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The Two-fold Aspect of the Promises to Abraham
Judah's Scepter and Joseph's
Chapter 12
WHY Will The Inheritors Of The Birthright and Scepter Promises Be Punished?
JUST AS ETERNAL HAS BESTOWED ON US, such material blessings as never come to any nations, now He is going to correct us so we may enjoy such blessings. He is going to bring upon our peoples such national disaster as has never before struck any nation! Brethren, we should know that the Time of Jacob's trouble is coming upon Israel and Judah. We should know WHY! The reason is that Israel has deserted the CREATOR, The Mighty One of Israel and Judah. What is to follow is for educational purposes only, and thus avoids date setting and liability for the reactions of readers, AS YOUR LIFE IS YOUR CHOICE. We are not telling you what to do!
The Tremendous Prophecy of Micah
An important additional proof of modern Israel's identity is found in a fantastic, detailed and most specific prophecy found in Micah. It is speaking specifically about the "remnant" of Israel of today--the U.S. and Britain. It describes the wealth, the beneficent dominance among nations, and then the coming downfall of the American and British Commonwealth peoples in detail!Micah 5:7-9 "Then the remnant of Jacob [the powerful U.S. & Britain] shall be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from YHWH, like showers [a blessing to the nations] on the grass, ...and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples. ...Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, Both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
This symbolism of this prophecy describes the last generation of Israel as a GREAT POWER. IT shows that while we were receiving ETERNAL's blessings, we were a tremendous BLESSING to the other nations of the earth. We have rescued the other nations of the world many times. Remember the Marshall Plan, the Point Four program, the Alliance for Progress, the hundreds of millions of bushels of wheat for India and other starving nations, etc. The Hoover Program saved up vast food supplies after World War I. It saved millions in other nations from starvation! But also remember our botched humanitarian attempt in Somalia.
Anciently Joseph saved up the wheat and food and made it available to others. MODERN Joseph did also. However, we are stiff-necked and rebellious toward ETERNAL and His laws, compared to our ancient forefather Joseph served and obeyed our CREATOR with a whole heart.
It is our peoples who have been like a "lion" among the other nations of the earth--preserving in two great world wars the peace of the world and stability for all human life on this planet! Our enemies WERE cut off from the beginning of the Mighty One's Birthright blessing on America and Britain. During the 390 year period of freedom, through the First World War, the Second World War, until the turning point of the Korean War at the end of 1950. Since that time, however, these blessings are surely being taken away--and neither America nor Britain has come out on top in any major skirmish since that time!
Sudden Destruction
Yet, in this detailed prophecy, the Mighty One says:Micah 5:10-11 "'And it shall be in that day, says YHWH, `That I will cut off your horses from your midst And destroy your chariots. I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds.'"
"In that day" generally refers to the "Time of Jacob's Trouble." Moffatt says "war horses," our machines of war will be cut off as well as our cities--by atomic bombs (Joel 2:30 pillars of smoke?). The Mighty One says He will do this! Our CREATOR determines the outcome of wars (Ps 33:10-19).
How plain can you get? Here ETERNAL identifies the GREAT peoples of the earth who are the most wealthy, beneficent, and powerful. Yet at the very time their power reaches its zenith, He suddenly "breaks" the pride of their power (Leviticus 26:19), cuts off their implements of war and destroys their cities! Why?
Micah 5:11-15 "I will cut off sorceress from your hand, and you shall have no soothsayers. Your carved images I will also cut off, and your sacred pillars from your midst; you shall no more worship the work of your hands [idols]. I will pluck your wooden images from your midst; thus I will destroy your cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the nations that have not heard."
Why Will Britain and America be Punished?
The reason is plain but you will not like the answer, as it has to do with wooden images with a figurine on them. To begin with, YHWH the ETERNAL CREATOR is a single Being, One not three. Therefore, He demands that we worship Him in a monotheistic manner not the polytheistic manner of a trinity or twinity--made of a godhead of two or more beings.Deut 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: YHWH our SOVEREIGN, YHWH is one!" --How many? ONE! -- "and You shall love YHWH your SOVEREIGN with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."
