613Observations

Understanding

 

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The Last Witness

 

Raising of the Nes…

We had pondered the possibility as to whether the Nes | Sign would be held up by one of the two Witnesses in Yaruwshalaim during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles – or if it would be by a mal’ak | spiritual messenger or by way of a miraculous act by God. It is an intriguing thought because of the nature of a Banner and its purpose. As a Secondary Branch or Stem, the Choter could well be the standard upon which the Ensign is raised and flown.

As is the case with any banner, there is always more to the story. Someone has to harvest and then make the thread from which the flag is comprised. Another must weave it into a proper banner. Someone has to compose the graphics which will be written on it, while others diligently check for errors, ensuring that it is Yah worthy. Then more still will work to assure that it is easily seen. In this way, the entire Covenant Family is asked to contribute. It is exactly the kind of support this effort enjoys.

Yahowah’s statements regarding His Witnesses will assuredly help elucidate the events playing out at this time, even if they are only tangentially associated with the Nes | Banner. As such, God’s presentation of future history is absolutely worth our consideration.

And as we have discovered, the editing of this volume of Observations during the week of October 7^th, 2023, and the Islamic terrorist assault on Israel from Gaza, placed it at the intersection of prophecy and world events. As you may recall, I was contemplating the translation of 614Tsephanyah / Yahowah’s Treasures are Stored Up for Another Time / Zephaniah 2:4 the morning of the attack.

But there is more. Yahowah witnessed the future of His people and alerted His prophets so that they could warn us. We find these witnesses presented in Zakaryah / Zechariah 4:12-14 and again throughout Malaky / Malachi. The Zakaryah reference is so highly symbolic, let’s jump right to the conclusion where the metaphors are explained.

As we pick up the story, we find the prophet addressing the heavenly messenger who has been assisting him. He wants to know who these two people are that he has seen in his vision, and he wants to better understand what these luminaries are doing.

“It was then that I interjected (wa ‘anah – so I responded), and asked of him (wa ‘amar ‘el huw’), ‘Who are these two olive trees (mah shanaym ha zaythym ha ‘el leh) on the right (‘al yamyn) of the Manowrah (Manowrah – the gleaming lampstand) and on the left of it (wa ‘al samow’l hy’)?’ (Zakaryah 4:11)

And then I made a second request (wa ‘anah sheny) and asked (wa ‘amar) of him (‘el huw’), ‘Who are these two (mah shanaym) stems (shiboleth – sprigs, speaking of secondary branches) of the olive trees (ha zaythym) which (‘asher) are within reach (ba yad – are beside) of the two (shanaym) golden (ha zahab) pipes (tsantarowth – conduits to transport oil to feed the lamps) pouring forth (ha ryq) from out of them (min ‘al ‘ehem) that which is brilliant and valuable (ha zahab – golden and shimmering, enriching and desirable)?’” (Zakaryah / Remember Yahowah / Zechariah 4:12)

Zakaryah understood the symbolism of the Manowrah and recognized the witness of the olive trees. He just wanted to know why there were two of them. And since there were two, he wanted to identify them.

615In his comments, Zakaryah offers some additional insights. The olives are more akin to “shibboleth – smaller, secondary stems off of the main branch.” And that is to say that they were “choteresque.” Further, they were near the source of olive oil, within reach of the two golden conduits – one to Pesach, Matsah, and Bikuwrym and the other to Taruw’ah, Kipurym, and Sukah. As a result, that which will be “ha zahab – brilliant and valuable” will flow out of them. This is to say that the Spirit would inspire them to speak the Word of Yahowah with Her authority.

“And so (wa) he replied to me (‘amar ‘el ‘any), by asking (la ‘amar), ‘Even now, you do not know Yada and realize (ha lo’ yada’ – do you not recognize and appreciate) who these are (mah ‘el leh)?’

Again (wa) I answered (‘amar), ‘No, sir (lo’ ‘adony).’ (Zakaryah 4:13)

So (wa), he said (‘amar), ‘They are (‘el leh) the two (shanaym) children (beny – offspring and progeny, the beneficiaries) of the olive oil and thus the anointed ones (ha ytsahar – olive oil for light and anointing oil) who stand present (‘amad) before (‘al) Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – God as directed in His ToWRaH – teaching regarding His HaYaH – existence and our ShaLoWM – restoration) for everyone on Earth (kol ha ‘erets).’” (Zakaryah / Remember Yahowah / Zechariah 4:14)

This would make these Witnesses – ‘ElYah and Yada – children of the Spirit and Beryth, in addition to the beneficiaries of the anointed Mashyach, Dowd. Present and standing before Yahowah, they serve as Choters | Secondary Branches for everyone throughout the Land and Earth.

Five years ago, I was sitting at my desk, completing a translation, and preparing for the Shabat Towrah Study on Yada Yah Radio. My fiancé at the time, my wife today, 616asked, “So what’s going to happen to Asher (our Labrador puppy) after the Taruw’ah Harvest?”

Good question, so I asked Yah, “Can we bring her with us?” To which He said, “Where do you think you are going? Why do you think I named one of the two Witnesses and then provided all of these clues regarding the other?”

Okay then, now that we have cleared that up, I suppose I should search to find and share those clues and then strive to perform up to Yah’s expectations.

I had read this prophecy many times and, like Zakaryah, I was unable to explain it. But that is one of the many things we have come to appreciate with Yah. He brings us into the discussion and makes us feel comfortable in His presence. He does not expect us to know and understand everything – just to be sufficiently curious to seek an explanation. When we make the effort and are receptive, the answers are always forthcoming.

We are told that these two “anointed ones,” these “two stems off of the main branch of the Manowrah,” these individuals associated with “the two olive trees” are “influenced and empowered” by the “brilliant one.” Then “to show the way to the benefits of the relationship,” we learn that they serve as “conduits for the precious and shimmering oil” emanating out of the Manowrah. Both are “personally experienced.” They are “called out to pour out” “the precious and valuable oil” both “from them and upon them.” By “being present and taking a stand” they will “bring accusations” “against the controlling Lord” of the “whole of the material realm.”

Therefore, they are “anointed” by “the One represented” by “olive oil” – the Set-Apart Spirit. They are thereby equipped to speak for Yahowah in opposition to the Adversary – the evil and manipulative Lord of the world.

617This statement, like every other one addressing the Choter and Nakry, conspicuously incorporates Yada’ and/or Yada’ Yahowah as a point of identification. Also, we know from Malaky’s revelation that ‘ElYah, meaning “Yahowah is God,” will serve as Yah’s primary witness for His people: Yisra’el and Yahuwdah.

This realization is derived from the whole of Malaky / Malachi, but especially in 4:5-6. As such, this other fellow, the one also immersed in the Spirit and referred to as Yada, is likely a Gowy. He will, therefore, be assigned the responsibility of speaking out in opposition to the Gentiles religion, politics, patriotism, and conspiracy have influenced, such as Christians, Muslims, and Socialists. Yahowah clearly prefers working with individuals who are unaffiliated with His enemies and yet who are still familiar with their ways and means.

One of the reasons that this seems to fit the situation is that we have been told that both men are prepared to do their jobs. ‘ElYah was God’s preeminent witness against the religions influencing Jews. However, he would be unfamiliar with Christianity, Islam, and Socialist Progressives, things which were conceived many centuries thereafter. And it is these religions and political positions which have grown to be so pervasive and aggressive, with over five billion adherents who are belligerent toward Yisra’el and Yahuwdym.

Now as we turn to the last of the prophets, God’s revelation regarding what is to come begins with a sobering disclosure…

“‘Please pay especially close attention because (ky hineh) the day (ha yowm) will arrive (bow’ – will come) when it will transpire (wa hayah – it will exist) that a fiery light will burn (ba’ar – will blaze and consume that which is combustible) like (ka) the flame of a lamp for some and a furnace for others (ha tanuwr – an oven or 618crucible, or an open flame from a luminary; from niyr and nuwr – the fiery light of a lamp).

Those who are presumptuous and arrogant (zed – insolent, self-motivated, self-reliant, and contemptible), in addition to all who engage in (wa kol ‘asah – everyone who does) that which is wicked and wrong (risha’ah – that which is unGodly in violation of the Towrah, unethical and incorrect), will become worthless stubble (qash – will be chaff, dried-up husks blown by the wind, worthless trifles; from qashash – assembled stubble and sticks) which will be set ablaze, burned up, and consumed (lahat ‘eth hem – which will be scorched, devoured and destroyed in the flames).

This day (ha yowm) which is coming (ha bow’),’ says (‘amar) Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH) of the heavenly implements (tsaba’ – organized force who are inclined to do His will), ‘there will not be left behind (‘asher lo’ ‘azab) for them (la hem) a sucker (soresh) or stem (‘anaph).’” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:1)

Those who have clung to their religious or political, even societal, indoctrination, who are presumptuous, lacking a redeeming respect for Yahowah, especially those who earn their living in the military or government, are about to be as useless as burnt toast. Fortunately for the reconciled remnant of Yisra’el, by addressing those who “‘asah – to act and engage” with regard to religion and politics, God is ridding the world of the “poligious” rather than their victims.

