Showing posts with label Kingdom of God. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

WARNING! SINNERS THAT DO NOT REPENT WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!


Contrary to popular belief, the title of this article is based on clear teachings that can be found in Scripture - and it's taught in the same New Testament epistles in the Bible that some think expunge believers from having to repent of their sins once they are believers in Yahshua or Jesus. Take the following example:

~*~ 1 Corinthians 6:8-11 (NKJV) ~*~
No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
I don't know about you, but it's pretty clear to me that this Scripture from the Apostle Paul's own mouth says that believers in Christ that are not willing to stop sinning - which means they are willfully sinning with full knowledge of the fact - are not forgiven, and UNREPENTANT SINNERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, period! This means that there are no exceptions to the need for real repentance to occur before we can receive forgiveness from God for sins either willfully committed, or committed in ignorance - even after we are saved.

This process of acknowledging our sinfulness before God when we are made aware of it by the Holy Spirit or by fellow believers is called sanctification, and sanctification is the process we  must undergo to achieve holiness after we are saved by belief and faith. To be clear, scripture teaches that we are justified by our belief and faith in Christ, and we are sanctified by the process of confessing our sins to God, and then applying the Blood of Christ over ourselves in prayer and communion by partaking of the Lord's Supper to wipe out our sins, and to bless our lives with healing, joy and peace.

This is why being saved and being sanctified are NOT the same thing. Being saved means that one is only saved from the fires of Hell. Being sanctified means that one is being prepared for entrance into Yahshua's Kingdom. In short, sanctification - which leads to righteousness and holiness - is essential for entrance into the Kingdom of God. Without it, believers will be excluded from participating in Christ's Millennial Kingdom, and they will have to wait until the end of the 1000 years is over to be raised up or resurrected, and allowed to dwell with God in eternity.

In fact, the only ones that Paul indicates will be allowed to enter the Kingdom of God (or Heaven), which is a reference to Yahshua's Kingdom, are defined in verse 11 of 1 Corinthians 6, where it clearly says that these saved people are justified and sanctified by the Name or Character of Yahshua or Jesus, and also by the active guidance and perfect teachings of the Spirit of God within their hearts. If that is not clear enough, then the following Scripture from the Book of Hebrews should clear up any remaining ambiguity:
~*~ Hebrews 10:26-31 (NKJV) ~*~ WILLFUL, UNREPENTANT SINNERS TRAMPLE CHRIST UNDERFOOT! “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
To clarify these Scriptures, it's important to know that a secret sin or unknown sin is not something we can be condemned for, as Scripture makes it clear that Yahshua's blood covers us from these unknown infractions of the Law, just as the blood of the innocent lambs and bulls that were sacrificed to Yahweh temporarily did so before Yahshua came. But if we are willfully and knowingly sinning, and ignoring the clear teaching of Scripture to lead a holy and blameless life, we are NOT forgiven! WE NEED TO REPENT OR TURN AWAY FROM SIN BEFORE WE CAN BE FORGIVEN, and if we are sinning and refuse to repent, we are condemned by our own refusal to change!

Interestingly, the Old Testament sacrifices that were a dim reflection of Yahshua's sacrifice for us on the Cross were never meant to atone for willful sins that were not repented of or turned away from. Likewise, the willful sins of those who profess to be under the New Covenant of Grace - but will not repent and refuse to stop sinning - are not forgiven either. So I beseech all believers to stop taking a few passages out of context like the "Once Saved, Always Saved" crowd likes to do. Sadly, the erroneous idea of "Eternal Security" can become a license to sin among lukewarm believers, and this flippant disregard of our need to repent of all sin is constantly contradicted and proven wrong in Scripture, where we are told that only the righteous (as in fully repentant and forgiven) among those initially saved by faith in Christ will be allowed into the Kingdom of God.

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

PLEASE NOTE: This article was followed by a similar article that goes into even more detail about the continual need for repentance in a believer's life whenever their sinful behavior becomes evident to them through the conviction of the Holy Spirit. For those who do not understand my teaching above, or are having trouble understanding what the Bible teaches about sin, I highly recommend reading this longer article that is linked to first in the list below, as well as the second article listed:
WHY WILLFUL SINNERS
WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN!

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD -
THE THREE GOSPEL STEPS

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

All Children Are Not Saved And Going In The Rapture, And There Are Consequences For Sin At Any Age!

By Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
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In the Gospel of Matthew, there are two lovely passages describing Yahshua or Jesus’ astoundingly deep love for innocent young children. These passages have led many Christians and Messianics to believe that all children from the age of 12 and under will be taken in the Rapture, having not reached the Jewish age of maturity, which is 13. However, having been a mother and having experienced a young child’s tantrums and vile moods first hand, my gut reaction to this teaching is to reject it entirely.

As an example, my own daughter was displaying her sin nature and her willfulness to sin by the tender age of 2, albeit rarely at that point. Furthermore, based on the horror stories that mothers of strong-willed children have shared with me, I am sure my child is not the exception! In fact, many young children from the age of two and up can be as vile and temperamental as their adult care-takers.

