THE CHURCH AGE
The Church Age began with a small group of believers on the day of Pentecost as far as man was concerned. In the mind of Yah however, it started before the foundation of the world. He knew its works and misdeeds, its victories and failures, its faith and lack of it. He knew its strength and its weakness and in each Church Age He chose a remnant, called overcomers, to carry the true church into the next age.
A REMNANT/ OVERCOMERS
A remnant is a small portion of something, the end of the bolt of material. And, here in the end of the age of man Yah has a remnent. When Yah speaks of a remnant He is speaking of people. All through the Old Testament He has separated a remnant for Himself when the whole has become polluted. For example: Noah, Abraham, Elijah, even Israel herself after she became a nation.
Overcomers are the New Testament remnant, who like the Old Testament remnant, are called out for Yah's purpose, but under the New Covenant Yah requires His believers not to just leave something, but to also conquer it. Yah took the Israelites out of Egypt and spent forty years trying to get Egypt out of them. Because of the hardness of their hearts, Yah's effort did not work, so they died in the wilderness. It is not enough to come out of a movement. You must submit to the cleansing process to get the movement out of you.
YahShua said it this way, "Men do not pour new wine into old wineskins, the skins will burst, the wine will run out, and the wineskin will be ruined." The old wineskins must first undergo a treatment to make them flexible and clean from the old wine, usually in a salt solution. An overcomer must undergo treatment by the Holy Spirit and be cleansed from old religious ideas and influences before they can begin to understand what Yah is doing, and be in the new move of Yah. If believers remain in the order that is obsolete they will spiritually die. Spiritual death means ceasing to mature, or grow, and to die to the purposes of Yah. This is not speaking of losing salvation. Without maturity a believer will progress no further in understanding Yah, or His purposes, and will become stagnate. With much effort believers will strive to pump life into a dead order and they will soon become simply religious with no power outside their own energies.
Before we look at the Church Age let’s look at the religious order of YahShua's day. The Israelites were the chosen people from whom Yah was to take His Son. Why? Because from the beginning Yah planned for a pure sinless blood sacrifice to pay for Adam's sin. YahShua is even referred to as the second Adam. Yah chose a family from mankind and separated them unto Himself. To insure its purity He set in motion a religious order with strict rules and laws. Yes, the Israelites defiled themselves, but not all. Even through supernatural births, such as Isaac, Yah preserved the Aramaic bloodline. Most at that time could trace their ancestry back to Adam. Yah knew the little girl of Nazareth whose ancestral tree had been kept pure.
JUDAISM
Old ways are hard to lay down, especially if they were good in their time, but that is exactly what Yah had YahShua ask them to do. "Take up your cross and follow me", He said. He was the Passover Lamb offered to Yah in its season to fulfill the requirements of the law, therefore making the old obsolete.
The priesthood of the Old Covenant lost its power when through YahShua, a New Covenant was ordained with His blood. There was then no more need to sacrifice animals, nor for the priests who sacrificed them. The priesthood was no longer of importance, for under the New Covenant, Yah had offered one sacrifice for all, and would never need another. He has made us all who are born of the Spirit priests, and we stand and minister before Him. It is no longer just the bloodline of Aaron. We are not only priests, but also Kings. Since YahShua is King of Kings then there must, of necessity, be other Kings for Him to rule over. These Kings will put things back in order. They will rule and judge the matters of heaven as well as earth.
Whoa! Before anyone goes around judging, it is necessary to check out when Yah’s time frame for this is, and understand the dispensation in which this is to take place. There are set times and seasons. The Church Age testifies to that.
OLD COVENANT/ NEW COVENANT
At the very moment that YahShua died the curtain in the Temple between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place was rent from top to bottom establishing the New Covenant. The Old Covenant was replaced and it lost Yah. It became empty and vain. The Glory of Yah departed from over the mercy seat and came to dwell in the hearts of believers, in the Temple not made with hands. YahShua had become the cornerstone, and believers became the lively stones built up into a habitation for the Lord, eternal in the Heavens.
Caiaphas, who was High Priest and the Chief Priest at the time of YahShua's death secretly ordered the curtain repaired and set about to silence the witnesses. I can just hear them say, "After all, …was not this way ordained of Yah? Did He not establish it, and here is this Man, YahShua, trying to change things. If Yah were going to change things He would tell "us" first. "We" are, after all, the ones who received the laws and were put in charge to see that they were kept. Do not "we" stand before Him to minister? Why would Yah go outside the priesthood to reveal change? This YahShua could not be the Messiyah. Where is His glory, His mark of Kingship? Where is His great army with which to deliver? He has insulted Yah and "our" intelligence, expecting "us" to believe that He is the Son of Yah! Blasphemous!"
