PART II

THE TRUE TABERNACLE

 In due process of time, the One Whom all of these things foreshadowed became an earthly reality as we read in the book of John, “And the word was made (became) flesh and dwelt (tabernacled) among us, (and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth,” Jn. 1:14.

  Time and time again, Yahshua told His disciples and the people of His day that the Father dwelt in Him. He told His disciples, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father That dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very work’ sake,” Jn. 14:10-11.

  He told the people, “If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not. But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him,” Jn. 10:37-38.

  When Yahshua became a physical fleshly person, He became the tabernacle of Yahweh on earth. Furthermore, He not only was conceived by the Holy Spirit which sanctified or consecrated Him as holy, but upon His baptism by John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in the form of a dove anointing (mashiyach) Him as the Holy One of Israel. He got the victory over the evil one, Satan the Devil and then began to do marvelous works.

  Yahshua admitted that the Father was in Him doing the works. He wasn’t doing those works alone, by Himself. Yahshua was the living image of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Furthermore, He was the express image or character of Yahweh, “Yahweh, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,” Heb. 1:1-3.

Yahshua became the “Qodesh ha Qodeshim.”

THE TORAH AND THE TESTIMONY

  The prophet Isaiah was inspired to write, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them,” 8:20.

  The word “light” is translated from the Hebrew word “shachar” which has to do with the earliest rays of light which precede the dawn. Yahweh’s word declares if they speak not according to the law (Torah) and the testimony then there is not even the tiniest rays of light in them.

  One of the most important things concerning this principle is to remember that there are many FALSE MESSIAHS that are gone out into the world. Read Mat. 24 where Yahshua warned that such would be the case. If the Savior you serve does not match up to the law (Torah) and the testimony it is because there is not even the tiniest rays of light in him. Your Savior, your Messiah must match up perfectly to the dictates of the law and the testimony.

  The law Isaiah is speaking of is the Torah which is the first five books of Scripture that Moses wrote. The testimony is the tables of commandments which were placed in the ark of the covenant, “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai (with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount), that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while He talked with him...And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark,” Ex. 34:29 & 40:20.

  Yahshua proclaimed that Moses wrote of Him, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of Yahweh in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from Yahweh only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?,” Jn. 5:39-47.

  It is the law (Torah) and the testimony that will instruct us concerning the true Messiah. If we allow Yahweh’s word to describe Him to us then there will be no mistakes. The Torah (law) speaks of the tabernacle made in the wilderness. It was made for Yahweh’s dwelling place on earth among His people. It was a type, a forerunner, a parable of the true Messiah.

BEZALEEL

  Now let’s learn something more about the circumstances concerning the building of the tabernacle of old. Yahweh had given the instructions concerning the construction of the tabernacle in Exodus chapters 25-30. In Ex. 31:2-5 Yahweh tells Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the spirit of Elohim, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and the carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.”

  Names have meaning. The name Bezaleel means “in the shadow of El!” Isn’t it amazing that Yahweh had the tabernacle of old made in the wilderness, which is revealed to be a shadow of the heavenly tabernacle in Heb. 8, made by a man whose name means “in the shadow of El! The man in whom He puts the spirit of wisdom, understanding and knowledge to build all of these things is Bazaleel (in the shadow of El).

  Yahshua is the true Bezaleel because He is the express image of the Father! If you have seen Yahshua, you have seen the Father. They are alike, the same in every way.

  Furthermore, Bezaleel was the son of Uri which means fiery, flame, the east as being the region of light. It is in the east where the light rises each day. Zechariah said of his son John the Baptist, “And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of Yahweh to prepare His ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto His People by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our Elohim; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace,” Lk. 1:76-79. Zechariah prophesied that John would proceed the dayspring, the rising of light from on high.

  Matthew reports, “Now when Yahshua had heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up’,” 4:12-16.

 Yahweh is light, “This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that Yahweh is light, and in Him is no darkness at all,” 1 Jn. 1:5. Yahshua is light, “Then spake Yahshua again unto them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life’,” Jn. 8:12.

  Bezaleel was the son of Uri, the son of Hur. Hur comes from a Hebrew word meaning white linen. White linen stands for righteousness, “And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints,” Rev. 19:8. The word “saints” would come from the Hebrew word “qadashim” which could also be translated as holies or holy ones. There is no doubt that Yahshua was the righteous One. He never sinned. He was clean, pure, righteous. Those who are His must put Him on, “For as many of you as have been baptized into the Messiah have put on the Messiah,” Gal. 3:27.

  Finally, Bezaleel was of the tribe of Judah as was Yahshua. The name Judah is significant because it means praise. However, the name is represented in Hebrew as hdwhy. This is significant because the Creator’s name is hwhy. The only difference is the dalet (d) in the name Judah (hdwhy). The interesting thing about this letter dalet (d) is that the Hebrew letters are symbols. The dalet symbolizes a door. Yahshua said that He came in His Father’s name (Jn. 5:43). He also proclaimed that He was the door (Jn. 10:7).

