TRUMPETS – 7 September 2021 (The Fountain of Living Waters, End-Time Bridal Ministry)
Matt. 24:33-35 “So also when you see these signs ALL TAKEN TOGETHER, coming to PASS, you may KNOW of a SURETY that He is NEAR, at the very DOORS. Truly, I tell you, THIS GENERATION (the whole multitude of people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) WILL NOT PASS AWAY till ALL THESE THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER TAKE PLACE. Sky and earth will PASS AWAY, but My WORDS will NOT PASS AWAY.
:36-37 But of THAT DAY and HOUR no ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN the ANGELS in HEAVEN except the FATHER ALONE. As were the DAYS OF NOAH, so WILL be the COMING of the Son of man.
:38 For JUST AS IN THOSE DAYS BEFORE the flood they were eating and drinking, MEN MARRYING (to each other?) and WOMEN being GIVEN in MARRIAGE (to each other?) UNTIL the very DAY when Noah WENT INTO the ARK.
:39 And they DID NOT KNOW or UNDERSTAND UNTIL the FLOOD CAME and SWEPT THEM ALL AWAY – SO WILL BE THE COMING of the SON OF Man.
:40 At THAT TIME TWO MEN will be in the FIELD; ONE will be TAKEN AND ONE WILL BE LEFT.
:41 TWO WOMEN will be GRINDING at the HAND MILL; ONE WILL BE TAKEN and ONE WILL BE LEFT.
:42 WATCH THEREFORE, [give strict ATTENTION, be CAUTIOUS and ACTIVE] for you DO NOT KNOW in what kind of a day YAHWEH-YAHSHUA is coming.
:43-44 But UNDERSTAND THIS: had the householder known [in what part of the night, whether in a night or a morning] WATCH the THIEF WAS COMING, he would have WATCHED and WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED his house to be UNDERMINED and BROKEN INTO. YOU ALOS MUST be READY therefore, for the Son of Man is COMING at an HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT Him.” (King James/Amplified Parallel Bible).
Matt. 24:13 “But HE WHO ENDURES to the END WILL BE SAVED.”
MESSIAH’S DISCIPLES CAME to HIM PRIVATELY:
In Matthew 24 … Messiah Yahshua departed from the TEMPLE area …then He sat down on the Mount of Olives. In private His DISCIPLES came to Him asking Him three things … “Tell us, WHEN will THIS TAKE PLACE, and WHAT will be the SIGN of Your COMING” …. AND … “of the END (the completion, the consumation) of the AGE?” (Matt. 24:1, 3)
TWO END-TIME HAPPENINGS – THREE QUESTIONS:
1: WHEN will all these things taking place …
2: WHAT will be the SIGN of MESSIAH’S COMING [as the BRIDEGROOM] to take His PEOPLE to SAFETY – the RAPTURE … and
3: MESSIAH COMING as CAPTAIN of the HEAVENLY ARMY … the ALMIGHTY JUDGE and the END … the COMPLETION … the CONSUMATION .. the VERY END … of the AGE.
Messiah started to tell them about the end-time things. He told them that there will be MANY FALSE MESSIAH’S … many will come IN His NAME … misleading the people … deceiving the people … leading MANY ASTRAY. There will be WARS and RUMOURS of WAR … NATION will rise AGAINST NATION … KINGDOM against KINGDOM … FAMINES … EARTHQUAKES … all of these the the BEGINNING of the BIRTH PAINS. (Matt. 24:4-8)
AFFLICTION AND DEATH and TRIBULATION AND DEATH:
In Matt. 24:9 Messiah again spoke about two things … first of all His disciples and followers that will SUFFER AFFLICTION (great difficulty and hardship … severe conditions during the ages and being PUT to DEATH … there will be sickness and suffering) but there will also be A TRIBULATION also … an END-TIME TRIBULATION (filled with great difficulty … disease … sickness and suffering … hardship … pain and trouble) and being PUT to DEATH … HATED by ALL NATIONS for HIS NAME’S SAKE. [“Then they will hand you over to SUFFER AFFLICTION and TRIBULATION and PUT you to DEATH, and you will be HATED by ALL NATIONS for My NAME’S SAKE.”]
