Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, Creator of the universe,
who desires covenantal intimacy with Your called-out ones – blessed are those
whom You have called and chosen and have given a heart that longs for and
sincerely seeks Your Covenantal life.
Please, YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our hearts
and in the hearts of Your people, the family of Israel. May we and our
offspring and the offspring of Your people, the house of Jacob – and all
Jacob’s adopted family – know Your Name and study Your Torah empowering us to
sincerely love one another and to love You above all. Please uncover our eyes
and open our hearts that we may carefully examine and understand the marvels
and mysteries of Your Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, who has created and
established Your Torah among Your set apart ones - the family of Israel – both
Judah and Ephraim – that love, obey and follow Yahshua our Messiah - Amein.
ויקרא
יעקב –
‘’and Jacob called’’ Jacob still calls an end time remnant that will hear and receive
this call.
This gathering in Genesis 49:1 took
place alongside a covenant or farewell meal. In ancient Near Eastern cultures,
major life transitions, the passing of patriarchal authority, and entering into
agreements was tied to communal meals and would very likely have involved
breaking bread together as a sign of unity and continuation. Even in our days –
the family table (shulchan) continues to serve as a family altar.
Jacob Blesses His Sons
Gen 49:1 And Ya‛aqoḇ
called (ויקרא)
his sons and said, “Gather together, so that I declare to you what is to befall
(ויקרא)
you in the last days: הימים באחרית
By connecting the two uses of the verb ויקרא
in Genesis 49:1, we can structurally and prophetically conclude that the same
unique divine "calling" that assembled Israel at Jacob's deathbed is
the exact same "calling" that gathers, preserves, and navigates the
remnant through the last days.
This is the first time the phrase בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים (b'acharit hayamim
- "in the last days / end of days") appears in the Torah.
‘’ b'acharit
hayamim’’ is first mentioned at Jacob’s deathbed, this teaches us that the
"End Times" are not just about global geopolitical chaos that many
believers focus on - Fundamentally, the last days are about the coming together
again of Jacob’s family, to hear, understand and obey the ‘’calling’’ to be the
regathered, united and restored family of Jacob.
In the West, believers are often weighed down by
centuries of institutional church history, denominational loyalty, and deeply
ingrained theological traditions. In contrast, many growing Christian
communities in the East have a "blank slate" advantage.
Because they lack heavy exposure to Western mainline
church traditions, they are more free to hear the ‘’calling’’ (ויקרא) with clarity and
conviction.
For nearly 1,700 years, Western mainline churches (both
Catholic and Protestant) heavily embraced varieties of Replacement Theology—the
idea that the Church has permanently replaced Israel in YHVH’s plan, and that
the Old Testament laws are completely obsolete.
Believers in the east often do not carry this historical
baggage. When a house-church believer in China or Vietnam reads the Scriptures,
they do not see a sharp, hostile divide between the "Old Testament"
and the "New Testament." They see one continuous, unfolding story of YHVH.
‘’The last days calling has begun, and is being heard by
believers from all nations – The fullness of the Torah is returning to Ephraim
– ‘’and his seed is to
become the completeness of the nations’’ - calling Jacobs family back
together again’’
Today,
there is a voice from heaven calling (vayikra) believers out of religious
systems so that they will escape the coming end time judgments.
Rev
18:4 And I
heard another voice from the heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people,
lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
Rev 18:4 וָאֶשְׁמַע קוֹל אַחֵר
מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם קֹרֵא צְאוּ מִתּוֹכָהּ עַמִּ
The remnant will not remain spiritually, culturally, or
financially enmeshed in the worldly religious system – Babylon.
In the last days the persecution, deception and confusion
in the world will be so great – those whose lives are not built on the sound
foundation of Messiah’s Torah – will be swept away.
Believers too, will face severe trails and testings -
Psa
119:92 If Your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my
affliction.
The word for "delight" (sha'ashu'ai)
implies contentment in the midst of trails.
