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' (The word divine 'name'
is used as plural noun). Divine 'handiwork' originates from the divine
attributes; divine 'name' are, therefore, flowing from the divine Immutable
attributes. In truth, we do not 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 are eventually acquainted with the language
of the Spirit of Prophecy. Either the divine 'mission'
or the divine 'attributes' are 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," we are communicating with
the divine personae; the flow of that divine spirit is, therefore, revealed by his
"name." When God established a Covenant with his chosen people on earth, then the 'name' of God became 'covenanted.'
All divine
"names" are flowing from the same Spirit of God and, therefore, they
are flowing in the Seven-fold gifts of the Spirit. Thus, it explained why the Menorah had seven golden lamp-stands with only 'One' main 'tree.' All divine 'name' also
share the same "Word of God." Yeshua who came as 'a man' was the
perfect manifestation of the Word of God that had 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..." It means, in the beginning was the Spirit of God! 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 the 'guarantee' from the Advocacy of the Prince of Peace.
Such spiritual condition, as if, being stripped off of any blessing from the love of God, i.e. due to 'the closure' of the Lamb's gate, and yet the 'gate' of
the Judge would be 'opened up' unto those who have embraced the five wise virgins' wisdom! And perhaps, 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 would impart 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 high priest's Order of Melchizedek: 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
handiwork a.k.a. divine name!
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 the 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 in the language of the Spirit of God:
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, become "no distinction between day and night" as in
Zechariah 14: 6-7. The gate of the Covenant of Peace, as Covenanted by the Prince of Peace (the
Lamb of God) would come to an end when the returned Christ (Judge) begins to fulfil the Apocalyptic Judgment. The terminus of 'Peace' is poetically made known by prophecies
in Genesis 8: 21-22 and Zechariah 14: 6-7. The 'end' of peace with God also
points to the 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 'gate' 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 would not greet us
with the same greeting 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: "a
time, times, and half a time."
The harvesters, the angels, under the Command of the 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 (the Prince of Peace) of the Covenant of Peace is closed! As
the gate is closing down, the power of harvesting once endowed upon the
Churches 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 off door' of the Lamb of God. The proclaimed
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 ‘proclamation’ of the Divine 'name' called, 'the Judge,' is
naturally understood by those who are familiar with the language of the Spirit
of Prophecy. David sang: “…the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19: 1 b)
God exhorted the people of
God, 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 one could learn to call upon the Ancient Ones: 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 impartation 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 Job's faith in all the goodness of Divine names. 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 the ‘name’ of 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 [the] 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 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).
God actually executes judgment and
punishment on a daily basis. King David sang
in Psalm that God judges peoples on
earth every day. However, in the days of Peace (the Covenant of Peace—the Church’s
age), the judgment on earth
was under the execution of
the Holy Spirit. However, the Court is always in
heaven. In the era of the returned Christ (the Judge), judgment will be fulfilled by the seven
horns, seven eyes and seven spirits, i.e. the returned Christ on earth. Judgment and punishment of mankind on earth by the 'name' of God (Judge) will be preceded by an altar
ceremony in Heaven! God
would not begin any ‘mission’ [‘name’], unless he fulfilled first, an altar ceremony, according to the order of the High Priest of Melchizedek. This preceding 'altar ceremony' reveals unto us
the secret of consistency of the High Priest of Melchizedek's Order.
When the Lamb broke the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I
saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given
to them. 3 Another
angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much
incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of
all the saints on the golden altar, which was before the
throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of
the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand, 5 then the
angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar,
and threw it to the earth. And, there followed peals of thunder and
sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake (Revelation 8: 1-5, NASB).
In truth, all the 'name' of
God from the same Order i.e from the High Priest of Heaven according to the
Order of Melchizedek, namely Yahweh, the Prince of Peace and the Coming Judge
will solemnize the heavenly altar rite first, either in Heaven or on earth, before
executing the 'handiwork' [mission] of God on earth! This is the consistency of
the seven-fold Spirit of God.
