Tell the Enemy When To Strike

Is it possible the leaders of heathen nations have more faith in the Word of God than God's own people?

I am continually amazed and in awe of God's Word.  I would like to show in this post something very peculiar about America's ultimate demise; when she is overthrown and made wholly desolate.  As I've stated many times, it will be a day like no other.  At midday the sun will go dark over America.(Amos 8:9, Isaiah 13:10, Joel 2:10, Lamentation 2:1)  Whatever is big enough and frightening enough to blot out the sun must surely exist today somewhere in space and be on the way here.  It's at that time, when that "cloud" passes between us and the sun, that this certain coalition of nations will leave their base and head our way. (Jeremiah 6:4, 15:8)  We're told they will arrive by early evening.(Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 17:14)

Now let me ask you, how does the enemy coalition know when to strike?  How do they know when this great atmospheric "cloud" will cover America?  I had always thought, well they must see it coming.  Certainly the space technology of the leading nations must be advanced enough to see it coming and know when it will pass.  And I don't doubt this may be the case.  It's certainly possible those things are in play.  But the Bible says nothing about this.  However, it does tell us how they know.

Can I tell you plainly, folks, that they find out about this "cloud" because it's written in the Word of God?  The very Light that exposes the "thief" for God's people (1 Thessalonians 5:4-5) also informs that great heathen military coalition when to strike.

Isaiah 13
2 "Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger--Those who rejoice in My exaltation."

Look at this amazing detail we're given here.  Start with verse 3.  He says "I've commanded my sanctified ones."  He's not talking about the heathen nations yet.  Sanctified here means clean, holy, set apart.  The heathen are not God's holy ones. The heathen nations do not care about or rejoice in Jehovah's exaltation.  No, he's saying, I've commanded my holy ones, my mighty champions, to do my work...for the day of my anger.  I have called and appointed them for the work at hand.  And what is that work?

Now look at verse 2. Lift up a banner on a high mountain.  Mountains in the Bible usually refer to nations.  And what nation is higher, or more exalted, than America?  It says "raise your voice to them" from this high mountain.  Shout out a loud message to the heathen.  Shout and wave your hands, that the enemy may enter the gates of the nobles (America).  He's saying, give them the signal.  Tell them about the most opportune time to strike.  And it's evident this message is being given from the very nation that is to be struck.

Is this wrong?  Should this message be kept secret?  No, for we know that God will do nothing unless he reveals his secrets to his prophets. (Amos 3:7)  And we know that the watchman is allowed to declare what he sees regarding Babylon. (Isaiah 21:6)  And that which he sees is from looking intently at the Word of God, with great care. (Isaiah 21:7)  And furthermore he's instructed to make the vision plain, and write it down, that they may make haste who read it.  (Habakkuk 2:2)

Jeremiah 51
27 Set up a banner in the land, Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
28 Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes, Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion.

Jeremiah confirms this.  Like Isaiah, he says, set up a banner in the land.  Blow the trumpet.  The trumpet here is being used as an instrument of warning and alarm.  Just as the watchman would wake up the city in the middle of the night, warning them of an impending attack.  Jeremiah says, Wake up the nations!  Prepare the nations against her.  This banner is the same as Isaiah's.  That banner is found in the truth of God's Word, which informs us of things to come.

Isaiah 21
11 The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
12 The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; Return! Come back!"

Obadiah 1:1  The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom (We have heard a report from the LORD, And a messenger has been sent among the nations, [saying], "Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle"):

It's evident from these passages that the purpose of the watchman is exactly what you would expect of a watchman.  To inform the nation, well in advance, when danger is approaching.  "There's still time.  Come back as often as you like."  And how does the watchman know?  He listened for the time to come. (Isaiah 42:23)  And he not only watches for the nation to which the attack is coming, but that "report from the Lord" also goes out to the heathen nations.  But is this possible?  Is it really the Lord who stirs up the nations for the day of doom?

Isaiah 5:26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.

Well, who is this "He"?  Look at the previous verse: "Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people;..."  And again we read of a weapon so devastating in the latter days that it can kill ten thousand people at once; being wielded by only two men.  And how is all this possible against God's people?  Because God has surrendered his people to the enemy.