A word of warning! When an old move of Yah is finished the glory departs as it did with Judaism. There may remain a form of Yahliness, but there is no power, no power of Yah that is. In spite of the power which old moves seem to execute and all the seemingly good things they do, YahShua said of these, "I do not know you or where you come from. Away from Me all you evil-doers"
Yah always moves out before the remnant, a type of which we see in Israel’s wandering in the wilderness. When the glory cloud moved, they were to follow. If they did not they found themselves without Yah’s presence. Likewise, as the new order was established, the curtain in the Temple was rent, signifying that the Glory of Yah who dwelt above the Ark of the Covenant had departed leaving the Most Holy Place empty. The Glory has departed each Church Age when it became obsolete and polluted.
This was no shock to Yah. He knew very well it would happen and had made provision for those that would remain faithful and were willing to follow Him instead of man. How do you know when a movement or ministry has become polluted? Man ceases to grow in the knowledge and revelation of Yah, no longer enduring sound "spiritual" doctrine and exalts his place above Yah. Thinking himself wise, he becomes foolish and says, "I am going to preach, lay on hands and prophesy", and he then expects Yah to bless mens works with His presence. They expect the Glory Cloud to follow them about, making them god, and Yah their servant. Man’s ways are always backwards from Yah’s ways.
To be polluted means being mixed with man’s authority and paganism. Yah is no longer in charge in the services. Man takes control and nothing is done without their approval. Perhaps you say, "Not in my church." May I ask, what time does the Sunday morning service end? Did Yah ordain this? Who did? What time do you start singing? What do you do next? At what point in the service does the minister begin his sermon? Is it always the same service after service? Rituals! Religion! Judaism! An empty Temple, an empty Church! I mean empty of the presence of the Lord's power. I have been in every brand of "church" on the market today and I can tell you for certain there is little difference between them. If you have seen one you have seen them all.
Who formed the church anyway? YahShua never set up anything nor established a form of worship. There were already synagogues, and the Temple with all its pomp and splendor. Formula is law not grace, that is man’s way not Yah’s. As a matter of reference, look at what YahShua told the woman at the well who was concerned about places to worship. "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship him." Did man decide the way Yah should do things and then ask Him to bless it? Backwards again!
The word Church according to the Strong’s Concordance in the Greek language is "ekklesia", meaning, "A calling out." If there is a calling out then there must be something to be called out from: Chaldea, sin and the Church Age.
Church is not a building. It is people called out by a revelation of who YahShua is. First, He was the man of Galilee, the preacher and healer. Secondly, the dying Savior, the Lamb of Yah that takes away the sins of the world. Thirdly, He proved to be the resurrection and the life. Fourth, He became, at His resurrection, the manifested Son of Yah. Fifth, we see Him as the High Priest entering heaven with His own blood, and Sixth, He becomes the door to the Father. Here is where He brings us into the very presence of the Father and He fades into the background. We began to see what YahShua was all about. He came to reconcile us to Yah the Father. Seventh, He is the firstborn among many brothers. The Church Age ends here for our eyes and the focus is upon Yah the Father, for that is the true purpose of YahShua.
YahShua was never referred to as the Son of Yah until after He had risen from the dead. He had laid down his deity and taken upon Him the form of a man. He always referred to Himself as the son of man because He was made of flesh, but in His glorified body He was the manifested Son of Yah and will in heaven he is the Everlasting Father. In the book of Revelation there were seven Church Ages and seven revelations of YahShua Messiyah. Each revelation brought YahShua Messiyah fresh to the heart of believers, because it was the revealing of Yah in Him. Like rungs on a ladder, we are brought closer to our objective, Yah the Father. Let me say here that YahShua never glorified Himself, nor did He intend for man to put more emphasis on Him than Yah.