...As in the days 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 particular ' a time' of Noah’s embarking into the
Ark: transition period of time between 'two' divine names! However, we cannot explicitly say that 7-days period means exactly seven years, rather it points to the indefinite time-period of the perfect operations of Divine Grace, because 7 (seven) is the divine number of perfection/completion! 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 parable. They must continually remain in the 'Spirit
of prayer,' as the prerequisite in ushering the descending new name of the
coming Christ, the Judge, into the next wonders of "times, and half a
time."
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers (the
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, NASB).
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, Medea-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
favour 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 rhyming period "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 favour of
the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took
possession of the kingdom"
(Daniel 7: 22). The phrase "...in favour of" would be only fulfilled
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 prophecy stated: "... Judgment
was passed in favour 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 upon the intellectual capacities and nervous
activities define the meanings of life within their lifespans. So, we discard the Word of
God as something that hinders the businesses of nation buildings, kingdom
buildings, 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 agreed 'handiwork' of mankind in
every nation on Earth! That prophesied "name" is, in truth,
readable by any gifted follower of the Divine Spirit. The final great enchanting
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 in which pointing to the unfolding wrath of the Judge who judges in
equity. It replaced the true mark on the forehead. We 'see' 666 through the lenses of our intellectual
capacities, it is, indeed, offering us modern livelihood. Nonetheless, 666 was
originated from the 'wounded' rulers; the rulers on earth were prophesied to be
the descendants of the Old Serpent. While the divine name' either the immutable divine
name of God or the Covenanted name of God is 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 the 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
mathematical-economic-calculations!
Christ Yeshua knows
that the consciousness of the wounded men is dominantly centred upon the
intellectual capacities and nervous activities. When the "last-hour" rulers on Earth (the beasts) succeeded in subduing that
"centre" of consciousness of the descendants of the 'wounded' man
with the collectively agreed "name," then it would not be hard to
amend that "name" into a worldwide Covenant: International agreement
or treaty. The rich, poor, noble, freeman or slave would be subjected to that
international covenant. That "name" must be "blood and the
pulsating heartbeat" for 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 heavens." 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 centre 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 reasons of mortal existences.
Alas! It steals away the true
treasure of God (Wisdom or Seven-fold 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 almost all inhabitants 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 earth 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 fulfils 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 marries those whose names written in the book of life through the blood covenant of the Lamb (the New Covenant). The beast also came to divert that marriage of the Lamb, and forcing everyone to be subjected into modern slavery under the Covenant of death (mammonism). 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 the Son of 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 according to our human opinions! However, they would be,
definitely, deprived of the blessings through the Covenant of Peace i.e. the
outpouring of the Seven-fold Spirit of God! And, now, the 'gate' of
the Covenant of Peace is closing down. Those who had entered the Covenant are
exhorted to "enter their own chambers": the Spirit of
Prayer!
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 in practicing the Second law of love would end us up into the chains 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." However, St. John wrote: "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 "name" 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 sought after the "names" just like
those in ancient Babylon in Genesis 11. The readable 'sign' is definitely
saying: "...let us make a name for ourselves..." 1 Now the whole world
had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a
plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”
They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come,
let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so
that we may make a name [‘handiwork’] for
ourselves; otherwise we will be
scattered over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11: 1-4,
NIV)
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 over 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 handiwork
(name) are eternal while man's handiwork (name) 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 "the
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 Laodicean-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 'name' of the Father and the 'name' He had given
unto his Son are, in truth, predestined to be His children. In Christian
belief, salvation is the gift of God. Yeshua Christ 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 the 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
transactions 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's name in ones' lives.
Yeshua's exhortation in
dealing with the worldwide covenant of mammon delivers our spirits from being
deprived of the joy in worshiping the "True
Treasure." Only those who are called to
become the true branches of the true Vine would be endowed with the eyes that
seeing 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 that is Wisdom."