Deuteronomy 32:30  How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

I realize God's people struggle with this message because it's not about the goodness and mercy of God.  The message they've heard all their lives and to which they're accustomed.  But let me tell you, the leaders of these heathen nations coming to utterly destroy America are doing God's will.  And even they know God's people are deserving of just such a judgment:

Jeremiah 50:7  All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries said, 'We have not offended, Because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, The LORD, the hope of their fathers.'

These heathen nations coming to destroy America say, Look, we're not doing anything wrong.  The people have sinned against their God.  They are deserving of this.

But God's people protest, "LORD!  What about your grace and mercy?  Aren't we in your age of grace?  Isn't it enough that we tell people about your love and forgiveness?  Certainly the Lord won't ever remove his lovingkindness and mercy from us!!"  You only think this because you don't know about the judgment and righteousness of Jehovah. (Jeremiah 9:24)

Jeremiah 16:5   For thus says the LORD: "Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people," says the LORD, "lovingkindness and mercies.

Let me ask you, brothers and sisters, what do you think the world thinks of us?  More importantly, what do you think they think about our God, after observing our lives and our conversation?

The door of the age of grace is quickly closing.  When that next door opens, the great scroll of judgment will go out throughout all the earth. (Zechariah 5)  But we know that judgment begins with us. (1 Peter 4:17)  Today the Lord pleads with his people, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. (James 5)  Now is the time to wake up.  Now is the time to put off all besetting sins.  Now is the time to do those things  that please the Father.

Matthew 25
33 "And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 

34 "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 

35 'for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 

36 'I [was] naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 

37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed [You], or thirsty and give [You] drink? 

38 'When did we see You a stranger and take [You] in, or naked and clothe [You]? 

39 'Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 

40 "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brethren, you did [it] to Me.'

Lunar Eclipse - Season of Judgments

This post is a bit of a diversion for me.  I typically write about things I'm understanding as I read the Word of God.  Briefly, though, I want to mention something that I just merely feel or sense.  Many of you are aware of the lunar eclipse today and have read articles like this one:

The last total lunar eclipse was on June 15 although that was not visible from the U.S. The next one is on April 15, 2014, and will be seen in the U.S.

I chose this line in the article for a reason.  Notice the mention of the NEXT lunar eclipse.  Yes, this is the first of four consecutive lunar eclipses which, discovered by brother Mark Blitz in 2008, all fall on feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23).  I wrote about these eclipses, as well as the two solar eclipses, in my post entitled My 2016 Theory and how this event relates to Joel 2:31 and Daniel 9.

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 15, 2014

Lunar Eclipse - Feast of Tabernacles - October 8, 2014

Solar Eclipse - Adar 29/Nisan 1(new year) - March 20, 2015

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 4, 2015

Solar Eclipse - Feast of Trumpets - September 13, 2015

Lunar Eclipse - Feast of Tabernacles - September 28, 2015

Now, this sort of thing is very rare.  The last time this happened was in 1967/1968 when Jerusalem was restored to national Israel.  And then again, as I'm sure you already know, around the same time national Israel became a recognized state within Palestine.  And not to gloss over this, as this was a monumental event.  The people called "Judah" in the Bible, who we know as the Jews, had not known the geographic land area of Palestine as their home since the time of Christ....or roughly TWO THOUSAND years ago.  And it just so happens that this had to be the case.  Prophecy in the Bible demands that Judah, at least in part, be waiting in the land (Isaiah 29:23, Hosea 6:11, et al) when God brings the remaining portion of Judah, and the lost tribes of Israel (the Church) back to Zion at the end of this age. (Jeremiah 50:4)

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 24, 1967

Lunar Eclipse - Sukkoth - October 18, 1967

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 13, 1968

Lunar Eclipse - Sukkoth - October 6, 1968

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 13, 1949

Lunar Eclipse - Sukkoth - October 7, 1949

Lunar Eclipse - Passover - April 2, 1950

Lunar Eclipse - Sukkoth - September 26, 1950

To see this happen again in history, one has to go all the way back to 1493/94.