  Yahshua also said that no one can come to the Father except they come through Him.

  Weighing these things, it can only be determined that Bezaleel was a forerunner, a foreshadow of Yahshua the Messiah, the One Who is instrumental in building Yahweh’s house.

BEZALEEL’S GEMATRIA

  The Hebrew language is a marvelous language. Each letter is a pictogram, in other words, a letter is a hieroglyphic. Take, for instance, the letter aleph (a) which corresponds to our letter “A”. In the ancient Paleo Hebrew this letter represents the head of an ox or sheep, etc. It looked like this (a). The letter beit (b/b) corresponding to our “B” symbolizes a house, etc. Not only are the letters hieroglyphics, they also represent numbers, aleph =1, beit =2, etc., etc. Even the name of the letter carries a special idea.

  The amazing thing about the name Bezaleel is that if you add the numerical equivalents of each letter of Bezaleel’s name the corresponding value is 153, e.g. [b = 2, c = 90, l = 30, a = 1, l = 30] = 153.

  The book of John, chapter 21, records the event after the death and resurrection of Yahshua wherein the disciples decided to go fishing. They caught nothing that night but in the morning Yahshua called out to them to cast the net on the right side of the ship. They did as they were told and the catch was so great that they couldn’t draw the net into the boat. They drug the net to the shore and upon Yahshua’s command to bring the fish that they had caught, “...they drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken,” v. 11.

  Here is Yahshua, the builder of Yahweh’s house of the New Covenant as Bezaleel was of the tabernacle of old, the One Who called the disciples proclaiming that He would make them fishers of men, and upon His command and with their obedience, they caught 153 great fishes.

  This number is significant for the reason that it is through Yahshua that we (those who are called or “fished out of this world, so to speak) may become the “sons of Elohim,” (1 Jn. 3:1-2). The term “sons of Elohim,” when written in Hebrew, equals to 153!

  The Scriptures are absolutely filled with great wonders to behold if we will only allow them to speak to us in Spirit and in truth! Yahweh’s word never really changes, it only becomes more and more magnified!

A NEW DWELLING PLACE

  People build their homes to dwell in. It is exciting for a person to plan, design and build a new home. People build new homes because their old dwelling place has become unacceptable, or too small, or outdated, or maybe it no longer fits their income level, etc.

  One of the things that we must understand is that physical things are corruptible. Physical, earthly things get old and worn out and must be replaced. The landscape of this country is literally filled with old homes which have come to corruption and ruin. All one has to do is drive through the countryside or drive through the cities. He will find homes, office buildings and plants which are in various stages of development and or ruin.

  As soon as a new home is completed, deterioration begins to set in. The paint job on the outside may last for 5 to 10 years, depending on the skill of the man performing the process and the materials utilized. But as soon as the new paint hits the surface, deterioration and corruption begins to set in.

  The same goes for the inside. The draperies, the carpet, the paint and the materials all begin to age. The home may go through several periods of redecorations and remodelings, but most homes and neighborhoods will eventually decay, become run down and come to a condition which will cause them to be condemned and destroyed. This is the lesson of the things which are made by the hands of man.

  Yahweh is also in the process of planning and constructing a new dwelling place. It is called the “new heavens and new earth.” Why? Because the present heavens and earth are corrupted and must be replaced as is revealed in Psa. 102: 25-27, “Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: but Thou are the same, and Thy years shall have no end.” The Scriptures are a history of Yahweh’s dwelling places, past, present and future.

  Whatever Yahweh makes endures so much longer than the things made by the hand of man, but the simple lesson that we can learn from Scripture is that even though Yahweh is eternal, His creation also suffers from deterioration, decay and corruption. This is because corruption has entered into His creation through sin and rebellion.

  Yahweh is now in the process of creating a “new heavens and earth” wherein righteous dwells. This will be the most powerful and wonderful dwelling place ever created because sin and corruption will not be allowed there at all.

THE ORIGIN OF SIN AND CORRUPTION

  Satan was, at one time, a most beautiful and perfect creation of Yahweh (Ez. 28:12-14). But because of his beauty, he became lifted up with pride and iniquity entered (vv. 15-17). Scripture reveals that he influenced about 1/3 of the angels (Rev. 12:1-4) in his rebellion.

Isaiah reveals that he sought to ascend into heaven and glorify himself above the stars of Elohim becoming like the Most High (Isa. 14:13-14).

Jude reveals that there were angels who left their first estate, “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day,” v. 6.

Peter confirms this, “For if Elohim spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment,” 2 Pet. 2:4.