For such pompous and disrespectful people, there will be no stem or sucker – and, thus, no Choters to serve as Witnesses. The remaining bad actors are being condemned, not vindicated.

It is important that we appreciate exactly what is transpiring because the consequence is life or death. Ba’ar 619is a “fiery light which burns, consuming anything which is combustible.” While ha tanuwr is typically rendered as “furnace,” its root suggests that “oven and crucible” are secondary connotations. Derived from niyr and nuwr, we should be anticipating “the flaming light of a lamp or blazing luminary.” As such, this may well be symbolic of the Set-Apart Spirit approaching with a Manowrah. After all, we were told to expect two witnesses as stems of an olive tree on either side of a Manowrah. But it could also imply that ‘ElYah and Yada will breathe fire upon the contentious, making their words exceptionally persuasive.

Earlier, we heard Mal’aky lament that the “zed – presumptuous and arrogant” and the “risha’ah – wicked and wrong” appeared to be prevailing because his people were unwilling to hold them accountable. That problem is clearly being resolved. And yet, it is hard to imagine being among the chaff after all Yahowah and His Witnesses have done to encourage a different outcome.

Qash | chaff is worthless stubble. It is dry and combustible, and thus it stands no chance before the flame. They were not prepared to meet God and came to deserve this fate. With Yahowah’s return preceded by His Set-Apart Spirit, the resulting light will be overwhelming for those not already protected.

The reference to no “soresh or ‘anaph – sucker or stem” serves to affirm that the two Witnesses who once stood beside the Manowrah will vanish – albeit not before they roast the most belligerent of Yisra’el’s adversaries. The Sucker is likely the Choter while the Stem would be ‘ElYah.

With this prophetic revelation, we are reminded that being right about God will save us from any ordeal, while being wrong enjoins it. Ultimately, being correct is all that matters, which explains why Yahowah consistently reinforced the fact that Dowd was tsadaq | right.

620This next statement, removed from the context of the previous one, where the religious are consumed in God’s light, is one that Christians ignorantly misappropriate on behalf of their god. It may be among the earliest cases of gender confusion because the opening verb, zarach, was written in the third person, feminine, singular – as “She will appear.” Moreover, those frolicking on this day all revere Yahowah’s name and that of His Son, Dowd, not the mythical misnomer, “Jesus Christ.”

“‘So, then (wa) She will appear, shining brightly (wa zarach – She will ascend irradiating light in the east, becoming visible with the dawning of a new day, illuminating and enlightening), as brilliant as the sun (shemesh – as sunlight; from an unused root meaning: to be brilliant), for you who respect My name to approach (la ‘atem shem ‘any – My personal and proper designation), vindicating and acquitting (tsadaqah – rendering innocent by being right, correcting and perfecting) while healing and restoring (wa marphe’ – delivering in a curative fashion, providing a remedy, making sound and wholesome; from mah – to contemplate the who, what, why, where, when, and how of rapha’ – healing) with the hem of Her garment (ba kanaph hy’ – within the corners of Her wings, the edges and extremities of Her clothing, and the uttermost part of Her flowing skirt).

Come out (yatsa’ – go out and come forth (serving as the operative term of the Yatsa’ | Exodus)) and leap around, frolicking (puwsh – jump around playfully and friskily, springing and skipping about) like (ka) calves (‘egel – adolescent bovines; from ‘agol – to come full circle, revolving around) from a stable (marbeq – from a stall; from an unused root: from being tied up).’” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:2)

Sorry, Twistians, but unless your “Jesus” is transgender, then this is not indicative of your dead god’s 621return. It is, of course, no better for the Haredi because they are toast. Those who do not acknowledge and capitalize upon our Spiritual Mother, Yahowah’s Set-Apart Spirit, will not be among the celebrants on this day.

The Ruwach Qodesh, the feminine manifestation of God’s Spiritual nature, is light. She will “zarach – appear, shining brilliantly.” And at this moment, She is “illuminating and enlightening” Her children who “yare’ shem – revere and respect the name,” Yahowah. As such, there will be no Orthodox Jews, Christians, Muslims, or Progressives among the celebrants. Nary a one knows, much less respects, Yahowah’s name.

The most telling use of zarach is found in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 60:1. “Arise as light (quwm ‘owr – stand up and be enlightened) because (ky) your light (‘owr ‘ath) has come (bow’ – has arrived). Then (wa) the glorious presence and manifestation of power (kabowd – the splendor and person, the enrichment and empowerment, even the reward and resulting gift) of Yahowah (YaHoWaH) has appeared, shining brilliantly (zarach – is visible, illuminating and enlightening His shining light) upon you (‘al ‘ath – over you).”

In context, the “ba’ar – fiery light” and the “ha tanuwr – flaming luminary” are related to “zarach – She who shines brightly, illuminating and enlightening.” Further, it is not the “sun” which is reappearing after the nuclear winter of our discontent but, instead, the Spirit who will appear “shemesh – as brilliant as the sun.” Her role will be as it has always been – to tsadaqah wa marphe’, which is “to vindicate and acquit, rendering innocent” while “healing and restoring.” Shemesh tsadaqah is not a name or a title. It is a job description.

For the Yahuwdym | Jews reading this, consider how misled you have been with rabbis claiming that “G-d’s name cannot be pronounced,” because now you know that 622respecting it is the first step toward restoration. And what a tragedy it is for Jews to be awaiting an unknown Messiah when the best known Yahuwd of all time is the very man you seek. Dowd’s relationship with Yahowah, his lives and lyrics, comprise the antidote for this rabbinical plague.

While I prefer the rendering “the brilliant one who is right” for shemesh tsadaqah, it is typically and somewhat appropriately, translated as “sun of righteousness.” As such, it points us toward a Mizmowr / Psalm which will one day rock our world – the 89^th. It is featured in volume 1 of Coming Home, in the chapter entitled, To Dowd or Not to Dowd. Without its profound insights, the uninformed might be tempted to errantly imagine someone else in this role, when it clearly pertains to Dowd.

Ba kanaph hy’ can be rendered as “with the hem of Her garment, within the corners of her wings, by the edges and extremities of Her clothing, or through the outermost part of Her flowing skirt.” Therefore, we would be wise to consider Yahowah’s Towrah | Guidance regarding what is “ba kanaph hy’ – in the hem of Her garment.” To appreciate this metaphor, let’s consider God’s explanation…

“‘Speak to the Children of Yisra’el and ask them to make for themselves tassels (tsytsth – cords of thread fastened on one end and hanging loose on the other, a fringe of flowing flowers, tuft of a feather, or lock of hair; from tsiyts – to bloom, flower, and shine like the glistening feather on a wing) upon (‘al) the corners, hems, borders, and wings (kanaph – the extremities, outermost part, and skirt, even upon the wings of the Spirit (Mizmowr 18:10)) of their garments (beged hem – their clothing and apparel, their deceitful cloaks and treacherous robes) throughout their generations.

And then place as a gift upon the tsytsth | fringe (tsytsth – cords of thread fastened on one end and hanging 623loose on the other, tassels of flowing flowers, tuft of a feather, or lock of hair; from tsiyts – to bloom, flower, and shine like the glistening feather on a wing) on the kanaph | hems and corners (ha kanaph – the extremities, outermost part, and skirt, the borders and wings) a perfect violet blue (takeleth – indigo, a deep bluish purple color; from taklyth – the complete consummation of perfection in the end (from kalah – to accomplish what is needed in the end, finishing the job and fulfilling the promise)) thread (pathyl – twisted cord or braid, a woven strand or string, a fiber and filament; from pathal – to twist and wrestle). (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:38)

And it will exist for you as a tsytsth | fringe tassel to bloom and shine by visually examining it and remembering (zakar – to recall and mention, to publicly proclaim) all of Yahowah’s instructive conditions (mitswah – terms of the relationship agreement and prescriptions) and then act upon them (wa ‘asah ‘eth hem – engaging based upon them) so that you do not explore (wa lo’ tuwr – you do not seek out and follow after) the lingering notions and subsequent ideas of your heart (‘achar lebab ‘atem – your remaining inclinations) or of your additional viewpoints, in which you are inclined to remain unfaithful (zanah ‘achar – continue to be a prostitute). (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:39)

Therefore, you should remember (wa zakar) to engage in and act upon all of the terms and conditions of My relationship agreement (‘asah mitswah ‘any) and remain set apart unto your God (wa hayah qodesh la ‘elohym ‘atem). (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:40)

I am Yahowah, your God, who, for the benefit of the relationship, brought you out (yatsa’ ‘eth ‘atem) from the realm of religious and political persecution (min ‘erets Mitsraym) to exist as your God (la hayah la ‘atem la ‘elohym). I am Yahowah, your God.’” (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:41)

624The Set-Apart Spirit is dressed as Yahowah would have us adorned, with a tsytsth in the kanaph of Her garment. And just as it did then, it reminds us to act upon the instructive conditions of the Covenant. And now on Yowm Kipurym, this is our reward.