Cutting to the chase, and I can't pinpoint exactly why I feel this way, but I believe today's lunar eclipse was significant.  I have the sense that we will now begin to see greater and greater judgments in America until mid-2015.  It's as if what I'm feeling is that this morning's eclipse acts as a bookend, denoting  the beginning of a season of intense wake-up calls.  I don't know what all these "lesser" judgments entail, but I believe some of them are outlined in Amos 4, through verse 10.  Then in verse 11 we see the conclusion of the matter, she is overthrown just as Sodom was, by fire.  I believe that final judgment will take place in 2016, after a time of unprecedented peace and security.

Get ready, people.  The time to wake up has arrived.

Provoke! And So Much More...

Hebrews 10
24  And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

So on the one hand it's painfully obvious Yahshua is not attending our polluted worship services every week like many think he is.  Then on the other hand we have this prophecy about our day, that we are to exhort one another, so much more as we see the Day approaching.  Interesting.  How did the writer of Hebrews know about the remnant, the "out-of-churchers", who would be fleeing a corrupt worship establishment in our day?  He was inspired by the One who knew all things ahead of time.  But what are we to think of all this?  The word "forsaking" means to leave behind or utterly desert.  And "assembling of ourselves together" is taken from two words that literally mean "the complete collection of them".

Look at the word "provoke" (G3948) in verse 24.  Strong's defines it this way:

From G3947 (“paroxysm”); incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger): - contention, provoke unto.

And paroxysm is defined this way:

1. A sudden outburst of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter.
2.
a. A sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease.
b. A spasm or fit; a convulsion.

Wow, why in the world was "provoke" even used in this context?  Couldn't the writer have used a more subtle word...a kinder, gentler word?  Now look at the word "exhort" (G3870).  It carries with it the sense of imploring, or pleading with another, or to call near.

Now let me ask you: even if this passage somehow meant "don't stop attending worship service", as many think it does, would it even be possible to fulfill these instructions in a typical worship service?  So what are you supposed to do?  You're sitting there in church and halfway through the sermon you're supposed to stand up and start shouting about how the Day of the Lord is almost here and how we all need to WAKE UP before that day arrives...basically doing the pastors job for him because he's not?  I suspect after just one such outburst the deacons will be instructed to make sure you never enter that building again.  That's fine...shout the same thing from the parking lot.

I'm not suggesting you do this.  Nor am I suggesting you NOT do this.  Do whatever the Lord would have you to do.  Don't just leave the body.  Find a way to provoke the body, exhort the body, plead with the body to WAKE UP before it's too late!  I believe that is the true message of this passage.

God does not call us to sit passively by and do nothing.  No, he calls us to be foolish, radical, zealous.  Speak out passionately on facebook.  Be zealous in a blog.  Wear a sandwich board saying THE END IS NEAR.  Cry out aloud and spare not!  Do something to provoke the lost and sleeping to wake up.  You will be scorned.  You will be derided.  You will be mocked.  But in the eternal view, none of that matters.  If just one person wakes up as a result of you taking God at his word, then it will be worth it.

Awake, Awake, My Bride!

Isaiah 52

1  Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you.

Wake up, my people!  WAKE UP, my bride!!  Put on the majesty that is befitting you, my bride.  Put on your beautiful garments.  Put on holiness.  Be clean in my sight.  Wake up out of your sleep, your apathy, and cleanse yourself from your filthy deeds.  Repent!  Truly repent; truly walk away from your besetting sins and draw near to me before the day passes like chaff. (Zephaniah 2:2)   Be zealous and repent! (Revelation 3:19)  Obey me!  Learn to do good! (Isaiah 1:17)  You must wake up now, my people!!  You don't understand what's coming, my bride!  Wake up now!  Be clean in my sight.  Put on your beautiful garments.  I'm returning for a spotless bride.  You must wake up now!  The time has come, my bride!  The end of the age is here!  Now is the time that I've spoken of long ago.  Now is the time when the earth will only be filled with my people.  Now is the time when I will soon reign in the earth.  Wake up!