Yahshua said that he beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven (Lk. 10:18).

It was the serpent Satan who entered into the garden of Eden and deceived the woman, causing the man and woman to partake of the forbidden fruit wherein sin once again entered into the world and into the flesh of man (Adam and his descendants).

The heavens and the Scriptures are declaring Yahweh’s power over the serpent as well as His plan of salvation.

VIRGO

The autumnal equinox moved from Libra into the constellation Virgo. Virgo has to do with the virgin bride of the Messiah. Paul writes, “Would to Elohim ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with pious jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to the Messiah,” 2 Cor. 11:1-2.

A person who is called by Yahweh, repents, is baptized in the name of the Savior, and receives the Holy Spirit becoming a part of the body of the Messiah. Yahshua becomes their head and they become part of His body (Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 1:13-18). They are restored to spiritual virginity and are betrothed to the Messiah.

Yahshua gave the parable of the virgins in Mat. 25:1-13. These virgins are betrothed to Him and when He returns they are called to meet the bridegroom. Five are prepared and enter into the marriage while five are not and do not.

The book of Revelation chapter 14 reveals Yahshua standing on Mount Zion with 144,000 virgins. The numbers employed (10, 5, 144,000) are esoteric spiritual numbers. Ten (10) is the number for ordinal perfection or perfection of order. Five (5) is the number for grace. One hundred forty four thousand (144,000) is an interesting combination of numbers. One hundred forty four (144) is the result of twelve squared (12²). Twelve (12) is the number for governmental perfection. Two (2) is the minimal requirement for witness or agreement while twelve multiplied by itself is governmental perfection intensified. One hundred forty four (144) is multiplied by one thousand (1,000) which is ten cubed (10³). As indicated, ten (10) is the number for ordinal perfection while three (3) denotes divine completion. The one thousand represents Divinely intensified governmental perfection and completion.

Thus, the signs of Pisces and Virgo represent the period of fishing for men who will become a part of the virgin bride of the Messiah.

A NEW AGE

During the period of Taurus/Scorpio Yahweh only dwelt in heaven. He would meet with a person at a sacrificial altar, but the meeting was only temporary. Yahweh always returned to his dwelling place in the heavens.

During the period of Aries/Libra He not only dwelt in heaven, but there was an earthly sanctuary which linked heaven and earth together in one wherein also Yahweh would dwell. The first sanctuary was a temporary and moveable tent while the temple that followed was a much more permanent edifice. These were both types of the dwelling places to follow. Yahshua’s coming in the flesh set the stage for a new dwelling place for Yahweh to dwell in on earth. Yahshua was the true Qodesh Ha Qodeshim (Holy of Holies) for He fulfilled the commandments perfectly. The Father was pleased to dwell in Him. Once He paid the penalty for sins committed under the first covenant through His sacrifice, He was resurrected from the dead, ascended into heaven and on the day of Pentecost sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in His disciples.

The tabernacle and temple were made by the hands of man, Yahweh was now going to dwell in tabernacles which were made by His own hands; living, moving, breathing fleshly men. That made by the hands of man passed by the wayside.

Those in whom Yahweh dwells in today’s world are similar to the tabernacle made in the wilderness, temporary and moveable. Since the flesh is corruptible and subject to death, His habitation in modern day men can only be temporary.

But the time for the temporary dwelling is coming to an end. The time for fishing for men is coming to an end. A New age is very soon to dawn now. The equinoxes are currently ready to shift into the constellations of Aquarius and Leo. This will take place in the next 25-70 years.

As we near the end of this age in preparation for entering into the new age, great changes are beginning to occur and will occur. There will be heavenly signs and wonders. The heavens and earth are going to be shaken as never before.

Scientists are already talking of holes in the ozone layer. The magnetic fields are weakening and the poles of the earth may shift or exchange places. Man, himself, has developed the capacity to destroy all life through chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. Wars, hatred and violence is increasing at an alarming rate. Peace is only an illusion. Prophecy is being fulfilled.

Yahshua will soon return to this earth. Those who have been called, chosen and faithful will be resurrected from the grave or the living will be changed from temporary physical fleshly bodies to receive spiritual immortal bodies (1 Cor 15:50-58; 1 Thes. 4:16-18). Yahshua’s faithful will be changed from temporary to eternal living stones who will then be gathered into one body to make up the eternal spiritual house, the eternal spiritual dwelling place, the eternal spiritual temple of Yahweh!

AQUARIUS

The spring equinox will soon shift into Aquarius. Aquarius has to do with water being poured out. Water is a type of the Holy Spirit (Jn. 7:37-39).

Yahweh declares, “Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? But My people have changed My glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Yahweh. For My People have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water,” Jer. 2:11-13.

Yahweh says that His people have committed two very grievous evils. They have first forsaken Him, the fountain of living waters and then they turned around and hewed or carved out (an idol) that which is broken and can hold no water.