The word for "affliction" (on'yi) refers
to misery, oppression, depression, and hardship. It perfectly mirrors the
"darkest hour" scenario. When external realities collapse, the
internal blueprint of the Torah is the only thing that anchors the believer's
mind.
To help us understand these ‘’callings’’ to Jacob’s sons
we will refer to some ancient non canonical second temple period writings that
were extensively used (and preserved) by early believers – fragments of these
writings have also been found amongst the Dead sea scrolls.
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs –
Written around 200 BCE – inspired by an intense, surging awareness by Second
temple Jewish groups like the Pharisees, Essenes, and apocalyptic scribes.
These non-canonical books were written by a community
that passionately felt they were in the acharit hayamim (last days).
They created these writings to serve as a survival map, showing that when the
world darkens, the ultimate "calling" (Vayikra) will manifest
through an end time remnant of Jacob.
https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe266.htm
Gen 49:2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of
Ya‛aqoḇ, and listen to
Yisra’ěl your father.
Gen 49:3 “Re’uḇěn, you are my first-born, my power and the
beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of
power.
Gen 49:4 “Boiling like water, you do not excel,
because you went up to your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he went up to
my couch. (Genesis 35:22)
This story is retold by Reuben in ‘’The Testaments
of the Twelve Patriarchs’’
Extract from ‘’The
Testament of Reuben, the commands which he gave his sons before he died in
the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life.
2 Two years after the death of Joseph his brother, when
Reuben fell ill, his sons and his sons' sons were gathered together to visit
him.
3 And he said to them: My children, behold I am dying,
and go the way of my fathers.
Pay no heed, therefore, my children, to the beauty of
women, nor set your mind--on their affairs; but walk in singleness of heart in
the fear of the Lord, and expend labour on good works, and on study and on your
flocks, until the Lord give you a wife, whom He will, that ye suffer not as I
did.
2 For until my father's death I had not boldness to look
in his face, or to speak to any of my brethren, because of the reproach.
3 Even until now my conscience causeth me anguish on
account of my impiety.
4 And yet my father comforted me much, and prayed for me
unto the Lord, that the anger of the Lord might pass from me, even as the Lord
showed.
7 For a pit unto the soul is the sin of fornication,
separating it from God, and bringing it near to idols, because it deceiveth the
mind and understanding, and leadeth down young men into Hades before their
time.
8 For many hath fornication destroyed; because, though a
man be old or noble, or rich or poor, he bringeth reproach upon himself with
the sons of men and derision with Beliar. (2 Cor 6:15)
9 For ye heard regarding Joseph how he guarded himself
from a woman, and purged his thoughts from all fornication, and found favour in
the sight of God and men.’’ (End extract)
End time calling:
This is a collective end time calling to the remnant of
Israel who have no desire to defile themselves with any form of sexuality
impurity – listed in Lev 18 – note this list is about what is forbidden and
not about what is consensually permitted.
An end time remnant will obey YHVH’s very first command
to be fruitful and multiply – Gen 1:28 with purity and passion and with the intention
of having large families.
Gen 49:5 “Shim‛on and Lěwi are brothers,
their weapons are implements of violence.
Gen 49:6 “Let my being not enter their council, let
my esteem not be united to their assembly; because they killed a man in their
displeasure, and they lamed an ox in pleasure.
Gen 49:7 “Cursed be their displeasure for it is
fierce, and their wrath for it is cruel! I divide them in Ya‛aqoḇ and scatter them in Yisra’ěl –
(Jacob is referring to the events recorded in Gen 34)
Extract from the testament of Simeon:
2 For when Simeon was sick, his sons came to visit him.
and he strengthened himself and sat up and kissed them, and said: -
3 Hearken, my children, to Simeon your father and I will
declare unto you what things I have in my heart.
4 I was born of Jacob as my father's second son; and my
mother Leah called me Simeon, because the Lord had heard her prayer.
5 Moreover, I became strong exceedingly; I shrank from no
achievement nor was I afraid of ought. For my heart was hard, and my liver was
immovable, and my bowels without compassion.
