THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL
If one reads the Bible carefully, one will see that it is based around only one people: the children of Israel. Scripture reveals that the Most High selected a people for himself, and gave them promises of inheriting a kingdom.
Yet unbelievably, modern, organised denominational Christianity and its offshoots (sacred name assemblies) choose to neglect or downright rubbish this fact.
We hear that it doesn’t matter. Indeed, that was what I was taught in “churchianity,” and on the surface, it does indeed seem as if it doesn’t matter. What with the writings of the Apostle Sha’ul: neither Jew nor Gentile, no more strangers and foreigners?
However, what Sha’ul didn’t get into, is how the kingdom will be structured. Who will be greatest and who will be the least? What will be the roles of the strangers in the kingdom? what will be the role of the children of Israel?
A GENTILE POINT OF VIEW
The holy scriptures have been severely distorted through organised religion. Because it is the time of the Gentiles, the nations, who are the enemies of Israel, have rejected the election of Israel.
In the current time of the gentiles, they have the scripture of the Israelites, they were the ones who translated it and made themselves priests and teachers.
So no surprise that they have made themselves the elect. This they do by rejecting the point that the Most High made a promise to the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Deut 7:8).
Sadly, it is a veritable free for all. Every gentile Christian organisation seems to want to own the scripture for themselves. For example, even though Revelation 7 tells us those 144,000 who will be sealed are from all the tribes of the children of Israel, Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that the 144,000 are Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The Seventh Day Adventists believe they are the elect because they keep the 7th day Sabbath. Of course they don’t realize that the Most High said we should keep his Sabbaths (plural), which includes his feast which are given in detail in Leviticus 23.
Pentecostals believe they are chosen because they say they speak in tongues. Other organisations like church of Christ will tell you they are the elect. The Catholic church say if you are not Catholic, you have no chance.
The truth is Christianity is a false religion created by the Greco-Romans to steal the inheritance of Israel. As such, the teachings of this religion is pro Gentile and anti-Israel. These churches are all headed by Gentiles.
This anti-Israel stand has trickled down to the sacred name assemblies who might not consider themselves to be Christian. The one of which I was a part, like Christianity, also teaches that it does not matter who we are.
But after leaving, I got to understand why it does matter.
They have only scratched the surface of scripture, content to just believe what Sha’ul appears to be saying: that all will be equal in the kingdom.
However, they don’t realize that Sha’ul did not go into detail as to the roles in the kingdom.
We shall soon see the impact of this omission and why it really does matter whether or not we are the physical descendants of Jacob.
Because he sent us a Messiah, their claim is that all are now equal before the Most High.
In this post we look at the importance of the election of Israel, and whether or not all will be equal in the end, according to scripture.
A REMEDY FOR ADAM’S SIN
When Adam sinned, the Most High executed his plan to bring back mankind from their sinful state. So through a man of faith (Abraham), he made a promise to his seed (physical descendants).
Gen 12:7
And YAHUAH appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto YAHUAH, who appeared unto him.
This promise continued through his lineage to his son Isaac, then to Isaac’s son Jacob.
Jacob’s name was changed to Israel and had 12 sons. The Most High set apart Israel’s descendants for himself forever. He gave them a sign between himself and the children of Israel forever. That was the sign of the Sabbath:
Exo 31:17
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days YAHUAH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
So his Sabbath is not for all people. It is for the children of Israel.
ISRAEL IN SIN: CAPTIVITY
The Most High made a covenant with the children of Israel, and he gave them a choice. They can receive curses if they disobeyed his covenant or blessings if they obeyed.
Each time they went into disobedience, they were given into slavery. So we have the Babylonian captivity, the Medo Persian captivity, the Assyrian captivity, the Greek captivity, Roman captivity and finally the captivity in “new Egypt” (the Americas).
This final captivity is as a result of the transatlantic slave trade, into the land of bondage, being brought back into bondage (Egypt: Exo 20:2) again in ships.
Deut 28:68
And YAHUAH shall bring thee into Egypt (bondage: see Exo 20:2) again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen (slave men) and bondwomen (slave women), and no man shall buy (redeem) you.
