Jumaat, 11 Ogos 2017

What is the meaning of the prophesied "...the shattering of the power of the holy people"...in Daniel Chapter 12: 7 ?

 
6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was upstream, “How long shall it be until the end of these wonders?” 7 The man clothed in linen, who was upstream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things would be accomplished (Daniel 12: 6-7)
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    His 'name' is the Word of God (Revelation 19: 13). In prophecy, 'name' means 'handiwork'. Divine handiworks originate from the divine attributes; divine names are, therefore, flowing from the divine Immutable attributes. In truth, we don't address divine attributes with ordinary word such as 'attributes.' However, for the sake of intellectual comprehension, we have to use human language such as the base-word 'attribute' in describing the 'name' of the Divine Spirit. Nevertheless, when we begin to walk into the "beginning of Wisdom," we eventually be acquainted with the language of the Spirit of Prophecy. Either the divine 'mission' or the divine 'attributes' is represented by the same prophetic word called 'name.' The phrase 'His name is 'Mercy' is the language of the Spirit of Prophecy. That means divine attribute such as 'mercy' is essentially becoming his "name" or "mission." In our business in "entering our own chambers," (the spirit of prayer), we are communicating with the divine personae; the flow of that divine spirit is revealed by his "name."

    In other words, Divine 'name' is inseparable from His divine immutable attributes! Redemption or salvation could not be separated from the Lord's attributes and from the 'Word' of God. Thus, divine attributes are essentially becoming immutable 'name.' Therefore, divine 'name' is interchangeable with his divine 'attributes.' For example, divine agape love could not be independent from his divine immutability! This answer the reason why God's love is immutable. He name is forever 'Love' as long as "the heavens  and the earths" remaining the same! Divine salvation and peace are always  flowing from the Divine immutable attributes. Salvation is God's name. It flows from His immutable divine attributes! The proclamation of divine immutable 'name' in Exodus 34: 4-7, was therefore, the revelation of divine immutable 'attributes' as well. His 'name' is, therefore, inseparable from his immutable divine attributes! 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his 'name,' the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

    All divine "names" are flowing from the same Spirit of God and, therefore, they are flowing in the Seven-fold gifts of the Spirit. All revealed divine 'name' either in the old covenants days or in the new covenant days are sharing the same "Word of God."  All the biblical covenanted 'name' of God are flowing from the same Divine immutable ''name' or the  same divine attributes! Yeshua who came as a man was the perfect manifestation of 'the Word  of God' or 'divine attributes' that ever been seen by human naked eyes on Earth. That was the reason why St. John wrote his gospel: "In the beginning was the Word..." The 'Emmanuel gate' of the Prince of Peace is accessible throughout the age of Peace and it is made possible by the presence of the Helper (the Holy Spirit). The key in unlocking the 'door' remains unchanged i.e. through the endowment of the seven-fold gifts of the Holy Spirit. During the Judgment period, we would be deprived of 'guarantee' from the Advocacy of the Prince of Peace. Such depravity is due to the closure of the Lamb's gate; and yet the 'gate' of the Judge would be 'opened up.'  And none of us had ever entered the gate of the Spirit of the returned Christ under the 'name' Judge; the Judge who has seven eyes, seven horns and seven spirits. However, the spirit of understanding imparts us the knowledge of the Holy One that God's attributes remain Immutable. His proclaimed 'name' as in Exodus 34: 5-7: Lord, Lord, slow in anger, abounding in Love, rich in Mercy, endure  in forgiving, and Consuming fire... Thus, we would still be able to call upon the Immutable names of God during Judgment period. King David told us about those ancient gates as he sang in Psalm 24: 7:

"Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors! That the King of glory may come in

    The ancient gates are referring to the Immutable names of the Ancient One. Those names were revealed unto mankind according to the working power of the spirit of Understanding and also according to the Order of Melchizedek. They were exactly sharing the same Word of God; it is flowing in the Spirit of Prophecy. The Word of God was covenanted in the Personae of Yeshua, the Lamb of God, and therefore Yeshua's name is the Word of God. The Word of God belongs to all revealed divine names according to the Order of Melchizedec: all revelations are therefore in the Spirit of Prophecy! The ancient gates are the immutable divine attributes. The divine handiworks (Immutable divine names) are flowing from those divine Immutable attributes. His immutable attributes are, therefore, essentially his handiworks a.k.a. divine names!!

