THE RAPTURE!

288 THE RAPTURE OF THE ASSEMBLY

In 1978 I was getting ready to open the door of my car to go out, when suddenly I sensed I was in another dimension. Above me the a portion of the sky rolled back and I heard the sound of trumpets. They sounded as thought they were calling someone up.

At the same time I sensed that the people were going up into that hole. I was watching and noticed that that was a time of turmoil. It was not a peaceful time at all. I was watching as of I was somehow in the air and was seeing these people go up. What I notices is that there were not many people going up in this rapture! Then I heard the sound of the most beautiful music coming out of heaven. The music was so peaceful and had no beat, was very relaxing and pleasant. It was so pure and holy, and nothing can compare to the music we hear in the assemblies in these last days!

After this experience for a very long time I stopped listening to praise music on the radio, because it sounded almost vulgar, or something of very poor value and lack of knowledge of Yehovah. Yehovah is not deaf and does not need such sounds to wake Him up. He is gentle and kind. He is tender. He is Love.

I wondered how could He listen to such songs as they are played in the churches in these days!

The reason such music is heard in churches is because the musicians have not yet experienced the real presence of Yehovah, or they would not offer Him such gross music that sounds as night club entertainment.

Yehovah does not need such music, but the church does it to attract the world. But the

world will never have a personal relationship with Him if they continue to feed them the night club music!

The pastors need to also leave the worldly ways and consecrate themselves to Yehovah. Repent of personal sin, and make sure their helpers, the worship leaders are also living holy lives, or they are mocking Yehovah! But He will not be mocked, and whatever seed they sow, they will also reap!

Wake up!

And now let us read the Words of Yehoshua, concerning His second coming, as we read them in the gospel of Mattithyahu.

“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. 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 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 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.

Mattithyahu/Matthew 24:29-31

Let me immediately state that this is the Word of Yehovah, and it cannot be argued by any dispute or argument. If you, beloved child of Elohim, do not want to accept this truth, it is your problem, not mine. His Word is clear. Do not think you are going to escape the tribulation. You, as an American, are not privileged above all other martyrs. You, if you are going to be alive, may be killed by having your head cut off for your faith. And if you will choose life, and deny Him, you will go to the eternal fire reserved for the anti-Messiah and the false prophet. This will be the final test of the faith to find out if this faith your and mime, which we proclaim is genuine or fake.

The Scriptures speak of beasts which represents kingdoms. Now we speak of the fourth beast that Dani’el had seen. This beast was different than all other beasts he had seen.

I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days (Yehoshua) came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. Thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall be different from all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, trample it and break it in pieces. The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.

Dani’el/Daniel 7:21-25

This kingdom seems to be the New World Order. Persecution is here already, but it is only the beginning! Fear not!

Please read in your Bible Chazon/Revelation 7 which describes who those saints are.

In verse 14 we begin to read the following,

“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of Elohim, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And Elohim will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Chazon/Revelation 7:14-17

Those souls are the following:

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Yehoshua and for the Word of Elohim, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Mashiach for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection.

Chazon/Revelation 20:4

Please read the following Scripture. I cannot write all these verses down. But please read them. Dani’el 12:1-2

The final victory of Yehoshua.

“I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven!

He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.”

Dani’el 7:9-10; 13-14

Do not fear man, who may kill your body, but cannot kill your soul. Hear what Yehoshua as to say to you today. Fear only Yehovah!

“And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And no one of them is forgotten before Elohim. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

Luqas/Luke 12:4-7

 

WE MUST REPROVE THEM

 Sometimes we encounter people who are living in sin, but we do not try to help them. However the Word speaks about this.

We must  Reprove them

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Adon. Walk as children of light  9 (for the fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.) 10 proving what is well pleasing to the Adon. 11 And have no fellowship with the fruitless works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

                                                                                             Eph'siyim/Ephesians 5:8-11

 The Word teaches us to reprove sin. It has to be done in order for the person who is in darkness to come to the light through repentance.  And now I will ask some questions to each one who is reading this message.

What needs do you have in your life?

1 Do you need to be appreciated? Do you help someone to hear the word  “Thank you?”

2 Do you need to be recognized? Do you need to be looked upon by people as someone special?

3 Do you need to have “stuff”? Do you have so much stuff that you are unable to walk freely in your own home? Is your house so full that there is no room for anyone to walk through it?   

Or do you hoard things? Do you feel unhappy when you have to throw things away, and you may even take them back from your rubbish can because you do not want to part for them? Do you keep things, even when those things are unusable or decayed? 

Are you so selfish that you do not share your blessings with family or friends? 

