EZEKIEL 28:25-29:21
The prophet speaks through the Holy Spirit and affirms that even though Israel has been scattered throughout the countries of the world, they will be returned to their land in the future, it is already happening, Israel was recognized as a nation in 1948, and since then, the people have been returning.
One positive thing to dwell upon, the Jewish people made known to the nations of the ONE GOD, Adonai-Elohim-YHVH” and through the migration of the Jewish peoples to different parts of the world, we now have the Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Falashim, people groups which make up most to the Jewish peoples today. These people groups have introduced many varieties of foods, customs, and ways of worship in today's Judaism, many are also Messianic believers.
Bad news for Egypt, just as the Israelites were scattered among the nations, the Egyptians will also be scattered among the nations for 40 years, Egypt will be desolate and people-less, for this period of time, this will probably happen during the millennium. The Egyptian people will come back after that time, but Egypt will never be a prosperous country. Since the fall of Egypt after the time of Passover, Egypt was conquered by the Babylonians, the Greeks, and Romans. Even today, there are Egyptians living in many countries in the world, but Egypt has never been left completely without people and animals, at least not yet.
Yet a good note to ponder on, Egypt opened its doors to receive young Yeshua with Mary, and Joseph when they were fleeing from Herod. There are quite a few believers in Egypt today, making up the “Coptic Church” My wife and I visited Egypt in 1999 and it is indeed an interesting (yet poor) country. The food is fantastic!
MATT 24:1-51
Yeshua tells his talmidim about the “end times” and we all know and have read this chapter, of “wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, etc. As we look around today, we can be certain that we are living in these “end times” for sure, yet the end is not yet...we still have a way to go. We have heard of many “false-Messiahs” leaders claiming to be “Jesus” yet we know better than believing on them. When Yeshua returns, the “Whole World” will see him returning, what will modern satellite cameras, etc.
Verse 15 is interesting; It talks about the “Abomination of Desolation” set up in the Mishkan, the “Holy Place” in the third temple. This takes us back to Hanukkah, reminding us of Antiochus Epiphanes, who set up a “Statue of Zeus” in the Holy Place. The future Anti-Messiah, a second “Antiochus” will also set up a statue, perhaps of himself, and command all to bow down and worship it.
Verse 30 talks about the “Sign of the Son of Man (Ben Adam) shall appear in the Heavens, and all the tribes (peoples) of the earth will mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with all power. We might ask ourselves, what is this sign? It must be visible since all will see it. Some might say the “Star of David” but that existed even before the formation of the Nation of Israel in Egypt. Many believe it will be the cross, the instrument of suffering and death, but for us, the sign of salvation from our sins.
Yet why do the peoples of the earth mourn? Should they not be joyous of Messiah’s coming? Happy that the tribulation will end and HIS kingdom established? One thought is that those “peoples” might be the unredeemed, the lost that follow the Anti-Christ. They know that their end is near, and that their leader will be vanquished and thrown into the fires of hell. They also fear for their fate as well. Yet many will still remain alive on earth and will have to subject themselves to Messiah’s millennial rule, like it or not. What an opportunity for them to accept Messiah Yeshua with all heart and willingly submit themselves to HIS rule.
We, as believers, will return with him. We are his servants and we must be around and occupied with the Master’s work, HIS work is to share the “Good News” of Salvation with all who are willing to hear, and to teach HIS Word to those who wish to learn it and apply it to their lives, thus is the work of Torah teachers and Sunday School teachers, pastors, rabbis, missionaries, etc…
The gospel will be preached to the whole world, which is happening now, we need to be ready for his return, those of us that are alive, we will be gathered together as well as those who have gone on before us and who are now in heaven, we will be ONE FAMILY and share life together in the Millennial Kingdom of Yeshua and for all eternity.
Romans 9:14-15
" What then, is there unrighteousness with God? let it be not. For He says to Moshe; "I shall show favor on whom I favor, and show compassion on whomever I compassion"
How do we explain this verse? Some might ask "Does God show favoritism? Has he destined some for Heaven and others for Hell? Does this seem like a righteous God, our Creator? I thought He loved us all, yet he shows some favor and compassion, and on others not.
Let's say there is a father who has two sons, Mark and Joe. On Mark he shows favoritism, yet on Joe, he is always punishing for this and that. Yet it isn't that Dad's favorite is Mark and Joe is rejected". It turns out that Mark has a heart of love towards his father, and always does his chores and does what is expected of him, while Joe has a wicked heart, and refused to obey his father. He does what he wants and disregards his father's wishes and his father's love. So, Joe's father turns away from Joe, because Joe rejected his father first.
Our Heavenly Father is the same. It is a heart matter. He knows and can see deep inside of our hearts and knows our desires, our short-comings,
our spirituality and our carnality. Why does he favor and show compassion on some and not on others? To those whose hearts are bent on loving and obeying the Father, whose choice has been salvation through the New Birth (John 3:3) he shows favor and compassion. But on those who are like Pharaoh, whose hearts are hardened, whose hearts are wicked and reject anything that will bring them to God, our Father, with sadness, will NOT show compassion, because, the choice is man's. To those who reject God's compassion, His compassion will be directed to another. To those who reject God's favor, His favor will be directed to another who is more worthy.