This next bit of Godly advice will be echoed in Yahowah’s presentation of the Invitation to be Called Out and Meet of Sukah | Shelters.

“‘Then (wa) you will tread upon (‘asas – you will trample down) the wicked (rasa’ – the evil, the guilty and condemned who were counter to the standard, the unGodly and wrong) because (ky) they will be (hayah – they will come to exist as) insignificant ashes (‘epher – worthless and filthy burned carbon by-products, ignominious dust) under (tachath) the soles of your feet (kaph regel ‘atem) during (ba) the day (ha yowm) which, for the benefit of the relationship (‘asher), I am going to perform (‘any ‘asah – I will act and engage, doing the work to accomplish what needs to be done),’ says (‘amar – promises and declares) Yahowah (YaHoWaH) of the assembled spiritual envoys (tsaba’).” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:3)

This speaks to the time between Yahowah’s Yowm Kipurym return and the commencement of the Millennial Shabat on Sukah. God is cleaning house so that His children will be safe. The religious, political, and conspiratorial will be expunged from the Earth as God restores the conditions present inside the Garden of ‘Eden.

Yahowah will perform as promised. Therefore, the world as we know it will conclude with the Great Divide between the Haves and Have Nots.

If you want to be among those invited to camp out with our Heavenly Father and Spiritual Mother in the Garden of Ultimate Joy, God has some advice…

625“‘Remember (zakar – recall the information and events mentioned in) Moseh (Mosheh – the One who Draws Out), My associate’s (‘ebed ‘any – My coworker’s) Towrah (Towrah – Source of Teaching and Instruction, Guidance and Direction) which, to lead to the benefits of the relationship and along the path to get the greatest joy out of life (‘asher), I instructed and directed (tsawah – I decreed, ordained, and stated with authority) through him (‘eth huw’ – with him) upon (ba) Choreb | the Cutting Edge and Dividing Line (Choreb – the cutting instrument and double-edged engraving tool, burning and cauterizing) on behalf of all Yisra’el (‘al kol Yisra’el – for all of those who engage and endure with God), even the prescriptions which cut you into the relationship (choq) and the means to execute good judgment regarding resolving disputes (mishpat).’” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:4)

The place Yahowah’s Towrah was delivered became the Cutting Edge between light and ash, between being received or being rejected on this day. Within its pages, we find Yah’s instructions, His prescriptions for living, and His means to justly resolve disputes.

To encourage those who remain to capitalize on this opportunity to know Yahowah from the perspective provided by the Towrah, and to benefit from the path through the Miqra’ey God has described and enabled, Yahowah will send two additional Witnesses, one of whom will be the enormously entertaining and resolutely sarcastic, ‘ElYah, more commonly known as Elijah.

So, even though we have been given all we need to know, and recognizing that our shortcomings are our fault, not God’s, just to add an extra dose of thoughtful substance, the most entertaining of the prophets, God’s comedian and showman, the illustrious ‘ElYah is making an encore appearance….

626“‘Look (hineh – pay close attention and behold), I (‘anky) will send out (shalach – I will extend, set apart, and dispatch) on your behalf (la ‘atem ‘eth), ‘ElYah (‘Elyah – Yah is God), the prophet (ha naby’ – one who proclaims the message of the Almighty), to come (la bow’ – to arrive) before (paneh – the appearance and presence of) the great (ha gadowl – exceedingly important in magnitude and extent, intense and astonishing, distinguished) and awesome (wa ha yare’ – highly regarded and revered) day (yowm) of Yahowah (YaHoWaH – an accurate presentation of the name as guided by His towrah – instructions).’” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:5)

Why ‘ElYah? Why not Yasha’yah, Yirma’yah, or Zakaryah? They had a whole lot more to say about what we are witnessing. Why not Moseh – no one knew the Towrah better? Shamuw’el, the Shaphat turned Naby’ who introduced us to Dowd, would be an enlightened choice. After all, he previously introduced Dowd to Yisra’el, and it is the Mashyach | Messiah who is returning. But no, God did not choose them, preferring, instead, the prophet who spoke to us but wrote nothing for us to read. So, what was there about ‘ElYah that distinguished him?

The answer is simple: he was quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He no doubt kept the Almighty in stitches with his irreverent humor and biting sarcasm. He had the courage and good sense to give the religious and political establishments a tongue-lashing. ‘ElYah pulled no punches. He took on the Lord Ba’al, all of his religious advocates, Queens, Kings, and their armies, without breaking a sweat. He is the perfect guy for this occasion.

‘ElYah’s claim to fame wasn’t his prophecy but, instead, his ability to cut the religious, political, and conspiratorial off at their knees. In a world where the attention span is constrained to a soundbite, God chose wisely. He will eviscerate the rabbis.

627“‘He will turn and reconcile (shuwb – will arrive to change the thinking, perspective, and attitude and thereby restore) the hearts (leb – the inclinations and motivations, the thinking and the feelings) of fathers (‘ab) to sons (‘al ben), and hearts of sons to their fathers (wa leb ben ‘al ‘ab hem), lest (pen) I come (bow’) and strike (wa nakah – smite and afflict) the Land (‘erets – the Earth, region, and material realm) which had been dedicated as a gift (charam – which had been devoted but is now disfigured).’” (Mal’aky / My Messenger / Malachi 4:6)

When it comes to our walk away from religion and politics, shuwb is the operative term. We must change our thinking and perspective before we can return to God.

It remains amazing how overwhelming a father’s influence is over his children. At a rate of over eight in ten, sons follow their father’s footsteps and ascribe to the same religious denomination, political party, and conspiratorial notions. This has never been more evident than with the Haredim.

No matter how well we do our jobs, no matter how cleverly ‘ElYah phrases his retorts, Yahowah is returning on Yowm Kipurym in year 6000 Yah: at 6:22 PM in Yaruwshalaim on October 2^nd, 2033. The single determining factor as to whether you are greeted with an open and welcoming hand or the back of the hand is whether or not you are willing to listen.

Charam has a wide range of meanings. It speaks primarily of that which is set apart unto Yahowah and, thus, devoted and special. But since this is the day of contrasts, charam can address something which is banned because it has become common through religious use.

So now we know: Yahowah has promised to return on the Day of Reconciliations to restore His Family. On that day, the heart of the Father will be reconciled with His 628children, and the hearts of sons will be reconciled with their Father. We will be Family.

It is interesting to note that every year, all around the world, Elijah is invited to rabbinic celebrations of their Passover Seder. It, like most everything else the religious do on this day, is senseless. Dowd isn’t invited, and yet he is the Pesach ‘Ayl. He is the one who is providing eternal life while opening heaven’s door.

Showing either their ignorance or perhaps willful disregard for Yahowah’s instructions, at the conclusion of the seder, the patriarch of the family will pour a cup of wine for Elijah then open the door of their home. They will beseech “G-d,” asking Him to “pour out His wrath upon our persecutors and oppressors” – which is not the purpose of Passover or of the wine.

Nonetheless, rabbis claim that their “ultimate redemption will be heralded by Elijah,” showing no regard for Moseh or Dowd, even their God. Rabbis further assert that by pouring a glass of wine for Elijah at the conclusion of the seder “we re-inspire our faith in the coming of the Mashyach.” Too bad they do not know that it is Dowd who is returning as the Messiah, or that he will arrive on Yowm Kipurym in year 6000 Yah – October 2^nd, 2033.

Also counterproductive, the most important part of Passover is the lamb. And yet, it is the one thing always shortchanged during a seder. While the truth and their rhetoric are in opposition, rabbis attest that they are deliberately diminishing the portion of lamb which is served “as a mark of respect for the memory of the temple sacrifices.” This would be akin to saying that they are respecting Yahowah’s name by removing it.

But it gets worse. Lamb is now actually prohibited on Passover for the Ultra-Orthodox. The code of Rabbinic Law called Shulhan Arukh was initially written in Venice 629in 1565. It strictly forbids the consumption of roasted meat of any kind during the seder.

Weirder still, Reformed and Orthodox Jews are limited to a single bone during Passover. While there is no meat to actually consume, obscuring the symbolism and defeating the purpose of Pesach, the rabbis are actually aware that the bone is a Zarowa’ representing the Pesach ‘Ayl – and refer to it as such.

That is revealing because back in 2005, when I first came across the term, and translated zarowa’ as the “sacrificial lamb,” there was no scholastic support for this conclusion or for associating the zarowa’ with Dowd – who endured the sacrifice. These determinations were derived entirely from zarowa’s use within the Towrah.

Not only are rabbis denying the zarowa’s association with the Messiah and Son of God, Dowd, by placing an inedible bone on the plate, they are denying Jews the benefit intended by the sacrifice. Further, rabbis have not made the essential connection between the three Zarowa’: Moseh, Dowd, or Yada – each of whom represents the Strong Arm of Yah. And yet, it is this recognition that provides the proper perspective to appreciate Yasha’yah 53’s presentation of the work of the Sacrificial Lamb – something the preponderance of people fail to understand.

Moreover, there is not one in a million who acknowledges and respects the profoundly important and uniquely different roles Moseh, Dowd, and Yada play in Yisra’el’s relationship with Yahowah.