7 For in the time of my youth I was jealous in many
things of Joseph, because my father loved him beyond all.
8 And I set my mind against him to destroy him because
the prince of deceit sent forth the spirit of jealousy and blinded my mind, so
that I regarded him not as a brother, nor did I spare even Jacob my father
End time calling:
An end time remnant will have a clear and deep
understanding that there will be no vengeance or cruel violence in Jacobs
family – Israel. Any vengeance or violence against YHVH’s enemies must be
sanctioned by YHVH for the purpose of cleansing, separation and protection for
the family of Israel. Generally, in the face of danger, we are to either flee
or hide, unless YHVH clearly shows us to destroy our enemies to protect our
families.
See Parashat Matot (Num 31) as a pattern for the end time
role of the 144 000 witnesses (Rev 7)
When Israel went to war, the priests provided guidance
and YHVH’s permission, the officers screened out the unready men, and certain
Levites would lead while transporting and guarding the Ark of the
covenant – Num 10:33-35, Deut 20:1-9 1 Samuel 4 (The ark was captured in war)
Extract from the Testament of Levi:
4 I, Levi, was born in Haran, and I came with my father
to Shechem.
5 And I was young, about twenty years of age, when, with
Simeon, I wrought vengeance on Hamor for our sister Dinah.
6 And when I was feeding the flocks in Abel-Maul, the
spirit of understand of the Lord came upon me, and I saw all men corrupting
their way-
10 And He said to me: Levi, I have given thee the
blessing of the priesthood until I come and sojourn in the midst of Israel.
11 Then the angel brought me down to the earth, and gave
me a shield and a sword, and said to me: Execute vengeance on Shechem because
of Dinah, thy sister, and I will be with thee because the Lord hath sent me.
12 And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it
is written in the heavenly tables.
4 And my father heard these things and was wroth, and he
was grieved in that they had received the circumcision, and after that had been
put to death, and in his blessings he looked amiss upon us. (circumcision was a
sign of YHVH’s covenant)
5 For we sinned because we had done this thing against
his will, and he was sick on that day.
23 And if you were not to receive mercy through Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, not one of our seed should be left upon the
earth.
24 And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks ye shall
go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the sacrifices.(Daniels 70
weeks)
25 And ye shall make void the law, and set at nought the
words of the prophets by evil perverseness.
26 And ye shall persecute righteous men, and hate the
godly; the words of the faithful shall ye abhor.
27 And a man who reneweth the law in the power of the
Most High, ye shall call a deceiver; and at last ye shall rush upon him to slay
him, not knowing his dignity, taking innocent blood through wickedness upon
your heads.
28 And your holy places shall be laid waste even to the
ground because of him.
29 And ye shall have no place that is clean; but ye shall
be among the Gentiles a curse and a dispersion until He shall again visit you,
and in pity shall receive you through faith and water.
Biblical scholars, theologians, and classical
commentators are deeply divided on this issue. While almost all agree that
Simeon and Levi's initial outrage over the violation of their sister
Dinah was completely justified, the vast majority of mainstream scholars argue
that their violent, deceptive, and collective retaliation against the entire
city of Shechem was deeply unjustified, especially because a covenant was made
and violated)
What do you think?
Jacob's initial anger in Genesis 34 was largely
driven by fear of retaliation. His final curse in Genesis 49, however,
was a prophetic, morally sound rejection of disproportionate cruelty, spiritual
manipulation, and bloodlust. Jacob didn’t curse his sons in this matter he
cursed their unjust cruelty towards man and beast and the violation of a
covenantal promise.
The presence and ministry of the end time 144 000 will lead
us regarding such matters.
Gen 49:8 “You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise
you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down
before you.
Gen 49:9 “Yehuḏah
is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he
crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him?
Gen 49:10 “The sceptre shall not turn aside from
Yehuḏah, nor an Inscriber
from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of
peoples.
Gen 49:11 “Binding his donkey to the vine, and his
donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he washed his garments in wine, and his robes
in the blood of grapes.
