09/22/2006 Sabbath Meeting Transcript

1Corinthians 15:51 - Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

1Corinthians 15:52 - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

This week many of us will be observing the feast known as Yom Teruah or Day of Trumpets

We see in the above scripture that the dead shall be raised incorruptible at the last trump when the Messiah returns to earth to set up His kingdom for 1000 years

Revelation 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:2 - He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

Revelation 20:3 - and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

Revelation 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Yahushua and for the word of YAHWEH, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received [his] mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5 - But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

What awesome promises to behold!

We all long for righteousness to rule on the earth. When Yahushua rules for 1000 years, righteousness will rule and Yahweh will reign

Sadly, the modern version of what happens at this time is that we will be floating on clouds playing harps.

But such a notion hides Yahweh's plan on the earth and in a subtle way.. hides the truth that Yahweh will one day rule the earth from Jerusalem with all of Israel

Today, Israel is a place of great turmoil and controversy

But when Yahushua rules, peace will finally come to Jerusalem. If we are found worthy, we will reign with Messiah for 1000 years. Isaiah prophesied these things:

Isaiah 2:1 - the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:2 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of YAHWEH's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Isaiah 2:3 - And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of YAHWEH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of YAHWEH from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:4 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 2:5 - O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of YAHWEH.

Near about this same time, Micah (a prophet that existed around the same time as Isaiah) is prophesying the same thing, almost word for word:

Micah 4:1 - But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of YAHWEH shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

Micah 4:2 - And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YAHWEH, and to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of YAHWEH from Jerusalem.

Micah 4:3 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more

Micah 4:4 - But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of YAHWEH of hosts hath spoken it.

Micah 4:5 - For all people will walk every one in the name of his elohim, and we will walk in the name of YAHWEH our Elohim for ever and ever.

Beautiful

Obviously these things have never taken place. So they are things that are still to come, yes?

Be assured, it will take place.. and very soon

An important thing to note here is that Yahweh's law/Torah will go forth from His dwelling place.

Why then would some think that the Torah was abolished?

You see, there is a reason why the reading of the "Old Testament" is not encouraged today by mainstream churches

For instance, in Zechariah 14 where Yahweh says He will force all the nations of the earth to keep the Feast of Tabernacles

Zechariah 14:1 - Behold, the day of YAHWEH cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:2 - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zechariah 14:3 - Then shall YAHWEH go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Zechariah 14:5 - And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and YAHWEH my Elohim shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Zechariah 14:6 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

Zechariah 14:7 - But it shall be one day which shall be known to YAHWEH, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Zechariah 14:8 - And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Zechariah 14:9 - And YAHWEH shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one YAHWEH, and his name one.

Zechariah 14:10 - All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Zechariah 14:11 - And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Zechariah 14:12 - And this shall be the plague wherewith YAHWEH will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue she will consume away in their mouth.

Zechariah 14:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from YAHWEH shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

Zechariah 14:14 - And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

Zechariah 14:15 - And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

Zechariah 14:16 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, YAHWEH of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:17 - And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, YAHWEH of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

Zechariah 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith YAHWEH will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:19 - This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:20 - In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO YAHWEH; and the pots in YAHWEH's house shall be like the bowl's before the altar.

Zechariah 14:21 - Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto YAHWEH of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of YAHWEH of hosts. .

For many who think Yahweh's law has been abolished, these scriptures are quite perplexing.

But it will happen. Yahweh says it will.

Christian commentaries are full of various attempts to explain away what Yahweh says will take place

But Yahweh's standard of righteousness was right to begin with. It still is right and it will always will be right. Yahweh didn't make a mistake when He gave the Torah/law.

When it is preached that Yahweh's Kingdom is at hand, few truly recognize what this kingdom will even be like.

Note in the 21st verse above that there are sacrifices mentioned.

This may come as a surprise to some, but according to these prophecies... animal sacrifices will be returning in the Millenial reign of Yahushua the Messiah.

While some think these things have already been permanently abolished, James and the Apostle Paul apparently didn't think so:

Acts 21:18 - And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

Acts 21:19 - And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things YAHWEH had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

Acts 21:20 - And when they heard it, they glorified YAHWEH, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

Acts 21:21 - And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

Acts 21:22 - What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

Acts 21:23 - Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

Acts 21:24 - Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

So James was encouraging Paul to go and be purified with four men who had taken a vow to prove that he kept the Torah

What vow involves the shaving of heads? If we read about the Nazirite vow in Numbers chapter 6, we will see that sacrifices were required as was mentioned in verse 26

But some might wonder... didn't Yahushua fulfill all that?

