NewsLetter 5860-029
The 1st Year of the 5th Sabbatical Cycle
The 29th year of the 120th Jubilee Cycle
The 3rd day of the 8th month 5860 years after the creation of Adam
The 5th Sabbatical Cycle after the 119th Jubilee Cycle
The Sabbatical Cycle of the Red Heifer, Famine, Captivity & The 2 Witnesses
September 7, 2024
Shabbat Shalom to the Royal Family of Yehovah,
Last week we left you with this little note;
Looking at the 10 Days of Awe as 10 Years then we must consider the time it takes for the two witnesses to go to the Temple and testify and then for the High Priest to announce it by blowing the shofar and lighting the fires. This could take place over hours into the night.
When we look at the 10 years of Awe, Last year, we kept the Feast of Trumpets on August 18, 2023. 50 Days later, it was October 6, 2023.
This year, the Feast of Trumpets was August 6, 2024. 50 Days later, it will be September 24, 2024. Do we expect the second Yom Teruah, the second Feast of Shouting, to take place at that time? Nehemia asked what was the next big thing. I told him about the first Trumpet plague, with 1/3 of the grass and trees all burning up and then the great nation falling into the sea or people all aflame in 2025. Then, the two witnesses began to work in 2026.
I did not see this 50-day event taking place until after our meeting on Monday afternoon. I am not saying it will take place, but I am now watching for something in which voices will be shouting again about September 24, 2024 or the day after.
Having said all of this, I am left with one question.
If Yehovah told Nehemia to listen to my message and help promote it: if my message is the one Yehovah is promoting through someone like Nehemia, then why are you not listening to all of it? Why are you not studying into all we have shared about the Sabbatical and Jubilee Years? If Yehovah thought it was good enough for Nehemia and visited him in a dream, then is it not also equally urgent for you to learn what we have taught on this subject?
Please write and leave positive comments on the videos from Nehemia. Between the two videos he posted on this interview, he has now received over 10,000 views in just seven days. I have been busy this past week with the many emails this interview generated. Many want to know more without all the interruptions. You can help just by writing an encouraging comment asking for more teachings.
Once again, I want you all to know and understand and be able to teach everyone how to prove when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are.
We are in the process of uploading our latest book, which is in two parts: The Stones Cry Out, The Changing of Times and Seasons Part 1. Pauline Reardon designed the cover, and Eileen Espinoza helped with research and editing.
I will send out notifications to all our supporters on how they can begin to read it. If you are not a supporter, you may have to wait a while longer. Those who support this work with a monthly donation have access to all our books.
The back cover of the book reads:
The Stones Cry Out was originally going to be one book explaining all the various proofs we have discovered, demonstrating when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are throughout history.
You can know; it is not a mystery.
As I began to write The Stones Cry Out, I quickly found myself going back, time and time again, to explain how the calendar is behind the confusion of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Rabbis, as they began to write the Mishnah, incorporated wrong understandings, and those errors were written into what became known as the Talmud and then the Mishneh Torah. The expulsion from the land and subsequent persecutions in trying to send out messengers to report the barley being found or the crescent moon being seen, proved to be more and more dangerous over time. All of these things took place over 14 centuries.
Then as I was working on The Stones Cry Out, I discovered that many people were now accepting the Zadok calendar as factual. This is when we pivoted to include all the details of the various calendars that have crept back into public knowledge today and are being used to mislead new people who are just starting to learn about the calendar. All of this was directly connected to the period starting with the Hasmonaeans, up to the destruction of the Temple. Then, with the compiling of the Mishnah, the studies that led into the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud, then the Babylonian Talmud and finally the Mishneh Torah, each error that was added is compounded over time.
The Stones Cry Out, Part 1 explains the history of how each compilation of the Oral Torah incorporated errors, leading the followers thereof away from the actual Torah. In understanding these facts, it is then possible to understand more readily how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years were then mixed and later changed. By explaining all this history, I will be able to help you the reader understand the tombstones when most authorities do not. They have assumed, to their error, the Hillel calendar to have always been since Mount Sinai. Not understanding the history of the calendars is why most authorities dismiss the tombstones as too confusing to use. Once you understand The Stones Cry Out Part 1, Part 2 will be very easy to grasp.
One other little note. Most people do not understand that even the Hillel calendar was changed and altered between 358 C.E. and 1178 C.E. when Rambam ratified it into its current form. The book has a lot of information in it and may not read well, but it is meant to be a reference book so any of you can have access to the information you need to decide if this or that calendar is, in fact, Torah or just another dunghill leading people away from Yehovah.
This week I was asked a question “Does the Temple not have to be Rebuilt?” We are going to answer this and it is going upset some people I know.
Torah Portion
Torah Portions
We read through the entire Torah along with the Prophets and the New Testament, once over the course of 3 1/2 years. Or according to the Sabbatical Cycle which means we read it all twice over a 7-year period. This allows us to cover more in-depth rather than being rushed to cover as much as is covered on an annual basis. We allow all to comment and take part in the discussions.
Septennial Torah Portion
If you go to Torah Portion in our archived section, you can then go to the 1st year, which is the 1st year of the Sabbatical Cycle, the one we are in now, as we state at the top of every News Letter. There, you can scroll down to the proper date and see that this Shabbat, we could very well be midrashing about:
Genesis 32
1 Samuel 20-21
Psalm 68
Mark 10
We are in the 1st Sabbatical Cycle in 2024-2025. We go through the entire bible twice in a 7 year cycle. This means we cover the entire bible once every 3 1/2 years. It gives us more time to debate and discuss each portion we read.
If you missed last week’s exciting discoveries as we studied that section, you can go and watch past Shabbats on our media section.
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
There are many people in need of fellowship and who are sitting at home on the Sabbath with no one to talk to or debate with. I want to encourage all of you to join us on Shabbat, and to invite others to come and join us as well. If the time is not convenient then you can listen to the teaching and the midrash after on our YouTube channel.
What are we doing and why do we teach this way?
We are going to discuss both sides of an issue and then let you choose. It is the work of the Ruach (Spirit) to direct and to teach you.
The medieval commentator Rashi wrote that the Hebrew word for wrestle (avek) implies that Jacob was “tied”, for the same word is used to describe knotted fringes in a Jewish prayer shawl, the tzitzityot. Rashi says, “thus is the manner of two people who struggle to overthrow each other, that one embraces the other and knots him with his arms”.
Our intellectual wrestling has been replaced by a different kind of struggle. We are Wrestling with Yehovah as we grapple with His Word. It is an intimate act, symbolizing a relationship in which Yehovah and I and you are bound together. My wrestling is a struggle to discover what Yehovah expects of us, and we are “tied” to the One who assists us in that struggle.
Today, many say Israel means “Champion of God”, or better — the “Wrestler of God”.
Our Torah sessions each Shabbat teaches you and encourages you to constantly challenge, question, argue against, as well as view alternative views and explanations of the Word. In other words, we are to “wrestle with the Word” to get to the truth. Jews worldwide believe that you need to wrestle with the Word and constantly challenge Dogma, Theology, and views or else you will never get to the Truth.