Here is what His people Israel have done, they have taken His name out of the book, the Scriptures that He authored in order to declare His glory, honor and majesty, changing or exchanging it for the name of another deity.

Isaiah had declared, “But ye are they that forsake Yahweh, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number,” Isa. 65:11.

“That troop” is translated from the Hebrew word “Gad.” Gad is pronounced like the English word God! According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “God” comes from an English root word “gheu.” In his book The Roots of English, Robert Claiborne gives several definitions and roots for this word. He records, “A more remote L relative is futilis, easily emptied, leaky, pouring water into a leaky vessel is FUTILE.” (p. 113)

The primary English word for their deity in today’s world is “God!” God comes from gheu. Gheu has to do with a leaky vessel. Yahweh says that His people have carved or hewed out broken cisterns which can hold no water (spirit).

Yahweh is the fountain of living waters, but if His people turn from Him and His worship to another deity, even utilizing His own word in order to worship that deity, it is simply a futile effort which dissipates the spirit.

Again, Jeremiah declares, “O Yahweh, the Hope of Israel, all that forsake Thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the Fountain of living waters,” Jer. 17:14.

The prophet Joel speaks of a day that is coming when Yahweh will send His army throughout the earth to destroy (chapter 2). It is called the day of Yahweh. It will be a day of gloominess, clouds and thick darkness. The army that He sends will be supernatural because He declares that even if those of His army fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded (v. 8). Yahweh will utter His voice before His army (v. 11).

Joel starts the chapter by saying, “Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land (earth) tremble.” (v. 1) This appears to be the first day of the seventh month of Yahweh’s calendar which is called the Feast of Trumpets. Yahweh’s people have understood that the Feast of Trumpets represents the time when Yahshua will return with great power, resurrect His saints and overthrow the world’s governments.

The scene then shifts to verse 15 which decrees, “Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the People, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, ‘Spare Thy People, O Yahweh, and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, ‘Where is their Elohim’?” (vv. 15-17). This is the day of Atonement when Yahweh’s people who observe His commanded feasts fast in order to afflict their souls.

The Jubilee begins with this day. The Jubilee occurred every 50 years. It was a time when all debts were absolved and the people restored to their inheritance. Joel goes on to speak about how the people of Zion will be blessed with the former rain and the latter rain. There will be abundance of food wine and oil. His people will never be ashamed again. (vv. 20-27)

Joel then declares, “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids will I pour out My spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Yahweh shall be delivered for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Yahweh hath said, and in the remnant whom Yahweh shall call,” Joel 2:28-32.

This is a time that is yet to come. It is a time when Yahweh’s spirit will be poured out on His people in great abundance. It is the time that the constellation Aquarius declares.

LEO

While the spring equinox will soon begin occurring in Aquarius, the autumnal equinox will begin occurring in Leo. Leo has to do with a lion. The lion is king of beasts. Yahshua is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David (Rev. 5:5).

People in today’s world have lately been entertained by a movie entitled “The Lion King.”  It is the story of a little lion whose father is king of the realm, but he had an evil brother who plotted against him, slew him and took the kingdom by the force of evil. The little lion had to flee for his life for his evil uncle sent his evil hordes after him to slay him also. Finally, the little lion grows into an adult, returns to the kingdom, which is still under the dark evil rule of his uncle. They do battle and the evil uncle is overcome and he and his evil kingdom are destroyed while the lion, Simba, becomes the ruler of the kingdom which now becomes a kingdom of peace and light.

One would think that the ones who dreamed up this movie were students of the Scriptures. Yahshua is presented as a lion and Satan is also presented as an evil roaring lion going about seeking whom he may devour. The Scriptures declare that Yahshua, the true Lion King will soon return to His kingdom which has been under the rule of the evil lion Satan, depose him and rule in a wondrous and glorious kingdom of light and peace never before experienced by this earth. The difference between the movie and reality is that Yahshua is the One Who was slain as He is the Lamb that was slain (Rev. 5:6) and He is also the King Who will return to take the kingdom and rule.

Amazingly, Yahshua is presented as both Lamb and Lion. In the present earthly realm a lion and lamb will not long co-exist side-by-side. The lion will become hungry and will consume the lamb, but in the heavenly spiritual realm, the lion and lamb co-exist in peace serving the purpose of description for the One Who holds the office of sacrifice (Lamb) and rulership (Lion).

Yahshua is also the Priest King after the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek is taken from two Hebrew words “melek” and “tsadik.” “Melek” is the Hebrew word for king. “Tsadik” is the Hebrew word for right or righteous. Yahshua is the King of right, the King of righteousness. Yahshua is soon to return and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. While today’s world wants a separation between church and state, Yahshua is the One Who has the power to bring together both civil and ecclesiastical governments into one synchronous organized body. Thus, He is King of Kings (Rev. 17:14; 19:16).