The final outcome will be that Yah will be all in all. YahShua always pointed man to Yah, not Himself. He came to make it possible for man to have a relationship with Yah the Father. I believe He is disappointed in the direction the churches have gone, and believers have not recognized that Yah is their Father, as well as the Father of YahShua. THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS Rev 2:1-7 (Diagram) This was the first church of the book of the "Revelation of YahShua Messiyah" to the world. The word Ephesus from the Greek means, "LOSING", and that was just what happened. The religious leaders used their influence to try and snuff out this new way because of their pride and fear of losing control of the people and fear of losing their own highly regarded position. They went so far as to enlist the help of Rome to obtain the eradication of the teachings of YahShua. They forbid any to speak in His name and it was stricken from all records. Those who did not comply died a martyr's death. For a while this seemed to work, but the very weapon used on the new church, Rome, was the one that destroyed Judaism in 70 AD. No sooner was the Church Age born than religious forces of that day began to infiltrate bringing with them the heretical mix of law and grace. Because of the immaturity of the young Church, they soon gained the desired foothold. Later a pagan deity was substituted for the Father of Yah’s Holy Son and the holy name of Yah's Son was defiled. Their power and influences so diluted the teachings of YahShua that it prompted Him to say of it; "you have left your first love." In spite of the strong leadership of the twelve apostles and the outpouring of the Spirit that Church Age did just as Yah foresaw in the beginning. It quickly returned back to law and formalism with its diluting influence and Yah began to call forth His overcomers. The overcomers reward was, "To
eat from the Tree of Life.", which is fellowship with
Yah the Father. To eat something you take it into yourself and it
becomes the very life force that sustains you. The first Church Age sphere of
influence was from Pentecost to about 200 AD. THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA Rev 2:8-11 (Diagram)
The meaning of Smyrna in the Greek
is "Bitter". As the word implied this Church Age was more persecuted by Rome than its forerunner, prompting YahShua to say, "you are going to suffer". The atrocities of that period have sometimes been paralleled with the holocaust under Hitler. During the later part of the Roman dynasty the true church had to go underground. All of Rome’s problems were blamed on the church and all out war was waged against any who held on to the hope of Messiyah. The overcomers will receive a "Crown of Life", which meant they would not be touched with the second death. When many were dying for their faith, YahShua held out this promise. Death is terrible because it separates loved ones and denies man all that physical existence has to offer. Well, here YahShua spares His believers from spiritual death that separates them from Yah and all that is vital to their very existence. The first is temporary for there is a resurrection, but the last is eternal. This Church Age was prominent from
about 200 AD to 400 AD. THE CHURCH OF PERGAMUM (Diagram) The name of this Church Age means,
"High Tower". This period was called, "The Dark Ages" and the true church had virtually disappeared from view. YahShua said to the church, "you dwell where Satan’s throne is." This church sat in the very hub of Greek culture in the Roman occupied land in the Middle East. As the Roman dynasty began to crumble from within it's council began to look for other means to keep control of the people. This New Way had resilience and a faith that was immovable against any persecution. Over the years Rome had learned its strengths and that was what they needed. Unable to maintain the power it had by physical force because of its own weakness, it embraced what has become known as Christianity. This gave them a base of operation, but they had to appeal to all the countries under their weakening authority. To accomplish this they added things from pagan religions to appease them in those cultures. YahShua holds this out, if you overcome and do not let them pull you in, "I will give you some hidden manna and a new name." Hidden manna is revelations of Yah Himself, our life force, that comes only by
one on one fellowship and to give us a name of renown. We are to no longer be known as human, but as spirit beings. This Church Age was from about 400
AD to 700 AD. CATHOLICISM Rev 13:3 & 17:9 In the forth century we began to see a new religious order arise from the ashes of old Rome, the visible Catholic Church. The Caesars of Rome were now Popes and the council, Cardinals, creating a more powerful Kingdom than ever they imagined. Catholicism flourished and engulfed almost all the known world. What Rome could not in that it was weak, the
Roman Catholic Church has done on an unbelievable scale. The revived Roman Empire was in full force. They enjoyed full domination of the religious scene until 1530 AD. Most people have no clue as to the difference between earthly kingdoms and spiritual kingdoms, earthly things and heavenly things. Man is constantly pulling spiritual down to their carnal minded realm. Backwards again! We are supposed to be allowing the spirit of Yah to pull us up into the realm of the spiritual. The carnal or natural is tangible and
spoken of as things that can be acknowledged by the five senses: see, touch, taste, smell, and hearing. Spiritual things are intangible and known only by the spirit that dwells inside. YahShua tried to show this to Nicademous when he said, "You must be born of water, natural, and of the spirit, spiritual, to enter the kingdom of Yah, …Flesh gives birth to flesh, but spirit gives birth to
spirit." If you read, "In My Father’s house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you..." and what comes to mind is a Hollywood type home with at least fifty bedrooms, a patio with an Olympic size swimming pool then you are carnal minded. If, however, you see a place in the presence of Yah where you may dwell and have fellowship then you are on your way to spiritual understanding. Yah was on the move again and it was time for a new Church Age. From this time on the Vatican has had to share religious world domination with her two daughters, Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism. Some use the word, "Catholic and Protestant", lumping all other religions under those headings. I shy away from that because there are many religions and cults but only three Jesus Christ embracing religions, Catholicism, Fundamentalism, and Pentecostalism. THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA Rev. 2:18-29
