1 "But you Bethlehem, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come the One who is to be ruler of Israel, whose goings forth have been from everlasting to everlasting."

●Zechariah 9:9 "Behold your King is coming to you. He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt the foal of a donkey"

●Isaiah 9:6 "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God."

●Isaiah 50:6 "I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out My beard, I did not hide my face from the shame of spitting."

●Isaiah 53:7 "He opened not His mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter."

●Isaiah 53:5 "He was wounded for our transgressions."

●Zechariah 12:10 "Then they will look upon Me the one whom they pierced." 13:6 " What are these wounds in your hands? Then He will answer and say, those with which I was wounded in the house of My friends."

●Daniel 9:26  "Messiah will be cut off, but not for Himself"

●Zechariah 11: 13 "He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver". Psalm22 and 34:20 None of His bones would be broken

Isaiah 66:8 Israel to become a nation in a single day.

●Some other prophecies of the Old Testament, fulfilled in history: The exile of Israel. Preservation of their identity while in dispersion. The Hebrew language would be restored to Israel after being lost for 2000 years. Jerusalem would be restored to the Jews. Israel will prevail over its enemies. The ruins of Israel will be rebuilt. Israel will be a prosperous nation. The desert will bloom again. Israel's fruit will fill the world. The Jews would be restored to Israel, initially in spiritual blindness. Their return would be from the whole world. And many many more!

Fulfilled prophecies of the New Testament:

●Mathew 24:14 Before the end comes, the Gospel will preached in all the world.

●Mathew 24: 23-25 There will be false Messiahs before His return.

●Mathew 24:32 Israel will become a nation.

●Luke 21 23, 24 "Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentile, until the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled".

●Acts 2: 24-31 Jesus would be raised from the dead.

●Ephesians 2:8-10 He would ascend to God.

●1 Timothy 4: 1 Believers will depart from the faith.

And of course many hundreds more

The bottom line:

The big bottom line in fulfilled prophecy of both the Old and New Testaments is that they were all fulfilled exactly and literally.

This means that God can see the future. it means that His word is supernatural and trustworthy. It is His word. It means that if prophecy was fulfilled in this manner, you can bet your life on the fact that the remaining prophecies will be fulfilled in the same pattern.

I've presented just a few fulfilled prophecies above, there a thousands of others. It's important to realise that there are five times more prophecies of the second coming and related events, as with the first coming of our Lord. One fifth of the Bible is prophetic.

Unfulfilled prophecy:

There are a great many prophecies for today, which remain unfulfilled. Most of these are right on the doorstep. I'll deal with unfulfilled prophecies in a coming edition. It's important to understand what fulfilled prophecy is essentially saying first, because it lays the foundation.

The overall purpose of prophecy

God has given the church five ministry giftings to make it work properly and be complete. These are apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. If one is missing the church is incomplete right at its foundation.

Because we as believers are in a spiritual environment, you can be very sure that if something as important as the prophetic is missing, the devil will oblige and fill the gap! He will fill that gap with human opinion and many other things. You see, prophecy is essentially a look into the mind of God, who Himself knows the future! Many churches today have nothing more than the mind of the leader.

With the knowledge of the prophetic missing from the church, it is blind and is in extreme danger, much more than it can imagine.

In fact the Bible predicts that the world will throw their weight, give their hearts minds and souls blindly to the antichrist and his sidekick the false prophet in days not far from now.

Prophecy gives us light in this dark world, it brings hope, peace, security and everything that the world can't give.

Arguments against prophecy:

●There are many who say it's all open to interpretation. Well, this is simply another way of casting down the importance of prophecy and the Bible itself. The Bible warns that in these days, just when prophecy is being fulfilled at an alarming rate, there would be people who would become last days scoffers and end time mockers, saying "where is the hope of His coming, all things will carry on as normal". Does this sound familiar? It's just the same as the scoffers in Noah's day! (2 Peter 3:3 and Jude 18)

●There are some who say that prophecy is simply a warning and if we heed the warning, the events will not come about. This is most certainly true with some portions of scripture. For example the Bible warns Gentile churches that if they come against or boast against what God is doing with the re-grafting of the Jews back into their own Olive Tree (Romans 11), they (the Gentiles) will be cut off, just as the Jews were cut off for their unbelief.

