Reckoning the Unprecedented Times

Nations frown at each other with the latest weapon of mass-destruction, ready to use in retaliation against each other, expressing the hatred harbored for many years for disputes not settled. It is “wars and rumors of wars” as YAHSHUA described to be in these unprecedented times.  Countries sacrifice their sons and daughters for useless wars time and time again trying to bring peace, so they say. But is it so? When they are not killed in combat, they come home either mentally ill, or handicap, and homeless in some circumstances, for their mental inability to hold a job. Families are destroyed and a growing number of homeless fills the under-bridge refuge, finding comfort in drugs. This is a world in chaos and confusion for all those of us who have not perceived the signs of time YAHSHUA alerted us was coming. What are really behind the world’s agenda in order to bring in One World Order?  One of them is the plan to build Smart Cities. They are 15-minute cities. These cities already exist in varies big cities in this country. It encloses the masses to a small area where they are easily controlled by face recognition. Police in this country are planning to deploy “Al-driven recognition technology,” capable to identify anybody who enters the public domain. Surveillance technology, already installed, supposedly for safety, will be weaponized to enforce their agendas to control our behavior.

How will they succeed in making the masses submit to them? Well, that’s no longer a matter to wonder. We have experienced first-hand through their behavior in trying to control the people in the pandemic time, by forcing the vaccine on people all over the world through fear. Businesses doors were closed; many were closed indefinitely. Prices of everything including food, went sky high, jobs were scarce for a while. We are living in an unprecedented time. These are the days YAHSHUA alerted us in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: Days of Noah, Days of Lot. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars; nations will rise against nations, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place; the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity (Matt. 24:6-7,12). We have been alerted about these days, although we didn’t know how it would possible. From the time world governments all over the world became enemies of the people, the doors were opened for the impossible to happen. Their obsession in controlling the people became so intense, they created the plan to weaponized surveillance technology already in place. “Facial-recognition, together with vehicle license- plate scanners will allow law enforcement to track the movement of everyone, whether on foot, or on a bicycle, on a subway, or in a vehicle.” (Leo Hohmann). In a state of deceit, governments are misleading their subjects about their decisions. They are no longer friends of the people; their plans are to enslave the people in order to conform them to their plans. They are establishing rules hard to follow, robing the people of God’s-given freedom in every aspect. Faces recognition will facilitate them to apply correction on those who will not comply. This is in preparation for the antichrist to take power over the world. He will then implant chips on hands or heads, which is his mark. This chip is the ultimate control on men; it carries his DNA on everyone who will take it. The latest vaccine was the precursor of his mark. We saw how many agreed to take it, including those who call themselves Christians. For they did not perceive the true meaning of it. His mark will render people’s complete allegiance to him in One World Order, in which he will implement one religion, he being the only one to be worshipped.

Revelation 13: 16-17 says, “Also he compels all, both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription[stamped] on their right hand or on their foreheads, so that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp, [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name. High technology will be key in implementing what’s to come. Although, we do enjoy its conveniences right now. However, behind all these conveniences there are complete control looming on the horizon approaching faster and faster without the masses perceiving it. The artificial intelligence, (IA) for example was created to replace the human reasoning in decision making. It refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems. In many ways it is perceived to be more intelligent than the human mind, but it is actually only analyzing data in response to a human designed algorithm.

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The Holy Spirit – the Guarantee of God’s Promises

The third person of the trinity is the One YAHSHUA sent to stay with us always. YAHSHUA identified Him as the Counselor, the Teacher, the Comforter, the Intercessor, the Helper, the Spirit of Truth. He is indeed, Emmanuel- God with us. He is in close relationship with all who love God. It is through Him that we are in touch with God. YAHSHUA said, When He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness and about judgment (John 16). He sealed all those who have believed in YAHSHUA with His own Spirit, guaranteeing them the inheritance in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring possession of it- to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:13-14). He comes to our aid and bears us up in our in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance…He intercedes and pleads in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will (Rom. 8:26-27). When YAHSHUA said that God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth, it was not location that was significant, but the heart of men. It will not matter where one worships God, provided that we will worship Him in truth, with our spirit, the life within us, for It is with our spirit that we connect with God’s Spirit. The worship that God expects from us is from the essence of life. YAHSHUA said to the woman at the well, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem; God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:21,23).