2  Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

Shake off the rubbish, the filth of this world that has clung to you, my people.  Shake it off and let it fall to the ground, no more to return to you.  Rise up, my people.  Look up, your redemption draws nigh!  Rise up to meet the Holy One of Israel.  I'm holy and just and righteous, and so you must be also.  Sit down, my people.  Establish yourselves in me.  Establish yourselves in that to which I've called you.  Establish yourselves in my whole Word.  Put away the filthy deeds of the flesh and mind.  Put away the lust of the flesh and all the trappings of this life.  Shake off the rubbish and arise to holiness.  Loose the bonds of your neck.  Let go of the sin holding you down.  You are captives, my people, and you don't even know it!  Stop settling for less than my word proclaims.  I'm a great God; I'm worthy of great honor and esteem; and I'm coming now to save those who truly belong to me.

3  For thus says the LORD: "You have sold yourselves for nothing, And you shall be redeemed without money."

My people, you have surrendered yourselves to the gods of this world.  You are slaves to the filthiness of your land.  You have received nothing of true value for all that to which you've sold yourselves.(Ezekiel 16:31)  But I'm coming to set you free.  My burden is easy and my yoke is light.  Turn to me, my people.  I'm coming soon to buy you back.(Hosea 3:1)

4  For thus says the Lord GOD: "My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5  Now therefore, what have I here," says the LORD, "That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail," says the LORD, "And My name [is] blasphemed continually every day.

You are my witnesses in the earth, my people.  But even from the beginning you've gone your own way.  And now at this last you've gotten exactly the leaders you deserve.  I cannot bless your disobedience.  What does the world think about me when they see you overtaken with the things of the world?  What do they think of me to see you so weak and filthy and self-centered?  They blaspheme my name because of you.

6  Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore [they shall know] in that day That I [am] He who speaks: 'Behold, [it is] I.' "

This thing will not stand!  You will soon know my name.  You will soon understand my character.  You will soon give me the awe that I deserve.  You will soon understand that I'm behind the things you're hearing and seeing.

7  How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good [things], Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

One is coming who reflects my true character.  One is coming to you who will reflect the true heart of my Son.  Many things he will proclaim to you.  He will tell you how to make peace with me.  He will tell you that your warfare will soon come to an end.  He will tell you of all the good things I have for you.  He will tell you of my lasting salvation.  He will tell you of my great majesty and the great honor that I deserve.  But his strength will be against you, against your sin. (Isaiah 48:14)

8  Your watchmen shall lift up [their] voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back Zion.

And this one is not coming alone.  He comes with a company of watchmen.  Those whom I've tried in the fire and prepared for just such a time as this.  And they will all agree, this company of watchmen who look and watch and see and know when that thief will arrive.  I've prepared this company of watchmen and they all agree.  Listen to them!  They will come to you when I'm about to set my people free and return them to Zion.

9  Break forth into joy, sing together, You waste places of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.

A time of comfort is coming to you, my people.  I will not always strive with you.(Isaiah 1:5)  I'm heaping disasters upon you and your land now that those will wake up who will return to me.  And when those calamities (Amos 4)  are ended a time of peace and safety will arrive.(I Thess. 5:3)  Great signs and wonders you'll see then.  This one will do his good pleasure towards you (Isaiah 48:14)  This one who abides under the shadow of my wings, is empowered by me, and will bring my healing to many of you. (Malachi 4:2)  But know that when you see this, the end of your nation is near.  And your redemption is almost here.

10  The LORD has made bare His holy arm In the eyes of all the nations; And all the ends of the earth shall see The salvation of our God.

All the world will marvel at my mighty power.  For she (America) who now says in her heart "I am, and there is none besides me", how she will be made desolate. (Zephaniah 2:15)  In that day all will know and understand who served me and who did not.(Malachi 3:18)

11  Depart! Depart! Go out from there, Touch no unclean [thing]; Go out from the midst of her, Be clean, You who bear the vessels of the LORD.
12  For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel [will be] your rear guard.

