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 Creation Week is the Spiritual Template for Sanctification:
The sixth Act of Creation: Day 5 - Yahweh Creates Fish and Birds - Genesis 1:20-23
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Genesis 1:20-23 “ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living
creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was
good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”
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Fish and Birds represent people in
Bible prophecy
§ Ecclesiastes 9:12 “For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes
that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare;
so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon
them.”
· Fish and birds can be snared, but when we
rely upon Yahweh, we are secured and protected.
§ The fowler is the one who traps the birds to harm
them. But Yahweh protects His own from the fowler’s snare
· Psalm 91:3-4 “Surely
He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence. He shall cover thee with His Feathers, and
under His Wings shalt thou trust: His Truth shall be thy shield and
buckler.”
§ We are called to be “fishers” of “men”… Fishers catch fish… The term “fisherman” was formed by mashing
together three words “fishers of men”…
So “fisherman” is first an evangelist
§ Matthew 4:19 “And He
saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
§ Mark 1:17 “And Yahshua
said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.”
· Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
The Fish and Birds appear in the Mazzaroth…
· Numbers 23:22 – “Yahweh
brought them out of Egypt. He hath as it were the strength of an unicorn (Re’eym).”
· Numbers 24:8 – “God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were
the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall
break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”
Fish are caught in the Gospel net and are saved.
Every saved person is part of Abraham’s Seed (Galatians 3:16, 29) – Israel is Abraham’s seed because Abraham was the father of Isaac, who was the father of Jacob, who was renamed as Israel…
The two fish of Dagim (Pisces) are two groups that make up Israel. Israel is the fish. Both of the companies of Israel (Dagim) are bound by a persecuting band by the tail to Cetus, the dragon-fish sea monster.
· Genesis 48:16 – “And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s… and his left hand upon Manasseh’s… And said… Bless the lads; and let my name (Israel) be named on them… And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth (Let them grow as fishes – dagim).”
The dragon is Satan – Revelation 12:9
In Dagim, the fish that is lying down in the heavens represents Smyrna… the martyrs in the Last Days
· Revelation 2:8-11 “And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews (Israel), and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.”
In Dagim, the fish that is rising up in the heavens represents Philadelphia…
· Revelation 3:7-11 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”
Fish are caught at night – spiritual
darkness – the lure that brings them to the net is light… Light is Truth/specifically, Torah is
Light… And the net is the Kingdom of
Heaven – Salvation… Fish are saved.
· Isaiah 8:20 “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
The Eagle in the sky is Nesher (now known as Aquilla). The ancient caph is its asterism… Caph means “to cover” to be under the “wings”… “Under His Wings shalt thou trust…”
Birds represent the Wings and Protection of
Yahweh – We are protected by Him Who was “wounded in the heel” (Genesis 3:15),
who crushes the serpent’s head.
· Genesis 3:15 “And I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Fish and birds represent the
evangelistic work that we are all called to do – we are “fishers” of “men”… And we are bringing the Saving Truth to the
World… with the Heavenly offer of
revealing what it takes to be fish (Israel) and birds (under His wings).
· Yahshua said to professing
“Israel” – “I would have gathered you under my feathers as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings, but ye would not not…”
· Under the wings
is also represented in the Tzit Tzits…
· Remember the story of Ruth and Boaz… Ruth comes and lays at his feet (a symbol of us placing ourselves willingly under Yah’s Headship) and pulls his covering over her (representing her choice to be under his covering)…
Lessons of our Father's Care (Bird Symbol) in the Lily Trotter (the Jacana): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzi1qNykIu0
Spiritual Evolution – Shuts Down Step 6:
· “Don’t be caught for the Kingdom –
avoid the net… stay with the school (the
majority of the creatures)(eisgetism)… “I decide what is truth for me”… “I’m my own highest authority” (autonomism)…
The seventh Act of Creation: Day 6
· Yahweh Creates the beasts of the earth and makes mankind in His Image - Genesis 1:20-23
o Genesis 1:24-27
“And God said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast
of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the
earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth. So, God
created man in his own image, in the Image of God created he him; male
and female created He them.”
o In the End, the “Father” that claims us is the one we look like:
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1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for
we shall see Him as He is.”
§ We are changed by “beholding”
· 2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of
the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of Yahweh.”
· Act 26:18 “To open
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
§ We are commanded to “turn
away” from beholding darkness
· Psalm 119:37 “Turn
away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken (breathe on
a bring me to Life) Thou me in Thy Way.”
o Vanity refers to idols,
immoral actions, that which is false, and meaningless pursuits
· Psalm
101:2-3 “I will behave myself wisely in
a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with
a perfect heart. I will set no
wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it
shall not cleave to me.”
o A perfect heart doesn’t refer to a “you-don’t-need-to-repent-for-anything-ever”
heart… It means to be “whole-hearted” and “all-in” for Yahweh.
o Jeremiah 29:13 “And ye shall seek
me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
o We become whole-hearted in
our love, service and devotion when we receive the circumcision of the heart,
which is the opposite of being “double-minded”…
o Deuteronomy 30:6 “And Yahweh thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Yahweh thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”
The point is to make man in the Image of Yahweh
Spiritual Evolution – Shuts Down Step 7:
· “Don’t be weird – in the Image of
Yahweh”… Instead “let yourself go, lose
control, unleash the beast”… Evolution
says “you are a beast” – not in the Image of Yahweh.
Keeping the Sabbath (Millennium – the Great
Sabbath) is the reward for experiencing the seven steps of Creation