   Every follower of the High Priest of Melchizedec Order whose name is written in the book of Life, is exhorted to lift up the divine names above all human 'names' (human handiworks), in order to see the blessings flowing through those ancient doors or ancient gates. The realities of divine blessings from those ancient gates neither be invoke-able through "woven-fig leaves" righteousness nor through mere human intellectual digests; the blessing is simply be received through the gift of the Sevenfold Gifts of the Spirit: "the fear of the Lord." The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. Wisdom is the divine Personae of all those 'ancient gates': the Immutable names of God

   
The simple revelation of how the power of the holy people be shattered...
                                
    The "wonders" in Daniel 12: 6 are referring to all prophesied wills of God among the chosen people of God and His missions among the nations. "Wonders" are related to the birth of many races (nations) and  concerning the fate of those many nations on earth. The terminus of those "wonders" would be the apocalyptic Judgment. The messenger of Heaven unfolded unto Prophet Daniel that those "wonders" would be accomplished when apocalyptic Chastisement was over: "...when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things  (wonders) would be accomplished." Prophet Zechariah prophesied the Chastisement:

6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. 7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light (Zechariah 14: 6-7).
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    The seemingly "day and night will never cease" in Genesis 8: 22 would, at an appointed time, becomes "no distinction between day and night" as in Zechariah 14: 6-7. The age of Peace as Covenanted by the Prince of Peace (the Lamb of God) would come to an end. The terminus of 'Peace' is poetically made known by Genesis 8: 21-22 and Zechariah 14: 6-7. The 'end' of peace with God also points to new 'name' of God proclaimed by the 'sky' as in Matthew 24: 29 ;Psalm 19: 1-2; Psalm 50: 3-6; Revelation 6: 13-14.

    The door of the Covenanted divine name i.e. the Lamb of God,  already ceasing in empowering the Covenant people (the Church), and it would be completely closed down the 'Peace age' at an appointed time; surely the Judge won't greet us with  the same greeting that we used to hearing during the peace age: "peace be with you!."  "A time" would be the beginning of a period called "the shattering of power of the people of God!!" It spans for "a time, times and half a time." Churches would be without [spiritual] power as harvesters of souls on earth. All people of God either small or great, noble or ordinary would go through Chastisement period. The harvesters, the angels, under the Command of the Dreadful Judge , who judges in equity, would replace the role of the Churches who were once the empowered-reapers on earth. Prophet Daniel prophesied long time ago:

6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was upstream, “How long shall it be until the end of these wonders?” 7 The man clothed in linen, who was upstream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things would be accomplished (Daniel 12: 6-7).


    "The shattering of the power of the holy people" takes effect as soon as the Gate of the guarantor of the Covenant of Peace is closed! As the gate is closing down, the power of harvesting once endowed upon the Church would be taken away, thus it is prophesied --"evening comes" ; we would see unripened fruits of the fig tree falling down as the late strong wind blows the tree. It is a spiritual consequence of 'the shut door' of the Lamb of God. The new divine 'name',' Judge, would not continue in taking away the sins of the world. It (the Prince of Peace) was once his mission, the mission throughout the Peace age. The people of God are exhorted, therefore, to enter into their own chambers prior to that closing down of the Operation of Grace under the Covenant of Peace. We are exhorted to become genuine branches of the true Vine. Only through the gift of the "fear of the Lord" that enables us to become the "true branches": dependency (Psalm 25: 14).  It is right into your Spirit of Prayer that ones learn to call upon the Ancient Gates or Ancient Doors: entering into the presence of the 'Immutable names' of God. When the patriarch Job entered into a judgment period, the guardian angels seemed to have had folded up their hands. Even the Adversary, Lucifer, was allowed by God to peel off Job's skins, and since then... 'every Jobs' have learned the lesson of the gift of "the fear of the Lord." The gift counsels every 'branch' of the True Vine, in admitting "apart from thee, we are nothing." ...and therefore...they say, " I have seen his face.' !

Job's family in the book of Job elucidated the meaning of the prophesied "the shattering of power of the holy people."
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   Job's family seemed to 'serve as the extraordinary specimen' of a God-fearing family who went through the period of divine chastisement or trials; the crumbling walls of life that fell upon every facet of Job's life had had inspired millions of people who went through similar trials or even through divine 'judgment! It was purposely written, so that every child of God would be counselled, comforted and edified by the proper impartations of knowledge and wisdom in enduring the 'distress' during darkness or chastisement. Job experienced the distress of chastisement!. Yet, he endured the chastisement by trusting in the Immutable names of God. 