In order to determine what the Scriptures truly teach about children in the Kingdom of God, let’s take a look at what these passages have to say: 
Matthew 18:2-3 - “Then Jesus (Yahshua) called a little child (i.e. paidion) to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.’” 
Matthew 19:13-15 - “Then little children (i.e. paidion) were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus (Yahshua) said, ‘Let the little children (i.e. paidion) come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’ And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.” 
As indicated in the preceding passages, I used Strong’s Concordance to analyze the phrase “little children” in both passages, and in every case the Greek word “paidion” was used, which means “infant” or “toddler.” Incidentally, this same word was translated as “young child” in relation to the narrative concerning “The Visitation of the Wise Men”, which is also in the Gospel of Matthew, a passage of which follows: 
Matthew 2:8 - “And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, ‘Go and search diligently for the young Child (i.e. paidion), and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.’” 
This analysis of the Greek word “paidion” that is used to define “little children” and a “young child” in Matthew’s Gospel proves that Yahshua was not referring to children over the age of 2 or 3 at the most when He called the “little children” to come unto Him. Therefore, Yahshua was NOT saying that all children under the age of 12 are innocent or are not under judgment.

Rather, Yahshua was saying that ONLY little children who are still totally open, fully trusting and virtually unspoiled by sin and willfulness will be lovingly accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven with open arms and without judgment at the Rapture. Furthermore, Yahshua was warning His disciples that ONLY adult believers who consistently display young child-like trust, gentleness, kindness, faith and love for their Messiah and those who love Him will be allowed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and this is only possible if people are either very young and sheltered, or born again, having believed in Yahshua. 

This leads me to address the common Jewish and Christian doctrine that the Age of Accountability is 13 and older, based on Jewish tradition. Although I believe that morality and work ethics go hand in hand, the predetermined age that society gives us to take on adult responsibility in earning a living and caring for the needs of those we love does not necessarily mean we are ready for these responsibilities. It also has nothing to do with our ability to sin, repent, and ask for forgiveness, which certainly occurs at a much earlier age than 13 in households where the parents discipline their children and teach them right from wrong.

Being a parent once myself, I remember that my child occasionally chose to disobey me, and to repeatedly do the reprehensible things that I told her not to do until she was punished for it in a way that she would not easily dismiss or forget. This was usually done by depriving her of some privilege for a time. God often disciplines us and gets our attention in the same way - by depriving us of the blessings and material things we want, and may even ask for in prayer - especially if they are not part of His will for us.

Importantly, we need to remember that the action of God's Grace, which is ONLY given to people who have faith in Yahshua as their Lord and Savior, does not end our moral responsibility for our actions. It also does not take away the immediate, worldly consequences of sin. All that it is and does is give us unmerited favor to repent in prayer, to ask for forgiveness, and know to that we are forgiven already when we repent and confess our sins to God. Best of all, Grace allows us to approach God's throne through Christ and ask Him to help us stop sinning, and to live a life that is pleasing to Him. But, again, this does not take away the consequences of our sins in this life. We still have to pay the price for our bad actions in this life, even if we are forgiven of them all in the next life.

Furthermore, if a person does not have faith in Christ - they are NOT under Grace at all, and cannot easily approach God's throne. In fact, their prayers will not be heard by God unless He sees that they are truly seeking Him and wish to know Him better. Furthermore, God still judges unsaved people and deprives them of blessings when they sin and do not repent - no matter at what age they are at. 

In this regard, parents should be judging their children’s character and their works just as God does, especially any and all children with normal cognitive ability over the age of 3 that can walk unattended, and can understand the concept of yes and no enough to make decisions. The reason that we need to do this is based on the fact that the Bible says that ALL people will be judged, and all means all:
Romans 14:9-13 - “For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written:  
“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.”
Lest anyone misconstrue what Paul was saying in the above Scripture about not judging our brothers and sisters in Christ, let me clarify. Paul was NOT asking believers to ignore infractions of the spiritual condition, or INTERNAL Moral Laws among believers such as the Ten Commandments, but about the laws pertaining to EXTERNAL things such as clean and unclean foods, and the ritual observances of the Law.

Rather, Paul was pointing out that some brethren were too tied to the old ways and too weak in their new faith to partake in all food with thanksgiving, or to break with the Jewish traditions surrounding celebrating God's Feast Days, and those who were living in the liberty of Grace should not judge them for sticking to tradition, nor should those who liked sticking to tradition judge those who did not. But at the same time, he warned that all of us would one day have to give an account of our lives to God, and we should be mindful of trying to please God above all else.

Sadly, for those who do not live in a manner that is pleasing to God, the Great White Throne Judgment awaits them, when all will be judged by their works. Of course, we know that no one can be saved by works alone. So, unless these people showed amazing love for others during their lifetimes, and also finally see the love of Christ and claim Him as their Advocate and Mediator before God at that moment, they will be damned for all eternity:
Revelation 20:12-15 - “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 
14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. 
Though the Last Judgment will include children, only God knows how He will judge them. I do think God will be more lenient with the very young, but that is besides the point. These Scriptures explain that everyone will be judged, both believers and unbelievers, and they will be called to give an account of their lives. For this reason, all people will likely be raised up as young adults at the Last Judgment so they can speak plainly and give an accurate account of themselves, even little children. But if a child dies before the age of 4, it stands to reason that they will not have much to be judged over, so they will likely find the experience of standing before God to be a pleasant experience rather than a frightful or terrible one.