Shavua Tov (Have a good week) Ben Avraham
Sabbath Eve snacks, come and join us
The prophet speaks through the Holy Spirit and affirms that even though Israel has been scattered throughout the countries of the world, they will be returned to their land in the future, it is already happening, Israel was recognized as a nation in 1948, and since then, the people have been returning.
One positive thing to dwell upon, the Jewish people made known to the nations of the ONE GOD, Adonai-Elohim-YHVH” and through the migration of the Jewish peoples to different parts of the world, we now have the Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Falashim, people groups which make up most to the Jewish peoples today. These people groups have introduced many varieties of foods, customs, and ways of worship in today's Judaism, many are also Messianic believers.
Bad news for Egypt, just as the Israelites were scattered among the nations, the Egyptians will also be scattered among the nations for 40 years, Egypt will be desolate and people-less, for this period of time, this will probably happen during the millennium. The Egyptian people will come back after that time, but Egypt will never be a prosperous country. Since the fall of Egypt after the time of Passover, Egypt was conquered by the Babylonians, the Greeks, and Romans. Even today, there are Egyptians living in many countries in the world, but Egypt has never been left completely without people and animals, at least not yet.
Yet a good note to ponder on, Egypt opened its doors to receive young Yeshua with Mary, and Joseph when they were fleeing from Herod. There are quite a few believers in Egypt today, making up the “Coptic Church” My wife and I visited Egypt in 1999 and it is indeed an interesting (yet poor) country. The food is fantastic!
MATT 24:1-51
Yeshua tells his talmidim about the “end times” and we all know and have read this chapter, of “wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, etc. As we look around today, we can be certain that we are living in these “end times” for sure, yet the end is not yet...we still have a way to go. We have heard of many “false-Messiahs” leaders claiming to be “Jesus” yet we know better than believing on them. When Yeshua returns, the “Whole World” will see him returning, what will modern satellite cameras, etc.
Verse 15 is interesting; It talks about the “Abomination of Desolation” set up in the Mishkan, the “Holy Place” in the third temple. This takes us back to Hanukkah, reminding us of Antiochus Epiphanes, who set up a “Statue of Zeus” in the Holy Place. The future Anti-Messiah, a second “Antiochus” will also set up a statue, perhaps of himself, and command all to bow down and worship it.
Verse 30 talks about the “Sign of the Son of Man (Ben Adam) shall appear in the Heavens, and all the tribes (peoples) of the earth will mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with all power. We might ask ourselves, what is this sign? It must be visible since all will see it. Some might say the “Star of David” but that existed even before the formation of the Nation of Israel in Egypt. Many believe it will be the cross, the instrument of suffering and death, but for us, the sign of salvation from our sins.
Yet why do the peoples of the earth mourn? Should they not be joyous of Messiah’s coming? Happy that the tribulation will end and HIS kingdom established? One thought is that those “peoples” might be the unredeemed, the lost that follow the Anti-Christ. They know that their end is near, and that their leader will be vanquished and thrown into the fires of hell. They also fear for their fate as well. Yet many will still remain alive on earth and will have to subject themselves to Messiah’s millennial rule, like it or not. What an opportunity for them to accept Messiah Yeshua with all heart and willingly submit themselves to HIS rule.
We, as believers, will return with him. We are his servants and we must be around and occupied with the Master’s work, HIS work is to share the “Good News” of Salvation with all who are willing to hear, and to teach HIS Word to those who wish to learn it and apply it to their lives, thus is the work of Torah teachers and Sunday School teachers, pastors, rabbis, missionaries, etc…
The gospel will be preached to the whole world, which is happening now, we need to be ready for his return, those of us that are alive, we will be gathered together as well as those who have gone on before us and who are now in heaven, we will be ONE FAMILY and share life together in the Millennial Kingdom of Yeshua and for all eternity.
Romans 9:14-15
" What then, is there unrighteousness with God? let it be not. For He says to Moshe; "I shall show favor on whom I favor, and show compassion on whomever I compassion"
How do we explain this verse? Some might ask "Does God show favoritism? Has he destined some for Heaven and others for Hell? Does this seem like a righteous God, our Creator? I thought He loved us all, yet he shows some favor and compassion, and on others not.
Let's say there is a father who has two sons, Mark and Joe. On Mark he shows favoritism, yet on Joe, he is always punishing for this and that. Yet it isn't that Dad's favorite is Mark and Joe is rejected". It turns out that Mark has a heart of love towards his father, and always does his chores and does what is expected of him, while Joe has a wicked heart, and refused to obey his father. He does what he wants and disregards his father's wishes and his father's love. So, Joe's father turns away from Joe, because Joe rejected his father first.
Our Heavenly Father is the same. It is a heart matter. He knows and can see deep inside of our hearts and knows our desires, our short-comings,
our spirituality and our carnality. Why does he favor and show compassion on some and not on others? To those whose hearts are bent on loving and obeying the Father, whose choice has been salvation through the New Birth (John 3:3) he shows favor and compassion. But on those who are like Pharaoh, whose hearts are hardened, whose hearts are wicked and reject anything that will bring them to God, our Father, with sadness, will NOT show compassion, because, the choice is man's. To those who reject God's compassion, His compassion will be directed to another. To those who reject God's favor, His favor will be directed to another who is more worthy.
Shavua Tov (Have a good week) Ben Avraham
Sabbath Eve snacks, come and join us
