WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD AFTER THE RAPTURE!

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The doctrinal teaching that the saints that are taken to Heaven in the Rapture will not live on the Earth during the Millennial Rule of Christ is not true at all. In fact, the Scriptures teach that Christ will reign on the Earth from Jerusalem, and we are to reign with Him! Furthermore, Scripture says that - after the second stage of the First Resurrection at the Rapture - we are to always be with Him! Let me explain:

The Word of God tells us that the City of God in Heaven known as the heavenly New Jerusalem is going to descend to the Earth after the New Heaven and New Earth are created, and it will be the home of all believers one day (See John 14:1-3 and Revelation 21:1-4). So the Bride of Christ and the Wise Virgins that are to be taken up to Heaven in the Rapture are going to dwell therein. However, the Bible makes it clear that all those who are taken to Heaven to stand before Christ's Judgment Seat that is described in 2 Corinthians 5:10 and Revelation 7:9-17, and who attend the Wedding and Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven introduced in Matthew 25:1-13 and described in Revelation 19:6-9, will return with Christ because they are to remain in His presence forever! As it says in 1 Thessalonians 4:17: “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.”

In the Parable of the Ten Virgins recorded in Matthew 25:1-13, the five Wise Virgins accompany the Bride and the Bridegroom, and enter the Heavenly realm. This realm is behind the door they go through to attend the Wedding, which is in the Bridegroom's Father's House in Heaven. This is why it was customary for weddings to take place in the parent's home in Ancient Israel. The Wedding party full of resurrected saints is allegorically described as cleanly dressed in pure white garments to show that they have taken on the righteousness of Christ, and are a new creation in Him. Their pure white clothes are first revealed in Revelation 7:9-10, where it says “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, CLOTHED WITH WHITE ROBES, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’”

These same saints clothed in white are to return with Christ at the end of the Great Tribulation. This is revealed in Revelation 19:14, where it says: “And the armies in heaven, CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN, WHITE AND CLEAN, followed Him on white horses.” Together with Christ, these immortal saints will serve as priests and kings during the Millennial Rule of Christ. As it says in Revelation 20:6: “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”

These resurrected saints appear in Heaven after the first Six Seals are opened. This is partly why I believe that they are taken to Heaven in the Rapture at the time of the opening of the Sixth Seal. In fact, Revelation 6:16-17 says that the first portion of the Wrath of God will be unleashed when the Sixth Seal is opened. Furthermore, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 and 1 Thessalonians 5:9 says that the saints are not subject to God's Wrath, and are to be delivered from it by their Lord and Savior.

So do not be fooled into believing that the resurrected saints will stay in Heaven, although life will be very pleasant there! As I have shown in this article, Scripture uses the symbolic purity of the white clothing of the resurrected saints to say that they will return to the Earth when Christ comes to vanquish the armies of the wicked at the Battle of Armageddon. It also clearly says that these immortal saints will reign and rule with Christ as priests and kings until the Millennium is over. Therefore, the New Jerusalem - which is described as a massive city with 12 gates and 12 foundations in Revelation 21:9-27 - will likely be empty, and will be awaiting the Bride and Wise Virgins to return to living in it when the Millennial Kingdom ends.

MARANATHA! Yahshua our Messiah

is coming to rescue His beloved saints very soon!

So keep looking up!

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THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS US FLEE FROM SEXUAL SIN!

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~*~ Revelation 22:14-17 CJB ~*~

“How blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they have the

right to eat from the Tree of Life and go through the gates into the city!

Outside are the homosexuals, those involved with the occult and with

drugs, the sexually immoral, murderers, idol-worshippers, and everyone

who loves and practices falsehood. I, Yeshua, have sent my angel to give

you this testimony for the Messianic communities. I am the Root and

Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star. The Spirit and the Bride say,

‘Come!’ Let anyone who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let anyone who is thirsty

come — let anyone who wishes, take the water of life free of charge.”

The above Scripture, taken from Revelation 22 in the Complete Jewish Bible, lists the types of unrepentant sinners that will NOT be allowed into the Kingdom of God in the New Jerusalem, which is the home of the Bride of Christ. Each believer in Yahshua or Jesus is seen as a living stone that forms the New Jerusalem, and that is why this perfect and transcendent City of God is identified as the Bride of Christ. Among these unrepentant sinners that will not be allowed into the Kingdom of God, homosexuals and sexually immoral people are listed along with idolaters, deceivers that practice falsehoods, drug abusers and murderers.