My whole point in bringing this controversial issue up is that the assuming that age 13 is the “Age of Accountability” is a popular doctrine without any scriptural basis. Believers need to wake up and see errors like this in their doctrinal thinking, and to think about the consequences of holding on to such false doctrine. After all, it’s the children that suffer the most for this because they are not being disciplined properly, and are not being held accountable for their actions at a young age.

I don’t know about you, but I have seen three-year old children throwing tantrums that would make the Devil proud. I have also seen 3 to 5-year old kids behaving like animals fighting over a cheap toy, and parents standing idly by without correcting the bullies in the bunch. How can parents not see this as sin? It makes no sense!

And let’s not forget the fact that the devil is no respecter of persons, especially children! There is a demonic realm that can use animals and people - including young children - to do evil acts with or without the permission of their host if they are unsaved. There are also generational and familial curses due to past unconfessed sin within family lines that children inherit the moment that they are conceived. Many Messianics and Christians are blind to this though. It’s like talking to the wall when it is brought up!

People don’t want to face the fact that little children throw hideous tantrums all the time because they have not been disciplined properly, have a sense of entitlement (which some immature adult Christians also display), and they are listening to the devil whispering in their ear, which says they will get what they want if they act bossy and temperamental because their parents do not know how to discipline their children. In this way, young children can be highly manipulative - a trait that God hates, by the way - and they can be crueler than adults.

Based on what I have discussed here, the Jewish and Christian concept of the “Age of Accountability” being age 13 needs to be questioned. Furthermore, the doctrine that ALL little children are to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven also needs to be questioned. Yahshua did not say this at all. As the graphic that I created for this article emphasizes, Yahshua said that all believers must be LIKE sweet, relatively innocent little children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That means we can’t be filled with our own importance, or burdened with hatred or anger if we want to be acceptable to God and worthy of Heaven. 

This isn’t the case for children unless these children have been raised in a loving homes by godly parents, or that have found forgiveness, love and healing in God’s loving and protective arms. Only when we know that we belong in God’s loving arms basking in His Glorious Peace and Presence are any of us worthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Sadly, from what I have seen in my ministry from professing believers who disagree with me, that is not the way some Christians and Messianics behave. Instead of being kind and even-tempered, some believers seem to revel in insulting and putting down those whom they disagree with - often to the point of obscenity.

So, instead of teaching watered-down doctrines that misuse the gift of Grace that Yahshua gave to us with His incredibly painful sacrifice for our sins, we need to grasp onto the fact that all of us need to be like little children. This means children who haven’t been tainted by the unrepentant sin, mistrust and fear of their parents or care takers. In order to be acceptable as the Bride of the Great King of kings who is our Adonai and Bridegroom, Yahshua Ha Mashiach, we ALL need to be like unspoiled, untainted innocent little children. This means we need to be covered by the cloak of perfection Yahshua gives us when we believe in and love and follow Him. Indeed,  only those who truly follow Yahshua by keeping His commandments are truly saved and born again!

It’s time for the Church to wake up and root out false doctrine, because Yahshua is coming soon in the Rapture, and those who are not prepared to meet Him will be LEFT BEHIND!

Maranatha, My Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

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Friday, September 27, 2013

THE 3 DIVISIONS WITHIN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

By Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry

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Please NOTE: 
This Article was greatly revised and updated in April of 2018.

For many years, I have contemplated the divisions or categories of service within the Church or Kingdom of God and how they relate to Christ. In each successive study, I have had varying degrees of understanding. But recently, God showed me something that explains the basis for all of the various categories or divisions of service within His Kingdom that are based on merit, which we earn through the spiritual process of becoming more like Christ that is called Sanctification.

The Kingdom of God is a New Testament concept that is explained with good clarity through Yahshua’s Kingdom and Vineyard Parables, which explain who will be included in God's Kingdom, and who will be excluded. Among these parables are the Parable of the Wedding Supper found in Matthew 22:1-14, and the Parable of the Vineyard found in Matthew 20:1-16, which is also known as the Parable of the Deceitful Workers. When these Parables are coupled with the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 13:24-30), and the Parable of the Minas , and the truths that they symbolize are connected to the design of the Desert Tabernacle and the Temple to Yahweh that once stood in Jerusalem, they tell a powerful allegorical story about how the Kingdom of God is structured. Essentially, they show that there are to be divisions within the Church of born-again believers that form the Kingdom of God.

This article contains a study of how these divisions pertain to the structure of the Body of Christ, which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Scripture supports the view that all born again believers are part of the Body of Christ and can be viewed as the Temple of Yahweh that houses the Holy Spirit. Here are several passages that show this relationship:
1 Corinthians 3:15-17 - “If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 - “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
2 Corinthians 6:15-18 - “And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them, and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore: “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. 18 I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”
These Scriptures show that truly born-again believers are indeed reckoned as the Temple of God because they are filled with the Holy Spirit, AND they are doing God’s Will by living a holy or set-apart life dedicated to loving God. Going hand in hand with loving God, they also love others as Christ loved them, which He did by preaching the Kingdom of God to them!