Folks, we just DO NOT, obey that command. We worship a savior on a wooden cross! However, the Mighty One states that He is our ONLY SAVIOR and there is no other. 'Christians' say the book of Isaiah contains the most references to the Mashiach than any other book, so we will confine this short study to Isaiah, plus one verse in Hosea:
Isa 43:11 "I, even I, am YHWH, And BESIDES ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.
Isa 44:15 "Truly You are CREATOR, who hide Yourself, O SOVEREIGN of Israel, the Savior!
Isa 44:21 "Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, YHWH? And there is no other CREATOR besides Me, a just SOVEREIGN and a Savior; there is none besides Me."
Isa 49:26 "I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, ...All flesh shall know that I, YHWH, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
Isa 60:16 "You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles ...You shall know that I, YHWH, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
Isa 63:8 "For He [YHWH] said, `Surely they are My people' ...So He became their Savior.
Hosea 13:4 "Yet I am YHWH your SOVEREIGN. Ever since the land of Egypt, and you shall know no CREATOR but Me; for there is no Savior besides Me."
Isa 43:3 "For I am YHWH your SOVEREIGN the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place."
The man from Galilee is also considered to be "the Rock." Nevertheless, what does our CREATOR state?
Deut 32:18 "Of the Rock who begot you ...have forgotten the CREATOR who fathered you."
2 Sam 22:47 "YHWH lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let CREATOR be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!
Ps 144:1 "Blessed be YHWH my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle."
Isa 44"8 "Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a Mighty One besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.'"
Hab 1:12 "Are You not from everlasting, O YHWH my SOVEREIGN, my Holy One? ...O Rock, You have marked them for correction."
Deut 32:3-4,15 "Because I will publish the name of YHWH: ascribe ye greatness unto our CREATOR. He is the Rock, His work is perfect...But Jeshurun grew fat and ...then he forsook CREATOR who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Do not get confused, the CREATOR of the universe, YHWH is One, He is not "3 in 1."
Deut 4:35 "To you it was shown, that you might know that YHWH Himself is CREATOR; there is none other besides Him."
That's all folks, He is just ONE, not 2, or 3. The English word "none" comes from the Hebrew word "`ayin" (Strong's #H369 ah'-yin) is a primary root meaning "to be nothing or not exist."
He is the only Mighty One that exists and His name is YHWH, which means ETERNAL. King David said:
Ps 73:24-26 "You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But CREATOR is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
2 Sam 7:22-23 "Therefore You are great, O ETERNAL CREATOR. For there is none like You, nor is there any CREATOR besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears ...before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods."
Notice that King David stated that our CREATOR is the One and that there is no other god, period. How sad it is that we have turned from the ONE true SOVEREIGN and turned back to the "trinity of gods" of Egypt, and because of it we will go back to the captivity from which we came. To determine if a prophet a true prophet, the bottom line is:
Deut 13:1-2 "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, `Let us go after other gods'; which you have not known; `and let us serve them"
Eternal states that even if a person performs miracles, but he tells you to follow some other god which you have not know--since He is talking to the ancient children of Israel He is referring to some god unknown at that time. Therefore, He is referring to some future god. Why would ETERNAL allow that to happen? Note the next verse well:
Deut 13:3-4 "you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for YHWH your CREATOR is testing you to know whether you love YHWH your CREATOR with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after YHWH your CREATOR and fear Him, and keep His Commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Scofield's Notes for verse four states: "The chief credential of the true prophet is not to be found merely in his ability to perform "a sign or a wonder" (v. 1), but rather in the harmony of his message and works with the objective Word" of the Mighty One of Israel.
In plain English, ETERNAL is explaining that if at a later date--after Moses--a person is said to be able to perform many wonders such as heal the sick, raise the dead, or turn water into wine THIS IS A TEST.* Since it is a test, do not fall for it! Do not be mislead by the miracles, if the prophet tells you to follow a trinity of beings rather than the Mighty One of Israel he is a false prophet. Most of the Western world has failed the test and worship at the feet of the polytheistic trinity. Therefore, since we failed the test and worship a trinity, ETERNAL will punish and destroy us--unless we repent now--just before and leading up to the utter destruction to come upon us and then all the "foreign nations."
* Refer to our article "The Test."
Why Will the Jewish People be Punished?