(Diagram) Meaning in the Greek language,
"Sacrificing Untiringly". Unseen to all eyes but Yah’s and the true believers, this church was hid in the shadow of the Catholic Church. Struggling to survive and keep its commitment to Yah, it had been stripped of all its power and most of its faith. The Effort to keep going was a true sacrifice. Though Rome had changed it’s face, the fear of persecution still loomed over the believers. None could hold any belief or teaching that did not come from the clergy without incurring the wrath of the Papal, so few did so. The true believers held on to what they had heard of the teachings of YahShua and He looked at them and said, "you tolerate the woman Jezebel". In the Old Testament Jezebel led Israel into idol worship and sexual immorality. Setting up many high places, they sacrificed
themselves before their idols. The overcomers of this Church Age were granted the "rulership of nations". Those who had no authority with man was given the power to move heaven and earth like a king on a throne. The light was about to go out in the true church, for it was the "Dark Ages". This church struggled on from about
700 AD to 1530 AD. THE CHURCH OF SARDUS Rev 3:1-6 (Diagram) Sardus means, "Reviving". This Church I call the "Church of Reformation", Fundamentalism. In 1519 Martin Luther, a young Cardinal, brought the true church back into view by tacking his thesis on the door of the Catholic Church. He was visited by Yah and through revelation saw that grace comes by faith and many of the early teachings of YahShua were rekindled. Overnight a new movement sprang forth. Revival had come to hungry hearts. Yah began to restore what was lost during the Dark Ages. Bibles became available to those who wished to have one, no longer the sole property of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Salvation through grace brought hope to the dying embers of the church. Although YahShua granted to the
overcomer the privilege of being, "presented to My Father", the Sardus church received this indictment, "I have not found your deeds complete". There needed to be another movement. This Church Age began in 1530 AD and
continued until 1948 AD. THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA Rev
3:7-13 (Diagram) This is the church of "Brotherly Love". The Pentecosal renewal came in the spring of 1906 to a small group of
believers the same way as He had come the first time in the Upper Room. The hallmark of this Church Age was speaking in tongues and the gifts of the Spirit. Rejected by the Fundamentalists as radical and unorthodox, the Spirit and power of Yah spread like wildfire. Even with this new out pouring of the Spirit, this church was a mere shadow of the first and YahShua said, "you have little power". Jealousies arose as men began to quarrel and quibble over theological beliefs until splits began to separate them from one another. Brotherly love was out the window and so was Yah. He would have no part in it. It was time to move on in Yah’s plan, but most was content with what they had and believed there was no further place to go. They had it all. Those who were overcomers He promised to make "a pillar in the Temple of Yah". If any would hear Yah and not get caught up in these religious things they would be built upon the Words of Yah and be strong enough in faith to hold each other up against the disaster of the
next Church Age. The Philadelphia Church Age’s
domain was from 1906 AD until 1948 AD. DENOMINATIONS The Fundamentalist’s, feeling the threat of this new move, grouped together under denominational banners and went to Washington. Washington saw the political potential of an organized religion and offered it tax exemption for a separation of church and state. They saw its potentially dangerous power and did not want to deal with it. Now the churches had the blessings of the government and felt secure. The Pentecostals seeing the dangers and benefits did likewise. Denominations sprang up all over and the Catholic hierarchy set forth a proclamation of separation from these
so-called cults. All who declare themselves independent of the other denominations call themselves Non-Denominational. Well, Washington had to file them under some heading so as far as the government is concerned they have became a non-denominational denomination with no formal organizational
head. Its on their books that way. There are in Washington DC now ten denominations acknowledged by which tax exemption status can be acquired. (World Almanac) THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA Rev 3:14-22;
17 (Diagram) The meaning of this church is
"People’s Opinion". This is the last Church Age, the seventh and the most corrupt of all. This church embraces all the Unholy Trinity; Catholicism, Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism. Fundamentals and Pentecostals were once a true move of Yah, but they have now become organizations, run by powerful men in what is known as the general headquarters. Under them are the district headquarters and under them the churches. You know when men take the reigns of anything it soon becomes corrupt and more of a form rather than what Yah intended. They virtually organized Yah right out of the picture. They have become nothing more than glorified social clubs ruled by the opinion of a College of Cardinals or a general council of powerful men. In Revelations these are referred to
as mountains, that is high places, and in the Old Testament we
see high places as alters of Idols and immorality. We are not
talking physical idols and immorality here we are talking
spiritual. People by the thousands rush here and there to hear
brother so and so and have intimate relations with a ministry to
the point of giving themselves over to it’s influences.
Their ideas and teachings become the gospel whether Yah is in it
or not. She turns man's attention to a ministry
instead of to Yah. This is why she is called the Great Harlot.