This was the prophesied 400 years bondage:
Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
HIS PROMISE TO DELIVER ISRAEL FROM CAPTIVITY ONE LAST TIME
However, he promised one last time to deliver his people Israel from captivity:
Jeremiah 16:14-15
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YAHUAH, that it shall no more be said, YAHUAH liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;15 But, YAHUAH liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
That promise will be executed through his son, who came to restore the kingdom of Israel:
Acts 1:6-7
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Master, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
So the Messiah came to restore the kingdom of Israel. Indeed he emphatically stated that he only came for the lost. In fulfillment of Ezek 34:11-16, the Messiah said he ONLY came for:
Mat 15:24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Speaking of the Messiah, Peter said:
Acts 5:31
Him hath YAHUAHexalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
The Messiah was sent to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. So how come we are saying it doesn’t matter? Let’s see even more reasons why it does matter.
CHOSEN ABOVE ALL PEOPLE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
The Most High chose a people to be special above all people upon the face of the earth (Deut 7:6). These are the children of Israel.
Deut 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto YAHUAH thy Elohiym: YAHUAH thy Elohiym hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
The children of Israel were chosen to be special above all people upon the face of the earth. That means once walking in righteousness, an Israelite is not equal to, but more special than any other people upon the face of the earth. Let’s see why:
Deut 7:7
YAHUAH did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:8 But because YAHUAH loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath YAHUAH brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
So he has a special love for Israel. In addition, he made promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that he must keep. He cannot break promises.
Remember, he never changes:
Malachi 3:6
For I am YAHUAH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
He will not change and he will not cast away his people. His election of Israel stands and DOES MATTER as we shall see more as we progress.
THE ELECTION STILL STANDS
Here in Romans 9, we are told that all the benefits still stand for the Israelites! Nothing has changed according to Israel in the flesh.
Notice, Sha’ul did not say all these things pertain to the Gentiles. These were specifically to his kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites:
Rom 9:3-4
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Messiah for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of Elohiym, and the promises;
HE HAS NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE
Why therefore are we playing down this election: this choosing of a people the Most High says is a special people unto himself? Has the Most High changed or taken back his promises.
Indeed, we see in Romans 9:4 that the promises pertain to Israel. If they pertain to Israel, why are so many people casting it aside. Has YAHUAH, like them, cast away his people?
Rom 11:1-4 I say then, Hath YAHUAH cast away his people? YAH forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
YAHUAH hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to YAHUAH against Israel, saying,
YAH, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
But what saith the answer of YAHUAH unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
No, he has not cast off his people. He still has a remnant (as always).
So why are we downplaying this election? One word: Religion.
HOW RELIGION HAS CAUSED US TO PLAY DOWN THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL
Most of us in the west were brought up on a religion called Christianity. This religion was founded to steal the inhertiance of Israel and give it to Israel’s enemies, the Romans. It was the Romans who gave us the religion, who had possession of our manuscripts and writings.
They persecuted Israel and forced our people to adapt to their customs. They teach that they (Edomites) are now the children of the Most High, along with anyone else that may come along.
These Edomites are also in Israel (the sons of Amalek, Esau’s grandson), claiming to be Jews.
So we will investigate if Israel is now forgotten and if it now does not matter. Let’s see if Israel is no longer special to the Most High.
ISRAEL MINE ELECT
Now let us go into areas in which the Apstle Sha’ul did not elaborate. We will let the prophets speak of what was to come.
Speaking of the significance of king Cyrus, the Most High called Israel his elect:
Isa 45:4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Now what is the meaning of elect as used? Chosen.
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בּחיר
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From H977; select: – choose, chosen one, elect.
Israel is his chosen people.
BLESSINGS AND CURSES
Isaiah 45:4 also shows us a unique side of the Most High. Everything he does is for the sake of Israel. If Israel is blessed, it is for Israel’s sake. If Israel transgresses, they are cursed and sold into bondage for Israel’s sake.
Like Cyrus, he also called Nebuchadnezzar his servant, even though Nebuchadnezzar had his people Israel in bondage. He blesses those who have us in bondage, and if they treat us badly, he punishes that country after taking us out of their bondage.
Whenever we go into bondage, the heathen are blessed with our wealth, resources and our holy artifacts, including our manuscripts. That is why whenever they are allowed to take us into bondage, they always go into the temple and take away the holy things.
That is how they have the authority to give us these fake religions and act as if they are the authority on our scripture. that is also how they allowed to pollute it by mistranslation and so on.
This is why the Most High peromised that at the end of our captivity, we would need to seek him with all our hearts (Jer 29:13).