Thankfully there are many who have heeded the warning and will not be cut off. There are also many who won't heed the warning and will be cut off. (Please read the previous edition on replacement theology for much more on this.)

But the great majority of prophecies are not conditional. They are God's look into future events. They will happen exactly.

●Some believe that God is sitting in heaven pushing button, so to speak. He is making this or that happen. This is essentially Calvinism gone to pot. Because God knows the future it doesn't mean that He is making everything happen. Although we need to be aware that in the tribulation period, when His anger and fury is in play, there are many things then, that will be a direct result of His action.

●People make the big mistake of thinking that prophecy is all doom gloom and bad news. Let me put it another way; the correct way.

If you throw a criminal in jail, the environment in which he operated is now cleansed and a little bit better. Well, Bible prophecy, although it deals with many issues, is primarily centred around the cleansing of this world and the purifying of the universe! It's all about the coming glory of purity, holiness, righteousness, peace, calm and untold joy. But first of all, the trash has to be taken out!

God's prophetic word, is not bad news at all, its the best news ever! It's only bad news if you're in love with the world and it's ways.

Conclusion:

Prophecy is not given to us so that we can be fascinated. It's not given to us so that we can prove ourselves right and others wrong (that only increase your guilt) It's not even given to us so that we can know the future (although that is a secondary purpose). It's given to us so that we can know God and His ways more deeply and intimately and be ready for Him at His coming.

The big thing is to know God and be known by Him!

Fulfilled Bible prophecy is so powerful and incredible on many fronts. It's main central theme is the destruction of Satan's kingdom and the triumph of our God of glory and His kingdom. It's greater purpose is the purification of the universe and setting up of the glorious eternity of eternities.

1 John 3:3  "Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." The "hope in Him" that is being referred to here is the hope of His coming. If this subject is not taught, or you are ignorant of it, how can you be complete?

2 Timothy 4:8  "Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness...but not only to me, but all who loved His appearing."

Heaven or hell:

The crowns of this world are useless, valueless, and meaningless compared to the crowns of glory which are laid up before us. These women may think they're important because of their crowns, but its what God thinks that counts. These crowns will fade, as will the reasons for which they were given. Let me tell all you ladies something: If you are saved, born again of the Spirit of God, your beauty will never fade. You will never grow old, wrinkled and full of stretch marks. In eternity your glory will shine forever. it will be incorruptible!

Eternal crowns of glory are all that matter. The crowns awarded by our Lord to his servants will never fade and never be able to be taken away. They are given for the acceptable works of righteousness done by His servants. Gold, silver and precious stones are also used to symbolise the eternal rewards given to believers who faithfully did His will and His work, His way. What a tragedy to stand before God and be stripped of every reward of man and be awarded no eternal crown.

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Luke 4:18-23 Jesus was handed the book of Isaiah, he found the place where it is written: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me"...He closed the book, gave it back and sat down. He then said "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Kind regards and many blessings...Shalom and grow in grace!

Edition 26.  January 22nd 2010

In this edition:

●The failure of replacement theology

●An incredible conclusion!

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Replacement theology's extreme danger to Israel

Please don't take this subject lightly, it's of monumental importance today, and will be the issue that will identify who will  go on in ever increasing deception and who will go on in glory! This is a tragic and extremely exciting issue, depending upon your position.

Before we get into the meat of this edition, let's define our terms, so we're on the same page:

Replacement theology is a far reaching doctrine invented by the church and practiced by the great majority of churches today. Thankfully, there is a big swing away from it back to the ancient immovable truth, as more and more become aware of it and also respond to the Spirit of God and His current work.

Replacement theology is essentially the doctrine that declares that God replaced Israel with the church. It goes further, believing that God has no plan for the Jews except that they should join institutionalised churchianity and become Christianised. It goes still further in believing that God has no plan for the land of Israel and Jerusalem.

It's proponents teach that God has set aside Israel and the Jews and made the church the new Israel. They teach that wherever you see the word Israel or Jerusalem in the Bible, you simply replace it with the church. They believe that God's work with Israel ended at Calvary with the Gentile church now superseding Israel and the Jews.

There's nothing new with replacement theology, its been around for ages. But it is tragically gaining momentum today. It's very strongly entrenched in almost all denominational churches and is especially strong in all Calvinist churches. Unfortunately it's also being proclaimed by a growing number of Pentecostal churches.

Replacement theology is widespread and powerfully entrenched in the World Council of Churches and its members. It's an ugly anti-Semitic doctrine born in hell that runs side by side with its evil sisters A-millennialism, supersessionism and the various forms of liberation theology, especially Palestinian liberation theology.

It has its roots in the allegorical interpretation of scripture, which had its roots with Augustine and Origen way back when. Augustine wrote that "Bible must be interpreted with reference to church orthodoxy". What blasphemy!

Allegorical interpretation sees fit to apply allegory wherever the interpreter wishes. it "spiritualises" the scriptures and takes away literal meaning especially of the prophetic. It is inconsistent, divisive and dethrones the Bible.

Replacement theology is full-blown dangerous deception, error and the root of anti-Semitism.

In Acts 15 Paul, Barnabas, Peter and James convened a meeting of the elders to decide upon what conditions non-Jews would be admitted to the church, which was mostly Jewish back then. Today the opposite is true.

Many are accidental supporters of replacement theology, by being uninformed or neutral. With God there is actually no such thing as neutrality. He says; "If you're not with me , you're against Me".

It's the root of the Holocaust, and will again be the underlying theology which will lead the world's resistance to Israel.

The truth is that God has a distinctive plan for the Jews and the land of Israel in the coming days. The Bible speaks of the fact that God will bring the Jews back into their land in spiritual blindness and will then lift that veil of blindness as He brings them to salvation and uses them for His powerful end time purpose.

The failure of the "replacement" church:

You may be able to steal from the bank and get away with it, but you're a giant fool if you think you can ever steal anything from God and get away with it!

Replacement theology is theft by the church. On the one hand it attempts to steal what God has promised to Israel and on the other hand, rejects Gods plan for Israel.

Because this evil theology replaces Israel with the church it actually leaves Israel open to be taken over by the Palestinians. The Bible shows clearly that this will occur and invoke the fury of God. Joel 3: 2 & Zechariah 12: 3

Replacement theology is Christian pride and boasting in action. The Bible has nothing good to say about pride. It blinds you...always! "God gives grace to the humble and resists the proud"

We must understand that Israel was elected, rejected and is being accepted again. There are portions of scripture dealing with each; you can't get them mixed up or ignore what doesn't suite you

Romans chapters 9 and 11 are very important in dealing with this.

Romans 11: 25-27 "I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery, so that you are not boastful or proud. Israel has experienced hardening in part, until the full number of Gentiles has come in" (Much of the church is ignorant of this and exalts itself above Israel)

Israel's hardening is partial until a particular point in time. This is when the full number of Gentiles has come in. When will this be? Good question! Luke 21:24 tells us. "Jerusalem will be trampled on by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled." This began in 1967 when Jerusalem was restored to Jewish control for the first time since it was destroyed in 70AD. It is therefore in our time!

Romans 11 goes on with a powerful picture of an olive tree with the natural branches broken off. These it says are the Jews, who were cut off because of their unbelief. Then comes the incredible grafting in of the wild olive branches. These are the Gentile believers.

In verse 20 we are told "not be proud or boastful but to FEAR"! Let me quickly add that when God says you need to fear Him for a particular issue you'd better listen up! Much of the church ignores God right here! "Fear, for if God did not spare the natural branches he may not spare you either...and you also will be cut off....How much more will these natural branches (Jews) be grafted back in to their own tree?"

Verse 29 says "The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable."

This is not talking about calling or gifts of the Spirit as many teach. In context it is talking about the calling and gift of Israel to the world, which will be completed God's way!!

In many ways Israel has to deal with an enemy on many fronts. Islam is one and the church of replacement theology is another.

The true church is a "mystery" and a separate work of God that interrupts not replaces the Old Covenant. It has its own distinctive character. It started at Pentecost and lasts for 2000 odd years before the Old Covenant comes to its climax in seven years.

The "replacement church" is on thin ice. Its about to become strongly empowered by a counterfeit force. It's now in the twilight years of God's patience.

If Satan can get rid of the significance of Israel he can bring down the veracity of the Word of God and a large part of the church is helping him!

You need to be aware, in terms of timing that all of these issues are strongly related to the second coming of our Messiah and the general time period we are in now.

The rise of Christian Zionism:

A recent report in the Jerusalem Post says "Evangelicals are seeing the error of replacement theology" Thank the Lord for this! Christians United for Israel is one organisation presenting a united face to Israel in this regard and is also putting their money where the mouth is. They've collected and distributed millions of dollars to Israel. They organise and run regular "Night to Honour Israel" events in each major city of every one of the US states.

This organisation has literally hundreds of member churches with over five million individual members (including myself) It has a number of saved Rabbis on the board as well as Benjamin Netanyahu.

Many churches around the world are seeing with new eyes. Unfortunately these will remain the minority because the Bible teaches that the masses will join forces to come against Israel and the Jews.

Gods purpose is not to favour the Jew above any other, but it is to bring blessing and salvation to the world through His work using the Jew as the whole prophetic picture unfolds.

The impossibility of replacement theology:

There are so many hundreds of verses of scripture that make no sense at all if the church has replaced Israel. It devalues and undermines Israel and exalts the church in arrogance and pride. When the church relates to, instead of replaces Israel the pieces of the giant jig-saw all fall into their correct place and the picture is clear.

Replacement theology in all its forms is irreconcilable with the Bible. It simply can't fit in with almost all verses dealing with the re-gathering of Israel. It also has major problems with what is actually happening now.

There is however one very brilliant way to legitimise replacement theology, and that is simply to deny or cast down the veracity of the Bible. The satanically inspired allegorical method of interpretation does just this. It takes away the literal meanings and foists into it whatever the interpreter wants.

You can't fit the church into dozens of portions of scripture relating to Israel and the Jews. here is one chapter among hundreds.

Jeremiah 31: 8-36 "Proclaim, give praise and say, O Lord save your people, the remnant of Israel. Behold I'll bring them from the north country and from the ends of the earth...a great throng will return...Hear the word of the Lord you nations, "He who scattered Israel will re-gather him'...they'll come streaming to the goodness of the Lord. Behold the days are coming says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah...For I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I'll remember no more."

If the church is Israel since when will God bring us back from the ends of the earth. Since when was the church "scattered". Since when does God make a new covenant with the church; that's done already.

Why replacement theology will lead to war:

This may shock you, I hope it does...with a positive outcome!

As goes the spiritual so goes the natural. This is a principle as sure as gravity.

Replacement theology leads to the horror of replacement reality! It is the devil's Trojan horse in the church.

It was this theology that was behind Hitler. He quoted from Luther in his evil book Mein Kampf. Luther wrote that the "Jews were damned and rejected" and that "they and their synagogues should be burnt so that not even a cinder of them remains" and many other things that I will not write.

The encyclopaedia of Judaica comments on this saying "The whole Nazi Holocaust was pre-outlined here by Martin Luther" By the way, Luther was one of the reformers and I have no problem giving credit where due. He did open the eyes of the church to some degree in other areas. He also caused immeasurable harm.

The world's two state solution or "roadmap to peace" is a direct contradiction of God's one state solution and will bring down the wrath and judgement of God. It will all lead to world war.

God's one-state solution imports the Jews into the land and expands the land itself, while He expels the Arabs as owners of the land.

Jeremiah 12:14 -17 "My evil neighbours who touch the inheritance of My people Israel, I will pluck them out of the land of Judah. After I have done this I will return and have compassion on My people and will bring them back into their land" This is a one state solution. The "evil neighbours" and the two-state mob would do well to read this, but they won't!

Joel 3:2 Declares that dividing the land of Israel brings war not peace.

Daniel 11: 39 Speaking of the coming Antichrist says "This foreign god will rule over many and will divide the land for gain at the time of the end" The rest of this section describes coming war.

The Catholic church stood by in silence during the Holocaust! Right now a great many churches are silent on these issues as Israel's enemies gather and war clouds rise on the prophetic horizon.

What you don't talk about speaks volumes!

Silence is not golden in this regard!

Another form of replacement theology:

By the way, another powerful example of replacement theology in a somewhat different form is in the Arab world. Islam essentially believes that God started His work with Moses and the Jews, but they didn't fulfil His plan and form the Muslim religion, so God ditched them and moved onto Jesus and the prophets. They also didn't fulfil God's plan, so He ditched them. Mohamed did, so the Muslims have now replaced the Jews and the Christians, who now don't have a legitimate right to exist. This in fact the root behind the Islamic world's hatred of the Jews and Christians. But please read edition 16 for a truly wonderful outcome to even this large problem.

Some related verses:

Zechariah 8: 13 "It will come to pass that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you and you shall be a blessing."

Ezekiel 11: 17-19  "I will gather you from the peoples and countries where you have been scattered and I will give you the land of Israel...Then I will give them one heart and will put a new spirit within them."

Isaiah26:15 "You have increased the nation, You are glorified, You have expanded all the borders."

Hosea 2: 23 " Then I will say to those who were not my people, you are My people, and they'll say, You are my God"

Warning:

Time is short. The Bible says that God will not strive with man forever.

Amos 8: 11 "The days are coming says the Lord that I will send a famine and a thirst on the land, not of bread or water, but of hearing the words of the Lord"!

My friends, a time of spiritual darkness and deception is coming. There is one sure way to stay safe with our Lord and this is to develop and maintain a soft heart before Him and to be right in doctrine.

There are so many churches today that follow replacement theology. You need to be warned and stay clear of popular US preacher Rick Warren. He declares that Christians should stay away from Bible prophecy. He suggests that it's a diversion of the devil. He is a strong proponent of replacement theology and regularly says that the Palestinians own the land.

●Yes I agree; Bible prophecy makes no sense at all with Israel and the Jews removed and replaced by the church!  Rick Warren has fearlessly set himself up as God's editor!

●Bible prophecy is the "eyes" for the church. Take it away and you're a blind sitting duck in the devil's sights!

Other well known modern adherents and promoters of replacement theology include, Dominionist David Wilkerson, Robert Schuler, Gary North, David Chilton and many others.

The tragedy is that many Christians have given themselves blindly to their church leadership, and it's doctrine. As a result they don't have the eyes to see nor the ears to hear anything that may be beyond church doctrine. They falsely presume that because their preacher uses the Bible, everything must be fine.

Imagine standing in the middle of a railway line which is not parallel. it may be fine here where you're standing, but further down the line the error grows very wide.

Replacement theology is a sure road to disaster.

You need to know exactly what your church leader believes in regard to these things. Go and ask him. If your church is silent on this issue, go and ask them why.

The Alon example of excellence : Alon International is a body of believers serving our Lord Jesus Christ. (in an amazing way, I might add) If you look at their website at www.alon.org.za and go to the "doctrine" page it has the normal statement of faith. But then it has a section titled "Alon comment on Israel" Here you will not see any neutrality at all. "We do not embrace replacement theology" it says and gives the details. This is what your church needs especially in this day and age!

Replacement theology is not some little error in the church. It is the biggest in history. It is a doctrine of devils that will lead to the deaths of who-knows how many people. It will be the rejoicing of hell, but only for a short season!

Today the Gentile church, full of paganism is no place for a Messianic Jew. They are intolerant of replacement theology. The identity of the modern church has shifted far from what it should be. This is a tragedy and one of the reasons why a large part of the church will be "spewed out."

The Jews say to Christians "You'll have to forgive us Jews for being a little nervous of you. Two thousand years of Christian love has worn down our nerves."

If you want a sure-fire way to be clear of all forms of replacement theology, simply read the Bible from Isaiah to Zechariah. It should take you no longer than a week or two. No, I'm not trying to be funny.

Many are teaching and preaching many wonderful things and God is using them greatly.

An incredibly powerful conclusion:

This is truly amazing!!!

These end-time related verses are similar. Isaiah 21:11 "Watchman what of the coming night?" Isaiah 62: 6 "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never hold their peace day or night" Jeremiah 31: 6 "For there shall be a day when the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim. "Arise and let us go up to Zion. Proclaim, give praise and say "O Lord save Your people" Isaiah 52:8 "Your watchmen shall lift up their voices...for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion."

Here's the big thing: These verses all use the original Hebrew word 'Notzrim' derived from 'Natsar' for "watchmen". This just also happens to be the modern Hebrew word for a Christian. These Old Testament words were written long before Christianity existed! In fact the word Nazareth is also derived from this same word.

Early Christians were called Nazarenes!

●This speaks of the fact that in these days God will have people with some association with Nazareth, the ones whom the Jews call Christians, standing as "watchmen" watching out for and with Israel and seeing eye to eye as this grand prophetic drama of the ages plays out! What glory!

Can you see the amazing prophetic significance now? God chose the word for "watchmen" that the Jews would later use as their word for a Christian and the same word from which Nazareth is derived and they were written down by the prophets long before the Christian era! Those verses most certainly have prophetic relevance to our day!

Is God speaking to you now, or of you, dear reader? I have a strong feeling that some reading these words now are finding the very purpose for which they were born!

Thank God that today, the number of Christian watchmen is growing fast. This is in spite of the fact that the number of Israel's enemies are growing at the same time.

Will you be one of those who will stand for Israel, when the satanically charged "replacement" church joins the world in coming against Israel? I know I will stand with and for her! Before you say yes, it may be costly!

Israel will soon stand alone as she waits for her Messiah, will you stand with her?

"If you bless Israel you'll be blessed and if you curse Israel you'll be cursed" declares the Bible. Don't argue with that, it's the way it is!

Today God is raising up watchmen for Israel. This can involve anything from simply praying, to sharing or joining with others or doing whatever God calls you to, in this blessed purpose.

Those Christians in the "replacement" camp are working for a doomed, cursed purpose. It'll be popular with the masses though!

The way to be blessed is very simply to line up with what God has already blessed!

●God's wonderful purpose will culminate in all of His family coming together as one...what glorious drama! In a coming edition I'll share with you perhaps the most exciting, dramatic, soon coming uniting of the "WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, Judah and Ephraim!

●I will share with you just how the current Zionist Christian / Hebraic roots move of God is literally the exciting corporate, awakening of the House of Ephraim!

For further reading on this subject please read: Hal Lindsay's powerful well researched book "The road to Holocaust" Here he deals with the fact that replacement theology will be the road to a new Holocaust! Dwight Pentecost's monumental book "Things to come." Here he deals exhaustively with all the covenants and just about everything you can imagine relating to these issues. Derek Prince also has tons of material on these issues.

Romans 11:12 "If their transgression (the Jews) was riches for the world and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring"

Micah 7:8-18 "Do not boast or gloat over me, my enemy, when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness the Lord will be a light to me...He will bring me forth to the light and I'll see His righteousness...The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might. They shall put their hand over their mouths and they shall lick the dust like a serpent. Who is a God like You pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?"

Heaven or hell:

Jew, Muslim and Christian...you've all had claims to the land of Israel and to the favour of God. Do you know that it all makes no difference to your personal eternal destination? There is only one thing that saves you from hell and delivers you into the eternal presence of God and that's a deep personal belief and commitment to Yeshua / Jesus.

Old men, you're on the doorstep of eternity. You're going to live forever, but where will you dwell and with whom? Once you get there it will be too late to change your mind! Nobody likes to suffer, but suffering regret for eternity...yikes! On the other hand what a wonderful outcome to get into your eternal abode with rewards and congratulations from none other than the King of Kings!

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In closing here is a woodcut done by Gustave Dore showing the prophet Micah urging the Jews to repent. They didn't but they will! (Thanks to the Adelaide University Library.)

Kind regards and many blessings...Shalom and grow in grace!