We are not like most churches where “The preacher talks and everyone listens.” We encourage everyone to participate, to question and to contribute what they know on the subject being discussed. We want you to be a champion wrestler of the Word of Yehovah. We want you to wear the title of Israel, knowing that you not only know but are capable of explaining why you know the Torah to be true with logic and facts.
We have a few rules though. Let others talk and listen. There is no discussion about UFO’s Nephilim, Vaccines or conspiracy-type subjects. We have people from around the world with different world views. Not everyone cares who is the President of any particular country. Treat each other with respect as Fellow wrestlers of the word. Some of our subjects are hard to understand and require you to be mature and if you do not know, then listen to gain knowledge and understanding and hopefully wisdom. The very things you are commanded to ask Yehovah for and He gives to those who ask.
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
We hope you can invite those who want to keep Torah to come and join us by hitting the link below. It is almost like a Torah teaching fellowship talk show with people from around the world taking part and sharing their insights and understandings.
We start off with some music and then some prayers and it’s as though you were sitting around the kitchen back in Newfoundland having a cup of coffee and all of us enjoying each other’s company. I hope you will grace us with your company someday.
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The Perpetual Calendar
The Perpetual Calendar
We have available from our website a calendar you can use to keep track of the days of the month based on when the Barley is ripe and when the moon is sighted. ALl you have to do is download it. https://sightedmoon.com/perpetual-calendar/
With the new year about to begin, you can learn about the calendar as you record it. This is a great tool to have and it is free to anyone who wants it.
The New Moon of the Eighth Month
The New Moon of the Eighth Month
The New moon of the Eighth Month was seen Wednesday evening making it and Thursday day the 1st day of the 8th month.
The New Moon was sighted from:
– Jerusalem (Rechavia) at 7:19pm by Devorah Gordon, Chaya, and one other person
Picture by Yoel HaLevi
We are now at the 30th day of the 7th month. So whether or not the moon was seen it was the 30th day of the month. A month can only have 29 or 30 days in each month, so by default the 8th month would begin Thursday and the night before. (Wednesday evening)
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In The Mail
In The Mail
Good morning Joseph, I wanted to let you know that I have followed the Holy Days as you have taught. You must understand that I own a small business ( I never take days off due to the high cost of operating my business) however this year I took off each of the holy days in obedience. The next day I would make double my sales! This never happens. As the demands of taxes are due I would ask Yehovah for the amount needed, and each day the amount was given. It has been a challenging year for me however I thank you for teaching my the right path , may you be blessed for all you do. Cathy
Really enjoyed attending your Sabbath day service Saturday as I stated when I spoke with you I have seven of your books and your chart on sabbatical and jubilee years . I have read your books once and I am on my second reading. I have so many questions I don’t know where to start and I would love to talk to someone who could explain some things to me. I have been observing the Saturday Sabbath now for two years but just beginning to start observing the feast and Holy Days . I pastored full gospel church’s for many years but never saw the importance of the feasts . Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. R.
Shalom Mr. Dumond! Kindly rest assured that the amount I sent to the Sighted Moon account was what Yehovah inspired me to send. I am certain and am confirming that what I encoded was not a mistake. A huge welcome to your appreciation and well wishes. It feels awesome to be thanked by potentially one of the two witnesses of this end time.
I actually feel so indebted to you and your team and would like to express my profound gratitude for the following:(1) I was able to keep, abstain from work and set apart all the Holy Days this 2024 at the right dates (first time I was able to do that in my life). ;(2) Every teaching I have learned from all the books you have written and made available for me after my initial donation (I was able to binge read them during my 42-day summer vacation and I intend to start re-reading them shortly following the lead of Mr. Spykerman);(3) All other materials, videos, podcasts, etc., on your website. I was delighted to download the latest newsletter and zoom meetings (First day Sukkot afternoon service, your interview by Nehemia Gordon, August 24 shabbat service and the morning and afternoon services for shemini atzeret) last Friday, I reckon. They served as my staples here last shabbat of August 31.Through your efforts I am certain I currently have a better relationship with Yehovah relative to about the same time a year ago when I first heard of September 22, 2023 from Abraham Ojeda.Allow me to share that I was in the Philippines from July 1 to August 12 and was unfortunately not able to connect with Mr. Mesias as I intended to as it was rainy on most days and I remember there was widespread flooding in Manila and several other places there because of Typhoon Carina. I inquired from two buildings along Zobel Roxas street (boundary of Makati and Manila) about rates for office spaces and it was roughly Php1,000 to Php1,500 per square meter per month. One building had a 43 sqm office space available and the other had 900 sqm available. You mentioned to me in your May 26/27 email that you were intending to have a headquarters in the greater Manila area to fit around 30 people. I know I did not furnish you with much information, however, if you have more specifics regarding the actual size and location of what you have in mind, I could ask my wife to do a better search.Also I would like to request for prayers for Dr. Haidee Pacheco (a co-faculty here at the College of Nursing in Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) who has a case of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (just like Mr. Glenn Corlan – did i get his surname correctly?) and likewise for myself as I am diagnosed with mild blockage on two of my major coronary arteries. My symptoms were extremely trying last week but they seem to have abated this week thanks to Yehovah.Finally, I would like to let you know that you and Sighted Moon are in my prayers each day as you have emphasized to us that we are indeed very close to the end. With your continued efforts I hope we all make it to Jerusalem (2029), Moab (2030) and the wheat resurrection of 2033!Take care and may Yehovah bless you always. R.D.
Dear Sir,
Back in the 1990’s I took attended WWCofG when Armstrong was still alive.Just listened to your podcast with Nehemiah Gordon. Very interesting, but was hard to follow. Discussion was all over the place.
I too believe we are in the end times, however, by my calculations, it wouldn’t surprise me if the two witnesses don’t show up on the world scene in early 2025 a couple weeks BEFORE PASSOVER, and their ministry coincides with the tribulation. By several methods of calculations based on Messiah and the NT, I’m leaning towards a fall 2028, early 2029 return of Yeshua.
I tend to see Trump as the man of sin/lawlessness, son of perdition of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 and the rebellion that comes first, the Evangelicals abandoning their faith to follow this devilish, lying, criminalistic person. Thus the nation you expect to collapse is the U.S. with Trump as dictator. I expect he will lose the election, but Yehovah has TOTAL CONTROL, so Trump will somehow regain power, likely through violence and a Civil war.
I believe it would be interesting to compare notes. Like the phrasing at 1 Cor 15:52-53 where Paul writes “at the last trump …”. I always found that phrase peculiar, because the word trump, until now.
Not sure I know how to join your zoom discussion. I am not part of zoom, am 72, near poverty, and presently no computer. The only Internet I have is this phone, and my vision is poor and these letters are hard to see.
If you would like to compare notes and methods of calculations as mine are. Slightly different from yours,
Thanks, and blessings. J.B.