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Stuck Emotions, What Are They?

“Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behavior that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs. It is a strong feeling, often accompanied by a physical reaction. Aristotle defined emotions as “all those feelings that so change men as to affect their judgements, and that are also attended by pain or pleasure.” (Britannica).

When God created man, He created him with body, soul and spirit. The soul dictates man’s doings. It is a word for the intellect, the will and emotion. Without the soul, man would be without action. Emotions are feelings; they can be happy or sad depending on circumstances. So, emotions are affected by positive or negative circumstances. They are expressed through tears, especially in women.  It is the part of the soul and it affects the organs of the body. When we cannot let go of past emotions, we hold them in the organs, weakening them with diseases. One thing that many of us hold onto is bitterness with unforgiveness. The emotion that expresses anger gets stuck in the liver, if not dealt with. The Bible tells us, “Be angry and sin not; do not let the sun go down on your anger- do not give the devil an opportunity” (Eph. 4:27). A child, when traumatized in the atmosphere of abuse against him, will without a doubt, suffer the emotional consequences of stuck emotion through his life. This will constitute an open door to the devil, who prows over us to destroy us. As a matter of fact, the mind is a battlefield most fought for, since it is through it that Satan has access to its control. Peter said, Be well balanced, be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring, seeking someone to seize upon and devour (I Peter 5:8).

Good emotions are essential for the construction of a good and strong character. The Bible encourages us to be kind, compassionate, loving, forgiving. While our Lord YAHSHUA was being crucified, He prayed forgiveness for those who were crucifying Him. The emotion that reflects the Lord in our life is love, for love forgives and overlooks an offense.  In love we develop positive thoughts that guide us to positive emotions. Paul said, For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things (Phil. 4:8). The main reason for stuck emotions is unforgiveness and self-pettiness.  Learning how to let go and let God take vengeance on those who offended us, is a good way to let go of them. Stuck emotions are doors for the devil to control our thoughts. Cain expressed jealousy toward his brother and in anger, he killed him. He held unto the fact that his offering was not accepted by the Lord, but his brother’s was. “Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why do look sad and depressed? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it” (Gen. 4:6-7). Stuck emotion in the life of Esau against his brother, Jacob, almost caused him to kill him. To this day, stuck emotions of anger and jealousy have governed his descendants as well as in Ismael’s the half-brother of Isaac and in Esau Jacob’s twin brother. For this reason, the Middle East is a place empty of peace. Only when the Prince of Peace -YASHHUA comes will He bring peace to all.  

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Today’s Spiritually Drought Church

It is Sunday morning; the focus is on going to church, a place where time is used to worship the Lord and learn from His word. The time is peaceful and complete with song, focusing on exalting our Lord YAHSHUA for His redemptive sacrifice; with hearts contrite before Him, acknowledging His love. It is to be an anointing time dedicated to the Lord. But somehow, the church has lost its meaning in relationship with her Savior from her beginning. The letters written to the seven churches in Asia, reveal the progressive apostasy embraced by the churches from those days to present day. Dr. Fruchtenbaum connects each of the seven churches of Revelation time to eras of past and present.

The Ephesus church represents the apostolic church from A.D. 30-100

(Rev. 2:1-7).

Smyrna church represents the Roman persecution from A.D. 100-313

(Rev. 2:8-11).

Pergamum church represents the age of Constantine from A.D.313-600

(Rev.2:12-17)

Thyatira the church of the Dark Ages A.D. 600-1517

(Rev. 2:18-29)

Sardis the church of the Reformation A.D. 1517-1648

(Rev. 3: 1-6)

Philadelphia the church of the Great Missionary Movement A.D. 1648-1900

(Rev. 3:7-13)

Laodicea the church of the Apostasy A.D. 1900- present day

(Rev. 3: 14-22).   (The Footsteps of the Messiah)

When the church abandoned her first love, which was the Ephesus church, apostasy entered the church’s heart; the church forgot the meaning of its existence and from that time on, the churches have progressively lost its identity with the teachings of our Lord YAHSHUA. Today’s church resembles that of the church of Laodicea from Revelation chapter three. Rich, but very poor. Beautiful buildings, but empty of the Spirit of God. This is the church of lukewarmness- not cold, and not hot. YAHSHUA said of her: Because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked (Rev. 3:16-17). This is the situation of today’s church before God.

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Come My People, Hide Yourselves For a Little While

There is a storm brewing out in the entire world, rapidly getting stronger and stronger. It has become visible to many of us who are spiritually awake, while others continue asleep in their comfortable life-style without realizing it, for they have no knowledge neither understanding nor perception of the coming judgment, as the Bible says, For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place to punish  the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt (Isa.26:21). But in the midst of God’s judgment, there is hope for His people- those who revere and honor Him. It is called “The blessed hope.” We are awaiting and looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Messiah YAHSHUA, Who gave Himself on our behalf, that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people eager and enthusiastic about beneficial deeds. (Titus 2:13). When the Lord comes out of His place to apply judgment on the earth, will He spare His people? Or will He gather them with the wicked to destroy them? No, that is inconsistent with His nature; with the way He acted in the past judgment when He saved the few righteous people, who lived among the wicked ones. In the case of righteous Noah, He provided an arch to save Him from the universal flood; in the case of Lot, God sent His angel to pull him out of the city before destruction. Israel was taken out of Egypt before the last judgment fell on the land. Egypt’s army was destroyed and left under the Red Sea, when it closed on them.

The world’s iniquities are multiplying with the time approaching its judgment. The worse it gets, the closer and certain it is for God’s judgment to fall on it. This is a sign God’s people must not ignore; He calls each of us to be set apart in times as this. One cannot hear His voice when involved in the world’s chaos. Come alone to meet Him, that’s the call He makes in Song of Songs chapter 2: Rise up, my love, My fair one, and come away; for, behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; the fig tree puts forth and ripens her green  figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one and come away (S.S 2:10-13). At the sign of iniquities’ maturity, it will be the time to get away from it all and be at the presence of the Lord in order to hear His voice more clearly. “The time of the singing has come.” The invitation is for all those who love the Lord. It is in His presence that we will be hidden from His wrath. He calls us now to be in His presence to receive His instructions for this end-time. That’s the only way to escape it all; knowledge, discernment and understanding of His word will carry us out of the coming storm.

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Those Who Are People of Faith Are Blessed

Faith is the substance, the proof, the certainty, the conviction of reality of things not seen. It was by faith that the patriarchs were sustained and served the Lord. Faith walks on water, it moves mountains, no matter the size. It brought life to lifeless bodies as in their resurrection from the dead. Few have experienced the reality of faith that way. Although not manifested often, it happens to those people of faith. It goes to the extreme between death and life and conquers the physical death. Although, death will come to all when life comes to its end. Faith smiles at any problem with confidence of its strength, for those who are people of faith are truly blessed with the reality of things they hoped and prayed for. In faith. Arise and shine, the Lord tells us even in times of trouble, because the victory has been won, when on the cross YAHSHUA declared, It is finished! O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? (I Cor. 15:55). This is a song of victory echoed through eternity from the time YAHSHUA fought it with His own life.

What does the word of God says concerning faith in relationship to Him? “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Without faith man is alienated from God, for it is by faith that he can come near to God, for whoever comes near to Him must believe that He exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him (Heb. 11:6). Many of us are guilty of that and as a result, we live a life without experiencing God’s blessings that come from exercising faith. Faith in action is like walking on water facing the storm raging against us without fear and anxiety, because we have been made perfect in the love of God and are protected from these tormenting spirits. Where there is fear, faith is non-existent in one’s life in whatever circumstance we are facing. Fear does not bring us blessings, but torment according to the Bible:  There is no fear in love, but full- grown love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror. For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love (I John 4:18).

Today’s people of faith are those who have little of this world and yet are content with what they have, for they are spiritually blessed with peace, joy, hope – a hope based on the promise from God Himself. They have what the world is looking for, but are empty of it, for these blessings are not found in riches, but in faith that springs up from the love of YAHSHUA shed on the cross, when He gave up His life to give the world life, although rejected by the majority. YAHSHUA offered us peace, the peace that emanates from Him, not from the world, from the things that the world offers. He said, Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, for I am going away to prepare a place for you. And when I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also…Peace I leave with you; My peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid (John 14: 1-3,27).

The secret for peace in the heart of man is found in the belief and practices of God’s word. The strength of faith clears the mind and establishes peace in times of trouble we all face. When we embrace fear instead of faith, the consequences are detrimental to the physical body. God has never promised us an easy life, but He promised to be with us. He said, In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer! For I have overcome the world (John16:31b). Paul said, Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds (Phil. 4:6-7). What does anxiety do to a troubled heart? Separates it from faith and from the blessing of peace. YAHSHUA said, Do not worry, but instead, seek first of all His kingdom and His righteousness, and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. So, do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own sufficient for each day is its own trouble. We are not to take our burdens on ourself, but cast the whole of your care on Him, for He cares for you (Matt. 6:25-34; I Pet. 5:7).

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Friends Who Would Not Give Up

The word friendship is a warm word, connecting the world together in a bond of peace, for it overlooks an offense and forgives it. The blessing that a friend brings is noticeable in times of one’s trials. Solomon said, “A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity” (Prov. 17:17). This is a good definition of friendship. The harmony existent in friendship makes one secure and confident in one another. The foundation of the love existent in friendship comes from the unselfish heart; a heart that knows how to deny self to reach out to a friend no matter what the circumstance. David and Jonathan were good examples of good friends.  We see it when Jonathan risked his own life to save David’s in time when his father wanted to kill him. He had no jealousy toward him knowing that David was to be the future king after his father’s death and not he. Even in its imperfection, friendship offers much good to those who have friends. In the report of Luke 5:18-10, there is a perfect example of friends helping their paralyzed friend to get to YAHSHUA for healing. Guided by faith, they lifted their friend up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles in front of YAHSHUA. This was an amazing act of courage compelled by compassion. Those men overlooked the possible danger ahead of them and the damage they were causing to someone’s roof, if that was the case. Faith took them to the Healer even if they had to break through a roof.  The Bible tells us that when they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of YAHSHUA (Luke 5:18-19).

When YAHSHUA saw their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you (Luke 5:20). YAHSHUA saw beyond the physical condition of this man. He saw the root cause of his problem. For him to receive his physical healing, his spiritual condition, had to be dealt with first. So, it was that this man left the place spiritually and physically healed at the words of YAHSHUA, “I say to you, arise, pick up your stretcher and go to your own house. instantly [the man] stood up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went away to the house, recognizing and praising and thanking God” (Luke 5: 24-25).  That was the day of his freedom, not only physical, but spiritual; a day of celebration in recognition and acknowledgment of the Son of God by all who witnessed the miracle. as we read, “And overwhelming astonishment and ecstasy seized them all, and they recognized and praised and tanked God and they were filled with and controlled by reverential fear and kept saying, We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today!” (Luke 5:26) The healing of that paralyzed man caused great awakening in the lives of all those present. The deed of friends toward one friend, resulted in more than his physical healing; it resulted also in the awakening of the crowd of Whom YAHSHUA was: the Messiah, the Son of God, Who was to come. As a result, a short- lived revival happened that day in the hearts of the people, although years later, the same crowd cried, Crucify Him, crucify Him!