NATIONS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR SLAVERY
That transatlantic slave trade and our subsequent constant persecution and suppression? The perpetrators will have to pay for it:
Revelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
And who are those who will pay for It?
Isaiah 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers;
that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
So it is the children of the perpetrators who will pay. Not only them, but the entire nation to whom they belong. That is how the Father executes judgment.
It will be the righteous as well as the unrighteous who will pay! Daniel was a righteous man, but he was sold into bondage with his people. Nothing will change. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecc 1:9) and the Father never changes (Mal 3:6).
WHY IT DOES MATTER: THE FATE OF GENTILE BELIEVERS
So what about believers in the end time? Will the fact that they accept the Messiah free them from going into captivity for the sins of their foreparents as we did through the transatlantic slave trade?
People love to claim that they are Gentiles. Indeed, that is what we were taught in the religion of Christianity. By claiming to be Gentiles, we think we don’t have to obey the laws of the Most High. We don’t want to be Israel as it will mean too much accountability.
But let scripture speak:
Amo 9:11 — Amo 9:12
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith YAHUAH that doeth this.
See that?! “All the heathen, that are called by my name” will be the property of Israelites. In other words, they will be owned: they will be servants, they will be slaves. Gentiles will be slaves. Sorry Christians.
Now let us clarify a little further to nail down the point. How can a heathen be called by YAHUAH’S name?
Through belief in the Messiah! These are those in the commonwealth of Israel who are not Israelites (see Ephesians 2).
Eph 2:13
But now in Messiah Yahusha ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Messiah.
These heathen who are in Messiah will be servants of the children of Israel in the kingdom. They will be least in the kingdom (Mat 5:19).
Amos 9:12
That they (Israel) may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith YAHUAH that doeth this.
GENTILES THAT ACCEPTS MESSIAH WILL BE SLAVES OF ISRAELITES
So every Gentile who accepts Messiah will become a slave of Israelites. Why?
Isa 14:1 — Isa 14:2
For YAHUAH will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of YAHUAH for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Still believe it doesn’t matter?
As we say in Jamaica, Amos 9:11-12 and Isaiah 14:1-2 are “6 of one, half dozen of the other.” They are two different ways of saying the same thing.
Isa 51:21 — Isa 51:23
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Thus saith thy Master YAHUAH, and thy Elohiym that pleadeth the cause of his people,Behold, I have taken out of thine hand
cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Now remember, we don’t actually have to be the ones who afflicted. He brings this affliction on nations. Both the righteous and the unrighteous in those nations will be afflicted.
Zep 3:19 — Zep 3:20
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith YAHUAH.
None of the above prophecies have yet been fulfilled.
All the nation’s that afflicted the children of Israel living today will be punished, and have no hope of being equal with Israel in the kingdom.
Yes, if they accept Messiah and follow the laws of Israel, they will enter the kingdom. However, they will be the least in the kingdom and will serve as slaves, the possession of the Israelites.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING SAVED AND BEING SPARED
Underneath the image below is a wonderful eye opening post about the difference between being saved and being spared. It was written by a Facebook friend of mine Hellis Amaechi, and matches what this post is trying to explain.
WHO WILL BE SPARED?
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THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEEN SAVED AND BEEN SPARED…PEOPLE ALLOCATE SALVATION TO THE WHOLE WORLD BUT THAT IS AN HUGE OPPOSITION TO THE WORD OF THE MOST HIGH, HIS WORD SAYZ EXPRESSLY THAT SALVATION IS ONLY FOR THE YAHUDY.
OKAY! FIRST THING WE MUST ESTABLISH IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE (SAVED), SO LET’S GET THE DEFINITION. ….
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#SAVED / #SALVATION , (H3467 YASHA’) — TO BE MADE SAFE AND LIBERATED; TO DELIVER, FREE, OR RESCUE, FROM AN ENEMY,TROUBLE, AND MORAL DANGER — TO AVENGE, DEFEND, AND GET VICTORY. ….
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“TO SAVE” MEANS TO DELIVER, LIBERATE, PRESERVE, AND RESCUE, FROM AN ( # ENEMY ) OR FROM HARM — ALL THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, HE IS ONLY SPEAKING ABOUT SAVING HIS PEOPLE, (THE LOST SHEEP), FROM —- > “THEIR” ENEMIES. ….