I watched you and Nehemia today and would love to join in on your Shabbat meetings, especially after listening to you and Eric discuss Rachel and the ‘mandrakes’ (Aug 24th). I too listen to Alephbeta and consider David Forman a brilliant teacher of Torah. Please let me know if I would be welcomed, and the when and where of how to join. May Yehovah bless you and your work. Oh, on a side note, I too see the resurrected David as you mentioned near the end with Nehemia, and would put Yeshua in the Shemuel role, the anointer who hears the Voice of Yehovah. T.M.
Shabbat Shalom! Yosef,
I, like you, am a former member of WCG. I have been following Nehemiah Gordon for about as long as you have known him. I listened to your teaching with him on the end times. Thank you for the work you have put into the calendars. I look forward to exploring you site, receiving your newsletters, and attending your Shabbat services from South Louisiana.May Yehovah continue to bless you. Kol tov and shalom.
M G
I just heard about your site from listening to Joseph with Dr. Nehemia Gordon. I am interested in getting information about your Shabbat meeting times; please include your time zone.Thank you for your quick reply for which I signed up for your newsletter. However, I am wanting to find out when you hold your Shabbat meetings? Friday evening? Saturday? Which time zone?
Where do I find this information? This information is not easy to access on your site.
Thank you, MaryShalom Mary, I am just seeing this now. We meet at 12:30 Eastern time Zone each Sabbath. Our link is in every single Newsletter under Join our Sabbath Meetings and on the home page of our web site. Under Sabbath Meetings. Here is the link https://us02web.zoom.us/
j/3505855877 We look forward to meeting you next Sabbath.
Shabbat shalom! Hello again Joseph, I was hoping to be observant of the Sabbath today and join the meeting, but I wasn’t sure about when the zoom meeting was, and I didn’t see a schedule anywhere. However, I am as I mentioned to you previously, super interested, and I don’t want miss his coming, and I am sure this is truth. I don’t want to not observe his Sabbath either. There is no one here teaching this stuff.
Thank you,
C. W.
Joesph,
I’m sitting here trying to watch this and have seldom been as frustrated, trying to follow along with all the interruptions from Mr. Gordon. If Yehovah told him to interview you in a dream, I wish HE had told him to zip his lip a bit and let you talk. SMHRegards, J.H.
Hello!
I listened to your talk with Nehemiah and would like to join your Shabbat zoom times if possible. I finished chapter 1 in your book on The abomination and when reading the scripture about the Church of Philadelphia, finally received clarity on why the LORD gave me this scripture so many years ago! The call that comes early in our walk and continues! Thank you. Blessed be the Holy One of Israel, N.M.
Hi Joe,
Does not the Temple have to be rebuilt before before all things pertaining to the return of Christ? Do you address that in any of your newsletters or books? Ben
I watched the video with you and Nehemiah. I share these same teaching in the Bible study I have been leading for over two decades. I find your charts and proofs from both the Bible and archeology to be a useful tool for those leading and encouraging others to repent and turn back to the Word of God. The many books you’ve written to share the message of Yehovah, His love for humanity and His passion for His people to return to Him, are tools than can be used to learn, explore and share with others! Thank you for your outstanding work and your love for people and the Kingdom! K.B.
I believe I heard shofar blasts on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, in the afternoon. I’m in Missouri, USA. I was watching your video with Nehemiah Gordon you had mentioned shofars in 2024 regards to 1/3rd of trees and grass will be burned up. Maybe someone else heard shofars on same day as I? We will soon find out … maybe my information may be helpful. Thank you for your time.Blessings!! R.C.
Does the Temple not have to be Rebuilt?
Does the Temple not have to be Rebuilt?
This week I was asked the following question in one of my emails:
Does not the Temple have to be rebuilt before before all things pertaining to the return of Christ? Do you address that in any of your newsletters or books?
He is of course, referring to the description found in 2 Thessalonians:
The Man of Lawlessness
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst.
G3319 (Mounce) μέσος mesos
58x: mid, middle, Mat 25:6; Act 26:13; ἀνὰ μέσον, in the midst; from the Hebrew, in, among, Mat 13:25; between, 1Co 6:5; διὰ μέσου, through the midst of, Luk 4:30; εἰς τὸ μέσον, into, or in the midst, Mrk 3:3; Luk 6:8; ἐκ μέσου, from the midst, out of the way, Col 2:14; 2Th 2:7; from the Hebrew, from, from among, Mat 13:49; ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, in the midst, Mat 10:16; in the midst, in public, publicly, Mat 14:6 ἐν μέσῳ, in the midst of; among, Mat 18:20; κατὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός, about midnight, Act 27:27.
2Th 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming,
2Th 2:9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,
2Th 2:12 so that all those who do not believe the truth, but delight in unrighteousness, might be condemned.
Stand Firm
2Th 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,
2Th 2:14 to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Th 2:15 Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
2Th 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2Th 2:17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
Dr. David Jeremiah wrote the following about the Antichrist. I have found most Christians have similar thoughts about these things. But they do so without understanding the Holy Days or the Jubilee Cycles. I will let you read his article before we begin.
Who is the Antichrist?
The Antichrist is a person who is against Christ. The prefix anti can also mean “instead of,” and both meanings will apply to this coming world leader. He will overtly oppose Christ and at the same time pass himself off as Christ.
The Antichrist will aggressively live up to his terrible name. He will persecute, torture, and kill the people of God as he leads the armies of the world into the Battle of Armageddon. He will be the most powerful dictator the world has ever seen, making Caesar, Hitler, Mao, and Saddam seem tame by comparison.
Even though the Antichrist is identified by that name only four times in the Bible, he appears many more times under various aliases. He is also called:
“the promise that shall come” –Daniel 9:26 NKJV
“a fierce king”—Daniel 8:23 NLT
“a master of intrigue”—Daniel 8:23 NIV
“a despicable man” –Daniel 11:21 NLT
“a worthless shepherd”—Zechariah 11:16–17 NLT
“the one who brings destruction” –2 Thessalonians 2:3 NLT
“the lawless one” –2 Thessalonians 2:8 NKJV
“the evil man” –2 Thessalonians 2:9 NLT
“the Beast” –Revelation 13:1 NKJV
When he comes on the scene, people will flock to him like flies to honey, and they will do anything he asks.
How will he unite the nations?
The prophet Daniel describes the Antichrist in these terms: “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast … And there … were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. … He shall speak pompous words against the Most High” (Daniel 7:7–8, 25).
As Daniel says, the coming world leader will be renowned for this kind of eloquence, which will capture the attention and administration of the world.
Daniel goes on to tell us that not only will this golden–tongued orator speak in high–blown terms, but he will also speak arrogantly against God. The apostle John describes him similarly in the book of Revelation: “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies” (Revelation 13:5).