This promised rulership is decreed throughout the Scriptures, but Isa. 2:1-5 and Micah 4:1-8 are powerful reminders of this coming age. Isa. 11 also is a powerful witness to this coming age. Yahweh decrees in verse 9, “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the WATERS cover the sea.”

A lion doesn’t fish, he hunts. Thus, Jeremiah decreed of this coming age, “Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Yahweh, and they shall fish them (the age of Pisces and Virgo); and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks (the age of Aquarius and Leo),” Jer. 16:16.

YAHSHUA THE FOUNTAIN

Yahshua is the name of the Savior. His Hebrew name would be written in the original Paleo Hebrew as [Swhy. The Hebrew letters not only serve as letters for the language, but as numbers and hieroglyphics. The letter “ayin” ([) is an hieroglyphic for a well or fountain.

Yahweh declared that He is the “fountain of living waters.” Yahshua declared, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water.’ (But this spake He of the Spirit, Which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Yahshua was not yet glorified.),” Jn. 7:37b-39.

When Yahshua was sacrificed, before being taken down from the tree, He was struck in the side by a spear. Both blood and water issued forth from His side (Jn. 19:32-34). The blood serves the purpose for the atonement (Ro. 5:11; 2 Cor. 5:18-19) of the sins of the world, especially those who believe on Him and come under that sacrifice.

As we have discovered in Jn. 7:37-39, water is a type of the Spirit. Therefore, the water that poured forth from His side was a representative of the Living Waters that would soon begin to flow from the well, the fountain of salvation.

This first has to do with His virgin bride for Yahshua was the Second Adam and in like fashion as the first Adam who was put to sleep in order for his bride to be taken from his side (made from a rib); Yahshua’s bride was to be of the Spirit. Death is likened to sleep (1 Cor. 15:50-51). This is symbolized by the age of Pisces and Virgo.

Secondly, the water pouring forth from His side represents the coming age of Aquarius and Leo when Yahweh will pour His Spirit out on all flesh. The age of Pisces/Virgo is quickly coming to an end. Soon, Yahshua’s virgin bride will be made manifest. Once His bride is manifested and the marriage performed in heaven (Rev. 19), He and His bride will set their hand to do a far, far greater work of salvation throughout the whole earth than has ever been done throughout the previous ages. Yahweh’s Spirit will be poured out on all flesh and the knowledge of Him will be so vast and great as the waters cover the earth. If you have been on or over the oceans, then you can begin to get an inkling of the comprehension of that statement.

CONCLUSION

Yahweh placed the sun, moon and stars in the heavens to announce times (days, weeks, months, years, etc.). The equinoxes are also signals. They announce the beginning and ending of the annual day. But they also declare the ages. Each age has declared a specific part of Yahweh’s plan. The whole composite reveals that He is building a permanent dwelling place for Himself.

 During Taurus and Scorpio, there was a separation between heaven and earth. Yahweh’s only dwelling place was in heaven. During Aries and Libra Yahweh raised up His people Israel and had them build first a tabernacle wherein He could dwell on earth. The tabernacle served to bring heaven and earth together in one. It was a temporary moveable dwelling place. Later, the temple, a much more permanent immoveable dwelling place was built in Jerusalem as a dwelling place for Yahweh’s name. But both edifices were made by the hands of man and man simply can’t build a permanent structure for Yahweh to dwell in. The age of the tabernacle and temple finally came to an end. Israel was unfaithful and had to be destroyed.

The shifting of the equinoxes into Pisces and Virgo declared the beginning of a new age. Yahshua’s Passover sacrifice and the final destruction of the temple were accomplished at the end of the old age and beginning of the new. The Father’s indwelling of Yahshua announced a new dwelling place. The Spirit of Yahweh was to begin dwelling in temporary, moveable, physical, carnal flesh. Yahweh personally causes us to be conceived, formed in the womb and brought forth into this world for His own purposes. This new dwelling place, this new tabernacle is not made by the hands of man, it is made by Yahweh, Himself. Presently, we are temporary, but Yahshua is eternal.

There was no more need for the Levitical priesthood which presented physical animal sacrifices and performed physical tasks in a physical compound (tabernacle and/or temple) made by the hands of man, “We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Yahshua also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Yahweh continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices Yahweh is well pleased,” Heb. 13:10-16.

“If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Sovereign sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope; by the which we draw nigh unto Yahweh. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, Yahweh sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) by so much was Yahshua made a surety of a better testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Yahweh by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was *since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore,” Heb. 7:11-28.

