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Come Out of Her
Walking Away from the World…
Normally, as a stickler for context, I would summarize the first two statements in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18 before pressing on to the third. But I am going to make an exception in this case to avoid becoming overly repetitive. We all understand that this is a warning to Yahuwdym | Jews living in the United States of America.
Therefore, moving on to this next announcement, we discover that God is not just averse to the United States; it appears as if He is taking a stand against America. After warning and besmirching the nation, Yahowah is raising up a sign to call His people out of America and into the Promised Land.
History is about to repeat itself. Just as He had nearly 3,500 years ago from Mitsraym | the political, religious, economic, and militaristic crucibles of Egypt, Yahowah will liberate His people from America – which is now political Babylon.
The principal difference, other than the mode of transportation, will be that the former was plagued to facilitate the exodus while the latter will be plagued for necessitating it. The sign and the individual associated with it are different too. Rather than Moseh and his shepherd’s staff, Yahowah will lift up a banner for His people to read.
Since this follows God’s denunciation of the United States, it is intriguing to consider why His banner is being raised and His Showphar is being blasted in this place, at this time, and in concert with these prophetic events. And 549while those answers are not necessarily explicit here, they were made manifest back in the 11th chapter of Yasha’yah / Isaiah when Yahowah explained the timing and purpose of the Choter and first introduced us to this sign.
Now we find God is calling His people home once again. This time Yisra’el is being encouraged to come out of Babel | Babylon. Along the way, we are learning something very few have considered. We are discovering why the Nes | Banner is written in English and raised in America.
Toward that end, let’s be forthright with ourselves and with our God. His plea: “Come forth from her midst, My people, and each of you deliver and save yourselves from the fierce anger of Yahowah,” pertaining to leaving Babel | Babylon during the final days of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles (found in Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 51:6 and 51:45), is calling Yisra’el and Yahuwdah home – and no one else on Earth. The only people whom Yahowah considers His People while they are still clinging to some aspect of religious or governmental influence for their protection or salvation are the Children of Yisra’el. Period.
This realization is just part of the equation. Yes, the people being asked to leave Babylon are indeed specified as “Yisra’el and Yahuwdah” in Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 51:5, but the questions that remain are: where is today’s incarnation of Babylon, why are there so many Jews living there, when will this occur, how is the request being conveyed, what specifically is being communicated, what is going to occur here that requires a mass and sudden exodus, and to where are these Yisra’elites being called?
While it pains me to acknowledge it, based upon this context alone, the most principal place from which the Chosen People are being called out is the same place God has just irrefutably and copiously depicted in this prophecy. Today, seventy-two percent of the Yisra’elite 550population estranged from Yisra’el lives in the United States.
The growing Muslim population wants to kill them. The growing neo-Nazi population wants to abuse them. The growing liberal population wants to banish and boycott them. The growing throng of conspiracy theorists now empowered by Trump is wont to see Jews as the root of all evil. And all the while the shrinking Christian population moronically blames them for killing their god.
That is not to suggest that America is the only nation in which Yisra’elites will become increasingly vulnerable. Just this past week, on February 21, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that anti-Semitism in France and throughout Europe had grown as pervasive and vicious as that which incited World War II. He is right. And soon…it will be far worse. And keep in mind, just as we have learned that America is political Babylon, there are countless individuals with Yisra’elite DNA abiding in religious (Roman Catholic) and geographical (Middle Eastern) Babylon. It is long past time for them to come home, too.
As the one Yahowah has called to contribute to the Nes | Banner being raised on Israel’s behalf, to save your soul and those you love, open your eyes and your mind and read…
“All of (kol – the entirety of) you who inhabit (yashab – those who live upon) this perverted Earth (tebel – the habitable parts of the confused world which is in the process of destroying itself; from ta’ and bel – the chamber of the Lord), and also (wa) those who remain and dwell in (shakan – who abide, having settled in) the Land (‘erets – the region or material realm (a metaphor for Yisra’el)), when (ka – accordingly and as soon as, even by association and simultaneously when) the Nes | Sign and Banner, the means to effectively gain the people’s attention, to 551communicate with them such that all can be rallied to the point of action, drawing them together so that they engage in a productive manner, all by conveying important information conspicuously within the community (nes – sign and banner; from neses – to raise) is lifted up (nasa’ – is raised and respected, is picked up and accepted (scribed using the qal infinitive construct which serves as a verbal noun to literally and emphatically demonstrate God’s intent)) and shown on high from above (harym – appearing above all, upon the mount and mountains, from harar – to emerge, appear, loom, show, and reveal from up above), its purpose will be for you all to become perceptive (ra’ah – its intent will be to provide insights and understanding for all of you who literally and continually observe and consider the witness, gaining a perspective by paying attention so as to understand (scribed in the qal stem, imperfect conjugation, and jussive mood – a third-person expression of volition (and thus addressing the purpose of the nes) for all of those who are genuinely observant with benefits unfolding over time)).
And also (wa) when (ka – accordingly as soon as, by association and simultaneously as) the Showphar (showphar – trumpet comprised of a ram’s horn used for signaling which is symbolic of the purpose of Yowm Taruw’ah – issuing a warning about opposing Yah while conveying the benefits of Yah’s offering; from shaphar – to be bright, pleasing, and beautiful) sounds (taqa’ – is blown, conveying the signal by making a blast encouraging listeners to join together, to make a pledge, and then depart (the qal infinitive intensifies the importance of this action using a particularly descriptive verbal noun)), listen (shama’ – consistently, actually, continually, and genuinely hear the sound, receive the message, and pay attention to the invitation and summons (qal imperfect))!” (Yasha’yah / Salvation is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:3)
552This message is being addressed to Yahowah’s people, designating them by where they have settled. It is for every Yisra’elite living anywhere in the corrupt world of man. Tebel speaks of the “inhabited places of the Earth which are confused and perverted.” As a compound of ta’ and bel, it is the “Lord’s realm” – and as we have learned, Ba’al | Lord is Satan’s name and title.
This message is for those who remain and dwell in the Land and thus for those who have survived the Islamic tsunami into Yisra’el. This distinction is important because the most estranged are being called home to Yisra’el, while those already in the Promised Land are being called to God’s Home and thus into the Covenant. More to the point: those living in Yisra’el need to accommodate and accept the massive influx of Yahuwdym that will be arriving from the United States and the rest of the world. The population of Yisra’el may double by 2030 if the message on the Nes | Sign is heeded.
As we have already discovered, a time is coming when Yahowah is going to lift up and prominently display a Nes Sign and Banner to accomplish this very thing. His plan was detailed earlier in Yasha’yah | Isaiah throughout the 11th chapter. And so now you will find the words depicted upon this Nes may be among those written throughout Yada Yahowah, An Introduction to God, Observations, and Coming Home, even Babel, Questioning Paul, and Prophet of Doom,
I take comfort in knowing that every word found therein represents a devoted and honest attempt to accurately and comprehensively translate Yahowah’s words and then comment on them in a manner designed to convey insights and encourage thoughtful contemplation. Furthermore, Yahowah wants the individual translating and compiling the Nes to be yada’ | known such that His people ra’ah | look at and pay attention to what he has written for their benefit. The Nes is Yahowah’s, making it 553consistent with the message of Moseh, Shamuw’el, Dowd, and Yasha’yah.
Based upon Yah’s propensity to work through men rather than dictate to them, His Choter has risen to this occasion and is scribing God’s message as a useful tool. The Nes | Sign he is composing is based entirely on Yahowah’s prophetic testimony. The conclusions and insights are from the Towrah, Naby’, wa Mizmowr. With the help of Yahowah’s Seven Spirits, this report is essential for God’s people at this time. Yada was called and has been prepared for this moment and mission. It is why there are three Zarowa’ – Moseh to convey Yahowah’s message to mankind, Dowd to live it, and Yada to bring Yahuwdah and Yisra’el back to it.
Unique among men, as is God’s custom, like Moseh before him, the Choter would be well versed on the enemy opposing God’s people. He would also be a reflection of Dowd, a passionate and articulate, intellectually astute and courageous, student of the Towrah who fell in love with Yahowah. The Choter would partner with these great Zarowa’ by sowing their seeds such that they would take root and grow at this time, producing a productive harvest of saved souls.
While I have never seen myself in the company of these great men, other than as their beneficiary, with the unprecedented benefit of Yahowah’s Seven Spirits, even the lowliest of branches can bear abundant fruit. This is why Yahowah inspired Solomon to speak of the Nakry | Observant Foreigner during the dedication of Yahowah’s Home atop Mount Mowryah | Moriah. This is God’s plan, it is being fulfilled as He foretold, and He was not shy about telling His people about this.
What follows is Shalomoh’s | Solomon’s commencement address to the Children of Yisra’el upon the completion of Yahowah’s Home, more commonly 554known as the “First Temple.” In the midst of the preeminent Sermon on the Mount, Solomon, after speaking of his father, Dowd, foretold…
“So therefore (wa gam – also and in addition), regarding someone else, the observant and discerning foreigner from a different ethnicity and geographic location who will come to understand (ha nakry – someone from a different place and culture, speaking a different language, who, having paid attention will comprehend and respond; from nakar – someone who, by being attentive and astute will come to be acquainted, recognize, and acknowledge something which deserves our highest regard and respect), who, to show the way to the benefits of the relationship (‘asher – who, to reveal the correct and restrictive path to walk to get the most out of life) is not of your people (lo’ min ‘am ‘atah), this Yisra’el (Yisra’el huw’), he will come (wa bow’ – he will arrive and enter the scene) from a distant country in a distant time (min ‘erets rachowq – out of a land a great distance from Yisra’el and following a long interval of time) for the express purpose of being a witness and providing answers regarding (lama’an – for the sake of responding and replying to, providing testimony as a witness with the express intent and purpose of revealing) Your (‘atah – Yahowah’s) surprisingly important (ha gadowl – tremendously empowering and distinguished, growth-promoting and magnifying, and astonishingly great) name (shem – personal and proper designation, renown, and reputation), the influence of Your Hand (wa yad ‘atah – Your ability to accomplish the mission, especially Your yad, the first letter in Your name, which pictographically displays an open hand reaching down and out, defines Your role in our lives, denoting Your ability to engage and accomplish the task at hand), along with the Chazaq | Powerful and Passionate Individual who is Prepared to Lead (ha chazaq – the very strong and influential person with a fighting spirit who is ready and 555able to protect his people from those who would otherwise seek to harm them, the one who is intensely prepared and resolutely capable of encouraging, repairing, and defending his extended family, the one who embodies the right character, appropriate status, and speaking ability to govern appropriately with a firm and strong hand who clearly knows how to lead in the proper direction) as (wa) the Zarowa’ | Protective Shepherd and Sacrificial Lamb (zarowa’ huw’ – the prevailing and effective nature, the strength, resolve, and overall ability of this remarkably important and impactful individual of action who, as a leader and fighter is engaged as a shepherd among his sheep, who is fruitful in his ways, accomplishing the mission, especially when sowing the seeds of truth while denoting and advancing the purpose of the arm of God, of His shepherd and sacrificial lamb) whom You have extended (‘atah ha natah – through whom You have stretched and reached out).