The parable of the ten virgins
“1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be
comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the
bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five
were prudent. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took
no oil with them,4 but the prudent
took oil in flasks along with their lamps. 5 Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy
and began to sleep. 6 But at midnight there was a
shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then
all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to
the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going
out.’ 9 But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough
for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for
yourselves.’ 10 And while they were going away to make the purchase,
the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the
wedding feast; and the door was shut. 11 Later the other virgins
also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’ 12 But he answered,
‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’13 Be on the alert then, for you
do not know the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25: 1-13)
The parable of the ten virgins have no connections at all concerning the
sanctity of the flesh, because all flesh shall return to, where it
originated from i.e. the dust. It rather reveals
the truth about watchfulness in waiting upon the coming ‘name’ of God; the Judge
who judges in equity (the Bridegroom). The wisdom and understanding portrayed
by the five wise virgins are the main elements of faith in waiting upon the
Second Coming of Christ. The 'decision-making' made by the five wise virgins teaches us
about the lesson of ‘alertness’ or ‘watchfulness’ in our walk of faith in God. Since
the ‘waiting’ involves the closing of the ‘gate’ of the Prince of Peace, and
then the 'opening up' of another ‘gate’ of God, under the ‘name’ of theJudge, so the believers from the Covenant of Peace are exhorted to emulate the
wise decision made by the five wise virgins who “took oil in flasks along with their lamps.”
King Solomon taught us that our ‘spirits’ are likened to that lamps in the hand
of God. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching
all the innermost parts of his being. (Proverbs 20: 27). Therefore, the
lamp is aflame when there is oil in it. The decision to bring along ”oil in the flask” reveals our spiritual desire to be
empowered with the seven-fold gifts of the Holy Spirit. The temptation that
demoralizes the ‘waiting’ upon the Lord is ‘drowsiness.’ Drowsiness comes
to us when our daily chores of life overpowered our daily devotion in
God. If we do not “bring along oil
in the flask,” then our ‘weak flesh’
would cause us to succumb into the fate of unpreparedness.
The ‘oil’ in such parable symbolizes the continuous ‘watchfulness’ in our spiritual life due to the empowering presence of the Seven-fold gifts of the Spirit of God. Unless you are given with those Seven-fold Spirit of God, then it would be impossible to be 'watchful.' So, to be 'watchful' means to be spiritually conscious of any sign of God's name proclaimed in heaven, in the sky and on earth; a watchman is someone who is ready to 'see' spiritual signs revealed through visions and dream dreams. A seer is a person who is able to see the signs of the Coming Bridegroom! The phrase “oil in flasks along with our lamps”
elucidates our spiritual ‘watchfulness:’ the Spirit of prayer. Do we have the
Spirit of prayer? Those who have the spirit of understanding and wisdom are
those who have positive motivation in a continuous walk of faith in God,
because we would be able to read the signs of times.
Those who have
not asked the gift of God called the fear of the Lord, likened
to be those five foolish virgins who do not take oil in a flask! Those who have the ‘oil’ are those
who know how to read the signs of times in three spirit’s realms, namely the signs in the heavens, the signs in the sky and the signs on earth! The five wise virgins are
able to call upon the ‘name’ of the immutable name of God,
even though the 'gate' of the Prince of Peace is shutting off. They have the spiritual 'know-how' in entering the ‘door’ or ‘gate’ of the descended Judge on
earth! God exhorted the people of God through Prophet Isaiah: "21 Come, my people, enter into 'your rooms' ['the spirit of prayer'], and 'close' your doors behind you [continuous watchfulness]; Hide for a little while until indignation [divine wrath] run its course. 21 For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth will reveal her bloodshed and no longer cover slain" (Isaiah 26: 20-21).
The 'Way' of the Lamb of God on earth was the altar or the Sacred Cross of Yeshua. Those who believed in the Lamb of God as the Father's name or the Father's handiwork have had become the "followers of the Way." The Judge who judges in equity is consistently executing His Word as "in the Whirlwind." The Whirlwind is accompanied by the spiritual phenomenons such as thunders, lightnings, storms, and earthquakes!! So, the 'Way' of the Judge on earth is always in "the Whirlwind." (See Nahum 1 and Psalm 18 as examples).
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).
