Basis for our Studies this Year:
The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.
The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!
The Foods Yahweh has Given Mankind to Eat (in Torah) all Reveal Powerful Spiritual Truths...
The first diet was fruit (by definition, fruit contains seed)
Genesis 1:29 “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
· Meat is merely “food”
· Originally, people were given fruit from the trees and fruits from the herbs (plants)
Trees represent people – character qualities (Judges 9:8-14)
· Olive Trees and Fig Trees – specifically represent Israel
o The two olive trees in Heaven are the two witnesses of Revelation 11 and Zechariah 4
o Yahshua cursed the fig tree – representing Israel, who look like they’re Yahweh’s people, but don’t bear His fruit.
o Every tree that does not bear fruit will be hewn down and cast into the Fire at the end of the world
· Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of himself as a tree
· At Sukkot trees are used to decorate the Sukkahs, because they show the character qualities of the saved people of Yahweh
o Nehemiah 8:14-16; Leviticus 23:40
§ Pine – THOSE WHO ENDURE FAITHFULLY AND PURGE OUT SIN (ELIJAH MESSAGE)
· Isaiah 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine (H8410 “enduring”, a species of hard wood, or a lasting tree… “He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.”) tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of My Sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.”
· Matthew 10:22 - “And ye shall be hated of all men for my Name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
· Characteristics of the pine tree, it stands straight pointing upwards (representing glorifying Yahweh) in spite of winds (false doctrine) and storms (persecution/pressure)
· Pine resin is used to make turpentine… Turpentine is purgative and purifying, although unpleasant.
o Elijah was from Gilead, a region famous for healing because of the “balm of Gilead”… But the balm was a turpentine-like substance…
o The Elijah message functions like spiritual turpentine, its purgative, its hard, but its healing
§ Palm – PRAISE TO YAHWEH – Every saved person will be reflecting the Glory to Yahweh, rather than taking it to self. Psalm 92:11-13 -The Righteous “flourish” as the Palm and are in His Court (Revelation says the 144,000 will serve in His Temple). “Flourish” (parach) “to break forth as a bud… to flourish abundantly”
· Palms flourish in the dryest conditions – the desert – but where palms are, water is… Spiritual palm trees possess the Living Water
o Psalm 63:1 – the desert is the world without Yahweh’s indwelling Spirit / Living Water
o Isaiah 50:4 – how palm trees get the Living Water, is they waken morning by morning and hear/shema the Word of Yahweh
§ Myrtle – THE SEALED SAINTS - Isaiah 55:13 identifies the myrtle trees as those who have the Name of Yahweh (His Mark, Character, and honor His Authority) and His Mark, which is the Seal of the Living God… So, at Sukkot, the saved are already Sealed!
· The Revelation 14 people are fully made up (Sealed) by the final Sukkot
· Willows, like the palms grow with water… Willows connect roots underground… and share water
· Willows spread soothing branches, offering respite and protection from the heat of the sun (more than your average tree)… Yahweh’s End-time people are to be like the willow. We are the connect to the Source of Life (Living Water) and spread it to those in dry lands… We are also to offer protection from Babylon’s sun-scorching…
· Ezekiel 17:5 “He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.”
· Psalm 137:1-2 “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.”
· Willow bark contains auxins (plant growth hormones), that are used for rooting new cuttings… Willows stimulate growth (spiritual growth)
· Willow was an ancient remedy for fever and pain, containing salicylic acid, from which we get aspirin.
Spiritual Meaning of Figs – ISRAEL in both faithfulness (blessing) or barrenness (cursing)… Faithfulness is represented in figs… Barrenness is a fig tree without figs, which is hypocrisy
· Yahweh is looking for figs
o Jeremiah 8:13 “I will surely consume them, saith Yahweh: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.”