When (wa) he arrives on the scene and chooses to pursue this (bow’ – when he comes, bearing these associations, wanting to clarify the proper direction toward the ultimate goal which is to enter and be included (qal perfect consecutive – literally and genuinely, during this moment in time, and of his own volition)), then (wa) he will help interested parties reconcile their relationship by providing those who exercise good judgment with the information and justifications needed to make a correct and reasoned decision (palal – he will intervene in the relationship by providing an accurate assessment, enabling thoughtful individuals to come to an agreement, and by foreseeing future events he will provide persuasive arguments which are assured to deliver the expected results) regarding this familial relationship (‘el ha beyth ha zeh – pertaining to and concerning God’s home and family). (Dabarym ha Yowmym / Words of the Days / 2nd Chronicles 6:32)
556When you hear it out of the heavens, coming from the atmosphere (wa ‘atah shama’ min ha shamaym – listen to what comes out of the spiritual realm by way of the sky (from radio waves and especially satellite-based broadband internet connections, perhaps)) within the location where you live (min makown yashab ‘atah – within the place you are located and dwell), then (wa) engage and act accordingly, doing everything (‘asah ka kol – under the auspices of freewill, endeavor to expend the considerable effort required to receive all the benefits, doing everything consistent with the example and pattern he has set (qal perfect consecutive)) which, to show the way (‘asher – that, to reveal the proper path to get the most out of life and receive the benefits associated with the relationship), the Nakry | Observant Foreigner from a different ethnicity and geographic location who understands (ha nakry – this man from a different place and culture, speaking a different language who is uniquely discerning) has invited you to read (qara’ ‘el ‘atah – has proclaimed and offered to you about God, has recited to you, summoning you to it, calling you out to meet with and be welcomed by God (qal imperfect)), for the express purpose of being a witness, who provides answers such that (lama’an – for the sake of responding, providing testimony with the express intent and purpose of revelation such that) all peoples of the Earth (kol ‘am ha ‘erets – everyone, every family and nation of the material realm) will have a genuine and ongoing opportunity to become familiar with Yada’, to know, acknowledge, accept, and understand (yada’ – will be shown and find, becoming aware of Yada’ and familiar with as a result of the revelation and have the means to comprehend (qal imperfect)) Your name (‘eth shem ‘atah – therefore, Your proper designation and actual reputation), coming to respect and revere You (wa la yare’ ‘eth ‘atah – once revitalized, approach Your awesome nature) simultaneously along with (ka – concurrently with) Your 557people (‘am ‘atah), Yisra’el (Yisra’el – Individuals who Struggle and Wrestle or Engage and Endure with God).
And also, so that (wa la) they may know (yada’ – they might acknowledge, accept, and understand) that, truthfully (ky – assuredly), Your family and this house (‘al ha beyth ha zeh – that Your home), which to reveal the correct path to walk to give life meaning that (‘asher – to show the way to benefit from the relationship) I have built for the family (banah – I [Shalomoh] have constructed for the generations, for the son and the son’s son), are designated and called (qara’ – is summoned and received, proclaimed and appointed, and especially called out and welcomed) by Your name (shem ‘atah – by Your proper designation, Your reputation and renown).” (Dabarym ha Yowmym / Words of the Days / 2nd Chronicles 6:33)
I did not ask Yahowah to draw your attention to Yada Yahowah, only to help me write it correctly for your benefit. And yet, I would be doing God and His people a disservice to disavow these prophetic pronouncements – especially at this time in the life of the floundering and besieged nation.
Yahowah wants Yisra’el to listen to Him and to come home. And not finding a Yahuwd who was willing to engage, God not only stooped to using a gowy – He seems to be pleased with what we have accomplished on His people’s behalf with Yada Yahowah. What is your response? After all, it is a fair question since Yahowah has asked you to listen and to respond.
Yahowah’s Nes includes translations and interpretations scribed by someone who has searched the 558lyrics, mind, and heart of Dowd because he is featured most prominently in God’s plans. Therefore, the Choter | Secondary Stem is grafted into this magnificent and beloved Branch. Having sought to learn from the Towrah and Naby’, he will be more beneficiary than contributor.
Should you be Yahuwd | Jewish and bothered by a gowy | gentile acknowledging the possibility that Yahowah may be using him – good. You should be embarrassed. I am too. Frankly, it is shameful that God had to turn to an insignificant implement previously estranged from Yisra’el to call His people home.
But the fact remains, Yahowah does not like to work alone. It is counter to His nature, purpose, and plan. And there wasn’t a single Yahuwd receptive or willing to do what needed to be done. So, at this very time, an imperfect and insignificant implement, a Choter, enlightened and empowered by the Seven Spirits of Yahowah, is engaged in conveying Yahowah’s words such that they can be raised for all to see.
In this regard, the Nes on display represents “the means to effectively gain the people’s attention, to communicate with them such that all can see, to rally them to the point of action, and to draw them together so that they engage in a productive manner, all by way of conveying important information conspicuously within the community.” It is a worthy mission and a loving gesture.
Nes is deployed twenty-one times in the whole of Yahowah’s Word, most predominantly in Yasha’yah. The first occurrence, as is Yahowah’s custom, is among the most direct and revealing.
In Shemowth / Exodus 17:15 we are introduced to the term in the midst of a discussion in which Yahowah intervened to wipe out the ‘Amaleq | Amalek. They are the foe most similar to today’s Muslims. He did so on behalf of His people, Yisra’el. In the account, we are told:
559“Moseh (Mosah – the One who Draws Out) built (banah – constructed for the family) an altar (mizbeach – to question the who, what, where, and why of the sacrifice (from ma – to question and zabach – to sacrifice)) and called it (qara’ – invited and summoned it to call out, to meet and to welcome, to read and recite) Yahowah Nesy | Yahowah is my Sign (Yahowah Nesy – Yahowah is my means to effectively gain the people’s attention, to communicate with them such that all can see, to rally them to the point of action, and to draw them together so that they engage in a productive manner, all by way of conveying important information conspicuously within the community about Yahowah; from nes – sign, banner, which is from neses meaning to lift up).” (Shemowth / Exodus 17:15)
With this insight into the nature and purpose of Yahowah’s Nes considered, we can reasonably surmise that the Sign and Yah are somewhat indistinguishable. This would mean that the Banner is comprised of Yah’s Words because they most adroitly represent Him and point to Him in our world.
Let us complete our analysis of the statement in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:3 and conclude our review of the whole of Yasha’yah 18 before returning to investigate the nature of the Sign and Banner further. We have just been told that it will be “nasa’ – raised and respected, picked up and accepted” as it is “lifted up” in “harym – the highest elevations, even upon the mount and mountains, emerging and appearing so that it is shown and revealed from up above.”
There are so many ways to interpret nasa’ (rendered: “is lifted up”) and harym (translated as: “shown on high from above”), especially with har being rendered in the plural, that we would be wise to consider all of them. The nes could be raised by one or both of the witnesses in Yaruwshalaim. They would be on Mount Mowryah. This 560is a possibility we’ll explore at the conclusion of this chapter.
The Nes could be flown on banners and presented on signs along the ridgeline of Tsyown in concert with their message. The Nes | Sign could be held in a cloud and presented on the internet for all to select and accept. With seven billion smartphones and as many computers and tablets, raised to the top entry on search engines such as Google, almost everyone on Earth would be able to see it simultaneously.
It could be held aloft by a mal’ak, although that might make it difficult to read. And while it is possible, I do not think for all the reasons mentioned a moment ago, that Yahowah will display it miraculously, penning the words in the sky with His finger. And while the means is always relevant when addressing the things of Yahowah, the intent of the message will be far more important than the way it is displayed.
And speaking of intent, ra’ah, translated as “its purpose will be for you all to see,” was scribed in the qal stem, imperfect conjugation, and jussive mood. As an expression of third-person volition, it is the intent or purpose of the Nes which is being conveyed. And while inanimate objects such as signs are incapable of expressing their will, such is not the case for Yahowah’s Nes because it expresses His desire to reconcile His relationship with His people. Moreover, should this be the Nes, it is my first and foremost desire to reach Yah’s people on behalf of the God I have come to know and love.
While my personal perspectives are mostly irrelevant, on the subject of the Nes some may be germane. I say that because there is no more beneficial way to invest one’s life than learning and sharing Yahowah’s Word. Being used by Him, even as a flawed and insignificant implement, is man’s greatest calling. Nothing is more rewarding or 561enlightening, more uplifting or liberating than being right when it comes to Yahowah’s testimony. And there is no limit on those who are invited to join us. The more the merrier.
And yet, I say this recognizing that there are very few who are interested in the best job in the universe. On a tebel of eight billion souls, there should have been at the very least seven thousand individuals better prepared and suited for this mission. So, what does it say about our confused and perverted world to know that Yahowah searched and found no one better, no one willing, no one who would even listen to Him?
For a responsive remnant of Yisra’el, this will change because ra’ah – is intended to provide insights and understanding for all who literally and continually observe and consider the witness. Those who capitalize will gain the proper perspective by paying attention. As a result, they will come to understand.
It seems rather obvious, but I did not seek the role of a Choter | Secondary Branch. Frankly, I did not know the term existed, much less that an entire chapter of Yasha’yah | Isaiah was devoted to his role. I would have preferred remaining anonymous, relishing the opportunity to learn without the responsibility for the awakening of recalcitrant and defiant Jews. And it actually makes me sad to think that there wasn’t a single Yahuwdym or Yisra’elite the world over with whom Yahowah could work to get this done.
It is telling that the Nes | Sign is lifted up for all to see at the same time the Showphar is blown for God’s people to hear. In the heart of a previous chapter (Observations volume 5 chapter 10: Babel of the Nations) we were taken to the very moment of the Taruw’ah | Trumpet Harvest, when the Showphar will be blown to issue a warning about opposing Yahowah while simultaneously conveying the 562benefits of participating in our Heavenly Father’s Covenant Family.
During the fifth of seven Mow’ed Miqra’ey, Yahowah’s Covenant Children are called to “taqa’ – become troubadours, signaling a blast from the Showphar to encourage all who will listen to join together with God, to make a pledge with Him to walk away from the confused and perverted world of man so that they can participate in His Covenant.” As God so often pleads with His Children: all we need to do is “shama’ – consistently listen, actually hear and receive the message, and pay attention to the invitation and summons.”
If Yasha’yah 17 and 18 chronicle parallel events, covering the same time, but from a different perspective, then this announcement could be contemporaneous with the gleaning of the Covenant’s Family which was so vividly described in the prophet’s previous chapter. This harvest, especially at this time, depicts our Heavenly Father’s love for His children.
For those who become Towrah-observant, who come to know and understand who Yahowah is and what He is offering, and then act upon what they learn, the anticipation of His imminent return will get them through the horrid days that will follow. So, while God has intervened a second time to thwart the onslaught fraught against Yisra’el, He isn’t going to linger because He cannot tolerate man’s religious, political, and militaristic rubbish – all of which are in full blossom. And now, after making Himself known through His Herald, He is returning to heaven.
“Indeed, because (ky – rather instead, truly and surely) here and now at this point in time, this is what (koh – meanwhile on this occasion, making a transition, and focusing on what follows, thusly) Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – 563God as directed in His ToWRaH – teaching regarding His HaYaH existence and our ShaLoWM – restoration) said (‘amar – declared and answered, stated and promised (qal perfect)) to me (‘el ‘any – as God toward me), ‘I will choose to be silent and tranquil, undisturbed and inactive, electing to be absent from the troubling strife and war (shaqat – My desire will be to be serene in a vastly more favorable circumstance removed from the fighting and angst as well as the fissures in the relationship, having resolved the most pressing threat, I will choose to distance Myself from the tumult and strife, quiet and calm (qal imperfect cohortative – actually and ongoing as an expression of first-person volition)).