This leads me to address the other concept that has to be understood to grasp these divisions in the Church. This concept is that our relationship with God is structured around a Kingdom model. Our relationship with God is centered on Christ’s Millennial Kingdom, which is NOT a Republic or a Democracy, but a Constitutional Monarchy such as is seen in the United Kingdom. However, keep in mind that the United Kingdom is ruled over by corrupt elitists who do NOT believe in a coming future Kingdom of God, but erroneously think that they are that Kingdom, just as the Roman Catholic Church does! But they are both soon to be corrected on this issue when Yahshua arrives from Heaven to set up His true Kingdom.

When Yahshua was explaining the Kingdom of God to His disciples, He used the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:2-9; Matthew 13:3-9) to make it clear that His Kingdom is entered into by understanding the Word of God when it is preached, taking it to heart, and acting upon it so it bears good fruit. He also offered a clear interpretation of that parable immediately after sharing it. Here is the explanation given in the Gospel of Mark:
Mark 4:10-20 - But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, 12 so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.’” 13 And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. 18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
Likewise, as previously mentioned, Yahshua used the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 13:24-30 and the Parable of the Minas in Luke 19:11-27 to show that God takes our level of sanctification into consideration when He determines our rewards and the crowns that we will receive in the next life. Sanctification can be defined as the process of becoming more like Christ that can be measured by the depth of our relationship with Christ, and the amount of good fruit that we produce due to our love and devotion to Yahshua. These are taken into account when God determines our status in His Kingdom.

The following two short parables in the Gospel of Mark indicate that the Kingdom of God is being achieved by the spreading of the Gospel until the Great Commission has been accomplished. They show that God’s Kingdom will not be fully established until after God’s great harvest of the saved souls whose names are written in the Book of Life, and who are to take part in the several stages of the First Resurrection:
The Parable of the Growing Seed - Mark 4:26-29 - And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed - Mark 4:30-32 - Then He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? 31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; 32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
Besides Yahshua’s Kingdom and Seed Parables, the account of the Last Supper in the Gospel of Luke shows that Yahshua saw the Kingdom of God as a present yet future Kingdom that has not yet arrived fully, though its fulfillment is looked forward to when we take Communion:
Luke 22:15-19 - “Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
Though the veil of separation between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place within that Temple was ripped away so that we can approach the throne of God THROUGH Yahshua, we need to be worthy to get into the Holy Place from the Outer Courts through how deeply we embrace the process of Sanctification. The closer we get to Yahshua, the more sanctified we become, and the closer we get to His throne. It’s that simple!

As the illustration included with this article shows, this idea of how we earn our placement in the Kingdom of God through sanctification is best understood by using a picture of the Temple to Yahweh that once stood in Jerusalem. The Temple had three main divisions: The Outer Courts, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place. As the Temple of God’s Spirit, the Church also shares these three divisions, and election into these divisions is done on the basis of the strength of each person’s individual level of faith and devotion to God, His Son and His Spirit. These three divisions are as follows:
1. THE MOST HOLY PLACE is analogous to the Heart as the Seat of God's Spirit and Emotions, to the Blood of the Bridegroom, who is God's Son Yahshua, and to the Bride of Christ, where His Spirit resides. It is the Blood of Yahshua that justifies His saints, and prepares them for sanctification. That is why the Most Holy Place is analogous to the circulatory systems in the body including the arteries and veins connected to the heart, and to the lymphatic system that is dependent on the muscles to purify the body This section of the Kingdom of God includes saved Jews of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin and natural Israelites of the other Ten Tribes that love Yahshua and follow Him like the 12 Apostles did. In today's world, they are categorized by Messianic Jews that accept Yahshua as their Messiah, and all the natural-born children of Israel/Jacob that died before Yahshua was born, but were looking forward to the coming of the Messiah, and to the establishment of His heavenly city called the New Jerusalem.
2. THE HOLY PLACE is representative of the Mind of God, the sensory organs of the head such as the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth that assist the Mind, and the nervous system, spine and skeletal bones of Christ's Body that the Mind (i.e. God the Father) controls in supporting all the muscles and organs that signify the Body of Christ. The sensory organs of the head and the heart itself also signify the Bride of Christ, which refers to the most devoted among the natural and grafted-in, born again Israelites (i.e. saved Gentiles). The Bride loves Yahshua with an intensity that other saved people do not understand or appreciate. These are people that have been touched by God to see and hear Him for ministry, and who have been called to serve God and His Son Yahshua in the most intimate and powerful ways.
3. THE INNER AND OUTER COURTS are analogous to the muscles, skin, vital organs, and organs of elimination in the Body of Christ. This categorizes the Ten Virgin Handmaidens of the Bride, which refer to saved individuals from among the Gentile Churches, and from among the Lost Israelite nations that are deeply beloved, but not as close to Christ as the Bride of Christ was during their mortal existence. These saved believers help the Bride to achieve her goals, but do not have the same degree of devotion to, and love for Christ as the Bride does.
Within the third category, the Wise Virgins are those in THE INNER COURT that is a division analogous to the muscles and vital organs of a body apart from the brain, sensory organs and heart that keep a person alive, Thus, they are the symbolic of the muscular system and the vital organs in the chest cavity of the Body of Christ, such as the lungs, stomach, spleen, and major arteries of the circulatory system. Those who function as the vital organs of Christ's body are born again and help the Bride with great devotion. They are the Bride’s closest friends - those who are willing to lay down their lives to preserve the Bride.
Meanwhile, the Foolish Virgins are those who are in THE OUTER COURT, which is analogous to the liver, kidneys, bladder and intestines of a living body. The liver and intestines extract nutrients from food that are deposited in the blood, and the kidneys and bladder expel waste materials from the body. This analogy also connects to the positions that apostate believers that are saved as through the fire will hold in the Kingdom of God. Those who rarely help the Bride in this life because they are friends to the world, and unwitting enemies to Christ that work at cross-purposes to His will shall have the lowest positions in the Kingdom of God. 
These initially weak believers lack humility and disdain repentance, and so will have to learn both through repentance and hard work. These foolish ones will be relegated to the lowest positions in the Millennial Kingdom of Yahshua, although there is truly no “bad” place to be in God’s Kingdom! Just being there is going to be so incredibly wonderful that all would gladly clean the toilets in the Kingdom for the privilege of being there!
Though we who are justified by our full faith in Yahshua are all of one body in Him, and there is neither Jew nor Greek in God’s Kingdom, this illustration of the Temple of Yahweh as it is tied to the Body of Christ shows that there is a definite hierarchy within the Kingdom of God that is based on our level of faith and devotion to Yahshua, which shows our level of Sanctification. Justification saves us from the pit of Hell, but Sanctification is the process by which we draw ever nearer to God, Who uses His Spirit to perfect us in the image of Christ. Therefore, it is a hierarchy that cannot be seen yet! This is because only Yahshua can and will determine who belongs in which category. There are also two specific parables that indicate that not everyone will be saved in the end, not even among those who claim to follow Christ. These are the Parable of the Wheat and Tares found in Matthew 25:14-30, and the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats found in Matthew 25:31-46.