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MATTHEW 18:11 SAYZ, FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COME TO (SAVE) THAT WHICH WAS LOST … (WHO WAS LOST?) — I AM SENT (ONLY) UNTO THE [I>LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF YASHARAL .
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THE CHINESE,JAPANESE,ETHIOPIA,LIBYA HAS NEVER BEEN LOST or TO BE SAVE FROM ANY THING THE ONLY PEOPLE YAHUSHA CAME FOR ARE YASHARAL.. THE NEW CONVENANT IS STRICTLY FOR THE HOUSE OF YASHARAL AND THE HOUSE OF YAHUDAH…
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BUT THEIR BELIEF OR FAITH IN OUR POWER WILL NOT CAUSE THEM TO BE SAVED. THEY CAN BE ( # SPARED ) FROM DESTRUCTION IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR HOUSE, BUT NOT SAVED AS PER THE DEFINITION OF WHAT “SAVED” MEANS. …
YAHUAH IS NOT GOING TO DESTROY THOSE OF THE NATIONS WHO CHOOSE TO TAKE HOLD OF THE WAYS OF THE POWER OF YASHARAL, AND WHO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS “CHOSEN PEOPLE” IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE’S NOT! …..
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MANY PEOPLE SHALL GO AND SAY, COME YE, AND LET US GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN OF YAHUAH, TO THE HOUSE OF THE ALUAHYM OF JACOB — AND HE WILL TEACH US OF HIS WAYS, AND WE WILL WALK IN HIS PATHS: —-
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FOR OUT OF ZION, SHALL GO FORTH THE LAW, AND THE “WORD” OF YAHUAH FROM JERUSALEM, ISAIAH 2:3. …..
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THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED UPON HIS MOUNTAINS, AND ALLOWED TO COME UP AND WORSHIP HIM THERE. …..
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#NOTE : PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DOES “NOT MEAN” THAT THEY INHERIT # ANYTHING — THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED TO COME AND “WORSHIP” OUR POWER, AND SERVE HIM AND OUR HOUSE, AS PROPHESIED JUST LIKE IN THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON…
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPARED??? ….
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SPARE – (H2347, CHUWC), MEANS TO ( # PITY ), HAVE COMPASSION, SPARE, LOOK UPON WITH REGARD AND SYMPATHY. ….
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SO THE MOST HIGH CAN HAVE SYMPATHY AND COMPASSION ON SOME OF THEM, DUE TO THEIR FAITH — BUT HE IS (NOT) COMING TO (SAVE THEM) FROM ANYTHING. ….BELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES TO CLARIFY THIS….
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# EXAMPLE1 : THE MOST HIGH ALLOWED ISRE’AL TO TAKE PITY ON RAHAB THE HARLOT. THEY DID NOT KILL HER, NOR HER FAMILY — THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN ALIVE, AND LIVE (OUTSIDE) OF THE CAMP OF YASHARAL. — [I>READ JOSHUA, CHAPTER 2 .
# EXAMPLE2 : THE MESSIAH WAS NOT GOING TO EVEN HELP THE CAANANITE WOMAN AT FIRST, STATING THAT THE BREAD WAS ( # ONLY) FOR THE CHILDREN OF YASHARAL, BUT HE HAD “COMPASSION AND PITY” ON HER, AND GRANTED HER REQUEST, BECAUSE OF HER HUMILITY AND GREAT FAITH — HE HEALED HER DAUGHTER. ….
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HE NEVER CAME TO SAVE ANY OF THEM. HE EVEN TOLD THE DISCIPLES NOT TO GO TO Them. ….
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THE MESSIAH SENT FORTH THE 12 DISCIPLES, AND COMMANDED THEM, SAYING, GO ( # NOT) INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES, (THE GENTILE NATIONS), AND INTO ANY CITY OF THE SAMARITANS, ENTER YE NOT: BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF YASHARAL. AND AS YE GO, PREACH, SAYING, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEVILS, (MATTHEW 10:5-8). ….
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SEE, HE IS NOT COMING TO REDEEM ANY OF THEM FROM ANYTHING — MANY SHALL BE SPARED BUT NOT SAVED. ….
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LETS FLIP THROUGH THE BOOK OF LIFE AND SEE WHO GETS THROUGH 2nd BARUCH 72 EXPANCIATE ON THIS…
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This is the Word. After the signs have come of which I have spoken to you before, when the nations are moved and the time of MY Anointed One comes,
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THIS VERSE ABOVE SPEAKS OF THE TIME THE MESSIAH SHALL HIT THE EARTH….