Then (wa) I will thoughtfully choose what to observe, electing to respond appropriately (nabat – I will opt to look at what I desire, interpreting and considering what I choose to see, paying attention to and anticipating My genuinely desired, unfolding, and caring reply (in the hifil stem the subject causes the object to participate in and share the action of the verb in a similar fashion, the imperfect conjugation makes the action ongoing, while the cohortative mood expresses the desire of the subject)), in (ba – within) My place (makown ‘any – from My well-known location in space where the universe was fashioned, formed, and established which is the basis for and the foundation of life, even My provision for life which has been prepared, My known dwelling place; from ma – to question the who, what, why, where, and when and kuwn – to prepare and firmly establish, to be directed aright and endure), in the manner of (ka – similar to and consistent with) the radiant and glowing (tsach – the dazzling and beautiful, the handsome and shimmering, the clearly understandable source of beaming illumination aglow with) passionate warmth (chom – the aroused and growing ever more zealous with enthusiasm; from chamam – to exude warmth and to be passionate) of the Almighty’s (‘al – of God’s) light (‘owr – illuminous nature, 564enlightening brilliance, shining illumination, total lack of darkness, and radiant energy, bequeathing enlightenment and guidance).
And it will be similar to (ka – along with) an enveloping cloud (‘ab – visible moisture suspended in the air providing a protective canopy and covering) of encompassing mist providing an abundance of prosperity (tal – condensed vapor on surfaces which condenses at night but lingers into the day similar to dew; from talal – to cover) in (ba – during) the warmth and enthusiasm (chom – the passion and growing arousal; from chamam – to exude warmth and to be passionate) of the harvest associated with the branch (qastyr – the reaping and gathering in of the few shoots off of the branch of the tree during an anguishing period; from qatsar – during the loathsome discouragement and vexing grief of a time which must be cut short to preserve a few lives).’” (Yasha’yah / Deliverance is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:4)
This is more the norm than we tend to realize because God just is not involved in human affairs. Unless it is necessary to assure the continued existence of Yisra’el, Yahowah “shaqat – chooses to remain undisturbed and inactive, electing to be absent from the troubling strife of war.” It is not that doesn’t want to intervene, but that He is precluded from doing so. God always communicates and works through those willing to listen to Him and then do as He directs, but for the past 2,500 years, there has been no one with whom He could engage.
While His people stand apart, His “desire has been to be serene in a vastly more favorable circumstance removed from the fighting and angst of human hostilities.” While He has routinely addressed “the fissures in the relationship,” He does not micromanage the affairs of the Covenant. And now, “shaqat – having resolved the most pressing threat, He will choose to distance Himself from the tumult” of Ya’aqob’s Troubles.
565Yahowah is revealing this at this time for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it is important for us to understand His nature. Those who give God credit for home runs, touchdowns, acing tests, and winning the lottery would be dead wrong. As would be those who blame God for their failures and struggles, for accidents and disease.
Second, there is the propensity for people in desperate situations to cry out to God for help. When He does not answer, as will be the case on this day, those who are suffering either turn to fabricated beliefs or discount His existence – both of which are counterproductive.
Third, forewarned is forearmed. If you want God’s help, reach out to Him at the time of His choosing. Know what He is offering and seeking in return. Do not turn to Him out of desperation. It is neither respectful nor fair.
This realization is especially important. I once thought that the “Tribulation” would get so horrid that Jews, out of complete desperation and with no other option, would finally reject their rabbis and military for God. But that is only partially true.
With Judaism’s antiquated and burdensome religion bleeding credibility and holding unproductive Jews in spiritual custody, a younger generation will forego their absurd traditions and choose freedom. Then with the Israeli government becoming incapacitated, embroiled in even more inexplicable parliamentary infighting, a great many Yahuwdym will begin to search for a rational alternative. Their quest for credible answers will bring them to the nes which Yahowah has endorsed at this time, for this reason, and on their behalf. Based upon what they read, what they learn, what they accept and act upon, Yahuwdym will choose Yahowah and He will accept them.
The Nes is the solution to the problem of desperation. The last thing Yah wants is to have millions of religiously 566and politically inclined individuals choose Him only because He will be offering a safe harbor in the midst of the impending storm. An eternity with such souls would be hell. Out of harm’s way, such individuals would revert to their old ways. This would be akin to Yahowah freeing the Children of Yisra’el from the brutal religious and political oppression they were enduring under the Pharaohs, only to have those He saved show their appreciation by constructing and worshiping a Golden Calf.
The path Home will be as it has been. Yahowah’s words illuminate the way. We find Him by opening our eyes and becoming observant. We come to know Him by opening our minds and becoming thoughtful.
Reject religion and politics – walking away from man’s way in full recognition of its counterproductive and disingenuous nature. Move toward Yahowah, embracing Him through His Towrah by answering His Miqra’ey | Invitations. Celebrate being perfected in the process. Come to know Yahowah sufficiently to trust and rely upon what He is providing as our Heavenly Father. With the passion and devotion of a young lover, closely examine and carefully consider the instructive conditions of the Beryth | Covenant Family and act upon them. The Nes was written for this purpose. Then if you are circumcised, you will begin to appreciate why Yahowah wants us to be separated from the world and unto Him. If not, and if you are a man, it’s time for a snip.
It matters not if you are Yahuwd or Gowy because circumcision is the sign of the Covenant. Without this signature, you will be expressly excluded from Shamaym | Heaven. It matters not if you are fluent in Hebrew or English, you need to know what Yahowah revealed and act upon it – now – not later. Heaven’s Door is open for those who know their way in, and not for those stumbling in the darkness, groping their way through the storm, desperately seeking salvation.
567This is not to say that God is oblivious to His people’s suffering at this moment or any other. It just means that with “nabat – He will thoughtfully choose what He wishes to observe.” This will determine “how He wants to respond.” It is Yahowah’s prerogative to “nabat – to look at what He desires, consider what He chooses to see, pay attention to and anticipate an appropriate reply.”
If we want Him to consider us, then we must first consider Him. If we want Him to listen to us, initiate the conversation by listening to Him. If you want God to see you as worthy, open your eyes and feast upon His Towrah, coming to value His Teaching and Guidance. And know this: Yahowah will always support His Beyth | Family. He will always attend His Mow’ed | Meetings. His Miqra’ey | Invitations are always open.
Yahowah’s vantage point is telling in that He uses makown, which is “a well-known place located within spacetime where the universe was fashioned, formed, and established and from which the basis for and the foundation of life was conceived.” While this is obviously the spiritual realm known to us as shamaym | heaven, God’s verbal depiction is considerably more insightful.
The Creator is revealing that while His creation is making life miserable for themselves, He is where it all began so wonderfully, and with so much promise and joy some six days ago – at least from His perspective in His “makown – place.” As was the case in the Garden of ‘Eden, the “makown – is His provision for life which He has been prepared.” It is not only Yahowah’s “known dwelling place,” it is that of His children, of all of those who “ma – question the who, what, why, where, and when of kuwn – that which directs us so that we might endure, thereby prepared to be firmly established.”
There, in His place, Yahowah is “tsach chom ‘owr – radiant and glowing, warmly passionate, dazzling and 568beautiful, aglow in brilliant light.” His “illuminous nature” is “clearly understandable because of His willingness to bequeath enlightenment and guidance.” And that means that God is not a physical being. He is not a man. He is comprised of spiritual energy.
But there is more to Yah than shimmering light. He is also “ka ‘ab tal – similar to an enveloping cloud of suspended moisture. He is offering a protective canopy of encompassing mist which provides an abundance of prosperity.” Life, as it would transpire, requires two things: light and water. And we know from where and from whom both were provided and are given.
The fourth reason that Yahowah wanted us to appreciate His desire to return to His place after resolving the imminent threat to Yisra’el is that He wants us to know that He is enjoying this reunion with His Family. For all of the souls harvested at this time, it will be their first day in heaven. Yahowah is going to be celebrating their arrival. They will have His undivided attention as He expresses His “chom qatsyr – genuine warmth and heartfelt enthusiasm over the harvest.”
This is how the Towrah and Prophets present Yahowah, our Heavenly Father. He is a warm, approachable, embracing, and glowing light. And He cannot wait to envelop His children in His love. He wants to be as close to them as the dew is to the standing grain.
I do not know how I could have missed such a thing, but there was way more to qatsyr than “harvest.” A qatsyr is also “a twig, a shoot, or a stem off of the main branch of a tree.” It is thus revealing that those gleaned on this occasion have grown out of what Dowd, the most beloved Branch, has written and accomplished. This is vitally important, especially here and now, because Yisra’el isn’t being called to accept a hostile or unknown Messiah but, 569instead, to embrace the one who sings to them from the nation’s heartland.
Also relevant, qatsyr exposes the de minimis nature of this harvest, revealing that “the reaping and gathering will consist of very few shoots.” Further, through qatsyr we discover that this will occur “during an anguishing period of loathsome discouragement and vexing grief, at a time which must be cut short to preserve a few lives.” Such is the nature of paleo-Hebrew, a language whose words convey astonishing insights for those willing to invest the time to observe them.
There is yet a fifth reason that we have been told by the Almighty, Himself, that after saving Yisra’el from destruction by annihilating and then purging His land of a tidal wave of perhaps a hundred million invading Muslim militants: that He has not just returned to His place, but that He will be inactive for a time. He wants us to realize that the tormenting and terrible abuses endured during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles will be perpetrated by man, not God.
This prophetic statement serves to affirm this thinly embraced conclusion. The fact remains – Yahowah rarely intervenes in human affairs. He only acts to enable and fulfill His promises.
Yahowah made an eternal pledge to ‘Abraham to love His children, whereby the benefits of the Covenant would be everlasting. Should He fail to intervene to thwart mankind’s assault against His Family, His pledge would be negated.
Bringing these thoughts all together, we find Yahowah conveying these words to Yasha’yah / Isaiah for our edification and benefit. It begins with God issuing a warning to His people – especially the seven million in political Babylon…
570“Woe, expressing dissatisfaction and a warning of impending doom to the land of whirling and hovering wings, of loud percussive flying weapons with vibrating and noisy metal components swirling around which devour and destroy, and of the rhythmic clangor of armaments which fly in and attack, coming from well beyond where the land ends, from a distant place at the far ends of the earth, often stealthy, which relationally speaking is from the region situated across and on the opposite side of the world.
It is an arrogant and haughty place prone to furious outbursts born out of an improper attitude and bias, a meddling busybody with the propensity to involve itself in the affairs of others. It is located in the direction of the rivers of Kuwsh and thus in association with Babylon. (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:1)
It dispatches weapons of war, sending out battle groups with an arsenal of missiles for the purpose of extending its influence by way of the sea and in the manner of Gentile nations, along with envoys, including authorized representatives of false gods.
It is prone to deliver an anguishing religious message under the guise of protection which causes great distress because world events will pivot in a detrimental and painful manner based upon the provisions which the delegation will insist, starting the birth pangs.
And so, in swift floating vessels, quickly swallowing up great distances, among warships equipped to rapidly accomplish their undertaking, which is to control others even if collateral damage is a consequence, within ships where absolute authority is imposed such that those inside are essentially captives, imprisoned to fulfill the mission over the surface of the waters because of the presence of the floodwaters.
571The messengers who are empowered to project influence and authority travel swiftly, indulgently, and inappropriately trivializing the complexity of the situation while disregarding the consequences, unfairly indifferent to those whose situation they are quick to slight, impulsive and imprudent, cursing the lives of those they are intending to meddle in, demonstrating a propensity to hurriedly underestimate the intricacies of existing relationships and thereby rapidly making bad situations worse as they move from one place to another in a short period of time without sufficient regard for their victims or the end result of their missions.
This on behalf of a nation of people from different races and places who are wont to constantly take the lead, directing others, extending their reach and influence, who are actively involved, out in front, enticing and directing others at considerable cost, who have a propensity to engage in the world as if it were their own, habitually seizing whatever they desire.
This nation seeks to control coinage and thus the means to commerce and trade, acquiring and holding vast sums of money, continually removing people from their land and acquiring great wealth in the process. They are prone to believe in an altered state of reality while overextending and enriching themselves. They are also typically tall, immodest, and frequently intoxicated.