Daniel continues his description of the Antichrist by telling us he is a man “whose appearance was greater than his fellows” (Daniel 7:20). In terms of his outward appearance, this man will be strikingly attractive. The combination of his magnetic personality, speaking ability, and extreme good looks will make him virtually irresistible to the masses. The apostle John expands on Daniel’s description of the Antichrist’s blasphemous acts by telling us that every living person will be required to worship this man. “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as man as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed” (Revelation 13:15).
Finally, Revelation 13:1–8 describes the Antichrist as a Beast—an appropriate title for him. During the last 3½ years of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will personify Satan himself. Second Thessalonians 2:9 says, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders.” Step by step, the Antichrist will promote himself from a European leader, to a world leader, to a tyrannical global dictator, and finally to a god.
What is the “unholy trinity”?
Satan is the first person and the father of the unholy trinity. The Antichrist will be the second member and the son of the unholy trinity. The False Prophet, the third member of the unholy trinity, will direct the worship and praise of the people back to the Antichrist (Revelation 13:11–12).
How does the Antichrist gain political power?
His rise to power will be inconspicuous. It will not be noticed in the beginning and will hardly raise the attention even of the those who are closer to the center of action. He will rise out of the general population. John says, “Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns” (Revelation 13:1). The sea in biblical imagery stands for the general mass of humanity or, more specifically, the Gentile nations.
Whatever power the Antichrist has, he is allowed to have it by the overriding authority of Almighty God. As bad as the Tribulation will be, it will never be out of God’s control. There is a leash on Satan, and God is holding it. Satan will be able to do only that which God allows him to do during the Tribulation period.
Who will worship the Antichrist?
According to Revelation 13:8, “all who dwell on the earth will worship him.” Daniel 7:25 tells us that the Antichrist is a cultic leader. “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High … and shall intend to change times and law.” He will speak out against the true God of heaven. The language suggests that he will try to raise himself to the level of God and make declarations from that position.
Second Thessalonians 2:4 says the Antichrist “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” He will accept the worship of the people of the world.
What will happen to the Antichrist as he leads the Battle of Armageddon?
During the Battle of Armageddon, the world will become increasingly discontented with the leadership of this global dictator who has gone back on every promise he made. Major segments of the world will begin to assemble their own military forces and rebel against him.
The king of the South and his armies will be the first to come after the Antichrist, followed by the armies of the North. “At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him: and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships” (Daniel 11:40).
The Antichrist will put down some of the these first attempts at rebellion against him. But before he can move toward his goal of destroying Israel and Jerusalem, something happens: “But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many” (Daniel 11:44). The Bible leaves no doubt as to the source of the news that so disturbs enrages the Antichrist: “Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared” (Revelation 16:12).
The Euphrates is one of the greatest rivers in the world. It flows from the mountains of western Turkey, through Syria, and continues through the heart of Iraq, not far from Baghdad. It eventually unites with the Tigris to become the Shatt el Arab, and finally empties into the Persian Gulf. The entirety of the Euphrates flows through Muslim territory. In Genesis 15 and Deuteronomy 11, the Lord specified that the Euphrates would be the easternmost border of the Promised Land. It serves both as a border and a barrier between Israel and her enemies.
With the disappearance of the Euphrates, the Antichrist will be vulnerable to attack by the kings of the east. Their arrival will mark the beginning of the greatest war of all history.
Let us now drill down on what or who is the antichrist. The name “Antichrist” is only found in the following four verses. Let’s read them to see what we are being told.
Warning Concerning Antichrists
1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the last hour.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us.
1Jn 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who denies the Father and the Son is antichrist.
1Jn 2:23 Everyone who denies the Son neither has the Father. The one confessing the Son also has the Father.
1Jn 2:24 Therefore what you heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will abide in both the Son and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that He has promised us: everlasting life.
1Jn 2:26 These things I have written to you concerning those leading you astray.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him.
Children of God
1Jn 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is revealed, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him in His coming.
1Jn 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of Him.
John tells us that many who are against Yehshua and His Torah will come. This is an ongoing theme since John wrote this in his day. The second time the antichrist is used is in verse 22 of 1 John 2, describing those who deny Yehshua was and is our Messiah.
We are also told to test the spirits in order to identify who is the antichrist in 1 John 4.
Test the Spirits
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God;
1Jn 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is already in the world.
1Jn 4:4 You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1Jn 4:5 They are of the world, therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
1Jn 4:6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us. The one who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
God Is Love
1Jn 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
1Jn 4:8 The one who does not love has not known God. For God is love.
1Jn 4:9 In this the love of God was revealed in us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him.
1Jn 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation concerning our sins.
1Jn 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1Jn 4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1Jn 4:13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
1Jn 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
1Jn 4:15 Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God.
1Jn 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1Jn 4:17 In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as He is, so also we are in this world.
1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears has not been perfected in love.
1Jn 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
1Jn 4:20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
1Jn 4:21 And we have this commandment from Him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
The fourth and final time the word antichrist is used is again by John in 2 John 1:
Greeting
2Jn 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,
2Jn 1:2 for the sake of the truth dwelling in us, and which shall be with us forever.
2Jn 1:3 Grace will be with you, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
Walking in Truth and Love
2Jn 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found your children walking in truth, as we have received command from the Father.
2Jn 1:5 And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
2Jn 1:6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
2Jn 1:7 For many deceivers have entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the anti-christ.
2Jn 1:8 Look to yourselves, so that we may not lose those things which we worked out, but that we may receive a full reward.
2Jn 1:9 Everyone transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, nor speak a greeting to him.
2Jn 1:11 For he who speaks a greeting to him is partaker of his evil deeds.
Final Greetings
2Jn 1:12 Having many things to write to you, I do not want to say with paper and ink. But I trust to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be full.
2Jn 1:13 The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen.
Apostle John was the only Bible writer to use the name Antichrist. Let us now read the verses we skipped over to get the proper context of these letters.
The Word of Life
1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of Life,
1Jn 1:2 (for the Life was revealed, and we have seen itand bear witness, and show to you the everlasting Life, who was with the Father and was revealed to us),
1Jn 1:3 that which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.
1Jn 1:4 And we write these things to you so that your joy may be full.
Walking in the Light
1Jn 1:5 And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
1Jn 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
Christ Our Advocate
1Jn 2:1 My little children, I write these things to you sothat you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1Jn 2:2 And He is the propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the sins of all the world.
1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.
1Jn 2:4He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
1Jn 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.
The New Commandment
1Jn 2:7 Brothers, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from thebeginning. The old commandment is the Word which you have heard from the beginning.
1Jn 2:8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true Light now shines.
1Jn 2:9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now.
1Jn 2:10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no offense in him.
1Jn 2:11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because darkness has blinded his eyes.
1Jn 2:12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
1Jn 2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
1Jn 2:14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Do Not Love the World
1Jn 2:15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
1Jn 2:16 because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides forever.
1Jn 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He shall be revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
1Jn 3:3 And everyone who has this hope on him purifies himself, even as that One is pure.
1Jn 3:4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.
1Jn 3:5 And you know that He was revealed that He might take away our sins, and in Him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Everyone who abides in Him does not sin. Everyone who sins has not seen Him nor known Him.