She seduces the people of Yah into a relationship with her
instead of with Yah, to whom they have a commitment to. It makes me sick! It makes Yah sick and YahShua said, "I will spit , vomit, you out of my mouth". They were neither hot nor cold, that makes them Luke warm. When you get warm, you get comfortable and complacent and do not want to be disturbed. Here in the last dealings with man as His church, Yah has found some overcomers and YahShua says to them, "To him that overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on my throne, just as I have overcome and sit down with My Father on His throne." Now are we being carnal minded here and seeing a literal throne. A throne is representative of the highest authority, final and sure. Where is
the throne of Yah? Where will we sit? In Ephisians we see we are to be seated in heavenly places, realm of Yah’s power and authority, with YahShua Messiyah. Do you believe this is our destiny or will you like Israel of old die in the wilderness of modern religion? BABYLON THE GREAT Rev 17-18 The great religious harlot of the Bible is called Babylon. To understand why she, the Unholy Trinity, is called Babylon you have to go back to the beginning in the Old Testament. Wear we reminded that everything that happened in the Old Testament is a type and shadow of spiritual
things. What Babylon did in the natural, the religious Babylon has done to the weakened soul and spirit of
Yah’s people. You see a post flood people taking it upon themselves to build a tower to heaven to escape the wrath of Yah when it comes again. Yah did not plan this or ask them to do it. As a matter of fact, Yah promised He would never again destroy the whole world with a flood because of sin. So why the tower? They simply did not believe Yah. Babylon today is building an escape to heaven and from the great tribulation that they teach is to come. These towers, teaching or ministries, may look right, smell right, even feel right, but they are little kingdoms and high places which men built unto themselves, either literally or in their own minds. It is interesting to note that in the middle of Yah’s rebuke of Babylon by the prophet Isaiah we find Lucifer saying, "I will ascend to heaven: I will make my throne above the stars of Yah. I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,... I will make myself like the Most
High". Now Lucifer, there is an interesting subject. Who is Lucifer? Well, we have been told it is Satan's name before he fell from heaven. In reality it was Adam’s heavenly name and means "morning star" and he was also called, "son of the dawn", which he was and he definitely fell from heaven. In his act of disobedience he was saying, "I will to do what I want to do," exalting himself above Yah", and he has many descendants in the world today. The tower was mans way of getting to heaven without Yah. Do not build towers, build a fellowship with your Father Yah. Heaven is our inheritance. Babel means "confusion" for there Yah confused their language and they became divided. It is that way today with religion. Early Greek deception and theology has become so widespread and diverse, deceptive and full of confusion and where there is confusion there is every other evil work. And again, " A house divided can not stand. The religious order of today has written it’s own epitaph. Why are there so many churches and religious organizations? They are built upon “people’s opinion” and people disagree so churches split apart. There is confusion, division and every other kind of evil. Is this Yah’s church? The King of Babylon had a dream of a great image. Daniel said, "You are that head of gold O King". Daniel gave the King the interpretation of his image, but there is a spiritual significance here. Remember the Bible is a spiritual book. YahShua said, "The words that I
speak are spirit and life", and He is the Word of Yah from the beginning. Gold when refined is the purest substance known to man. It represents Yah likeness. In old Babylon gold was everywhere. As the head of the image in Daniel’s time was gold and so is the religious Babylon in our time. The King in Daniel’s time took captive the people of Yah, controlled, dominated and brought them into bondage, demanding they worship the statue he set up like the image in his dream. As the first, we find a modern Babylon Harlot Religious System bringing souls and ministries into denominational captivity. It is always Yah’s way to call the spirit of a thing after its father or mother. The religious leaders of YahShua's time were told they were, "of your father the Devil". John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah because his ministry was to point out sin and preach repentance just as Elijah did in his day. So, the spirit of Babylon now rests in organized religion and Yah parallels old Babylon to the religious one in the book of Revelation. In 722 B.C.E. Sargon 11, King of Babylon, laid siege on Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple and stripped it of it’s gold. Likewise, religious Babylon has laid siege to Yah’s people and stripped them of Yahliness and power, taking them into organizational captivity making them slaves of the church and many times a ministry. Bound with fetters of religious ideology, they receive its mark, carnal thinking, and bow down to the image, both great and small, rich and poor and worship it. I had a person to tell me not too