Sexual immorality encompasses all types of sexual sin, including homosexuality, cross-dressing, having sex outside of marriage, and living with a sexual partner outside of wedlock. I am guilty and ashamed of having sex outside of marriage, and living with a man I was not married to, but I'm also proud that I finally repented before God, made amends for my wrong-doing, and stopped living in sin. I'm also humble enough to admit that I saw my failings, and asked God for forgiveness for failing to keep His Moral Law - even while thanking God for forgiving me for it through my acceptance of the blood sacrifice of His Son on the Cross for my sins.

It is my love of, and desire to follow God's Son that gives me the right to judge others based on His Law, and to lead them to repent of their sins as I have, and to pray and ask God to help them live a better life in keeping with His Commandments. If you find that objectionable, it strongly suggests that you are in rebellion against God and His Law, which calls all of us to love one another by leading them to love and follow the truth found in the Bible, and to follow God's Moral standards.

My goal is to instill the desire in those who are sinners to repent, and to follow Christ by fleeing from all forms of sin. This includes sexual immorality, lying, adultery, greed, thievery, stealing, lust, violence, murder, sexual promiscuity, fornication, gluttony, and all other forms of hatred toward oneself, one's family, and humanity as a whole. But avoiding these sins is not easy, and we require God's constant help through His indwelling Spirit to succeed at it.

The idea that Christ gave His followers is that we are to love the sinner, but hate the sin, and do all we can to dissuade people from engaging in sin. We are also to live in the world, but not be of it. This means that we don't love the world, or its lusts and desires because we love God more, and desire to be with Him. The ability to do this is only possible for those who are born again through their belief in, and love for Christ, and their desire to follow Him. This desire to follow the Messiah opens the way for believers to be indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God, Who helps repentant sinners like me to stay on the narrow road that leads to everlasting life, and to stay off of the broad highway that leads to destruction.

Unfortunately, most people on this planet don't have a clue what it means to be born again, and most of them do not have any real relationship with God or His Son. By relationship, I mean the kind where two-way communication is not only possible, but frequent and helpful. This type pf communication allows God to help us make the right choices in life, and to stay away from situations and people that could lead to sin or pain.

For more information on what it means to be a born again follower of Yahshua Ha Mashiach or Jesus the Christ, please see the following articles linked to below. In addition, if you have not done so already, now is the time to repent or turn away from all sin, especially sexual sin, and seek Yahshua for your salvation, asking Him to forgive you, and to ill you with His Spirit so that you will have God as a Helper to keep you from sinning again. Now, to ensure your Salvation in Christ, please read:

TO GET AND STAY SAVED, YOU

NEED TO LOVE AND FOLLOW CHRIST!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/09/to-get-and-stay-saved-you-need-to-love.html

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS, THE

DESTROYER OF THE CHURCH!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/spiritual-blindness-destroyer-of-church.html

MARANATHA! Yahshua our beloved Messiah is coming again soon! First, He will come again to rescue us from mortality and the wickedness of the world in the Rapture, and then He will come again with us all following Him as a conquering King! Hallelu-Yah!

A Bible Teaching from
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THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WILL ESCAPE THE COMING HOUR OF TRIAL!

Onto This Depiction of the Rapture, I Wrote:

We are: “looking for the blessed hope

and glorious appearing of our great

God and Savior Yahshua” (Titus 2:13):

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All born again believers that are following Yahshua's commandments to love our Heavenly Father Yahweh God with their whole hearts, and to love their fellow brethren in Christ with their whole hearts also are considered to be members of the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love. Furthermore, The Church of Philadelphia is identified with the Bride of Christ due to its association with the New Jerusalem in Revelation 3:12, where it says:

“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 (See Rev. 21:2). And I will write on him My new name.”

Fascinatingly, in 1 Peter 2:1-10, the Apostle Peter taught that we are like the living stones making up the Temple of God, where the Holy Spirit dwells:

“Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion

A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,

And he who believes on Him will by 

no means be put to shame.”