In that day, I will spare those who belong to me.(Nahum 1:7)  Come out of her my people. (Revelation 18:4)  Walk straight before you in the way I make for you.  Touch no unclean thing, you who bring my offering. (Isaiah 18:7)

13  Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14  Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men;
15  So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider.

Understand, my people, this is the day you've been waiting for.  Just as my Son, Yahshua, was marred more than any other, now he will be exalted like no other.  The Day is just beginning my bride.  Many more things are yet to come before the end.  Be ready, my bride.  Fill your lamps with oil.  Make yourselves ready!

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright

I just finished reading a book by J.H. Allen, first published in 1902:

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright

First let me say that this is a phenomenal book.  I don't know that I've ever read a book, other than the Bible, that was more enlightening.  Simply stated, I believe Mr. Allen succeeded in unraveling one of the most complex mysteries of all time: that of the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.  And not only that, but he did it by way of Truth, line upon line, precept upon precept. (Isaiah 28)   This post is by no means meant to be a book review, but I want to point out a few things as it relates to my frame of reference as I write in this blog; and I want to correct an error I made.

I believe it was in 2008 when I first came to the conclusion that America is that very same nation in the Bible referred to as Babylon.  And one of the first questions I had to answer was, who in the world are these two groups of people so named "Israel" and "Judah" who escape America with lives in tact, and return to Zion with weeping?:

Jeremiah 50:4
"In those days and in that time," says the LORD, "The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 51:10
The LORD has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

Isaiah 48:20
Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!"

Revelation 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

Isaiah 18:7  In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts From [fn] a people tall and smooth [of skin], And from a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide--To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, To Mount Zion.

I understand the thought process of the typical American Christian.  (It wasn't too long ago that I fit this description as well.)  The typical Christian spends very little time studying their Bible.(Jeremiah 6:10)  I'd imagine what time they do spend reading, they spend reading the popular Christian authors of our day.  I went down that road too, and I was sorely misled.  Just as I was misled on the true identity of Israel (and I had no idea who "Judah" might be).  Most Christians, when they hear the word "Israel" will either think of the State of Israel or they think of the Jews.  And they usually think of these two as being synonymous.  Simple, huh?  The thought goes something like this:

"God treats Jews and Christians differently.  I don't know exactly why, but he does.  You see, Jesus will return again for the Christians before the tribulation begins, but the Jews will be left to go through the tribulation.  They will build their temple again during that time.  And somewhere in there, in the midst of all that horror, they will realize that Jesus is the Messiah and will, at least in part, accept him as Savior.  Then, after we finish our seven year honeymoon in heaven, we'll all return with Christ at the Second Coming, all believers will then join us in the sky, and he will set up his kingdom on earth."

Sorry, folks, you're living in fantasy land, just as I was.

Christians today don't realize that they are the ones who will convince the Jews, during the tribulation, that Yahshua is the Messiah.

Isaiah 29:23  But when he sees his children, The work of My hands, in his midst, They will hallow My name, And hallow the Holy One of Jacob, And fear the God of Israel.

Well, who could his children possibly be?  Does it have anything to do with why Rachel is weeping for her children in Jeremiah 31?  Her children who left, and are no more?

Zechariah 12:5  "And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem [are] my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.'

The inhabitants of Jerusalem?  Does this have anything to do with?:

Isaiah 48:2  For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] His name:

So we see that "they", whoever they may be, are called after the holy city.  Could it be that when the word "Jerusalem" is used, it's not always talking about the city but it's actually referring to a group of people?  Certainly we see this in Jeremiah 13:

Jeremiah 13:9  "Thus says the LORD: 'In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

And only two verses later we see who he's talking about:

Jeremiah 13:11  'For as the sash clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me,' says the LORD, 'that they may become My people, for renown, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.'