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#NOW_WATCH_WHAT_GONNA_HAPPEN
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He will call all nations, and some of them He will
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OKAY LETS PAUSE AND THINK FOR A WHILE WHEN THE SUPER HERO HIT THE SCENE HE IS NOT COMING TO MOON WALK WITH ALL NATIONS … HE IS GOING TO SPILL SOME BLOOD AND SPARE SOME PEOPLE….SO WHO IZ GONNA BE PASS OVER HIS SWORD???
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These things will befall the nations which will be spared by Him.
Every nation which has not known Yashar’al and
which has not trodden down the seed of Yacob will live
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WHY WILL THEY BE SPARED
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this is because some from all the nations have been subjected to your people.
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SO THOSE THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO US …MEANING THOSE WHO TOOK SOME LASHES AND WENT OFF THIER WAY BECAUSE OF US AND THE TRUTH WILL BE SPARED….OKAY SO WHO IZ GONNA BE ON HIS BLACK LIST
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All those, now, who have ruled over you or have known you, will be delivered up to the sword.
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Shalum….
ONLY THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WILL BE PRIESTS IN THE KINGDOM
What’s more, only the children of Israel will serve as priests to the Most High in the thousand year reign of the Messiah. I did a more detailed post on this showing why Gentiles will not be priests in the kingdom. However, here is a summary:
Isa 61:5
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
That is the lot of the strangers/Gentiles/heathen. The fact that they are called by his name does not matter, they will still be slaves (Amos 9:12). Now let’s see the outcome for the children of Israel:
Isa 61:6
But ye shall be named the Priests of YAHUAH: men shall call you the Ministers of our Elohiym: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Only the children of Israel shall be priests. So all those people of the other nations claiming to be priests? You cannot be. Boast not against the branches and do not try to lead the children of Israel, as YAHUAH will not give you the authority to lead his people.
NOT ALL ISRAELITES WILL BE PRIESTS
What’s more, not all Israelites will be priests. The Most High will select his priests from among the children of Israel:
Isaiah 66:20-21
And they shall bring all your brethren (children of Israel) for an offering unto YAHUAH 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 YAHUAH, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of YAHUAH.21 And I will also take of them (children of Israel) for priests and for Levites, saith YAHUAH.
The children of Israel will be busy teaching the way of Torah to those nations that have been spared the wrath of YAHUAH. These nations in turn will support the children of Israel through their labour and their riches.
PAYBACK (RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT)
This bondage will be payback for what they have done to us in our captivity. The Most High does not change. It is his righteous judgment.
Do you believe they will be spared because they accepted Messiah? Daniel was not sparedthe captivity of Judah under Nebuchadnezzar, even though he was righteous. Many of our people have accepted Messiah and are walking in righteousness, yet they still go through tribulation.
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith YAHUAH, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Jeremiah 49:12 For thus saith YAHUAH; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.’
If that above is what he said to his people, what about strangers?
Isaiah 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
This is what Church people, including sacred name assemblies do not understand. They do not understand the election of Israel, and the fate of Gentiles who join themselves (cleave) to Israel.
WHY APOSTLE SHA’UL DID NOT MENTION THESE DETAILS
Now the fate of the Gentiles (non Israelites) in the kingdom is what the Apostle Sha’ul did not expound on. But why?
Why did Sha’ul omit these details? Why didn’t he just tell the Gentiles like it is, that they will be servants to the Israelites in the kingdom? Answer?
He did not tell them because it would deter them from accepting the Messiah. It would affect their faith, which is needed to get them into the kingdom. So he told them about them entering the kingdom, not what their roles will be there.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to Elohiym, but under the law to Messiah,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Sha’ul is all things to all people so as to save them. He didn’t want to tell them their fate so as to scare them away. Who wants to hear that they will be servants in the kingdom? Sha’ul was using wisdom.
So he did it for the sake of the gospel: the good news. This good news is found in Isaiah 61 to Isaiah 62. Now what does it say about the Gentiles there? Here is a reminder:
Isaiah 61:5
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Apostle Sha’ul couldn’t tell them that if he wished to win them at all costs. That would only repel them. Important to emphasize again, that he did it for the gospel’s sake. You see, the Gentiles in the kingdom is a necessary part of the good news. They are needed to serve the Israelites.