long ago, "Oh I need to go to church. If I couldn’t go to church I’d probably backslide. I need the love and fellowship of other believers". What he was saying was in effect, 'YahShua is not enough'. I am sure this is the sentiment of most church goers today. What they are saying shows their dependency upon a ministry or a minister. "Yes, but Yah set them in the church." Did He, or did man set them there by appointment or vote, as it is done today, and then expects Yah to bless it? So, who is the Deity in their life? Our Father in Heaven, some man, friends or a building called the church? Well, they are about to find out for Yah will have no other gods before Him and for a people who are called by His name this is a sad state of affairs. Judgment will begin with His people and then Yah will remember the systems of religion, Babylon the harlot. More evil and vile than the first Babylon, this one holds the very soul of man captive not just their body. YahShua pointed at the religious leaders in His day and said, "You yourselves have not entered, and you hinder those who would enter." In Revelation we read about Yah’s judgment on the harlot Babylon. YahShua judged the religious leaders in His day, but Yah will judge those in our day. Yah has foretold the doom and destruction of religions just as YahShua predicted the end of Judaism while He was on earth. He compares her to a great city because that is where people dwell. A city is not so much people as a system of authority. You can have masses of people but that does not make a city. Babylon says, "I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing". Its sad when the people who call themselves by Yah’s name gets so caught up in the system of Churchanity until it no longer needs Yah. They do not say it in words, but in the deeds they do and their way of life. They profess Christ, a false anointing, and say we worship Jesus, which they do. Yah calls this lip service and says, "I never knew you, depart from Me you evil doers". These do not seek Yah for themselves but have their religious leaders do it for them. Like Israel in the wilderness they say, "You tell us what Yah says and we will do it". They run too and fro seeking Yah’s Word from men. They become dependent on ministries, ministers and churches for what they think is spiritual life and leave Yah out. YahShua looked at them and replies, "You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked". A new age is dawning and if you are awake you can begin to see the first rays of light. We are at the door of the Kingdom Age. Who will go in? I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK YahShua stands outside of the
denomination doors and knocks. He has been locked out from this
Church Age. He reasons with the people from without, "I
counsel you to buy from me gold, yahlikeness, refined in the Holy Spirit fire, so you can become rich, spiritual, and white
clothes, righteousness, to wear so you can cover your nakedness, self-righteous, and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see".
How long has it been since you found a place alone with Yah and
received a revelation or just had Yah talk to your heart. Are the
scriptures only a dead letter? Do you know who it is you call upon or is YahShua alive to you and you hear his voice in the scriptures? This is the work of the Spirit and if you do not have it you do not have the Spirit of Yah. SABBATH OF REST Ex. 20:8-12; Heb.
3:7-11&4; Ps. 97: 7-8 Seven is the divine number of completeness, so there were seven Church Ages. In the Law of Moses it says, "Six days shall you work but the seventh or Sabbath day you are to rest from your labors". Each Church Age labored to be in right standing with Yah and for the fruit of the earth, that is souls to be saved. All church ages complied with Yah’s wishes even though they were all polluted and deluded with man’s influence until it was necessary for Yah to call out his remnant. When the sixth church age faded, the seventh was to be the Church Age of Rest. They were to no longer labor as the previous church ages, but to cease from their own labor. The key word here is "Own". This is a special Church Age or day. It is the Day of the Lord, the time of the restoration of all things. In the other church ages man worked his own self-righteousness and Yah winked at it, but the seventh one Yah calls on us to do a new thing, rest from our religious abilities and ideas. As the voice of the bridegroom calls for his bride to come out to him, so Yah has called a people, wise vergins to come out to Him. They are to come out of deception and religion and meet with Him and become one with Him. In the Sabbath day we are to lean on His ability and learn to be spiritual, not religious. This is the rest wherein He has called the weary to rest. Apparently the commandment of Yah for the Sabbath-rest escaped the seventh church age’s notice. They continue right on working, building church buildings instead of the inner man, going to seminaries and Bible schools to learn how to minister instead of getting alone with Yah on the back side of the desert and learning His will for their lives. It is there and there along that the true ministries of Yah are born. Now the concern is what they can do to build up their ministry or church, souls means more revenue and no extent is too great to get them. Mass salvation prayer has taken the place of true repentance. Working to establish their own kingdoms or build their own church membership adds prestige, glory and money. The commandment was to rest from your labors on the Sabbath because Yah rested from His on that day. The author of Hebrews in the first Church Age saw the Church Age of rest and said, "There remains then a Sabbath-rest for the people of Yah, for anyone who enters Yah’s rest also
rests from his own work, just as Yah did from His". Then he goes on to admonish the church to enter that rest, however, they did not for they had not been on the backside of the desert and did not understand the mind of Yah.