They are scrubbed clean, smooth-skinned and shaven, and yet reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming, overly concerned about personal hygiene, their bodies are so hairless they appear polished, most are beardless, and many have shaved heads as they rush headlong and headstrong, precipitating in perverse actions. They are a fierce and vehement people who are fond of their military’s burnished weapons.
572These people are frightening and feared, even dreadful, while at the same time respected for their awesome power, causing great distress through intimidation and via shock and awe. But they are also venerated and revered by some for their achievements, capabilities, and status, especially the awesome sight of their missiles shooting through the air, from here to there and beyond in a future time.
This population, which is comprised of many different races, routinely spews out nonsense in a foreign language, talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric.
They act like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed. They routinely parrot the same meaningless phrases, vomiting up their blathering blah blah blah. And thus, they must be disparaged and derided.
They are always trying to expand and impose their nation’s influence, even its faith, establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand. And yet, they imprudently throw others out of their land. It aggressively conquers and subdues, trampling people down by kicking them out.
It is antagonistic and destructive, treading others underfoot while imposing its will, often partnering with enemies. It will subjugate those it can control, causing their downfall.
It is polluted and rejected, blind and loathsome, seen as educating the world while stripping it bare. This is a desecrated place of blind and oblivious children imposing their will, ruining lives while destroying countries. To reveal the way and provide a reference which leads to where to find the country, it is divided by rivers, which is also indicative of a large population 573of people who travel extensively.” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:2)
All of you who inhabit the perverted Earth, the habitable parts of the confused world which is in the process of destroying itself in the chamber of the Lord, and also those who remain and dwell in the Land, when the sign and banner, this means to effectively gain the people’s attention communicates the message for all to see, then rally to the point of action. Draw close and engage in a productive and responsible manner based upon that which is important and conspicuously communicated within the community.
When that which can be seen, tested, and proven true is lifted up, raised and respected, even found acceptable in the highest elevations, its purpose will be for you all to perceive the insights it provides, all of which lead to understanding.
This Nes | Sign is for you to observe and consider the witness which has been provided. It will provide perspective for those who are paying attention because they will come to understand.
Simultaneously, a Showphar trumpet comprised of a ram’s horn will be used for issuing a warning about opposing Yah while conveying the benefits God is offering on Yowm Taruw’ah. Its sound will encourage listeners to join together, to make a pledge, and then depart, as they pay especially close attention to the invitation and summons! (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:3)
Indeed, this is because here and now at this point in time, making a transition and focusing on what follows, this is what Yahowah said to me,
‘I will choose to be silent and tranquil, undisturbed and inactive, electing to be absent from the troubling strife and war. It is My desire to be serene in a vastly 574more favorable circumstance, removed from the fighting and disassociated from the fissures in the relationship now that I have resolved the most pressing threat.
Then I will thoughtfully choose what I want to observe. I will respond appropriately, but as I see fit. I will anticipate My genuinely desired, unfolding, and caring reply in My place, from My well-known location in spacetime.
I will wait in the place where the universe was fashioned and established, in the location where the foundation of life was laid. This is where My provision for life was conceived and prepared for those who question the who, what, why, where, and when of how one becomes firmly established by being directed aright so that they may endure.
I will exist in the manner of radiant and glowing light, a dazzling and beautiful, clearly understandable source of beaming illumination which is aglow with the passionate warmth of the Almighty.
Similarly, I will be manifest as an enveloping cloud of visible moisture suspended in the air. This will comprise a protective canopy and covering of encompassing mist. It will provide an abundance of prosperity in the warmth and enthusiasm of the harvest.
This will all be derived from the branch, this reaping and gathering in of the few shoots off of the branch during an anguishing period, from the loathsome discouragement and vexing grief of a time 575which must be cut short to preserve a few lives.’” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:4)
God is ready and willing. Are you?
This is wonderful news for the Children of the Covenant, even for Yisra’el and Yahuwdah. But sadly, Yahowah has more bad news for the land across the sea divided by rivers, for the air and sea power of this day, for the nation feared and revered, and yet insignificant and worthless from God’s perspective. They will be held accountable, taken down, and destroyed just before the final harvest. At the time Yisra’elites are being prepared by the nes to embrace the Covenant, another fate awaits the rest of the world. Listen:
“Indeed (ky – because surely and as a consequence), before the approaching presence (la paneh – as the means to approach the appearance and characteristics) of the harvest associated with the branch (qastyr – the reaping and gathering in of the few shoots off of the branch of the tree during an anguishing period; from qatsar – during the loathsome discouragement and vexing grief of a time which must be cut short to preserve a few lives), as (ka – when while making an insightful comparison) the budding shoots (perach – the new tender sprouts and stems which are growing abundantly, especially with their blossoms now flourishing, prosperous, thriving, and flying up in the air) form and are perfected (taman – are prepared, becoming entirely upright and established as a result of being shown blameless; from tamym – whole and sound, wholly perfect, totally innocent and completely vindicated), then (wa) the hardened and unfit sour grapes (bo’ser – the immature, unharvestable, and especially embittered) will be dealt with (gamal – will be 576treated in the manner they deserve, suffering recompense in repayment) for having been (hayah – existing as (qal imperfect)) quarrelsome and rebellious filth (natsah – those who wrestle and strive in a hostile, defiant, and militaristic manner, becoming like dung or akin to the predigested or regurgitated contents of a bird’s gullet, even representing unclean birds of prey such as glistening eagles, falcons, and hawks which desolate and destroy (from the root: nets)).
Therefore (wa), the vile and worthless who squander their opportunity by trivializing it (ha zalzalym – the despised sprigs and contemptuous quaking tendrils; from zalal – the gluttonous, vile, and meaningless who are now deemed insignificant for having lived lavishly) will be cut off, severed, and excluded (karat – will be uprooted, cut out, taken down, and banished, allowed to perish for having failed, estranged they will be taken away or destroyed) by way of a pruning hook (ba ha mazmerah – with shears used to cut tendrils away, even snuffed out, no longer combusting, their fires put out with a knife; from zamar – to trim or prune).
And then (wa) with regard to (‘eth – concerning and against) the forsaken castaways (ha natyshowth – the spreading branches and rejected stems of a climbing plant which has spread out and must be cut back; from natash – the cast off, left behind, and abandoned, the forsaken and rejected), they will be dragged away and removed (suwr – they will be turned aside and taken away, avoided and abolished (hifil perfect)), cut off and separated (tazaz – hurled away).” (Yasha’yah / Salvation is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:5)
I suspect that the “qastyr – harvest associated with the branch, the reaping and gathering in of the shoots off of the branch of the tree during an anguishing period,” whose “la paneh – presence we are now approaching,” is addressing the third and final harvest – that of Yowm Kipurym in year 5776000 Yah – when the Covenant is restored with Yisra’el and Yahuwdah. The “perach – budding shoots, these tender sprouts and stems which are growing abundantly, who are now flourishing and flying,” have grown out of the branch of Dowd.
These fortunate souls will be receptive to what they will read on the Nes. They will turn to the Towrah and act upon the beneficial terms of the Covenant. And of this reading, they are attending the Miqra’ey. As a result of Pesach and Matsah, and as a beneficiary of Bikuwrym and the Beryth, they are now seen as “taman – completely perfect, properly prepared, entirely upright, innocent, and vindicated.”
They will be perfected and completed in the knowledge that Yahowah is God and that He honors His promises. By this time, these individuals will have embraced the conditions of the Covenant by having distanced themselves from their prior religious and political affiliations. They will have come to trust and rely upon Yahowah based on what they have witnessed Him doing on their behalf. And they will finally observe the Miqra’ey as they were intended, walking to their Heavenly Father while being reconciled in the process.
In context, beginning way back in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 11, we realize that those who will have their relationship restored with Yahowah are in this position because some thirty years earlier, God found a Choter | Sucker with whom He could work. By inspiring and emboldening him with His Spirit, he would strive to compose the Nes | Sign that has been deployed to bring Yahuwdym | Jews home. The Nes’ purpose is fulfilled by revealing Yahowah’s Towrah | Guidance and the revelations of His Naby’ | Prophets such that Yahowah’s one and only shem | name, the five conditions of the Beryth | Covenant, and His seven Miqra’ey | Invitations are known and understood.
578Those who capitalize upon it, doing as Yahowah has asked, are headed to Shamaym | Heaven. But there will be others, a vast number who remain hardened and sour, unfit for the spiritual realm. They will be dealt with, receiving what they deserve for being so abrasively quarrelsome. They will be banished and excluded from fellowship.
At this moment, which is deep into the second half of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles, it is likely that these souls will be destined for She’owl. This pronouncement and the one which follows suggests eternal separation. We have passed the time of dissipation where the only option is incarceration.
The time of choice is being foreclosed by design. By this time, every soul will be seen as with Yah or against Him. There will be no independent middle ground born of ignorance or apathy. Too much information has been presented to allow or even accommodate indifference.
The words Yahowah selected paint a vivid picture. There are two distinct groups of people. On one side, we witness those who are beginning their lives in the Covenant. They are just starting to blossom and grow as a result of finally recognizing Yahowah and answering His invitation to participate in His Family.
But on the other hand, we see individuals who remain unreceptive, indeed unfit and growing rotten. Yahowah has no affinity for sour grapes. I cannot blame Him. While a positive, caring, energetic, fun-loving attitude is the wellspring from which abundant life flows, there is nothing more debilitating than someone who is negative and embittered, self-absorbed, and unwilling to change or grow. They are depressing.
“Sour grapes” is from bo’ser, which speaks of that which is “unharvestable because it is immature.” These individuals are juvenile because they are estranged from the one and only source of maturity and growth which is 579“tamym – entirely sound, wholly perfecting, and reliably right.” It is entirely attitudinal. Hardheaded and stubborn, unresponsive and recalcitrant, they remain unfit for the Familial Covenant. And since they are not a good fit for heaven, a hexagonal peg trying to enter through a heptagonal portal – like the rabbinical nine-candle menorah – in a seven-luminary realm, they just don’t fit.
Excluded from Yah’s place, these “bo’ser – hardened and immature, these unfit and unharvestable sour grapes” will “gamal – will be dealt with in the manner they deserve,” and will either cease to exist, their souls “mazmerah – snuffed out and extinguished” or “gamal – suffer the recompense” of “tazaz – being cut off and separated,” which is to be incarcerated in She’owl – the place of separation.
The difference between these fates is so enormous, it defies words to accurately describe. And therefore, it is vital for us to know that Yahowah is going to “gamal – deal with each individual in a way that is warranted and justified. He will not be capricious.
The personal attributes He is going to evaluate in pronouncing the proper sentence are central to the very concept of Yisra’el. On the positive side, the “qastyr – those harvested in association with the branch” who are “perach – budding shoots who are growing abundantly, flourishing and flying,” will find themselves celebrating life in Yah’s place. Having embraced what it means to be “yisra’el – individuals who engage and endure with God,” they are now “empowered and liberated by God.”
Those who are excluded as unfit will also represent what it means to be Yisra’el, manifesting its negative implications: “yisra’el – individuals who struggle and strive against God.” They will continue to “quarrel and wrestle with God.” This is the Yisra’el which was divorced and disowned during the time of Howsha’ / Hosea. It is the 580Yisra’el that rejected Dowd as their Shepherd and as the Lamb.
This is the Yisra’el that was ransacked by Rome on three occasions. This is the Yisra’el that has been abused by Roman Catholicism, terrorized by Muslims, and tortured by Nazi Germany. This is the Yisra’el that prefers the Talmud over the Towrah, rabbis over Yahowah, and their religion over a relationship.