A GREAT BODY OF PEOPLE WILL FALL FROM their FAITH:
Talking about the end times … Messiah told them that many will be offended … They will be upset … being rude to one another … insulted … outraged … hurting somebody’s feelings … disrespected and repelled .. ‘keep away’ … ‘keep at bay’ … ‘drive back’ … disgusted … nauseated … make to feel sick … and will begin to DISTRUST AND DESERT Him, Whom they OUGHT to TRUST AND OBEY and WILL STUMBLE and FALL AWAY and BETRAY one another and PURSUE one another with HATRED. (Matt. 24:10).
False prophets will arise … many false teachers of religion … and they will DECEIVE and LEAD MANY INTO ERROR (Matt. 24:11) … and the LOVE of a GREAT BODY of PEOPLE will GROW COLD as the world will be covered with LAWLESSNESS and SIN … (Matt. 24:12).
Messiah made it clear that ONLY THOSE who ENDURE to the END will be SAVED. (Matt. 24:13). Only THOSE who WILL STAND FIRMLY in their PLACE … THOSE who will KEEP and OBEY HIS WORD and HIS TEACHINGS and HIS LAW and HIS COMMANDMENTS … will be SAVED.
AN IMAGE THAT TALKS – VISUAL … VIDEOS … TV:
End-Time things had shifted into place for quite some time now. In Matt. 24:15 Messiah talked about an APPALLING SACRILEGE … an ABOMINATION that ASTONISHES and MAKES DESOLATE … something Daniel talked about in Dan. 9:27; 11:31 and 12:11. The old translations of the Bible (1933 and earlier) talks about ‘an image that talks’.
It can well be modern-day electronic technology that has found its home inside the ‘Holy Place.’
APPALLING – Awful, terrible, dreadful, horrendous, unspeakable, horrifying, shocking, disgusting, upsetting, sickening …
SACRILEGE – Blasphemy, irreverence, disrespect, profanity, violation …
ABOMINATION – Abhorrence, disgust, hatred, disgrace, atrocity, horror, detestation …
ASTONISHES – Shocks, render speechless, dumbfounds, surprises and astounds, overwhelms, dazes …
DESOLATE – Deserted, isolated, abandoned, forsaken, uninhabited, wild, barren, depressing, gloomy, sad, mournful,
Verse 21 of Matthew 24 gives a detailed picture of the tribulation … “For then there will be GREAT TRIBULATION (affliction, distress and oppression) SUCH as has NOT BEEN from the BEGINNING of the world UNTIL NOW – NO, and NEVER WILL BE AGAIN. And if THOSE DAYS had NOT BEEN SHORTENED, NO HUMAN BEING would ENDURE AND SURVIVE, but for the SKAE of the ELECT (Yah’s CHOSEN ONES) THOSE DAYS will be SHORTENED.”
According to the Jewish Calendar (and most probably totally outside of Abba’s Timing … Seasons and Feasts) … today (sunset yesterday to sunset today) … is Abba’s TRUMPET FEAST.
In ancient Israel up to today … on the TRUMPET FEAST DAY … blowing the TRUMPET is a CEREMONY of 100 trumpet blasts. The FOCUS is on our BROKENNESS before Yahweh.
THE DIFFERENT TRUMPET BLASTS:
1: YAHWEH is KING BLAST …the KING is COMING:
In ancient Israel … the TRUMPET was used to SIGNIFY that YAHWEH is KING … in a LONG STRAIGHT BLAST.
A LONG STRAIGHT BLAST [....................................................]