    Later, in Job 28: 28, he witnessed that "the fear of the Lord is (the beginning) Wisdom!" It was this 'gift', the fear of the Lord, which steadfastly kept his faith in the goodness of all names of God. Nonetheless, his wife reacted negatively towards Job's unwavering trust in his God. She ended up losing hope in the 'name' of God, and thus, her desperate disappointment clearly explained that she was truly offended by Job's God! 9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” (Job 2: 9-10). As we wade through the period of Chastisement, our belief could turn into unbelief. We are tempted to end up like Job's wife who said: Curse God and die! This could be fallen upon us, when severe sufferings nullify all reasons to believe in God who promises protection and love!


   The people of God already entered into the period ,"a time," i.e. the distress prior to His Second Return.  We anticipate severe sufferings, and physical and material losses just like what Job had gone through in those days! We are easily tempted into cursing God's names in hard trials. The people of God must emulate Job's steadfast trust in divine Immutable names! Prophet Isaiah counselled every sojourner: 

10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
    and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord

    and relies upon his God?

11 1111 But all of you are kindlers of fire,
    lighters of firebrands. 

Walk in the flame of your fire and among      the brands that you have kindled! 
This is what you shall have from my hand: 
    you shall lie down in torment. (Isaiah 50: 10-11)

     37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24: 37-39). 

    . ..as in the day of Noah, he entered 'a time' (7 days-period) prior to that coming Judgment. So, in the same manner, "a time" would presage a period of 7 years of our final "entering your chamber" under the Covenanted 'name,' Prince of Peace. The "name" of Prince of Peace would cease in greeting us "Peace be with you." Those 7 years-period would point to the presaging typology of a particulàr ' a time' of Noah 's embarking into the Ark: transition period of time between 'two' divine names! The present signs of times are somehow serve to be the 'ticking clock' which points to that transition period in which the people of God are exhorted to embrace the 'five wise virgins' spiritual allegory. They must continually remain in the 'spirit of prayer' as the prerequisite in ushering the descending new name of the coming Christ, Judge, into the next wonders of "times, and half a time."

20 Come, my people, enter your chambers (Spirit of prayer), and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while, until the wrath is past.
For the Lord comes out from his place, to
 punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no longer cover its slain.
(Isaiah 26: 20- 21).


The still alive saints shall possess all kingdoms on Earth
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13 “I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming,  and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. 14 “And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom,that all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.
15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me. 16 I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: 17 These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth [Note# Babylon, Mede Persian, Greek, Roman Empire; the Roman Empire constitutes 10 surviving lineages of kings which are identifiable as the present European nations]  18 But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’
19 “Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet, 20 and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts and which was larger in appearance than its associates.21 I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them 22 until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.
23 “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. 24 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings 25 He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.26 But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One ; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’
28 “At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself.” (Daniel 7: 13-28, NASB).
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     Verse 13  points to the Second Coming of Christ as in Revelation 6: 14 and Acts 1: 6-11. Through the divine wraths called "Trumpets" and "Bowls" in the book of Revelation, Christ was prophesied to possess the Earth as in the book Daniel 7: 14, 27. And yet, the saints shall go through distress, trials, or Chastisement for a period rhyming "a time, times and half a time." During those rhyming period, the saints would experience the "...shattering of the power..." 
   
   The still alive saints have to endure those "shattering of power" until "the Ancient of Days [Christ the Judge who judges in equity"] came, and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom" (Daniel 7: 22). "...in favor of" would be only fulfilled only after the "shattering of the power of the holy people" is completed for a span of time called "a time, times, and half a time." King David sang "the righteous ones shall inherit the earth" ! The prophesy: "... Judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom" was prophesied in Daniel 7: 22. It was also prophesied in Revelation 11: 15-18 : " 15 Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God 17 saying, "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.18 And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.