(*NOTE: “Since” is translated from the Greek word “meta” which can mean since, hereafter, after, afterward, etc. But it also can be translated as amid, accompaniment, among, of, in or with. In this case, the rendering should be, “For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was amid or in the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”)

Pisces and Virgo have continued for almost 2,000 years now. During this time, Yahweh has chosen to dwell in temporary physical men. But we are at the close of the age. Aquarius and Leo are soon to be ushered in. The promise of the scriptures is that a new city with a permanent temple will descend out of heaven from Yahweh. The Melchisedek Priesthood, the Priesthood of the Eternal Spirit, serves this eternal temple. Those in whom Yahweh has dwelt through Yahshua and successfully endured to the end of their lives will make up this grand eternal temple of the grand eternal city, New Jerusalem. The Apostle Peter writes, “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to Yahweh by Yahshua the Messiah. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of Yahweh: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy,” 1 Pet. 2:5-10.

Yahshua’s resurrected saints will be the stones of this permanent eternal structure. They will be His eternal priesthood, His eternal sons.

Yahweh’s new home will be complete and He and the Lamb will dwell therein for ever and ever. HalleluYah!!!!  

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Christmas time is here, and as usual, the churches will present their supposed re-enactment of the Savior’s birth, never truly understanding the real significance of the event.

By Jerry Healan

It is disgustingly amazing, but the merchants begin pushing the December 25th, Christmas thing earlier and earlier each year.

While the serpent Satan hates and rejects Yahshua, and even though he is a liar, he simply couldn’t deny that Yahshua had appeared on the earth. However, in his evil subtilty, he has  caused the world to confuse the birth chapters in Matthew and Luke, by blending them together in a mass of confusion that has not only left the world in that state, but also many of the assemblies.

He has even confused the Savior’s name into an Anglicized, Latinized, Grecianized version that leads people astray into paganized worship of the sun, moon, and stars (planets; the host of heaven) rather than into the pure truth of the matter. Read it for yourself in Psa. 2:1-3; Rev. 12:9; 17:1-5; 18:1-3. Notice that the merchants of the earth are included in Rev. 18.

Not only that, but other things are hidden from the eyes of the people, but Yahweh’s Spirit will open our eyes to see. Paul writes there are hidden mysteries in Yahweh’s word and we can have these things revealed to us when we compare spiritual things with spiritual (1 Cor. 2:7-13).

In the first place, the primary names utilized in these first chapters of Matthew and Luke are telling us a story. Zechariah is a priest who is burning incense before Yahweh in the temple. He is of the course of Abia, and has a wife named Elisabeth. The angel of Yahweh appears to him announcing that his wife would bear them a son in their old age who was to be named John. (Lk. 1:1-25)

Abia means “Father Yah”; Zechariah means “Yahweh’s memorial,” or “Yahweh has remembered,”; Elisabeth means “the oath, or promise of El,”; and John means “Yahweh will stoop down to an inferior in kindness, mercy, grace.”

Putting it together, it means, “The Father Yah (Abia) has remembered (Zechariah) His oath or promise (Elisabeth) to be merciful (John).”

The other three revealed names help to complete the statement. Joseph means “Yahweh will add,”; Mary/Miriam means “people of bitterness,” Yahshua means “Yahweh’s salvation.

Putting this together, it means, “Yahweh will add to (Joseph), the people of bitterness (Miriam), His salvation (Yahshua).”

So now we can understand that the Father Yahweh has remembered His promise to extend mercy, grace, by adding His salvation to the people of bitterness.

John was a descendant of Aaron through both father and mother, therefore, he had every right to serve as a high priest in the temple of Yahweh made by the hands of men. But he was sent in the spirit and power of EliYah to prepare the way for Yahweh so that the people would recognize Who Yahshua was. John, in effect, was declaring that a far, far greater High Priest of a far, far greater Priesthood was soon to appear (Mt. 3:1-12).

BETHLEHEM

We must first consider Yahshua’s birth as recorded in the book of Luke.

Joseph and Miriam traveled to Bethlehem-Judah in order to be enrolled in Caesar’s taxing system. (Lk. 2:1-4)  When they arrived, there were no inns available so they had to spend the night in a stable. This was a very appropriate setting for Yahshua to be born since He had emptied Himself from His glorious heavenly power to become a servant (Phil 2:7-8).

On the night of their arrival, she brought forth her firstborn son (Yahshua) Who had been generated, conceived in her womb, not by the power of man’s seed, nor by the will of man, but by the power, and will of Yahweh through the Holy Spirit. (See Lk. 1:26-38; 2:6-7)

Luke 2:7 states, “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”

There will be many Christmas plays that will focus on a little baby in a manger with father, mother, shepherds, animals, angels, etc. all around. But how many will go in-depth to dig out the truth of the matter? The swaddling clothes, and manger are significant and important for Yahweh’s people to understand.