SIGNIFYING - YAHWEH is KING … THE KING IS COMING;
2: A CRY FOR MERCY (in our BROKENNESS) BLAST:
The second TRUMPET BLAST is a CRY FOR MERCY … SIGNIFYING the people’s BROKENNESS before YAHWEH … in a “BROKEN” BLAST.
A BROKEN BLAST [....... l ....... l .......]
A CRY FOR MERCY - SIGNIFYING their/our BROKENNESS - BEING BROKEN BEFORE YAHWEH;
3: DANGER - A CRY FOR MERCY … we are IN DANGER:
The third TRUMPET BLAST is a BLAST SIGNIFYING DANGER (our sinfullness)
NINE STOCATTO NOTES BLOWIN in RAPID SUCCESSION. [wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww]
A WARNING of DANGER - A CRY FOR MERCY;
4. A COMBINATION of the TWO SOUNDS of the SHOFAR - signifying:
a. REPENTANCE and
b. TURNING AWAY from your SIN.
One BLAST that GETS LOUDER [.....................wwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWW]
Ps. 51:16-17 "For You DELIGHT NOT in sacrifice; or ELSE I WOULD GIVE it; You FIND NOT PLEASURE in BURNT OFFERING. My SACRIFICE - the SACRIFICE ACCEPTALBLE to YAH - is a BROKEN SPIRIT; a BROKEN and CONTRITE (remorseful, regretful, ashamed, repentant) HEART - BROKEN DOWN WITH SORROW for SIN and HUMBLY and THOROUGHLY PENITENT (conscience-stricken, apologetic, repenting), such O Yah, You will NOT DESPISE"
BROKEN THINGS:
In our everyday lives, BROKEN THINGS are being THROWN AWAY. It is things broken and/or despised ... things we do not like anymore ... things we do not need anymore ... things that fell in disuse .... OLD things ... things that were damaged ...."DAMAGED goods" that we REJECT ... and THAT ... INCLUDE PEOPLE.
BROKEN PEOPLE:
The world is full of BROKEN PEOPLE ... BROKEN HEARTS (spirits) and BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS. When relationships are broken, we either walk away or we work at reconciliation. In today's modern world ...to walk away ... has become the norm. Reconciliation can only be achieved when both parties want reconciliation. A one-sided reconciliation attempt ... always ended up ... in relationships NEVER being mended.
RECONCILIATION:
Reconciliation means 'bringing together' ... understanding ... settlement ... resolution ... cease-fire and it NEED both parties to act WILLINGLY in SEEKING re-union.
Yahweh is CLOSE to the BROKEN-HEARTED:
Psalm 34:18 tells us that "Yahweh is CLOSE to the BROKEN-HEARTED and SAVES THOSE who are CRUSHED in SPIRIT".
BROKENNESS:
Brokenness can mean many things. For some people it implies imperfection and messiness ... for others heartbreak or physical weakness. Some people feed on brokenness in a demand of "PITY" and others are motivated in their own thinking 'to stay true to themselves' - universalizing it into 'our flawed humanity'. Brokenness can also become a 'trend' for some people ... even thinking that it is a 'cool' thing.
BROKENNESS before YAHWEH:
A REPENTANT HEART - a HEART full of SORROW over our SINS:
Brokenness before Yahweh has a totally different meaning. It is to be CRUSHED in our SPIRITS OVER our SINS. It is to COME BEFORE Him with a REPENTED HEART (repented heart = a heart full of REGRET and SORROW over our sins). It is to ASK Him to FORGIVE us ... and in such BROKENNESS He FINDS BEAUTY.
It is for such brokenness before Yahweh that He sent His Son ... to take our PUNISHMENT away ... to BRING LIFE in the stead of eternal DEATH.
If you come before Yahweh ... not having remorse over your sins ... doing it ... for you think it is the 'right thing to do' ... then Yahweh would NOT TAKE DELIGHT in it for He SEEKS a FULL REPENTANT HEART.