There it is again: the house of Israel and the house of Judah.  And here, at least, Jerusalem is referring to the house of Israel.  Could it be that Jeremiah was called to prophecy to two generations, separated by a great distance of time?  There can be no other conclusion, for either this was the case, or Jeremiah was a false prophet.  The first Babylon was not a perpetual desolation, as he stated Babylon would become (Jeremiah 25).  Nor did Israel and Judah return from the first Babylon. (Jeremiah 50,51)  Only Judah returned, as we see in Ezra and Nehemiah.  And that is no surprise, because only Judah, the southern kingdom, went into Babylonian captivity.  The house of Israel, the northern kingdom, was taken captive to Assyria some 130-plus years before Judah was taken to Babylon.

We keep coming across this phrase "Judah and Israel".  Or, the house of Israel and the house of Judah.  And not only from an historical perspective, but we also see these two people groups being discussed in the prophecies of the latter days...our day.  None is more well known than that of the "two sticks" prophecy of Ezekiel 37 when the house of Israel "wakes up" out of the dust.

In previous articles I have written things like "they don't exist anymore" when referring to the house of Israel.  But I must confess that I used that phrase carelessly.   After reading Mr. Allen's book, it has become painfully clear.  Here's the distinction I want to make.  Obviously, the house of Judah, the Jews, do exist today.  The Jews, of the house of Judah, have been preserved as a unique people group throughout time.  History has clearly charted the dispersions of the Jewish people.  However, the path that the house of Israel has taken has been largely hidden from history.  And this is exactly what was prophesied.

Hosea 2:6  "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.

What I rather should have said was, the house of Israel today is not easily recognized like the house of Judah.  However, as Mr. Allen has shown, we can, if we look closely, see the migration of the people who came forth from the house of Israel to fulfill that word spoken of Abraham's seed.  To say otherwise is to ignore much prophecy and promise concerning that house.  And that's exactly what I did.

Now, as it pertains to our day, what really matters?  Is this really important?  If I say that Manasseh ended up as America, does that mean anything to me today?  Certainly I'm in awe now having comprehended the hand of God throughout time to bring to pass exactly what he promised from the beginning.  And my faith is that much more strengthened.  But we're left with the original question.  Who will God preserve when America is destroyed?  Does it do us any good, when trying to answer this question, to say that the house of Israel became the Anglo-Saxon race?  Not at all.  Now, I don't want to diminish at all the great work that Mr. Allen compiled in his book.  It's an excellent book and I plan to read it many more times.  But the most important question that any of us can ask right now is, will I make it through to the next day?

On that day, which is fast approaching, when America is destroyed by nuclear arsenal, the Lord will preserve 1) those who truly belong to him (Nahum 1:7) and 2) those of his people who are not under his immediate judgment.  Where Mr. Allen's book ended, my journey has begun.  The last chapter of his book discusses the last days Exodus, which will begin on the day America is destroyed.  For we see that not all Americans will be preserved, though they may descend from the house of Israel.  On that day the privileged journey will end for most.  Both Isaiah and Amos tell us that only one-tenth will survive that initial blow.

Isaiah 6:13  But yet a tenth [will be] in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump [remains] when it is cut down. So the holy seed [shall be] its stump."

Amos 5:3  For thus says the Lord GOD: "The city that goes out by a thousand Shall have a hundred left, And that which goes out by a hundred Shall have ten left to the house of Israel." 

 For all intents and purposes, we must realize who is Judah and who is Israel.  Although we can see, with Mr. Allen's help, the path of the people of the house of Israel, ultimately we must understand the real house of Israel; those who belong to God today.  Those who God knows as his own today.  The real house of Israel, as it pertains to us, is that lump of clay that had to be remade into another vessel.  (Jeremiah 18)  That "Israel" who God will preserve alive through nuclear holocaust, through furnace heated seven times high, is the true born-again believer.  Nor is Judah forgotten.  For it is written that Judah, too, will be grafted in again. (Romans 11:23)

You Who Tremble At His Word

Isaiah 66 (KJV) 