7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief cornerstone,”

                                                     8 and

“A stone of stumbling

And a rock of offense.”

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”

Adding to this analogy, the Apostle John wrote that those saints who overcome the world through Christ will be given stones with their new name written on them in Revelation 2:17:

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”

Taking this understanding that all born again believers are like the stones of a building that houses the Spirit of God, it makes sense that they should be seen as the very stones that make up the New Jerusalem, which is identified as the Bride of Christ in Revelation 21:9-10:

“‘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, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.”

It is therefore those who are divinely considered to be a part of the Church of Philadelphia that are the true Bride of Christ that will dwell in the New Jerusalem, and Yahshua considers them special because  “you have kept My word, and have not denied My name” (Rev. 3:8). These are believers that refuse to stop saying Yahshua’s Name in public prayer, and who refuse to stop calling sin what it is despite heavy public pressure to do both. Because of this, Yahshua promises them a special deliverance in Revelation 3:10:

“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.”

This HOUR OF TRIAL that Yahshua promises to deliver His precious Bride from can’t be anything other than the Great Tribulation, which will certainly “come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth”!

Now, since the Bride, who will be the sanctified believers dwelling within the New Jerusalem, comes down out of Heaven to be placed on the New Earth after the Last Judgment (See Rev. 21:2), it makes sense that she will be taken up to Heaven along with the Five Wise Virgins who attend to her needs in the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins in Matthew 25:1-12:

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’” 

This Parable clearly tells us that the Five Wise Virgins will be taken by the Bridegroom Yahshua to the Wedding Feast at His Father’s heavenly house because He knows them, and they were expecting Him. This means that they have a personal relationship with the Son of God through His Holy Spirit, and they literally hear His voice and experience dreams and visions that come directly from Him through the Spirit. As it says in Joel 2:28-29:

“And it shall come to pass afterward

That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

Your old men shall dream dreams,

Your young men shall see visions.

29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days.”

Meanwhile, the Five Foolish Virgins who aren’t expecting a Rapture and aren’t doing God’s Will on Earth but are too busy focusing on the pleasurable things of the world, or who are focused on survival rather than God and are making constant disaster preparations, such as buying guns and storing ammo, and stockpiling food and water and outdoor survival gear, will be left behind to suffer through the Great Tribulation because Yahshua doesn’t know them, and they were NOT expecting Him. It is these people whom Yahshua does NOT know who are left behind to cry out to God in Revelation 6:15-17, where they say:

“And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’”

So, whether we live through the Great Tribulation or not all depends on our focus right now. Your focus will tell Yahweh God which group of Virgins or saints that you belong to. If you’re focused on Yahshua and doing His Father’s Will, you will surely go to be with Him in the Rapture. But if you’re focused on trying to save your behind and potentially killing people to stay safe when the world is judged and goes to perdition, you’ll get your wish, and you will become one of the Tribulation Saints faced with severe persecution and potential martyrdom at the hands of the Antichrist.

There are additional proofs that the Bride of Christ and the Wise Virgins are going to be caught up to the Third Heaven for a short time before returning to the Earth with Yahshua at the Battle of Armageddon. These are the three New Testament Scriptures that proclaim that - although all believers will face tribulation and persecution on the Earth prior to the Rapture, born again believers are not meant to suffer through God's Wrath, which will begin when the Sixth Seal is opened. Here are those proof texts from God's Word:

Romans 5:8-10 ~ “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” 

1 Thessalonians 1:8-10 ~ “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. 9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” 

1 Thessalonians 5:8-10 ~ “But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.”

There is no doubt from these Scriptures that Yahshua loves His Bride made up of all born again believers very much, and that He does not want her to suffer through the Great Tribulation - when God's Wrath will be poured out on the whole world. Since God's Wrath will affect the entire planet, no one left behind on the Earth will escape it unless they received some unexpected divine protection in some way, either through the warrior angels of God, or from the 144,000 Witnesses, whom I firmly believe will be warriors as well as preachers!

In closing, I want to stress that I do not think that God is against believers who have home gardens, a couple of months worth of food and water stored up, first aid kits, camping gear, or emergency travel packs. We all should be prepared for disasters since they can occur anywhere, and at any time. What God is against is allowing survival to overwhelm your ability to function as a witness proclaiming the coming Kingdom of God, for which this world is passing away.