What I have to say are hard words, they are not smooth to the ear but please read on. For the Jewish people to have peace with their neighbors they must as a whole, repent bitterly as their ancestor, King David did in Ps 51. However, you might ask, "what do the Jews have to repent of?"For starters, repent of not nationally, keeping the Sabbath as the Hebrew Scriptures proclaim--by stopping all business transactions, use the day for personal prayer and Scripture study. Then turn from the words of men and their traditions, seek out the Word of YHWH in the Scriptures, and nationally put your faith in Him. Obey only His words from the Tanakh, especially the Torah and obey it exactly. It is plainly written and does not need interpretation or explanation--so even the average person can read it and understand it. What it says is what it says.
DO NOT obey the words of extra books or writings such as the Talmud, Mishnah, Koran, or the New Testament that conflict with the Hebrew Scriptures (OT). Notice what Scripture states of obeying extra writings:
Deut 4:2 "You shall not add to the Word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the Commandments of the YHWH your SOVEREIGN which I command you.
(Compare Deut 12:31 & Prov 30:6)
DO NOT obey the "oral traditions" or any words of men such as rabbis, sages, or popes that conflict with Torah. The Commandments are easy to understand, the average person can understand them and they do not need a mans interpretation:
Deut 30:11-14 "For this Commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
A Jewish person that I know, had converted to Protestantism before becoming a Hebrew in UHC. For what ever reason she was speaking with a Rabbi who stated "I know that you have become a 'Christian.'" She asked him how he knew and he replied "A 'Christian' quotes Scripture whereas a Jew quotes the Talmud."
Whatever or whoever you obey rather than YHWH is your god, so see what YHWH says about obeying some one other than Him:
Deut 30:15-20 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love YHWH your SOVEREIGN, to walk in His ways, and to keep His Commandments, His Statutes, and His Judgments, [NOT THE WORDS OF MEN] that you may live and multiply; and YHWH your SOVEREIGN will bless you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love YHWH your SOVEREIGN, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
However a Jew might say these are "our heritage, our tradition." To see where your heritage and tradition is taking Jerusalem, check out the prophecies of Ezekiel 4 & 5 and in Isaiah about Judah. Your heritage is taking you along with all of Israel, to utter destruction and desolation.
One last thing, DO NOT try to reinstate sacrifices (Lev 17:2-9; Deut 12:13-14, 16:5-6; Josh 22:19) or try build the third Temple as these are things the Mashiach* will do after his Advent (Zach 14:6 12-13).
*See our article "New Proof of the Messiah."
Quest for the Ancient of Days
Is our CREATOR interested with the events in Jerusalem? Is He interested in the relationship of the Arabs and the Jews or between the United States and the Jews? Is He interested with the happenings on Planet Earth? Alternatively, does He even care what happens here? He has a plan for man and He wants you to Quest for the knowledge of His Plan. (See our article "The Abrahamic Faith.)There are no other peoples that, even remotely fulfills this great Scepter prophecy/promise! Except for the Jewish people who fulfill it precisely! There are no other peoples that, even remotely fulfills this great Birthright prophecy/promise! Except the American and British Commonwealth peoples who fulfill it precisely!
Take note that the "pride of our power" began to be BROKEN in the 1950's and it is continuing. In addition, our peoples continue to lose their foreign sea gates and possessions around the earth--this focal prophecy alone represents giant PROOF as to where the modern "remnant" of the peoples of Israel resides today! Thus because it happened exactly as the Mighty One of Israel stated, this is also a proof of Him!
Punishment on All Nations!
We have made plain--from ETERNAL's own warning prophecies--that this greatest multiplied intensity of corrective punishment will fall on America, Britain--including British peoples in Commonwealth countries, and the Jewish people in Jerusalem. Moreover, it will strike them down first! Backing up a bit to Micah ETERNAL states:Micah 5:15 "And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the [foreign] nations that have not heard."
This will take place at the very END of this age, at the Advent of King David, the Mashiach. Moreover, the modern Israelites and Jews will not be the only nations to suffer corrective disaster. The Mighty One is Creator of all other nations, too! Our CREATOR is concerned about the people and races we have called "heathen." They, too, are human. They, too, are made in CREATOR's own likeness, with the potential of being molded into ETERNAL's spiritual and character IMAGE.
