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ASCENDING ON DAY FORTY
You will
notice that when Yahshua walked out the forty days in the wilderness, they were
actually a full and complete forty days and forty nights without food or water
(Matthew 4:2). Likewise, while
Moses was in the wilderness, he walked out, not one but, two complete forty days
and forty nights without food or water – his sixth and eighth trips up
Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:18 and 34:28).
And Elijah, as the fulfillment of Moses in a ninth trip up Mount Sinai,
likewise went forty days and forty nights in the wilderness without food or
water (1 Kings 19:8). Obviously,
these speak of the great and terrible wilderness of Christianity (with one
exception, which we will address here).
Why is the
term “days and nights” used?
Because this speaks of a total and complete period of time. In like manner, we read that Jonah was in
the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17), and that
Yahshua was in the grave three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40). Thus we see from these prophetic
intercessions regarding the forty Jubilee waiting periods of wilderness
Christianity, that it would be a complete and full period.
We also read
in Genesis 7:4 and 12 that it rained for forty days and forty nights. So what could this mean? Clearly, this speaks of an equally full
and complete period of forty Jubilee waiting periods. Getting right to the point, it speaks of the glory of Yahweh
that will cover the earth in the Millennial reign. In this third fulfilling curse-reversing legal period of
forty Jubilee waiting periods, His glory will ever increase on the earth until
the entire earth is filled with His glory.
But, you will
notice that in the forty days of Yahshua’s intercession for the
Millennial reign, He ascended alive on the fortieth day. In contrast to His wilderness
experience, His intercession here was not forty days and forty nights. So what does this mean? Let us see. We will begin by reading Revelation 20:4-8:
Then
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because
of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had
not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their
forehead and on their hand [i.e., the first Remnant]; and they came to life and
reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The
rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were
completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a
part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but
they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a
thousand years. When the thousand years are
completed, Satan will
be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are
in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for
the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.
So why did
Yahshua ascend alive on the last day of the forty-day period, and not
after? And why does it repeatedly
say here that we will rule and reign with Yahshua for a thousand years? Does His reign end after a thousand
years? Or do we cease reigning
after a thousand years? No, very
importantly, the pattern we see in His forty days is that He is here with
man for the Millennial reign, and at its end He will go back to the Father. In
other words, He will come in the Millennial reign and build the temple for the
Father, presenting Himself to man throughout that period and performing
convincing signs, and His Remnant will rule and reign with Him, as it is written. But at the end of the Millennium, even
before it is the next day, He will ascend back to the Father.
What
next? The Remnant, who are in
immortal bodies, will remain to continue His kingdom on earth. How long will He be gone? For another forty Jubilee waiting
periods. Let us examine this.
You will
recall that, very significantly, Moses went up on the mountain for two separate
periods of forty days and forty nights – the sixth and the eighth
trips. Also, in both of these
trips, Moses was given the two tablets of the testimony. Thus, what we see evidenced are in fact
two periods of forty Jubilee waiting periods, as well as Yahweh’s
Law. As you will see, one of these
periods has already been fulfilled, and the other will be fulfilled following
the Millennium. Let us first
examine Moses’ sixth and eighth trips.
On
Moses’ sixth trip up the mountain, he fasted forty days and forty nights
and was given the two tablets of testimony. When he returned, the sons of
Israel had built a golden calf.
Moses broke the tablets, and he burned the calf, ground it into fine
powder, scattered it over the water, and made them drink it. Also, 3,000 men were slain with the
sword (Exodus 32:19-28).
Yahweh was so
displeased with the sons of Israel that after Moses’ seventh trip up the
mountain, He told them to go into the promised land, but He would not go with
them. Thereupon, the people
repented and Moses appealed to Yahweh.
Yahweh then repented of not going with them and called Moses back up the
mountain for the last time (when actually the seventh was supposed to have been
the last).
On
Moses’ eighth trip up the mountain, he once again fasted forty days and
forty nights, and once again received two tablets of testimony (which Moses
carved this time). When he returned,
his face glowed and Aaron and the people were afraid to go near him. What do these two distinctly similar
trips speak to us? First, once
again we will see a flip. The last
will be first, and the first will be last.
Yahweh was
going to give Christianity 3,000 years, but even as He repented of His wrath
and would go with the sons of Israel into the promised land, so He has repented
of His wrath and will go with the church into the promised land, the Millennial
reign – His Son’s return.
Revealingly,
on Moses’ seventh trip up the mountain (Exodus 32:30-34), he told Yahweh:
"Alas,
this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for
themselves. But now, if You will,
forgive their sin – and if not, please blot me out from Your book which
You have written!"
This is the
message regarding the church as they enter into the Millennial age, raising the
ultimate question of having one’s name written in the book of life. Christians have made the kingdom of heaven
into a god of gold for themselves.
But Yahshua appeals to Yahweh and He repents, even as He declared to
Moses:
"Whoever
has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. But go now, lead the people where I
told you. Behold, My angel shall go
before you; nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their
sin."
Yahweh
repents and cuts the days of Christianity short to two and Yahshua comes off
the mountain, and His face glows with such splendor that men fear Him. When Moses came off the mountain the
eighth time with his glowing face, he represented Yahshua’s return.
So we see
then that the eighth trip is actually flipped to be fulfilled first, Yahweh
having mercy, repenting of His judgment, and Yahshua thereby returning for the
Millennial reign. Then what about
the like sixth trip up the mountain?
We will address this, but first let us briefly identify the Millennium.
The foremost
reason the Millennial reign will be so significant and unique is that the Son
of God will be on the earth – Yahweh repenting of His wrath, and thereby
His presence, His Son, being with the people as we enter into the promised
land, establishing His kingdom on earth.
And regarding
these events and everything Yahweh does, you can be most certain that it will
follow His replicable patterns and ways, as we are already seeing. Of course the pattern of the church is
that which is set forth in Zechariah 4, the work that is not by might nor by
power, but by Yahweh’s Spirit.
That pattern is a seven-branched lampstand with an olive tree on each
side.
Olive tree — Lampstand — Olive tree
As we have
noted, patterns are replicable.
First we see that the two Remnant and Christianity fulfill this
pattern. Then Christianity and
Yahshua will fulfill this pattern.
First, the
body of Christ is the lampstand, with the two Remnant on each side.
First Remnant — Christianity — Second
Remnant
But it is
equally true that, second, Yahshua’s reign for a thousand years is the
lampstand, with the two works of Christianity on each side.
Christianity — Millennial reign —
Christianity
Again,
Yahshua’s presence on the earth for 1,000 years is what makes this
Millennial period so unique. He was
not present in the first 2,000 years, and He cannot be present in the last
2,000 years. And remember, as we
read in Luke 6:5, Yahshua said that “The Son of Man is Lord of the
Sabbath.” It is quite
striking that He identified His Lordship specifically with the sabbath. Yahshua was on the mountain in the
preceding 2,000 years – the eighth trip. And as you will see, He goes back up the mountain for the
concluding 2,000 years – the sixth trip. The first will be last, and the last will be first.
Eighth trip — Millennial reign — Sixth
trip
Even from the
standpoint of the number of the trips up the mountain, we see this same
testimony regarding a Millennial rest.
Here we see the seventh trip correlating with the seventh day, the
sabbath rest. But as we have
noted, the other two trips flip.
It is truly amazing how often Yahweh flips two pairs!
Eighth trip — Seventh trip — Sixth
trip
While the
first 2,000 years of Christianity have been a Moses period, Christians will
have their Elijah period in the 2,000 years following the Millennium. This pattern was testified to on the
mount of transfiguration where we see Yahshua being glorified with Moses and
Elijah (Matthew 17:1-3).
Moses period — Millennial reign —
Elijah period
We know what
the Moses period has been – it has meant a wilderness experience and
death. So what takes place in the
Elijah period?
This latter
period is what is spoken of in Revelation 20:5: “The rest of the dead did
not come to life until the thousand years were completed.”
These are Christians who died in the Moses period. As it is written in Isaiah 26:19, they
will come back from the grave into their earthly bodies. “Your dead will live; their
corpses will rise. You who lie in
the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give
birth to the departed spirits.”
In a
technical sense, they are reincarnated.
In other words, they reenter their carnal bodies, even as did those
after Yahshua’s resurrection.
“The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection
they entered the holy city and appeared to many” (Matthew 27:52-53). Only this time, the holy city will be
the beginnings of the new heavens and the new earth. Thus, these came out of their graves as a prophecy of that
which was to be.
Why do
Christians come back in earthly bodies?
To learn righteousness. To
pay their debts for sins they committed intentionally, for which there is no
sacrifice (Hebrews 10:26). As
Yahshua said, they will pay every last cent (Matthew 5:21-26). Concerning this period, Job 33:29-30
also tells us: “Behold, God does all these twice, three times with men,
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light
of life.” There will be two
and three resurrections so that men can come back and be enlightened, to learn
righteousness, and to pay their debts.
The first Remnant, the first resurrection, are unique among all men
because they ascend from the grave directly to the Father. Christians will be in the second
resurrection.
Quite
interestingly, this split two-part work of the body of Christ is the identical
pattern we saw in Daniel 9:24-27 regarding the seven-year covenant that is
split three-and-a-half years and three-and-a-half years. Even as that covenant is split into two
works separated by a breach and are flipped, in like manner the works of the
body of Christ are split into two works separated by a breach and are
flipped. Whether it be
Yahshua’s covenant ministry period, or the covenant ministry period of
the body of Christ, they both follow the identical pattern.
Having noted
this, let us examine another not so welcomed testimony concerning this
post-Millennial period. In
Revelation 20:3 and 7-8 we read:
…
and he [an angel] threw him [Satan] into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the
nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things
he must be released for a short time.
When
the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and
will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth
….
Satan will be
bound in the Millennial reign. But
when Yahshua returns to heaven at the end of the Millennium, he will be
released back on the earth for a short time.
If at this
point you have not already thrown away false Christian teachings about these
matters, now is the time to do so.
It seems quite fitting that when Yahshua goes back to the Father, this
begins the Moses sixth “forty days and forty nights” trip up the
mountain – the last, the eighth trip, being first; and the first, the
sixth trip, being last. What
happened on Moses’ sixth trip up the mountain? The very thing spoken of here concerning Satan being
released at the end of the Millennial reign – rebellion, setting up
another god.
It is
impossible for us at this place in time to be able to anticipate how Satan will
deceive the nations for a short time during the post-Millennial 2,000 year
period, what those parabolic verses concerning Gog and Magog and the war might
mean and how they will be fulfilled, or how the angel will then throw Satan
into the lake of fire and brimstone.
Nor do we know what the actual duration of a “short time”
might be. But one thing we can be
certain about though, and that is that it will not be a natural war like
Christians blindly set forth; nor will it be a place of torment for Satan, but
a place of purification.
Who could
have anticipated beforehand what the failure of the first 2,000-year Moses
period would have meant? Three
things will be going on during that time though. The Remnant, the Aaron, will remain here on earth. And we know that Christians will be
brought back to the earth. But we
also know that Satan will be loosed shortly after the Millennium and will
remain here for a “short time.” In all of this mix, it will certainly be a time of testing
and proofing for all men.
Keep in mind,
when the sons of Israel crossed into the promised land, it was not a piece of
cake either. There were many
battles required in order to take the land.
But let us
fast-forward through that period.
At the end of those post-Millennial forty Jubilee waiting periods,
Christians will likewise ascend alive and meet Yahshua in the air, as did the
second Remnant. And also like the
Remnant, they too will receive their immortal incorruptible bodies.
And regarding
this ascension, let us look at yet another revealing pattern concerning
Moses’ trips up the mountain.
In Moses’ third trip up the mountain, Yahweh declared to him:
“Go down and come up again, you and Aaron with you; but do not let the
priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, or He will break
forth upon them” (Exodus 19:24).
But we find that when Moses went up the mountain the fourth time, he did
not take Aaron as instructed (Exodus 20:21f). It was not until the fifth time that he took Aaron, along
with Nadab and Abihu, his two sons, as well as seventy of the elders of Israel
(Exodus 24:9).
If you lay
these trips out in a pattern related specifically to the period of the church,
using the graph we are familiar with but with the preceding 4,000 years
removed, you see the following:
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Yahweh told
Moses to bring Aaron up on the mountain on, what would have been, trip 4. But this did not take place until trip 5,
or the very time in which the Elijah ascension of Christians will take
place. Thus, the Aaron Remnant do
not ascend in this first post-Millennial 1,000 year period, but will
undoubtedly ascend with the body of Christ in their Elijah ascension. These two are represented in Aaron
– the Remnant – and the seventy elders – Christianity. You will recall that the sons of Israel
were placed in captivity for seventy years, and this number is identified with
the Babylonian captivity of mystery Babylon Christianity – so the seventy
are Christians. Who are those
represented by Nadab and Abihu? I
don’t know.
You will also
notice that regarding, what would have been, that fourth trip, Yahweh warned
– “do not let the priests and the people break through to come up
to Yahweh, or He will break forth upon them.” Yahweh will not be finished with dealing with Christians in
the first half of the Elijah period, and they cannot ascend up the mountain,
lest He harshly judge them.
With the body
of Christ brought into immortality at the end of its Elijah period, Yahweh will
have completed His two-part temple – the holy of holies
first-resurrection Remnant, and the holy place second-resurrection body of
Christ. In testimony to this, the
holy of holies was ten cubits by ten cubits, or 100 cubits; and the holy place
was ten cubits by twenty cubits, or 200 cubits. The Remnant rule and reign with Yahshua for 1,000 years, and
the body of Christ occupies the two 2,000 year periods on each side of the
Millennium. Thus, the 100 and 200
are simply representations of these two temple parts, but at the higher
thousands level.
While the
temple construction did indeed begin in the Millennial reign, and in type per
the Remnant Yahweh did have a temple; in truth, the temple is not complete
until both the Remnant Bride holy of holies and Christianity’s body of
Christ holy place are made one in heaven.
In more complete fulfillment of Revelation 21, the new Jerusalem will then
come down out of heaven and reside upon this earth.
And let it be
noted here that one of the reasons for the Elijah period is to, once again,
prepare the way for Yahshua – His third coming. Mary prepared the way for His first coming. The second Remnant prepares the way for
His second coming. And the body of
Christ prepares the way for His third coming.
But His coming this third time will be as a Moses when he came off the mountain, broke the tablets, and burned the golden calf, ground it into powder, scattered it on the waters, and made them drink it. What all can that mean? We will have to wait and see. But it is here that Yahshua will begin His white throne judgment spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15. Therefore, the white throne judgment does not begin until after the post-Millennial forty Jubilee waiting periods when Satan is released and Christians complete their Elijah period.
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Thus, it will
have taken six days, or 6,000 years, of creation for Yahweh to build His
temple, His kingdom. Of course that
is a legal six days; for in actuality, He stacks the fourth day on the third
day, cutting it short to a chronological five. Read Intercession, page 2, and you will see that this is precisely what
Yahweh testified when, on Moses’ third trip up the mountain, He told him
to bring Aaron up next time; yet Aaron did not go up until the fifth trip. Here again Yahweh had to stack the
fourth on the third. This is simply
another attesting truth concerning this.
Once again, the marvels, but indeed the wonders, of prophecy.
And let it be
noted here that for Yahshua to have three comings is entirely consistent with
the ways and patterns of Yahweh. Throughout
the Scriptures, almost anything of significance is in the form of a
trinity. And the nature of
essentially all trinities is that two are similar and one is dissimilar from
the other two. Such we have
here. Yahshua’s first coming
was entirely dissimilar from the other two. Even though He was from above (John 8:23), His first coming
was by being born as a mere man.
In contrast, His second two comings will attest to His abiding on the
mountain, as He returns with those who have been transformed into
immortality. Thus we see three
comings of Yahshua, just as there are three stated resurrections.
Once
Yahweh’s two-part temple is built, He will then begin establishing the
outer court, which we are told in Revelation 11:2 belongs to the nations. And as we have seen, there have been
6,000 years that have belonged to the nations. Therefore, we can expect Yahweh to deal with them in like
resurrections as with Christians, but for 6,000 years – their own Elijah
period. Again, “Behold, God
does all these twice, three times with men, to bring back his soul from the
pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.”
So briefly,
Revelation 20:4-6 speak of the resurrection of the Remnant – the first
resurrection.
Then
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because
of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had
not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their
forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a
thousand years. … This is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the
first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be
priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
Revelation
20:5 speaks of the subsequent resurrection of Christians – the second
resurrection. These two
resurrections together make up the two-part temple of the kingdom of heaven.
The rest of the dead did not come to life until
the thousand years were completed.
And
Revelation 20:11-13 speak of the resurrection of the nations, the remainder of
mankind – the third resurrection.
Then
I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth
and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the
small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was
opened, which is the book
of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the
books, according to their deeds.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave
up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
Though their
resurrections are separate, the Remnant and Christians are those whose names
are written in the book of life.
As noted in Job 33:29, it says that men resurrect “twice, three
times.” Why this
division? Again, the first two
resurrections are unique to the Remnant and Christianity, the two-part temple;
while the third resurrection is uniquely separate – the nations.
So when is
Yahweh’s sabbath rest? If
you will read The Issue – II, page 12, you will see that Yahweh’s work is not
complete until the ultimate Jubilee is complete – seven periods of 7,000
years, or Jubilee after 49,000 years.
This is why you see Yahshua laboring on the sabbath. As He stated, He was doing the work of
His Father. “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am
working" (John 5:17). And His
Father will not finish His work until His higher Jubilee when He can declare
rest for His entire creation. But
remember, He cuts time short by stacking the first day of each week on the
preceding seventh, and keeps laboring.
By successively doing this with each week, He cuts off seven 1,000 year
periods, or a complete day, making it now a chronological six 7,000-year days. Thus, Yahweh labors for six days. And having completed His work, all of
creation, in heaven and on earth, enter into His sabbath rest with Him. What then? That is beyond the limitations of the mind!
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