Believers are supposed to be proclaiming the world’s need to depend on Christ and His help and protection rather than on the strength of their own arms. We need to focus on our love for Yahshua and His Kingdom, and our desire to be His Bride and the Wise Virgins, and this is only possible if we truly know, love and trust in Him.

As an important follow-up to this article, I highly recommend reading the following article that shows that Yahshua our Messiah also taught the Rapture:

YAHSHUA TAUGHT THE RAPTURE!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/yahshua-taught-rapture.html

The Rapture is REAL. 

The choice is yours, whether to be WISE or FOOLISH. 

Which will it be?

- Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
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IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL NOTE:

I have gotten attacked on Facebook over my defense of my belief in a Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church dozens of times over the past year. Obviously, the devil is using the spirit of anger and the ignorance of the Word of God in the Church to try and destroy my work because it terrifies him. Well, too bad, Satan, because I’m not stopping until my Messiah Yahshua calls me home! Amen and Hallelu-Yah!

These attacks come because so many who are misinformed think that I am trying to dumb down the masses so that they will be sitting ducks when the world goes to perdition. They are angry at me for criticizing die-hard Doomsday Preppers who live with their entire focus on survival and living off the grid. But they fail to discern the love behind my criticism, which is meant to be a gentle rebuke aimed at getting them to wake up to their ignorance regarding what Yahweh God truly wants and expects from us as believers in Yahshua.

Though I have great respect for people who are living off of the land without a need for modern conveniences, I think that those who are relying on this to save them are in for a very rude wake up call when the Rapture happens and they are left behind, because the environmental destruction of the Earth that will occur during the Great Tribulation will make pure water and air more scarce than fine gold, and home gardening and living off the land will become impossible. Due to this, these die-hard survivalists will eventually starve to death or die from thirst unless they repent and realize that the Kingdom of God is not of this world, and they turn to Christ for help.

Before these people who were in rebellion against God can receive His help and forgiveness, they will need to finally accept God’s Will that this present world is passing away so that men’s evil works can be destroyed. After this, Yahshua will renew part of this current Earth to its Edenic state of perfection during His Millennial Kingdom.

This is why Yahshua made it clear that He wants us to fully rely on Him to fight for us in every battle that we must face, and not to rely on our own strength, which will surely fail without His presence and protection. Yahshua wants us to have the right attitude about our place in His Kingdom, and His promise that those who truly love Him will not have to suffer through the Great Tribulation.

Yours in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman

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ADDITIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE 

BRIDE OF CHRIST AND THE WISE VIRGINS:

RAPTURE PROMISE IN A JEWISH WEDDING AT NIGHT, 

AND THE FRAGRANCE OF ROSES

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/08/rapture-promise-in-jewish-wedding-at.html

THE SIGNS OF YAHSHUA'S 
SOON RETURN ARE ALL AROUND US!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-signs-of-yahshuas-soon-return-are.html

Hope In The Rapture Amid Tribulation

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2014/04/hope-in-rapture-amid-tribulation.html

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The Key of David as the Cross of Christ - The Messianic Meaning of Isaiah 22:22-24

By Helena Lehman of the

Pillar of Enoch Ministry (POEM)

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In the Book of Isaiah and Book of Revelation, there are some curious passages about something called the Key of David that are rarely discussed, but are important to understand. This is what the Prophet Isaiah cryptically had to say about this key:

Isaiah 22:22-24 - “The key of the house of David, I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open. 23 I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, and he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house. 24 ‘They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers. 25 In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the Lord has spoken.’”

Though these passages were originally applied to a servant of God called Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was chosen by God to replace the wicked man named Shebna as the Governor of the Palace in Jerusalem (See Isaiah 22:15-21), it is a veiled reference to the Ministry and Cross of Christ. Let me explain how this can be deduced. Interestingly, the number 22 is connected to the 22nd and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is the Tav or T. 

The letter Tav signifies the Cross of Christ and His finished work upon it as the Key to Salvation and Resurrection. Only Yahshua can open and shut the doorway to Heaven and everlasting life, and the need for His Cross is the Key that we need to believe in to enter Heaven. Since this is so, the peg being referred to in Isaiah Ch. 22, verses 23 through 25 is the Cross of Christ, while the cups and pitchers hanging from the peg signify all those who are to be saved by Yahshua's blood sacrifice on the Cross. 