It is Yahweh God who calls us to serve Him, and it is the Spirit of God Who empowers us to fulfill our roles within God’s Kingdom. Likewise, it is Yahshua Who will crown each of us in keeping with the level of our service to Him, and Who will assign us our roles in His Kingdom. Praise Yahshua, the One Who fully knows our hearts, and will reward each of us according to our true worth.

Maranatha, My Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

The Spiritual Wisdom Hidden in the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

By Helena Lehman
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
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Are you an earnest believer in Yahshua that desires to dwell on the things of God, and are you excited over the Gospel of the coming Millennial Kingdom of God? Furthermore, do you find yourself bewildered and shocked when you are ostracized and avoided because of this? If so, “The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares” in Chapter 13 of the Gospel of John should be consulted for wisdom. Our Messiah Yahshua or Jesus, who is our Good Shepherd, gave this parable and its basic interpretation to His disciples and a large gathering of followers by the shores of the Sea of Galilee. At the time, He shared several other related parables, including the Parable of the Sower, which He also interpreted, and the Parable of the Mustard Seed. 

This Parable teaches that - just before the Rapture and visible return of Yahshua Ha Mashiach - a great sifting out of wicked people from the ranks of the righteous followers of Yahweh would occur. This sifting has never been more evident in history than it is today. In fact, it can be clearly seen in the diametrically opposed views of conservatives and liberals - both politically and religiously - that are completely dividing the people within the USA and Israel into two totally antagonistic spiritual and moral camps. In fact, this scriptural sifting of the people into diametrically opposing camps is evident throughout the world right now, in EVERY nation, not just the USA and Israel.

Because of its major End Time significance, all students of prophecy need to thoroughly understand this Parable - especially its deeper spiritual applications. Please allow me to guide you in an exploration of this Parable to see what hidden wisdom it has to share. Let’s begin by reading the entire Parable:
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares - Matthew 13:24-30 (NKJV): “Another parable He put forth to them, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, “Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?” 28 He said to them, “An enemy has done this.” The servants said to him, “Do you want us then to go and gather them up?” 29 But he said, “No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn”.’”
After reading it, it should be clear that this Parable is teaching that the Church is NOT exempt from judgment. In fact, the sifting process of dividing out the bad tares from the good wheat in the final harvest before the Millennial Kingdom of Yahshua is going on within the Church just as it is in the world at large. This is because, even as the Protestant Churches have grown in wisdom and truth over the past two centuries, the Devil has been busy sowing God’s enemies within, as well as outside of the Church, as well as in the much younger Messianic Synagogues! Remember what Yahshua said at the end of “The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares”:  “At the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘FIRST gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn’.’”