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.
1Jn 3:8 He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.
1Jn 3:9 Everyone who has been born of God does not commit sin, because His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the Devil: everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God, also he who does not love his brother.
Love One Another
1Jn 3:11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
1Jn 3:12 not as Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s things were righteous.
1Jn 3:13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
1Jn 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
1Jn 3:15 Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.
1Jn 3:16 By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1Jn 3:17 But whoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?
1Jn 3:18 My children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1Jn 3:19 And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him,
1Jn 3:20 that if our heart accuses us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not accuse us, we have confidence toward God.
1Jn 3:22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he who keeps His commandment dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave to us.
Overcoming the World
1Jn 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves him who has been born of Him.
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
1Jn 5:4 For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Testimony Concerning the Son of God
1Jn 5:6 This is He who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by the water and blood. And the Spirit is He who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
1Jn 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
1Jn 5:8 And there are three that bear witness on the earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are into the one.
1Jn 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which He has testified about His Son.
1Jn 5:10 He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son.
1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God has given to us everlasting life, and this life is in His Son.
1Jn 5:12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
That You May Know
1Jn 5:13 I have written these things to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1Jn 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
1Jn 5:15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
1Jn 5:16 If anyone sees his brother sin a sin not to death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those that do not sin to death. There is a sin to death, I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1Jn 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not to death.
1Jn 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
1Jn 5:19 We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.
1Jn 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.
1Jn 5:21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols. Amen.
Having now read all of John’s letters, who is the antichrist he is warning you about? Those who do not and will not obey the commandments and they who do not believe Yehshua is the anointed or Messiah. But before you do as other Christians do and begin to point the finger at the Jews, let’s now read some scriptures they have in the Old Testament.
Yehovah is our Redeemer.
Isa 41:13 For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isa 41:14 Do not fear, worm of Jacob and men of Israel; I will help you, says Jehovah, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Yehovah is our Savior!
Israel’s Only Savior
Isa 43:1 But now so says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
Isa 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on you.
Isa 43:3 For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Isa 43:4 Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life.
Isa 43:5 Fear not; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west.
Isa 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isa 43:7 everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isa 43:8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
Isa 43:9 Let all the nations be brought together, and let the people be gathered; who among them can declare this and make us hear former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.
Isa 43:10 You are My witnesses, says Jehovah, and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me no God was formed, nor shall there be after Me.
Isa 43:11 I, I am Jehovah; and there is none to save besides Me.
Isa 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says Jehovah, that I am God.
Isa 43:13 Yea, before the day was, I am He; and no one delivers out of My hand; I will work, and who will reverse it?
Isa 43:14 So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose shout is in the ships.
Isa 43:15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Isa 43:16 So says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;
Isa 43:17 who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are put out, they are snuffed out like a wick.
Isa 43:18 Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Isa 43:20 The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
Isa 43:21 This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
Isa 43:22 But you have not called on Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
Isa 43:23 You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
Isa 43:24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with silver, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Isa 43:25 I, I am He who blots out your sins for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Isa 43:26 Cause Me to remember; let us enter into judgment; declare yourself, that you may be justified.
Isa 43:27 Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me.
Isa 43:28 And I will defile rulers of the sanctuary, and will give Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
There is no other gods besides Yehovah. There are not two or three. There is no Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Yehovah and He alone is our saviour.
Isa 45:5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else, no God besides Me; I clothed you, though you have not known Me;
Isa 45:6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and to the sunset, that there is none besides Me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;
Isa 45:7 forming the light and creating darkness; making peace and creating evil. I Jehovah do all these things.
Isa 45:8 Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.
The Lord, the Only Savior
Isa 45:14 So says Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come to you, and they shall be yours. They shall come after you in chains; and they shall cross in chains and they shall fall down to you. They shall plead to you, saying, Surely God is in you; and none else, no other God.
Isa 45:15 Truly You are a God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
Isa 45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go into disgrace together.
Isa 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in Jehovah with an everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed nor blush to the forevers of eternity.
Isa 45:18 For so says Jehovah the Creator of the heavens, He is God, forming the earth and making it; He makes it stand, not creating it empty, but forming it to be inhabited. I am Jehovah, and there is no other.
Isa 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain. I Jehovah speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 45:20 Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, escaped ones of the nations; those who set up the wood of their graven image, and those that pray to a god that cannot save. They know nothing.
Isa 45:21 Declare and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this of old? Who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no other God besides Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me.
Isa 45:22 Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isa 45:24 He says, Only in Jehovah do I have righteousness and strength; even to Him he comes. And they are ashamed, all who are angry with Him.
Isa 45:25 In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
Isa 12:1 And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger, and You shall comfort me.
Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.
Isa 12:3 And with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isa 12:4 And in that day you shall say, Praise Jehovah! Call on His name; declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted.
Isa 12:5 Sing to Jehovah; for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
Isa 12:6 Cry out and shout, O dweller of Zion; for great isthe Holy One of Israel in your midst.
Yehovah is telling you that He will become our Salvation, our Yehshua. Yehovah is telling you that He did become Yehshua,
H3444 (Strong) יְשׁוּעָה yeshû‛âh yesh-oo’-aw
Feminine passive participle of H3467; something saved, that is, (abstractly) deliverance; hence aid, victory, prosperity: – deliverance, health, help (-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
God with us Immanuel.
Mat 1:19 But Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man , and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
Mat 1:20 but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins.
Mat 1:22 Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying,
Mat 1:23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, ‘God with us.’
Yehovah just told you in Isaiah 12:2 He would become your Yehshua. Matthew is telling you the Messiah is called God with us. Luke is saying the same thing only Luke says Yehshua.
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Birth of Jesus Foretold
Luk 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luk 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Luk 1:28 And the angel came in to her and said, Hail, one receiving grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed areyou among women.
Luk 1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.
Luk 1:30 And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luk 1:31 And behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS.
The name Jesus here is:
G2424 (Thayer) Ἰησοῦς Iēsous
Thayer Definition:
Jesus = “Jehovah is salvation”
1) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate
We also read in the words of the Apostle John the following:
Jhn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jhn 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Jhn 1:3 All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
Jhn 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth.
The Word, is the Torah. The Torah is Yehovah. Yehovah was the Word in the beginning and was God. Yehovah, God became flesh and dwelt amongst us. We also know this is true because of what we are told in Lev 16.
Lev 16:7 And he shall take the two he-goats and present them before Jehovah at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Lev 16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots on the two he-goats; one lot for Jehovah and the other lot for a complete removal.
Lev 16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on which Jehovah’s lot fell, and offer it for a sin offering.
The Goat that represented Yehovah is the Goat that is to be killed as our SIN OFFERING, Yehovah became Yehshua, salvation as Isaiah said. Yehovah the Word Dwelt amongst us. Yehovah was killed at Passover as both our Passover lamb and as the atonement Goat for our sin offering.