Yahshua was fastened securely to the Cross until His death, after which it was removed, as was its burden, which consists of all of the sins of those who accept Yahshua's blood sacrifice on that Cross. In addition, Yahshua's Cross is symbolic of the Throne mentioned in Isaiah 22:23, which is both a heavenly and an earthly seat of power. This is the Throne that our Father Yahweh will give to Yahshua during His Millennial Reign on the Earth.

To support this idea, Isaiah 22:22 is quoted in Revelation Chapter 3, verse 7, with the verse number seven signifying completion, just as the number 22 does. In Revelation, the Key of David is applied exclusively to Yahshua as the Opener of the Way of Yahweh, or Path to Salvation:

Revelation 3:6-8 - “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 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”:[a] 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.”

Footnotes: [a] Revelation 3:7 - Isaiah 22:22

Fascinatingly, the only other place outside of Isaiah where the Key of David is mentioned is in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 3, in reference to the Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love. This church is identified as the poor, beleaguered, but faithful Church full of all of the believers that will collectively become Yahshua’s Bride at the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven after the Rapture:

Revelation 3:10-12 - “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.”

Since these believers remain faithful to Christ to the end of their mortal lives, they are the only church group of the Seven Churches listed in the Book of Revelation that are to be kept “from the hour of trial”, which is a reference to the Great Tribulation. This passage is also a clear allusion to the First Rapture. Interestingly, the Church of Philadelphia is the only church of the seven that is given the honor of being associated with the New Jerusalem, which is to come down from Heaven to Earth “as a bride adorned for her husband”:

Revelation 21:2, 9-12 - “Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”...  “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, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 12 Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.” 

These two passages from the Book of Revelation conclusively show that only the Church of Philadelphia is to be identified with the Bride of Christ, and only Yahshua is to be identified with the Key of David, which is a reference to Christ as the Word of God and Path to Salvation. In a veiled way, it may also be referring to the End Time prophetic nature of the Book of Psalms, which King David of Israel and his son Solomon collectively wrote. The Key of David is also likely tied to the “keys of the kingdom” mentioned by Yahshua in the following verse:

Matthew 16:19 ~ “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Although Yahshua said this to the Apostle Peter after a play on his name “Peter”, which means, “stone”, it is a reference to the stones or rocks that form the Temple of Yahweh that is the True Church formed by the most faithful among the Two Houses of Israel, Judah and Ephraim. This means that the “keys of the kingdom” belong to those who are born again members of the True Church, which is the Bride of Christ. Since the Bride of Christ is in possession of the “keys of the kingdom” - a phrase which likely refers to Yahshua and the Holy Spirit as keys - only the True Church will be able to perform God’s Will on the Earth with the aid of God’s holy angels until Yahshua comes. 

The rest of those who are to be saved from the other six churches described in the Book of Revelation can be associated with the Five Wise Virgin Attendants of the Bride of Christ, as mentioned in the the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins found in Matthew, Chapter 25. To understand this amazing prophetic End Time parable better, please read my article about it, which is described and linked to below:

POEM Blog Article: Deciphering the Parable of the Ten Virgins - Excerpt: The Parable of the Ten Virgins found in Matthew 25:1-13 is deceptively simple in its subject matter, but surprisingly hard for many to understand because it must be viewed both literally and allegorically to derive the full meaning of the text. Yet, in regard to making correct deductions in the study of End Times Bible Prophecy or Eschatology, it is crucial to understand this Parable from both points of view. 

POEM Blog Article: Deciphering the Parable of the Ten Virgins

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2012/04/deciphering-parable-of-ten-virgins.html

God bless you! Love you all in Yahshua! Maranatha! 

Yahshua is coming very soon!

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

By Helena Lehman
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com

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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

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2012/04/deciphering-parable-of-ten-virgins.html

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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FOR FURTHER STUDY:

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. 

HTML (Online) Version: http://www.pillar-of-enoch.com/essays/Come_Up_Here.html

PDF Version for Download: http://pillar-of-enoch.com/essays/Come_Up_Here.pdf

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Yahshua is coming SOON! Maranatha!

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