· Yahshua cursed the fig tree, a symbol of a person in hypocrisy, without the fruit of faithful obedience to Torah (the sweet figs)
o Matthew 21:18-19 “Now in the morning as He returned into the city, He hungered. And when He saw a fig tree in the way, He came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away.”
o Matthew 7:16-20 “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”
· Figs are one of the strongest prophetic symbols of Israel/Torah-keeping…
· The sweetness of the fruit (similar to honey) is reminder of the sweetness in Torah
o Psalm 19:7-11 “The Law of Yahweh is perfect, converting the soul: the Testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. The Statutes of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart: the Commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever: the Judgments of Yahweh are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.”
o Figs are not only sweet, they also have many seeds… Seeds represent the Living Seed (the Saved are represented as being the Seed of Abraham) – they represent “the innumerable Seed” of Abraham.
· Message of the Fig: Yahweh is examining His people for real, spiritual fruit
Spiritual
Meaning of Apples – Apples
are the Trumpets of the fruit world
· Apples signify delight, love,
comfort, and the sweetness of Yahweh’s Presence – They represent His Word
o Love – Shema
level - Song of Solomon 2:3 - “As the apple tree among the trees… I sat down
under his shadow.”
o The Word of Yahweh – Proverbs 25:11 – “A Word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in pictures of silver.”
o Delight in Yahweh
- Psalm 40:8 - “I delight to do Thy Will, O my God: yea, Thy Law is
within my heart.”
Spiritual
Meaning of Grapes – Possessing/Obeying
Truth and Walking Righteously in the Covenant – but specifically its the
Rewards of it
· Grapes signify the Covenant and True
Doctrine
· Hosea 9:10 – Israel is likened to
grapes
· Gladness
and Joy are represented in the good wine, because gladness and joy come with
Truth and Salvation
o Psalm 104:15
“And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his
face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.”
· Grapes
represent the Blessing of Yahweh, Yah’s promise of abundance – its associated
with the ultimate Promised Land
· Israel
is Yahweh’s vineyard - Isaiah 5:1-7
o
Wine comes from grapes – wine can be leavened (alcoholic) or unleavened
(juice)…
§Wine – leavened is false doctrine
(twisting Scripture) and claiming to be partakers of the Covenant, but not
being true.
§ Revelation
18:7 “How much she hath glorified herself, and
lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her
heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”
· GLORY
– The false bride glorifies herself (she claims to be “righteous” and
“exalted”)… The true Bride shares in
Yahshua’s Glory (if you share in His suffering, you share in His glory)
· LIVES
DELICIOUSLY – the false woman has no self-denial, lust of the flesh and pursuit
of money… The true Bride denies self,
takes up her cross, and follows Him.
· PLAGUES
– the False woman receives the Wine of Yahweh’s Wrath for she deserves the
plagues. The true Bride is humble and covered under the Wings of the Almighty
· CLAIMS
TO RULE WITH YAH (QUEEN) – The False Bride says she is “queen”, vesting herself
with rulership authority to dictate in Yahweh’s Governance… The True Bride
reigns with Christ, while always glorifying Him.
§ The false woman of prophecy is the
whore of Revelation, who rides the beast…
She is associated with wine (alcoholic or leavened… in this case leaven
is a sinful agent) – she is idolatrous (spiritual fornication)… Her wine makes
people “drunken” – losing clarity of thought…
“Babylon” literally means “confusion”
§
Revelation 17:2
“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
§ Revelation
18:3 “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance
of her delicacies.”
o
Both
leavened wine and “wild grapes” are used to represent people who claim the
Covenant but do not live in it. Isaiah 5:7 cross references to Isaiah 1:6,
connecting wild grapes with spiritually “oozing sores”… No one with an issuance
of bodily fluids could gather for worship…
An issuance required isolation…
Spiritual
Meaning of Pomegranates –
· In Hebraic thought, the pomegranate
is said to have 613 seeds… Each portion of fruit with its seed within the
pomegranate signifies one of the 613 Statutes in Torah.
· Why are pomegranates (in symbol) on
the fringe of the high priest’s robe? He walks in obedience to the Torah.
Yahshua as our Heavenly and ultimate High Priest was fully Torah-obedient… Sin
is transgression of the Law, and He was sinless.
· The pomegranate is the tzitzit of the
fruits.
· The high priest also wore a golden
mitre on his head, which circles the temples of the body… The Temples are
likened to pomegranate… which is
“holiness to Yahweh” – which is Torah obedience