I say all of this to reask the question now. Who are the antichrists? Those who deny the Messiah, Yehovah our Saviour. Those who deny the Word, the Torah that became flesh and dwelt amongst us. Who is that? Yehovah our Salvation-Yehshua.
On this note, I want to encourage you again to watch our video about the number 666 and who the beast is. These people do not believe in Yehovah or Yehshua. They are antichrists.
Does the Temple have to be rebuilt?
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.
The translators have added the words of the altar.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst.
Paul is very specific about the man of sin sitting in the Temple of God.
G3485 (Thayer) ναός naos
Thayer Definition:
1) used of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice
2) any heathen temple or shrine
3) metaphorically the spiritual temple consisting of the saints of all ages joined together by and in Christ
The Temple Mount is not nor ever was the Temple, so that is ruled off the table from the get go. The actual Temple area consisted of the area above what is now the City of David. Specifically above the Shem stone or what is called Temple Zero found just above the Gihon spring and just below the platform where you enter Hezekiah’s tunnel.
Understanding just how little time is left, from now until 2033, do I expect the Temple to be rebuilt? No.
We have shown you that one of the key elements of the Temple was and is the Red Heifer altar. It is the same as the sin altar that is outside the city. This is where Abraham offered Isaac, and later, Solomon built his shrines to the god Molech and others. This is Golgotha, where the head tax was done. It is now called the Mount of Offence because of Solomon. This is the altar the Lamb of God was sacrificed beside.
When I was there last year, in 2023, they built a new shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but they had not installed her in the shrine before October 7.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many forone week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.
The words of the altar are not there in Hebrew. They have been added.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm H1396 the covenant H1285 with many H7227 for one H259 week: H7620 and in the midst H2677 of the week H7620 he shall cause the sacrifice H2077 and the oblation H4503 to cease, H7673 and for H5921 the overspreading H3671 of abominations H8251 he shall make it desolate, H8074 even until H5704 the consummation, H3617 and that determined H2782 shall be poured H5413 upon H5921 the desolate. H8076
The word overspreading is;
H3671 (Strong) כָּנָף kânâph kaw-nawf’
From H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle: – + bird, border, corner, end, feather [-ed], X flying, + (one an-) other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort, uttermost part, wing ([-ed]).
This is the same word as the corner of a tallit which has fringes and tzit tzit.
Abominations is the word:
H8251 (Strong) שִׁקֻּץ שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûts shiqqûts shik-koots’, shik-koots’
From H8262; disgusting, that is, filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol: – abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
He shall make desolate is the Hebrew word:
H8074 (Strong) שָׁמֵם shâmêm shaw-mame’
A primitive root; to stun (or intransitively grow numb), that is, devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense): – make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish (-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate (-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Unitl the consumption:
H3617 (Strong) כָּלָה kâlâh kaw-law’
From H3615; a completion; adverbially completely; also destruction: – altogether, (be, utterly) consume (-d), consummation (-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
This is telling me that in the Holy Place near the Altar on Golgotha will be a disgusting idol, that will stun the people and be there until the end when the Messiah destroyed it. For me this is related to the events of Revelation 13 which is going to Shamem, stun the world.
The Second Beast
Rev 13:11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. And it had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And it does great wonders, so that it makes fire come down from the heaven onto the earth in the sight of men.
Rev 13:14 And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived.
Rev 13:15 And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Rev 13:16 And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads,
Rev 13:17 even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
Rev 13:18 Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
When the man of sin comes, there is already a place for him to sit on the Mount of Offence, where this Idol had a new shrine built last year. Golgotha is the Altar where Yehshua was killed. And this same place is going to be split in half when the Messiah does come. In the days of Uzziah, the southern part of the Mountain split and moved 1.5 km to the south.
The Coming Day of the Lord
Zec 14:1 Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, and your spoil shall be divided in your midst.
Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half of the city shall go into exile, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zec 14:3 And Jehovah shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle.
Zec 14:4 And His feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall divide from its middle, from the east and to the west, a very great valley. And half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zec 14:5 And you shall flee to the valley of My mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, and all the saints with you.
This is the place I am looking for the man of sin to be sitting. The Pope already has his flag on this mountain. Will the Iman of Islam also stake his flag there? We will soon see.
1/3 of the Trees Burned Up
1/3 of the Trees Burned Up
We have been saying the 7 Trumpet Plagues align with the first 7 years of the final 10 years of judgment beginning with 2024. And 2033 being the final day of judgment on the world world with Satan being locked away that year on the Day of Atonement.
For those of you who are new, our thinking is based on the scripture in Luke which states as it was in the days of Noah and as it was in the days of Lot.
Looking at those days in their respective Jubilee Cycles shows us that it was a time of judgment in their day, and so will it be in our day. Our book The Ten Days of Awe explains the time period between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, known as the Ten Days of Awe. It also explains the 10 plagues of Egypt and what they look like today.
By doing all of this, we have come to believe the first trumpet plague would begin in 2024 or 2025, depending on which theory we subscribed to.
The Seven Trumpets
Rev 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were cast on the earth. And the third part of trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
We have been watching for some sort of report that would confirm whether or not 1/3 of the trees were being burned up or not. We have forest fires taking place around the world. How would we ever measure this? Are we to look for a worldwide destruction or was it just in the nations that descended from the 12 tribes of Israel, or was it the state of Israel today with about 1/3 of the nation evacuated from the north due to the war? We did not know and we were watching to see what would come.
As I go to post this newsletter, Shane sent me this article he just read.
https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires
The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse
The latest data on forest fires confirms what we’ve long feared: Forest fires are becoming more widespread, burning at least twice as much tree cover today as they did two decades ago.
Using data from researchers at the University of Maryland, recently updated to cover the years 2001 to 2023, we calculated that the area burned by forest fires increased by about 5.4% per year over that time period. Forest fires now result in nearly 6 million more hectares of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001 — an area roughly the size of Croatia.
Fire is also making up a larger share of global tree cover loss compared to other drivers like mining and forestry. While fires only accounted for about 20% of all tree cover loss in 2001, they now account for roughly 33%.
This increase in fire activity has been starkly visible in recent years. Record-setting forest fires are becoming the norm, with 2020, 2021 and 2023 marking the fourth, third and first worst years for global forest fires, respectively.
Nearly 12 million hectares — an area roughly the size of Nicaragua — burned in 2023, topping the previous record by about 24%. Extreme wildfires in Canada accounted for about two thirds (65%) of the fire-driven tree cover loss last year and more than one-quarter (27%) of all tree cover loss globally.
How Do We Measure Tree Cover Loss From Fires?
Researchers at the University of Maryland used Landsat satellite imagery to map the area of tree cover lost to stand-replacing forest fires (fires that kill all or most of the living overstory in a forest) annually from 2001 to 2023. While loss from stand-replacing fires is not always permanent, they can cause long-term changes to forest structure and soil chemistry, making them different from lower intensity understory fires that provide ecological benefits for many forests. The latest data provides a long-term view of these types of fires over the last 23 years at a higher resolution than other global burned area data sets. It also helps researchers distinguish the impact of tree cover loss from fires and loss from other drivers like agriculture and forestry. Learn more about the data on Global Forest Watch.