    Mortal men whose consciousness is centered on intellectual capacities and nervous activities define life within their lifespans.  So, we discard the Word of God as something that hinders the businesses of eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriages, and buying or selling. We are dearly engrossed into  building the desired "towers" of man's "names" on Earth. "Name" in the spirit of prophecy means "handiwork." The name of the beast or the number of the beast is the worldwide 'handiwork' of mankind in every nation on Earth! That prophesied "name" is, in truth, readable by any gifted follower of Divine names. The final handiwork of the inhabitants of the Earth was revealed as 666. It involves mathematical shrewdness in the transactions of "buying or selling." So, 666 merely serves to be the "Sign" of times which points to the unfolding wraths of the Judge who judges in equity. When we see 666 through the lenses of intellectual capacities, it is, indeed, offering us modern livelihood. Nonetheless, 666 was originated from the wounded rulers. While the divine names either the immutable divine names or Covenanted divine names are offering us life in fullness, the name of the beast is up to glorify this mortal flesh with monetary! It was just a matter of priority between the eternal life and temporary life. The beast tries to subdue the inhabitants of the earth by enslaving them into the whole gamut of monetary, thus we are demanded to have shrewdness in calculation!

    Christ Yeshua knows that the consciousness of the wounded  men is dominantly centered upon the intellectual capacities and nervous activities. When the "last hour"-rulers on Earth (the beasts) succeeded in subduing that "center" of consciousness of the descendants of the 'wounded' man with the collectively agreed "name," then it wouldn't be hard to amend that "name" into a worldwide Covenant: international agreement or treaty. Men either rich, poor, noble, freeman or slave would be subjected to that international covenant. That "name" must be "blood and the pulsating heartbeat" of every nation.Then, even the freeman (born again) would be undeniably subjected to that "name." 666 is apparently stealing away the worship of God. Such "name" was made known from the beginning as "its tower reached to the sky." Man's name becomes the purpose of existence, and it defies the supremacy of the Word of God as 'the reason to live and the reason to die.' Our offspring define life according to their dominant center of consciousness: the intellectual capacities and nervous activities. Men were reduced to five senses. The Spirit becomes unattractive because we rarely enter its realities. Thus, it answers why we do not even see the Word of God (Spirit) as the ultimate Source of life. Man's "names" (handiworks) would define our reason of mortal existence. 

   Alas! It steals away the  true treasure of God (Wisdom or Sevenfold Spirit of God) which God freely offers unto every believer. It glorifies the five senses. It devalues the Word of God: true Source of Life. It opposes the "names" of the Divine Spirit. No wonder why Yeshua prophesied: "33 Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" (Matthew 6: 33-34). He unfolded the spiritual "key" in overcoming the strongest enslaving grid of consciousness on Earth i.e. monetary; monetary is man's main handiwork ('name'). It is the utmost sought-after "name" by every ruler in every modern nation throughout the world. The prophesied tower of Babel that once had had centralized the life of the ancient one-speech populace of the earth had re-emerged in this modern "last hours" since 1944 CE: "it was once, and no more, and it appeared again." Centralized life on Earth under "One Tower" had emerged again; the top of that tower reached to heaven! It was the horn with one eye sitting on the top of that tower. Every person is seeking that treasure i.e. "the modern mammon." Yeshua said: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" Luke 12: 34. All governments on Earth  are collectively saying that the pulsating heartbeat or "life-blood" of any agenda of 'nation building' is inseparable from the core-business of maintaining​ mathematical shrewdness in monetary. 

    Monetary is the foremost "name" (handiwork) of 'man' which has been enslaving every soul on Earth in the last hours. It is the "sign" of times, which unfolds the tangible events on Earth. It also sign-posts our spiritual journey in which "ticking clock" we are in. Yeshua knew that the last-hours "mammon" would eventually subdue the whole inhabitants of the earth. He may have seen it thousands of times before, even when he was still clothed with the 'flesh' ; He purposely said, "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Why? In the last hours, mammon would eventually enslave humanity, as if a serpent that coils up a whole world. Men would be spurred to seek mammon in their daily chores of life. The "seeking" of men not only be dictated with man-made laws, but also causing continuous diversion of life from the divine spiritual design of man; the divine exhortation "seek His kingdom" has been easily replaced by the "seek the name of the beast." Every ruler of every nation is actually a beast, because "a woman" means simply the prophesied bride of the coming Bridegroom. No nation on erath could be the bride of Yeshua! Yeshua would never marry any nation (geo-political nation), and yet the 'name' YHVH, was once married Jerusalem (Theocratic nation of Israel) in the Promised Land. His marriage ended as prophesied in 2 Kings 23:27 and the Theocratic Kingdom of priests and holy nation became the things of the past.