We can, therefore, be assured of two things. First, there will be two Witnesses and one of them will be ‘ElYah. Also, Yahowah’s prophet will be there to restore the fortunes of Yisra’el, changing the thinking of God’s people prior to the Almighty’s return.

630This suggests that someone else, someone whose name is not important, someone who is not a prophet, will be there to witness to the rest of the world. And we might surmise from this that, while it’s clear that ‘ElYah will prevail with Yahuwdym, the other guy isn’t going to have near the success.

Perhaps this is why there will be 7,000 Yahuwdym, Yisra’elites, and Gowym prepared for the Taruw’ah Harvest, and countless more ready for Yahowah’s return on Yowm Kippurym. A Choter is being supplemented with the ultimate orator – the bold and unflinching, ‘ElYah.

In the 10^th chapter of the 1^st volume of Coming Home, called To Dowd or Not to Dowd, we will find ourselves enlightened by the proclamations made regarding Dowd. They are life-altering, soul-changing, and mentally transformational.

We were drawn to this sneak peek at the 89^th Mizmowr because of the reference to the “shemesh – the brilliant one” who “tsadaqah – is right.” We were told in Malaky / Malachi 4:2 that “zarach – he will arise and appear” with the “marpeh’ – means to restoration.” Since this is not the way we have been inclined to think about Dowd, I’d like to push the envelope of understanding closer to the threshold of Yahowah’s perspective on this illustrious individual.

It begins…

“A Poem of Insights to Contemplate and Comprehend by being circumspect and thoughtful (maskyl) through (la) ‘Eythan | the Constant and Eternal, Productive and Established, Profuse and Enduring (‘Eythan) ‘Ezrachy | Beloved Native-Born 631Strong Arm who is cherished (ha ‘Ezrachy). (Mizmowr 89: Introduction and Dedication)

I want to sing (shyr) about the eternal and everlasting love, steadfast devotion, enduring favoritism, unfailing affection, and genuine mercy, kindness, and generosity forevermore (chesed ‘owlam) of Yahowah (Yahowah), on behalf of (la) all generations throughout time, the household, family, and home (dowr wa dowr).

With my mouth (ba peh ‘any), I will make known, revealing that I am familiar with and understand, acknowledging that I have embraced (yada’) Your trustworthiness and dependability, Your honesty and reliability, and Your steadfast commitment to the truth (‘emuwnah ‘atah). (Mizmowr 89:1)

Yes, indeed (ky), I say (‘amar), ‘Now and forevermore (‘owlam), the Spiritual Realm of the Heavens (shamaym) was established and is continually built to procreate a restored, prosperous, and productive family (banah) on love, devotion, favoritism, kindness, generosity, and mercy (chesed).

You have fashioned and formed it to manifest within it (kuwn ba hem) Your authentic character, Your trustworthiness and reliability (‘emuwnah ‘atah).’” (Mizmowr 89:2)

God’s statement reveals that He is working with Dowd, His Chosen One, to establish the Covenant…

“‘I have established, cutting through separation (karat) the Beryth | Covenant for the Family and Home (Beryth) through ‘Any Bachyr | My Chosen One – the person I prefer and have decided upon (la bachyr ‘any).

I have sworn an oath, and I will affirm this promise seven times over (shaba’) to Dowd | the Beloved (la Dowd), ‘Ebed ‘Any | My Authorized Agent and 632Coworker who serves on My behalf (‘ebed ‘any). (Mizmowr 89:3)

Forevermore, as an ‘Ad ‘Owlam | Eternal Witness to the Restoring Testimony (‘ad ‘owlam), I will prepare and establish (kuwn) your offspring and that which you sow (zera’ ‘atah). In addition, I will construct a home (wa banah) for your throne and seat of honor (kise’ ‘atah) on behalf of all generations throughout time (la dowr wa dowr).’

Selah | Pause now and contemplate the implications (selah).” (Mizmowr 89:4)

It may be hard for many to fathom, but in truth, Yahowah swore an oath to Dowd – and He is not about to break it. It is our collective failure to appreciate what God has said about His Son that causes so many to be beguiled by competing religions. Dowd is the paradigm and exemplar of the Covenant. He is Yahowah’s Chosen One. And he is our Savior.

“The spiritual realm of the Heavens (shamaym) knows and appreciates (yadah) Your wonderful accomplishments and marvelous contributions (pale’ ‘atah), Yahowah (Yahowah) and, also (‘aph), Your trustworthiness (‘emuwnah ‘atah) in the community (ba qahal) of the Set Apart (qodesh). (Mizmowr 89:5)

By contrast (ky), who (my) in the skies of the material realm (ba ha shachaq) can be equated or compared (‘arak) to (la) Yahowah (Yahowah)? Who is similar to or thinks like (damah) Yahowah (Yahowah) among the sons of gods (ba ben ‘el)?” (Mizmowr 89:6)

The answer has been “no one,” but it should have been most every Yahuwd. We should all be thinking like Yahowah because God has taught us exactly how He views the world.

633“God (‘el) is inspiring and awesome (‘arats) in the council and fellowship (ba sowd) of the Set-Apart Ones (qadowshym), tremendously great, while inspiring reverence and respect (rab wa yare’) beyond all those around Him (‘al kol sabyb). (Mizmowr 89:7)

Yahowah (Yahowah), God (‘elohym) of the vast array of spiritual implements (tsaba’), who and what (my) is comparable to Your (kamow ‘atah) awesome power and extraordinary gifts (chasyn) which are all around You (sabyb ‘atah), Yahowah (Yahowah), including (wa) Your unwavering commitment to the truth (‘emuwnah ‘atah)? (Mizmowr 89:8)

You have conveyed vivid parables, establishing an articulate leader (‘atah mashal) over the raging devastation and presumptive arrogance (ba ge’uwth) of the sea (ha yam). When its turbulent and surging waves rise up in deceit to craft delusions (ba nasa’ / nasha’ gal huw’), You expose them and stop them (‘atah shabach hem).” (Mizmowr 89:9)

For every exceptional hero like Dowd, there is also a cataclysmic villain. In this case, the pretentious and contentious man of affliction is Sha’uwl | Paul, and his false god is “Jesus Christ.” And in this case, Dowd is the Zarowa’ | Sacrificial Lamb, the Messiah and Son of God who endured Pesach and Matsah so that the Children of the Covenant might live.

“You humbled and crushed, rejecting and defeating (‘atah daka’) that which is comparable to the reprehensible and deadly nature of (ka ha chalal) the pretentious pride and stormy arrogance of the boisterous afflicter and his false god (rahab) with Your empowered and fortified (ba ‘oz ‘atah) Zarowa’ | Protective Shepherd and Sacrificial Lamb (zarowa’).

You isolate and separate (pazar) Your adversaries (‘oyeb ‘atah).” (Mizmowr 89:10)

634Appreciating Dowd’s role as the Zarowa’ is vital to the reconciliation of Yisra’el. It is the answer to religious and political corruption and control because Dowd is our Shepherd, our Savior, and our King. For these reasons and countless more, Yahowah has established his throne in His Home forevermore.

“The spiritual realm of the Heavens (shamaym) is Yours (la ‘atah). The material realm (‘erets), the world (tebel), and all that is in it (wa malo’ hy’), is also Yours (‘aph la ‘atah). You laid the foundation for them and created them (‘atah yasad hem). (Mizmowr 89:11)

The north, the place where treasure is taken and hidden (tsaphown), and (wa) the south, the right side (yamyn), You have created them (‘atah bara’ hem).

Tabowr | the Broken and Shattered (tabowr) and (wa) Chermown | the Banned and Exterminated (Chermown) shout for joy (ranan) in Your name (ba shem ‘atah). (Mizmowr 89:12)

Beside You, and on Your behalf (la ‘atah), the Zarowa’ | Protective Shepherd and Sacrificial Lamb (zarowa’) with tremendous power, courage, character, and awesome ability (‘im gabuwrah) will be Your Strong Hand (‘azaz yad ‘atah) raised up high (ruwm) at Your Right Side (yamyn ‘atah). (Mizmowr 89:13)

Being correct is vindicating (tsedeq) regarding executing good judgment and justly resolving disputes (wa mishpat) which serve as the foundation (makown) of your throne (kise’ ‘atah).

A loving relationship and genuine mercy (chesed), along with a steadfast commitment to the truth (wa ‘emuwnah), encounter those who enter your presence (qadam paneh ‘atah).” (Mizmowr 89:14)

It cannot be overstated: with Yah, as it is with Dowd, it is all about being correct. When this is our focus, love 635and justice become mutually compatible. It is the product of a never-ending commitment to the truth. This is the path to redemption and reconciliation. And it is all possible because Dowd served as our Zarowa’.

As a result of the empowerment, enrichment, and enlightenment of Shabuw’ah, Dowd’s life, like my own to a lesser extent, is lived in the Taruw’ah zone. We wake up early each morning, prepared to share what we have learned, boldly shouting out a warning to those on the wrong path while passionately guiding those who are interested to Yahowah through His Towrah, Beryth, and Miqra’ey. Taruw’ah defines the lives of Yah’s witnesses, from naby’ all the way down to choter.

