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 third Act of Creation: Day 2
· Yahweh
Creates the Waters and Divides the Water from the Water – Divided by Firmament
o
Genesis 1:6-7
“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were
above the firmament: and it was so.”
o
Zion is divided out from Babylon –
these are the two kingdoms, represented as “waters”: “nations, kingdoms,
peoples”
o
Torah prohibits mingled seed (we are
called the “seed of Abraham”).
o
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial?
Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?”
§ The way we respond to people is
different depending upon their knowledge and choices…
§ If a brother or sister in the faith
leaves the Truth in an area and strays into sin – Matthew 18 prescribes what to
do
· Stage 1 - You go alone to the offender and
lovingly and truthfully (with prayer) try to show them the danger zone.
· Stage 2 – If the offender will not listen,
call for 2-3 other believers to go with you and all of you try to reclaim them
to the Truth.
· Stage 3 – If the offender will not listen to
the witnesses, get the whole church involved (the Body of Christ)
· Stage 4 – if the offender will not listen to
the church, they are to be expelled from fellowship
o
Matthew 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he
neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican.
· 1 Corinthians 5:5: "I have decided to deliver
such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be
saved in the Day of the Sovereign Yahshua."
o When someone is handed over to the devil “for the
destruction of the flesh”, they are removed from fellowship (since they’ve
rebelliously not heeded the Body of Christ) and now they enter the
Deuteronomy 28 Curses realm – reaping what they have sowed, which does destroy
their flesh.
§ What are the curses in Deuteronomy 28?
· The person will find
affliction in the city and in the country
· Their food will be
cursed
· Their animals will be
cursed (livestock)
· Their children will be
cursed
· They will experience
confusion, frustration (they will not succeed)
· They will experience
devastating sicknesses (fever, boils, blindness, madness)
· They will be defeated by
their enemies.
· They will experience
famine, oppression and exile.
· 1 Timothy 1:20: "Among these are Hymenaeus
and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught
not to blaspheme".
§ Love is manifested in 3 distinct
words in the NT:
· Agape – “For God so loved the world…” –
this is Heaven’s love manifested for everyone…
We likewise are told to “love” even our “enemies”… Love does not
tolerate evil… Also, in this stage, love is outpoured through the human
channel, and nothing comes back up the “tube” to the giver. So, the Grace of
Yah is flowing through the person – to bring living water to those around them,
and nothing from the world goes back into the believer…”
o
Romans
5:5
· Filio – Brotherly love – this is the stage
where soul-ties are formed… This is the
fellowship level… Brotherly love is reserved for those who are Growing in
Grace.
· Eros – Physical intimacy – which is
reserved for a husband and wife.
Fellowship with darkness is prohibited, as is concord
and communion:
- · Acts 2:42 – defines fellowship as
including eating together and praying together
- · Hebrews 10:24-25 – fellowship
involves meeting together (worship times and gatherings)
- · We are prohibited from keeping
Passover unless we are circumcised – circumcision is of the heart,
predominantly (cutting out the known sin)
- · Philippians 2:1-2 – gathering with
unity of mind and spirit is fellowship
- · Koinonia is the partnership in the Gospel – a common sharing of the blessings of Yahweh.
Spiritual Evolution – Shuts Down Step 3:
·
“What’s the big deal? I can get
lunch with… I can go for coffee with…
We’re just friends! (Justification for fellowship)…
·
When we fellowship with darkness
(defined as communion with someone who is choosing darkness/rejecting Light)
the Judgments of darkness fall on us too…
o
A little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump? Spiritual weakening takes place… A neutralizing of your spiritual
potency… The curses of Deuteronomy 28
are meant to chasten and bring the offender to repentance… But if you continue beyond the Godly
dividing, the curses fall on you also.
o
The single most powerful influence
in our lives (earthly) for blessing or destruction is relationships.
o
John 3:19
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
The fourth Act of Creation: Day 3
· Yahweh
Creates the Plants, Trees, and Fruit Bearing Seed – this is a call to Abide
(daily) in Yahweh, and have the indwelling of His Spirit -
o Genesis
1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so.”
o
Trees
and plants are likened to people in Scripture. And the attributes of the olive
tree represents people with the indwelling Spirit of Yahweh… The Pine signifies repentance and purging
from sin (the balm of Gilead was purgative)… The Palm tree is victory and
praise to Yahweh for Victory… Wheat and
barley represent saved groups of people…
o
A
big part of Day 3 Creation is the creation of Fruit and Seed – this is a result
of Abiding in Christ
§ John 15:8 “Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much
fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.”
§ Bearing Fruit – Spiritually, involves
helping others to be saved (spiritually bearing fruit) and also it is
manifesting the Fruits of the Holy Spirit in the life:
· Galatians 5:22-23 “But
the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no Law.”
§
Two trees that represent Israel (the
Saved) – the Olive and the Fig… (Pomegranates
and Figs signify Torah-keeping) When Yahshua cursed the fig tree, it was
because it had leaves (the hypocritical pretense of being the “fig” of
Israel, without figs!) So it was a symbol of Israel pretending to be God’s
people without the fruit of Torah-keeping by His Spirit.
· 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.”
· John
15:4-8
“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except
it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I Am the Vine,
ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. If a man
abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide
in me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you. Herein
is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.”
· Spiritual
Evolution – Shuts Down Step 4: To do what we see in everyone around us… And failure to abide
o Everybody’s doing it, I want to fit in… We fit in with our environment, reacting
instead of responding… Demonstrating
wickedness in impulsive moments… And then we are tempted to measure ourselves (our
level of Christianity) by others around us… It isn’t a justification for
unconfessed sin that others around us don’t measure up…
o 2 Corinthians 10:12
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