By Nathan Lawrence at www.HoshanaRabbah.org

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And YHVH answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:1–3)

A Fresh Vision For the Saints of the Most High Elohim to Combat the Antichrist Spirit of This Age

YHVH Elohim’s end time saints need a fresh, prophetic vision with which to go forth against the spirit of antichrist and to prepare for the coming of Yeshua the Messiah. Without a vision, YHVH’s people will flounder spiritually and perish as they acquiesce to the spirit of the age. Absent such a vision, YHVH’s people may well wither and die on the proverbial vine and cease to exist. 

Where there is no [prophetic] vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the [Torah] law, happy is he. (Prov 29:18)

Prophetic vision comes to those who keep, preserve and guard YHVH’s Torah. Torah-obedience per Proverbs 29:18 involves complying with both the spirit and letter or truth of YHVH’s Torah-word, which is how the saints will be worshipping YHVH in a pleasing way.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Elohim is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23–24). 

YHVH is currently seeking such a people. To confront the present spirit of this age (i.e., the spirit of antichrist), which has a virtual death grip on this planet, will require a special, powerful double anointing of YHVH’s Spirit (e.g., the spirit of Elijah and Elisha) to come upon the saints of the Most High Elohim. Before the saints can effectively combat the antichrist spirit, the yoke of false doctrine and the blinding spiritual veil must first be lifted from the eyes YHVH’s people including both the Christians and Jews. The blindness on the Christians is the failure to recognize the full validity of YHVH’s Written Torah-law, and for the Jews it is failure to believe that Yeshua is the promised Messiah or the Living Torah-Word of Elohim incarnate. When both of these people-groups repent of their sin of unbelief and begin to unite, it is then that a double anointing, Spirit-filled and led, Yeshua the Messiah-trusting remnant of saints from both houses of Israel (i.e., Judah or the Jews and Ephraim or the Christians) will unite like an army to oppose the wicked conspiring cabal of satanic forces who are currently opposing the Messiah (Pss 2:2; 83:3). This coming together and uniting against the antichrist spirit and eventually Antichrist himself is the rising up and the preparation of the warrior bride of the Messiah, who will meet him in the air at his second coming and accompany the sword-wielding Conquering King of kings on his war stallion back to earth from heaven to destroy Satan and his antichrist forces once and for all (Rev 19:1–21). 

The Vision Spelled Out

Now let us dive deeper and unpack this vital message regarding the restoration and revival of YHVH’s people. It is essential that the nascent bride of Yeshua understand these issues, so that she can be a wise virgin who will be ready to meet Yeshua her Bridegroom at his coming. The Book of Proverbs tells us, 

Where there is no vision [Heb. chazon; also divine or prophetic revelation], the people perish: but he that keepeth [Heb. shamar meaning “guard, protect, hedge about] the Torah-law, happy is he. (Prov 29:18, KJV)

Without a prophetic vision (i.e., a spiritual sense of direction and purpose), YHVH’s people will inevitably flounder in a morass of spiritual confusion including religiosity, lukewarmness, mediocrity, and spiritual stagnation leading to state of declension and even apostasy as has happened to so many other Christians in the past. The law of entropy applies to the spiritual realm as well as to the physical creation. Without the outside input of energy to a both a physical and a spiritual system, the status quo deteriorates into disorder and confusion, and eventually grows cold and dark and then and dies. In the spiritual realm, the external input of energy is divine and prophetic revelation as energized by the Holy Spirit from whom comes specific instructions or vision that YHVH has for his people at a given time and place in history. This divine revelation not only keeps YHVH’s people on track spiritually and heading in the right direction in accordance with the will of the Almighty, but it is the fuel that keeps the saints moving forward personally as well corporately as they help to advance heaven’s kingdom on earth.

There are two aspects to (prophetic) vision: personal and corporate. A personal vision is individualistic in scope and involves personal development, goals and one’s sense of one’s own unique, divine destiny. A corporate vision is much broader in scope and is outside of as well as above and beyond the private aspirations of one’s own soul (i.e., their mind, will and emotions) and their personal spirit. It involves the larger people-group or one’s spiritual tribe. For the personal vision, it may be no more than being a good Christian and knowing that you will “go to heaven” when you die. On the other hand, the larger vision focuses on people-groups and spiritual activities beyond one’s own personal goals and aspirations. For the Christian, this may involve becoming involved in ministry of one sort or the other including winning the lost and making disciples for Christ as per his Great Commission command. In the discussion that follow, we will focus on the broader and greater vision that involves executing the so-called Great Commission (Matt 28:18–20 and Mark 16:15–18), but with a focus on specific details that pertain to the fulfillment of end times Bible prophecy.