This Yisra’el is “natsah – rebellious and filthy.” They have become “indistinguishable from dung and akin to vomit.” Rather than accepting Yahowah’s hand, they “fight it off and wrestle” with God. Rather than listen to the Almighty, they “quarrel” with Him in a “hostile and defiant way.” As such, natsah is the perfect word to depict man apart from God.
Religious and political individuals are seen as “zalzalym – vile and worthless” because “they have squandered” the ultimate “opportunity by trivializing it,” replacing the perfect familial relationship with ludicrous make-believe. They prefer their absurdly arcane and burdensome laws and play religious dress-up.
Without exception, those who have squandered the opportunity to engage in the Covenant “karat – will be cut off, severed, and excluded” from our Heavenly Father’s Family. They “will be uprooted and banished.” They “will perish for having failed to act.” “Estranged, they will be taken away or destroyed.” And therein is the great divide. To “be destroyed” is to have one’s soul extinguished. To be “taken away” is to be escorted to She’owl.
The implement used to make this monumental distinction will be “mazmerah – sharp sheers, pruning hooks, or knives.” The fate of souls will not be decided using a blunt instrument, as souls are not physical objects. There is no bodily resurrection. And that is why a mazmerah is deployed to “snuff out a candle’s light such 581that it no longer combusts.” The soul’s energy will either be extinguished or trapped.
Having exercised good judgment, having been fair, by allotting to each what they deserve, we are told that the “natyshowth – forsaken castaways” will be “rejected, cast off, and abandoned” by God. They will be “suwr – dragged away and removed such that they are “tazaz – cut off and separated.” This means that they will be eternally incarcerated in She’owl during this time of Divine Judgment.
It is assumed by most scholars, just because this message has deployed agricultural metaphors including standing grain, olives, branches, vines, blossoms, and fruit, that netsah, which I rendered as “quarrelsome rebellious filth,” should be translated as if it were “perach – budding shoots and blossoms.” But why would Yasha’yah write netsah instead of perach if both mean “budding shoots and blossoms?”
Yasha’yah is trying to describe something he had never seen or even imagined. And that helps explain why this is one of the few times netsah is deployed in the Towrah, Naby’, wa Mizmowr (it also appears in Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 5:10 and 48:32). It was chosen to depict the negative aspects of Yisra’el, thereby exposing those who are still striving against God.
Digging deeper, we find that its root, nets, appears four times. It is used to present “unclean birds of prey, specifically hawks, falcons, eagles, raptors, and vultures.” Netsah is the feminine version of nets – which is not surprising since ships and planes are typically referred to using feminine pronouns. Further, nets is related to natsats, which describes something that “shines, sparkling and shimmering in the light.” Therefore, beyond what we have already considered, this may suggest that those who have earned Yah’s condemnation are flying birds of prey.
582The nets just so happen to be the names the U.S. military selected to describe its fighter jets, attack helicopters, and surveillance aircraft. The United States deploys F-15 Eagles (473 of these fighters are currently active), F-16 Falcons (1,245 are currently deployed as fighters), and F-22 Raptors (195 highly advanced fighters). There are HH-60 Pave Hawks (103 helicopters), MH/SH-60 Seahawks (589 currently active attack helicopters), and UH-60 Black Hawks (1,500 helicopters are currently deployed), along with E-3 Hawkeyes (67 surveillance aircraft).
And to this list of birds of prey, the Army will soon deploy 133 MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones, while the Air Force is flying a fleet of 165 MQ-1 Predator drones. There are 152 RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs and another aptly named 500 MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. I rather doubt it is a coincidence, especially since there is a reference to them “mazmerah – being taken down, their fires snuffed out” – a reference perhaps to quelling the combustion in the hot sections of the turbine engines that propel these beasts of prey.
While these references to both the whirling wings of attack helicopters and the birds of prey that denote fighter aircraft may be intended as symbolic, the more literal interpretation is intriguing. It is certainly consistent with the rhetoric God has deployed thus far to describe the United States – a nation that manifests all of the negative connotations of “Yisra’el – striving and struggling against God.”
It is ironic in a way. The nation which believes that it has replaced Yisra’el, inheriting its promises, has done this very thing – just not with the same result Christians have been led to believe.
Within this context and from this perspective, this statement serves to explain the reason Yahowah will 583engage once again, this time to protect the positive aspects of Yisra’el against the negative. Further, this ties up an important loose end. It would be unlike Yahowah to denounce a nation or religion without also revealing their fate. All of the forsaken castaways will be removed from God’s presence, separated and discarded. It is, after all, what those who have abetted the pillaging and destruction of Yahowah’s Chosen People and Promised Land deserve.
While there is some indication that Yahowah is responsible, it is equally plausible, considering how this fate is presented, that America will fail for other reasons as it has so many times recently. Something as simple as an Electromagnetic Pulse would make the nation’s guidance, communications, and spy satellites inoperative, blinding the nation’s birds of prey.
But Americans do not have to wait for an enemy to attack. The nation has already destroyed itself. The US political and economic response to COVID-19 was far worse than the disease. By having egocentric politicians intervene to control people’s lives, depriving them of their liberty and livelihood, they wrecked the nation – impoverishing it to the point where only illusions prevail. The people have placed their faith in a currency that has been inflated to the point that it holds no value. Businesses are failing at an unprecedented rate. And the overall debt has skyrocketed to $50 trillion.
Truth was the first victim. Individual responsibility was the second. Independence the third. Thinking the fourth. The nation that thought itself great was brought down by its moronic response to a virus so small it cannot be seen. Rather than accept the natural remedy, that of herd immunity, America and the world opted for herd mentality. People became sheep for the slaughter.
As I edited these words in the Spring of 2020, I witnessed a reality that was not even imaginable. Sure, we 584knew the threat of an impending pandemic. But no one could possibly have imagined the world shuttering responsible and independent labor to establish a worldwide collective. Who would have thought that seven billion people would have willingly surrendered their liberty over their fear of something so insignificant?
And yet, a submicroscopic virus, one synthesized from airborne rodents, less than one-tenth of a millionth of a meter in diameter, brought the most powerful nation on Earth to its knees. There were no weapons to combat it, so not knowing what to do, the country along with the world at large simply shut down.
A virus ten million times smaller than its host would come to control humankind. There would be no going back, no way to return to what was before. This is the New World Order, and it is horrific. It is back to Egypt – but this time man has plagued himself.
Also, curious considering this inauspicious conclusion to a once proud nation is the growing dichotomy between American public rhetoric and the country’s backroom maneuvering relative to Israel. While the rhetoric would suggest otherwise, a case could be made that no U.S. president has openly supported Jews against Muslims. The most recent presidents, both George Bushs, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, have orchestrated massive sales of the most sophisticated weapons systems to the Islamic nations surrounding Israel while at the same time constraining the flow of these same weapons to America’s supposed ally. In particular, Saudi Arabia receives hundreds of billions of dollars worth of the deadliest machines man has ever made.
If you are unaware of US dominance in the arms market, read the 1994 report on arms sales provided by the United Nations. In tanks and artillery, for example, America outsells Germany, the second leading 585manufacturer ten to one and Russia, the third, by a factor of twenty. The US sold 2,900 missiles and launchers the preceding year while Russia provided none.
Worse, the previous administration has inspired Muslims, telling them that this is their time and that America will stand with them, not against them. Then the Obamanator did his best to undermine God’s people, demanding that they forego the Judaea and Samaria, known as the West Bank, thereby rewarding the Islamic terrorists striving to destroy them.
This overt empowerment of Israel’s Islamic enemies and simultaneous erosion of Israel’s credibility has been accomplished in large part by sleight of hand. First, the marketing myth of a people called “Palestinians” and a mythical land called “Palestine” have been invented to give the impression that the “Palestinians” are being victimized and Jews are the aggressors and oppressors when the opposite is true. Adding to the confusion, America’s leadership has concocted a war against a tactic, “terrorism,” rather than Islam, naming one of countless expressions of the religion, “al-Qaeda,” the enemy when it is actually the religion.
There is yet another word in this prophecy which appears nowhere else in the whole of Yah’s testimony. However, since zalzalym, translated as “the vile and worthless who squander their opportunity by trivializing it,” is considered a “reduplication of zalal,” a word which is used on eight occasions, we can more reliably define it. Those who are “zalzalym – despised for being contemptuous” are “zalal – the gluttonous and vile, meaningless and insignificant” because they have “associated with a bad crowd” from God’s perspective. They “lavishly squander” their wealth and opportunity” while “trivializing” that which actually matters. As a result, they will be cut off and discarded. This is exactly what 586Yahowah told ‘Abraham would happen to those who harm Yisra’el.
Further, zaham means “to be abhorred for offering the kind of food which makes people sick.” In Islam, they call it “Halal” – which just so happens to be Satan’s name. Zul defines those who “lavish money on worthless idols” and thus besmirches Roman Catholicism. Someone who is zulah is “separated,” and a zahah is “cut loose and removed.” A zua is a “terrorist and fearmonger.” And a zahal is someone who “crawls on the ground and prostrates themselves in fear.” It all seems to fit the religious.
The previous statement affirms that at this point during the latter days of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles, there will only be two groups of people left on earth: “Yisra’elites – Individuals who Engage and Endure with God” who have become “Yahuwdym – Related to Yahowah” and those who embody the negative aspects of Yisra’el, and who are thus “striving against God.” The latter will be cut off and separated. This is affirmed with words that describe eternal anguish in She’owl as demons torment those they had played for fools...
“They shall be continually abandoned and forever forsaken (‘azab – they will be eternally rejected and damned, forevermore estranged and neglected (scribed in the niphal stem, the subject is neglected and in the imperfect which reveals that this fate will be ongoing and continual)) altogether, completely, and all at once as if they were all alike (yachdaw – with each other and at the same time, treated as one group with a common nature and united in one accord).
The approaching (la – concerning) birds of prey (‘ayt – the screaming and shrieking flying creatures which hunt for living victims to kill then prey on the dead, swooping in and darting about, vicious and violent, voracious and deadly eagles, falcons, hawks, and raptors) 587from such high places (har – from above the hills and mountains, often used as a metaphor for those in high places, for political, religious, and military influences; from harar – to approach and appear, looming from above), represent (wa la – characterize and epitomize) the beasts (bahemah – wild animals) of the earth (‘erets – of the material realm, land, or region)…” (Yasha’yah 18:6)
In the whole of the Hebrew lexicon, there is no more “damning” word than “‘azab – rejected and estranged.” This is especially true when scribed in the niphal imperfect because such individuals “are actually forsaken in such a way that they will find themselves literally disassociated” from the Covenant and “eternally separated” from God, which is “to be neglected” by Him. This “damning experience” occurs in She’owl, which is what is being presented in the words which follow.
An interesting aspect of ‘azab is that it is a double entendre. It conveys the idea of “being set free and being released.” That sounds good up to the point we realize that souls are being set free from Yahowah and released from the Covenant. The word confirms that those who choose not to accept God’s terms, those who reject Him, will get their wish. They will be sent on their way – spending an eternity in the most depressing and lightless of places.
By way of affirmation, we are told that by this time every estranged soul will be “yachdaw – deemed alike” and will be treated as if they “were one in the same, united and of one accord.” It will not matter if they worship Allah or Jesus, if they are Mormons or Scientologists, Hindu or Buddhists, Socialist Secular Humanists or believe nothing at all. Time has run out, and since only Covenant members are welcomed into Yah’s place, all others must be sent away, either incarcerated or annihilated. It no longer matters what ism they follow.