THE GOSPEL OF REPENTANCE:
Universal Christianity wants us to believe that the GOSPEL is ALL ABOUT LOVE - a LOVE that WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TAKE ALL OUR SINS AWAY ... but ... our SINS CANNOT be TAKEN AWAY if we DO NOT REPENT!
The GOSPEL is a GOSPEL of REPENTANCE - THAT is the GOSPEL that the APOSTLES PREACHED. It is a GOSPEL that SEEKS REPENTANCE ... and without repenting ... repenting with a remorse of our sins ... we will NEVER ENTER HEAVEN. Child of Yahweh ... we cannot FOOL the LIVING YAH! He is the ALMIGHTY ... the One Who KNOWS EVERYTHING ... also the WICKEDNESS that we HIDE in our HEARTS. Yahweh WANTS GODLY SORROW that LEADS to REPENTANCE (2 Cor. 7:10) ... a COMING to KNOW and ACKNOWLEDGE our SINS and our SINFUL LIFESTYLES.
WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS:
We cannot come before Yahweh with our "SINS" without "BROKENNESS" ... for coming before Him with our sins is NOT BROKENNESS. We need to ACKNOWLEDGE our SINS ... to come to the 'place' of brokenness. Universal Christianity teach that Yahweh-Yahshua loves us so very much ... it is only our sins that He hates ... He would not let some 'small' little thing ... such as living in sin (maybe adultery or fornication or sodomy... or theft ... or bitterness ... or hatred ...) ... keep us out of heaven. We rationalize our situation ... our lifestyle ... and we think ... 'O, my intentions is good ... He knows my heart!'. That beloveds ... are a state of REBELLION. In rebellion we cannot expect Yahweh to look upon us favourably.
King David lived WITH his sin - in his situation with Bathsheba - for quite some time ... thinking that it is all-right. He was 'blinded' by the enemy ... thinking that NO ONE WOULD KNOW what he had done.
Then came the prophet NATHAN and for the first time David ACKNOWLEDGED his sin - AS SIN - and he CRIED out to Yah for MERCY. ALL of the TRUMPET BLASTS described above are symbolically found in David's PRAYER in Psalm 51.
YAHWEH - the YAH of our SALVATION - the KING:
The T'KIA (TIKIHA) BLAST - SIGNIFY - YAHWEH is KING - a LONG STRAIGHT BLAST [....................................................]
Ps. 51:14, 1 "...O Yah, the Yah of my SALVATION ... Have MERCY upon me, O YAH, according to Your STEADFAST LOVE ... "
A CRY FOR MERCY:
The SHEVARIM BLAST - In a CRY for MERCY - David SIGNIFIED his BROKENNESS - BEING BROKEN BEFORE YAHWEH - symbolically "A CRY FOR MERCY" BLAST on the SHOFAR - a BROKEN BLAST [....... l ....... l .......]
HAVE MERCY O YAH for You are MERCIFULL and FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS:
Ps. 51:1 "Have MERCY UPON me, O YAH, ... according to the MULTITUDE of Your TENDER MERCY and LOVING KINDNESS BLOT OUT my TRANSGRESSIONS.
WASH us THOROUGHLY and REPEATEDLY ... MAKE us PURE:
:2 WASH ME THOROUGHLY and REPEATEDLY from my INIQUITY and GUILT and CLEANSE me and MAKE me WHOLLY PURE from my SIN!.
Our SINS ARE EVER BEFORE us:
:3 For I am CONSCIOUS of my TRANSGRESSIONS and I ACKNOWLEDGE them; my SIN IS EVER BEFORE me."
A WARNING OF DANGER - A CRY FOR MERCY:
The TERULLAH BLAST - A WARNING of DANGER - A CRY FOR MERCY - NINE STOCATTO NOTES BLOWN IN RAPID SUCCESSION [wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww l wwww]
REPENTANCE and TURNING AWAY from SIN:
The SHAVARIM BLAST - A COMBINATION of the TWO SOUNDS of the SHOFAR - signifying:
a. REPENTANCE and
b. TURNING AWAY from your SIN.