So the grave error is in thinking that Sha’ul’s writings is the Bible or totally summarizes the entire Bible. This is not so! As Peter said in 2 Peter 3:15-16, we misunderstand Sha’ul to our own destruction.
THE BLINDNESS OF ISRAEL
So the Most High has not cast off his people (Rom 11:1-5)! As it says in Isaiah 14:1, YAHUAH will yet choose Jacob. Israel will still be his elect. Through it all, he always leaves a remnant (Rom 11:5) according to his grace (favor).
Claiming one’s heritage of being a descendant of Israel is not about boasting or because we are special over other people (which we actually are: see Deut 7:6).
YAHUAH has left us a remnant of Israel according to his grace. What are we to do, ignore this remnant and say the Most High’s choice does not matter anymore?
Rom 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
“The election” there means it is he who does the choosing. What are we to do, rubbish his choice and say it does not matter?
What’s more, after choosing those remnants, he blinded the other Israelites:
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
HOW WERE WE BLINDED IN THESE END TIMES?
Isa 1:2 — Isa 1:3
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for YAHUAH hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Jer 17:4
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
The Father deliberately blinded us so we do not see, because our people transgressed against him. These are our fore-parents who transgressed, and we suffer (Isa 14:21). We were sent into bondage and it will be no different for the strangers who join themselves to Israel through the Messiah.
So now he is opening our eyes as to who we are, are we to say, no, it doesn’t matter?
Anyway, will the Israelites be blinded forever?
Rom 11:23 — Rom 11:24
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for YAHUAH is able to graff them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
There is provision for Israelites to be grafted back in. How? Through the Messiah (1 Cor 15:22, Gal 2:16)
Are we now to reject this and say, it does not matter?
THE MYSTERY REVEALS WHY WE MUST ACCEPT WHO WE ARE
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Sha’ul is warning against being wise in our own conceit. Boasting against the branches, which is what Gentiles do when they try to say all are equal and they become Israel.
To show the value of YAHUAH’S election and rivet the fact that it should not be discarded, Sha’ul tells us why Israel were blinded.
“that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.”
The blindness is the fulfillment of prophecy, the major one of which is the reuniting of both houses of Israel.
You see, once you get past the “it does not matter,” YAHUAH will reveal the depths of his truth. Here It goes on to tell us what will happen to ISRAEL (not everybody) when the time of the heathen is over.
Rom 11:26
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
All Israel shall be saved. Now what “all Israel” is he talking about?
WHO ARE ALL ISRAEL?
A little historical background here.
Israel split into 2 kingdoms under King Jeroboam (northern kingdom of Israel) and Rehoboam (southern kingdom of Judah). The kingdom of Israel were eventually sent into bondage in 722 BC and have been scattered all over the world since.
The kingdom of Judah was also dispersed in 70 AD and onward over time.
Before that, the Most High promised to one day gather both kingdoms into one under one shepherd.
Ezk 37:16 — Ezk 37:22
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
Say unto them, Thus saith YAHUAH Elohiym; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
And say unto them, Thus saith YAHUAH Elohiym; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
Ezk 37:22 — Ezk 37:26
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their Elohiym.
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Now this is what “all Israel” shall be saved means. When the time of the Gentiles are over, the whole house of Israel (house of Judah (southern kingdom) plus house of Israel – 10 northern tribes) will be gathered together.
All Israel (house of Israel plus house of Judah) shall then be saved. Both sticks will finally be joined.
IT IS ALL ABOUT ISRAEL!
So you see, it is all about Israel (the whole house of Israel). It gets even more obvious when we remember that the Messiah came only for Israelites!
MESSIAH CAME FOR THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
The Messiah made this powerful, profound statement in Mat 18:11. Christians erroneously use it to say he came for everybody.
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
But which lost people was he referring to?
Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but (only sent) unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
He only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel? Don’t believe?
Act 5:30 — Act 5:31
The Elohiym of our fathers raised up Yahusha, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath YAHUAH exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give REPENTANCE TO ISRAEL, and forgiveness of sins.
Israel was promised a delivered to save them from their sins. He only came for Israel. Anyone else who hears and believes cannot be Israel, but can only cleave to Israel. No stranger will be equal with us in the kingdom!