“Delighted to show the way because blessed (‘ashry) are the people (ha ‘am) who are aware of and acknowledge (yada’) Taruw’ah (Taruw’ah), who walk (halak) with the light into Your presence (ba ‘owr paneh ‘atah), Yahowah (Yahowah). (Mizmowr 89:15)

In Your name (ba shem ‘atah) they rejoice (gyl) every day (kol ha yowm – all the time). And (wa) in Your justice and vindication, by being right (ba tsadaqah ‘atah), they are lifted on high (ruwm). (Mizmowr 89:16)

Indeed (ky), the adornment and appearance (tiph’erth) of their empowerment and fortification (‘oz hem) is Yours (‘atah). By Your acceptance and approval (ba ratsown ‘atah), our brilliantly illuminating horn (qaran ‘anachnuw) is lifted up (ruwm). (Mizmowr 89:17)

For (ky) our deliverance and protection (magen ‘anachnuw) are from (la) Yahowah (Yahowah). Accordingly (wa la), the Qadowsh | Set-Apart One (qadowsh) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el) is our Melek | King (melek ‘anachnuw).” (Mizmowr 89:18)

When we listen to Dowd, the Set-Apart One of Yisra’el, and follow him home, we will find ourselves 636adorned in Yahowah’s power and light as we are lifted on high. Yahowah, through the Set-Apart Spirit, clothes His Covenant Children in a Garment of Light. This luminous covering not only makes us appear perfect from Yah’s perspective, the Spirit becomes our direct connection to everything important: from eternal life and perfection to marvelous insights and understanding.

Among these insights, we will come to embrace Yahowah’s Chosen One, our King, the Set-Apart One of Yisra’el, as our Spiritual Advisor. Our path to life eternal is guided by his Mizmowr and Mashal.

“Therefore, in relation to this, logically (‘az) You spoke (dabar) in a revelation (ba chazown) to (la) Your Bacharym | Chosen and Tested Ones (bacharym ‘atah), saying (‘amar), ‘I have equated and bestowed (shawah) assistance, supplying what is needed (‘ezer) on behalf of (‘al) the Gibowr | Most Courageous and Capable Man (gibowr). I have raised up and exalted (ruwm) the Bachar | Chosen One (bachar) from (min) the people (‘am).” (Mizmowr 89:19)

We know about Dowd because Yahowah chose him, anointed him, and then worked with him to achieve His ends – which has always been to enjoy being the Father of the Covenant Family. And through a most generous application of the Ruwach, Dowd became Yahowah’s ultimate Gibowr | Most Courageous and Competent Man.

“I discovered and then made known, encountered, experienced, and exposed (matsa’) Dowd (Dowd), My ‘Ebed | Coworker (‘ebed ‘any).

Out of (min) Shemen Qodesh ‘Any | My Set-Apart Oil (shemen qodesh ‘any), I have mashach | anointed him (mashach huw’) (Mizmowr 89:20) so that, to show the way to the benefits of the relationship (‘asher), My hand and influence (yad ‘any) will be established and 637steadfast, authenticated and unwavering (kuwn) with you (‘im ‘atah).

In addition, and beyond this (‘aph), ‘Any Zarowa’ | My Protective Shepherd, Strong Arm, and Sacrificial Lamb (zarowa’ ‘any) will empower and embolden you, strengthening you, while enabling your growth (‘amets ‘atah).” (Mizmowr / Lyrics to Sing / Psalm 89:21)

Yes, it is irrefutably true: Dowd was chosen over all other men to serve as Yahowah’s anointed Mashyach | Messiah and His Zarowa’ | Protective Shepherd and Sacrificial Lamb. He served in these roles to show us the way to the relationship God desires while making it possible for us to become authenticated and unwavering members of his Father’s Family.

Dowd’s most formidable foe is this Adversary, the Son of Evil, Sha’uwl | Paul – the founder of the Christian religion and the principal author of its New Testament. Paul is also the inspiration behind the Christian myth of Replacement Theology, the very scheme that sought to rob Dowd and his fellow Yahuwdym of the promises Yahowah made on his and their behalf.

“The Adversary (‘oyeb) will not outwit or nullify him, never negating his value or annulling his purpose (showa’ ba huw’). And (wa) the Son of Evil (ben ‘awlah) will not deny him or denigrate him because he will have no answer for him (lo’ ‘anah huw’). (Mizmowr 89:22)

And so (wa), I will pulverize and crush, vanquish and incarcerate (kathath) his foes, especially those who seek to constrain and restrict him (tsary huw’). Then (wa) out of his presence (min paneh huw’), I will plague (nagaph) those who shun him by attempting to decrease his status (sane’ huw’).” (Mizmowr 89:23)

We have been led to believe that the spiritual battle is being waged between “Jesus” and the Devil, when that is 638not so. In fact, the Christian “Christ” shares more in common with the Adversary than he does with Yahowah.

Satan is not stupid. He knows what is important to Yahowah, and thus to His creation. As a result, the Adversary has long sought to nullify the promises Yah made to His beloved Son and the actual Messiah and Savior.

“Therefore (wa), My steadfast commitment to the truth (‘emuwnah ‘any) and (wa) My unwavering love, determined devotion, and enduring favoritism (chesed ‘any), are with him (‘im huw’).

In My name (wa ba shem ‘any), his light will radiate and enlighten and his brilliant horn, symbolic of his status and strength, and of his role as the protective ram among the sheep during Pesach and Taruw’ah (qeren huw’) will be lifted up, raised on high, and exalted (ruwm).” (Mizmowr 89:24)

The truth is, Dowd was right about God. He thought his way to Him and then fell in love, his heart following his head.

The Messiah and Son of God, our Savior, is the Light of the World – the most enlightening man who has ever lived. And with all of his esteem, he, of all people, lowered himself to save us. And yet, God’s people have denied the single greatest gift ever offered. They not only reject Dowd as the returning Messiah, but they will also deny that he was God’s beloved Son.

“‘He, himself, will call out to Me and welcome Me, announcing (huw’ qara’ ‘any), ‘You are my Father (‘ab ‘any ‘atah)!’ (Mizmowr 89:26)

I (‘any), also (‘aph), will bestow him as a gift, appointing and making him (nathan huw’) Bakowr ‘Any | My Firstborn (bakowr ‘any), as ‘Elyown | Almighty God, the Highest and Uppermost (‘elyown) in 639comparison to the kings and rulers (la melekym) of the Earth (‘erets).’” (Mizmowr 89:27)

This may be the most important pronouncement ever made. Not only is Dowd Yahowah’s Firstborn Son, but by comparison to the greatest who have ever lived, Dowd is God. He is ‘Elyown | Almighty – the Highest and Uppermost.

Dowd | David is the Son of God. Yahowah is his Father. Of all of the men and women who have passed this way, Dowd garners the distinction of being Yahowah’s Bakowr | Firstborn. His calling is the highest of all because he fulfilled Pesach and Matsah to become Bikuwrym.

“‘For all eternity (la ‘owlam), I will keep watch over him, paying very close attention to him, focusing on him (shamar la huw’). My unwavering love, unrelenting devotion, enduring affection, and genuine favoritism (chesed ‘any) in addition to My Family-Oriented Covenant (wa beryth ‘any) are truthfully presented and reliably established, verifiable and enduring through him (‘aman la huw’).’” (Mizmowr 89:28)

And we are invited to join him. It is the purpose of the Beryth Dowd embodies and the Miqra’ey he enabled.

This is why Dowd’s lives and lyrics are vital...

“‘And I will establish (wa sym) his seed, that which he sows, especially his offspring (zera’ huw’), as an eternal witness forever (la ‘ed /‘ad). And (wa) his throne and dignity (kise’ huw’) will be equated to the days of heaven (ka yowm shamaym).’” (Mizmowr 89:29)

While Dowd sowed the seeds of life, perfection, adoption, enrichment, and empowerment in Yahowah’s Family. Unfortunately, many of his descendants, Yahuwdym | Jews, planted weeds and choked them out with their invasive Talmud, Mishnah, and Zohar. Nonetheless, 640Dowd’s lives and lyrics still sing to our minds and resonate with our souls.

Dowd did not act alone. He followed a script, one scribed by the other great Zarowa’ – Moseh…

“‘However, if (‘im) his children (beny huw’) continue to forsake, ignore, neglect, or reject (‘azab) My Towrah | Teaching and Guidance (Towrah ‘any) and (wa) they make a habit of failing to walk (wa lo’ halak) according to My means to justly resolve disputes (ba mishpat ‘any), (Mizmowr 89:30) if (‘im) they perpetually view My clearly communicated prescriptions for living with contempt (chuqah ‘any chalal) and, further (wa), if they consistently fail to observe the instructive terms of the relationship (mitswah ‘any lo’ shamar), (Mizmowr 89:31) then (wa) I will hold them accountable (paqad) with the full measure (ba shebet) of their religious rebellion and popular political revolt (pesha’ hem).