Note that, in this Parable’s conclusion, Yahshua is saying that He will gather the tares into bundles (by way of their seeming unity and their large congregations) BEFORE the wheat or true believers are gathered into God’s Barn. This means that the bad tares among the congregations are to be separated out of the Body of Christ just BEFORE the Rapture into Heaven. It also means that we who are inside the Body of Christ will KNOW who the tares are by their behavior and choices that are contrary to the Word of God. The most obvious clues that a person is not among the wheat can be seen in their moral choices, such as those who condone homosexuality and abortion. Scripture is clear that all unrepentant sinners and carnally-minded people will be known by their denial of God’s laws, and by seeing good as evil, and evil as good:
Unrighteous Excluded From The Kingdom - 1 Corinthians 6:8-10 (NKJV): “You yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Anyone with their spiritual eyes open, and that has a living, loving relationship with Yahshua Ha Mashiach and the Ruach Ha Kodesh (i.e. Holy Spirit), should be able to plainly see this sifting of people into opposing camps occurring today. They should also be able to spot the lairs that are wolves in sheep’s clothing within the Churches and Messianic Synagogues, and they should do all they can to expose them. Make no mistake! There are many lying preachers promoting false doctrines in the Church because they are secretly Gnostics, New Agers, or Pagan followers of Satan that wish to destroy the Church for various reasons.

Within the Messianic congregations, some of their Rabbis insist on a legalistic adherence to the Law at the exclusion of Grace. They also often deny, and constantly attack the freedom that Christians have been given in Yahshua. Finally, they often deny the true deity of Christ as equal to the Father. Many of the cunning liars in both the Churches and Synagogues are good at fooling the sheep by making false accusations against the true prophets and followers of Yahshua. In this way, they have created a terrible spirit of confusion among the saints. But ONLY those who are NOT living a sanctified life, who are not reading God’s Word for themselves, and who are not constantly praying for discernment will be, or will remain, deceived!

The lines are being drawn and everybody is being called to take a side. No one will be left on the fence when this divine sifting process is finished, and all who are meant to be exposed as the false teachers and liars that they are will be exposed - but ONLY to those whom God is soon going to call UP to His Heavenly Home to wed His Wonderful Son. Yahshua our Bridegroom also intimated that our enemies (the tares) would at times be our friends or members of our own family. This truth is clearly taught in the Scripture listed below:
Christ Brings Division - Matthew 10:34-39 (NKJV):) “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”
I know of many devout believers, myself among them, in marriages with unbelievers or backslidden believers that are suffering persecution at the hands of their spouses, as well as at the hands of their parents, siblings, children, and other relatives. Those who have lost their carnal lives in order to inherit the spiritual life that Yahshua offers them will NEVER really fit in socially, or have a huge circle of intimate friends. They will, rather, find themselves increasingly alone, misunderstood, maligned, and ostracized from society due to their love of Christ. However, they will be greatly rewarded for their dedication and steadfastness in the Millennial Kingdom of Yahshua, and also afterward. In fact, it is likely that these solitary, persecuted, and often impoverished believers will be the only ones who will be worthy enough to be counted as the Bride of Christ. This is revealed in the Book of Revelation regarding the Church of Philadelphia:
The Faithful Church - Revelation 3:7-12 (NKJV) “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens: 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.’”
In reviewing this amazing passage, let’s identify the traits of the Church of Philadelphia. First of all, this church only has “a little strength”, meaning that it is a relatively small and materially poor congregation of believers that are nonetheless spiritually rich. Furthermore, this church has “kept My word, and have not denied My name.” This means that the members of this Church are not ashamed to profess their faith in, and love for Christ, and their desire to follow Him and His laws to love God, and one another.

As the name of this Church implies, they are full of “philadelphia” or brotherly love. They love one another deeply, and also show love to their enemies and persecutors by trying to reach them with the truth of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, which is that Yahshua is the Messiah and Son of God, and the ONLY way to Heaven. Only those who repent and accept Yahshua’s sacrifice on the Cross for their sins will receive the Ruach or Holy Spirit, Who teaches true followers to die to this world and live for Christ. Only those who have received the Ruach, and know how to hear the Spirit’s voice, are worthy of salvation in Yahshua, and will find their names written in the Book of Life.

Be forewarned! Living a sacrificial life in imitation of Christ is extremely difficult in this world, and those who choose to follow Yahshua DEFINITELY WILL find themselves persecuted for His Sake. In fact, Yahshua acknowledged the suffering of the Church of Philadelphia when He said that they have “kept My command to persevere.” By saying this, Yahshua meant that they would be able to endure the insults, lies, taunts, betrayals, and beatings that are part of the persecution of the saints by the Evil One without losing their faith or hope in Yahshua’s promises of deliverance. Those who persevere in the faith, and who refuse to let go of their hope in the Kingdom of God, are those whom Yahshua calls “overcomers”.