588Not that there ever had been, but especially now there is no reason for God to protect them, especially since they have run out of time to change. Therefore, they will be ravaged by the “la ‘ayt – approaching birds of prey, the screaming and shrieking flying creatures which hunt for living victims to kill then prey on the dead, these vicious and violent eagles, falcons, hawks, and raptors swooping” in from “har – high above.”
But it is what follows that should grab our undivided attention. Menacing and deadly as man’s machines have become, they pale in comparison to the “bahemah ‘erets – the beasts of the material realm.” The first of these Beasts, Babel | Babylon, has plagued humankind throughout the millennia. It was here religion was born and here that it became government’s constant companion. It was here that lies and myths were mingled with the truth to befuddle and confuse the preponderance of people.
And while Babel is destined to die, it is not going down without a fight, and it will not be fighting God and His people alone. Babel has evolved over the centuries, from Babylon to Persia and now to today’s Iran and Iraq. In our world, geographic Babylon is the Islamic Middle East.
Beginning with Astrological Babylon and evolving into Zoroastrian Persia, this “poligious” Beast would morph into Gnostic Greece which devolved into the Byzantine Empire, becoming Orthodox Christianity. The Greek interpretation of Babel was absorbed by the deadliest and most vicious of creatures ever known to man – Imperial Rome – the “poligious” monster that would attack and devastate Yahuwdah with three horrific invasions: Pompey in 66 BCE, Vespasian and Titus in 66 CE, followed by Hadrian in 132 CE.
This monster lives on politically and religiously, with national Babel now represented by the United States. And yet, it is the ultimate expression of the Beast which is more 589haunting still, even more ‘azab than its predecessors, and that is the Whore which grew out of Imperial Rome: the Roman Catholic Church – the epitome of Sha’uwl’s | Paul’s Plague of Death.
And as if that were not enough, these “yahdaw ‘azab – completely forsaken and eternally damned, these estranged and separated” souls may well be tormented by the most menacing of “bahemah – beasts” and “‘ayt – flying creatures who prey upon the dead.” Yahowah could also be speaking of Satan and his cadre of demons. He may well be depicting an eternity in She’owl – the realm of questioning. Those who end up there by being in opposition to God will find themselves among kindred spirits – albeit depraved ones.
Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, should we be looking for an airborne beast, we have found one with the nova coronavirus. It flies with every breath, sneeze, cough, spoken word, or untimely burp. And while it only kills one in five hundred of those it infects, it was sufficiently fearsome to topple the human race.
Based upon the implications associated with yachdaw, everyone will be similarly religious, political, patriotic, and militaristic. The inhabitants will be treated alike, which is to say that there will be no distinctions, status, or hierarchy. While most of those imprisoned in She’owl will have come from “har – high places,” they will be brought down to the same level, a distinction these religious clerics, government leaders, and military officers as well as fallen messengers will find particularly horrifying. The experience will be universally “nauseating and miserable,” with Satan’s fallen envoys similarly incarcerated and preying upon the living dead.
We humans have been beguiled into believing that our times and our nation are better than others, but in reality, it is all the same. Humankind has been subject to and 590controlled by the cult of man since the very beginning. Men have made gods in their image for as long as there have been men. And they have ascribed their feelings and ambitions to them, using them to manipulate other men. These gods, and the men who conceived them, have given rise to every civilization. This is true for Babylon and Persia, Greece and Carthage, Imperial and Catholic Rome, the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas too. Modern man is just a bit more blatant, eliminating the need for pretend gods by elevating men above God.
Every religion and civilization is a cult, acting like a gang, bringing out the worst in human behavior. Independently, men and women have the propensity for good or bad, but collectively, man has always been deadly.
It was pointed out to me this morning that, with regard to the source of COVID-19, even the term “communism” is completely inappropriate. China has established a free enterprise economy and is twenty years removed from the unproductive and deadly experiment with communism. Therefore, to apply a label to the ruling party describing what they have abandoned is nonsensical. The government of China is nothing more or less than a large cult acting like a petulant gang. To retain power, the cult leaders will lie and cheat, depriving all others of liberty and opportunity. They have become the antithesis of what Yah intended.
“And (wa) they will be abruptly awakened in the summer with vexing and exasperating action taken against them (qyts ‘al huw’ – they will be roused from the realm of the dead, becoming alert while remaining inactive, alive and consciously grieving, with others loathing them, goading them in an extremely hot and vehement manner and in an abhorrent place of sickening dread (the qal stem means that this will actually occur while the imperfect conjugation modified by the consecutive mood conveys that the awakened state and grief will be continual and thus eternal as a result of the choices which have been made)).
591The birds of prey (ha ‘ayt – the screaming and shrieking flying creatures which hunt for living victims to kill then prey on the dead, swooping in and darting about, vicious and violent, voracious and deadly eagles, falcons, hawks, and raptors) and also (wa) all of (kol – every one of) the beasts (bahemah – the wild and animalistic creatures) of the material realm (‘erets – the earth, region, or land) will be among and against them during the autumn and winter, continually ridiculing and taunting them for actually being irrational and consistently confused (‘al huw’ charaph – spending the harvest time reproaching and scorning them, vilifying them, mocking and insulting them, and treating them with contempt for being unable to think properly and making poor choices (qal imperfect)).” (Yasha’yah / Freedom is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:6)
Qyts scribed in the qal imperfect consecutive reveals that those who have died in open hostility to Yisra’el will be abruptly awakened to a totally new and eternal exasperating reality. They will wish that they could have remained in an eternal slumber because the perpetually damned will find themselves loathed by those they served. They face an eternity of being continually annoyed and aggravated to the point of total frustration.
Also telling, qyts reveals that souls incarcerated in She’owl “will be alert and conscious, but inert, inactive and unable to move.” They are living the Christian and Muslim dream turned nightmare: “eternal life, but in an abhorrent place of sickening dread.”
While there is a hint of “hot” in qyts, it speaks of the time of year, when spring turns to summer, which is when this will be occurring. It is also addressing the vehement attitude displayed by the demons, not the temperature of the place.
592This time, in addition to the screaming and shrieking birds of prey, we are told that every Beast of the material realm will be part of this great onslaught, which means that the Beasts from Babel to the Bible, from the reincarnation of Imperial Rome to Roman Catholicism, from the Multiculturalists of Socialist Secular Humanism to what’s left of Babylon’s Muslims, will be on the prowl.
Well, that’s a bit antiquated. Our reality in the wake of the world’s response to COVID-19 is that drones are already on the prowl to constrain liberty and livelihoods – ensuring that everyone remains dependent upon and controlled by the gods of government and their high priests – academia and the media.
It is an interesting and yet seldom considered aspect of Western civilization today, that academia, the media, and government are all the same, all driven by political correctness in their liberal approach to power and control. Science has been sequestered by it, with no one daring to step outside of the bounds of groupthink – no matter how easily disproven are the myths of uncreated life, macroevolution, or controllable global warming. It is why between scientists, the media, and politicians, dissenting voices regarding the proper response to the coronavirus were quickly discredited and silenced. The few scientists and journalists who knew better, and who wanted to share their contrarian research, took to social media – where they were summarily demonized and banned. The thought police would not accept evidence or reason as justification. Truth has become man’s foe.
Since charaph addresses the period of autumn leading to winter, and qyts speaks of spring turning to summer, we know that this torment will be year-round without intermission. But perhaps the most telling indication of all is found in the consecutive mood, in that it reveals that these living dead will be in this horrible situation because of the choices they made during their lives.
593God’s hellish depiction of the realm of the forsaken and damned was advanced by charaph, conveying that the inmates of She’owl “will endure a winter of their discontent.” They will be “charaph – taunted and ridiculed,” something political and religious elitists will find particularly excruciating. “Scorned and vilified” for their pathetic attempts to thwart God’s people, place, and purpose, the once proud and powerful will now “be mocked and insulted for the confused and irrational rhetoric they spewed at the unsuspecting.”
They will be held accountable for the hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions of lives they shortchanged. Further, scribed in the qal imperfect, they are going to have to endure their fate for an eternity because of the irrational decisions these living dead made during their rise to power.
While it has grown dramatically weaker, there has been no indication that the subject nation has changed since Yahowah described the United States of America in the first two stanzas of this prophetic declaration. Therefore, it would be reasonable to assume that America will be brought down while its political and military leadership is given an express ticket to hell. There is obviously a consequence of arming and abetting Yisra’el’s enemies…
“At this time (ba ha ‘eth ha hy’ – on this occasion, in the context of these events, and at this time on the calendar), it shall be delivered forcefully in a straightforward manner (yabal – under the control of another, and against its will, it shall be brought directly and in linear fashion, and he and it shall be carried off and away, bringing him and it (the hofal stem means that the nation is being forcefully controlled by another, literally carried from one place to another against its will, while the imperfect conjugation reveals that there will be ongoing consequences)) as tribute, a gift which is borne out of reverence and respect for the relationship (shay – as a 594present which is in accord with the presenters’ allegiance, one which is right, given in recognition, admiration, and acclaim; from shawah – which is in accord, appropriate, and is fair) unto (la – on behalf of) Yahowah ( – a transliteration of YaHoWaH as instructed in His towrah – teaching regarding His hayah – existence) of the vast array of spiritual implements (tsaba’ – of the hosts of conscripts who go forth and serve, performing as requested).
These people (‘am – the country and its citizens) are wont to constantly direct others to extend their influence (mashak – who have a prolonged desire to take things away, who are actively involved out in front, enticing others at considerable cost, who have a propensity to engage in the world as if it were their own, who control coinage and thus the means to commerce, acquiring and holding vast sums of money, who are prone to believe in an altered state of reality while overextending and enriching themselves, and who are also tall, immodest, and frequently intoxicated).
They are scrubbed clean, smooth-skinned and shaven, and yet typically reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming (wa mowrat – who are overly concerned about personal hygiene, who rush headstrong in perverse actions, and who are especially fond of their military’s burnished weapons).
They are from a people and nation (mim ‘am – out of the country) which is frightening and feared, even dreadful while at the same time respected for their awesome power (yare’ – which is a cause of great distress through intimidation, but also which is venerated by some for their achievements, capabilities). They are from here to there and beyond in a future time (min huw’ wa hala’ah – from a considerable distance away and out of a future period).
595This Gentile nation is comprised of many races (gowy), and it routinely spews out nonsense in a strange foreign language, talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric, acting like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed (qaw – foolishly judges others in senseless speeches which parrot the same meaningless phrases), always trying to expand and impose its influence, even its faith, establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand, eagerly throwing others out of their land (qow – hoping to bind others together in a common cause as true believers to rule over them by building coalitions to impose the one and only standard they deem acceptable).
It aggressively conquers and subdues, trampling people down (wa mebusah – which is antagonistic and destructive while imposing its will, often partnering with enemies, which is polluted, blind, and loathsome, seen as educating the world while stripping it bare, desecrating most everything of value in the manner of blind and oblivious children imposing their will).
So, from a relationship with a country whose land (‘asher ‘erets – this land and territory to show the way to it) is divided (baza’ – cut through) by rivers (naharym – streams of flowing water, indicative of a large population of people who travel extensively) to (‘el – unto) the place to take a stand (maqowm – the site and office to stand upright) in the name (shem – personal and proper designation, renown, and reputation) of Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – God as directed in His ToWRaH – teaching regarding His HaYaH existence and our ShaLoWM – restoration) of the vast array of spiritual implements (tsaba’ – hosts of conscripts, who are devoid of freewill, serve, doing what they are instructed): Mount (har) Tsyown | Signs Posted Along the Way (Tsyown – Markers 596Providing Direction, the means to communicate and identify the proper path and place).” (Yasha’yah / Deliverance is from Yahowah / Isaiah 18:7)
If I am reading this correctly, “‘asher | from a relationship with” is once again pointing the way home. It is long past time that Yahuwdym | Jews sever their allegiance with America and return to Yahowah, greeting Him again on Tsyown. God is calling His people out of Babylon in a second and final Exodus.
Many, if not most, Hebrew words have light and dark strokes. As we know, it is the context that dictates whether the positive or negative aspects apply. Yare’, which is used here, for example, can convey reverence or fear, respect or intimidation. America uniquely and clearly embodies both, depending upon a person’s point of view. And had it not been scribed in the hofal stem which negates freewill and mandates a forcible imposition to the action of the verb, yabal, which is to be “led away,” might have been translated favorably. But not in this case.
One of the most provocative terms in this portion of the prophecy is shay, rendered as “tribute, a gift which is borne out of reverence and respect for the relationship.” It is further defined as “a present which is in accord with the presenters’ allegiance, one which is right, given in recognition, admiration, and acclaim.” Shay is from shawah – which conveys that which is “in accord, appropriate, and fair.” Is this gift Yahuwdym? Does the return of Yisra’el show the proper respect for the relationship?
There is shay, a word which only appears three times in the entirety of Yah’s Word, used twice in the Mizmowr. There it is also paired with yabal. In Psalm 76 the circumstances are quite similar to what we are reading here in Yasha’yah 18, making it especially instructive.
597There we are told that after subduing a militant foe hell-bent on destroying Yah’s people, those who are brought before God in judgment will “yare’ – come to fear” Him, especially when He is angry at what they have done. Its message is unequivocal.
“In Yahuwdah (Yahuwdah – Beloved By and Related To), God (‘elohym) is recognized and known (yada’). His name (shem) is great (gadowl) in Yisra’el (Yisra’el). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:1)
In Shalem | Yaruwshalaim’s Covenant of Reconciliation (Shalem – a synonym for Yaruwshalaim, meaning Source of Guidance Regarding Reconciliation), His protective covering and Tabernacle (sok) exists (hayah), and His dwelling place (ma’onah) is in Tsyown (Tsyown – Signs Posted Along the Way). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:2)
There, in the place of the name (shem), He will cripple, shatter, and break (shabar) the flaming firebolts of the fiercely obstinate (saraph), their defensive shields (ganan), their swords and daggers (chereb), as well as those engaged in the battle, the soldiers fighting the wars (milchamah). Pause and contemplate this (selah). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:3)
You are a brilliant and illustrious light (‘owr) revealing and exposing from above (harar) the powerful nations, their lordly rulers and their infamous gods (‘adyr) who tear others asunder (taraph). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:4)
Their political leaders and soaring pilots who fly (‘abyr) will drop from the sky. Those drawn out will be captured and taken away as a spoil of war (shalal).
They will be drowsy and slumbering (nuwm) in their stupor (shehah), such that none of these mere mortal men (wa lo’ ‘enowsh) will have the capacity 598(chayl) to find or secure (matsa’) their hands, their strength or power (yad). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:5)
At your rebuke and reprimand (ga’arah), God (‘elohym) of Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob), both those who drive the vehicles of war (rekeb) and those who provide their means of swift propulsion (sus) will be incapacitated, stunned, stupefied, and made unconscious (radam). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:6)
You, even You (‘atah ‘atah) are to be revered or feared, respected or seen as intimidating (yare’). So, who (my) can take or make a stand (‘amad) in Your presence (panym) at the point in time upon which (‘az min) You are angry, whether You are simply displeased or enraged (‘aph)? (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:7)
You are responsible for exercising judgment and the subsequent condemnation (dyn) which shall be listened to and heard (shama’) from the spiritual realm in heaven (shamaym), of which the Land will respect and the Earth will fear (‘erets yare’).
It (as in the Land) will be quiet and at peace, tranquil and undisturbed (shaqat) (Mizmowr 76:8) when God (‘elohym) arises and takes a stand (quwm) in exercising good judgment regarding the means to resolve disputes (mishpat) to liberate, save, and deliver (yasha’) all of (kol) the afflicted and oppressed who have engaged and responded (‘anaw from ‘anah) in the Land (‘erets). Pause and contemplate this (selah). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:9)
Surely (ky) the venomous, indignant, and furious nature (chemah) of humankind (‘adam) shall try to use You by throwing out audacious praise, bemoaning You in their worship (yadah).
Therefore, this residue and remnant (sha’eryth) You shall bind up and restrain. (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:10)
599As a result, make a promise (nadar) to be in the relationship, restored and at peace, delivered safe and sound (shalam) unto Yahowah (Yahowah), your God (‘elohym). May all of those (kol) around Him (sabyb) become straightforward gifts born out of a sense of reverence and respect (yabal shay) unto Him (mowra’ – having come out of and among the fearsome and dreadful terrorists). (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:11)
Then He shall restrain in an inaccessible, impenetrable, and isolated place (batsar) the breath, mind, and spirit (ruwach) of the religious leaders, government rulers, and military commanders, the governors and overseers, the princes and nobility, the captains and civil authorities (nagyd), as He will be feared (yare’) by the rulers (melek) of the earth (‘erets).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 76:12)
We have been given yet another prophetic depiction of what will occur at the conclusion of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles, this time from Dowd. That is interesting in and of itself since he will be part of the process of defending and condemning, liberating and incarcerating.
The political and the religious are being clearly targeted and excoriated. They are considered venomous and therefore will be removed from the Earth to keep God’s people safe. And then as punishment for the harm they have inflicted, they will be incarcerated in an inaccessible and impenetrable place.
By contrast, Dowd is reaffirms the vital nature of Yahowah’s name while reminding us that Yahowah’s attention is focused on Yaruwshalaim. It is here that the returning Messiah is pleading with his people: “As a result, make a promise to be in the relationship, restored and at peace, delivered safe and sound unto Yahowah, your God. May all of those around Him become straightforward gifts 600born out of a sense of reverence and respect (yabal shay) unto Him.”
While there are two entirely different ways to interpret the concluding statement – rendering yabal shay in the more benevolent way is consistent with our approach in Yasha’yah 18. Additional members of the Covenant Family are being presented as a gift before God. The other alternative would have the religious, political, and military leaders who have been removed from America now gathered around God as prisoners. They would have been summoned to stand trial for what they had done to weaken Yisra’el and ravage humankind.
While either interpretation would be acceptable, I am a glass “half full” sort of guy. Considering what Yah is offering and Dowd is recommending, we should always be looking for the “happily ever after” option. The best way to avoid bowing down before Yah in judgment is to stand with Him now while we have this opportunity.
That said, I think we all share Yahowah’s predilection for accountability. We are also passionate about insights and accuracy. Accordingly, the idea of America’s “poligious” leaders potentially being offered up as a gift to Yahowah, not to save, but to openly and publicly condemn and then incarcerate, is sobering in its implications. If this interpretation was intended, it would reveal two aspects of Yahowah’s nature that we have come to acknowledge and appreciate. Righteous indignation (hating that which is harmful) is a virtue. And accountability is essential for there to be justice.
While we all instinctively appreciate that it is wholly appropriate and indeed loving to view the lives of children as a precious and valuable gift, fewer understand why it is also benevolent to vehemently oppose serious threats to those we love. Therefore, while hate is considered extremely inappropriate in politically correct cultures, no 601matter how we render shay, righteous indignation is where these words lead. As a result, recognizing what we should hate and knowing how we should express our disdain, is something we should seek to even emulate in our desire to please our Heavenly Father.
The duplicitous nature of America clearly bothers God. While the nation pays lip service to Israel, the US has harmed the nation with its military constantly meddling throughout the Muslim World. This has ignited a hell-storm of Islamic terrorism and created a tsunami of Muslim migration. It has also led to equipping the belligerents with hundreds of billions of dollars of American weaponry, as the US plays one side against another and seeks to profit from war.
Arming Israel’s enemies with weapons of mass destruction is too great a crime against the Chosen People for Yahowah to ignore. He is not treating America as if it were just any other nation. God is going to make an example of the United States, holding the country accountable for its Pauline Christianity and Replacement Theology, and especially for its military interventionism and deadly weapons, for its arrogant American Exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny, for her Roman and Carthaginian propensity to tread upon the entire world as if it belonged to her people.
In that we have already analyzed the terms which comprise Yasha’yah 18:6, as they were part and parcel of Yahowah’s depiction of America in Yasha’yah 18:2, let’s turn directly to the summation of this chapter.
“Indeed, before the approaching presence of the harvest which is associated with the branch, during the loathsome discouragement and vexing grief of a time which must be cut short to preserve a few lives, as the budding shoots are growing abundantly, especially with their blossoms now flourishing as they form and are 602perfected, then the hardened and unfit sour grapes, the especially embittered, will be dealt with.
They will be treated in the manner they deserve, for becoming quarrelsome rebellious filth. The vile and worthless who squander their opportunity by trivializing it will be cut off, severed, and excluded, then taken away or destroyed with a pruning hook, snuffing them out with a knife.
Then with regard to the forsaken, they will be removed, cut off and separated, then hurled away. (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:5) They shall be continually abandoned and forever forsaken altogether, and all at once.
Having acted like birds of prey, these screaming and shrieking creatures which fly around hunting for living victims to kill will represent the approaching beasts of the earth. They will be abruptly awakened in the summer with vexing and exasperating action taken against them.
Roused from the realm of the dead, they will become alert while remaining inactive, alive but consciously grieving, with others goading them in a vehement manner and in an abhorrent place of sickening dread.
The screaming and shrieking creatures which hunt for living victims then prey upon the dead, who swoop in and dart about, are all part of the beasts of the material realm.
He will be against them during the autumn and winter, ridiculing and taunting them for being irrational and confused, mocking and insulting them, and treating them with contempt for being unable to think properly and for making poor choices. (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:6)
603At this time and in the context of these events, it shall be delivered forcefully in a straightforward manner as a tribute, a gift which is borne out of reverence and respect for the relationship. This gift, which is in accord with the presenters’ allegiance, is right, given in recognition of Yahowah of the vast array of spiritual implements.
These people and nation are wont to constantly direct others to extend their influence. They are tall, immodest, and frequently intoxicated. They are scrubbed clean, smooth-skinned and shaven, and yet typically reckless with weapons sharpened and gleaming.
This nation is frightening and dreadful while at the same time respected for its awesome power. This a Gentile nation comprised of many races which routinely spews out nonsense in a strange foreign language, talking down to others while continually marching off to war based on their condescending and moronic rhetoric.
They act like a great power, all of which deserve to be mocked and ridiculed. They are always trying to expand and impose their influence, even their faith. They like establishing the rules while senselessly drawing lines in the sand. They are even prone to trampling people down.
So, from a country whose land is divided by rivers, indicative of a large population of people who travel extensively, they will be taken to the place to take a stand in the name of Yahowah of the vast array of 604spiritual implements: Mount Tsyown | where the Signs Posted Along the Way.” (Yasha’yah / Isaiah 18:7)
Do not blink. This day is quickly approaching.
Considering the context and timing of this prophecy, the chronology of events, its specificity, and the nation at which it is directed, the howy – expression of dissatisfaction” issued against the United States conveys a message none of us should ever forget. God detests human interference, duplicity, and arrogance.
Speaking favorably of Israel while profiting from abetting her destruction is not even being neutral but is actually worse than being honest about the nation’s hostile intent. And the presumptuous hubris underlying America’s belief that its ways are so superior that it is justified in invading other countries and imposing them by force, makes a mockery of freewill, reason, and reliance – the underpinnings of our relationship with Yah.
American malfeasance will become intolerable, reaching a destructive and deadly crescendo. And Yahowah wants us to know that he will hold the nation accountable for continually making bad situations worse.
Reading between the lines, I suspect that U.S. politicians and generals will be miffed that their weapons were rebuffed so easily. With an unrealistic estimate of the nation’s power, the leadership will be unwilling to admit that they were trumped by God.
Still clinging to the notion of American exceptionalism, the U.S. fleet will sail off to war. America and Europe will face off against Russia and China, with the United States projecting a far greater force than all of the others combined. But unlike its previous miscalculations, 605this will be the nation’s last. A string of poor decisions will end in a colossal mistake.
It is also possible, even likely, that “howy – woe” was deployed as a “warning,” specifically alerting American Jews that they need to leave now, or they will endure the worst of the impending Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles. This will be a horrible episode for all mankind, but based upon this admonition, it will be especially so for those living in the United States – and that would include seven million Yahuwdym | Jews.
Even with the Nes having been raised and ‘ElYah | Elijah back on duty, Yahuwdym | Jews have become so recalcitrant and defiant, it will not be enough to get everyone’s attention. Some will come Home – leaving man’s perverse world – but others will diddle around until it is too late. Even those who are not overtly religious or political will be too fixated on their day-to-day survival and, thus, preoccupied with the mundane, to realize that there really is a final solution – one awaiting the Beryth | Covenant Family in Shamaym | the Spiritual Realm.
On the human side, just as the Nazis bombed Britain after Chamberlain’s foolish attempt to appease them with the gift of Czechoslovakia, we should expect Muslims to ravage America after its failed attempt to stem Islamic terrorism by awarding the perpetrators the preponderance of Israel. This escalation of jihadi ambitions is predicted throughout the prophets as God has described the birth pangs leading up to the last days. It was, of course, affirmed in Yasha’yah 17 as well, with Yahowah providing a word’s-eye-view of the impending debacle. And, for those who are listening, Islamic terrorist organizations are outspoken in their expectations that they will subjugate the world.
America’s fate was already sealed – even before it obliterated all hope with its response to the COVID-19 606pandemic, foreclosing on everyone’s liberty and livelihood while debasing the currency. Economically, it has long been just a matter of time before it implodes under the massive burden of its accumulated debt – now soaring to $50 trillion.
The welfare entitlement mentality is not sustainable, nor are the nation’s massive military expenditures. The nation has long past the point of no return, such that America’s debt is no longer serviceable, bankrupting the nation, which will result in anarchy. The dollar will become all but worthless. The charade of devaluing its fiat currency by creating the illusion of a never-ending supply of money to fund American political indulgencies through the Federal Reserve’s sleight of hand will lose its appeal. It will inevitably disavow its debts, public and private – all in a ploy to coax desperate individuals into relying on a new leader, a new plan, and a new electronic currency manipulated by the great deceiver.
War is also on America’s horizon. Obama nearly fired the opening salvo when he wanted to bomb Damascus, sending cruise missiles and bombers over the protective Russian fleet. But now in the summer of 2020, we are witnessing the unavoidable trigger – the self-imposed coronavirus depression. China, which is indeed culpable, will be blamed and then hit with crippling sanctions as economic superpowers vie to control the world’s markets. It will be Rome v. Carthage all over again.
But this time, it will not be just the ships of the opposing navies that will be destroyed, nor some unfortunate elephants. The prophets speak of the elements melting under intense heat and resulting obscuration of the atmosphere – a reference to a nuclear holocaust. A third of the Earth will be scorched and become uninhabitable, with North America included in the devastation.
607If that were not enough, America’s proxy war in Ukraine against Russia over the reckless expansion of NATO has been an unmitigated disaster. The sanctions have backfired, and the war has been a catastrophe. Even worse, while the war appears lost apart from American propaganda, had the transfer of many hundreds of billions of dollars of advanced weaponry to the exceedingly corrupt government of Ukraine somehow prevailed, it would have left the Russians with a single, untenable alternative – nuclear war.
Adding calamity to catastrophe, Apophis, the near-earth asteroid designated 2004 MN4 that is predicted to narrowly miss the Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, in the midst of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles, could potentially be nudged by another object along its orbit sufficiently to collide, impacting the planet. NASA is so concerned about this possibility that it is investing billions trying to devise a means to more accurately track the asteroid during its elongated orbit and then deflect it as it approaches Earth. Should an atmospheric explosion or impact occur, it would trigger tsunamis of an unimaginable scale, likely impacting the United States.
Additional, albeit related, birth pangs will grow in frequency and magnitude before Yahowah’s return, including earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornados, even prolonged heatwaves, floods, and drought – all of which frequent the United States. Life will become untenable. It is why Yahowah is calling His children home, pleading with them to leave America before they are swept up in her plagues.
Beyond experiencing the most horrendous terrorist attacks in history, beyond total economic collapse and resulting anarchy, beyond nuclear war and its atomic winter, beyond potential asteroid strikes that propel mountainous tsunamis, beyond the impending assault of large magnitude earthquakes, F5 tornados, and Category 5 608hurricanes, America is being admonished for the ultimate crime: harassing God’s Chosen People. Based upon the conclusion of the 18th chapter of Yasha’yah, it is apparent that to save a remnant of His children, Yahowah is going to raise His nes to rescue them from America.
His message is: Come out of her, My people!
It behooves us to consider why Yahowah would juxtapose this critical review of American behavior between His personal involvement in the demise of Islam and raising His Banner while sounding His Showphar for all the world to see and hear. If America played no role in the former and were not the cause of the latter, there would be no reason to include this depiction in the flow of prophetic events.
But the fact is, America inspired and fueled the Islamic reformation that led to the Arab sunset. The fuse was lit by Barack Hussein Obama on June 4th, 2009 when he aligned the United States with Islamic ambitions and encouraged Muslims to seize their opportunity – doing so at the birthplace of the Muslim Brotherhood. Invading Iraq was, of course, a horrific blunder that empowered Iran and led to the Syrian War. But equally absurd was partnering with Pakistan to fight their Taliban in Afghanistan. Bombing Libya to replace a secular government with a collection of terrorists served only to create a marketplace for military hardware, much of it used by Islamic jihadists to murder civilians throughout Northern and Central Africa.
Funding the Egyptian military so that they could murder all of the leaders of their popularly elected government wasn’t America’s brightest hour. And speaking of murder, the annihilation of four thousand Muslim civilians with American drones served to manufacture one hundred jihadists for every one that was killed. Siding with the Sunni mujahideen in Syria was 609similarly counterproductive because they are far more religious and ruthless than the Assad regime.
America’s counterproductive meddling in the Muslim Middle East had several unforeseen consequences. By giving Iraq and Syria to Iran, it doomed Israel. It also divided the world’s superpowers, with Russia and China favoring Iran and the US and Europe opposing the Iranians. We see this now with China and Russia issuing scathing indictments against Israel rather than Hamas in the aftermath of the October 7th, 2023 massacre.
Adding to the fog of war, and errant perceptions, Joe Biden’s oratory in support of Israel has been outstanding – far better than any of Netanyahu’s speeches. And initially, he and his administration are saying and doing all of the right things. But this will change as the casualties mount and the world screams – particularly Saudi Arabia – because MBS has a petrodollar dagger set against America’s throat.
Plotting behind the scenes, the Biden Administration is scheming to provide Saudi Arabia with advanced weaponry, a defense treaty, and nuclear capabilities under the guise of normalization with Israel, which will include the Biden Administration’s pet project: the imposition of a Palestinian State with its capital in Jerusalem. It is all occurring because the US financial sanctions on Russia backfired. Now, over 150 nations want to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency – a move which will cripple the United States. And the one man who can make that so or prevent it from happening – MBS – is using it as leverage. And he just so happens to be a murderous Muslim psychopath – albeit a clever and rich one.
America’s ill-fated military incursions in the Muslim Middle East created such chaos that millions of Muslims fled to Europe, taking their vile religion with them, such that they are fanning the flames of anti-Semitism. To 610appease the Muslims and cover her bloody footprints and millions of lost civilian lives, America is now the most aggressive advocate of the Two-State Solution – something Yahowah openly opposes on moral, rational, and defensive grounds.
As we move forward to the next conflict delineated in the prophecy, the Islamic assault against Israel, the vast preponderance of the weapons that will be wielded by Allah’s mauling murderers who will flood into the land will be supplied by the Iranians, whom the United States enriched and empowered as a result of its failed war in Iraq and failed coup d'état in Syria. In effect, the conclusion of this war will become a confrontation between Yahowah’s Spirit and the destructive capability of the Muslims America has enraged and then equipped. I suspect God, who has seen our future, noticed who made the deadly machines and diabolical decisions. And He wants us to know that He will hold accountable the supplier of the bullets and bombs that will be brought to bear against His people.
But then these things, while egregious, are of less concern to God than looting the Promised Land to garner favor with Israel’s avowed enemies, the Islamic OPEC fiefdoms. This realization is underscored by Yahowah, whose parting comment prior to condemning America was to say: “This is the fate of those deceived regarding their merits, the result of flattering propaganda, the reward for those coveting what belongs to others, who engage in a military conquest to plunder and pillage us, and the recompense coming to those who seek to carry off the spoils of war.” Since there are no chapter or verse designations in the revealed text, one statement flows into the next. The condemnation explains and necessitates the warning.
Yes, it is undoubtedly true that Yahowah was summarizing Islam’s failures in the wake of the religion’s 611demise. But since America’s fingerprints will be all over this war, and since this assessment of liability directly precedes the warning directed at the United States, God wants the world to know that He thwarted American ambitions. The nation that believed it was blessed by God, will become an adversary with which to be reckoned.
When this prophecy is properly considered as Yahowah’s commentary on related chronological events, and as cause, effect, and consequence, then it becomes apparent that God is holding the United States of America accountable for things that will transpire as a result of the Syrian War – the event which serves as the catalyst for the Islamic invasion of Yisra’el. And while that explains why Yah is opposed to America, it is the conclusion of the prophecy which explains what is going to happen to the people of the wayward and annoying nation. The leaders of the most pontificating, most prosperous, most militaristic, and most powerful nation on Earth will be judged, condemned, and incarcerated at this time.
Immediately after blowing Islam away literally and linguistically, in Spirit and Word, Yahowah reveals to everyone on “tebel – Earth,” including those living in His “‘erets – land,” that He has engaged to honor the promises He made to ‘Abraham and the Children of the Covenant. Even those opposed to Him will know that He has taken a stand on behalf of His people, that He stood up for Yisra’el, calling His people home by “nasa’ – lifting up” His “nes – banner.”
This ensign will be unmistakable, a “ra’ah – sign for every Yahuwd | Jew on Earth to see,” and most especially for those living in the United States. The Chosen People are being called home to the Promised Land. Each and every remaining Yisra’elite will have one last opportunity to decide whose side they want to be on: mankind’s or God’s. It will be a referendum between religion and 612relationship, conspiracy and the Covenant, weapons of war and the Word.
For those willing to consider what God is offering, His Nes | Sign will serve as the means to gain His people’s attention. His words will rally many to the point of action, draw them out of Babylon such that they are prepared to engage with Him in a productive manner.
For those willing to “shama’ – listen to and consider” Yahowah’s call to action, the Showphar will sound. God’s Ram’s Horn Trumpet will blast out a warning, announcing this time of reflection leading to reconciliation. If you witness these things, stop whatever you are doing and pay attention. This will be the last invitation Yahowah will provide to participate in the Covenant.
Find a copy of the Towrah, read it and act upon it. The decisions you make on this day will determine the eternal fate of your soul.
This prophecy suggests, as do others, that from this point during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles until its conclusion, there will be no neutral parties. Every soul will be seen as either with God or against Him. This is important because it means that simply dying leading to the dissipation of one’s soul will no longer be an option. From this point forward, it is either Heaven or Hell as Yahowah cleans house before His return Home.