5  Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 

6  A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 

7  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

There are differing views as to what exactly this fifth verse refers.  It's my belief that most of the text of the prophets has specific application to our day.  If you take time to study you'll see certain themes being repeated again and again.  This is no more true than in this sixty-sixth chapter of Isaiah.  Verse 1 speaks of the house that is to be built for Jehovah. (Ezekiel 40-47 and mentioned by other prophets as well).  The temple is a copy and shadow of things in heaven. (Hebrews 8:5)  The temple and the law speak of the great honor that is due our great Holy One of Israel. (Malachi 2)

But today God's people are polluted with all the idols of the land.  And we scorn the law of God. (Malachi 1:13)  Verses 2-4 speak of the polluted worship of the people.  Then here in verse 5 we see this reassurance: You who tremble at my word.  Interesting.  Is that true today of the majority of Christians?  A resounding NO!  Rather, Jeremiah 6:10 accurately describes the people of God today.  We aren't trembling at his word.  We're not even reading it.  And we certainly aren't trembling at the thought of his return.  We are rejoicing.  Why?  Because we think God is pleased with us.  We think we get off scot-free when the tribulation begins.  The majority believe that all true believers will be raptured out before the trouble begins.  They think God is only angry with the godless wicked of the world.

Again, they only think this because they don't study their Bibles.  They only eat of the toxic brew that's being fed to them Sunday after Sunday.  It's toxic because it's a mixture of truth and lies.  It's toxic because it's causing God's people to remain asleep.  The food being fed to God's sheep is not causing them to feel the need to truly repent and walk in the other direction...away from all the sin and wickedness being offered to them in America.  They think saying "I repent" is the same as true repentance.

Ezekiel 13:22  "Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

Now look at verse 6.  It's starting!  The Day of the Lord has arrived.  And what is it about?  That first day is about devastation.  The 'city' mentioned here is that same city-state mentioned over and over again in Isaiah and the rest of the prophets.  It is that luxurious, wealthy nation where the majority of God's people dwell in the last days. (Isaiah 1)  And verse 7 continues with this theme.  The theme of the woman in labor; describing the beginning of the tribulation.  How is it that before she travails, she brings forth?  Because God knows those who trust in him.  (Nahum 1:7)  Those who truly belong to Jehovah on that day (and who are not also under his immediate judgment) will be supernaturally preserved when their country (America) is made utterly desolate. (Revelation 18)

And it's only within this context, line upon line, precept upon precept (Isaiah 28), that we must examine Isaiah 66:5.  The people of God are polluted.  And not only that but they are also expecting Christ to appear in glory, to the joy of all those who trust in him.  And not only that but they are also very cruel to those who preach otherwise.  Don't speak such things!  Speak smooth words, prophecy deceits! (Isaiah 30:10)  They don't understand.  They think Yahshua's work on the tree abolished all consequence of rebellion.  

Hosea 7:2  They do not consider in their hearts [That] I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.

These "brothers" will be ashamed of their wickedness when that Day begins.  But now those who tremble at his word must suffer their persecution.  We must suffer the punishment of the outcast, even at the hands of our brothers.  We must be called a heretic.  We must be called messengers of doom, messengers of hate.  Not because we hate.  (No, they call it hate because it's not the message of peace to which they are accustomed; and of which only peace they will endure.)  Not because we revile when reviled against.  Let it never be.  But let us return reviling with blessing.  May we return insults with prayer.(1 Peter 3:9)  But he who would turn away from evil makes himself a prey.(Isaiah 59:15)  He who would speak out the truth of Your word, Lord, makes himself a target.

Lord, open the eyes of your people.  In wrath remember mercy.  Even as you heap disasters upon us, Lord, wake us up out of our sleep.  Father, make a way for those to hear who would turn to you in these final years.  In the midst of the years, Lord, make it known.  Make the honor of your name, your character, known among your people.  Father, raise up a standard against the flood of evil in this day.

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Update 2011/12/10

From Dumitru:

Those that today only carry the name of "believer" will fight with fury against those who worship Me with a clean heart.  This is why I have revealed this to you.  Because the days are numbered."

From Wings of Prophecy:

 The greatest attacks are yet to come, My children. You see an increase in the attacks of others upon you even now, but I tell you that far greater attacks than these are coming and many of you shall not endure.