This means that only the believers who display the characteristics of brotherly love, faithfulness to God’s Word, and perseverance in persecution belong to the Church of Philadelphia. Furthermore, this is the ONLY church of the seven mentioned at the beginning of the Book of Revelation to which Yahshua promises: “I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it”, and; “I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” Both of these statements, which appear in Revelation Chapter 3 in regard to the Church of Philadelphia, are allusions to the Harpazo, Rapture, or “catching away” of the Church that many believers are hoping for, which the Apostle Paul described in 1 Thessalonians 4:
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 - “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
Depiction of Yahshua Coming in the Rapture
When Yahshua comes for His beloved Saints, He is going to know exactly who is on His side, and who is not by the spiritual ideologies that they follow. This is why the churches are being so heavily sifted into wheat and tares, and why there are so many true believers who are being persecuted within the churches, and driven outside of them. As this sifting process reaches its conclusion, the many divisions and squabbles going on within, and between, and outside of the world’s many churches will only increase. Meanwhile, those poor but loving believers who belong to the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love will stand alone, for they will be the only people who are truly worthy of Yahshua’s love. Only they will love Yahshua with all their hearts. So, while they await the Rapture, they will be the only ones who claim to be followers of Christ that love one another by helping one another with every need, worshiping God together with joy in their hearts, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the lost.

There is one final trait of the Church of Philadelphia that too many prophecy teachers have overlooked to the detriment of the Church. This is the fact that Yahshua only identifies the Philadelphians with the New Jerusalem, and only the New Jerusalem is identified as the Bride of Christ. Yahshua identified the Church of Philadelphia with the New Jerusalem when He said:
“I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God.”
Then, later in the Book of Revelation, we read:
The New Jerusalem - Revelation 21:9-10 (NKJV):“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.’ 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God…”
Yahshua Depicted Hovering Over Jerusalem
This reveals that ONLY those who are in the Church of Philadelphia will dwell in the New Jerusalem. Meanwhile, all those who are not found worthy to be included in this group will dwell outside the New Jerusalem:
The Glory of the New Jerusalem - Revelation 22:22-27 (NKJV): “But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
First of all, this Scripture teaches that only those whose names are written in the Book of Life will dwell with Christ forever on the New Earth. But it also teaches that there will be different communities on the New Earth, and not everyone will dwell in the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem, where the Temple of God is, is identified with the Bride of Christ, while the outside communities of believers are identified by the words “nations” and “kings of the earth.” These are the believers that were not chosen to be the Bride, but will be allowed to come within the walls of the New Jerusalem, experience its glory, and share in the joy of the Bride of Christ. But as attendants of the Bride, they will dwell in the blessed communities or “nations” surrounding the New Jerusalem. As a side note, the fact that there will be different communities of believers with different functions on the New Earth is described in the Book of 1 Enoch, which is considered to be canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

The fact that there are some believers who are not in true fellowship with God, and will be excluded from being the Bride of Christ, is explained in the “The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins”(LINK TO POEM Blog Article For This Parable)(LINK to Matthew 25:1-13). In this parable, note that Yahshua distinguishes the Wise Virgins or wise bridesmaids from the Foolish Virgins with the phrase: “I do not know you” (See Mat. 25:12), which is similar to His admonition to the goats that: “I never knew you” (See Mat. 7:23). This statement makes it clear that those who are excluded from the Kingdom DO NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST AND HIS SPIRIT. As a result, they will be left behind when the Rapture happens.

Meanwhile, the Wise Virgins who have cultivated a deep relationship with Christ through continual repentance and prayer, and worship will be allowed to attend the Bride of Christ, and partake in her Glory. Make no mistake! Those who want to be counted as the Bride, as well as the virgin attendants to the Bride, MUST have a personal and deeply intimate relationship with Yahshua and His Ruach or Holy Spirit. Even while living in troublesome or harsh circumstances in this fallen world, they will be the ones who will still be able to love their neighbors, love their relationship with God by seeking to know Him, and who will hear and follow God’s voice through every trial and tribulation, even if it leads to martyrdom.

For further study of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, please read the following article:
Deciphering the 
Parable of the Ten Virgins

Only Yahweh God our Father knows who the Bride of Christ is, and who her virgin attendants will be. Our job as believers should not be to worry about which category we fall into, but only that we are counted worthy to have our names written in the Book of Life. Indeed, all those who dwell on the New Earth - whether outside or inside the New Jerusalem - will have blessed and happy positions within God’s everlasting Kingdom, and no one will feel envy or jealousy ever again. They will all be united forever in the perfect love of Christ that casts out all fear and envy.

Amen and Hallelu-Yah to that!

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Please read my complimentary, newer revised article about the truth of the Rapture, and the fact that there may be not one, but two Rapture events - one at the beginning, and one at the end of the Great Tribulation. This article can be found posted at my Pillar of Enoch Ministry web site. Here is a description of it, and a link to the HTML and PDF versions of it now available online:

REVISED 2013 Edition: 
“Come Up Here and Come Away!” -
Clues Concerning Two Rapture Events In Scripture:
This 20-page article was originally written in March 2010, was revised twice in 2011, and revised and updated again in July of 2012. Subsequently, this newest edition was created on February 19th, 2013. If you read the original article or the older revisions, this article contains numerous changes in regard to the possibility and timing of Two Raptures during the Great Tribulation. This is due to Helena Lehman’s better understanding of the Signs in the Heavens after doing her Tribulation Time Chart, which is linked to in the body of this article, as well as to many other recent prophetic developments in the last two years. In this article, Ms. Lehman shows that the First Rapture is thematically tied to the Jewish Spring Feasts. This article also shows evidence that there may be a Second Rapture toward the end of the Tribulation that is tied to the Jewish Fall Feasts. 