They tried to live off of Paul’s experience and fail to enter in, leaving the church to wonder in the wilderness of deception and religion for two thousand years. Though they were where Yah wanted them so He could purge and prepare them for the Promise Land, they did not seek Him nor take on His nature. Now we are at the brink of the Jordan again and it is time to cross over into Yah’s rest. Those seeking Him and Him alone will do so. The Bible has a lot to say about the Sabbath-rest. Those who do any work on that day will be cut off. Stop working at being a Christian deceiving your own heart, just be what you are. Seek Yah until the light of YahShua raises in you and He begins to live through you and you will find rest for your soul. BEYOND THE CHURCH AGE The church as it is today is so self-centered and decieved and deluded that it is impossible for it to hear what the Spirit is saying. Impotent to do the will of Yah, a remnant had to be called out. "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not receive any of her plagues". This remnant is “the called out ones” going out, as in the parable of the bride and bridegroom, to meet the one their heart desires in the “Tent of Meeting, outside the camp. Shortly after World War II Yah began to
call the remnant, the anointed ones, the elect of Yah. The call was to come out from among them to be a separate people. I was called out in nineteen seventy-three and I have talked to others who said they heard the call shortly after Israel became a nation. Many others have come out since, obeying
the Spirits call but not understanding it. Feeling frustrated and guilty, they no longer enjoy going to church, just do not fit in or can not seem to find a comfortable place to go. They flounder in their misery and reason in their minds, "Yah would not want me not to go to church. I know I must be sinning."
...Wrong! People think like this primarily because the church system needs your money and recourses. They do not teach you to the truth or to mature, but keeps you a baby in your understanding and spiritual growth depending upon them. The ministry gifts were given until, but until never comes in the church system. This article is for those caught in the turmoil of not knowing. Yah will not leave you without hope or help. It is time for another move of Yah, so stop struggling with your inner man, get along with Yah on your own, learn of Him and become mature. ANOINTING Christ is not Messiyah and Jesus is not YahShua. Messiyah is not YahShua's second or last name. He was YahShua Messiyah, the anointed one, speaking of His position with Yah the Father while He was still in the flesh. After the resurrection He appeared to His disciples as the Son of Yah, immortal and in His body from heaven. The life of the flesh is in the blood. The life of the spirit is in the anointing. There are two types of anointing, mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament or Covenant Yah there is the anointing for service, such as priests and kings. In the New Testament or Covenant we are anointed by the Holy Spirit to do exploits and with power to live overcoming lives. The word "anointing" is used very loosely these days without much comprehension of what it means. Do not confuse emotional display with the anointing. I can watch a fast moving basketball game and, though I do not really feel like it, I am soon caught up in the spirit of the thing. Charisma is not the anointing either. If there is a true anointing flowing, something spiritual and eternal happens and you go away a different person, not just a blessed one. It may or may not appear in the visible realm but change rarely is noticed at first. Your inner man may sense the presence of Yah which can be exciting, but that is only the fringe benefit. The Spirit leads, He does not push or drive someone, nor does He display Himself disrespectfully. The work of Yah is change, to bring you to maturity. You simply can not come into the presents of the true anointing and go away the same. There has not been a true anointing in the Church Religious System for some time or we would be able to see some change, some spiritual growth or at least some revelation knowledge to brings us into a deeper understanding of Yah, His will and His plan for man. How can I say that? Well, look at it yourself. How long has it been since you heard any teaching beyond the foundational teachings of the first Church Age. Is that it? Is that all there is? Is this the place Yah intended for us to stay? No, my friend! Yah is alive and progressive and when an order stalemates Yah just does what He always has, He just moves out. There will never be a stopping place in our experiences with Yah. It is one adventure after another for Yah is not boring. Man makes Yah boring and
sets limits. Yah is not limited nor should we let the Religious System limit us. Let us move on. Yah has, so we must. GOVERMENTS
Twelve is the number that represents the government or kingdom of Heaven. It is said of YahShua that the government shall be upon His shoulders. The twelve tribes of Israel represented Yah’s government in the Old Testament. In the New Testament it was the twelve disciples who, after the cross, evolved into the twelve apostles, who are representatives of His Church and in Revelation a city with twelve gates and foundations. There are twelve manner of fruit and so on. Keep in mind that a city is more than people that dwell in it, it is a government authority. You can have masses of people, but that does not make a city. The city comes into being when a system of government is in place. You could remove everyone out of New York and it will still be a city.
Okay, stop thinking literal material here. Yah takes literal things to explain spiritual things to a carnal minded man. Let’s become spiritual in our thinking. These things are object lessons, do not just see the object and miss the lesson.
The true power of a city is it's organization and authority, so it is with The New Jerusalem. She represents the unseen influence, power and government of Yah in a way we can understand. What will this kingdom be like? It will be like jasper, Yahly halo of glory, streets of pure gold, Yahly paths or streets to walk upon. The Kingdom of Heaven is clear as glass, that is, incorruptible, pure, its purpose and motives clearly seen and understood. Imagine a government like that.
Before YahShua started His ministry there was a time of preparation in the wilderness. John the Baptist came preaching out of the wilderness, and when YahShua was baptized the Spirit led Him into the wilderness where He fasted forty days and nights.
This is not an unusual thing Yah is doing. All great moves of Yah are proceeded by a trip into the wilderness, like Moses, David and most of the Prophets, even the Apostle Paul had his time on the back side of the desert.