Yes, He fulfilled a lot of things

He fulfilled the Torah

He fulfilled the commandment to keep the Sabbath

And to keep the feasts

And to love his fellow man

And to do sacrifices

Many of these things point to Him, but simply because they were fulfilled by Him..that doesn't mean that they are abolished!

If I was a leader of a nation and I told them to all love one another, but only one person actually did.. that doesn't mean that nobody else needs to love one another. But it does mean that only one person actually fulfilled my command!

Even so, Yahushua fulfilled every command of the Father where we have failed. Of course this doesn't mean we are free to disobey the Father's commands

His fulfillment of them does not take away Yahweh's desire for us to fulfill His commands

Romans 13:8 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Galatians 5:14 - For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

So we are also to fulfill the torah/law!

If He lives in us, we should walk as He walked

1John 2:4 - He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1John 2:5 - But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of YAHWEH is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

1John 2:6 - He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

He wants to do the things He did on the earth... in us

Galatians 2:20 - "I have been impaled with the Messiah; it is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of YAHWEH, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Now does this mean that we also do sacrifices?

Do we have a temple available for us with a functioning priesthood? No

But Paul did, and he went to go and sacrifice as the Torah commands... to prove to his fellow Jews that He also kept Yahweh's commandments

However, if a temple were re-established in Jerusalem today I would have serious doubts as to the legitimacy of the Priesthood. How could they ever prove they were really sons of Aaron?

Now some would like to say that the "gentiles" need not keep Yahweh's ways

But we see that Yahweh is going to force all nations to keep His feasts according to Zechariah 14

Does that not show what Yahweh's will is for the Gentiles?

Surely!

Now some would say that that the Old Covenant was with the Jews but the New Covenant is with everyone. And we are under the New covenant now

Let's see what the New Covenant says:

Jeremiah 31:31 - Behold, the days come, saith YAHWEH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Lo and behold, the new covenant is also with Israel.. not the Gentiles!

Galatians 3:29 - And if you are the Messiah's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

But if we are Yahushua's, we are Abraham's seed. We are Israel!

Let's examine the New Covenant in more detail:

Jeremiah 31:32 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith YAHWEH:

A popular theology among Messianics is that the New Covenant is actually a "renewed covenant". But this scripture declares that this new covenant is "Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt". Therefore, it is not a covenant that is renewing the old. It is "not according to the" old covenant.

Continuing..

Jeremiah 31:33 - But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith YAHWEH, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.

We know that Yahushua is the mediator of the New Covenant. We also know that Yahushua is the "Word of Yahweh". Thus if He lives us, then we know that Yahweh's Torah is also in our inward parts and written in our hearts.

In our baptism, we make a statement that we are Yahushua's.. that the old man has passed and died (buried in water) and a new man rises up.. a new creation.

Galatians 2:20 - "I have been impaled with the Messiah; it is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of YAHWEH, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

This leads to an important question.. if symbolic acts such as sacrifices, feast days, etc are done away with under the new covenant simply because they are symbols--why is baptism upheld? Is it not also a symbolic act representing a spiritual event taking place?

Baptism is symbolic for the ultimate rebirth that occurs.. when the last trumpet sounds!

1Corinthians 15:52 - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

But in the sense of the need to walk in righteousness (keeping the Torah), we are to be living our lives as though these things are now.

If His Torah is in our hearts, then obedience to that Torah will reflect on the outer layer, yes?

Continuing in Jer 31:

Jeremiah 31:34 - And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YAHWEH: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith YAHWEH; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

When Yahweh reigns from Zion in the 1000 year reign.. all will know exactly who He is.

And they will know what His will is

For the Torah will go forth

Brethren, this is when the New Covenant truly sees a complete fulfillment

And the fact that Zechariah 14 speaks of the feasts being kept at that time proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that the Feasts are NOT abolished in the new covenant!

Yahushua seeks to make us all ONE

Galatians 3:27 - For as many of you as were baptized into the Messiah have put on the Messiah.

Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in the Messiah Yahushua.