Gen 49:12 “His eyes are darker than wine, and his
teeth whiter than milk.
Matthew 21:1–11, Mark 11:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, and John
12:12–19 Rev 5:5 Zech 9:9
Extract Testimony of Judah:
AND now, my children, I command you, love Levi, that ye
may abide, and exalt not yourselves against him, lest ye be utterly destroyed.
2 For to me the Lord gave the kingdom, and to him the
priesthood, and He set the kingdom beneath the priesthood.
3 To me He gave the things upon the earth; to him the
things in the heavens.
4 As the heaven is higher than the earth, so is the
priesthood of God higher than the earthly kingdom, unless it falls away
through sin from the Lord and is dominated by the earthly kingdom.
5 For the angel of the Lord said unto me: The Lord chose
him rather than thee, to draw near to Him, and to eat of His table and to offer
Him the first-fruits of the choice things of the sons of Israel; but thou shalt
be king of Jacob.
12 And there shall be continual wars in Israel; and
among men of another race shall my kingdom be brought to an end, until the
salvation of Israel shall come.
13 Until the appearing of the God (Elohim) of
righteousness, that Jacob, and all the Gentiles may rest in peace.
14 And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever;
for the Lord made aware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the
kingdom from my seed for ever. Jer 33:18
15 Now I have much grief, my children, because of your
lewdness and witchcrafts, and idolatries which ye shall practise against the
kingdom, following them that have familiar spirits, diviners, and demons of
error.
16 Ye shall make your daughters singing girls and
harlots, and ye shall mingle in the abominations of the Gentiles.
19 Until the Lord visit you, when with perfect heart ye
repent and walk in all His commandments, and He bring you up from captivity
among the Gentiles.
20 And after these things shall a star arise to you from
Jacob in peace,
21 And a man shall arise from my seed, like the sun of
righteousness,
22 Walking with the sons of men in meekness and
righteousness;
23 And no sin shall be found in him.
24 And the heavens shall be opened unto him, to pour out
the spirit, even the blessing of the Holy Father; and He shall pour out the
spirit of grace upon you;
25 And ye shall be unto Him sons in truth, and ye shall
walk in His commandments first and last.
26 Then shall the sceptre of my kingdom shine forth; and
from your root shall arise a stem; and from it shall grow a rod of
righteousness to the Gentiles, to judge and to save all that call upon the
Lord.
36 And Judah, when he had said these things, fell asleep;
and his sons did according to all whatsoever he commanded them, and they buried
him in Hebron, with his fathers.
Calling of the End time remnant:
The Book of Revelation states explicitly that the
Antichrist and his companion, the False Prophet, will deceive the vast majority
of the earth's population. This almost total deception is outlined across
several specific passages in the New Testament – ‘’anti’’ doesn’t only mean
‘’false’’ it means ‘’instead of’’ see 2Cor 11:3-4
Gen 49:13 “Zeḇulun dwells at the seashore, he is for a
haven for ships, and his border is unto Tsiḏon.
Extract from testament of Zebulun:
AND now children, I you (sic) to keep the
commands of the Lord, and to show mercy to your neighbours, and to have
compassion towards all, not towards men only, but also towards beasts.
2 For all this thing's sake the Lord blessed me, and when
all my brethren were sick, I escaped without sickness, for the Lord knoweth the
purposes of each.
3 Have, therefore, compassion in your hearts, my
children, because even as a man doeth to his neighbour, even so also will the
Lord do to him
6 I was the first to make a boat to sail upon the sea,
for the Lord gave me understanding and wisdom therein.
7 And I let down a rudder behind it, and I stretched a
sail upon another upright piece of wood in the midst.
8 And I sailed therein along the shores, catching fish
for the house of my father until we came to Egypt.
9 And through compassion I shared my catch with every
stranger.
19 Have, therefore, yourselves also, my children,
compassion towards every man with mercy, that the Lord also may have compassion
and mercy upon you. Mt 5:7
20 Because also in, the last days God will send His
compassion on the earth, and wheresoever He findeth bowels of mercy He dwelleth
in him.