Climate Change Is Making Fires Worse
Climate change is one of the major drivers behind increasing fire activity. Extreme heat waves are already 5 times more likely today than they were 150 years ago and are expected to become even more frequent as the planet continues to warm. Hotter temperatures dry out the landscape and help create the perfect environment for larger, more frequent forest fires.
When forests burn, they release carbon that is stored in the trunks, branches and leaves of trees, as well as carbon stored underground in the soil. As forest fires become larger and happen more often, they emit more carbon, further exacerbating climate change and contributing to more fires as part of a “fire-climate feedback loop.”
This feedback loop, combined with the expansion of human activities into forested areas, is driving much of the increase in fire activity we see today. As climate-fueled forest fires burn larger areas, they will affect more people and impact the global economy.
Here’s a look at some of the places most impacted by increasing forest fires, based on the latest data:
Mounting Temperatures Are Fueling More Severe Fires in Boreal Forests
The large majority — roughly 70% — of all fire-related tree cover loss between 2001 and 2023 occurred in boreal regions. Though fire is a natural part of how boreal forests function ecologically, fire-related tree cover loss in these areas increased by a rate of about 138,000 hectares (around 3.6%) per year over the last 23 years. That’s about half the total global increase between 2001 and 2023.
Climate change is the main cause of increasing fire activity in boreal forests. Northern high-latitude regions are warming at a faster rate than the rest of the planet, which contributes to longer fire seasons, greater fire frequency and severity and larger burned areas.
In 2021, for example, Russia saw 5.4 million hectares of fire-related tree cover loss, the most recorded for that country in the last 23 years. This was due in part to prolonged heatwaves that would have been practically impossible without human-induced climate change.
In 2023, record-breaking wildfires in Canada burned almost 7.8 million hectares of tree cover, or about 6 times the country’s annual average for 2001-2022. As forests burned, they released nearly 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — roughly equivalent to the amount of carbon that India (the world’s third largest emitter) generated from fossil fuel use in 2022. These extreme wildfires caused billions of dollars in property damage, displaced thousands of people from their homes, and spewed air pollution that travelled as far as Europe and China. They were largely fueled by warmer-than-average temperatures and drought conditions, with some parts of the country experiencing temperatures up to 10 degrees C (18 degrees F) above normal.
This trend is worrying for several reasons. Boreal forests store 30%-40% of all terrestrial carbon globally, making them one of the largest carbon storehouses on the planet. Most carbon in boreal forests is stored underground in the soil, including in permafrost, and has historically been protected from the infrequent and lower severity fires that occur naturally. But changes in climate and fire activity are melting permafrost and making soil carbon more vulnerable to burning.
In addition, fires that are more frequent and more severe than normal can drastically alter the structure of forests in boreal regions. Boreal forests have long been dominated by coniferous tree species like black spruce, but frequent fires can reduce the resilience of black spruce and other conifers and effectively eliminate them from the landscape, allowing deciduous trees to take their place. Such changes could have wide-ranging impacts on biodiversity, soil dynamics, fire behavior, carbon sequestration and cultural traditions. In some extreme cases, when fires are especially severe or frequent, trees may fail to regrow at all.
These shifting forest dynamics could eventually turn boreal forests from a carbon sink (an area that absorbs more carbon than it emits) into a source of carbon emissions. In fact, recent research shows that boreal forests are already losing their ability to store carbon.
Agricultural Expansion and Forest Degradation Are Stoking Fires in Tropical Forests
In contrast to boreal forests, stand-replacing fires are not a usual part of the ecological cycle in tropical forests. Yet fires are increasing in this region as well. Over the last 23 years, fire-related tree cover loss in the tropics increased at a rate of about 41,500 hectares (around 9%) per year and accounted for roughly 15% of the total global increase in tree cover loss from fires between 2001 and 2023.
Though fires are responsible for less than 10% of all tree cover loss in the tropics, more common drivers like commodity-driven deforestation and shifting agriculture make tropical forests less resilient and more susceptible to fires. Deforestation and forest degradation associated with agricultural expansion lead to higher temperatures and dried out vegetation, creating more fuel and allowing fires to spread faster.
El Niño and Tropical Forest Fires
In addition to climate and land-use changes, wildfire risk in the tropics is further fueled by El Niño events. These natural climate cycles recur every 2-7 years, causing high temperatures and below-average rainfall in certain parts of the world. During the 2015-2016 El Niño season, tree cover loss due to fires increased 10-fold in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and Latin America. The strongest El Niño event since 2015-2016 emerged in June 2023 and officially ended in May 2024.
In addition, it is relatively common in tropical regions to use fires to clear land for new pasture or agricultural fields after trees have been felled and left to dry. This tree cover loss is not attributed to fires in our analysis because the trees have already been cut down. However, during periods of drought, intentional fires can accidentally escape newly cleared fields and spread into surrounding forests. As a result, almost all fires that occur in the tropics are started by people, rather than sparked by natural ignition sources like lightning strikes. And they are exacerbated by warmer and drier conditions, which can cause fires to rage out of control.
In Bolivia, for example, agricultural expansion and droughts have led to a significant increase in the amount of fire-related tree cover loss over the last two decades. This increase in fire activity is threatening some of the world’s most iconic and protected places, such as Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to thousands of species and is one of the largest intact parks in the Amazon.
Similar to boreal forests, increasing tree cover loss due to fires in the tropics is causing higher carbon emissions. Previous studies found that in some years, forest fires accounted for more than half of all carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon. This suggests the Amazon basin may be nearing or already at a tipping point for turning into a net carbon source.
Heatwaves and Shifting Population Patterns Are Increasing Fire Risk in Temperate and Subtropical Forests
Historically, fires in temperate and subtropical forests have burned less area than boreal and tropical forests: Combined, they accounted for 15% of all fire-related tree cover loss between 2001 and 2023. But the data shows that fires are increasing in these regions as well, by about 34,300 hectares (roughly 5.3%) per year. While temperate and subtropical areas tend to contain a larger proportion of managed forests — which can house fewer species and store less carbon than natural ones — fires in these regions still pose significant risks for people and nature.
As with boreal forests, climate change is the primary driver behind the increasing fire activity in temperate and subtropical forests. For example, heatwaves and summer droughts play a dominant role in driving fire activity across the Mediterranean basin. In 2022, record-breaking heat and drought in Spain resulted in more than 70,000 hectares of tree cover burned, the largest amount since 2001.
Land-use changes and shifting populations are also compounding the impacts of climate change in these regions. In Greece, a combination of heatwaves, drought, and large plantations of highly flammable non-native species (like Eucalyptus) created ideal conditions for extreme wildfires in 2021 and 2023. In Europe more broadly, the abandonment of agricultural land in recent years has been followed by excessive vegetation growth that has increased fire risk.