The consequence of their deviation from the way and of their wrongdoing (‘awon hem) will be a pestilence which causes widespread death (ba nega’).’” (Mizmowr 89:32)

This pestilence is called religion. Of the four, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Socialist Humanism, the first would be the most devastating in that it opened the door for the others.

And yet, for the one in a million who dares to disassociate from the ways of man, Yahowah’s love awaits…

“‘Accordingly (wa), My unwavering love, enduring devotion, unmitigated favoritism, affection, and generosity (chesed ‘any), I will never revoke, disassociate, or remove from him, nor withdraw from being with him (lo’ parar min ‘im huw’).

641I will never betray who I am by communicating something which is misleading or untrue, nor will I ever contradict or undermine (wa lo’ shaqar) My steadfast commitment to uphold the truth and remain accurate and reliable (ba ‘emuwnah ‘any). (Mizmowr 89:33)

I will never dishonor or betray, nor will I create loopholes which alter (lo’ chalal) Beryth ‘Any | My Covenant Family (beryth ‘any), nor will I ever amend, disguise, or change, rearrange, modify, or duplicate (wa lo’ shanah) that which has gone forth from (mowtsa’) My lips (saphah ‘any).’” (Mizmowr 89:34)

This is a direct hit against Judaism and the Talmud and Christianity with its New Testament. There is only one Covenant, and it will never change. There is only one Dowd, and there will be no substitute or rival. But more than this, because God just affirmed that He will never communicate anything which is untrue, man’s perversions and contradictions of Yahowah’s testimony – the Talmud, Mishnah, Zohar, New Testament, and Quran – are invalidated.

There were many prophets through whom Yahowah spoke, but there was only one naby’, mashyach, melek, bakowr, and zarowa’ who was also the recipient of Yahowah’s shaba’ | promises.

“‘‘Echad | There is Only One (‘echad) to whom I have declared the truth by having made a promise, thereby validating My commitment which will be affirmed seven times (shaba’) by Qodesh ‘Any | My uniquely Set-Apart nature (ba qodesh ‘any).

If not to, through, and regarding (‘im la) Dowd | the Beloved (Dowd), I am delusional and will be proven a liar (kazab).’” (Mizmowr 89:35)

Yahowah is serious about the promises He has made to Dowd and through him to us. Frankly, He is exceedingly 642agitated and annoyed that Judaism and Christianity have denied them.

We know that this is the fulcrum upon which Yahowah will judge men’s souls because He says nothing like this anywhere else in the Towrah or Prophets. God’s veracity is established or fails on the basis of what He has said about Dowd | David being true.

Trust Him on this…

“‘His offspring and that which he sows (zera’ huw’) will exist and endure (hayah) forever (la ‘owlam). And (wa) his place of honor, his dignity and authority, as well as his adornment (kise’ huw’) will be as (ka) brilliant as the sun (ha shemesh) before Me as My conspicuous counterpart (neged ‘any).’” (Mizmowr 89:36)

This is the statement that brought us to the 89^th Mizmowr. Dowd is our Savior. His position before Yahowah is as brilliant as the sun. Dowd is God’s counterpart.

“‘Similar to (ka) the moon (yareach), he is established, appointed, set in place, and trusted (kuwn) forevermore throughout time (‘owlam), while serving as an enduring and reliable, truthful and dependable (wa ‘aman) witness and source of restoring testimony (‘ed) in the universe of spacetime for laughter and play (ba ha shachaq).’

Pause now and contemplate what you have read (selah).” (Mizmowr 89:37)

The moon is a reference to the Mow’ed, Yahowah’s seven annual Miqra’ey – each of which Dowd fulfilled or is the principal beneficiary. He is the ultimate witness.

643Yisra’el, there is no plea more impassioned, no invitation more vital, no person more beneficial. The Zarowa’ is calling you home.

There is one Mashyach | Messiah and Ben ‘El | Son of God, and he is Dowd | the Beloved. He is Yahowah’s Bachar | Chosen ‘Ebed | Coworker, an ‘Ad ‘Owlam | Eternal and Restoring Witness, our Melek | King. This Mashal | Articulate Leader is the Gibowr | God’s Most Competent and Courageous Man, our Yasha’ | Savior because he is the Ra’ah | Shepherd and Zarowa’ | Sacrificial Lamb.

Many would lead God’s people astray, but one would save them. Many have been wrong, but one was right.

Only one question remains. Knowing that Yisra’el has rejected him all of these years, what are you going to do about it?

“But now (wa) you, yourselves, have refused to accept, creating a foul stench by snubbing (zanach), such that (wa) you have rejected by diminishing the merit of, even spurning over time by repudiating the essence of (ma’as), improperly, and on your own initiative, meddling while presumptuously passing over (‘abar) ‘Atah Mashyach | your Messiah (‘im Mashyach ‘atah)! (Mizmowr 89:38)

You have repudiated and renounced (na’ar) the Covenant (beryth) with your coworker (‘ebed ‘atah). You have dishonored and defiled (chalal) his dedication and devotion (nezer huw’) to the Land (la ha ‘erets). (Mizmowr 89:39)

Disregarding the actual Mashyach is equated to disavowing the Covenant. And that is a death sentence.

Moreover, God is blaming His people for allowing this to happen…

644“You have broken down and destroyed (parats) his entire sheepfold and all of its walls (kol gaderah huw’). You have caused (sym) the undoing, the degradation and destruction (machatah) of his fortifications (mibtsar huw’). (Mizmowr 89:40)

All who pass by this way (kol ‘abar derek) plunder him (shasas huw’). He has become (hayah – he is) scorned and abusively ridiculed, defied and upbraided (cherpah) by those who claim some affinity with him (la shaken huw’). (Mizmowr 89:41)

You have lifted up and exalted, even helped justify (ruwm), the upper hand (yamym) of his foes and adversaries, especially those who try to constrain and limit him (tsar). You have caused all those who demonstrate animosity and rancor toward him (kol ‘oyeb) to be delighted (samach). (Mizmowr 89:42)

What’s worse, and adding to the resentment (‘aph), you are turned around again (shuwb), having assaulted, besieged, bound up, and constrained the rocky crag (tsuwr) of his battle for Choreb (choreb huw’) such that (wa) you do not stand with him or support him (quwm huw’) in this conflict over yeasted bread (ba ha milchamah).” (Mizmowr 89:43)

This is to say that Jews are responsible for Christianity and Islam in addition to Judaism. By denying the lives and lyrics of Dowd, they have strengthened the hand of their enemies.

Had Jews responded appropriately to Dowd’s fulfillment of the first four Miqra’ey in year 4000 Yah and explained who he was and why he was there based upon the Towrah, Naby’, wa Mizmowr, neither Christianity, Islam, nor Judaism would exist today.

It is wise to recognize Dowd’s illustrious and brilliance. God does…

645“You have truncated, causing a cessation to all of the work as if a Sabbath to do nothing (shabath), thereby removing and taking away from (min) his purifying brilliance and means to restore, along with his glorious status (tahar huw’).

And his position of honor, dignity, brilliant adornment, powerful presence, and throne (wa kise’ huw’) you have hurled to the ground (la magar ha ‘erets).” (Mizmowr 89:44)

Religious Jews are so fixated on making sure they do nothing on the Shabat that they have thousands of laws controlling the most mundane behaviors. And as such, they have turned it into the most laborious day of the week. And in the process of corrupting themselves with their debilitating religion, they have degraded Dowd and deprived themselves.

We all ought to be celebrating the lives and lyrics of Yahowah’s Messiah, Shepherd, and King. It ought to be among our life’s greatest ambitions to more fully appreciate why God chose this man and then declared that he was His Son and our Savior.

Continuing to speak to Jews, God said…

“You have cut short, so as to deprive yourselves of what is required to reap the benefits of the harvest (qatsar) during the time (yowmym) when his robust presence was concealed and vigorously obscured as a young man in the past and now affecting the future (‘aluwmym huw’).

You have covered over him, veiling him (‘atah ‘al huw’) shamefully by diminishing his status in a dismissive and dishonorable fashion (buwshah).

Take a moment and consider the implications (selah).” (Mizmowr 89:45)

646The Jewish failure to appreciate what Yahowah accomplished through Dowd degrades their existence and deprives them of a relationship with God, a purpose in life, and a better tomorrow. If any man holds the key to Heaven, it is Dowd / the Beloved / David. For it is through the Son that we come to know the Father.

This is now the Choter’s responsibility. I am here to remedy this situation by encouraging Jews to stop being so belligerent towards Yahowah and Dowd. Our Father and His Son have suffered too many insults and for far too long.

“For how long (‘ad mah), Yahowah (Yahowah), will You remain hidden, concealed, and virtually unknown – a secret to many (sathar)?

Your righteous indignation, overt displeasure, and furious antagonism (chemah ‘atah) are kindled and burn (ba’ar) eminently and prominently for an enduring period (la netsach) like fire (kamow ‘esh – similar to burning flames). (Mizmowr 89:46)

Your will is to recall this information and these events to me, asserting these truths (zakar ‘any) to ask about the duration of life in this world and temporary things by contrast to eternity, especially to explain how time flows differently relative to the observer to appreciate how long will things continue to transpire in this world at the present pace (mah cheled).