    True man is always pointing to Yeshua, the Son of the Most High. However, why God had revealed unto St.John that the beast was also a man? The answer is simply because the 'false' man (the beast) was trying to marry every soul on Earth through mammonism, and thus the Coming true man who comes for his bride would be in the "spiritual wars."  Yet, it still fulfills the prophecies of the prophets. So, that was the reason why the end-times beast was revealed as a "man." Of course, there would be a leading ruler on the top of the hierarchies of Antichrist's "towers" who represents the revealed "a man"; the leading ruler was also known as the ruler whose name or number, 666, the beast. In Prophecy, 'name' means 'handiwork.' Christ was the Word of God that became the Son of Man; those who do not believe in this mystery are, in truth, considered antichrists. Those who reject the Word would be adjudged by God in the Judgment period under the descending coming 'name' of God; the Judge who judges in equity. Those who reject 'the Word of God that became man' are those who have decided not to be included in the Covenant of Peace. So, they are merely outside the Covenant of Peace. According to human intellectual digests, those outside the Covenant are not necessarily be branded as bad persons. They could be good persons as according to human precepts or they could be even better than those who profess to be the followers of the Way! However, they would be, definitely, deprived of the blessings through the Covenant of Peace i.e. the outpouring of the Sevenfold Spirit of God! And, now, the Covenant of Peace is closing down. Those who had entered the Covenant are exhorted to "enter their chambers": the Spirit of Prayer!

                                     
Precaution : The above dates within that simple timeline are merely my personal predictions. Frankly speaking, they (the dates) weren't originated from the Spirit.   The dates guide the author's thoughts concerning the imminent mysterious return of the Judge.  Yes!, I must admit that without those predicted dates, my thoughts seem like constantly floating into the ocean of "only the Abba Father knows"! The 'dates,' therefore, somehow serve to be the navigational aids which help my thoughts, at least, to be berthed at some probable moments for spiritual inventories and personal prognostications...
    Christ's name is the Word of God (Revelation 19: 13). The Word of God who became the Son of Man. The main reason of his human-divine (duality) existence was simply explained by Yeshua in Luke 24: 44 and in John 1: 29-34. In Luke 24: 44, it is written: "Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." St. John wrote: "29...Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 this is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ 32 I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.”32 And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit ' 34 and I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God" (John 1: 29-34). 

    Sin is simply due to unbelief! Our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, ceased in believing the Word of God, thus they ate the forbidden fruits. So, our unbelief in both the Immutable names of God and the Covenanted names of God means sin against the Lord. Believing in the divine names is knowing the Most Holy One, and knowing him is eternal life. Yeshua unfolded that the greatest commandment is love: "34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22: 34-40). Yeshua gave the first commandment of love because it directly concerns the salvation of our souls. If we really love God then surely it means we would mightily be believing in all His names or vice-versa; loving Him with all our hearts means believing in all His names 100%. Therefore, the first law of love is for the salvation of our souls; however, our ability to love God is truly God's gift. So, salvation is God's gift: Yeshua Christ. The Second commandment of love was given unto us because its vibration is for the survival and profitability of the flesh. If we transgress the second law of love that means we are plunging the destiny of our flesh into the power of hatred and death. The second law of love must be practiced for our true survival of the flesh on Earth. Failure to practice the Second law of love means we would end up in the chain or cycle of sins!

    The word AntiChrist itself is merely the antonym of the word Christ; thus,  the word AntiChrist is merely meant Anti-Word. We do not have the intention in 'demonizing' those who do not believe in the "Word became the Son of Man." "3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world” (1 John 4:3).  We are merely seeing the simple truth! And yet, in every nation there are 'tares' and 'wheat.' In nation building, every nation is normally shaped up by the legislative powers coming from the majority of the populace. And every citizen is exhorted to abide the national constitutions. Solomon said:"When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan" (Proverbs 29: 2). However, in human missions of 'nation building', it is undeniable that both the tares and the wheat are obliged in fulfilling each nation's "names"! Since the "wheat" are subjected to the 'names' (missions) of their respective 'nation building,' it was wiser to stick to Yeshua's counsel:  Then He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22: 21). Yeshua's counsel unto all "wheats" in every nation is always practical as reverberated by His words in Matthew 22: 21.  The things that are  of God's already revealed unto us as he taught the prophesied prayers to his 12 disciples: Our Father. "City building," as prophesied in Genesis 11 was  equivalent to the present worldwide mission called "nation building." Profitable human-made "nation building" demands us to respect the differences of beliefs among the citizens of one's nation. However, 'nation building' is not "in the name of God;" it is human mission. Nation building, kingdom building,  or 'city building'  as prophesied in Genesis 11 are the "names" of the beasts (rulers). The holy book of Genesis disclosed that the descendants of Noah had had abandoned the true spiritual teachings  of the Altar. They abandoned the 'altar'  taught by patriarch/prophet Noah! They didn't need the "names" of God,  so they made 'a name' for themselves. Isaiah prophesied that "the end was made known from the beginning..." (Isaiah 46: 10). The 'beginning' of the nations (many nations/races) was preceded by a collective desire of the ancient one speech and one race of peoples on Earth in making 'a name' for themselves! The "end" of many nations was, therefore, ending up in Judgment because we already seeked "names" just like those in ancient Babylon in Genesis 11. The readable 'sign' is definitely saying: "...let us make a name for ourselves. .." 

    That prophesied human-made "name" in our days are 'Peace and Security,' 'nation building,' 'monetary covenants/treaty' and etc. etc. Those 'names' serve to be the 'signs' of times.  And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” 5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth (Genesis 11: 3-9). In Genesis 11 verse 6, the Lord said "this is only the beginning of what they will do." Any spiritual man should ask God; "Lord, how would be the ending?" And God would answer just  as what Prophet Isaiah prophesied  in Isaiah 46:10: "The Lord made known the end from the beginning..." God's handiworks (names) are eternal while man's handiworks (names) are mortal. The prophecy in Genesis 11 unfolds 'the end' of the present nations and it would be preceded by the worldwide agreement made by all nations as if the ancient prophecy reverberates: "...let us make a name for ourselves...e.g. "Peace and Security." That worldwide or global mission ('name') of the beasts would subtly become either the false "peace" ('like human 'mission' called e.g. "Peace and Security") or the opposite of the Christ's name: the spirit of AntiChrist. Yeshua is the true Prince of Peace or true "Lamb of God." The beast that comes out of the earth would be "like a lamb;" he promises false peace on Earth. Neither we oppose the modern mammon nor become anti-establishment of the present United Nations who continuously say "Peace and Security." But, we are seeing the "signs" of times! Why Lord Yeshua teaches us the spiritual prayer called "Our Father"? The answer is simply because our [human] handiworks are mortal, and God wants us to do the spiritual deeds which are eternal! And yet, all of us are eventually abandoning in embracing the things of God as revealed in the prayer, "Our Father." The 'last-hour' inhabitants of the earth would abandon in doing "Our Father." We become 'anti' of His missions [names], and we are busy in making names for ourselves!! Or else, we become Laodicea-like Christians who merely do 'lips-service' recitation of that prayer; we are neither cold nor hot in embracing that prayer as the spiritual way of life!

   After the deluge, God had to begin his grandeur plan of salvation for the 'wounded' men through chosen lineage of Noah's descendants: Abram, Isaac, Jacob (Israel) and then the twelve tribes (Israelites). Later, the house of Jacob (the 'woman') delivered the awaited Messiah: Yeshua. Since "the ears that hear and the eyes that see" was God's gift, and thus, those who might have believed in the 'names' of the Father and the 'names' He had given unto his Son are, in truth, predestined to be His children. In Christian belief, salvation is the gift of God. Therefore, you are surely able to figure out why the percentage representing the true followers of Christ on Earth is very small --. The majority percentage of the world populace is, in truth, representing those who are outside the circle of people who have been endowed with "the fear of the Lord."

    How would Yeshua's words "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness" be ever possible in our daily devotion, when everybody is literally busy in the transaction of "buying and selling" ?  Yeshua told us in Matthew 6: 33 that faith must be exercised together with the attitude of prioritizing His kingdom; seeing "the kingdom of heaven" as the believers' greatest "treasure."  "Seek ye first the kingdom of God" was  Yeshua's answer in having a triumphant outcome of the tug of war between mammon and God in ones' lives. Yeshua's exhortation in dealing with the worldwide covenant of mammon delivers our spirits from being deprived of the joy in worshipping the "True Treasure." Only those who are called to become the true branches of the true Vine would be endowed with  the eyes that see the spiritual meaning of that 'Priority.' Blessed, those who have been endowed with the gift of the fear of the Lord, for they would be enabled to be steadfast in "seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness." Job witnessed that YHVH had said unto humankind on Earth in Job 28: 28: "The fear of the Lord is Wisdom." 

28 “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ " (Job 28: 28, NASB).



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Note: Further reading about the prophesied Beasts in Revelation 12, Revelation 13, and Revelation 17.