21 For in the degree in which a man hath compassion upon
his neighbours, in the same degree hath the Lord also upon him.
36 And now, my children, grieve not that I am dying, nor
be cast down in that I am coming to my end.
37 For I shall rise again in the midst of you, as a ruler
in the midst of his sons; and I shall rejoice in the midst of my tribe, as many
as shall keep the law of the Lord, and the commandments of Zebulun their
father.
End time calling:
You decide what the end time calling is of Zevulon – name
comes from Hebrew word – ‘’zaval’’ to cohabit – living in covenantal harmony -
Gen 49:14 “Yissasḵar is a strong donkey lying down between two
burdens,
Extract from Testament of Yissaskar:
38 Keep, therefore, my children, the law of God, and get
singleness, and walk in guilelessness, not playing the busybody with the
business of your neighbour, but love the Lord and your neighbour, have
compassion on the poor and weak.
39 Bow down your back unto husbandry, and toil in labours
in all manner of husbandry, offering
gifts to the Lord with thanksgiving.
‘’End time calling to the remnant”
Study the Torah and work hard.
Gen 49:15 and he saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant, and he inclined his shoulder to bear a burden,
and became a subject to slave labour.
In 1732, two young Moravian Brethren named Johann
Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann left Herrnhut, Germany, to preach the
Gospel to African slaves on the island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies
They Offered, But Weren't Allowed: Dober and
Nitschmann explicitly stated they were willing to become slaves or work
alongside them in the fields if necessary. However, legal and racial structures
in the 18th-century Caribbean strictly forbade white people from being legally
sold into chattel slavery
They Worked as Tradesmen: Instead of being
enslaved, they lived in extreme poverty alongside the slave quarters. David
Nitschmann used his skills as a carpenter, and Leonard Dober worked as a potter
and domestic helper to sustain themselves financially.
Gen 49:16 “Dan rightly rules his people as
one of the tribes of Yisra’ěl.
Gen 49:17 “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by
the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.
Gen 49:18 “I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה!
Extract from the Testament of Dan:
4 I know that in the last days ye shall depart from the
Lord, and ye shall provoke Levi unto anger, and fight against Judah; but ye
shall not prevail against them, for an angel of the Lord shall guide them both;
for by them shall Israel stand.
5 And whensoever ye depart from the Lord, ye shall walk
in all evil and work the abominations of the Gentiles, going a-whoring after
women of the lawless ones, while with all wickedness the spirits of wickedness
work in you.
6 For I have read in the book of Enoch, the righteous,
that your prince is Satan, and that all the spirits of wickedness and pride
will conspire to attend constantly on the sons of Levi, to cause them to sin
before the Lord.
End time calling to the remnant:
There are several scholars who believe the anti
Messiah will come from Dan.
Gen 49:19 “Gaḏ, a raiding band raids him, but he raids its
heel.
18 Beware, therefore, my children of hatred, for it
worketh lawlessness even against the Lord Himself.
32 For true repentance after a godly sort destroyeth
ignorance, and driveth away the darkness, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth
knowledge to the soul, and leadeth the mind to salvation.
33 And those things which it hath not learnt from man, it
knoweth through repentance.
34 For God brought upon me a disease of the liver; and
had not the prayers of Jacob my father succoured me, it had hardly failed but
my spirit had departed.
35 For by what things a man transgresseth by the same
also is he punished .
9 If a man prospereth more than you, do not be vexed, but
pray also for him, that he may have perfect prosperity.
10 for so it is expedient for you.
18 For I know that at the last your children shall depart
from Him, and shall walk in O wickedness, and affliction and corruption before
the Lord.
End time calling to the remnant:
It’s a prophecy of ultimate triumph despite hardship.
They come under demonic attack first, but they eventually overcome.
See also vs 35 – the message is that if you do not
overcome transgressions in your life – those transgressions will overcome you.
Gen 49:20 “Bread from Ashěr is rich, and he
gives delicacies of a sovereign.
