Armageddon - The ultimate showdown between the Mighty One of Israel and Satan
Yahveh will have compassion on Jacob
Isaiah 14:1
“Now is the time to favor Zion. Flex those muscles and carry His “treasured possession,” the children of Israel, back to the pure worship of Yahveh their God through Yahshua their Messiah!” ”
Over the centuries, the distorted truths propagated by many in corporate Christianity have led to the persecution of the Jews. This ancient hostility will be replaced with the love, mercy, and salvation of Yahshua when a holy remnant remembers its God-ordained responsibility to bless Israel. Yahveh is calling out to the redeemed Gentile hearts, “Behold, I will lift up My hand [beckon] to the nations [Gentiles], And set up My standard to the peoples; And they will bring your sons [Israel] in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders [back to Yahveh]. And kings [including the redeemed Gentiles who are after God’s heart] will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick the dust of your feet; And you [the Jews] will know [from the display of humility and love] that I am Yahveh; …” (Isaiah 49:22-23) Yahveh will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Aliens [Gentiles] will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. … (Isaiah 14:1-2 NIV — emphasis added) Isaiah prophesies of a remnant of Gentiles who “‘shall bring all [their] brethren [the Jews] from all the nations as a grain offering to Yahveh … to My holy mountain Jerusalem … just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of Yahveh’” (Isaiah 66:20). “Gentiles will bring back the remnant [of Jews] … as an offering [a tithe to Yahveh] … As the Israelites were to bring their tithes and offerings” (emphasis added) (see Footnote 1)
It is very common today for religious leaders to cry out for tithes and offerings to facilitate their building programs, while neglecting to build Yahveh’s temple of holy “living stones.” The typical message on tithing often includes Malachi’s words: “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed Thee?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [spiritual] food in My house …” (Malachi 3:8-10)
Those who bring the sons and daughters of Israel to Yahveh through the love of Yahshua their Messiah are truly bringing the whole tithe into His storehouse! Now is the time to favor Zion. Flex those muscles and carry His “treasured possession,” the children of Israel, back to the pure worship of Yahveh their God through Yahshua their Messiah! “Test Me now in this,” says Yahveh of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows” (Malachi 3:10).
“Yahveh will save Zion … And those who love His name will dwell in it”
(Psalm 69:34-36).
The righteous redeemed remnant will be men and women after Yahveh’s own heart. They will wholeheartedly obey all of His holy commands, including the mandate to bless the Jewish people by bringing them the love, mercy, and saving truth of Yahshua. They will fervently “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6); they will “comfort” His people and “speak kindly” to them (Isaiah 40:1-2). They will carry the lost sheep of the house of Israel back as “tithes and offerings” to Yahveh. Then, as prophesied, He will throw open heaven’s floodgates to pour out the unfathomable blessings promised to the Gentiles in the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 12:3). “‘Test Me now in this,’ says Yahveh” (Malachi 3:10).