Was it for nothing but the resulting religious vanity (‘al mah shawa’) that You created (bara’) each of the sons of ‘Adam and humankind (kol beny ‘adam)? (Mizmowr 89:47)

What man of great strength and character, empowered to prevail as the most capable and courageous of men (my geber) lives (chayah) and (wa) will not witness (wa lo’ ra’ah) death as a result of the plague (maweth), saving his soul (malat nepesh huw’) 647from the hand and influence (min yad) of Sha’uwl (Sha’uwl)?

Pause now and consider what this implies (selah).” (Mizmowr 89:48)

Yahowah is hidden from even His own people because they do not know where to look. And yet, since we found him in these words, He has always been there for those who are receptive to Him.

She’owl, the place of eternal abandonment, does not have hands. But Sha’uwl, the man who used them to write fourteen New Testament books, had them. Based upon this simple deduction, we would be wise to see Sha’uwl | Paul as both Dowd’s principal adversary and the Plague of Death.

“Where (‘ayeh) is Your unwavering love and enduring favoritism (chesed ‘atah) which was expressed first and foremost as the initial priority from the beginning (ri’shown) which You promised (shaba’) to Dowd | the Beloved (la Dowd) in harmony with Your steadfast commitment to being trustworthy and reliable (‘emuwnah ‘atah), my Upright One (‘edown ‘any)?” (Mizmowr 89:49)

That is an easy one: right where it has always been: in the words which comprise the Towrah, Naby’, wa Mizmowr. And yet, the world prefers to dishonor God’s words by twisting and perverting them such that they are magically seen justifying religious edicts.

“My Upright One (‘edown ‘any), You remember and have chosen to mention that You are mindful of (zakar) the contemptible and condescending taunts and the dishonorable and deplorable decrees which were determined (cherpah) by all of the many nations and preponderance of the people (kol rabym ‘am) against those who work with You (‘ebed ‘atah) which I have 648now brought to bear (nasa’ ‘any) in my best judgment (ba heq). (Mizmowr 89:50)

This is because (‘asher) those in open opposition to You (‘oyeb ‘atah), Yahowah (Yahowah), are insulting with their bewildering derision and improperly discerned contempt, so as to discredit in an abusive manner (‘asher charaph) the footsteps (‘aqeb) of Mashyach ‘Atah | Your Messiah (mashyach ‘atah). (Mizmowr 89:51)

Blessed by having knelt down in love to lift up is (barak) Yahowah (Yahowah) forevermore (la ‘owlam). This is trustworthy, verifiable, and reliable, established, correct, and acceptable (‘aman wa ‘aman).” (Mizmowr / Lyrics to Sing / Psalm 89:52)

We have completed our reading of Dowd’s Song, but we are just beginning to appreciate its implications.

Let there be no doubt: man’s bewildering religious and political decisions are contemptible and deplorable. If you want the truth, look to Dowd.

Yahowah is raising this Banner for His people. It is a Sign whose directions point the way home. It may be the most vital document written since the last of the naby’ scribed Yah’s testimony on parchment 2,500 years ago.

And yet, for all of its value, there is not a single new prophecy recorded in these books. The instructions and guidance provided have been in the Towrah all along. The Nes | Banner is simply a thoughtful translation of and commentary on what Yahowah revealed to His prophets back in a time when there were some among His people who were willing to listen.

649In addition to Yasha’yah 11 and 18, the Nes is found among Dowd’s lyrics in Mizmowr 60:4. The context provides an assessment of the sign along with its purpose. It will soon become obvious that Yahowah is revealing the future of the world through an obscure event in history.

It is interesting that it opens by comparing the testimony of the lily, one of the most beautiful things God formed, to two of man’s most beastly creations: Islam and Roman Catholicism...

“To the brilliant, observant, and preeminent musician (natsach) on behalf of (‘al) those rejoicing because of the witness of the lily – in the testimony of the cheerful white flower shaped like a trumpet (showshan ‘eduwth). This is a poem whose lyrics have been inscribed and engraved (miktam) by Dowd, the Beloved (Dowd).

It was composed to teach (lamad) by regaling the story of when he went forth to quarrel with (natsah) the Arameans in Syria and between the two rivers (‘Aram Naharaym – representing Muslims in Syria, Iraq, and Iran) and was in conflict with the Arameans stationed northeast of Damascus (‘Aram Tsobah).

At the time, Yow’ab | Yahowah is my Father (Yow’ab) had just returned (shuwb) after having struck (nakah) twelve thousand (shanaym ‘eleph) of the descendants of Esau (‘Edowm – representing Roman Catholicism) in the valley of pulverized salt (ba gay’ melach)...” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:1)

Ultimately, should you care about living forever, life is a referendum between God and man, between the lives and lyrics of Dowd and the lies of Paul and Muhammad. Serving as a metaphor for this choice we have the lily. It is the simplest of all flowers in design and color, and yet to the observant, it becomes evident that it is more beautiful than mankind’s most acclaimed contrivances.

650In the previous chapters, we learned that Syria was a metaphor for the menacing cauldron of Islam and that Esau’s descendants represent Imperial Rome, the European Union, and Roman Catholicism. We also discovered that after being thinned at the waist, Yisra’el’s last battle would commence following the demise of Damascus. These realizations make the opening salvo of this Mizmowr / Psalm especially poignant.

“God (‘elohym), You have rejected and forsaken us, casting us aside (zanach). You have broken us apart and scattered us (parats). You have been displeased, even enraged (‘anaph). Please return to us once again (shuwb shuwb). (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:1)

You have caused the land (‘erets), to undulate and tremble (ra’ash). You have split it open during earthquakes (patsam). Please mend (rapha’) the fractures and fissures and provide a healing solution (sheber), for indeed, it is wavering (ky mowt)...” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:2)

Dowd’s Mizmowr are prophetic, and this is no exception. The nation and its people were blessed, and they flourished during his reign. They were united with Yahowah when shepherded by His beloved Son. Yahowah would not reject Yisra’el until the time of Howsha’, three centuries thereafter when their propensity to be religious became untenable.

Then, just as God had foretold through Howsha’: in two days, representing two thousand years, after the reconciling act of the Passover Lamb, Yahowah would restore His relationship with His people. In that Pesach was fulfilled in 33 CE, Year 4000 Yah, the rift between Yisra’el and Yahowah will be restored in 2033, Year 6000 Yah. On the Day of Reconciliations, the renewal of His Covenant will coincide with His return – just as Dowd has written.

651Moreover, to underscore the prophetic nature of this revelation, there is no evidence that earthquakes were a problem for Yisra’el during Dowd’s reign. But it is now evident that they will play a decisive role in healing the land toward the conclusion of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles.

No people over the course of human history have experienced qashah quite like Yahuwdym…

“You have shown (ra’ah) the people, this family and nation (‘am) intensely challenging, extremely rigorous, and exceptionally severe things (qashah qashah). You have caused us to drink (shaqah) the wine (yayn) of astonishment and reeling (tar’elah).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:3)

One would have thought that being liberated by Yahowah after four hundred years of estrangement and eighty years of captivity as slaves in Egypt and brought into the Promised Land, would have solidified the relationship between Yisra’el and God. One would have thought that the Assyrian onslaught would have been enough to turn Yisra’el away from religion and toward a relationship with Yahowah, especially when God intervened on behalf of Chazaqyah / Hezekiah to save Yahuwdah. One would have thought that being allowed back into the Promised Land after serving as captives in Babylon would have awakened a desire to come home as well.

When the consequence of rejecting the Passover Lamb and the Covenant was not one, but two Roman sieges of Yahuwdah, one would have thought that at least some Yisra’elites might have come to their senses. You would have thought that having been given their homeland back, after surviving the Holocaust, Jews would have been open to restoring their relationship with Yahowah. But no, not one answered the wake-up call.

652Between now and 2033, Yisra’el will continue to drink the wine of astonishment and reeling as millions of Muslims flood into the land. Then in the midst of it all, lifted up for all to see, will be the Nes…

“You will give us, bestowing as a gift (nathan) the Sign and Banner (nes – ensign, the means to effectively gain the people’s attention, to communicate with them such that all can see, to rally individuals to the point of action, and to draw them together so that they engage in a productive manner, all by conveying important information conspicuously within the community; from neses meaning to lift up) for those who show the proper attitude and respect (yare’) so that they might depart, personally taking the initiative to flee (nuws – to escape, leaving (in the hitpael stem)) in the presence of (paneh) the truth (qoshet – this certain reality presented in an equitable and balanced manner). Pause now and reflect on this (selah).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:4)

This is the purpose of the Nes. It has been laid out for us by the man whose words will be emblazoned on it.

The Sign is being composed such that the Yisra’elites who are interested in knowing the truth about Yahowah can reflect upon it and then take the initiative to depart whatever nation they are in, fleeing America by the millions. It is being written to garner the attention of Yahuwdym and present the truth in an equitable and balanced manner. It is God’s gift to His people. And its intent is to draw them back together. Now please, pause and reflect on this, especially if you are Yahuwd / Jewish.