3 Two ways hath God given to the sons of men, and two
inclinations, and two kinds of action, and two modes of action, and two issues.
4 Therefore all things are by twos, one over against the
other.
5 For there are two ways of good and evil, and with these
are the two inclinations in our breasts discriminating them.
6 Therefore if the soul take pleasure in the good
inclination, all its actions are in righteousness; and if it sin it straightway
repenteth.
20 But do not ye, my children, wear two faces like unto
them, of goodness and of wickedness; but cleave unto goodness only, for God
hath his habitation therein, and men desire it.
21 But from wickedness flee away, destroying the evil
inclination by your good works; for they that are double-faced serve not God,
but their own lusts, so that they may please Beliar (Heb without value - satan)
and men like unto themselves.
33 Do ye, therefore, my children, keep the law of the
Lord, and give not heed unto evil as unto good; but look unto the thing that is
really good, and keep it in all commandments of the Lord, having your
conversation therein, and resting therein.
34 For the latter ends of men do show their righteousness
or unrighteousness, when they meet the angels of the Lord and of Satan.
35 for when the soul departs troubled, it is tormented by
the evil spirit which also it served in lusts and evil works.
36 But if he is peaceful with joy he meeteth the angel of
peace, and he leadeth him into eternal life.
40 Until the Most High shall visit the earth, coming
Himself as man, with men eating and drinking, and breaking the head of the
dragon in the water.
41 He shall save Israel and all the Gentiles, God
speaking in the person of man.
42 Therefore do ye also, my children, tell these things
to your children, that they disobey Him not.
44 And therefore shall ye be scattered as Gad and Dan my
brethren, and ye shall know not your lands, tribe, and tongue.
45 But the Lord will gather you together in faith through
His tender mercy, and for the sake of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
End time message to the remnant:
You decide for yourself.
Gen 49:21 “Naphtali is a deer let loose, he
gives words of elegance.
6 I was born from Bilhah, and because Rachel dealt
craftly, and gave Bilhah in place of herself to Jacob, and she conceived and
bare me upon Rachel's knees, therefore she called my name Naphtali. (my
wrestling)
7 For Rachel loved me very much because I was born upon
her lap; and when I was still young she was wont to kiss me, and say: May I
have a brother of thine from mine own womb, like unto thee.
13 And I was swift on my feet like the deer, and my
father Jacob appointed me for all messages, and as a deer did he give me his
blessing.
27 In like manner the Watchers also changed the order of
their nature, whom the Lord cursed at the flood, on whose account He made the
earth without inhabitants and fruitless.
28 These things I say unto
you, my children, for I have read in the writing of Enoch
that ye yourselves also shall depart from the Lord, walking according to all
the lawlessness of the Gentiles, and ye shall do according to all the
wickedness of Sodom.
29 And the Lord shall bring captivity upon you, and there
shall ye serve your enemies, and ye shall be bowed down with every affliction
and tribulation, until the Lord have consumed you all.
30 And after ye have become diminished and made few, ye
return and acknowledge the Lord your God; and He shall bring you back into your
land, according to His abundant mercy.
End time calling:
To struggle and to wrestle and to overcome–
Gen 49:22 “Yosěph is an offshoot of a
fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his
branches run over a wall.
Gen 49:23 “And the archers have bitterly grieved
him, shot at him and hated him.
Gen 49:24 “But his bow remained in strength, and
the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Ya‛aqoḇ – from there is the Shepherd,
the Stone of Yisra’ěl –
Gen 49:25 from the Ěl of your father who helps you,
and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens from above,
blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the
womb.
Gen 49:26 “The blessings of your father have
excelled the blessings of my ancestors, up to the limit of the everlasting
hills. They are on the head of Yosěph, and on the crown of the head of him who
was separated from his brothers.
Extract from Testament of Joseph:
3 My brethren and my children, hearken to Joseph the
beloved of Israel; give ear, my sons, unto your father.
4 I have seen in my life envy and death, yet I went not
astray, but persevered in the truth--of the Lord.