In the United States, natural lands are rapidly being converted into “wildland-urban interfaces,” or places where homes and other manmade structures intermingle with trees and vegetation. This increases the risk of fire ignitions, damage and loss of life. In 2022, wildfires in the U.S. burned nearly 1 million hectares of tree cover and caused roughly $3.3 billion in damages. One of the largest fires that year, California’s Mosquito Fire, burned thousands of hectares of forest in and near areas classified as wildland-urban interfaces, destroying 78 structures in nearby communities.
Both the annual cost and number of deaths from wildfires in the United States have increased over the past four decades. As human activities continue to warm the planet and reshape the landscape, deadly, multi-billion-dollar disasters like these will likely become more common in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.
How Do We Reduce Forest Fires?
The causes of increasing forest fires are complex and vary by geography. Much has been written about how to manage wildfires and mitigate fire risk, but there is no silver bullet solution.
Climate change clearly plays an important role in driving more frequent and intense fires, especially in boreal forests. As such, there is no solution for bringing fire activity back down to historical levels without drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and breaking the fire-climate feedback loop. Mitigating the worst impacts of climate change is still possible, but it will require rapid and significant transformations across all systems.
In addition to climate change, human activity in and around forests makes them more susceptible to wildfires and plays a role in driving higher levels of fire-related tree cover loss in the tropics and elsewhere. Improving forest resilience by ending deforestation and forest degradation is key to preventing future fires. So is limiting nearby burning that can easily escape into forests, particularly during periods of drought. Incorporating wildfire risk mitigation into forest management strategies in fire-prone regions would help protect forest carbon and create jobs and support rural communities at the same time.
While data alone cannot solve this issue, the recent data on fire-driven tree cover loss on Global Forest Watch, along with other fire monitoring data, can help us track fire activity in both the long term and in near-real-time to identify trends and develop targeted responses.
This article was originally published in 2022. It was last updated in August 2024 to reflect the latest data on global tree cover loss.
Here is a clip of the interview with Nehemia, which you might like to share. It is very short.
Here is a little Geek information. October 7, 2023 in Gregorian time calculates September 24, 2023 Julian time
September 24, 2024 in Gregorian calculates September 11, 2024 Julian time.
I believe that the subject of Daniel 9 is The Messiah, and not the antichrist. Therefore, the”He” that makes a covenant with many is Yeshua, this covenant is for one week or 7 days, 7 is covenant. In the midst (middle) of the week, ie. 3 1/2 years of his ministry, Yeshua is crucified making an end of the sacrifices.This would leave the 3 1/2 year time frame mentioned by both Daniel and The Revelator yet to be completed during the tribulation. This would be why the “He” makes desolate the overspreading of abominations. The antichrist would not end the overspreading of abominations… he is one!
But then why would Yehsua Himelf not say that Daniel 9 prophecy was about HIM , if it was that obvious . Or at least others would have said so. NO I cant buy that argument as its not logical to say its about Yehsua and there is not one mention of Daniel 9 being about him in thousands of years till now, our time.!
We are in last of the last days… thats why we are seriously preparing… thanks YHVH for your prophetic vision and guidance grandpa joe
Joseph (Ditchdigger) Your comment, during the interview with Nehemia about censorship in Canada, limiting what you could say, should frighten viewers in America. Governments in the UK, France, Sweden the Netherlands & Europe, have imposed a ban on any negative comments about Islamic criminals taking over these countries, with fines and jail time for “hate speech.” WAKE UP It’s coming to America, and to a great extent is already here! Resist. Time is short! The Word of Yehovah saves!
I’ve been reading your thought-provoking website now since 2007 or ’08. We’re sticking with the Hillel calendar. More will be revealed. Thanks for what you’re doing, even if I don’t agree sometimes. From the Oregon coast, Peter Smith
Your teachings are complicated, such as your opinion on the temple not being built. Some maps would be helpful on locations. Sometimes you give too much information and that also makes understanding more difficult.
Only trying to give constructive advice.
I am confused. In your article titled “Will the Temple be rebuilt”, you make the following statement:
“There is no other gods besides Yehovah. There are not two or three. There is no Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Yehovah and He alone is our saviour.”
Yet in those verses from the book of John in that same article it talks about those that deny the Son. Please explain.
Shalom James, in the scriptures just before and then again in those scriptures of Isaiah after the line in which you quote me, Yehovah tells you through Isaiah that He is the redeemer, that Yehovah is our Saviour, and that there are no other gods besides Yehovah.
When we say the Shema, we say Yehovah Elohainu, Yehovah Echad.
In the scripture of Isaiah 12:2 which we quoted right after the one you said, Yehovah has become our Yehshua. Our Salvation.
Yehovah became Yehshua and was killed on the Tree. Yehovah rose from the grave 3 days later.
I say these things purposefully. There is another religion that has one god as the father. Another god as the son and another god as the holy spirit. The Egyptians, Hindus, Buddist and other religions also have the same three main gods. And this is what Satan has deceived the whole world with.
I know that this is sometimes a difficult subject for people to understand. There are also a number of New Testament scriptures I cannot explain. But I keep looking at the Day of Atonement sacrifice. One goat represents Yehovah, and the other Goat represents Satan. The Goat that represents Yehovah is the one killed as a sin offering—exactly what happened at Passover when Yehshua was killed on the tree.
Do ask Yehovah to show you these things so you do understand. We also have brethren who do not agree with me on this view point. And that is OK.
My understanding is the triune nature of Yehovah. Yeshua is God incarnate and is “one” with the Father, Yehovah and Yeshua and their Holy Spirit is “one”.. I know from Muslim History and the creation of Islam there was division over the nature of God in the early church this division morphed into the false religion of Islam today, who claim that God is “one” and does not begat. I am no scholar but i read a lot and seek the truth which is what brought me to your research concerning the Jubilee and Sabbatical years, which I agree with. Perhaps I just don’t understand what you meant by the statement I referred to. In either case, you don’t answer to me, but the Great Judge, as will I. May Father continue to lead us all into the truth. Shalom
From the “Does the Temple…” tab:
“Daniel continues his description of the Antichrist by telling us he is a man “whose appearance was greater than his fellows” (Daniel 7:20). In terms of his outward appearance, this man will be strikingly attractive.”
Perhaps “appearance” should be translated differently:
Dan 7:20 and of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking very great things (root: rabab), whose appearance (root: chazah) was greater (root: rabab) than his fellows.
“Chazah” is the same root found in numbers 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29 and 30, corresponding to visions and dreams, in newsletter 5860-028.
H2376 (Ancient Hebrew)
ac: See co: ? ab: Perceive: The ability to see beyond what is seen in the physical present as a light piercing through the darkness. (eng: haze; gaze – an exchange for the h and g)
H) ac: Perceive co: Light ab: ?
rm) Vision: [Aramaic only] [freq. 12] |kjv: vision, look| {H2376}
H2372 (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חזה
châzâh
BDB Definition:
1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide