In this teaching, Nathan continues to track the end times saints including bride of Christ/Messiah, the Laodicean or lukewarm Christians, the 144,000 as well as the great and innumerable multitude that comes out of great tribulation through the Book of Revelation. Along the way, he also addresses the popular pre-tribulation rapture theory, and continues to challenge some other conventional mainstream Christian notions vis-à-vis what the Scriptures actually say.
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In this teaching video, Nathan ties together Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles), the marriage feast of the Lamb, the Millennium and the Tabernacle of Moses. He reveals in more detail the several levels of rewards that Christians will attain in the kingdom of Elohim, and how not all Christians will attain the highest level of reward as symbolically represented by the three subdivisions in the Tabernacle of Moses. This teaching provokes all believers in Yeshua to aim for the highest level as the bride of Yeshua.
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YHVH’s saints are people who walk in the past, present and the future all at the same time. How is this? The saints of YHVH, who are wise and filled with wisdom, knowledge and understanding, look to history to show them their roots to learn who they are, where they have come from, which in turn guides them forward into the future. YHVH’s wise children, the disciples of Yeshua also learn from the mistakes of those who have gone before them, so that they do not repeat these mistakes of the past and suffer the consequences of past failures. This understanding guides us in the present and helps to lead us forward into our future destiny, which is the anchor of our hope for tomorrow. This is why we are people of the past, present and future. The warrior bride of Yeshua as a child of the light knows her spiritual ancestry and heritage, who she is along with her divine mission and her future destiny.
One key to unlocking the mysteries of the Bible is understanding the cycles of history. Like a giant wheel that keeps turning relentlessly and irrevocably, the Bible chronicles the endless cycles of YHVH’s people as they encounter the forces of evil and darkness and either overcome it, or succumb to it. To know the past is also to understand the future. In these end times, heaven’s enemies are pulling out the stops to destroy YHVH’s plans and purposes on this earth along with his people who are executing those plans to defeat his enemies and to spread and enlarge his kingdom here below through the spreading of the gospel. Yeshua’s bride will play a pivotal role in the end times in helping to prepare the way for Messiah’s return and will be part of his heavenly army that will defeat the forces of Antichrist.
As end time warriors for Yeshua our soon coming Warrior King—the Messiah Son of David—YHVH’s saints do not have to be children of darkness who are unprepared and who do not know what lies ahead. If we read the road map of the Bible, it will guide our steps like radar through the darkness and foggy mist of the future. Yeshua’s warrior bride will know who she is and what her role and destiny will be in the end times. She will be like the wise virgins in Yeshua’s Matthew 25 parable prepared and ready for her Bridegroom’s wedding (Matt 25:1–13).
The shofar trumpet is sounding in the distance for those who have the ears to hear announcing the soon coming King of kings, the saints’ Heavenly Bridegroom (Matt 24:31 cp. 25:6). Now is the time to awaken from our spiritual sleep (Rev 3:14–22), then to exit Babylonian religious systems which are mixture of good and evil (Rev 18:4), and to make ourselves ready by repenting of the sins, and donning the white ropes of the works of righteousness to be the bride for which Yeshua is coming from his Father’s house to marry (Rev 19:6–9). Yeshua through his apostolic servants is calling his bride to awaken and be ready for his soon return.
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overt take you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For Elohim did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. (1 Thess 5:1–11)
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. (Rom 13:11–14)
In our quest to learn more about the end times role of the bride of Yeshua, let us step back into the annals of biblical history and uncover a mystery that will enlighten us as to what is happening on earth today with regard to the epic struggle between good and evil, light and darkness. We are literally going back into history to learn about the future, for, again, like a giant wheel that goes round and round, history often repeats itself again and again. Through this, we will gain an understanding of how Yeshua’s warrior bride figures into the giant picture of the events of the last days and how she can prepare to meet her Heavenly Bridegroom. Let us begin gathering the puzzle pieces and then begin assembling them to see what the Bible reveals about this rather mysterious figure which we refer to as Yeshua’s warrior bride. So buckle your seat belts as we embark on an epic journey through several thousand years of biblical history. It’s back to the future!
Let first start in Jeremiah 30:7 where we find a rather cryptic and arcane passage that has engendered much fanciful speculation among many Christian Bible teachers. Here is the passage:
Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it. (Jer 30:7)
Forget the past speculations you have heard concerning Jacob’s Trouble. Instead let’s read the Bible and it will tell us. Understanding Jacob’s Trouble will unlock a treasure trove of information that will reward us with understanding concerning where we are presently at regarding the end times world as it relates to Yeshua’s bride as well as her role to play and her ultimate destiny.
Before defining Jacob’s Trouble in detail, we must first step back. Before facing Jacob’s Trouble, YHVH had to prepare his people for the face-off with evil they were about to encounter. YHVH will not leave his people defenseless and unprepared to face their enemy. He is a good and loving Father and Shepherd who goes before his children-sheep and prepares them for what is to come—IF they will follow his instructions! IF is a big word. YHVH’s protection and provision is always based on how his people respond to him. The choice is theirs. Wake up and get prepared or go back to the sleep of spiritual complacency.
The Bride of Messiah
Yeshua views the saints as his bride as do the apostolic writers. Yeshua cryptically alludes to this idea several times in the Gospels (Matt 9:15; 22:1–14; 25:1–13; Mark 2:19–20; Luke 12:25–40). Several apostolic writers openly discuss this theme in some of their writings as well.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Messiah. (Col 11:2)
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Messiah; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto Elohim. (Rom 7:4)
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of Elohim. (Rev 19:7–9)
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. (Rev 21:9)
Two Old Testament prophets also predict Yeshua’s marriage to his Israelite bride.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know YHVH. (Hos 2:19–20)
For thy Maker is thine husband; YHVH of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the Elohiim of the whole earth shall he be called. (Isa 54:5)
Sadly, in most churches, a whole boatload of important biblical truths ARE NOT taught. For most Christians, you come to Jesus, have an encounter with some water, eat some bread and fruit of the vine every so often, get your get-of-hell ticket punched, attend church occasionally and generally try to be a good person, and then when you die, you’re out of here to live happily ever after and that’s about it. Or is it? In reality, there’s more—A LOT MORE to the gospel message. And it’s actually an exciting venture involving working hand-in-hand with the soon coming King of kings to defeat the enemy with more exciting events to follow as the Bible clearly reveals. This and much more is the destiny of Christians who take their walk seriously and who love Yeshua the Messiah with all their might as this teaching reveals.
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In many Christian church circles, you hear the word glory bandied about. We hear things like “the glory cloud”, “glory to God”, “to God be the glory”, “glory hallelujah”, and “when you die you will end up in glory”. But what is behind the somewhat nebulous concept of glory? The crazy thing is that most Christians would have a hard time defining glory. They just know that is something beyond that is divine and unearthly and out of this world good. But what is glory and how does it related to you personally now and in the future? It has to do with a piece of God that is within the follower of Yeshua the Messiah. This is not some pagan, new age or eastern mystical religious counterfeit and demonic concept. Not at all! This truth is straight from the Bible, that is what we will now explore.
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Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)
The Tabernacle of Moses from its entrance to its innermost room symbolically represents one’s progression in their spiritual journey starting with initial salvation progressing to the glorification of the physical body and eternal life in YHVH’s eternal spiritual kingdom. Understanding the pattern and steps to him that our Father in heaven has laid out in the tabernacle will give us deep revelation about where we have come from, where we are and where we must go to transcend this earthly existence while aiming at the heavenly goal that has been laid out before us.
Let’s now review the progressive steps in chronological order that YHVH has laid out in the tabernacle of Moses that is the blueprint of our journey toward him.
Entering through the front door of the tabernacle and progressing toward the holy of holies is from the human perspective represents the path one takes in their journey upward toward Elohim; it is the perspective of moving from the human to the spiritual plane of existence or that of the earthbound looking heavenward, and from a child gazing upward and longingly toward his father. However, from YHVH Elohim’s view from the glory cloud that has hovering over the holy of holies just above the ark of the covenant, the perspective would be different. It was from the inside looking out, or from heaven looking downward. From a father looking downward toward his beloved children. We will discus the contrasting viewpoints between the human and divine in a moment.
In the outer courtyard of the tabernacle, all the rituals and furnishings therein pointed to death and judgment, as well as to washing or cleansing. These prophetically foreshadowed salvation through Yeshua’s atoning death on the cross, with Yeshua being the door to salvation, and one’s need to accept his death on the cross for one’s sins followed by the need of baptism for the remission of sins.
In the set-apart (kadosh or holy) place inside the tabernacle, everything pointed to life, light, food, fragrant incense, the fruits and gifts of the Set-Apart or Holy Spirit, or, in other words, life in a spiritual relationship with Elohim subsequent to one’s taking the beginning steps in the salvation process.
In summary, the outer court symbolically represents the basic salvation requirements that heaven stipulates for the redeemed believer in Yeshua, while the holy place speaks of spiritual growth and maturity, and of moving upward from spiritual babyhood and then growing into spiritual adulthood or maturity.
To understand this process of growing in spiritual maturity, it is necessary to comprehend the tripartite composition of the human being. Paul speaks of man being subdivided into three parts—spirit and soul and body (1 Thess 5:23). The Tabernacle of Moses represents the tripartite nature of man in symbolic form. The tabernacle’s outer court relates more to the physical or bodily realm of the person, while the holy place represents the soul or intellectual, volitional and emotional aspects of one’s inner or psychological makeup. Finally, the holy of holies portrays man approaching YHVH through the realm of a person’s inner or personal spirit.
As one progresses into the tabernacle, it is as if YHVH is drawing a person into an ever deeper relational walk with him starting at the most basic level progressing upward until one is finally communing with YHVH on a Spirit-to-(human personal)-spirit level (in the most holy place). It is the Father’s desire that his children progressively grow until each of us is communing with him at the highest spiritual level (see John 4:23–24; 1 Cor 2:10–12; Prov 20:27).
This forward progression in one’s spiritual journey toward our Father in heaven from the tabernacle’s entrance to its innermost room is but one way to view a person’s spiritual progression into the realm of the Spirit of Elohim. From YHVH’s perspective, looking from the inside of the tabernacle outward, the view changes. Although one must enter the tabernacle through the outer gate and then go through various rites and rituals relating to a cleansing process before being allowed into the tabernacle itself, at the same time, we see YHVH starting to work with the person from the inside out. That is to say, when a person initially comes into a spiritual relationship with his Creator, YHVH first regenerates the person spiritually by putting his Set-Apart Spirit into one’s personal spirit. In a sense, if the tabernacle is a picture of the tripartite subdivision of a person’s life (spirit and soul and body), then YHVH starts working from the inside out beginning in one’s personal spirit, which is one’s personal holy of holies that is inside of them. From there, the Set-Apart Spirit goes to work on the person’s soul (mind, will and emotions) to transform it spiritually into the mind or image of Yeshua (Rom 8:28–29; Rom 12:2 cp. Rom 7:13–8:17). This process will last a person’s lifetime. Finally, at the resurrection of the righteous saints at Yeshua’s second coming, the children of Elohim will receive their redeemed and glorified or god-like body (1 John 3:1–2) and be adopted into the family of Elohim (Rom 8:15, 23; Eph 1:5). At this time, they will become full-fledged, immortal spirit-children of Elohim (John 1:12; 1 John 3:1–3). Though the Bible teaches that humans can become sons of Elohim and be like him as part of his divine family, man can never be equivalent to Elohim in the fullest sense (Isa 45:5, 6, 12, 18–19, 21–23). Only Elohim is the Creator, is without a beginning, and is all powerful, all knowing and all present. Man will never attain to this level.
The miraculous and transformational process of man metamorphosing from being a physical and human creature to becoming an immortal and glorified child of the Most High, in theological terms, is called theosis, a Greek word meaning “deification or the act of becoming like deity.” This is an ancient Christian concept that is still held by many in the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church and refers to the spiritual process that occurs resulting in the deification of man. The goal of theosis is to become “like” (though not equal to) Elohim and to become eventually united with our Father in heaven in a deep familial way. Theosis is the biblical concept of a redeemed or spiritually regenerated individual “becoming a partaker YHVH’s divine nature” (2 Pet 1:4), and being adopted into the family of Elohim (see the verses below). It is about man becoming like Elohim and becoming part of the family of Elohim as a child of Elohim (John 10:34; Ps 82:1; 1 John 3:1–3).
A person’s theosis process is an internal work of the Ruach haKodesh (the Set-Apart or Holy Spirit) and begins with repentance of sin, and then identification with Yeshua as the Son of Elohim at one’s baptism for the remission of sins. As one takes these initial first steps of becoming a son of Elohim at one’s baptism, it is then that one becomes a new creation through Yeshua and the work of his Set-Apart Spirit (Gal 2:20; 2 Cor 5:17). At that time, one is begotten or conceived as an embryonic child in the womb of the Holy Spirit. Later one, when one receives one’s glorified body at the resurrection of the righteous dead, one will be fully born or born again and adopted into the family of Elohim as a full-fledged son of Elohim, for, as the Scripture says, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is as John informs us in this first epistle:
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of Elohim: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of Elohim, 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. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (1 John 3:1–30
Paul refers to theosis in several places when he uses the term adoption.
For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Rom 8:15)
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Rom 8:23; also 9:4)
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Gal 4:5)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Yeshua the Messiah to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will… (Eph 1:5)
The apostolic writers make further reference to theosis in several other places as well.
Psalm 77:13 tells us, “Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God?” This may be one of the greatest understatements in the entire Bible, and the Tabernacle of Moses has been one of the most overlooked subjects in the mainstream Christian church for the past 1,900 years. The Tabernacle of Moses contains multiple layers of biblical truth and is a veritable treasure trove relating to YHVH’s glorious plan of salvation or redemption for sinful mankind. It contains the prophetic blueprint of the Christian’s spiritual journey from their initial encounter with Yeshua the Messiah to becoming his resurrected, gloried bride living with him for eternity in the New Jerusalem as this video-teaching explosively reveals.
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