ALL HUMANKIND has rebelled against, rejected, and turned from our loving CREATOR and His ways! There can never be peace on earth until all nations have turned to ETERNAL and His ways, ruled by His Supreme Government with King David, the Mashiach at the helm!
All humanity, right now, is caught in the vortex of the swiftly accelerating crisis marking utter destruction of this world's man-built, satan-inspired civilization. Through Jeremiah the Mighty One says:
Jer 25:31-32 "`A noise will come to the ends of the earth; for YHWH has a controversy with the nations. He will plead His case with all flesh. --How?-- He will give those who are wicked to the sword,' says YHWH. `...Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.'"
We are entering a time of world trouble--utter world chaos! There is war, strife, violence in Asia, Africa, South America--as well as Europe and North America. However, as salvation is given first to Israel, so is corrective punishment!
Daughter Religion of Babylon
Notice Jeremiah's prophecy concerning the end time:Jer 30:5-7 "For thus says YHWH: `We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace. Ask now, and see, whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale? For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble...'"
The time Of Jacob's Trouble will fall on all of Jacob's children--that is why it is called JACOB'S TROUBLE. Remember, in passing on the promises to Abraham--the Birthright went to the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh (U.S. & Britain Gen 48:16) and the Scepter promise to Judah (the Jews Gen 49:8). This shows WHO WILL BEAR THE BRUNT of this most terrible of national calamities that will ever fall on any nation. But when is it to fall? Do not assume this is referring to anything that has happened to ancient Israel or Judah. Read right on--see when this prophecy is to be fulfilled!
Jer 30:7 "...it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." --But, only after he has learned his lesson while IN it!.
Jer 30:8-9 "`For it shall come to pass in that day,' Says YHWH of hosts, `That I will break his YOKE from your neck [yoke of slavery], and will burst your bonds; Foreigners shall no more enslave them. But they shall serve YHWH their SOVEREIGN, And David their king, whom I will raise up for them
Thus, the time is just before Mashiach's Advent--to liberate our peoples--even as Moses liberated ancient Israel from Egyptian slavery. This intense punishment is to fall on Britain, America, and the Jews. As Moses and Aaron delivered the ancient Israelites from Egyptian slavery, so the Mashiach and the Prophet are coming to deliver modern Britain, America, and Judah (Jews) from the now impending slavery. (See Deut 18:15; Jer 23:5-8; Mal 4:5 and our article "New Proof of the Messiah.")
Jeremiah described it as a "YOKE" on the necks of our peoples. WHOSE "YOKE" of slavery? Isaiah tells us! To understand Isaiah's words we must realize that during his life span Israel was captured by the Assyrians and carried away. He fully understood the reason of their captivity, which was their forsaking the worship of the Mighty One of Israel and not keeping His Sabbath--the 7th day of the week. He understood that the Israelites worshipped the sun god and kept his day--the 1st day of the week. The religious sun worship of the Israelites was a DAUGHTER of the even more ancient worship of the sun god of Ancient Egypt and Babylon, where the worship of the three `baals' began as the Babylon Mystery Religion.* In the next verse the prophetic message is addressed to the daughter of Babylon:
* See Hysop's The Two Babylons, Woodard's Babylon Mystery Religion, or Conder's Mystery Babylon the Great.
Isa 47:1-5 "Come down and sit in the dust, O VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, uncover the thigh, pass through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not arbitrate with a man. As for our Redeemer, YHWH of hosts is His name, The Righteous One of Israel. Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called "The Lady of Kingdoms."
This IS NOT the nation of Babylon of ancient days. Not Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon that later captured Judah, but a DAUGHTER RELIGION of that Babylon's Mystery Religion. This woman or daughter is a religious organization that will last until the Advent of the Mashiach and Kind David will destroy it.
The "lady" of this prophecy is pictured as a harlot and "a lady of kingdoms." That is, a great religious church organization ruling over nations. In other words, the Babylonian Mystery Religion--the same religion of the ancient Babylon--but now grown GREAT and ruling over many nations of different languages. Her KINGDOMS, over which she ruled, were later called "The Holy Roman Empire" and its various revivals, which last into this the twenty-first century. Now back to Isaiah 47, ETERNAL states:
Isa 47:6 "I was angry with My people [Israel--Britain, America], I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand [false religion]. You showed them no mercy; on the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily."
