We are on the subject of adding covenant to your born again life, and bringing the next generation of believers into a blood covenant from the start of their walk with YAHWEHLast week’s article ended on (there will not be a rapture before the great tribulation of Matthew 24: 1 – 34).Matthew 24:7,10,21,29-31[7]For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.[10]And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.[21]For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
[29]“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
[30]Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[31]And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The Parable of the Fig Tree2 Thessalonians 2:1-12[1]Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,[2]not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.
[3]Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away (To fall away from truth “Apostasy”) comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,[4]who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.[5]Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
[6]And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.[7]For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.[8]And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
[9]The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,[10]and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.[11]And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,[12]that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Stand Fast Revelation 14:9-12[9]Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,[10]he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
[11]And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”[12]Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. If you are born again, then you are one of the saints.
Many denominations do not refer to their members as saints. Revelation 11:1-13[1]Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
[2]But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.[3]And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
[4]These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing before the God of the earth.[5]And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies.
And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.[6]These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
[7]When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.[8]And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
[9]Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.
[10]And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.[11]Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
[12]And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.[13]In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Note: you will be able to watch this happening on your phones and technologies when that time comes. Satan has prepared people to see it and think it’s like some movie, they won’t see it and think it’s a reality.1,260 days of tribulation, then “world war III” over Israel and 1,260 days of wrath. Watch or read the news on what is happening over the west bank now.
Zechariah 12:1-14[1]The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:[2]“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.
[3]And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
[4]In that day,” says the Lord, “I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness; I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.[5]And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the Lord of hosts, their God.
’[6]In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a fire pan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem.
[7]“The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah.[8]In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them.
[9]It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Mourning for the Pierced One[10]“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced.
Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.[11]In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning at Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
[12]And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;[13]the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;[14]all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
Zechariah 13:1-9[1]“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.[2]“It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered.
I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.[3]It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.
[4]“And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.[5]But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’[6]And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Savior[7]“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
[8]And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the Lord, “That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one –third shall be left in it:[9]I will bring the one –third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’
”Zechariah 14:1-21[1]Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.[2]For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.[3]Then the Lord will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.[4]And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.[5]Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Thus the Lord my God will come, And all the saints with You.[6]It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The lights will diminish.[7]It shall be one day Which is known to the Lord— Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.[8]And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.[9]And the Lord shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” And His name one.[10]All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.[11]The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
[12]And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
[13]It shall come to pass in that day That a great panic from the Lord will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor, And raise his hand against his neighbor’s hand;[14]Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.[15]Such also shall be the plague On the horse and the mule, On the camel and the donkey, And on all the cattle that will be in those camps. So shall this plague be.
The Nations Worship the King[16]And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.[17]And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
[18]If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
[19]This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.[20]In that day “HOLINESS TO THE Lord” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses.
The pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.[21]Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them.
In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. Revelation 16:12-16[12]And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
[13]And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.[14]For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.[15]Behold, I come as a thief.
Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.[16]And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. I saw some years ago a photograph taken from the air of the Euphrates river, three dams have been built on it. There was a narrow stream below each dam, from the air it looked like you could walk across it . There were talks of the possibility of war, over water rights.
Over and over again, Abraham’s children will turn from following and keeping covenant with YAHWEH (Translated Jehovah in your Bible).In the old testament (covenant) there are many examples of it. Nehemiah 9:26-38[26]“Nevertheless they were disobedient And rebelled against You, Cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets, who testified against them To turn them to Yourself; And they worked great provocations.
[27]Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, Who oppressed them; And in the time of their trouble, When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; And according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them From the hand of their enemies.[28]“But after they had rest, They again did evil before You.
Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies, So that they had dominion over them; Yet when they returned and cried out to You, You heard from heaven; And many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,[29]And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, ‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear.[30]Yet for many years You had patience with them, And testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen; Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.[31]Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are God, gracious and merciful.[32]“Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy:
Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.[33]
However You are just in all that has befallen us; For You have dealt faithfully, But we have done wickedly.[34]Neither our kings nor our princes, Our priests nor our fathers, Have kept Your law, Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies, With which You testified against them.
[35]For they have not served You in their kingdom, Or in the many good things that You gave them, Or in the large and rich land which You set before them; Nor did they turn from their wicked works.[36]“Here we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers, To eat its fruit and its bounty, Here we are, servants in it![37]And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us, Because of our sins; Also they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle At their pleasure; And we are in great distress.[38]“And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.
”In all the places the Hebrews were driven to and fled to, they were driven back to the promised land, promised to Abraham and his descendants not because of their faithfulness to their covenant keeping God (YAHWEH) but because of His covenant with Abraham i. e. Assyria, Persia, Rome, Greece, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Russia and when those nations began to kill them, they went to Israel. John 14:30[30]
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Matthew 4:1-10[1]Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.[2]And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.
[3]And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.[4]But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
[5]Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and seateth him on a pinnacle of the temple,[6]And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.[7]Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.[8]
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;[9]And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.[10]Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
We learnt in verse 8 that Satan rules all the nations of the world, that’s the reason for all wars. Anyone who says their nation is or was a Christian nation, wants to say that Jesus Lied.Satan used Hitler who was not a German to convince the Germans that they were a master race of people. Satan wanted to stop the fulfillment of YAHWEH’s blood covenant with Abraham.
The Germans’ slaughtered thousands of Abrahamic children. Martin Luther, founder of Lutheran Church objected to the killing but later approved of it. Part of the reasoning for killing the Jews is that the Jews killed Jesus. But the scripture tells us that the prince, (Satan, the ruler of this age, the ruler of all nations) did and continues to rule until Jesus (YAHSHUA) returns.2 Corinthians 2:1-10[1]
But I determined this with myself that I would not come again to you in heaviness.[2]For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?[3]And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
[4]For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.[5]But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
[6]Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.[7]So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.[8]Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.[9]
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.[10]To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for if I forgave anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes I forgave in the person of Christ;
And the results are, we can be freed from sin, free from demons, blindness and every sickness, also, to have power and authority as servants of the Lord (YAHWEH) over demons to cast them out. Romans 10:9-10[9]That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
SAVED IN THE GREEK IS “SOZO” 4982 It means: “BE MADE WHOLE”, ‘Safe’; to save, deliver or protect (literally or figuratively): – heal, preserve, (life) save, (self) do well, be (make) whole[10]For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
SALVATION IN THE GREEK IS ‘SOTERIA’ 4991 It means: (Rescue or Safety physically or morally; deliver, health, salvation, save, saving)If thou shall enter into a blood covenant with YAHWEH, by repenting from sin and believe that His Lamb’s blood take away all your sins.
(TO BE CONTINUED).
By Pastor David Leroy Matthews of Sozo Ministries “Ohio”
Space Sponsored by Emmanuel Akwasi AdjeiBe Made Whole International Ministry
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