Firstly, why Bethlehem-Judah? It just so happens that Bethlehem is a combination of two Hebrew words Beit (house, tent, temple, family, etc.) and lechem (bread). Bethlehem means “house of bread.”

Remember that Yahshua proclaimed to the people that He was the true bread from heaven? Remember that He said that if any ate of His flesh and drank of His blood, that they would have eternal life? (Jn. 6:27-58)

Furthermore, on the last night before His passion, He took bread and the cup explaining to the disciples that the bread was His body which was to be broken and that the cup was His blood of the covenant.(Mt. 26:26-29; Mk. 14:22-24; Lk. 22:19-20).

Therefore, the account in Luke 2 is a witness that the true bread from heaven (Yahshua) was born in the house of bread (Bethlehem).

She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger. Ask most people what a manger is and they won’t have a clue, but it is a feeding trough for animals. Yahweh calls His people His cattle, sheep, goats, etc. Thus, the food for His people, the true bread from heaven, was lain in a manger, a feeding trough for animals, especially the sheep of Yahweh’s pasture.

SWADDLING CLOTHES

Being wrapped in swaddling clothes gives us more clues to other mysteries. “Swaddling” is translated from the Greek word sparganoo, which is defined as; a strip; from a derivative of the base of 4682 meaning to strap or wrap with strips, to swathe.

Notice that is comes from the base of 4682 which is the Greek base word sparasso meaning to mangle, rend, or tear.

Is this not a prophecy concerning what would eventually happen to this child? Wasn’t His flesh ripped to shreds, strips, by a cat o’ nine tails? Isaiah reports, “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of Elohim, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed,” 53:4-5. The Apostle Peter confirms this (1 Pet. 2:24).

The Psalmist was inspired to write, “I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my Elohim from my mother's belly. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture,” Psa. 22:10-18.

This Psalm was written in advance to foretell the agony and suffering that Yahshua would have to go through. When He says I may tell (count) all my bones, doesn’t it mean that the flesh has been stripped away from them?

Again, Isaiah reports concerning His sufferings, “Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men,” 52:13-14.

THE ALEPH

But there is even more to the story! Yahshua declared that He is the aleph and tau, “I am Aleph and Tau, the beginning and the ending, saith the Master, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty,” Rev. 1:8 (See also Rev. 21:6; 22:13).

Yahshua declares that He is the Aleph, which typifies Him as the beginning since the Aleph is the first letter and beginning of the Hebrew alphabet. He declares to the Laodicean Assembly that He is the beginning of the creation of Elohim...Rev. 3:14.

Recently, in our studies into the Hebrew alphabet, we made an important discovery. Here is what we wrote, “ The aleph is spelled @la in Modern Hebrew. The last letter, the pei (@), is exhibited here in its final form. When occurring anywhere else in a word it looks like this (p). The first two letters of the word aleph consists of the aleph (a), and lamed (l), of course, which makes the word El (la). In his book entitled The Inner Meaning of the Hebrew Letters, Robert Haralick writes, "The concealed meaning of a is obtained from pl, related to the root @pl, which means to bind and wrap a cloth around as to swaddle a cloth or blanket around a baby." (p. 20) I checked this out with Marcus Jastrow's Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature and he confirmed this to be so. (end of excerpt; see Yahshua’s Witness Magazine, Apr.-Jun 2012.)

His mother, wrapping Him in swaddling clothes was announcing that the “Aleph”, the beginning of the creation of Elohim, the beginning of Yahweh’s plan of salvation in the flesh, had been born!

Also, the first two letters of the word Aleph designate who Yahshua is. They are la (aleph-lamed), which form the Hebrew word El. The Aleph (a) designates that which is head, chief, first, foremost, number one. The Lamed (l) has to do with a, or the rod of authority, or a shepherd’s rod. Thus, the word El (la) has to do with the Mighty One, or the Chief Shepherd. Yahshua is the Chief Shepherd according to His own words (Jn. 10) and the Apostle Peter (1 Pet. 5:4).

The lamed (l) also has to do with a teacher, so Yahshua is the Master Teacher, the Great Rabbi, “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even the Messiah; and all ye are brethren,” Mat. 23:8.

The last letter in the Hebrew word Aleph is the pei (p), which is the picture of a mouth. Thus, the Aleph is the mouth of El that created all things, “By the word of Yahweh were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth,” Psa. 33:6. (See Jn. 1:1-14; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:1-2)

THE ACCOUNTS

What the serpent has caused men to do is to blend the accounts of Yahshua’s birth found in Matthew 2 and Luke 2 together into a mass of confusion. However, if one would only read carefully, the truth of the matter would be discovered.

Luke 2 is the actual recording of Yahshua’s birth. Miriam brought forth her firstborn son, wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger.