 4 Are you a honest person?  Do you have your own ministry, and you have  received  money to  give to the poor, but instead  but you have kept it in your house.”

Or are have bought food or other items to give away, but somehow you did not give it immediately to them, and those things became no longer fit to be used?  

When you found them, they had rotten and needed to be thrown away, but you still held on to them in the house? ‘This is insane, yet it is done!  

5 Do you need people to come and clean your house because you do not want to touch the filth around you? If you feel this way, then you have an unclean spirit operating in your life, the same spirit that was in the demonized man of Gadara.

 

And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs.

                                                                                                             Luke 8:27

 This comparison may seem to be an exaggeration to you, but we are talking about the same spirit, who loves death instead of life, and loves filth instead of cleanness. 

 6  Do you have fear of lack? 

 Uncontrolled fear of lack can be the need door that causes demon possession. Lack causes a person to be greedy, and many times at the expense of others. They  may even hide the truth in order to have what they need. Hiding the truth is laying, and by doing so they are adding  sin to sin.

They may have been asked to sell something they have no need of, but they refuse because they feel comfort having those items in the house. 

If by chance they sell it, they want to make a profit, although they had gotten  it very cheaply or for free.  Greed keeps them in bondage, but they do not know it. 

If you have answered to a minimum of three questions you are deceived and you have opened the door to the demonic. 

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not even be named among you as it is fitting for saints. 

                                                                                           Eph’siyim/Ephesians 5:3

 

Covetousness strong’s = Pleonexia, a desire to have more, avarice, fraudulence, extortion covetousness, greediness. Sometimes these sins may have been inherited via your blood line. You may have inherited the propensity to covetousness, and when you gave in to that sin, it became also your sin. You need to repent now.

Covetousness  is when a person wants something so bad that will not get rid of it for any reason. That person wants everything his or her eyes see.  That person wants to have more and more, and is never satisfied. This is called avarice, it is greediness and it is sin. Yehovah is no longer the Elohim in their lives.

 Many people  have a tendency to hoard because of lack of faith. The Word  does not approve of such things.

A person that is greedy does not want to give anything away. It is stingy and selfish to the max. Such person holds on to things with dear life, and lives in a prison of self or in a self created prison. 

Nothing can satisfy that person. Such person goes into the trash to take out rubbish to keep in the house that is already full of trash. Do you know anyone like this? I hope not, but I do.

A covetous greedy person does not care for another person’s need. The covetous Christian acts very religiously but it is only a show. That person is never satisfied but wants to have more and more things, and exploits others for selfish reasons.

A covetous greedy person is the opposite of a generous person who instead gives and shares everything he or she may have.

A covetous person could be controlled by demons, and is in deep deception. Such person thinks he is fine, but everyone else is wrong. Such person does not really believe the gospel, and refuse to know truth.  

 Sin blinds the eyes  

 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim, should shine on them.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

 

And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, and evil eye, blasphemy pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

                                                                                              Marqos/Mark 7:20-22

 

I will stop here today, for this message can become too long. What is needed for you to do, if you have this problem, is to simply recognize you are in sin and need to repent. No sin is too big for Yehovah to forgive.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.

                                                                                          Yochanan 1/1 John 1:7-8

CREATED TO BE HOLY

Yehovah has created all man kind. He began with one man, who multiplied according to His will.

Then Elohim (God) said, Let us make man in Our Image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So Elohim Created man in His own image; in the image of Elohim He created them. Then Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Bereshit/Genesis 1:26-28

Man has messed up from the beginning of his creation by disobeying his Creator, Yehovah. In the second chapter of Bereshit we read that Yehovah gave a specific command to Adam, besides tending the garden (v.15).

Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Bereshit/Genesis 2:16-17

As we continue to read in the account of Creation, we learn that it did not take long before Adam disobeyed his Creator. The serpent deceived the first woman and man. And he has not stopped deceiving until now. He is called the father of lies.

Yehoshua had a confrontation with the religious leaders of His day. They that they had a Father, Elohim. but Yehoshua plainly said the following to them,

Yehoshua said to them, “If Elohim were your Father you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from Elohim; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because You are of your father the devil, and the desire of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.”

Yochanan/ John 8:42-44

One important thing I must emphasize that we are all descendants of one man, Adam, who was created by Elohim. The various colors came as people began to interbreed, most likely, and possibly also because the various areas they moved around after the Tower of Babel. I am not Elohim, and do not know exactly how we are now of various colors, but I know one thing, there is only one blood. In fact you can be black and get sick, and you will receive white blood, and get well. And also the other way around. You can be white and need a transfusion and receive blood from a black person and you will not die. All the blood needs is that needs to match the blood type, which through centuries and interbreeding has changed into various types.

