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The Ultimate Agenda…

The notion of there being a Christ vanishes without Daniel 9 predicting his arrival. There is no other prophecy that speaks of someone using the title, ha Mashyach | the Messiah, arriving to redeem his people. Therefore, should the prophecy, allegedly delivered by Gabry’el | Gabriel, be falsified or speak of another, then there is no justification for the anti-Semitic religion known as Christianity, for Christians, or the Roman Catholic Church.

Should the exceedingly tenuous credibility of Daniel 9 have been misinterpreted, there can be no Jesus either, making the Christian New Testament a fairytale – or from the Jewish perspective – a nightmare. And without Jesus Christ and Christianity, there is no Rabbi Akiba or Rabbinic Judaism to counter the demonization of Jews emanating from the emerging conspiracy.

With so much at stake, the souls of God’s people and the religion bent on replacing them hanging in the balance, we are going to retrace our steps and return to Babylon long enough to reconsider the misunderstood prophecy which was misconstrued to create the world’s most popular religion.

The Book of Daniel is a troubling tome. There are flashes of brilliance in what is otherwise a dark and twisted tale. It suffers from the Babylonian Effect, in which babel | truth and lies are intermixed and commingled to confound and confuse. For example, the 9^th chapter opens with a lie. 282It claims to have been revealed in “the first year of Darius, the son of Xerxes, a descendant of Maday who ruled over the Chaldeans.” Unfortunately for Dany’el’s | Daniel’s credibility, Darius I was not the king of Babylon but, instead, the fourth king of Persia. He did not kill Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, to usurp his throne as Daniel had alleged in the 6^th chapter. He was the son of Hystaspes, the satrap of Bactria, and not a Mede. It was Cyrus, the first king of Persia, who was from Maday. Xerxes was Darius’ son, not his father. Further, these undeniable errors in fact are not an anomaly because they permeate the book and are found in every chapter.

According to Moseh in Dabarym 18, a single mistake in a prophetic offering disqualifies the author, and Daniel made four in the opening stanza of his first sentence. Therefore, the Towrah-observant must disavow Daniel as a prophet. Whatever he says must be rejected.

So, is that it? Do we scrape the Babylonian muck off of our sandals and move on? Is this the end of Christ and Christianity?

The answer is yes, albeit with a caveat. Turns out that Daniel is the only book in the Tanakh in which the person whose name appears on the cover isn’t the one delivering the prophecies contained within. In his case, he was visited by three men, the first of whom was Gabry’el | the Competent, Courageous, and Combative Man of God – better known as Dowd | David. The second person was unnamed, but all indications are that he was ‘ElYah, commonly known as Elijah. The third individual to have met with Daniel was called Myka’el | the One Who is Truthful and Right About God. Like the first two, he didn’t much like Beltasha’tsar | May the Lord Bel Protect the King, which was how Dany’el referred to himself. But unlike Dowd and ‘ElYah, both of whom were prophets, Myka’el, who is likely Yada, was just a messenger fulfilling his role in supporting his King.

283As has always been the case, the prophecies that Gabry’el / Dowd and ‘ElYah revealed have been proven correct, and they are, therefore, worthy of our consideration. And fortunately, the second half of Daniel 9, which is where the aforementioned prophecy regarding the arrival of ha Mashyach appears, was conveyed by Dowd – the prophet, king, Messiah, and Son of God.

By way of orientation, after stumbling upon his tongue and demonstrating that he could not be trusted in his introductory statement, Daniel tells us that he read enough of Yirma’yah | Jeremiah to understand that the intervening time between the destruction and restoration of Yaruwshalaim | Jerusalem would be 70 years. This was not brain surgery, or an act of prophecy, because the text reads…

“The Word (ha dabar) which, for the benefit of the relationship (‘asher), came to be present with (hayah ‘al) Yirma’yah | Yahowah Uplifts Me | Jeremiah (Yirma’yah) concerning all of the people (‘al kol ‘am) of Yahuwdah | Beloved of Yah | Judah (Yahuwdah)...during the first year (ha shanah ha re’shown) of Nabuwkadne’tstsar | Nebo Protects the Crown | Nebuchadnezzar (la Nabuwkadne’tstsar), king (melek) of Babel | Commingling to Confuse | Babylon (Babel). (Yirma’yah 25:1)

Beneficially, to show the way to get the most out of life (‘asher), Yirma’yah (Yirma’yah), the prophet (ha naby’), spoke to (dabar) the entire family (‘al kol ‘am) of Yahuwdah (Yahuwdah) and to all of the inhabitants (wa ‘el kol yashab) of Yaruwshalaim | Source of Guidance on Reconciliation | Jerusalem (Yaruwshalaim), saying (la ‘amar), (Yirma’yah 25:2)

‘From the thirteenth year (min shalowsh ‘esreh shanah) of Yo’shyah | Yahowah Heals (Yo’shyah), son of ‘Amown | Supportive (ben ‘Amown), king of Yahuwdah | 284Beloved of Yah (melek Yahuwdah), and to this day (wa ‘ad ha yowm ha zeh), for twenty-three years (shalowsh wa ‘esrym shanah), the Word (dabar) of Yahowah (Yahowah) has been with me (hayah la ‘any).

I have spoken (wa dabar) to you (‘el ‘atem) early on, repetitively, and persistently conveying the word (shakam wa dabar). However, you have not listened (wa lo’ shama’). (Yirma’yah 25:3)

Yahowah (Yahowah) has sent to you (wa shalach ‘el ‘atem) all of His associates and coworkers, the prophets (‘el ‘atem ‘eth kol ‘ebed huw’ ha naby’), sending them from the beginning (shakam wa shalach).

And yet, you have not listened (wa lo’ shama’) nor have you so much as extended your ear to hear (wa lo’ natah ‘eth ‘ozen ‘atem la shama’) (Yirma’yah 25:4) them saying (la ‘amar), “Of your own initiative, please return now (shuwb na’), each individual (‘iysh) from going the wrong way (min derek huw’ ha ra’) and from your immoral and improper practices (wa min roa’ ‘atem). Then you can choose to live and remain (wa yashab) upon this ground (‘al ha ‘adamah) which, to enjoy the benefits of the relationship (‘asher), Yahowah (Yahowah) has given to you (nathan la ‘atem) and to your fathers (wa la ‘aby ‘atem) of old (la min ‘owlam) as a restoring witness forevermore (wa ‘ad ‘owlam). (Yirma’yah 25:5)

Therefore (wa), you should not continually chase after (‘al halak ‘achar) other gods (‘elohym ‘acher), serving them (la ‘abad hem), neither bowing down and worshiping them nor speaking for them (la chawah la hem). Do not habitually provoke and grieve Me (wa lo’ ka’as ‘eth ‘any) with the product (ba ma’aseh) of your hands (yad ‘atem). Then I will not distress you or trouble you or your loudmouthed and conniving countrymen (wa lo’ ra’a’ la ‘atem). (Yirma’yah 25:6)

285However, you have not listened to Me (wa lo’ shama’ ‘el ‘any),” declares (na’um) Yahowah (Yahowah), “so, therefore (la ma’an), you have provoked Me (ka’as ‘any) with the work of your hands (ba ma’aseh yad ‘atem), doing so to your own detriment, bringing misery upon yourselves (la ra’ la ‘atem).”’” (Yirma’yah 25:7)

“And so, this entire Land (wa kol ha ‘erets ha zo’th) will become (hayah) depopulated and deserted (la charbah), wasting away (la shamah). And because of what they have become (wa ha ‘eleh ‘eth), they will be reduced to servitude (‘abad) by Gowy Melek Babel | the Gentile King of Confusion (gowy melek Babel) for seventy years (sheba’ shanah).” (Yirma’yah / Yahowah Lifts Me Up / Jeremiah 25:11)

That was as clear as words allow. However, evidently proud of himself for being able to read and deduce the obvious, Beltasha’tsar sought to intervene – a plea which was obviously rejected.

In the dialog which follows, Dany’el addresses Yahowah inappropriately as ‘adony | my Lord and then speaks of His Son. And while he would not name him, he would indirectly identify Gabry’el as Dowd using a derivative of gibowr…

“So, I chose to assess the situation and contemplate the implications because I sought a way to intervene that could be justified (wa palal) concerning and approaching (la) Yahowah (YaHoWaH), my God (‘elohym ‘any). And I expressed my appreciation, acknowledging my familiarity with the factors associated with knowing (yadah).

I said (wa ‘amar), ‘I think that this is vital that You respond (‘ana’), my Lord (‘adony), the God (ha ‘el), regarding the immensely important, especially intense, courageous, capable, and combative man (ha gadowl) who is respected and admired (wa ha yare’) for having 286closely examined and carefully considered (shamar) the Covenant (ha beryth), and who demonstrates loyal love and devotion (wa ha chesed) to those who appreciate and prefer him (la ‘achab huw’), as well as for those who approach by observing (wa la shamar) the instructive conditions pertaining to what he has offered and expects in return (mitswah huw’).’” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:4)

It was, indeed, vital that Yahowah responds to the fallen state of His people if there was going to be an opportunity for reconciliation. And by having read Yirma’yah, Yasha’yah, and the Mizmowr, Dany’el would have known, as do we, that the means to restore the Beryth | Covenant would be through ha gadowl | the immensely important, especially intense, courageous, capable, and combative man who ha yare’ | is the one who is respected and admired for having been ha chesed | the one who has demonstrated his love and devotion to his people, those who la ‘achab huw’ | would come to appreciate and prefer him for what he would accomplish. Through this gadowl – the Messiah Dowd – the shamar | observant would be reconciled by mitswah huw’ | the instructive conditions pertaining to what he has offered and expects in return.

Whether he knew it or not, he had written a marvelous introduction for Gabry’el’s arrival later within this chapter and his announcement of what he would accomplish. Then, continuing to reiterate what he had read in Yirma’yah, Dany’el, speaking for Yahuwdym | Jews, reported…

“We have missed the way (chata’) and we are guilty of perverse corruptions and distortions (‘awah). We have violated the standard (wa rasa’) because (wa) we have rebelled (marad).

We have turned away from (wa suwr min) the terms and conditions of Your relationship agreement (mitswah ‘atah) and also from (wa min) Your means to 287make informed and rational decisions regarding the way to justly resolve disputes (mishpat ‘atah). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:5)

We have not listened to (wa lo’ shama’ ‘el) Your coworkers (‘ebed ‘atah), the prophets (ha naby’), who, to show the way to receive the benefits of the relationship (‘asher), communicated the Word (dabar) in Your name (ba shem ‘atah) to our leaders (melek ‘anachnuw), to our societal, military, and economic elite (sar ‘anachnuw), to our forefathers (‘ab ‘anachnuw), and also to all (wa ‘el kol) the people (‘am) of the Land (ha ‘erets).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:6)

We do our fellow man a great service when we accurately convey what Yahowah has revealed through His naby’ | prophets – as Dany’el has done on this occasion. And in this regard, it is important to note that Daniel was reporting what ha naby’ | the prophets like Moseh, Dowd, Yasha’yah, and Yirma’yah had been inspired to convey to us. He was not claiming to be one of them.

All of this is correctly deduced in the manner Dany’el came to understand – by reading what Yahowah’s prophets had written for our benefit…

“Approaching You (la ‘atah) are those who are right (ha tsadaqah), but for us (wa la ‘anachnuw) is the presence of confusion and shame (bosheth ha paneh).

It is the same to this day (ka ha yowm ha zeh) for the people of Yahuwdah (la ‘iysh Yahuwdah) and the inhabitants of Yaruwshalaim (wa la yashab Yaruwshalaim), even for all Yisra’el (wa la kol Yisra’el), those who are nearby (ha qarowb) and those who are far away (wa ha rachowq) in all of the places (ba kol ha ‘erets) which You have scattered them (nadach hem sham) due to their disloyalty and their fraudulent claims (ba ma’al hem). This makes them untrustworthy and unreliable, as well as in violation of the agreement 288(‘asher ma’al) with You (ba ‘atah). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:7)

Yahowah (Yahowah), on us (la ‘anachnuw) is the presence (paneh) of confusion and humiliation as a result of our improper attitude (bosheth ha paneh), from our political and religious authorities (melek ‘anachnuw) to our leaders’ representatives (wa la sar ‘anachnuw), as well as our forefathers (la ‘ab ‘anachnuw), because we have erred, missing the way (‘asher chata’) to approach You (la ‘atah). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:8)

It is what the prophets revealed, and it remains true.

While it was unfortunate that Beltasha’tsar | May the Lord Bel Protect the King referred to God as “my Lord,” the rest of this is readily discerned by reading the naby’ of Yahowah, particularly Moseh, Dowd, Yasha’yah, and Yirma’yah. Therefore, after proving that he wasn’t one, Daniel demonstrated the value of reading what they had written…

“According to (la) my Lord (‘edown ‘any), our God (‘elohym ‘anachnuw), the exceedingly merciful (ha rachamym), compassionate, and forgiving (wa ha rachamym), indeed (ky), we have rebelled (marad) against Him (ba huw’). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:9)

In addition (wa), we have not listened to (lo’ shama’) Yahowah’s (Yahowah), our God’s (‘elohym ‘anachnuw), voice (ba qowl) by having our steps guided by (la halak ba) His Towrah | Teaching and Guidance (Towrah huw’) which (‘asher) He provided (nathan) in our presence (la paneh ‘anachnuw) through the hand (ba yad) of His servants (‘ebed), the prophets (ha naby’). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:10)

All (wa kol) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el) has passed over (‘abar) Your Towrah (‘eth Towrah ‘atah) and has turned away (wa suwr), refusing to listen (la bilty shama’) to the 289sound of Your voice (ba qowl ‘atah).

As a result (wa), the curse of Allah (‘alah) will be poured out (nathak) upon us (‘al ‘anachnuw) in addition to (wa) the sworn promise (ha shabuwa’) which (‘asher) was written (kathab) in the Towrah (ba Towrah) of Moseh (Mosheh), the one working with (‘ebed) the Almighty (ha ‘elohym), because (ky) we have been wrong and have missed the way (chata’) according to him (la huw’). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:11)

He confirmed (wa quwm) with (‘eth) the words he revealed (dabar huw’), and which he spoke against us (‘asher dabar ‘al ‘anachnuw), in opposition to our judgment regarding our political and religious leaders (wa ‘al shaphat ‘anachnuw), who (‘asher) have ruled over us (shaphat ‘anachnuw), to bring (la bow’) great (gadowl) misery and suffering (ra’ah) upon us (‘al ‘anachnuw) which has not occurred (‘asher lo’ ‘asah) in any other place under (tachath) the whole of the heavens (kol ha shamaym) similar to what has and will occur (ka ‘asher ‘asah) in Yaruwshalaim (ba Yaruwshalaim). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:12)

Consistent with what is written (ka ‘asher kathab) in the Towrah (ba Towrah) of Moseh (Mosheh), all of this suffering and misfortune (kol ‘eth ra’ah ha zo’th) has and will continue to come upon us (bow’ ‘al ‘anachnuw). And yet, we neither request nor seek (wa lo’ chalah) the presence of Yahowah, our God (‘eth paneh Yahowah ‘elohym ‘anachnuw).

We cannot return because we have not changed (lo’ shuwb) from (min) our depravity and corruptions (‘aown / ‘awon ‘anachnuw), and that is because they affect our ability to be prudent and thus understand (wa la sakal) the breadth of Your support and verifications of Your reliability (ba ‘emeth ‘atah). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:13)

290Therefore (wa), Yahowah (Yahowah) was vigilant, and He did not hesitate (shaqad) to bring these difficult circumstances and consequences upon us (‘al ha ra’ah wa bow’ hy’ ‘al ‘anachnuw). Obviously (ky), Yahowah (Yahowah), our God (‘elohym ‘anachnuw), is right (tsadyq) in everything He does (‘al kol ma’aseh huw’), including when He acts for the benefit of the relationship (‘asher ‘asah). Therefore, it is we who have not listened to Him speaking to us (wa lo’ shama’ ba qowl huw’).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:14)

With this preamble to the prophecy regarding the arrival of a Messiah who will be cut down and separated, but not for himself, we find that Yisra’el was estranged from Yahowah because the people had rejected His Towrah. This being true, the Messiah must bring them back to Yahowah and His Towrah, not away from both as is the case with the Christian Christ.

For ten centuries, from circa 1450 BCE to 450 BCE, this had been the consistent message of Yahowah’s prophets. Beginning with the first, Moseh, to the last, Mal’aky, and every one in between, God spoke to Yisra’el. However, with very few exceptions, His people have not listened to Him.

This realization serves as the ideal introduction to Yahowah’s response. It is why He sent Dowd in the guise of Gabry’el | the Great Gibowr of God to announce what ha Mashyach would accomplish to resolve Yisra’el’s rebellion and restore His people’s relationship with Him. It is also why we are approaching the prophecy announcing ha Mashyach’s arrival in the context in which it was presented.

As we were able to deduce in the previous chapters while studying Dowd’s Mizmowr | Psalms, there are underlying threads of the Yatsa’ | Exodus from Mitsraym | the Crucibles of Religious and Political Subjugation which 291reverberate throughout the pronouncement and fulfillment of the Mow’ed Miqra’ey. And this begins with Moseh announcing and explaining them and Dowd enduring and fulfilling them. On three occasions between these great Zarowa’ | Strong Arms Sowing the Seeds of our Redemption, Yahowah would intervene to provide the benefits of the Covenant relationship while liberating His children from the controlling and oppressive influence of religion and government.

“And so then (wa ‘atah), wanting to provide the benefits of the proper way (‘asher), our God (‘elohym ‘anachnuw) descended to withdraw (yatsa’) your people (‘eth ‘am ‘atah) from the land of subjugation by religious and political tyrants (min ‘erets Mitsraym) with a firm and unyielding, resolute and uncompromising hand (ba yad chazaq).

Since then (wa), you have made (‘asah) a reputation for yourself (la ‘atah shem) which is similar to today (ka ha yowm ha zeh). We have been mistaken and have gone astray (chata’), having condemned ourselves (rasha’). (Dany’el 9/ Daniel:15)

O my Upright One (‘edown ‘any), in a manner consistent with all that makes You worthy and right (ka kol tsadaqah ‘atah), withhold (shuwb na’) Your frustration (‘aph ‘atah), Your displeasure and antagonism (wa chemah ‘atah) toward Your city, Jerusalem (min ‘iyr ‘atah Yaruwshalaim), Your Set-Apart Mountain (har qodesh har), even (ky) toward our offenses (ba chete’ ‘anachnuw) and our guilt (wa ba cheta’ ‘anachnuw), in addition to the misdeeds and religious perversity (wa ba ‘awon) of our ancestors (‘ab ‘anachnuw).

Yaruwshalaim | Jerusalem (Yaruwshalaim) and Your people (wa ‘am ‘atah) are dishonored and seen as contemptible (la cherphah) among all who surround us 292(la kol sabyb ‘anachnuw).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:16)

Yahowah does not withhold His righteous indignation, nor should He. Instead, He provides a remedy, not for His approach but, instead, for our approach to Him. And He would accomplish this through His beloved Son, our Messiah and King. The man who would acquire Yaruwshalaim and then build his home and city on Mount Mowryah | Moriah would return to it to resolve the guilt of the nation he unified.

God would respond to Dany’el’s request by sending the man who would provide a resolution. It wasn’t because Daniel was anything special, more a sad appraisal of how far Yahuwdym | Jews had fallen. As mistaken and misspoken as he was at times, Dany’el was the only representative of his people in this place and time who was willing to listen, and who understood the nature of the problem by having at least read the Prophets.

“This being so (wa ‘atah), our God (‘elohym ‘anachnuw), choose to listen and be receptive (shama’) to the plea for intercession and desire to be set apart as discriminating (‘el taphilah) made by Your servant (‘ebed ‘atah), along with his longing for mercy and compassion (wa ‘el tachanuwn huw’), for the light of Your presence to shine (wa ‘owr paneh ‘atah) upon Your Set-Apart people and place (‘al miqdash ‘atah) for the benefit of the deserted (la ma’an shamem), my Lord (‘edown ‘any). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:17)

My God (‘elohym ‘any), incline Your ear (natah ‘ozen ‘atah) and listen (wa shama’). Open Your eyes (paqach ‘any ‘atah) and see (wa ra’ah) our ravaged and deserted places (shamem ‘anachnuw) and the city (wa ha ‘iyr) which (‘asher) invites and calls out (qara’) in Your name (shem ‘atah ‘ah hy’).

However (ky), not upon our righteousness (‘al tsadaqah ‘anachnuw) because we would fail (naphal). 293Our plea for mercy (tachanuwn ‘anachnuw) in Your presence (la paneh ‘atah) is because of (ky ‘al) Your compassion (rachamym ‘atah) which is great (ha rab).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:18)

I will not question his earnestness, but it is hard to overlook the Babylonian Effect. Languishing in the birthplace of institutionalized religion and its integration into governance, Beltasha’tsar | May the Lord Bel Protect the King was full of it…

“My Lord (‘adony), I am emphatic in wanting You to listen (shama’). My Lord (‘adony), I am insistent and emotional in my appeal for You to remove the guilt and forgive (salach).

My Lord (‘adony), on my own initiative, I believe that it is essential that You pay attention and become responsive (qashab) because it is vital that You act (wa ‘asah).

Do not remain inactive, be hesitant, or delay and do not wait any longer or even do something different (‘al ‘achar) for Your own sake (la ma’an ‘atah), O my God (‘elohym ‘any), because indeed (ky), Your name (shem ‘atah) is called (qara’) over and above Your city (‘al ‘iyr ‘atah) and upon Your people (wa ‘al ‘am ‘atah).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:19)

This was not his best effort. Prophets listen to Yahowah and then write His message down for God’s people to read. Witnesses, like Daniel, read what these prophets have written and then expound upon it, making their message relevant to their place and time. Doing neither, Beltasha’tsar was demanding that his “Lord” listen to him. Worse, he was bossing God around.

We do not need to tell Yahowah when, where, why, or how to respond. It is best when we learn these things from Him. Further, it is disrespectful. Working through Moseh, 294God revealed when and why He would act and, through Dowd, how and where. So, to ask the Almighty to repeat Himself is akin to rudely sleeping through a professor’s lecture, losing his textbook, and then demanding he provide a special session just for you. If accommodated, it would not only reward bad behavior, and be a waste of his time, it would be counterproductive. One of the reasons witnesses such as myself are credible is because our presentations of God’s testimony are readily validated. By citing publicly disseminated and proven prophetic sources rather than private revelation, our conclusions can be tested and affirmed.

Since this was better, with no “my Lords,” no demands but, instead, a search for answers, an expression of understanding, as well as an invitation in Yahowah’s name, God responded…

“Then (wa) I was conversing (‘owd ‘any dabar) and pondering questions while contemplating their answers (wa palal), expressing gratitude for casting aside (wa yadah) my pardonable offenses for having missed the way (chata’ah ‘any) and the consequence of my people, Yisra’el, going astray (wa chata’ah ‘am ‘any Yisra’el), presenting (naphal) my earnest request for the favor of being able (tachinah) to approach the presence of (la paneh) Yahowah (YaHoWaH), my God (‘elohy), on (‘al) the set-apart (qodesh) mountain (har) of my God (‘elohy). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:20)

While I was continuing to (wa ‘owd ‘any) communicate, (dabar) with the intent of being distinct and different (‘el taphilah), then (wa) Gabry’el | God’s Most Confident and Capable, Courageous and Combative Individual (wa Gabry’el), the man (ha ‘iysh) whom, to reveal the proper path (‘asher), I had seen (ra’ah) during the initial prophetic revelation (ba ha chazown ba ha tachilah), offering advice while preoccupied with the destruction of existing militaries, 295maneuvering quickly between battles (ya’aph ba ya’aph), reached out to make contact with me (naga’ ‘el ‘any) around the time of the evening (ka ‘eth ‘ereb) offering, the apportionment which is bestowed as a gift (minchah).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:21)

Not only was Gabry’el correctly identified as an ‘iysh | man, a human male, the identity of ‘el | God’s gibowr is readily verified as Dowd. The Messiah is the lone individual who fits this title. And there is no better news than this, because apart from Yahowah, no one in Heaven or on Earth knew as much about the events he was going to address. He had predicted them, describing them in excruciating detail, and he, himself, would fulfill them. Moreover, with Dany’el failing to meet the standard of a prophet, Dowd was the most prolific of them – the gold standard.

In addition, Dowd was also the prophet best prepared to provide the sweeping prophetic history of the world. Not only was he the only man destined to live three lives spanning these eras, but he was also now in Babel | Babylon, the birthplace of the Beast – the realm from which Satan would arise. Whether as a prophet or from his perch in Shamaym, he would witness Babylon become Persia and then watch as the Greeks prevailed over them. The bestiality of Rome was no secret to him as he would experience their savage brutality up close and personally. But most of all, Dowd would have been familiar with his mortal enemy – the final Beast that grew out of Imperial Rome to obfuscate the heroic sacrifices he would make on behalf of his people while persecuting them.

No one has been better at providing advice. And no one surpassed Dowd in the destruction of Yisra’el’s foes, having never lost a battle. Further, Dowd’s greatest gift to his people was offering to endure the long night of Matsah in the darkness of She’owl during Matsah.

296The evidence is overwhelming that this ‘iysh | individual man, this gibowr of ‘el | competent and courageous combatant of God, was His Son, our Messiah and King Dowd | David. The alternative, that he was an archangel, is contrary to the evidence which has been provided as well as in conflict with God’s previous and future interactions with humankind.

In keeping with everything he would write in his Mizmowr and Mashal, Dowd began…

“So (wa), he made the connections to encourage understanding (byn). He spoke with me (wa dabar ‘im ‘any), and he said (wa ‘amar), ‘Dany’el (Dany’el), now at this time in this sequence of events (‘atah), I have come forth (yatsa’) to provide insights and instruction which, if you are circumspect and considerate, will promote (la sakal ‘atah) understanding through discernment (bynah). (Dany’el / Daniel 9:22)

In the beginning, the sickening and wearisome (ba tachilah) matter (dabar) of your desire for favors and your pleading for mercy (tachanuwn ‘atah) was brought up (yatsa’). So, I, myself, have returned and come (wa ‘any) to conspicuously report an informative announcement, making this known (la nagad), because (ky) you are overly needy (chamadowth ‘atah).

Therefore (wa), you will want to be considerate and strive to understand, being diligent and systematic in your evaluation (byn) of this message (ba ha dabar), choosing to make the connections needed to comprehend (wa byn) what is being revealed (ba ha mar’eh).’” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:23)

I have such great respect for Dowd’s intellect and courage, I am eagerly anticipating meeting him, and I hope to have the opportunity to serve in some capacity with him. And based upon what will have transpired during the 32 years prior to this occurrence, I would expect him to be 297aware of my commitment to the systematic and diligent evaluation of his prophetic testimony. We should all strive for this same result. But what none of us want to hear him say is that our “desire for favors and pleading for mercy” has been “wearisome.” Rather than appearing overly needy, the preferred report is to have been overly giving – or at least slightly helpful. This acknowledged, I concur with Dowd. Daniel was self-indulgent and whiney, and I’m glad the Messiah didn’t mince his words. To have distinguished Dany’el with these insights without first providing this criticism would have been inappropriate.

With that brief introduction, Dowd gets down to business – his business…

“The many promises associated with Shabuw’ah and the Shabat, along with the vows pertaining to the things Seven represents, even seventy sevens (shabuwa’ym shib’iym), are determined and decreed, divided out and planned (chathak) on behalf of your people, the extended family (‘al ‘am ‘atah), and upon your set-apart city and its distinctly uncommon inhabitants (wa ‘al ‘iyr qodesh ‘atah) to bring an end to the religious rebellion, eliminating the revolting communal defiance and contrarian views (la kalah ha pesha’), to affix the signature which seals up the guilt associated with having missed the way, precluding ever being wrong again (wa la chatham chata’owth), to provide reconciliation for religious error, purging the perverse corruptions and twisted perversions (wa la kaphar ‘awon), to arrive with and bring that which is eternally right, always correct, forever accurate and honest, thereby attaining everlasting deliverance and vindication (wa la bow’ tsedeq ‘owlam), to provide a personal seal and signature to revelation, confirming and completing these communications (wa la chatham chazown wa naby’), and to prophecy (wa naby’ – to the prophet), while also anointing the Most Set Apart (wa la 298mashach qodesh qodesh).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:24)

This is Dowd’s story, explaining why he was empowered and enriched, enlightened and enabled to fulfill the decree Yahowah had made to his people through the seven Miqra’ey | Invitations to be Called Out. With his arrival in Yaruwshalaim in advance of Passover and then on Kipurym, he has and will bring an end to the consequence of religious rebellion and contrarian views. With him serving as our lamb, shepherd, and counselor, God’s people will never stray again. With our souls perfected and the relationship reconciled on these occasions, Yisra’el will be right forevermore, always correct and thus eternally vindicated. This is the summation of all prophecy, with the fruition of God’s promises occurring the moment Dowd anoints the Mercy Seat of the Covenant within the Qodesh Qodesh of God’s Home on Yowm Kipurym.

In my role as Captain Obvious, since this pronouncement pertains to the Shabat, the promises associated with Shabuw’ah, eliminating the guilt of Dany’el’s people and extended family and, thus, Jews, and of his city, which is Jerusalem, one would have to be a blithering idiot to believe any of this pertained to a Gentile religion which became vehemently opposed to all of these things. As such, this cannot be prophetic of the Christian Christ.

Should you be curious, the reason that I included, but did not lead with, the customary “seventy sevens” rendering of shabuwa’ym shib’iym in this context is twofold. First, we were not given a starting point, and when one is provided in the next statement, the timeline becomes 7 plus 62 weeks. And second, because Dowd is the focus of all seven Miqra’ey, including being the first to be enriched and empowered by Shabuw’ah, shabuwa’ym shib’iym is communicating something considerably more important.

299This insight is fostered by the recognition that Shabuw’ah follows Bikuwrym | Firstborn Children by seven weeks. It serves to improve the lives and witness of God’s family – beginning with the Bakowr | Firstborn – Dowd. As such, Shabuw’ah is a celebration of how his sacrifices during Chag Matsah facilitate the enrichment of the Covenant relationship.

Further, as the fourth of seven Invitations to be Called Out and Meet, the reference to Shabuw’ah correlates to the fourth millennium of human history when its benefits were initially offered. And as the middle Miqra’, Shabuw’ah correlates with Dowd’s purpose and position at the midpoint of God’s restorative timeline.

With Shabuw’ah focused upon enlightening the minds and enriching the lives of the beneficiaries of Chag Matsah, and with it explaining when, why, and through whom this would occur, understanding its position within Yahowah’s overall plan is instrumental to appreciating how we got to this place and where we go from here. Therefore, when we account for the generations from ‘Adam to ‘Abraham, we find that forty Yowbel, or 2000 years, separate them. Additionally, another forty Yowbel transpire from ‘Abraham’s experience on Mount Mowryah to Dowd’s Passover sacrifice in this same place. And that means that a pattern has emerged.

Two thousand years after ‘Adam’s expulsion from the Garden of ‘Eden, God confirmed the Covenant in 1968 BCE (year 2000 Yah) with ‘Abraham as the way for us to return home. Then to provide its benefits, including immortality, perfection, adoption, enrichment, and empowerment, God’s attention would return to this place forty Yowbel thereafter in year 4000 Yah (33 CE), with His Son walking out of the pages of the Towrah to fulfill Passover, UnYeasted Bread, and Firstborn Children followed by the Promise of Seven.

300But that would not be the end of God’s story. Forty Yowbel later, on the Miqra’ of Kipurym in year 6000 Yah (Sunset on October 2^nd, 2033), Yahowah will return with Dowd to reconcile His relationship with Yisra’el and Yahuwdym, restoring the Covenant by integrating His Towrah into the lives of His children. Five days later as we celebrate Sukah | Shelters, we will enjoy the final thousand years of human history on this planet – camping out with our Heavenly Father through year 7000 Yah.

Along these lines, the seven days of Creation, the depiction of the Shabat, the number of Invitations to be Called Out and Meet, and indeed the history of humankind estranged from God, even the number of Ruwach devoted to facilitating the book you are reading are predicated upon the formula of six plus one equates to seven. As such, nearly six thousand years of man separated from Yahowah have transpired since we were expelled from ‘Eden. We are, therefore, on the cusp of the aforementioned one-thousand-year celebration of living together again. In this light, shabuwa’ym shib’iym defines the passage of time from the beginning to the conclusion of God’s story.

Also interesting, when we add the 7 weeks of years between the edict to return and the restoration of Yaruwshalaim, to the 62 weeks of years between that time and the fulfillment of the first four Miqra’ey, we are left 1 week of years shy of 70. Then if the 7-year gap is attributed to the Time of Trouble, the inference is that nothing of merit occurred between year 4000 Yah in 33 CE when the first four Miqra’ey were fulfilled and year 5993 Yah in 2026 – seven years prior to Yah’s return.

Considering all that he said would be accomplished, by offering these numbers and describing the results, Dowd is directing us to his arrival to fulfill Chag Matsah and to his return on Kipurym. He also wants us to be aware of how radically different the last seven years will be compared to everything else his people have previously endured – 301which is also why he will go on to introduce his principal adversary at this time.

And from this perspective, by providing the date he will fulfill Chag Matsah and then jumping ahead 1,993 years to the 7 preceding his return to fulfill Kipurym, he is skipping over the entire era of the rabbis and the Church Age. This suggests that they are counter to the objectives which have been delineated or superfluous to them. And this realization precludes the proposition of a different Messiah and competing testimonials from being part of God’s plan.

Since Dowd will go on to present the exact day and year he will arrive to begin fulfilling the first four Mow’ed Miqra’ey – Pesach, Matsah, Bikuwrym, and Shabuw’ah – there are aspects of these Invitations to Meet which are germane to the prophecy. By fulfilling Passover and UnYeasted Bread, God’s children become immortal and are perfected, thereby forever resolving the consequence of pesha’, chata’ah, and ‘awon, while ushering in an ‘owlam celebration of everything which is tsedeq.

This statement from Dowd was spoken to unfurl the entire canvas of time and the towrah. This is the entire tapestry from the first strand to the final knot.

“Therefore (wa), know, because it is beneficial for you to be aware by coming to possess the information required to recognize reality (yada’) and gain the insights to understand, realizing that it is prudent after learning to perceive (wa sakal) that from (min) the going forth of the word (mowtsa’ dabar) to return to restore (shuwb), reestablishing (wa la banah) Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Teaching and Guidance on Reconciliation (Yaruwshalaim) until the restoring testimony and eternal witness (‘ad) of the Son of the Sovereign who is conspicuously making this known, and who is providing the leadership and counsel (nagyd) of the 302Mashyach | the anointed Messiah (mashyach) are seven sevens, and thus seven promises and fulfilled vows (shabuwa’ym shiba’ah).

Therefore (wa), in sixty-two weeks (shabuwa’ym sheshym wa shanaym), she will be restored (shuwb) and rebuilt to reestablish and fortify (wa banah) the way to grow and expand (rachob) by being diligent and decisive (wa charuwts) in a troubled time of oppression (wa ba tsowq ha ‘ets). (Daniel / Daniel 9:25)

Then after (wa ‘achar) the sixty-two weeks (ha shabuwa’ym sheshym wa shanaym), the Anointed Messiah (Mashyach) will be cut off and separated (karath) but not for himself (wa ‘ayn la huw’).” (Daniel / Daniel 9:26 in part)

Dowd, addressing his people under the title, Gabry’el | God’s Most Capable and Courageous Man, is the thinking man’s prophet. When he is speaking, as is also the case with ‘ElYah and Yasha’yah, one’s brain needs to be firing on all neurons to keep pace. So, when he repeatedly indicates that to figure this out, we need to be prudent, learning and processing the information which he is providing in an intelligent manner, experience dictates that we follow his advice. In other words, we should consider everything as a whole as opposed to, say, plucking the mashyach references out of context to promote an agenda contrary to everything else he said. To be on the same page with the Messiah, we should linger on this page with him for a while.

His message begins in a straightforward fashion. He is predicting that there will be a public decree issued and recorded regarding the liberation of Yahuwdym | Yahowah’s Beloved from Babel | Commingling which Confuses and Confounds. The similarity between this and the decree to leave Mitsraym | the Crucibles of Religious and Political Oppression during Pesach to begin the Yatsa’ 303| Exodus should be acknowledged and celebrated.

Initially, Yahowah debuted Pesach, Matsah, Bikuwrym, and Shabuw’ah to physically liberate the Children of Yisra’el from religious and political oppression. The process would continue with Yahowah explaining the Miqra’ey to Moseh. It is likely that the Towrah’s Guidance was received during Shabuw’ah. This ultimately led to God’s people entering the Promised Land.

The proclamation Dowd is currently addressing is similar because, this time, Yahuwdym will be liberated from religious and political subjugation in Babel – the birthplace of the Beast which would evolve from Imperial Rome to Roman Catholicism. Not only would they be physically freed, Yahuwdym would be able to rebuild Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Guidance on Reconciliation and the City of Dowd.

After the passage of the period he specified, Dowd’s nepesh | soul would return to his city to serve his people by fulfilling Pesach and Matsah leading to Bikuwrym and the promise of enrichment during Shabuw’ah. In so doing, the nepesh | souls of Covenant Members would be allowed to come home, to survive the tyranny of Roman politics and the subjugation of the Roman Catholic religion.

Nearly 40 Yowbel thereafter, we are using Taruw’ah to call a remnant of Yisra’el and Yahuwdah home, back to the Promised Land, to their Messiah, and to Yahowah. This grand reunion will occur during Dowd’s return on Kipurym | Reconciliations, which leads to Sukah | Camping Out with our Father and His Family forevermore.

So, in this way, with the proclamation to leave Babel | Babylon and restore Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Reconciliation, one event foreshadows the next, becoming a harbinger of what follows, each step liberating us from religious influence and political control so that we can come home and live as Family.

304In conjunction with the redemption of his people, the Nagyd | the Son of the Sovereign, by nagyd | publicly revealing what would occur, explaining how it would transpire, and then demonstrating the character and courage to bring this to fruition, Dowd is the one who is providing leadership and counsel as ha Mashyach | the Messiah. He is fulfilling his vows and those of his Father over the course of the seven Mow’ed.

There is yet another similarity between these four liberating proclamations. Each time, God’s people were, or will be liberated from a troubling time of oppression. The upcoming variation is known as the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles and will be the worst of these.

Recognizing that Dowd’s triumphantly gruesome and joyously heroic portrayal of his soul’s fulfillment of Pesach, Matsah, and Bikuwrym in the 22^nd Mizmowr depicting what would happen to him more than 400 years prior to this proclamation, this pronouncement may be the most cathartic ever made…

“Then after (wa ‘achar) the sixty-two weeks (ha shabuwa’ym sheshym wa shanaym), the Anointed Messiah (Mashyach) will be cut off and separated (karath) but not for himself (wa ‘ayn la huw’).”

This self-portrait is so compelling, so awe-inspiring, so courageous and compassionate, I am bereft of the right words to convey the enormity of this moment. I am terrified by what he had volunteered to endure and overjoyed by what he accomplished. I am also horrified by what the religious have done to cheat him and us of the magnitude of this gift.

I’m not immune to criticism either. Over the past 22 years, I’ve made more excuses for Daniel 9:25 and 26 than anything else in the Tanakh. And now, I know that it is only from the perspective of Dowd revealing what he would achieve that his words ring true.

305The only prophetic statements which rival this in the challenges they pose to translation and understanding are 2 Shamuw’el 7 and Yasha’yah 9, both of which we’ll consider again at the conclusion of this chapter. By considering Yahowah’s response to Dowd wanting to build a home for Him that I was finally able to resolve the identity of the son and king. And all that was required for it to be consistent with the whole of God’s story was to understand the change in audience – from God speaking to Dowd through Nathan, to God speaking of him to us, and then back to speaking directly to His Son and our King. The identity of the son in Yasha’yah 9 lay in the recognition that only one name was given to identify him, just as there is only one person to whom all of the accolades are applicable.