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Monday, August 23, 2010

The Great Pyramid as an Amazing Time Clock Marking 5,000 Years of Human History

By Helena Lehman

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As I was finishing my book "The Language of God in Prophecy" in 2006, I had a highly prophetic dream that I failed to record in the book because I had not analyzed it thoroughly. Then, as time passed, I completely forgot about it! As a result, I didn't fully understand the dream until August 23rd, 2010, when I just happened to recall it as I was chatting with someone about prophetic dreams.

After mulling over the details of the dream, I understood the dream much more fully and now wish to share it with everyone because it is so amazing. It concerns the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt and the passage of 5,000 years.

In my dream, from a vantage point that appeared to be near to the Sun in our Solar System, I saw what appeared to be the Great Pyramid still covered with its brilliant white limestone casing stones. But instead of being in Egypt, this pyramid was hovering in outer space, suspended above the Earth with one of its corners pointing toward me.

At that moment, I saw the year "2000 BC" flash brightly over the Great Pyramid and then disappear. This was not an indicator of the year the Pyramid was built, which was more likely 2500 BC, but a year indicating an era. According to Biblical Chronology, this would have been about the time that Nimrod ruled the world and Abraham was a grown man and Nimrod's fiercest adversary.

As the Great Pyramid hovered over the Earth, it appeared to remain stationary as the Milky Way Galaxy and the whole Universe seemed to revolve around it. Meanwhile, the Earth below this cosmic Pyramid rapidly turned through each new day. As I watched this occurring, it was as if I was outside of time even though time was passing very rapidly in my dream.

As I watched time fly through the centuries, the Milky Way Galaxy that the Earth is within suddenly completed one full circle of its revolution. At that very moment, the Great Pyramid suddenly spun rapidly around like the movement of one cog in a gearwheel in a clock. After this revolution, a different corner of the Pyramid was facing me. This scene repeated five times, ending with the apex of the Pyramid facing me.

Now, remember that the Great Pyramid has five corners including its apex, so each time the pyramid spun, I was seeing a totally different corner. But what I didn't realize until today is that the apex of the Great Pyramid's missing capstone represents Yahshua Ha Mashiach (i.e. Jesus the Christ), so the apex that was facing me signified the coming Millennial Kingdom of Christ!

After a thousand years had passed with the apex facing me, the Universe eerily stopped rotating. It was as if time itself had stopped! Then, after what seemed to be a short pause, everything suddenly went dark, as if the current Heaven and Earth completely ceased to exist in that instant and there was only a dark void where the Universe had been.

An instant later, however, there was a bright flash of light and a new Universe suddenly was born, exploding into existence and spreading rapidly out to fill the void with glorious rainbow-colored nebulas, stars, planets, comets, and galaxies of light shooting outward into their new and everlasting positions. At this point, I woke up and was struck by the fact that I had just witnessed the unfolding of 5,000 years of time passing and the birth of a New Creation!

As I analyzed this unusual dream, I marveled over the fact that I had witnessed the creation of a New Heaven and New Earth that will last forever! In addition, it dawned on me that the shifting of the corners of the Great Pyramid may have been referring to some cataclysmic event on the Earth. Could it be that each shift of the Great Pyramid's corners may have signified some catastrophic event such as a shift of the Earth's North and South Poles along a specific but hidden axis?

If so, perhaps Yahweh God was trying to warn me that a major, history-changing catastrophe has happened four times at the opening of each millennium in the past and that there may be a major catastrophe or shift in the Earth's poles that will occur precisely on December 21st, 2012, on the Winter Solstice. This will be about two years into the seven year-Tribulation marking Daniel's 70th Week between 2011 and 2017 (as per my book "The Language of God in Prophecy").

On this date, the Earth and Milky Way Galaxy will again align with the Sun to mark the passing of one thousand years of human history. In addition, could this date mark the cataclysmic cosmic beginning of the Millennium that will see Christ's Kingdom governing over the affairs of mankind on Earth by the end of 2017? It seems likely to be so!

After further analyzing this dream and seeing its connection to Stellar line-up on December 21st, 2012, God led me to subtract 12 years from the date 2000 BC to arrive at 1988 BC. This may have been when Nimrod's global despotic kingdom and the Tower of Babel fell with a major catastrophic event.

This may have consisted of Nimrod/Amraphel's defeat at the hands of Abraham and his mighty men, which may have occurred shortly after a devastating worldwide earthquake and fire and brimstone fell from the heavens and destroyed Nimrod's kingdom and took away his wealth. Could this be why Nimrod sought to steal the wealth of Sodom and why Abraham defeated him, later giving a tenth of the booty to Melchizedek, who was Shem?

Praise Yahweh for showing me the full meaning of this dream! I pray it will fill every believer in Yahshua who reads this account of my prophetic dream with hope that our Messiah, Bridegroom and King Yahshua Ha Mashiach is indeed coming soon to retrieve His Bride, pour out His Wrath, conquer the wicked and wipe away every tear from the eyes of all His saints!

Even so, come Adonai Yahshua, when Your Bride has fully made herself ready!