The result of his first disobedience is that all have sinned.

See all beings are Mine, the being of the father as well as the being of the son is Mine.

The being that is sinning shall die.

Yechezqel/Ezekiel 18:4

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Elohim.

Romiyim/Romans 3:23

Each of us has inherited the ability to sin, through the first original sin.

And the curse came upon mankind. Satan taught he won the fight against Yehovah, when he tempted Chava/Eve, but he got also cursed. However Yehovah gave us the first prophecy of the Savior who would come to destroy the works of the devil.

(See Bereshit/Genesis 3: 10-19)

With all this said, now I want to mention that eventually Yehovah gave us more instructions on how to live free from been under the curse of sin. We read about it in the book of Shemot/Exodus 20. Yehovah gave us the then Commandments which are also called the Ten sayings or Ten Words of Yehovah.

But man is rebellious and continues to sin. Generally speaking he has become a big Satan worshiper. He ribells against Yehovah and does what it sees fit to him, ignoring all the warnings of Yehovah. He lives only for today, and thinks that because he does believe in heaven of hell, it does not exist.

Yehovah has commanded us not to mix with those who do not serve Him, in order to protect us from falling into idolatry, however we do exactly that.

The whole chapter of Devarim/Deuteronomy 7 speaks about this.

He commands Israel not to make a covenant with the various nations in that land He has given them, and to destroy idolatry.

However they disobeyed Him Nevertheless, let us read what He actually said.

You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; so the anger of Yehovah will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly. But you shall deal with them: you shall destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images, and burn them with fire. For you are a qodesh (holy) people to Yehovah your Elohim, Yehovah your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the people of the earth.”

Devarim/Deuteronomy 7:2-6

If you continue reading you hear His heart toward you. He loves you. He did not choose Israel because you were more in number than other nations, but because the oath He made to your fathers.

He continues to say….

You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to Yehovah your Elohim. Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.

Devarim/Deuteronomy 7:25-26

We are called to be separate unto Him, which means to be holy.

Satan is the liar and will continue to entice you to sin and therefore loose your salvation. Yehovah forbids images. He even forbids images that would represent Him.

"I am Yehovah your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before my face. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of what is in the heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow to them or serve them. For I, Yehovah, your Elohim, am a Jealous Elohim, visiting the wickedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. But showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commands."

Shemot/Exodus 20:2-6

We see a real strong example in Solomon. Although He had been granted such wisdom and riches as no one else, He rebelled and married all foreign women who caused him to sin. You can read about this in Melakhim/Kings 11.

All the blessings he got he wasted and became an idolater! Yehovah has blessed Israel, and the church, but when we refuse to follow His commandments, we end up lost and separated from Him for all eternity. Although the verses are written to Israel, they are for the nations, for Yehovah has chosen Israel to teach the nations, and you are part of one of those nations.

Today is the day you can repent. Remember that sin results in death. Our bodies also began to age, but the most important aspect of that curse is the spiritual death, which is endures for all eternity. But Yehovah made provision for our salvation.

Turn your life over to Him, believe in Yehoshua, and serve Him with all your heart, and you will indeed be blessed in this life and for all eternity.

This life is only a short one. When you will die, you will face your Creator. Then, if you have not believed in the Redeemer, Yehoshua, who was sent from the Father in Heaven to die for you. He did and rose again as He Himself prophesied. He came to redeem you from the curse of your sin. If you refuse Him, you will face the lake of fire with the one whom you served, Satan himself.

There is no other way. Please read my other messages. Remember that your Creator has gifted you with the gift of free will. He did not create robots. He wants you to serve Him willingly with all your heart, so that you will not fall into the hands of the deceiver, the devil.

If you do fall into sin, unless your repent, He cannot intervene in your life. People may be praying for your salvation, but if you do not respond to His call, He cannot save you. It is your personal choice to receive the free gift of salvation through in Yehoshua.

Make up your mind today, whom will you serve. Where do you want to spend eternity?   

Choose your Elohim, and be safe. He is waiting on you now.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Yochanan 1/1 John 1:9

Shalom, until next time.

 

BEWARE OF WHAT YOU DRINK!

 

We, as people in a lost world, are defiled by what the masses speak about the condition of the times we live in.

I was praying on the subject of my next blog, and Yehoshua reminded me of chapter 58 of Yeshayahu/Isaiah. I will try to gather some insight on this chapter and maybe will help us to understand what is going in our own lives.

This chapter begins by speaking about Ephraim’s crown of pride.

What is pride exactly?