If you recall, in the preamble to this prophecy, Gabry’el | God’s Most Capable and Courageous Man listed many things which would be resolved as a result of what he would accomplish, some of which were achieved during Chag Matsah while most will be accomplished upon Dowd’s Yowm Kipurym return. They are listed together because they are the product of the same Messiah. And speaking of ha Mashyach, if not Dowd, how would a new one have been anointed such that we could learn of him? Dowd had clearly stated that this would bring an end to prophecy. There would be no one for Yahowah to work with or speak through after this time.

And if I may reprise my role as Captain Obvious, since we know the timing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, and we have done the math, we know that the Messiah’s arrival was four days before Pesach in the Yowbel year of 4000 Yah, 33 CE, in absolute harmony with the Towrah’s instructions. Since ha Mashyach’s body was karat | cut down on Passover and then his soul was karat | separated on UnYeasted Bread, a Shabat, with the Firstborn released and returned to his Father on Firstborn Children, the 306individual fulfilling the Towrah’s promises could not have been the founder of a Towrah-adverse religion. That would have been stupid.

Dowd knew that something special was going to occur in his city, Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Guidance Regarding Reconciliation, in 7 + 62 weeks of years from the pronouncement to return, not only because he was a prophet but, also, because he would endure it.

While I’m anxious to reprise the math and verify the result, rather than interrupt the conclusion of this prophecy, let’s table the arithmetic until after we have listened to all Dowd has to share. After all, Dowd knew what was going to happen to himself and to his people, and he warned us about it. Nonetheless, Yahuwdym allowed it to occur…

“Then (wa) the people and nation, even the army (‘am) of the commanding officer and supreme leader who is making copious announcements and prolific declarations (nagyd) who is to come (ha bow’) will attempt to corrupt, ravage, and destroy (shachath) the city (ha ‘iyr) and the Set Apart and Sanctuary (wa ha qodesh).

And (wa) his demise, when he is cast off at the conclusion of this duration of time (qets huw’), will be overwhelming, especially intense with an overpowering force (ba ha sheteph) so that, up to the very last moment in the end (wa ‘ad qets), war (milchamah) will be decreed, quickly decided upon and pronounced (charats), which will be devastating and desolating, appalling and horrifying (shamem).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:26)

The most challenging aspect of correctly rendering Dowd’s intent in this statement is the realization that he previously used nagyd to speak of himself as the “Son of the Sovereign.” Often rendered as “leader, officer, or official,” especially “prince,” which is “the son of a 307sovereign,” the title can be good or bad depending upon the individual. Also, since it is derived from nagad, which speaks of “making an announcement such that something becomes conspicuously known, to make a confession or proclaim a message,” a nagyd is positive or negative based solely upon who is saying what to whom. And in the initial reference, the message was positive and the individual altruistic, but now, the opposite is true. Therefore, the Messiah is revealing that he has an evil counterpart, someone who is equally devoted to negating what he has achieved.

Having completed our review of Daniel and Ezekiel, we realize that Dowd’s adversary is ha Satan. And we are expecting to see the Devil incarnate enter Jerusalem to foil Dowd’s agenda and God’s reunion with His people within two weeks of the Witnesses’ arrival on Passover in 2030.

Since Dowd will have been victimized by those affiliated with the Adversary during and following Chag Matsah, with the Romans torturing him and then religious Christians and Jews disavowing and discrediting his achievements, there is a continuity between those who destroyed the city and sanctuary in 70 CE, and again in 133 CE, even those who would abuse the Set-Apart People, thereafter, and the Devil’s Advocate. This being the case, we should be on the lookout for Roman Catholics and leaders from nations which emerged from the shadow of Imperial Rome. Also, since Dowd revealed that the ‘am | people, nation, and army of the nagyd | military and political leader calling for the shachath | destruction of the city are related to this Adversary, we can look to Macedonia as well, due to the composition of the Legions which sacked Jerusalem. Although, identifying where he comes from is vastly less important than recognizing who he represents.

It is apparent that Dowd’s evil opposite will flail and then fail before being sent off to She’owl in the fleeting 308moments of the 6^th millennia. Upon his arrival, he will be bombastic, an outrageous character with an overwhelming presence and imposing manner. This Last Days Tour de Force will approach under the guise of a peacemaker, but he will quickly decide to rally the world against Israel, promoting a war that will be devastating and desolating.

“So (wa), he, as an exceedingly influential person, will vault himself into prominence by arrogantly confirming and imposing (gabar) a treaty, a covenant agreement and arrangement (beryth) with a great many, including plenty of rabbis, the preponderance of people, especially the elitists (la ha rabym), either for one week, based upon a single promise, or during a particular Shabuw’ah (‘echad shabuwa’).” (Dany’el / Daniel 9:27 in part)

The implication is that Satan’s Advocate will vault himself into prominence by convincing Progressive and Orthodox Israelis that they will achieve peace by breaking their nation into pieces and giving them to him to administer an Islamic state, with Israel retreating to her 1967 borders. The implication is also that his Final Solution to the Jewish problem will be endorsed by the BRIC nations, which will include Saudi Arabia and Iran by this time. With Israel defenseless and vulnerable, the Peace Now movement will rapidly devolve into a final and horrifying battle for control of what remains, Satan’s last-ditch effort to forestall Dowd’s homecoming on Kipurym by exterminating Jews.

Should you think that this isn’t likely this soon, between 2027 and 2033, let’s survey the current landscape. First, the United States’ debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya destabilized the Islamic Middle East and not only gave Iraq and Syria to Iran but, also, galvanized their relationship with Russia and China. This will lead to Iran becoming a nuclear power and to the demise of the petrodollar. This, in turn, will be the demise of the dollar 309as the world’s reserve currency, which is important because the U.S. will no longer be able to afford or service its $40 trillion debt, creating insolvency, bank failures and a crippling depression. In its place, BRIC, led by China and Russia, will expand to fill the void.

Second, the world’s overreaction to Covid 19 deprived people of their freedoms and livelihoods. It left them without purpose and their nations with diminished resources, along with increased death rates and mounting debt. Some 100 nations are on the verge of collapse. And despots the world over now know how easy it is to control people through fear such that they willingly surrender control over their lives.

Third, the United States engineered a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine beginning in 2008 when President George Bush lit the fuse by vowing that Ukraine would become part of NATO. Barack Obama set the explosive charge in Kiev by sponsoring the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution against the popularly elected pro-Russian government. Two years later, in December of 2016, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain declared war on Russia using Ukraine as a proxy, telling troops occupying the ethnically Russian Donetsk region that America would supply an unending supply of weapons and stay in the battle for as long as required for the Ukrainians to defeat the Russians – five years before the war began. Then with the United States setting up the next Cuban Missile Crisis by arming Russia’s neighbor, war became inevitable when, rather than disarming the situation, the Biden administration doubled down, blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline while affirming that the intent was for Ukraine to join NATO. Not only have hundreds of thousands died, but the sanctions the Biden administration imposed backfired, crippling Western economies while invigorating BRIC.

Fourth, deteriorating relations between the U.S. and 310Saudi Arabia and the Sunni concern over the consequence of being a target of a nuclear Shiite Iran enabled China, the Saudi’s largest customer, to broker a peace that upends the Abraham Accords and assures that Israel will be isolated and alone in a sea of Islamic hatred.

Fifth, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power with an extremist coalition of ultra-nationalists and the absurdly religious, he quickly managed to undermine his credibility by pursuing a self-serving rather than prudent plan for judicial reform. Perceiving his vulnerability, Progressive Jews divided the nation and crippled the government with their massive, persistent, irrational, and obstructionist protests. Seeing that the government is vulnerable, isolated, and unpopular, and that the left and religious extremes are emboldened, Israel has opened the door to be divided and invaded.

Sixth, as a direct result of America’s miscalculations and military invasions, Iran, now supported by Russia and China, controls Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Gaza, while neutering Saudi Arabia. The crazed Islamists have armed the indigenous jihadist cells surrounding Israel with over 100,000 rockets and drones, all of which will be used to overwhelm the Iron Dome. With the U.S. unwilling to fund the $10 billion production cost of needed Tamir interceptors to keep it running, the damage in Israeli cities will be appalling as they are devastated and desolated. Moreover, Israel will go bankrupt shooting down $1,000 rockets with $100,000 interceptors. Simultaneously, under the ruse that they are protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque, millions of Iranian-equipped Islamic jihadists will flood into Israel, targeting Jewish settlements. Armed with anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, by sheer numbers, they will prevail.

Should these possibilities play out over the next three or four years, between 2023 and 2027, which now seems inevitable, then Israel will be susceptible to accepting the Peace Treaty Satan’s Advocate will be offering. And when 311this occurs, the rocket barrage and jihadist invasions of militants will give way to more powerful weapons and more numerous soldiers of nations. With no one to turn to for support, the carnage will be considerable. And if not for Dowd’s return to defend his people, all would be lost.

And seventh, should I be interpreting Dowd’s prophetic testimony and the world stage correctly, we are in a position to understand why, immediately after his fulfillment of Chag Matsah, Dowd turned his sights upon his and his people’s Adversary. For him, it will seem as if going from one day to the next, progressing through the Miqra’ey. After giving Yisra’el an extension on life and redeeming his people during Pesach and Matsah, he became Yahowah’s Firstborn on Bikuwrym, tangibly showing the way home. Empowered by Shabuw’ah, and with Dowd’s homecoming to defend Yahuwdym proclaimed through Taruw’ah, he will return on Kipurym to bring an end to Yisra’el’s Adversary. Yahowah will repair the damage and restore the war-ravaged Earth for Dowd to reign as King of Sukah. That is the plan as presented by Gabry’el | God’s Most Capable and Combative Man – the very individual responsible for achieving it.

Before we move on and deeper into Daniel 9:27, be aware that there are three ways to render ‘echad shabuwa’ – one or all of which may apply. Satan incarnate may be promising to maintain the peace for seven years. And for concessions, he may offer a single narrow promise, which could entail nothing more than his word to defend the now defenseless nation, as bait for his trap. Or, Satan’s Advocate, having arrived two weeks prior to the timing of Chag Matsah in 2030, could be corrupting Shabuw’ah to enrich and empower himself.

This leads to similar options with chatsy ha shabuwa’…

312“And then, either halfway through the week, in the midst of the promise, or during Shabuw’ah (wa chatsy ha shabuwa’), he will stop the observance of the Shabat and seek to forestall the benefit of the sacrifice which had been freely offered as a gift (shabath zebach wa minchah).

The most extreme aspect (wa ‘al kanaph) of this vile and abhorrent action of repulsive religious idolatry (shiquwtsym) will devastate, desolate, and incapacitate (shamem) up to the very end, bringing destruction and annihilation, along with the conclusion of the restoring witness (wa ‘ad kalah).

It will occur quickly, demonstrably, and decisively, with determination and decrees (wa charats) profusely poured out (natak) upon the deserted, desolated, and destroyed who are astonished and stupefied and who will perish because they are too stunned to respond (‘al shamem).’” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Judge / Daniel 9:27)

As we discovered reading the Adversary’s playbook in Ezekiel, for Satan to prevail in his quest to rise above Yahowah in Yisra’el, he must negate what Dowd has achieved and forestall his return. Satan’s influence with Sha’uwl | Paul and Shim’own | Peter in the creation of the New Testament, Imperial Rome and Roman Catholicism to impose its toxin on the world, Rabbi Akiba and the institutionalizing of Rabbinic Judaism to lead Jews away from the truth, and then Muhammad, through whom he became Allah and ushered in unmitigated anti-Semitism through Allahu-Akbar, has managed to negate Dowd’s sacrifice for the preponderance of people. But to forestall Dowd’s return, he must either persuade every remaining Jew to choose him over Yahowah or kill them all such that there is no one left to reconcile. And that is what is explained in Daniel 9:27.

313And on this unhappy note, we have concluded our review of the 9^th chapter of Dany’el. And by doing so, the truth is evident: Dowd was speaking to us of his return to fulfill Chag Matsah and then again on Yowm Kipurym to save and reconcile his people.

So now that we have listened to all Dowd had to say, it’s time to return to the math itself. In this regard, it is helpful to know that a prophetic year isn’t equivalent to a solar year. And so, to ascertain the number of days in “sixty-two weeks” of years, we should adjust our measurements to Yah’s prophetic process. This consists of twelve months of 30 days – not the 365.242 to which we are accustomed.

This duration of time also differed from the Babylonian method because they observed a luni-solar year which added an intercalary month every five to six years to prevent the shifting of seasons. They were aware that the solar year was 365¼ days long, but a lunar calendar remained the only practical timekeeping device before mass communication and mechanical technology. A luni-solar system gave everyone a reliable means to “set their clocks.” Every renewed moon marked the start of a new month.

The Jews used a different method with the same result. An intercalary month was added based on the annual budding and growth of barley, the first grain to rise in the spring. Fruit harvested in the suburbs of Yaruwshalaim | Jerusalem was tested during the approach of the nearest renewed moon to the vernal equinox. If the grain was green and growing, still laden with water, it would dance in a hot pan placed above an open fire. In that case, the next renewing moon would designate the beginning of a new year. However, since this could lead to confusion over centuries of time, with no way to predict one year to the next in advance, the length of a prophetic year – 360 days – was established in Bare’syth / Genesis, where events 314related to the flood are given in both days and years.

The date of the “word which came forth to restore and rebuild Jerusalem” is presented in Nachemyah / Nehemiah. There we read…

“And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when…I [Nachemyah]…said to the king, ‘If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Yahuwdah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.’ …So, it pleased the king to send me.” (Nachemyah / Yah Comforts / Nehemiah 2:1-6)

Now that archeologists have discovered and translated thousands of cuneiform tablets from the ruins of Babylon, we have come to learn that Artaxerxes was not able to assume the throne until 464 BCE. That would make the twentieth year of his reign, and thus the starting date of Dowd’s prophecy, the 1^st of ‘Abyb / Nisan, 444 BCE.

From this date, we must add 7 weeks of years (49 prophetic years) until Yaruwshalaim would be rebuilt. Then there would be another 62 weeks (434 prophetic years) for a total of 483 years until Dowd would arrive to fulfill Pesach, Matsah, and Bikuwrym – leading to Shabuw’ah.

To calculate his arrival, we must multiply 483 (49 + 434) years by the 360 days in the Towrah’s prophetic calendar. This equals 173,880 days, or 476 solar years plus an additional 24 days. When added to our starting date in 444 BCE, since there was no year zero in the Julian or Gregorian calendars, this addition of 173,880 days to ‘Abyb 1, 444 BCE sets Dowd’s arrival on Monday, March 28, 33 CE (Gregorian), Monday, March 30, 33 CE (Julian), the 10^th of ‘Abyb on the Hebrew calendar – the very day the Passover Lamb was to arrive in the Yowbel year of 4000 Yah.

315What has been lost on so many is how exquisitely the detail of the prophecy matched its fulfillment. Dowd’s entry into Yaruwshalaim | Jerusalem coincided with the day the paschal lamb would have been brought into the household, on the tenth day of ‘Abyb, when, just as they had in Chazaqyah | Hezekiah’s time, large crowds had gathered in Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Guidance on Reconciliation. He lived and walked among the people. They got to know him. And as the sun set, and the fourteenth day of ‘Abyb began, he observed the Passover feast as he explained the role he would play to fulfill the promise.

Dowd’s sacrifice corresponded perfectly with the designated time of the sacrifice. It was just before sunset on the fourteenth day of ‘Abyb that he surrendered a mortal body and Yahowah’s Spirit such that his nepesh | soul could carry Yisra’el’s guilt into She’owl and deposit it there on Matsah. Once released, having paid the debt of his people, Dowd’s soul, reunited with Yahowah’s Spirit, became the Firstborn on Bikuwrym.

Then after being enriched and empowered during Shabuw’ah and heralded on Taruw’ah, the Messiah and Son of God will return on Yowm Kipurym to save and reconcile the surviving remnant of Yisra’el. Once that is accomplished, our King will reign over Sukah as we camp out with our Father during our return to ‘Eden.

This is God’s story with His Son playing the starring role. There will be no revisions in the actions or recasting of the lead performer. The only question is who will be there to applaud the Playwright and His cast in the end.

Now that we have resolved the only prophecy which 316speaks of the future arrival and benevolent sacrifice of a Mashyach | Messiah in Dowd’s favor, let’s turn our attention to those which speak of the arrival of a son and king. The most famous of these is found in Yasha’yah | Isaiah 9:5 and 6, but so that we appreciate the context in which it was revealed, let’s begin with the 8^th chapter.

“Yahowah (Yahowah) expressed to me with unfolding implications (wa ‘amar ‘el ‘any), ‘Obtain for yourself (laqach la ‘atah) a very large vellum scroll to make this widely known (gilayown gadowl). Choose to write with a stylus in the common characters associated with mortal man (wa kathab ‘al huw’ ba cheret ‘enowsh): la Mahar Shalal Chuwsh Baz | concerning senselessly and impetuously being prepared, almost eager, to be looted and controlled by the treachery of this despicable conflict (mahar). (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 8:1)

I will sustain a witness to testify for Me (wa ‘uwd la ‘any), whose pronouncements are consistent with the evidence and logical, meticulous and reliable (‘ed), trustworthy and dependable (‘aman), consistent with (‘eth) ‘Uwryah | Yahowah’s Enlightenment (‘Uwryah), who functions as a counselor and advisor (ha kohen) so as to Zakaryah | Remember Yah (wa ‘eth Zakaryah) as a child Yaberekyahuw | Blessed by Yahowah (ben Yaberekyahuw).’” (Yasha’yah 8:2)

The message Yahowah has hidden in plain sight for what will be 2,777 years prior to the remnant of Yisra’el capitalizing upon it is now being revealed for your consideration. All this while, Yahuwdym have listened to the wrong voices…

“People (‘am), by having decided to associate yourselves with misleading shepherds and perverted rulers (ra’ah), you have chosen to be confused and divided, terrorized and scattered (wa chathath). By listening and responding to (wa ‘azan) every (kol) 317distant land and far-off country (merchaq ‘erets), you are asking for war, and must independently arm yourself for your defense (‘azar), such that you will have chosen your own fate, which is to be terrorized and bewildered, divided and broken (wa chathath). (Yasha’yah 8:9)

You may want to devise your plans (‘uwts) based upon the revolting advice and counsel of others (‘etsah), but (wa) it will be nullified because you have chosen to be in violation of the relationship (parar). You can make your pronouncements and state your claims (dabar dabar) but (wa) none of it will stand (lo’ quwm) because truly (ky) ‘Imanuw’el | God is Approaching Us (‘Imanuw’el).’” (Yasha’yah 8:10)

After 27 centuries of bewilderment and tyranny, it is nigh time Yisra’elites stop being religious and political so as to give God a chance. Surely, it could not turn out any worse for them.

“For indeed (ky), this is what (koh) Yahowah (Yahowah) said (‘amar) to me (‘el ‘any) in a manner akin to (ka) a strong and strengthening, empowering and renewing (chezqah), hand, influence and outreach (yad), teaching me so that I would be correct (yasar ‘any), thereby keeping me from walking (min halak) in the ways (ba derek) of these particular people (ha ‘am ha zeh) by saying (la ‘amar), (Yasha’yah 8:11) ‘I do not want you to continually speak of (lo’ ‘amar) conspiracies (qesher), for (la) everything or anything (kol) which by association (‘asher) the people (ha ‘am) continue to claim (‘amar) that this is a conspiracy (ha zeh qesher). And in addition (wa ‘eth), do not respect or revel in (yare’ wa lo’) that which concerns them (‘arats), wondering about or fearing them (mowra’ huw’ lo’).’” (Yasha’yah 8:12)

For most of these past 27 centuries, one conspiracy has 318been proclaimed above all others: Blame the Jews. It persists today, with Israel accused of plotting against the religious gods, killing Jesus, being Allah’s mortal enemy, for the lack of European achievement, and for apartheid against the Fakestinians. And to a significant degree, Rabbinic Judaism, Pauline Christianity, and Muhammadan Islam are cults of personality and conspiracies against Jews.

They all conspire to deny God’s name and His role in our lives…

“With regard to (‘eth) Yahowah (Yahowah) of the spiritual implements (tsaba’), Him (huw’) you should set apart (qadash). And (wa) Him (huw’) you should wonder about, be in awe of, and respect (mowra’ ‘atem). And (wa) Him (huw’) you should be concerned about and inspired by (‘arats ‘atem). (Yasha’yah 8:13)

So then (wa), He will become (hayah) as a sanctuary (la miqdash). But He will also be as a stone (wa la ‘eben) for smiting and dashing (negeph) and (wa) as a rock (la tsuwr) for the downfall (mikshowl) of both (shanaym) houses (beythy) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el). There is a trap (la pach) and (wa) as a snare (mowqesh) for the inhabitants (la yashab) of Yaruwshalaim (Yaruwshalaim). (Yasha’yah 8:14)

And then (wa) many (rabym) shall stumble, falter and fail, be overthrown and suffer (kashal), with them (ba hem) and fall (wa naphal). They will be captured (wa lakad), broken (shabar), and controlled by others (wa yaqosh). And (wa) they will be overthrown (kashal) with (ba) a great many rabbis (rab) also (wa) falling (naphal). Then (wa), they shall be destroyed, ceasing to exist (shabar), ensnared and controlled (wa yarash), even (wa) captured, becoming immovable while clinging together (lakad).” (Yasha’yah 8:15)

In all of human history, no people have been held 319captive longer or fallen farther than Jews. And the reason remains their continuous rebellion against Yahowah.

While the trauma and restraints rabbis have perpetrated upon Jews have been horrific and debilitating, it would have been far worse if they had corrupted the truth in the Babylonian Talmud rather than simply substituting their rhetoric for God’s testimony.

“‘Choose to wrap up, cover, and store the written testimony, keeping the correct information safe and secure from those who oppose it, and then bear witness to the authorized agreement to corroborate it and restore the relationship (tsarar ta’uwdah). Sign, seal, and affix the personal stamp to the Towrah’s Teaching (chatham Towrah) for (ba) My disciples who learn from Me (limud ‘any).’ (Yasha’yah 8:16)

So (wa), I will wait in anticipation (chakah) for the approach of (la) Yahowah (Yahowah) who is concealing His presence (sathar paneh huw’) from the House (min beyth) of Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob). Therefore (wa), I will confidently await the outcome which is beneficial and good (qawah) in association with Him (la huw’). (Yasha’yah 8:17)

Behold (hineh), I, myself (‘any), and (wa) that which I have conceived (ha yeled) to benefit from the relationship that (‘asher) Yahowah (Yahowah) has bestowed through me (nathan la ‘any) serve as signs to illustrate the message (la ‘owth) and (wa) as symbols of important future events which will occur (la mowpheth) with and through (ba) Yisra’el | those who Engage and Endure with God (Yisra’el) in conjunction with (‘im) Yahowah (Yahowah) of the spiritual implements (tsaba’) who dwells, camping out (shakan) in (ba) Mount (har) Tsyown | where the Signs Posted Along the Way (Tsyown).” (Yasha’yah 8:18)

Recognizing that Moseh was more involved in the 320liberation of Yisra’el and taking his people home than performing as a prophet, and Dowd wore a dozen hats, such as Chosen One, Firstborn, Branch, Shepherd, Messiah, King, Son of God, and Savior, such that being a naby’ was just part of his portfolio, we are left with Yasha’yah | Isaiah being the greatest of the prophets. We are reading evidence of why this is so.

“And when (wa ky) they say to you (‘amar ‘al ‘atem), ‘You should consult (darash) with (‘el) the mediums who speak for those who lived in the past (ha ‘owb) and (wa) the spiritualists (ha yada’ony) who meditate and mutter unfounded sentiments (ha hagah) and (wa) who twitter toxic musings (ha tsaphaph),’ instead, shouldn’t the people (ha lo’ ‘am) consult (darash) with (‘el) their God (‘elohym huw’) through (ba’ad) the living (ha chay) not (‘al) the dead (ha muwth)?’ (Yasha’yah 8:19)

According to (la) the Towrah (Towrah), and (wa) according to (la) the written Testimony which presents correct and corroborating information regarding restoration (Ta’uwdah), if (‘im) they do not speak (lo’ ‘amar) in a manner consistent with (ka) this specific message and the way it is worded (ha dabar ha zeh), then as a result (‘asher), they lack discernment and are without enlightenment in their approach to Shachar (‘ayn la huw’ shachar). (Yasha’yah 8:20)

Then (wa) they will pass through it (‘abar ba hy’), stubborn and stiff-necked, strong-willed and perplexed (qashah), often (wa) starving and famished (ra’eb). And it shall come to pass (wa hayah) when (ky) they are malnourished and weakened (ra’eb), they will become antagonized and provoked to anger, struggling with their change in status (wa qatsaph).

Their status will diminish, and they will be treated with contempt as a result of their propensity to slander and insult the reputation (qalal) of their King (ba melek 321huw’) and (wa) of their God (ba ‘elohym huw’), turning away (wa paneh) while being unfaithful in the relationship (la ma’al).” (Yasha’yah 8:21)

This has been Yisra’el’s problem all these many years. They favor the words of their sages and rabbis over God – citing the dead rather than the living. They give lip service to the Towrah while mouthing the words of the Talmud. The most acclaimed rabbis lacked discernment and served the Adversary. We know this because, in the 14^th chapter, Yasha’yah will reveal that Hylel ben Shachar is Satan’s name.

There is but one King of Yisra’el who can be equated with God whom his people have insulted with their denial of his fulfillment of Chag Matsah – Dowd | David. His contribution to the lives of his people has been deliberately diminished.

“Unto the Land (wa ‘el ‘erets), they will look (nabat), but (wa) behold, they will see (hineh) disfavor, anguishing trouble and unfavorable circumstances as a result of an antagonistic and competitive, controlling rival mistress who is vexing and adversarial (tsarah) and (wa) darkness (cheshkah) with discouraging (ma’uwph) oppression (tsowqah). Then (wa) into a place devoid of light (‘aphelah) they will be driven and stray (nadach).” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 8:22)

With this conclusion to the 8^th chapter of Yasha’yah, the focus has been entirely upon Jews. God’s case against the religiosity of His people remains consistent throughout the intervening 27 centuries. And the centerpiece of God’s and His prophet’s rebuke is their rejection of their King and God, denying the contributions they have made on their behalf.

As we turn the page and enter the 9^th chapter of Yasha’yah, we discover that there is no excuse for the religious, political, militant, and conspiratorial darkness 322which has engulfed Israel. Especially now, and partly because of what we have discovered and shared, Jews have at their fingertips the means to bask in Yah’s Light…

“Indeed (ky), there has been no lack of counsel, no reason for discouragement, or inability to flee from the darkness (lo’ muw’aph la hy’) for those subjugated and constrained along the way (la ‘asher muwtsaq) as there was during the previous time (ka ha ‘eth ha ri’shown) when He receded from (qalal) the land of Zabuwluwn | where the egotistical reside and brag about themselves (‘erets Zabuwluwn) and the land of Naphthaly | place of twisting and wrestling (wa ha ‘erets Naphthaly).

In this latter time, during the last days (wa ha ‘acharown), He will deal harshly with the troublesome nature of (kabed) the way of the sea and, thus, the nature of Gentiles (derek ha yam) beyond (‘eber) the Yarden | to Go Down (ha Yarden), of Galyl | the Circuitous and Convoluted Way (Galyl) of the Gowym | non-Yisra’elites (Gowym).” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:1)

For the millions of Jews who have suffered so grievously at the hands of conspiratorial, political, and religious Gentiles these past 3,000 years, Yahowah’s assertion that they could have precluded such agonizing abuse may seem incredulous. And that is largely because they have sought the wrong kind of relief. Based upon His people’s response, there has never been any justification for God to intervene to protect anyone here on Earth. And while that is counter to every religious notion, it is as it should be. There would be no reason for God to intervene on behalf of those who do not know Him and who haven’t listened to Him. Doing so would undermine everything He has said and done.

Moreover, Yahowah has already provided all of the advice and counsel we would ever need to live free and fulfilling lives. As long as we know where to look and 323whom to trust, the light of life illuminates the path home.

This is the dawning of a new day. The darkness will fade to light. The oppressed will finally be liberated. And while that is the best possible news for Yisra’el, God is also announcing that He will hold the Gentile nations accountable for what they have done to antagonize His people. The day which Christians have longed to see will become their nightmare as the remnant of Yahuwdym is saved from them. And as such, this prophecy does not address Jesus Christ or the conception of a Gentile Church.

“The people (ha ‘am) who walked (ha halak) in the darkness and were confused (ba ha choshek) have been shown or will in a moment see (ra’ah – have been able to observe (qal perfect)) an astonishingly important (gadowl – an extensive and expansive, a great and distinguished, an older and enabling, an especially forceful and capable; from gadal – to become significant and enable growth by accomplishing great things, a magnified and empowered) light (‘owr – source of enlightenment).

For those who have dwelt (yashab – those who have lived and who may remain (qal participle)) in the realm of (ba ‘erets) the shadow of death (tsalmaweth – the foreboding darkness of dying; from tsel – that which impedes the light and maweth – perishing at the hands of others), the light (‘owr – the source of enlightenment presented in absolute contrast to the surrounding darkness) will shine brilliantly upon them to enlighten them (nagah ‘al hem – has been presented as a luminary for them, providing the enlightenment, knowledge, and understanding needed for them to respond (qal perfect)).” (Yasha’yah 9:2)

This prophecy opened with a condemnation of Gentiles. It is, therefore, not predicting their awakening. Further, the gowym during the advent of the Christian era were the killers, not those living under death’s shadow. 324This remains so to this day.

Nullifying the Christian claim to this prophecy, there is no credible evidence to suggest that a single gowy at the time, much less many, witnessed or understood the fulfillment of Bikuwrym. As the darkness of Pesach and the lightlessness of Matsah gave way to the Spirit brilliantly reuniting with Dowd’s nepesh | soul during Bikuwrym, the only credible witness was the participant.

While there was a lone contemporary who equated a person to light 2,000 years ago, this prophecy is now depicting events during the Last Days. Further, Yahowchanan | John was a Jew, and his declaration was a case of mistaken identity. And as one might expect, the inhabitants of Galilee at that time and today are overwhelmingly Jewish as both Naphtali and Zebulun were Yisra’elites, not Gentiles.

Based upon the words Yasha’yah selected, his prophecy is addressing Yisra’elites living in the last days, during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles. Those who will have reestablished their relationship with Yah as a result of Dowd’s brilliant oratory will see his light when he returns. And there is no denying that they will have lived through the shadow of death.

Dowd’s light has illuminated the observant for three thousand years. Our eyes are finally being opened to his brilliance. It is Dowd who Yahowah says will be as luminous as the sun in His presence. He is the homing beacon Yahowah empowered to guide His family.

“You have raised up and enabled the Gentile (rabah ha gowy – You have increased the capability of this gowy through magnification and amplification, rearing him as if he were Your own offspring, empowering and expanding the ability of this individual who is ethnically unrelated and who comes from a distant place and time, equipping the Gentile to continue the mission, or 325alternatively: You have increased the nation (hifil perfect second-person masculine singular)) without boasting or exalting Yourself, nor improperly speaking of the favors You sought to bestow (lo’ gadal – without glorifying or promoting Yourself (hifil perfect)).

The delight (simchah) they will joyfully express (samach – they (addressing the ‘am – family) will happily manifest, outwardly conveying their cheerful contentment at that moment in time (qal perfect)) as they approach Your presence (la paneh ‘atah – as they draw near and appear before You) will be comparable to (ka) the jubilation experienced (simchah) during the harvest (ba ha qatsyr), consistent with (ka ‘asher) rejoicing over the favorable circumstances (gyl (qal imperfect)) when they are apportioned (ba chalaq hem – with their assignment and allotment of (piel infinitive)) that which is valuable (shalal – the property and possessions offered to the victorious who prevail).” (Yasha’yah 9:3)

While it is possible, it is unlikely, especially at this juncture when Dowd is being recognized for all he has done, that Yasha’yah would use a gowy to speak of Yisra’el – since it describes someone from an ethnicity, culture, and place which is distinctly not Yisra’el. It is, however, common for Yasha’yah to speak of a Gentile being liberated and empowered, freed of financial, religious, and political burdens, who is lifted up and equipped to explain his prophecies and announce Dowd’s return while calling Yahuwdym home.

The reason for Yasha’yah’s exuberance for this witness is because, when he was taken to Heaven and the door was opened in his presence, no one was waiting outside prepared to enter. As prolific and brilliant as he was, Yasha’yah’s message did not resonate with his people and wouldn’t for some 27 centuries thereafter. So, when he was shown that his words would be heralded to call his people home, such that Yowm Kipurym would become 326something to celebrate, he was naturally prone to promote this voice. Therefore, unless someone else steps up to fill this role, you are reading the result of Yahowah’s commitment to awakening His people such that they understand His prophet before it is too late.

In light of this next statement, however, while the role is important, and while fulfilling it consumes every waking moment, the Ruwach has provided so much assistance, it isn’t a burden but, instead, a great joy…

“For this reason (ky), that which is associated with the burden (‘eth ‘ol) he is carrying (sobel huw’ – of his demanding pressures to prepare the land for the harvest) and (wa) with (‘eth) the Branch (mateh – the ruling symbol of authority) upon his shoulder (shekem huw’), You have discouraged and left incapacitated (chathath – You have disavowed as distracting and divisive, dashing the influence) the rod (shebet) of those who are oppressive and exploitive against him (ha nagas ba huw’), as in the day of Midian (ka yowm Midyn).” (Yasha’yah 9:4)

The reason that I have devoted most every waking hour over the past 22 years to advancing the purpose of Yada Yahowah is that I understand what is at stake. Father and Son, Yahowah and Dowd, are returning to reconcile their relationship with Yisra’el on Yowm Kipurym in the Yowbel year of 6000 Yah – sunset in Yaruwshalaim on October 2^nd, 2033. And yet, even at this late hour, few, if any, in Yisra’el are waiting for Yahowah or the Branch He has upheld.

For there to be a family reunion, some of those who are not yet paralyzed by the exploitative and oppressive nature of Ultra-Orthodox Judaism or Progressive Liberalism must come to their senses and recognize Yahowah by name and Dowd for what he represents. Yom Kipper must change from a day of denial and affliction to 327one of restoration and renewal.

Just as there was no Yahuwd | Jew in Yisra’el prepared to enter Heaven when Yasha’yah was speaking directly to them, there still aren’t many. And with no Jew willing to listen and serve in this capacity and open the door, Yahowah was given no alternative but to use a gowy to save Yisra’el. And that is why this particular message precedes one of the most profoundly important prophecies ever written.

With so much at stake, Yahowah assigned seven ruwach | spirits to enlighten, enable, and embolden this gowy, such that even he could be an effective implement. But that would not be enough, because for him to prevail in conveying a message diametrically opposed to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, liberal progressive politics, conspiracy theories, patriotism, nationalism, and militarism, even societal mores and cultural holidays, he would have to be isolated and defended from attack. And that is precisely what has occurred.

The reference to the Day of Midian is also telling. While obviously not in his league, this gowy | gentile speaking for Yahowah and Dowd on behalf of their people has been solicited and is now unburdened based upon the same criteria Yahowah used when selecting and enabling Moseh | the One who Draws Out. Moses knew nothing about Yahowah, not even His name, at the time of his calling. However, he had a keen understanding of the political, religious, military, and economic forces at play in Mitsraym. And conceptualizing the duplicitous and degrading nature of man’s way was apparent to me just as it was to Moseh. We had both been enmeshed in it and had come to reject it prior to our invitation to serve. And this made us useful.

While it may seem surprising that God uses this 328criterion, the reason Yahowah prefers working with the disenfranchised is that, while He enjoys teaching us everything we need to know about His Towrah, His Miqra’ey, His Beryth, and His Ben, He’d prefer not to waste our time together talking about religion or politics – especially if it can be avoided. Such notions are counterproductive and annoying.

Noach | Noah was the first of his kind in this regard. He lived apart. ‘Abraham and Sarah had left Babylon, and they were walking away when Yahowah introduced Himself to them. Dowd was tending sheep, apart from his family, when God chose him.

Moving forward a few thousand years, and on the cusp of the final exodus, God’s predilections have not changed. Therefore, with the gowy in a similar situation, although admittedly unqualified otherwise, with so much to achieve in such a short period of time, we understand why God is diminishing his economic burdens while keeping the religious and political influences at bay. To be of any value to His people, Yahowah would need his undivided attention. There would be a lot to learn and share. YadaYah.com would be the result.

Fortunately, the information Yahowah wanted him to convey was readily available – just poorly translated and misunderstood. So, with the distractions out of the way, and with an enormous assist from the Seven Spirits of Yahowah, all he would have to do is invest the time needed to learn and then boldly convey it.

However, while he would diligently listen to the prophets and strive to understand them, that was only a means to the end. To be effective, this witness would have to be a herald. And to serve in this capacity with Yahowah in this age requires an open mind, a fast processor, a commitment to reason, an aptitude for making the connections needed to understand, a desire to share, and 329considerable fortitude, along with the ability to adjust on the fly – which means lots of rewrites. For example, while what you are currently reading is part of a new volume as an extension of Coming Home, what we discovered about Dowd by composing it has necessitated yet another comprehensive edit. Yahowah’s growing Covenant Family is committed to ensuring that what you read is right.

That said, the story being reported is not about Gentiles but, instead, about Yahowah’s relationship with the most interesting man in the world: Dowd | David. And it is him we herald and his people we call home.

This assessment brings us face to face with a number of vital questions for inquiring minds. Could the Shepherd also be the Lamb? Who is the son who was given? Who is the gibowr who valiantly defended God’s people? Who is speaking for God? Who is the Counselor? Is Yahowah drawing our attention to Dowd who is conveniently named in this prophecy or to someone who is not?

From a historical perspective, who at the time of Yasha’yah’s writing had been the most prominent person in Yisra’el, “David” or “Jesus”? Which individual, properly presented and accurately cited, are Yahuwdym most likely to follow out of political and religious Babylon and back into a relationship with Yahowah?

In the battle of ideas between the world’s most popular religion and the truth, our perceptions of Dowd serve as the fulcrum upon which everything pivots. Central to that debate is whether this prophecy pertains to the Son of God or to the Son of Man, to the Mashyach, Melek, wa Ra’ah or to someone so irrelevant that he was never named in any prophecy.

Cognizant that the fate of Yisra’el hinges on Yahowah’s guidance, might this phraseology about the gowy have been placed in the preamble to Yahowah’s single most misunderstood and misappropriated prophecy 330to help answer these questions? After all, addressing His words as Yah intended provides the means to unravel the misguided mythos of Replacement Theology – the most debilitating and duplicitous influence on humankind. And by accurately translating this prophecy, we are able to unravel the lie which lurks in the heart of the most popular, anti-Semitic religion.

For the first time in over two thousand years, words and insights which have eluded man’s grasp are acknowledged. In the process, Yahowah is becoming known to more Yahuwdym prior to His return than would have otherwise occurred. And Dowd’s sacrifice as our Savior is finally being appreciated and respected.

The realization that none of this would require another prophet or additional revelation is pertinent because it means that the truth has been available to God’s people – even if it went unnoticed. It means that this gowy isn’t a prophet but, instead, a devoted translator with an inquisitive mind – such that he is a witness and herald.

If you recall, in the prophecy predicting his arrival to save his people during Chag Matsah and to eliminate the opposition during Yowm Kipurym, Gabry’el | God’s Most Capable and Courageous Man spoke of one last horrifying battle…

“Surely (ky), every (kol) boot (sa’own – sandal of a soldier; from sa’an – the treading and trampling feet of warriors) of marching armies (sa’an – of militaries on the move who tread upon) is part of the commotion and clamor of battle (ba ra’ash – the riotous discordant sounds of chaos, the staccato percussion of weapons and the rumbling earthquake of trembling of those doing the fighting and the shuddering and fearful response of those seeking to defend themselves) along with (wa) the attire (simlah – the uniforms and clothing) befouled by wallowing (galal – made filthy dirty by rolling) in blood 331(ba dam) will come to exist as (wa hayah la) fuel (ma’akoleth – that which is consumed and destroyed) to be burned up (saraphah – thoroughly kindled and combusted) in the fire of blazing light and radiant energy (‘eth – bright and glowing illumination).” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:5)

A war of this enormity against Yisra’el has yet to occur, but it will transpire – and soon. And this time, it will be Dowd, returning as if he were God, brilliant as the sun, who will snuff out all opposition to his people.

For Christians to misappropriate the prophecy presented in the next statement, they must disregard the realization that it is introduced by an overt reference to what occurred at Midyn | Midian and that it speaks of a loud and bloody army that is incinerated by the Son who is arriving.

That did not occur in conjunction with his arrival as a child in 2 BCE nor in the years prior to his sacrifice in 33 CE. It has not transpired at any time in our past. It will not occur prior to Dowd’s Yowm Kipurym return with Yahowah in 2033, year 6000 Yah. Christians simply ignore this portion of the prophecy because it doesn’t fit their guy. And while ignorance may be the path to faith, it does not lead to Yah.

Our work together has led us to the precipice of what Yasha’yah is about to reveal, to the same mountain and then on to the Promised Land. We have learned that there is someone who is more important to our well-being, and to our approach to God, than even Moseh. The most relevant insights into the relationship come from Yahowah’s beloved Son, His Messiah and King, the Prophet who would shepherd and defend God’s people, a Yahuwd who was chosen to write the songs which will be sung in Heaven, and the man who volunteered to serve as the Lamb.

332For the past 2,700 years, the world has been wrong about Yasha’yah 9:6-7, even though it is among the most quoted of all prophecies. It is not predictive of “Jesus Christ” but is, instead, descriptive of Dowd, more commonly known as “King David.” Based on what is said about him, the implications could not be greater. Rather than following after a mythical “Jesus,” the world ought to have been listening to and benefiting from Dowd.

Instead of predicting the “birth of God,” rather than justifying Christmas, instead of predicting the arrival of “Christ,” and rather than validating the Christian religion, Isaiah 9:6-7 obliterates everything Christians have been beguiled into believing. Quite honestly, it’s obvious.

It is why we possess so much of what Dowd wrote, all in the original language, all marvelously preserved, all easily verified. There were more Psalm scrolls found in the caves above the Dead Sea than any other. And yet, with “Jesus,” we don’t even have a viable name. There are no prophecies announcing his arrival nor any record of anything the alleged god-man may have written. All Christians have is a misnomer upon whom hearsay has been projected and myths conceived, residing in a swamp of historical and cultural anomalies. This was not by accident.

This prophecy affirms that Dowd was the most brilliant, articulate, and insightful man who ever lived – as well as the most heroic and benevolent. As the Son of God, the Messiah, and King, the Shepherd and Lamb, he will be returning with Yahowah to guide his flock throughout space and time.

Simply stated: Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:6-7 pertains to Dowd and not to the Christian caricature of Christ, as so many have been led to believe. And yet, the man and myth are intertwined in many ways. Dowd actually did what Jesus was credited with achieving. Having usurped the 333accomplishments and acclaim of the man, the myth has become legend.

Yasha’yah’s inspired revelation obliterates the Christian world’s errant perceptions of the misnomer and myth of “Jesus Christ.” He becomes an imposter, someone no longer viewed as the Son of God, as the Messiah, as a king or savior. God was not born, He did not die, and there will be no Second Coming of Christ.

Dowd was the Pesach ‘Ayl. His nepesh fulfilled Matsah. He was the Bakowr of Bikuwrym. He is ha Mashyach, ha Melek, and ha Ben ‘Elohym. He opened the doorway to life, purged our souls of guilt, and showed us the way home. My hope is that Yahuwdym come to recognize him as such.

Before we rejoin the prophecy, there are some things we ought to understand. Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:6 and 9:7 telescope time in traditional Hebrew fashion, presenting what has happened and what will occur. Its depictions play out over a period of three thousand years. And since the past, present, and future are seen as one integrated whole from God’s perspective, Yasha’yah 9:6 and 9:7 should never have been broken apart and presented as two distinct thoughts. Therefore, a translator must choose the tense which most accurately reflects the timeframe being discussed in the transition from Hebrew to English. In this regard, we must pay especially close attention to the conjugations which speak of things which are completed during a period of time or ongoing and continuous.

Also, adjectives follow nouns just as adverbs come after the action they are depicting in Hebrew. But since English grammar uses the opposite approach, the translation needs to reflect this arrangement to be accurate. For example, just because it is ruwach qodesh in Hebrew, does not mean that we should write “Spirit Set-Apart” in our translations. As it relates to the following, Yasha’yah 334wrote: “counselor who is brilliant and insightful” not “Wonderful, Counselor.” Similarly, the prophet spoke of the “gibowr – valiant and heroic man of God,” not “Almighty God.” Further, he said that he would be “an eternal witness providing enduring testimony for the Father” rather than being the “Everlasting Father.”

Additionally, shem is more than a “name” in that it also conveys an individual’s “renown and reputation.” I share this because there is only one actual “name” among the seven historic and seven prophetic portrayals of this individual’s nature and value. And that is Dowd.

Therefore, what follows is a profoundly different, and yet vastly more accurate, presentation of Yasha’yah 9:6 and 9:7 than any you have seen before. The opening stanza may be the most memorable ever spoken…

“For indeed (ky – because truly, emphasizing this statement while revealing an important contrast), a child (yeled – a boy, an ordinary son, the male offspring of his parents, an infant who grows up to become a young man, a descendant; from yalad – is brought forth) was born (yalad – was conceived and brought into view through a woman impregnated by the father of the child at a moment in time (pual perfect passive)) before us (la ‘anachnuw – to, for, and among us), a son (ben – a male descendant, the masculine offspring of a mother and father) was provided and placed (nathan – was given and produced at a point in time, appointed and bestowed, brought and devoted (nifal perfect passive)) concerning us (la ‘anachnuw – on our behalf, regarding our approach).

The opportunity to learn what can be known about how to engage and endure in addition to the government (wa misrah – the dominion and sovereignty to lead; from my – to ponder the implications of sarah – having the power to exert oneself, to contend, to persist, and to persevere) was and will be (wa hayah – has been, 335continues to be, and will actually exist with ongoing implications (qal imperfect active – literally with unfolding consequences over time)) on (‘al – upon) his shoulder (shekem huw’ – his back based upon a continued succession of events transpiring upon his ridgeline and predicated upon the eagerness in which he pursued his calling early in his life).

His name, reputation, and renown (wa shem huw’ – his personal and proper designation) has been read and recited as (qara’ – was invited and summoned as, was called out and welcomed as, was met with and proclaimed as, and was read aloud and announced as (qal perfect [from 1QIsa])): a counselor providing valuable advice (yow’ets / ya’ats – one who offers direction and thought-provoking guidance to deliberate, an analyst who proposes and reveals the purpose of the plan, a mentor who speaks out and urges those who listen to follow his guidance and thinking because it is thoughtful and reasonable) who is astoundingly brilliant and amazingly insightful (pele’ – who is marvelous, wonderful, and distinguished, surpassing all others, set apart and separating, influential and fantastic, as well as prophetic), a valiant and heroic individual with a prominent military and political standing in the community (gibowr – a powerful person who prevails, a mighty warrior, brave and strong soldier, a capable and proven defender, a champion confirming the influence and strengthening nature) of God (‘el – of the Almighty), an eternal witness providing restoring testimony (‘ed – an observant and meticulous individual providing everlasting evidence from long ago, sharing proof which is reaffirming, an eyewitness back in time conveying and memorializing information regarding the perpetual and continued existence) for the Father (‘ab – of the progenitor, originator and male caregiver and provider), the leader who conveys the authorized position (ha sar – the ruler of the government who acts and delivers, who has the authority and power to prevail with 336regard to representing the official stance on [from 1QIsa]) on reconciliation and restoration leading to salvation (shalowm – on the blessings of restitution and redemption, on peace and prosperity, on satisfaction and favoritism, on association and friendship, regarding health and prosperity, on safety and being complete, regarding lacking nothing, on contentment, tranquility, and companionship in the relationship), (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:6) tremendously increasing (rab – abundantly, greatly, and extensively, plentifully and totally, to the largest extent possible on the scale of spatial dimensions amplifying and growing) the ability to learn about and respond to (lam – providing the information and imparting the instruction learned as a student, teaching how to become familiar with the guidance needed to accept, diligently studying and then explaining the pattern and plan, as a student eager to learn who is taught by another, having received clear and compelling revelations so as to be prepared to intelligently convey; contracted from lamad – to teach and learn, gaining information through instruction and then responding appropriately to) the means to engage and endure, to be liberated and empowered (ha misrah – the person being written about choosing to understand by questioning the who, what, where, why, when, and how of that which pertains to persisting and persevering, of being set free and being empowered; a compound of my – to probe and question sarah – the means to engage and endure, to contend, to be liberated, and to be empowered).

As a result of this approach (wa la – then adding these things together, collectively, therefore and accordingly, facilitating this direction), reconciliation and restoration, complete satisfaction and total contentment (shalowm – the blessings of an entirely favorable circumstance leading to overwhelming prosperity, friendship, and affection, tranquility and companionship, safety and salvation from harm’s way, as well as deliverance, resulting in a free, healthy, and 337satisfying relationship) will be without end (‘ayn qets – will never cease or be negated, and are unbounded and limitless, without constraint) upon the throne (‘al kise’ – before the seat of honor in association with the high status of the dignified and empowering garment, the source of power adorning and covering the royal authority) of Dowd (Dowd – the Beloved), as well as (wa – in addition) upon his kingdom through his considered advice and counsel (‘al mamlakah huw’– as a result of his sovereign authority and reign over his realm, and on account of his thoughtful guidance and assistance; from malak – to reign by providing considered and intelligent advice and instruction, directions and counsel) so as to be prepared and established by it (la kuwn ‘eth hy’ – authenticated and authorized by it, to be prepared and become steadfast, ready and supported through it, deciding and concluding to approach regarding it (hifil infinitive construct – whereby the object is engaged by the subject, becoming akin to a secondary subject irrespective of time or place in the feminine singular and thus addressing mamlakah)), and (wa) to be restored and sustained by it (wa la sa’ad huw’ – to be renewed and upheld through it, to be strengthened and supported by it, and to make it safe and secure, refreshing it with the most favorable and nourishing sustenance [huw’ / it is masculine in 1QIsa and thus refers to Dowd’s kise’ | seat of honor vs. feminine in the MT, addressing the kingdom]), with the means to exercise good judgment and justly resolve disputes (ba mishpat – as part of a plan to decide, as a prescription based upon an official proclamation depicting how the Judge will determine each case, remaining completely fair and yet consistent; from my – to ponder the implications of shaphat – deciding, judging, being discriminating, and resolving controversies) by (wa ba – also with) being right (tsadaqah – being correct, fair, and just, acquitting and vindicating, honest and blameless, innocent and in full accord with the standard) from then to now (min ‘atah – 338beginning congruent with the events being depicted, right now and thus coinciding with this narration, simultaneous with this rational declaration) and forevermore (wa ‘ad ‘owlam – throughout all time, eternally).

The deep devotion and passion (qin’ah – the zeal and fervor for exclusivity, strong desire to accomplish something special, and ardent love and jealousy) of Yahowah (Yahowah – an accurate transliteration of the name of ‘elowah | God guided by His towrah | instructions regarding His hayah | existence and our shalowm | reconciliation) of the vast array of spiritual implements (tsaba’ – of the host of heavenly messengers and envoys) has consistently engaged to make this happen (‘asah zo’th – has caused this to continuously occur, having always done what was required, such that He will act accordingly to accomplish this, fashioning this result, continuing to perform in this way (qal imperfect active with ‘this’ as feminine, meaning Yahowah is actually engaging such that we can be continuously right)).” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:7)

At the time of this writing, circa 735 BCE, the declaration: “a child was born before us” would naturally have pertained to Dowd | David. This child was not only conceived and born in the normal fashion, in the perfect conjugation, this life could not have been eternal. When considering the statement, “a son was provided concerning us,” we should turn our attention to the one man of whom Yahowah stated, “He is My Son and I am his Father.”

Yahowah placed the governance of Yisra’el on Dowd’s shoulder. He chose him to shepherd His people, anointed him Mashyach to demonstrate His authorization, and then appointed him Melek. Further, in this case, the verb, hayah, was scribed in the imperfect, indicating that what had been done would be secure throughout time. Dowd is not only the most obvious and most qualified individual, but he is also the only man who was and will be 339king.

Those who have read his Mizmowr know the “counselor providing valuable advice who is astoundingly brilliant and amazingly insightful.” When it comes to providing brilliant counsel, thought-provoking guidance, and valuable insights, Dowd is in a class by himself.

If there actually were a person named “Jesus Christ” in 1^st century Judea, and if we had extant texts written by him in Hebrew, carefully and copiously preserved, as we do with Dowd, then the man and the myth might both qualify. But we don’t have a single word written by the misnomer, while in comparison, there were more parchments devoted to the Mizmowr | Psalms preserved among the Dead Sea Scrolls than anything else inspired by God.

Gibowr does not mean “Almighty,” and thus his name was not “Almighty God” as Christians want the faithful to believe. This deception should be enough to make the rational reject religion. Not only wasn’t the Christian “Jesus” “Almighty God,” in that he was both a myth and all of God won’t fit in our three-dimensional world, the caricature was not a “gibowr – a valiant and heroic individual with a prominent military and political standing in the community.” Dowd was, however, Yahowah’s gibowr | most capable, courageous, and combative man. His reputation began with a rather large Philistine and will continue with the eradication of antagonistic Gentiles. Able to read the prophecy, this explains why Jews could not accept the Christian “Jesus” as the Messiah or as the fulfillment of this proclamation.

As we ponder the implications of what Dowd has written, it is hard to miss the realization that he is “an eternal witness providing enduring testimony on behalf of the Father.” That said, neither Dowd nor the Unnamed Guy is the “Eternal Father,” making the Christian “translation” 340highly suspect. At issue is ‘ed, whose primary definition is as I have rendered it: “an eternal witness providing restoring testimony.” ‘Ed speaks of an observant and thorough individual providing everlasting evidence from long ago. An ‘ed shares proof which is restoring and affirming. He is an eyewitness back in time conveying and memorializing information regarding the perpetual and continued existence of God.

In all of human history, no “leader” was as “authorized” by God as Dowd. He was specifically chosen, anointed three times, and appointed king not once but twice. He is afforded every title and depiction of consequence, from Ben ‘Elohym to Bikuwr, from Mashyach to Melek, from Ra’ah to Zarowa’, called Gibowr to Tsadaq, and is even depicted as the Branch, a Prophet, the Chosen One, the Most Set Apart, and the Hand of God. And there are no prophecies offering any of these titles to someone else.

It is hard to miss the connection between Dowd and shalowm because his son, the last king to rule over a unified Yisra’el, was named Shalomoh | Solomon. Further, Dowd, whose redemption was assured because he was right, conveyed the means to reconciliation leading to salvation such that we could all follow him home. It is fair to say that Dowd epitomized “favoritism and friendship” when it came to God.

But far beyond this, by serving as the Passover Lamb, Dowd opened the door to life, providing the ultimate gift to his people. By fulfilling Chag Matsah, Dowd would provide everlasting shalowm between Yisra’el and Yahowah.

Those who listen and respond to Dowd’s songs and capitalize upon his sacrifice are “shalowm – reconciled and satisfied” “‘ayn qets – beyond limitation.” We are “kuwn – prepared and established,” “sa’ad – restored and 341sustained,” “ba mishpat – having exercised good judgment about the means to justly resolve the disputes” which would have otherwise separated us from Yah. And this is because Dowd was “tsadaqah – right” regarding Yahowah, so our relationship will endure “min ‘atah – from then to now” “wa ‘ad ‘owlam – and forevermore.”

This prophetic portrayal concludes with Yahowah acknowledging that He “‘asah – has personally and consistently engaged throughout time to make this happen” because of His “qin’ah – deep devotion and passion, His strong desire to accomplish something special as a result of His love” for “Dowd – the Beloved.” Considering that it was Yah’s “qin’ah – fervor for exclusivity and ardent love” which lies at the heart of His relationship with His Son, when Christians transferred these promises to “Jesus Christ,” it had to make this Father, who loves His Son, angry.

May I ask anyone still lost in religion: if this was about “baby Jesus,” why did Yahowah dispatch this statement to Yisra’el – to the very people the Christian Jesus allegedly rejected? If we are to believe that this was about Christianity, why was the gift allotted to Jews?

“Yahowah (Yahowah) dispatched (shalach – reached out by sending out (qal perfect)) the word (dabar – the message and statement, this account and promise) unto (ba – among and within, with regard to and because of His association with) Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob – Yitschaq’s son, the Father of Yisra’el) and so (wa) it has been allotted to (naphal – it has fallen upon and been distributed among) Yisra’el (Yisra’el – Individuals who Engage and Endure with God; from ‘ysh sarah ‘el).” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 9:8)

This prophecy is a love story, a genuine treasure. And yet, for thousands of years, it has been used to validate a hateful religion while besmirching the loving relationship 342Yahowah had intended.

I would like to share one more misappropriated prophecy before we turn the page and move on to the next chapter. It reveals the actual identity of the Son of God and returning King.

“It came to pass (wa hayah ky) when the king sat down and relaxed in his home (ha melek yashab ba beyth huw’), because Yahowah (wa YaHoWaH) had given him comforting respite (nuwach la huw’) from his adversaries and rancorous foes (min sabyb min kol ‘oyeb huw’), (Shamuw’el 2 7:1) that the king said (wa ‘amar ha melek) to Nathan, the prophet (‘el Nathan ha naby’), ‘Please look around (ra’ah na’). I live (‘anoky yashab) in a house of cedar (ba beyth ‘erez), but the Ark of God (wa ‘arown ha ‘elohym) sits within curtains (yashab ba tawek ha yarya’ah).’ (Shamuw’el / 2 Samuel 7:2)

So, Nathan said to the king (wa ‘amar Nathan ‘el ha melek), ‘Choose to go and do all that is in your best judgment (kol ‘asher ba lebab ‘atah) because, surely (ky) Yahowah is with you (Yahowah ‘im ‘atah).’ (Shamuw’el 2 7:3)

However, that evening (wa hayah ba ha laylah ha huw’) the word of Yahowah came to Nathan (dabar Yahowah hayah ‘el Nathan). He conveyed (la ‘amar), (Shamuw’el 2 7:4) ‘Go and tell (halak wa ‘amar ‘el) Dowd, My coworker (Dowd ‘ebed ‘any), that this is what Yahowah says (koh Yahowah ‘amar). “Why should you build Me a home to live in (ha ‘atah banah la ‘any beyth la yashab ‘any)? (Shamuw’el 2 7:5)

Indeed (ky), I have not lived (lo’ yashab) in a house (ba beyth) since the time (wa min yowm) that I lifted up 343to be with Me (‘alah ‘any ‘eth) the Children of Yisra’el (beny Yisra’el) out of the crucibles of oppression in Mitsraym(min Mitsraym). Then as an ongoing witness to the restoring testimony, up to (wa ‘ad) this day (ha yowm ha zeh), I have been moving about (wa hayah halak) in a tent dwelling as a tabernacle and home (ba ‘ohel wa ba mishkan). (Shamuw’el 2 7:6)

During any of that time, when showing the way to the benefits of the relationship, that (ba kol ‘asher) I traveled (halak) with all of the Children of Yisra’el (ba kol beny Yisra’el), did I say a single word (ha dabar dabar) to one (‘eth ‘echad) of the leaders of the tribes of Yisra’el (shebet Yisra’el), whom I instructed (‘asher tsawah) to shepherd (la ra’ah) My people (‘eth ‘am ‘any), Yisra’el (Yisra’el), to say (la ‘amar), ‘So why not (la mah lo’) build for Me a house of cedar (banah la ‘any beyth ‘erez)?’ (Shamuw’el 2 7:7)

Now, therefore (wa ‘atah), this is what you should say (koh ‘amar) to My associate, Dowd (la ‘ebed ‘any la Dowd), as a result (koh) Yahowah of the spiritual implements (Yahowah tsaba’) says (‘amar), “I took you (‘any laqach ‘atah) from the sheepfolds (min ha neweh), from chasing after lambs (min ‘achar ha tso’n), to be the conspicuous and informative leader (la hayah nagyd) among My People (‘al ‘am ‘any), over Yisra’el (‘al Yisra’el). (Shamuw’el 2 7:8)

I have been with you (wa hayah ‘im ‘atah) throughout it all (ba kol) revealing the benefits of the relationship (‘asher) as you journeyed through life (halak). I have cut off (wa karat), accordingly, all of your enemies (‘eth kol ‘oyeb ‘atah) from your presence (min paneh ‘atah).

And I have engaged on your behalf to make for you (wa ‘asah la ‘atah) an exceptionally important name, the greatest designation, and the most distinguished 344reputation (shem ha gadowl), when compared to the most glorified designations (ka shem ha gadowl) pursuant to the relationship (‘asher) on the Earth (ba ha ‘erets). (Shamuw’el 2 7:9)

Furthermore (wa), I will appoint and establish (sym) a dwelling place (maqowm) for My People (la ‘am ‘any), Yisra’el (la Yisra’el). I will plant them (wa nata’ huw’) such that they may abide (wa shakan) below throughout a less chaotic time than this (tachath huw’) and no longer be agitated, anguished, or terrorized (ragaz ‘owd). They will not continue to be (wa lo’ yasaph) afflicted or degraded, disparaged or denigrated (‘anah), by unjust and harmful sons, perverted and violent descendants of evil (beny ‘awlah), as will have formerly been the case (ka ‘asher ba ha ri’shown). (Shamuw’el 2 7:10)

From the day (wa la min ha yowm) which, for the benefit of the relationship (‘asher), I appointed and instructed (tsawah) Judges (shaphat) on behalf of My people (‘al ‘am ‘any), Yisra’el (Yisra’el), I will provide a respite (wa nuwach la ‘atah) from all of your enemies (min kol ‘oyeb ‘atah).

In addition (wa), Yahowah (Yahowah) is boldly and publicly announcing to you (nagad la ‘atah) that, indeed (ky), He will act, engaging with you to create the family and home of Yahowah (beyth ‘asah la ‘atah Yahowah).”’” (Shamuw’el 2 7:11)

God was promising to announce and then implement a plan whereby He would engage with Dowd to establish the Family of Yahowah. He was, therefore, addressing Dowd’s role in fulfilling Chag Matsah which made this possible.

“‘Surely (ky), your time will be thoroughly proclaimed and completely fulfilled (male’ yowmym ‘atah). When you will have laid down your life (wa shakab) in association with your ancestors (‘eth ‘ab 345‘atah), I will rise up and take a stand to bring to fruition (quwm) with what you have sown (‘eth zera’ ‘atah), something more in the end without hesitation for you (‘achar ‘atah). For the benefit of the relationship (‘asher), it will be extracted and withdrawn (yatsa’) out of a small particle of your physiological nature (min me’eh).’”

Yahowah is speaking of taking a stand with Dowd’s physiological nature, which would have been required to fulfill Passover as the Pesach ‘Ayil. And at this point, God stops talking to Dowd directly and begins speaking to us about him.

“‘Therefore (wa) I will establish (kuwn) his reign over his kingdom (‘eth mamlakah huw’). (Shamuw’el 2 7:12) He, himself, shall restore and rebuild (huw’ banah) the family home (beyth) for (la) My name (shem ‘any). And (wa) I will prepare and establish (kuwn) the throne (‘eth kise’) of his kingdom (mamlakah huw’) forevermore as a continuing witness (‘ad ‘owlam). (Shamuw’el 2 7:13)

I was, I am, and I always will be (‘any hayah) for him (la huw’) as a Father (la ‘ab) and (wa) he was, is, and always will be (huw’ hayah) for Me as (la ‘any) a son (la ben).

So when that which is associated with him is warped and perverted, twisted such that it is contrary to what has been stated (‘asher ba ‘awah huw’), I will resolve the dispute against him, vindicating him, deciding with him to expose and issue a condemnation (wa yakah huw’) against the weapons and staves wielded by rulers of the nations (ba shebet) of men (‘ishym) and against (wa ba) the fungus and plague that has fallen (nega’) upon the descendants (ben) of ‘Adam (‘adam).’” (Shamuw’el 2 7:14)

And therein is a perfect explanation of the religious 346crusade to transfer the promises made to the Messiah to create a Christ. God was not a fan…

“‘Therefore (wa), My steadfast devotion, enduring love, commitment to the relationship, and unmitigated favor (chesed ‘any) will not be removed from him, be disassociated or diminished regarding him, nor replaced, substituting another for him (lo’ suwr min huw’) as was the case when (ka ‘asher) I turned away from and completely rejected (suwr min) associating with (‘im) Sha’uwl (Sha’uwl) whom, to show the proper way (‘asher), I removed (suwr) from your presence (min la paneh ‘atah).’” (Shamuw’el 2 7:15)

In the debate between Dowd as the Son of God and Sha’uwl as the Devil’s Advocate, Yahowah has taken sides, and that’s good for Jews and unfortunate for Twistians. And now, having concluded speaking to us about His Son, Yahowah concluded the prophecy addressing Dowd directly…

“‘And so (wa) your family (beyth ‘atah) and (wa) your position of authority, your kingdom and reign (malakah ‘atah), are assured, as it is trustworthy and dependable, firmly established, credible, and enduring (‘aman) forever as a continuing witness (‘ad ‘owlam) in My presence (la paneh ‘atah). Your throne and seat of honor (kise’ ‘atah) will be (hayah) established and sustained (kuwn) forevermore as restoring testimony (‘ad ‘owlam).’ (Shamuw’el 2 7:16)

Consistent with all of these words (ka kol ha dabarym ha ‘eleh) and in accord with (wa ka) the entire revelation (kol ha chizywon ha zeh), in this manner, Nathan accurately conveyed this (ken dabar Nathan) to Dowd (‘el Dowd).” (Shamuw’el / Listen to Him / 2 Samuel 7:17)

It is hard to imagine how anyone could remain confused, wondering whether Yahowah is addressing 347Dowd, His Beloved Son, our Messiah and King, the Shepherd and the Lamb, or a misnomer who was never addressed prophetically. If this were a contest between man and myth, it concludes with a score of 1,000 to 0.

And yet, there are millions more Christians beguiled by an illusion than there are Covenant Members who honor Dowd’s contribution to our lives. How is that possible in a supposedly rational world?