This week we’ll wrap-up our review of chapter 9 in Isaiah Decoded – Ascending the Ladder to Heaven and consider Endtime events and how to respond to them. One of the salient themes we see throughout human history is a conflict over political power. These conflicts over political power are highly charged because the outcomes from these conflicts can affect our rights and enjoyments of life. Moreover, if we all thought the same, the execution of political power could go on without controversy, but since we all don’t think the same politics is inherently adversarial and separates people into different ideologies about how political power is used. When the stakes are high people’s ideas become concentrated or polarized into two opposing positions. This concept of polarization is a primary theme that we see in Isaiah’s Endtime prophecy. Polarization Defined As we saw in the introduction, polarization occurs with the : division into two sharply distinct opposites. especially : a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes - Merriam-Webster Dictionary Political Polarization One of the most obvious examples of polarization is in politics. In America, we see that division with Democrats and Republicans, which can be illustrated by how states align with these two political parties. Polarization in the Bible A lot of believers want to think that Yeshua came to unite humanity. But, this view doesn’t align with His actual statements. When we see Yeshua teach on the wheat and the tares, the sheep and the goats, and the wise and foolish virgins, we must conclude that unity really isn’t what He is after. Another concept that we see in the Bible is a polarization of Humanity at two important junctures in the earth’s history. One between our fallen world and the Millennium, and another one at the end of the Millennium.
The Endtime Polarization of Good and Evil What we actually see at the end of the world is a polarization of good and evil, which we saw Moses previously define through the Law. “See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.” – Deu 30:15,16 Also notice in the same chapter, Moses prophesies of Israel’s Endtime restoration. – Deu 30:1-3 Moreover, we see the Apostle Paul teach about the Law of the Flesh and the Law of the Spirit, which we can also link to Moses statements.
Good and Evil and the Ladder to Heaven We see this same concept of polarization in the Ladder to Heaven. Jacob – Believers in God – will be forced into choosing between good and evil. They will either ascend by repenting and returning to the Law to be Israel or succumb to their carnal natures and become Babylon.
Ultimately, Israel will need to become Zion/Jerusalem – those who live the Law in the fullness of Messiah – so they can pass into the Millennium. Whereas, those who are still Jacob/Israel will need a proxy deliverer to receive protection until they become Zion/Jerusalem. The Law and the Servant’s Message Another critical event that we see during the Endtimes is the arrival of God’s Servant who will further polarize Humanity. His message will be a defining event that will galvanize Humanity into choose good or evil. We see the prophet Malachi predict this event. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” – Malachi 4:5,6 Additionally, Malachi makes an important connection with the Law and the Servant’s message effectively making the Law a critical precursor to receiving the Servant’s message. “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.” – Malachi 4:4
Spiritual and Physical Separation So far what we have really been discussing is a spiritual separation or polarization. Spiritual polarization occurs when our paradigm or understanding of God changes to a new understanding and we change the way we live - for thoughtful believers this realization is that the Law that God gave to Israel is still relevant. As we continue down this path, we may desire to be connected to others who believe the same way. Those who desire to be connected to others who believe the same may decide to change where they live to receive fellowship. God’s Endtime Servant and Physical Separation In the Bible, we see three important physical gatherings. We see the gathering of religious Jews to Israel, we see a gathering of the righteous in America. Then we have a worldwide exodus of the remnant out of Babylon. Religious Jews in Israel Most of us are aware of the return of religious Jews to Israel, which has included a resurrection of the Hebrew language and the creation of the State of Israel. Gathering of the Righteous in America Another Endtime event that we will see is the physical gathering of the righteous in America that coincides with the Servant’s three years of warning and as one of the two witnesses to the Jews in Revelations 11. We see this gathering mentioned in the 19 chapter of Isaiah where Egypt is the codename for America. Notice in verse 18 the reference to "Hebrew-speaking" implying a strong reference to Law keepers, and a Savior-Servant to deliver them in verse 20. "In that day five Hebrew-speaking cities in the land of Egypt will swear loyalty to Jehovah of Hosts. One shall be known as the City of Righteousness. In that day there shall be an altar erected to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt and a monument to Jehovah at its border. They shall serve as a sign and testimony of Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt: when they cry out to Jehovah because of the oppressors, he will send them a savior, who will take up their cause and deliver them." - Isaiah 19:18-20 Some believe that it will be from this gathering in America that will come the 144,000 missionary force – Davidic Kings/High Priests - to gather the remnant in a worldwide exodus. Worldwide Exodus of the Remnant Our last physical gathering is the worldwide exodus of the remnant out of Babylon, which will occur on the eve of God’s judgment of the wicked or those who commit evil. This is the same event in Revelations where the “Woman” flees into the wilderness. It is the same event mentioned in Matt 24:40-42 that has been misinterpreted as a pre-tribulation rapture.
Christianity and the Endtime Restoration of the House of Israel
Christianity has had two thousand years to bring the Jews to the Messiah - Yeshua(Jesus) and failed. We see this same result with "restored" Christianity who have been trying for nearly two hundred years with their Book of Mormon. You would think that they would try a different approach. Someone once said that - “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The Jews are so committed to the Law - and with good cause - that any message must integrate the observance of the Law. That being said, we have to look to God's Endtime Servant who will restore all things and bring the Law and the Messiah together. First, with the gathering of leadership by establishing the Church of the Firstborn and second, a worldwide gathering and establishment of the Church of the Lamb of God. That also being said, this blog has attempted to do just that by integrating the Law and the Messiah into a complete theology through the Ladder to Heaven!
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