One BLAST that GETS LOUDER [.....................wwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWW]
David knew that he was in DANGER - DANGER of LOOSING His SALVATION. He did what was EVIL in Yahweh's sight. Now I hear people say ... but David sin GREATLY ... I am not doing that! ... my sin is only a little sin ...
Child of Yahweh, it does not MATTER what SIN you are doing ... LIVING in SIN is SIN ... SIN IS SIN in the eyes of Yahweh ... even DISOBEDIENCE is SIN ... DISOBEDIENCE to His WORD is SIN ... DISOBEDIENCE to His COMMANDMENTS is SIN ... living in an abominational lifestyle is SIN ... PRIDE is SIN ...
David's prayer goes into a new cry for mercy ... he is acknowledging his sins as EVIL in YAHWEH'S SIGHT ... He ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE YAHWEH as the ONLY ONE Who can HELP him ...
AGAINST YOU O ABBA ... we have SINNED:
Ps. 51 :4 AGAINST You, You only, have I SINNED and DONE THAT WHICH IS EVIL in YOUR SIGHT, so that You are JUSTIFIED in Your SENTENCE and FAULTLESS in Your JUDGMENT. [Rom. 3:4].
WE ARE a SINFUL PEOPLE:
:5 Behold, I was brought forth in a state of iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me and I TOO AM SINFUL. [John 3:6; Rom 5:12; Eph. 2:3]
HELP US - help us to KNOW WISDOM in our SPIRITS:
:6 Behold, You DESIRE TRUTH in the INNER BEING; MAKE ME THEREFORE to KNOW WISDOM in my INMOST HEART.
PURIFY us ... WASH us ...:
:7 PURITY me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; WASH me, and I SHALL be whiter than snow.
Help us to HEAR JOY and GLADNESS again:
:8 MAKE me TO HEAR JOY and GLADNESS and be SATISFIED; let the BONES WHICH YOU HAVE BROKEN REJOICE.
O BLOT OUT our INIQUITIES AND GUILT:
:9 HIDE YOUR FACE from MY SINS and BLOT OUT ALL my GUILT and INIQUITIES.
PURIFY our HEARTS - give us STEADFASTNESS in SPIRIT:
:10 CREATE IN me a CLEAN HEART, O YAH, RENEW A RIGHT, PERSEVERING and STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN me.
O DO NOT CAST US AWAY from YOUR PRESENCE - DO NOT TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AWAY from us:
:11 CAST me NOT AWAY from Your PRESENCE and TAKE NOT Your HOLY SPIRIT from me.
UPHOLD us Father, RESTORE to us the JOY of Your SALVATION:
:12 RESTORE to me the JOY of Your SALVATION and UPHOLD me with a WILLING SPIRIT.
:16 For You DELIGHT NOT in SACRIFICE, or else would I GIVE it; YOU FIND NO PLEASURE in BURNT OFFERING.
It is a BROKEN SPIRIT and a REGRETFUL HEART that YOU SEEK - we have REMORSE over our SINS:
:17 My SACRIFICE - the SACRIFICE ACCEPTALBLE to YAH is a BROKEN SPIRIT; a BROKEN and CONTRITE HEART - BROKEN DOWN WITH SORROW for SIN and HUMBLY and THOROUGHLY PENITENT, such O Yah, You will NOT DESPISE."
DELIVER us from the BLOODGUILITNESS:
Ps. 51:14 "Deliver me from BLOODGUILTINESS and DEATH, O YAH, YAH of my SALVATION, and my tongue shall SING ALOUD of Your RIGHTEOUSNESS, Your RIGHTNESS and Your JUSTICE."
In Yahshua our Redeemer’s wonderful name.