Shepherds were abiding in the field watching over their flocks, which tells us that the time couldn’t have been in the winter time since it is too cold to keep the flocks out at night. Rather His birth had to have occurred in the spring, or the fall. This makes December 25th to be a false observance. We must worship Yahweh in Spirit and in Truth (Jn. 4:24), therefore the worship of a little baby born at the wrong time is not acceptable to Yahweh.

Angels appeared to shepherds abiding in the field announcing Yahshua’s birth by telling them, “And, lo, the angel of Yahweh came upon them, and the glory of Yahweh shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is the Messiah, the Sovereign. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising Yahweh, and saying, Glory to Yahweh in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,” Lk. 2:9-14.

Notice the word “sign” which is translated from semeion, defined as; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally, and is translated as “miracle, sign, token, wonder. Yahshua’s birth was a miraculous wonder!

The shepherds went to see this miracle and then declared it abroad. (vv. 15-16)

According to Luke, Yahshua was circumcised on the 8th day in accordance with the law of Moses, and the parents were still in the Bethlehem-Jerusalem area 33 days later because His mother went to the temple to offer the offering for purification (Lk. 2:21-24).

Her offering proves that His parents were very poor because, in accordance with the law of Moses, she was to offer a lamb and a young pigeon or turtledove (Lev. 12:6), but if she wasn’t able to bring a lamb, then she was to offer two young pigeons or two turtledoves (Lev. 12:8).

Once the offering was made, they returned home, “And when they had performed all things according to the law of Yahweh, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth,” Lk. 2:39.

Notice that there was no sudden flight to Egypt in Luke! The wise men from the east hadn’t even entered the picture yet!

Matthew’s account takes place at a later time evidently when the parents were back in Jerusalem to observe a feast of Yahweh. Luke confirms that the parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Passover (Lk. 2:41).

The wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem which caused a stir because they announced that they had seen the star announcing His birth. While it doesn’t say how far from the east they had traveled, the fact of the matter is that once they had seen the star, they would have had to prepare themselves for the trip, gathering the gifts, etc. and travel in those days wasn’t near as fast as it is in today’s world. There were not airplanes, nor automobiles to jump into and make a quick trip.

Herod carefully inquired of them as to the timing of the star (Mt. 2:7). He then sent them to Bethlehem when he had inquired of the Jews as to where the birth was to take place (Mt. 2:4).

The star that had appeared to them guided them to where Yahshua was. (Mt. 2:9-10) This proves that there was no special planetary alignment, or astronomical phenomenon. It was a special sign, or star from Yahweh that appeared to them, probably an angel.

Scripture doesn’t even declare how many wise men there were. Again, the issue is confused because of the gifts which were gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (Mt. 2:11)

That very night, the wise men were warned in a dream to go back to their country another way. Later Joseph was warned in a dream to flee from Herod because he would seek to destroy Yahshua (Mt. 2:12-13). So Joseph and Miriam fled to Egypt leaving secretly at night (v. 14).

Matthew continues, “Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men,” Mt. 2:16.

Matthew’s event took place when Yahshua was between one and two years of age!

Are you beginning to see the confusion that takes place on and before December 25th when the supposed re-enactment of the Savior’s birth takes place in today’s world!? The Christmas plays, Christmas time itself is false, and chaotic. Satan is the author of confusion! Yahweh is the author of love, joy, peace, rest, light, TRUTH!

His truth will set us free from the chaos, confusion, and lies of this present evil world!

These observances are utilized to literally hide the real truth of the situation, but then, that is what deceit, lies, and falsehood do!

JUDAH

One final note. Yahshua was born in Bethlehem-Judah. The name Judah is also very important and significant. Judah was Leah’s fourth son by Jacob. She declared, “….Now will I praise Yahweh: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing,” Gen. 29:35.

Judah has to do with praising Yahweh! It is spelled hdwhy in the modern Hebrew. (Remember Hebrew reads from right to left.) The fourth letter is the dalet (d) which is a picture of a door in the Pictorial Hebrew (d).

The tribe of Judah was the chief and central tribe before the gate and door to the tabernacle of old in the wilderness. This means that Judah is the door to Yahweh. When the dalet (d) is eliminated from the name Judah, the result is Yahweh (hwhy).

Not only was the bread from heaven being born in the house of bread (Bethlehem), but the door to Yahweh was also included. Yahshua proclaimed the truth concerning Him being the door in John 10.

Yahshua is not only the door to Yahweh, but He is the PRAISE OF YAHWEH! HalleluYah!!!!!

Listen brethren, there are many, many, many deep spiritual lessons, and deep spiritual meanings hidden in the Scriptures. Yahweh has hidden them there and it is up to us to search them out as if we are in a gold mine and a mine of precious jewels. The treasures of Yahweh are more precious than the world’s physical gold, silver, and gems. His word, after all, endures forever!

May you be greatly blessed!

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