The Two Witnesses: Part 8 - What's The Fuss All About?

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Hello Friends and Readers😃  

Whew!  We have really covered some ground!  

If you are just arriving, you may want to go back and start from the beginning.  Click here to begin with installment #1.  

I have shared with readers that I believe Judah and Joseph are the 2 witnesses we have been looking for, and I have tried to help readers be able to identify them in our time.  

In #7, we learned that Judah is Judah, but that Joseph is...complicated.  

Joseph is Israel, dispersed into the nations.  He no longer realizes that he is Israel.  He lives as the nations live...as gentiles live.  He may be your Christian neighbor or friend.  He may be of any religion, or of no religion.  He may be you.  He may be me.  

You see, only The Father knows where His people have been scattered.  


There are teachers out there who will tell you that YHVH is finished with Israel and that the church is now the new spiritual Israel.  
This cannot be true.  It would make YHVH a liar.  

He tells us in The Word that 


Do we believe Him?

Are we even aware of His promises?

Or are we just playing church?

PLEASE...Read your Bible - cover to cover - multiple times.  All of the information I am sharing with you is there.  
If you seek, YOU WILL FIND.


The brothers, Judah and Joseph have a pretty big disagreement, and once it is resolved, Messiah Yeshua can return.  It works like a domino effect, and Joseph is first.

Joseph is now waking up to his identity in the nations.  -- Just look at the evidence all around you.  A remnant of Believers are beginning to open their bibles in Genesis.  They are beginning to keep the Sabbath and  learn of YHVH's Appointed Times.  They are connecting the ministry of Yeshua to the requirements of the Torah.  --I think on some level they are hearing The Father's "shout" or "Teruah," and they are returning....



So we see The Father working in the life of Joseph...brining Him back to the truth of the whole cannon of scripture including YHVH's sabbaths, feasts, and commands. 

How might that affect Joseph's brother Judah?

Well, for millennia, Joseph has been misrepresenting Messiah Yeshua.  Don't take my word for it.  Please fact check me by reading history.  Most of how we do "church" today is based on political traditions begun by Rome within 3 centuries of Messhiah's death, resurrection, and ascension.  Rome, with no scriptural authority, changed the day of worship to Sunday and instituted holidays to replace YHVH's feast days (←scriptures linked represent biblical patterns).  That is why most churches today worship on Sunday, celebrate Easter & Christmas, and reject YHVH's Appointed Times.  

It's Roman tradition.

Recall that Judah must say "Baruch haba ba Shem Adonai" before Messiah can return.  -- Blessed is He who comes in the name of The Lord!


And how can Judah recognize Him if Joseph does not represent Him authentically? 

You see, as Believers, we have this idea that Christianity is a separate religion.  

It's not.

Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel.  He is the completion of Israel's history.  He was born of the House of Judah.  He lived a sinless life.  He kept the Torah perfectly.  He would have kept the Sabbath and Feast days.  He did not begin a new religion.  He completed the promises that YHVH made to Israel.  HallaluYAH!

Does this sound like the Jesus most Christians worship?

This is a hard question, but one that needs to be examined.  

Why?

Because Messiah's return depends upon it!

What if, Joseph could hasten the return of Messiah Yeshua by giving up his desires (i.e.: Sunday over Sabbath, Rejection of Torah, Rejection of Feasts, Celebration of additional holidays not mentioned in scripture) and walking in obedience to the whole word of YHVH?

What if his Jewish brother Judah watched Joseph's transformation away from Rome's version of Jesus to the Hebrew understanding of Messiah Yeshua?


What if he also wanted Messiah Yeshua?

What if Judah RESTORED Yeshua to His Kingdom?

You lost me Deb...what are you talking about now?

Grab your Bible, Friends, and turn to 2 Samuel 19:10-44.

Here we read about the RESTORATION of King David.  David had been run out of town by his son Absalom. He fled across the Jordan River to safety.  When Absalom had been defeated, David did not immediately come back to his throne.  He waited.

What was he waiting for?

He was waiting for his kinsmen -- to call him back. 

Guess what Jesus -- Messiah Yeshua -- is waiting for?

He is waiting for His kinsmen -- to call him back.

What if Jospeh could hasten Judah's seeking and shorten his affliction by being obedient?  ...By representing Jesus -- Messiah Yeshua -- more authentically?

What if THEN, the brothers began to agree?

Are you getting excited???!!!  I am!

Come back soon when we will examine the question of what the brothers might be agreeing upon.  I will be inviting you back soon, to...

Come Seek With Me!

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