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At the Right Place at the Right Time

A Samaritan woman had no idea that her day would finish the way it did, as she went as usual doing her task for that day.  It was about noon when she had the most important encounter, which changed her life for eternity. A woman with a spiritual need, seeking and searching the truth about spiritual things, the Samaritan woman was thirsty for the water that would satisfy her eternally. She knew enough about the Law to understand some aspect of it and follow it to some extent, but not in its entirety, for she was bathed in idolatry mingled with the Law’s tradition. YAHSHUA met her at the heat of the day, when she came to fetch water, while He sat down to rest by the well. The Bible says that “It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria” on His way to Galilea from Judea. God’s plan for the Gentiles was being fulfilled in that ordinary day. It started with YAHSHUA asking her for a drink. The Samaritan woman presented Him a question which defined the separation between Jews and Samaritans, since the Jews had nothing to do with them. She asked, “How is it that You being a Jew ask me, a Samaritan woman for a drink?” The Samaritans were people of low class to the Jews due to their background origin.

The Samaritans occupied the country formerly belonging to the tribe of Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The capital of the country was Samaria, formerly a large and splendid city. When the ten tribes were carried away into captivity to Assyria, the king of Assyria sent people from Cutha, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim to inhabit Samaria (2 Kings 17:24; Ezra 4:2-11). These foreigners intermarried with the Israelite population that was still in and around Samaria. These “Samaritans” at first worshiped the idols of their own nations, but being troubled with lions, they supposed it was because they had not honored the God of that territory. A Jewish priest was therefore sent to them from Assyria to instruct them in the Jewish religion. They were instructed from the books of Moses, but still retained many of their idolatrous customs. The Samaritans embraced a religion that was a mixture of Judaism and idolatry (2 Kings 17:26-28). Because the Israelite inhabitants of Samaria had intermarried with the foreigners and adopted their idolatrous religion, Samaritans were universally despised by the Jews.” (GotQuestions.org)

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Consequently, We Regard No One From a Human Point of View

Paul, a devout Pharisee, was indeed a persecutor of those who followed YAHSHUA’S teachings, as he estimated Him from a human point of view. The outsiders of the Christian faith who persecute them, have no sight to see, neither understanding of the spiritual things to act and judge those for what they are in their faith in God, consequently, they persecute and kill them. They eliminate the Christians from the earth in their erroneous and prideful ways of estimating others for their faith. In Acts chapter eight and nine, we read a report concerning Paul’s persecution of the Christians of his days, where we read much hatred for them: And Saul was consenting to [Stephen’s] death. On that day, a great and severe persecution broke out against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. (vs. 1). Meanwhile, Saul still drawing his breath hard from the threatening and murderous desire against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and requested of him letters to the synagogue at Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way he might bring them bound to Jerusalem (9:1-2). The way that he regarded the Lord YAHSHUA as human and not as God’s Son was reflected on his treatment of the YAHSHUA’S disciples.

A child of God, he who has experienced the new birth in YAHSHUA, is a new creation, born of the Spirit and not of the flesh.  YAHSHUA told Nicodemus, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not at My telling you, You must all be born anew (John 3:5-7). YAHSHUA clearly confirms the process of the new birth. Once we are born into the family of God, we are new creation; the old is gone, all is made new, said Paul. That is of great significance in the lives of those who have believed; theirs are the privileges of children of God; theirs are also the behavior that is required to reflect their position as children of God. And as such, they are to  behave as God’s own chosen, who are purified and holy an well-beloved, tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling a lowly opinion of themselves, gentle ways, patience, gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has forgiven them; and above all these [put on] love and enfold themselves with the bond of perfectness (Col. 3). A child of God, united by the bond of love that emanates from YAHSHUA Himself, must not regard each other in terms of natural value standard, or from a purely human point of view, as those of the world do, blinded by it, for lacking spiritual discernment. We are knit together as one in our Lord YAHSHUA, Who is the head of the church- one church. We are one body and one Spirit- just as there is also one hope to the calling you received; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of Who is above all, pervading all and in all (Eph. 4:4-5). Paul says, We who are strong [in our convictions and of robust faith] out to bear with the failings and the frailties and the tender scruples of the weak; and not to please ourselves; let each one of us make it a practice to please his neighbor for his good and for his true welfare, to edify him. For Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written, the reproaches and abuses of those who reproached and abused you fell on Me (Rom. 15:1-3).