The government that supported the "daughter" of the Babylonian Mystery Religion laid on that yoke. It will happen again to the U.S., Britain, and this time to the Jews also! The prophecy does not literally say so, but in all probability, by present indications, the head of this New World Order may be in central Europe and it may precipitate World War III, could it be by using Islamic extremists? This time they will be allowed to succeed!
Many of the ancient Assyrians migrated NORTHWEST from their ancient land south of the Caspian Sea and settled in central Europe, just as the House of Israel migrated from the land of their captivity to the coastlands of northwest Europe. Therefore, when you read about Assyria in prophecies pertaining to now, they refer to central Europe. It was ancient Assyria which invaded the House of Israel, and carried them out of Samaria into the Assyrians' own land. So is history to repeat?
Where, today, are the ancient BABYLONIANS--the Chaldeans? Armstrong says "They migrated west and settled in ITALY. Their religion was the Assyrian-Babylonian MYSTERY religion."
Who Were the Samaritans?
Let us pause for a moment and get a background on the people who lived in Samaria, the story is in 2 Kings 17:24-33. Once the Assyrians removed ancient Israel from the land of Samaria, they repopulated the land with people from five different countries--each having their own brand of the original Babylonian mysteries--and none worshipped the Mighty One of Israel. Thus, the Mighty One sent lions among the Samaritans, who then asked the king of Assyria to send them an Israelite priest to "teach them the manner of the Mighty One of the land." The king sent a priest to teach them to "fear YHWH." Verse 33 is the key "they feared YHWH and at the same time served their own gods."Therefore, ever since the time that Israel was taken captive and replaced, the new religion in Samaria was a smattering of Torah Hebrew faith mixed with an amalgamation of various daughter forms of the Babylon Mysteries. This is even born out in the NT when the woman at the well said that "Our fathers worshipped on this mountain" and asked "Are you greater than our father Jacob is (John 4:14-20)?" Their father was not Jacob, but from the time of the priest from Assyria, they claimed to be the true people. This can also be confirmed in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah who had dealings with the same people.
Back to the woman at the well, she was told that the man she lived with was not her husband, and now see "her connection to Simon Magus. The fact that he was accompanied by a Helena, whom he claimed to be the reborn Helen of Troy."* Simon Magus of Samaria was the leader of the Samaritans' religion. Notice what he is called:
*From The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara Walker.
Acts 8:9 (NRSV) "Now a certain man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he was someone great.
Simon was the high priest who could perform magic or miracles. A high priest is a Pontiff. The etymology of the word "Pontiff" is the Latin word "Pontifex." Now the next verse:
Acts 8:10 (NRSV)
All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, "This man is the power of 'God' that is called Great."
The English word "Great" comes from the Greek word "megas" (Strong's #G3173 meg'-as) with its root word meaning "greatest or very great" or maximum. The etymology of the word "maximum" is the Latin word "Maximus." Thus these two verses are telling us that Simon Magus was the "Pontifex Maximus" of the Samaritan amalgamated Mystery Religion.
"Paul and Simon Magus were regarded as the same person and Paul was referred to as Simon Magus in early writings. The fact that Paul is really Simon Magus is now accepted by scholars, despite many desperate attempts to resist this conclusion realizing how profound would be the conclusions of such an admission."*
*From The Mythmaker, Paul and the Invention of Christianity by Hyam Maccoby.
Armstrong states The Latin surname 'Favored One,' was bestowed on Simon Magus early in the Christian era. It is going to come as a breathtaking, awesome, shocking surprise when the world learns that Simon; the sorcerer of Samaria was the Pontifex Maximus of the Samaritan daughter of the Babylonian mystery religion. The religion he resided over was already a mixture of Hebrew Scriptures and their brand of the Mysteries. He had the title of PATER or PETER, meaning PAPA, actually appropriated the title of 'Christos', which means 'the Anointed or Messiah' and was none other than Paul, who started what was later called 'Christianity.' In fact, Walker states there is a statue in Rome with the inscription Semoni deo sancto, which some semiliterate authority rendered "The Holy God Simon."
Continued in Chapter 13
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