5 These my brethren hated me, but the Lord loved me:
6 They wished to slay me, but the God of my fathers
guarded me:
7 They let me down into a pit, and the Most High brought
me up again.
8 I was sold into slavery, and the Lord of all made me
free:
9 I was taken into captivity, and His strong hand succoured
me. (to give relief in a time of distress)
10 I was beset with hunger, and the Lord Himself
nourished me.
11 I was alone, and God comforted me:
12 I was sick, and the Lord visited me.
13 I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me;
14 In bonds, and He released me;
15 Slandered, and He pleaded my cause;
16 Bitterly spoken against by the Egyptians, and He
delivered me;
17 Envied by my fellow-slaves, and He exalted me.
18 And this chief captain of Pharaoh entrusted to me his
house.
19 And I struggled against a shameless woman, urging me
to transgress with her; but the God of Israel my father delivered me from the
burning flame.
20 I was cast into prison, I was beaten, I was mocked;
but the Lord granted me to find mercy, in the sight of the keeper of the
prison.
21 For the Lord doth not forsake them that fear Him,
neither in darkness, nor in bonds, nor in tribulations, nor in necessities.
22 For God is not put to shame as a man, nor as the son
of man is he afraid, nor as one that is earth-born is He weak or affrighted.
23 But in all those things doth He give protection, and
in divers ways doth He comfort, though for a little space He departeth to try
the inclination of the soul.
6 And I did not raise myself against them with evil
intent, but I honoured my brethren; and out of respect for them, even when I
was being sold, I refrained from telling the Ishmaelites that I was a son of
Jacob, a great man and a mighty.
74 And I saw that from Judah was born a virgin wearing a
linen garment, and from her, was born a lamb, without spot; and on his left
hand there was as it were a lion; and all the beasts rushed against him, and
the lamb overcame them, and destroyed them and trod them under foot.
75 And because of him the angels and men rejoiced, and
all the land.
76 And these things shall come to pass in their
season, in the last days.
77 Do ye therefore, my children, observe the commandments
of the Lord, and honour Levi and Judah; for from them shall arise unto you the
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world, one who saveth all the
Gentiles and Israel.
81 And carry ye up Asenath your mother to the Hippodrome,
(The literal meaning: It refers to the plains of Ephrath) near
Rachel your mother bury her.
82 And when he had said these things he stretched out his
feet and died at a good old age.
83 And all Israel mourned for him, and all Egypt, with a
great mourning.
End time calling to remnant of Joseph:
This concept mirrors the Scriptural defence found in
the New Testament book of Acts 14:17, which
states that YHVH "did not leave himself without witness."
Act
14:17 though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness
From the creation of the world until now there have
always been a faithful remnant who have been aware of and testified of a coming
Redeemer who would one day reconcile Jacob to YHVH again – Yahshua the Messiah,
Gen 49:27 “Binyamin is a wolf that tears, in
the morning he eats prey, and at night he divides the spoil.”
Extract from Testament of Benjamin:
3 And since Rachel my mother died in giving me birth, I
had no milk; therefore I was suckled by Bilhah her handmaid.
13 And let your mind be unto good, even as ye know me;
for he that bath his mind right seeth all things rightly.
14 Fear ye the Lord, and love your neighbour; and even
though the spirits of Beliar claim you to afflict you with every evil, yet
shall they not have dominion over you, even as they had not over Joseph my
brother.,
18 For Joseph also besought our father that he would pray
for his brethren, that the Lord would not impute to them as sin whatever evil
they had done unto him.
19 And thus Jacob cried out: My good child, thou hast
prevailed over the bowels of thy father Jacob.
20 And he embraced him, and kissed him for two hours,
saying:
21 In thee shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven
concerning the Lamb of God, and Saviour of the world, and that a blameless one
shall be delivered up for lawless men, and a sinless one shall die for ungodly
men in the blood of the covenant, for the salvation of the Gentiles and of
Israel, and shall destroy Beliar and his servants.
22 See ye, therefore, my children, the end of the good
man?