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem [Yahrushalayim]: “May they prosper who love you. May peace [shalom] be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.” For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace [shalom] be within you.” For the sake of the house of Yahveh our God I will seek your good. (Psalm 122:6-9)
Through Ezekiel, He said, “And My holy name I shall make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I shall not let My holy name be profaned [dissolved] anymore. And the nations will know that I am Yahveh, the Holy One in Israel. Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord Yahveh. “That is the day of which I have spoken.” (Ezekiel 39:7-8) The Righteous One will complete His purpose for Israel; His sovereign promise to bring His chosen people into the eternal Promised Land will be mightily fulfilled. “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Yahveh God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, … I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned [dissolved] among the nations, … Then the nations will know that I am Yahveh, … when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.”’” (Ezekiel 36:22-23)
“… I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; … And My servant David [Yahshua, the Son of David] will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances, and keep My statutes, and observe them. … they will live on the land … they, and their sons, … forever; and David My servant shall be their prince forever. … And I … will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. My dwelling place also will be with them; … And the nations will know that I am Yahveh who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’” (Ezekiel 37:21-28)
“Yahveh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahveh will be the only one, and His name the only one””
The land of Israel during the messianic kingdom is sovereignly ordained to be divided among the twelve tribes of Israel. With this divine allotment of the Promised Land comes a beautiful prophetic picture of the inclusion of Gentiles, who are to be given a place with Israel as native-born Israelites. “You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens [Gentiles] who have settled among you … You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.” (Ezekiel 47:21-22 NIV— emphasis added) “And it will come about in all the land,” Declares Yahveh, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third [a remnant] will be left in it. … I will … Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘Yahveh is my God.’” “For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, … Then Yahveh will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. (Zechariah 13:8-9; 14:2-3) This will be the ultimate showdown between the Mighty One of Israel and Satan. In the climactic battle of Armageddon, Yahshua, as a mighty warrior, will stand on the Mount of Olives as the triumphant Commander in Chief of heaven’s army. At last the ancient Serpent and all his anti-Jewish venom will be crushed under the feet of the eternal King of the Jews. And it will come about in that day that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, … Yahveh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahveh will be the only one, and His name the only one (Zechariah 14:8-9). — “Thus says Yahveh of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion; … I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem [Yahrushalayim] will be called the City of Truth, …’” (Zechariah 8:2-3). — “… and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘Yahveh is there [Yahveh Shammah]’” (Ezekiel 48:35). (See Footnote 2) “‘… The mountain of Yahveh of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ … Thus says Yahveh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people [the remnant of Israel] … and I will bring them back, … they will be My people and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.’ Thus says Yahveh of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, … I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares Yahveh of hosts.” (Zechariah 8:3-11)
And Yahveh their God will save them [the Jews] in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land. (Zechariah 9:16) “… I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; … So their king goes on before them, And Yahveh at their head.” (Micah 2:12-13) “… And I shall bring them back, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am Yahveh their God, and I will answer them. … I will whistle for them (See Footnote 3) to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before. … And I shall strengthen them in Yahveh, And in His name they will walk,” declares Yahveh. (Zechariah 10:6-12) Yahveh proclaimed through the prophet Zephaniah, “For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, (see Footnote 4) That all of them [redeemed Jews and Gentiles] may call on the name of Yahveh, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder. … I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain. But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of Yahveh.” (Zephaniah 3:9-12) Let the hearts of the redeemed holy remnant sing this psalm: “Let heaven and earth praise Him, … For Yahveh will save Zion … And those who love His name will dwell in it” (Psalm 69:34-36).
Yahshua, in the last paragraphs of the Scripture, is admonishing that a remnant must wash their robes in His blood of all that defiles, including anti-Semitic attitudes (in the Gentiles), and anti-Messiah attitudes (in the Jews). Believers from Gentile backgrounds cannot go through the twelve gates of Israel bearing anti-Semitism in their hearts, for hypocrisy and disobedience will keep them from entering through those memorial gates. Likewise, the Jews must humbly receive and reverence their Messiah with uncompromised obedience in order to go through their tribal gates into the eternal Promised Land. As Yahshua said, “Behold, I am coming quickly”; both Jews and Gentiles must consecrate themselves to become a holy bride who has made herself ready and can stand in His eternal presence. (Revelation19:7)
…I have taught you today, even you. Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth…
(Proverbs 22:19-21)
Footnotes
Note on Isaiah 66:20. The NIV Study Bible (Grand Rapids: The Zondervan Corporation, 1985), p. 1114.
The NIV Study Bible (Grand Rapids: The Zondervan Corporation, 1985), p. 1297 (footnote on Ezekiel 48:35). “THE LORD IS THERE. The great decisive word concerning the holy city; in Hebrew, Yahweh-Shammah, a possible wordplay on Yerushalayim [more accurately, YAHrushalayim in reference to His name]” (emphasis added).
Yahveh will whistle for His chosen people through various instruments. The hearts and mouths of the engrafted Gentiles have been ordained to be one of His most selected conduits through which this whistle will sound.
Consecrated lips that speak according to His plumb line of truth—lips that have been purified of all foreign substitutes and titles for His memorial-name.