Galatians 3:29 - And if you are the Messiah's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Today, some want to be "one" with the Israelite when it comes to receiving the promises given to Israel...

But they want to distance themselves from Israel when it comes to fulfilling the obligations!

And so Yahweh will do what He must do:

Isaiah 66:15 - For, behold, YAHWEH will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Isaiah 66:16 - For by fire and by his sword will YAHWEH plead with all flesh: and the slain of YAHWEH shall be many.

Isaiah 66:17 - They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith YAHWEH.

Those eating swine's flesh are destroyed. Is this yet future? Yes, keep reading:

Isaiah 66:18 - For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

Isaiah 66:19 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Isaiah 66:20 - And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto YAHWEH out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith YAHWEH, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of YAHWEH.

Isaiah 66:21 - And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith YAHWEH.

Priests and levites :)

For what? We should know these things!

Isaiah 66:22 - For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith YAHWEH, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Isaiah 66:23 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith YAHWEH.

Isaiah 66:24 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. .

New moons, Sabbaths?

Yahushua refers to this last verse (verse 24) when He says:

Mark 9:42 - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Mark 9:43 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:44 - Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:45 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:46 - Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:47 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of YAHWEH with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

Mark 9:48 - Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:49 - For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Mark 9:50 - Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Brethren, the Churchianity's salt has not preserved the ways of Yahweh. We must be that salt, which willingly preserves Yahweh's ways as we present our bodies as a living sacrifice, a pleasing offering to HIM...seasoned with salt

Yahweh says that all flesh will come to worship before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons.

Yahweh says the Torah will go forth from Jerusalem.

These truths have been lost in modern religions

The day is coming when the land of "3 religions" will become the land where Yahweh alone is worshiped and it becomes the dwelling place of Yahweh and His remnant. Yahweh will flatten everything out south and west of Jerusalem and He dwell on high in Zion where the Torah will be the standard and rule for all the world.

Yes, Yahweh's law will be the THE law. No more idols and no more suicide bombers, land-for-peace deals and futile wars.

This is the true kingdom that is at hand!

Therefore if this Kingdom is within You, let it be known!

Let's not cleave to the foolish things of this age

1John 2:15 - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1John 2:16 - For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

1John 2:17 - And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of YAHWEH abides forever.

If the Kingdom is in us, we will battle these wicked things and cleave to Yahweh

Let's seek to abide eternally, let's seek to do the will of Yahweh that we might 'abide.. forever'!

Psalms 119:105 - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

John 8:12 - Then spake Yahushua 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.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.

John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Yahushua is the Word, the Torah, the Light

He didn't come to destroy the light, He IS the light!

Those who believe can have Yahushua, the Light, the Torah dwelling in them:

2Corinthians 13:5 - Test yourselves whether you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Yahushua the Messiah is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test?

Brethren, let's have Yahushua shine through us! Let's keep His Torah! Let's not put out the light!

For all that is in the world, "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" will be wiped out in that day.

We need to seek righteousness while we are living in a time of relative rest. Let's spend it filling our hearts and minds with His word. Let's practice doing battle against the enemy in the spiritual realm so that we might be prepared for the big battles in the days to come. Let's abide in Him and let Him abide in us!

John 15:4 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

John 15:5 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

John 15:6 - If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

John 15:7 - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:8 - Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

John 15:9 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

John 15:10 - If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

John 15:11 - These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Therefore, let's bear much fruit as we abide in Messiah.

Let's keep His commandments and abide in His love as Yahushua kept the Father's commandments and abode in His love

When we keep His commandments, the coming Kingdom of Yahweh is manifested to all.

Therein is the Father glorified through the Son that abides in you.. keeping the commands IN YOU that He kept while on the earth. We cannot bear fruit of ourselves. We need the light, the Word, the Messiah, the Torah in us.

When His light, the Word, the Messiah, the Torah is in us.. then we will be ready!

When Torah observance reflects in the outer layer because He is dwelling within us, we will be ready!

Let's be ready!

1John 2:28 - And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

1John 2:29 - If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

Now you know what it really means to be born again.

Let's be ready to rule and reign with Messiah for a thousand years, where the Torah will be the law and Yahweh will be KING.

Let's be ready..

When that last trumpet sounds

May we be found worthy, in Yahushua's name. And may Yahweh bless you and have mercy on us all!