32 And if any one betrayeth a righteous man, the
righteous man prayeth: though for a little he be humbled, yet not long after he
appeareth far more glorious, as was Joseph my brother.
37 The good mind hath not two tongues, of blessing and of
cursing, of contumely (insulting) and of honour, of sorrow and of joy, of
quietness and of confusion, of hypocrisy and of truth, of poverty and of
wealth; but it hath one disposition, uncorrupt and pure, concerning all men.
38 It hath no double sight, nor double hearing; for in
everything which he doeth, or speaketh, or seeth, he knoweth that the Lord
looketh on his soul.
39 And he cleanseth his mind that he may not be condemned
by men as well as by God.
5 Nevertheless the temple of God shall be in your
portion, and the last temple shall be more glorious than the first.
6 And the twelve tribes shall be gathered together there,
and all the Gentiles, until the Most High shall send forth His salvation in the
visitation of an only-begotten prophet.
7 And He shall enter into the first temple, and there
shall the Lord be treated with outrage, and He shall be lifted up upon a tree.
8 And the veil of the temple shall be rent, and the
Spirit of God shall pass on to the Gentiles as fire poured forth.
9 And He shall ascend from Hades and shall pass from
earth into heaven.
10 And I know how lowly He shall be upon earth, and how
glorious in heaven.
16 For all these things they gave us for an inheritance,
saying: Keep the commandments of God, until the Lord shall reveal His salvation
to all Gentiles.
17 And then shall ye see Enoch, Noah, and Shem, and
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, rising on the right hand in gladness,
20 Then also all men shall rise, some unto glory and some
unto shame.
21 And the Lord shall judge Israel first, for their
unrighteousness; for when He appeared as God in the flesh to deliver them they
believed Him not.
22 And then shall He judge all the Gentiles, as many as
believed Him not when He appeared upon earth.
23 And He shall convict Israel through the chosen ones
of the Gentiles.
End time calling to the remnant in the last days:
From these convicted and chosen ones – Jew and gentile
will be compared to the 5 wise virgins – invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb.
These are those who will be spared during the great
tribulation of the last days in the wilderness –
Rev
12:14 And the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, to fly into the
wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a
time, Dan_7:25, Dan_12:7 from the presence of the serpent.
What Petra Looked Like Before It Became Ruins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LiIO8bwE6Y
Blessed
are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of
truth and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH
giver of the Torah – Amein.
Hos
11:8 “How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over,
Yisra’ěl?
Jer
30:24 The burning displeasure of יהוה shall not turn back until He
has done and established the purposes of His heart. In the latter days you
shall understand it.b Footnote: bSee Jer_23:20.
Revive Us Again
Psa 85:1 יהוה, You shall take
pleasure in Your land; You shall turn back the captivity of Ya‛aqoḇ.
Psa 85:2 You shall take away the crookedness of
Your people; You shall cover all their sin. Selah.
Psa 85:3 You shall withdraw all Your wrath; You
shall turn from Your fierce displeasure.
Psa 85:4 Turn back to us, O Elohim of our
deliverance, And cause Your vexation toward us to cease.
Psa 85:5 Would You be enraged with us forever?
Would You draw out Your displeasure From generation to generation?
Psa 85:6 Would You not revive us again, For Your
people to rejoice in You?
Psa 85:7 Show us Your loving-commitment, O יהוה,
And give us Your deliverance.
Psa 85:8 Let me hear what Ěl יהוה
speaks, For He speaks peace to His people And to His lovingly-committed ones;
And let them not turn again to folly.
Psa 85:9 Truly, His deliverance is near to those
who fear Him, For esteem to dwell in our land.
Psa 85:10 Loving-commitment and truth shall meet,
Righteousness and peace shall kiss.
Psa 85:11 Truth sprouts forth from the earth, And
righteousness looks down from heaven,
Psa 85:12 Indeed, יהוה
gives what is good, And our land yields its increase.
Psa 85:13 Righteousness goes before Him, And
prepares a way for His footsteps.