More evidence of the Messiah coming specifically for Israel. This shows us that we cannot rubbish our heritage.
Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Yahusha: for he shall save his people (Israel) from their sins.
His people are Israelites. He was sent to save them!
More evidence that he came only for the children of Israel:
Jn 11:49 — Jn 11:52
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them,Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people (Israelites), and that the whole nation (Judah) perish not.
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Yahusha should die for that nation (Judah);
And not for that nation (Judah) only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of YAHUAH that were scattered abroad (whole house of Israel).
So we see, he did not die for Christians, nor for sacred-namers or any other nation. He died for his people, Israel.
More.
John 4 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
More proof:
Jn 10:16
And other sheep I have (house of Israel), which are not of this fold (house of Judah): them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold (the joining of the 2 sticks: house of Judah and house of Israel), and one shepherd (Yahusha HaMashiach).
This of course matches the prophecy of the 2 sticks in Ezekiel 37.
HAS YAHUAH’S ELECTION CHANGED?
Mal 3:6
For I am YAHUAH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
That verse above is very powerful. It not only tells us he doesn’t change (so his promises and election of Israel does not change).
It also tells us that Jacob (Israel) deserved to be consumed. So it is not of our will or because we were good why we are not destroyed, but because of his election. Are we to rubbish this election and say it does not matter?
That verse brings us now to the question, has he now chosen a new set of people. This Gentile people who say it doesn’t matter, will they now be equal to his people? Are they now the chosen?
Psa 94:14
For YAHUAH will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Israel is his inheritance. Israel is his people (Isa 47:6). He used the Gentiles to get Israel jealous (Deut 32:21), to punish us for our sins. On the other hand, as punishment for their treatment of us, they will be our slaves in the kingdom of the Messiah.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ELECTION: IT DOES MATTER WHO WE ARE!
So you see the importance of election? Nothing has changed. Israel is still his elect. As he said it in reference to Cyrus, he is still saying it to us. Cyrus had his people in bondage, yet he called him a servant, even as he did his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.
Here he tells us Cyrus is his servant for the sake of Israel.
Isaiah 45:4
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
He doesn’t change.
Everything the Gentiles nations do against Israel, it is for the sake of Israel. Even when we go into punishment, he blesses our oppressors for our good. Why? In our affliction, that is when we will turn to him.
Hosea 5:14-15
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
His elect is Israel, the Apple of his eye. They are a special people unto him and salvation belongs to them.
Zech 2:8
For thus saith YAHUAH TSEVA’OTH; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Verse 9 goes on to tell us what will happen to the nations that touched his people:
Zech 2:9
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that YAHUAH of hosts hath sent me.
Yes, it does matter who we are, as Israelites will be greatest in the kingdom. Everyone else will be our slaves, a spoil, as payment for how we were enslaved and oppressed.
PRECEPT MUST BE UPON PRECEPT
You cannot use the writings of one man to negate the promises of the rest of the Bible. The writings of Sha’ul is not a total summary of scripture.
To find all truth, precept must be upon precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little, or else we will be snared!
Isa 28:9 — Isa 28:12
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line;
here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
For those who do not want to hear? The truth is hidden and can only be revealed by matching precepts upon precepts, line upon line.
Isaiah 28:13
But the word of YAHUAH was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little prove that Israel is his elect and that doesn’t change.
Precepts also prove that the kingdom is for Israel and people who are believers from other nations will be the servants of Israelites. Everyone is not going to be equal in the kingdom.
You see, if the oppressors are not punished for their atrocities, then the Most High would be an unrighteousness judge. Just look at how the oppressors and their children have benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.
Now if you believe anything written here does not match up, please give precepts that prove your point.
NOT ALL ISRAEL WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL
However, here is something we must understand. This is not an entitlement just because one is of the physical seed of Abraham. One must believe in the Messiah Yahusha to be in this new covenant Israel of Elohiym (Gal 6:15-16).
Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of YAHUAH hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Even among Israel, there is only a remnant according to the Most High’s election. You see, being Israelite in the flesh is nothing if one is not sanctified by the Messiah.
1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of YAHUAH the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Yahusha haMashiach: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
This is why Sha’ul said this:
Gal 6:15 — Gal 6:16
For in Mashiach Yahusha neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of YAHUAH.
So anyone who becomes a new creature is a part of the Israel of YAHUAH. Now how does one become a new creature?
2Co 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