Individual pride is in reality glorifying self, instead of giving glory to Yehovah for the things we may achieve in life. Or having pride of being honored for our accomplishments. There is another pride of a specific sin. Becoming so much prideful that a person makes a parade of it! Forcing their sin on all of us! This is really that most base form of pride!

But all of us experience some form of pride one time or another. I remember when I first began ministry that my pastor used me as an example of good works to the congregation. He parade my works, instead of giving the glory to Yehovah, for without Him I can do nothing!

He spoke of my accomplishments publicly, and that, because of my own insecurities damaged me. As a new born again believer in Yehoshua, I became inflated in pride.

But, I think Yehovah that I had heard a teaching on fasting. The preacher said that fasting can help us in obtaining the victory over something that otherwise we seemed to be failing.

I decided to go on a few days fast to get rid of pride. Sure enough, Yehovah in His mercy, did immediately set me free. However, it did not end there, for the enemy continued to harass me with that. Nevertheless those attacks, became beneficial for me to learn how to get set free.

I had learned that through my quick repentance, consecration to Yehovah, and applying the precious Blood of Yehoshua to my life, I could quickly stop that spirit from taking hold of my life. I also learned to speak in the heavenly language I received on February 2, 1978 I would be set free. The more I spoke in tongues, the less the enemy was able to make me sin.

Speaking in other tongues is one of the greatest spiritual weapons Yehoshua has given us. Sadly many people neglect this gift, or literally say that it is done away with, but they can show no scripture to confirm their teaching.

What happened is, I believe, that some minister could not receive the Baptism of the Ruach HaQodesh/Holy Spirit, therefore he decided it was done away with it. The problem, was him, but he did not know. Idolatry, witchcraft, astrology, and consulting the dead, are grave sins that need to be repented and forsaken, or a person cannot receive the gift Yehovah wants to give him or her.

I know this from experience too!

Alright, we know now what pride is. As believers we have to learn how to submit to Yehovah, resist the devil, and he will flee from us.

Elohim (God) resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Ya’aqov/James 4:6

As a believer, I have learned that I can resist Satan and all his works. Yehoshua has not left me or you fatherless. We have a Father in Heaven and we can call upon Him for help, and He will help us immediately, if we walk with humility.

Therefore submit to Elohim. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to Elohim and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble your selves in the sight of Yehovah, and He will lift you up.

Ya’aqov/James 4:7-10

Now we know how to deal with pride, which, by the way, is in the mouth of a fool!

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Mishley/Proverbs 14:3

And now let us see what kind of pride was Ephraim oppressed by it.

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the verdant valleys, to those who are overcome with wine!

Yeshayahu/Isaiah 28:1

This passage is clearly addressing drunkenness. Wine is a tasty drink to some, and it is not a sin to drink a glass, however when the glass becomes many glasses, very soon the person is intoxicated and looses control of his own actions.

This whole passages speaks about this subject. Priests and prophets were becoming intoxicated with wine ! Today it is happening not only with wine, but with drugs. The body is being destroyed and the spiritual life of that person is lost. A person who abuses any substance is in danger of loosing of his own soul, because they have made the wine or drug or even food, their own private little god.

They no longer think on living right. They become abuses of other human beings. They become very selfish and self-centered. God, Yehovah is very far from their minds. Their pleasure is all they crave.

They no longer read the Word of Yehovah for it convicts them, and they do not want to feel convicted. Yehovah is not going to trespass their free will, and cannot really help them.

They have chosen to do what pleases them, and they may die and be separated from their Creator for all eternity.

Today I need to exhort you, beloved reader, that if you are one of those who has such addiction, there is hope.

You must consider for a little while, to be sober. This is the first step. You want to stop getting our of your mind.

Take some time off; sit in your private room, and think on what you have been doing. Next, if you want to stop your habit, begin to ask Yehovah to help you. You may not be able to do this alone, however, if you talk to Yehovah, in the name of Yehoshua, to give you the help or the grace that you need to stop this madness, I guaranty you, that He will help you!

He is waiting on you to make up your mind to want to change. Will you do it?

First repent of your addictions, and choose to believe that Yehoshua has died, and rose again three days later, to set you free. He is alive! He paid the full price for your salvation and deliverance.

Then ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Yehoshua. There is only One Elohim, in three Persons. Father Yehovah, Ben/Son Yehoshua, and Ruach HaQodesh/Holy Spirit. Shema’ Israel, Yehovah Eloheinu, Yehovah Echad!

Hear of Israel, Yehovah our Elohim, Yehovah is One.

Begin to read the Bible and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. He has been given us to help us. Do not delay. Act now, and be safe and saved! Do not forget to thank Him even before you know that you have being set free!

Shalom!