At present "the called out one" is in the wilderness preparing to birth the next move of Yah, the manchild, the fully mature sons of Yah about their Fathers business. He is caught up to heaven at his birth, not a geographic location on another planet somewhere, but to the realm of Yah. The realm of His power and Yahliness, from witch the sons of Yah will minister. The Kingdom of Heaven has come to earth.
It is interesting how the life of YahShua parallels the things in the life of the sons of Yah. The danger of being killed at his birth, being called out of Egypt, type of bondage, and being led into the wilderness to fast, overcoming by the word of Yah. Let me tell you, when YahShua came out of the wilderness it was to minister Yah’s will. The same will be true of the sons of Yah.
SONS OF YAH Rev. 21:7 / Ro. 8:14-30
The "called out ones" are about to bring forth her son, many sons as a matter of fact, so that YahShua may be the first born among many brothers. Yah has given us the power to become sons of Yah. "And if sons, then heirs, and joint heirs with YahShua Messiyah."
Paul tells us of that glory which awaits us as Sons. Many today are willing to admit that the Bible calls us sons of Yah, but they do not see it as another move of Yah. If anyone mentions Sonship everyone gets big eyed and hold their breath. Just as in the time of YahShua, religious persons, leaders and elders refuse to believe that Yah will send His sons. Well get ready, for He is going to do it anyway. Yah will again incarnate Himself again in a people.
"Surely," they say, "…if Yah was going to change things he would tell us first. We are the ones who are ordained and are to see that salvation comes to all. Do we not stand before Him to minister? Do we not do miracles in His name and has He not given us the Holy Spirit? Then why would He go outside the priesthood, …ah, excuse me, …the ministry to reveal His change. These people could not possibly be the sons of Yah. They insult our intelligence expecting us to believe that they are the sons of Yah. Blasphemous!"
At the beginning of the Kingdom Age the sons of Yah will be revealed to a stunned world with power unspeakable and full of glory. Will they be accepted or will they be rejected just as their elder brother? I guess we will have to wait and see, but I suspect that the sons of Yah will not fare much better with religious authority and hierarchy than YahShua did in His day. The only difference this time is that these sons will not die, but lead the way to immortal life for this dying world.
Whither man receives or rejects them, creation will welcome them with open arms. It knows what Yah is doing, has longed for and been waiting for it. Nature will partake of the freedom from decay and death that comes with the manifestation of the Sons of Yah. Nature is in travail for it even now as I put down these words. People, read the sign of you time.
What will the manifestation of the sons of Yah mean? The end of death and decay, the redemption of the body. Mortal clothed upon with immortality, corruptible putting on incorruptible. Stick around a few years and you will begin to see a ministry coming out of the wilderness that will have this teaching along with many others. They will bring the restoration of holiness and truth and all that was lost in the fall will be restored even the years the locust has eaten. They will not taste death and will teach men the ways if eternal life.
The fig tree, Israel has put forth her leaves, know that the time is at hand. I am not talking about the Israel of Palestine, but spiritual Israel. Just imagine a preaching that calls people from the grave of religious teachings and pagan deception and teaches them to clothe themselves with everlasting life because death has passed unto life. A time when immortal sons of Yah will walk the earth with mortal man who has everlasting life in harmony and peace.
Do you believe in aliens? Most definitely there are some, but they do not come from worlds beyond, but from spiritual realm. Fantastic! Outrageous! Unbelievable nonsense! Is it? Did not YahShua walk with man after His resurrection in an immortal body? Is He not the pattern Son? What about the Old Testament saints that came out of their tombs and appeared it many? These are the things I know will happen because we have seen them in the foretaste or firstfruit of things to come.
These sons of Yah will appear in the midst as he did, minister as our Lord did, and then disappear as He did. No walls will be able to prevent them, be it natural or religious. No assassin’s bullet will cut their ministry short and nothing will be hidden from them. Everyone will recognize the fact that their very soul is laid bare before them and that no lie or deception can stand before their judgment. Yes, I said judgment. Once again Yah will have judges in the land to set things in order that man has messed up since the fall of Adam. Other wonderful things that can not even enter our minds will Yah do in that day. We will have all of eternity to explore them. I am always available to answer the questions of a hungry heart. It is Yah's will that we help one another up the hill to transfiguration. However, keep in mind that it is not revelation knowledge that we should seek, but "HIM". Spiritual understand will automatically come as we become more aware of "HIM" and become more like "HIM". Many fall short of full sonship by becoming too caught up in the revelation, and not caught up "IN HIM". "HE" must have preeminence in our life even in our getting of revelation knowledge. I can not stress this enough. So, I leave you now with two thoughts: "He sets aside the first to establish the second," and "With Yah all things are possible."