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Until the Full Number of Ingathering of Gentiles Has Come In

Abraham, a friend of God, was chosen for a sublime purpose denied to the rest of humankind. From the beginning of his life, Abraham was a man that walked with God. No, he was not an idolatrous as his family was according to history. In fact, “Abraham lived in Noah’s house thirty-nine years, and he knew the Lord from three years old; he went in the ways of the Lord until the day of his death” (Ancient book of Jasher, pg.20). From the time that our forefathers sinned, God had a plan to redeem the human race through His Son.  The nation of Israel was born for this purpose and Abram’s offspring was the one chosen to bring the Holy Seed into the world. When God redeemed Jacob’s sons from the land of Egypt, and took them through the wilderness for forty years, when the journey would have been of just days, His purpose for them was to form a nation after His heart. Since the sons of Jacob were deeply intrenched in idolatry for having lived in that country for over four hundred years, they had forgotten the God of their father Abraham. Now, the Lord God was taking away the gods of Egypt from their hearts, by instructing them through the Law. In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, the same day, they came into the Wilderness of Sinai (Exodus 19).  It was in that wilderness that the Lord covenanted with them, saying: I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  (1) You shall not make yourself any graven image (2) you shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them (3) you shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain (4) earnestly remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (5) regard your father and mother, that your day may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you (6) you shall not commit murder (7) you shall not commit adultery (8) you shall not steal  (9) you shall not witness falsely against your neighbor (10) you shall not covet your neighbor’s  house, your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s (Exo. 20:1-17).

Israel was created and formed by the Lord God to be a light to the Gentile pagan nations. Israel was to shine God’s purpose of redemption to a Gentile world corrupt and confused with many gods. Israel was to be for God a kingdom of priests and a holy nation; these were the words Moses was to tell them (Exo. 19:6). A beautiful plan, which included God’s plan of salvation by sending His own Son to the world through the nation of Israel. God’s covenant with Abraham was solidified in YAHSHUA’S coming, death and resurrection. Abraham became the father of many nations: As it Is written, I have made you the father of many nations in the sight of God in Whom he believed. Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the non-existent things that as if they existed (Rom. 4:17)  “And in your Seed (YAHSHUA) shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice (Gen. 22:18). Abraham, God’s friend, so God called him, has no equal to him in his supreme calling. His name is on the list of heroes of the faith, defining him of strong faith, a vessel in God’s hand to fulfill His promise of a Redeemer (Heb. 11:8-11). Although, Abraham’s descendants were far from being that which God intended for them, he, was a righteous man, worthy of the calling for his faith sustained his belief in God’s promise through the covenant in Genesis 22. God honored his faith and reassured Isaac of His promise in His covenant to Abraham saying, I am the God of your father Abraham; do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you and make your offspring numerous for my servant Abraham’s sake (Ge.  26:24).

But when YAHSHUA came to fulfill His promise to Abraham’s descendants, there was no place for Him in their hearts. He was rejected, and handled to the Gentile nation of Rome to be scourged and suffer the death of crucifixion according to their merciless ways. However, that’s when the Gentile nations were engrafted in God’s plan of salvation, mentioned as the mystery Paul referred to. In the space of time, as it was prophesized by Daniel 9:24-27,  seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, were decreed upon Israel and upon the holy city to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet and to anoint a Holy of Holies in which the coming and death of their Messiah happened. Israel’s last week of years is yet  to take place, when the time will come for God to  deal with the nation by judgment  through a period of tribulation of seven years, bringing them to repentance and their restoration, according to Zechariah 13:8-9: And in that land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, but one-third shall be left alive; and I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them, I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

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