This is a monumental step in our growth and understanding. It means that Yahowah is relying on the enlightening words He inspired Dowd to write to call His people home.

Yahowah is lifting up Dowd’s lyrics knowing that his songs will ultimately resonate with His people. He is 653asking the most beloved Yahuwdy to speak to Yahuwdym in a way such that they finally listen to the man at the heart of the human experience, the best of Yisra’el.

Yahuwdah means “Yahowah’s Beloved.” This seemed worth reinforcing before reading…

“This (bestowing the nes) is for the express purpose that (ma’an) Your Beloved (ydyd) might be drawn out and withdrawn, delivered from harm’s way as they are equipped to be rescued and restored (chalats), liberated and saved (yasha’) by way of Your rightful and powerful hand (yamyn) and also (wa) by choosing to pay attention and respond to me (‘anah ‘any – to answer me (Since Dowd is speaking, “me” is lowercase with mind-expanding implications)).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:5)

While the implications were always there, it is now certain. Dowd’s words are prominently written on the Sign Yahowah is sponsoring. This Nes | Sign serves as an effective means to gain the people’s attention, communicating with them. It is the Almighty’s way to rally His people to the point of action, to draw them together so that they engage in a productive manner. It will convey important information when it is conspicuously displayed within the community. With it, Yah will liberate Yahuwdym from the tyranny of man, saving them by inviting them to return to Dowd.

The lone prerequisite for coming home and participating in the Covenant is to walk away from the babel | confounding confusion of religion and politics. The Nes was, therefore, compiled for the express purpose of encouraging Yahowah’s Chosen People to withdraw from these things, thereby enabling them to pursue the Covenant’s benefits. Those who respond will be delivered from harm’s way, equipped, restored, and empowered to live with God.

654Liberated from the worthless and lifeless, duplicitous and ruinous schemes of man, Yahowah will save His beloved with His rightful and powerful hand | . And while Yah is unmistakably the power behind this result, in Coming Home, we will discover that the man who wrote these words is also the Hand of God.

Now we know: the Nes is comprised of Dowd’s lyrics, his prose, prophecies, insights, conclusions, his instructions, his example, his relationship with Yahowah, and yes, his desire to call his people, those he was asked to shepherd, back home. It is time for Yahuwdym to reconcile their relationship with Yah.

As we continue in our quest to know Yahowah, to capitalize upon what He is offering, and to appreciate what He is requesting in return, we will devote an entire series to Dowd’s Mizmowr / Psalms, beginning with the 1^st and making our way from there. It is appropriately named: Coming Home.

Speaking of his lyrics, the 60^th Mizmowr began by revealing that it was: “miktam – a poem whose lyrics had been inscribed and engraved” by “Dowd – Dowd, the Beloved,” to “lamad – teach.” Throughout them, Dowd has been speaking with Yahowah, expressing his thoughts and desires. And it is these inclinations and ideas that Dowd wants Yahuwdah, Yah’s Beloved, to “‘anah – pay attention to and then respond.”

It is not a coincidence that ‘anah is the single most important and most misunderstood term throughout the Miqra’ey | Invitations to be Called Out and Meet with God. This word which means “to answer and respond,” and is used as such regarding the invitation Yahowah has extended on the Day of Reconciliations (Yowm Kipurym), was twisted by the religious to infer that God wanted His people to “afflict themselves.” The opposite has always been true. Yahowah wants to deliver and liberate Yisra’el 655from affliction. In fact, He allowed His Son to serve as the Passover Lamb and to be afflicted on Matsah so that the rest of His children would not suffer the same indignity.

Step by step, we have come to realize that Dowd is the centerpiece of the six-thousand-year human experience. His is the most brilliant of lives, one lived three thousand years after man’s expulsion from the Garden and three thousand years prior to humankind’s readmittance. His place in this pageantry may be why he is credited with establishing Yahowah’s garden. He is also the “netser – Branch” growing out of the Tree of Lives in the center of ‘Eden. He is the one to whom we can be reliably grafted. He was and remains “tsadaq – absolutely right and thus vindicated.”

Having inspired Dowd to write these words, Yahowah is doing something truly unexpected and remarkable. He is not imposing Himself or lording over His people but, instead, simply lifting up the Nes focusing upon Dowd’s lives and lyrics in a way never seen before. And this time He knows the result: His wayward children will finally allow Him to save them by responding to the best of their own.

“God (‘elohym) has spoken, communicating these words (dabar) in His set-apart nature and place (qodesh). I will rejoice, jumping for joy (‘alaz)...” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:6)

Credit where credit is due. Dowd wrote these words, but Yahowah inspired them. And therefore, to the extent I have been able, I have striven to convey Dowd’s testimony as correctly and completely as possible. I have done so because I recognize that Yahowah is the force behind them. God communicated this message through His most articulate and brilliant prophet, a man so beloved by God that he became His Son.

656The thought that a Gentile would be afforded the opportunity to awaken Yisra’el and call the Chosen People back to the Promised Land by falling in love with Dowd, is a little like asking someone devoid of rhythm to play the most inspiring concerto on a bongo. Dowd must be shaking his head, wondering if his Father has finally had a senior moment.

But not to worry. These are still Yah’s words. And He is the ultimate maestro. He turned a mumbler into the world’s greatest orator, after all.

The purpose and nature of the nes known, let’s see what else we can learn from the Father through the Son. This is Yahowah sharing His intent…

“‘Ephraym (‘Ephraym – representing Yisra’el) fortifies (ma’owz) the first and foremost (rosh), which is Yahuwdah (Yahuwdah – representing Jews, Yah’s Beloved), my inscriber and engraver (chaqaq). (60:7)

As for Mow’ab | Question the Fathers of Pauline Christianity and Multiculturalism (Mow’ab), I will use him as a thorn (syr) against (‘al) the offspring of Esau (‘Edowm – representing Roman Catholicism).

I will cast him off and throw him out (shalak) like unfastening a sandal (na’al). Against the so-called Palestinians (Palesheth), you will shout out an alarm and then sound the trumpet for joy (ruwa’) because of Me (‘al).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:8)

‘Ephraym’s role is to protect Yahuwdah, because Yahuwdym serve as Yahowah’s scribes. They are His prophets.

There will be no accommodation, therefore, for Replacement Theology and thus no place for Christianity. Protestant and Catholic Christians will be played off one another prior to ultimately casting the entire sorry lot away. 657Dispatching a few billion anti-Semitic souls will be as trivial to God as unlacing a sandal.

And lest we forget the screaming memes of the New World Order: the Fakestinians. These good-for-nothing terrorists are finally being afforded the boot.

The very thought of vanquishing those impersonating his old rival must have had Dowd grateful for the opportunity to protect his people from them…

“Who (my) will bring (yabal) me to besiege (matsowr) the place of those who incite anguishing terror (‘yr)?

Who (my) will transport and guide me, leading me (nachah) as far as (‘ad) the descendants of Esau (‘Edowm – representing the Roman Catholic Church)?” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:9)

The inference here is that Yahowah is going to do as I have long suspected, indeed hoped. He is going to use Dowd’s example to expose and condemn the Roman Catholic Church, the world’s greatest religion, by revealing that it is based upon and founded by Sha’uwl – the Plague of Death. It will be as direct and simple as casting off and throwing away an unfastened sandal, thereby ending their ability to tread upon the world. And in the process, the Islamic terrorists the Roman Church has coddled and protected under the Roman myth of Palestine and Palestinians will be no more.

These words also convey the realization that Yisra’el will be complete and united again. ‘Ephraym is Yisra’el apart from Yahuwdah – which has just been delivered and saved. ‘Ephraym will be reestablished to protect Yahuwdah.

“Will this not be (lo’) You (‘atah), God (‘elohym), who has spurned us and cast us aside (zanach), and You (‘atah), God (‘elohym), who did not (lo’) go out (yatsa’) 658with our host of conscripts (tsaba’)?” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:10)

The only time God has ever gone out with an army is when they were comprised of His People fighting for their survival and right to live in Yisra’el. And even then, it was only when they were responsive to and reliant upon Him.

“Please, we want You to provide (yahab) assistance (‘ezrah) for this time of trouble and from the adversary, from our enemies, from having been crowded in and confined in this dire tribulation (tsar).

Indeed, worthless and lifeless, deceitful and duplicitous (showa’) is the deliverance (tashuw’ah) of mankind (‘adam).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:11)

There is something enormously gratifying when our conclusions are affirmed as correct by the most brilliant mind to have ever been inspired by God. I’ve said it a thousand times in a thousand different ways: “‘adam – mankind’s” “tashuw’ah – means to deliverance, freedom, and salvation” – the way of religion, government, and militarism – is “showa’ – worthless, lifeless, deceitful, and duplicitous, both destructive and ruinous.” It is why showa’ is used as the verb depicting behavior that is unforgivable in the Third Statement Yahowah etched in stone.

There is yet another affirmation here, and again in the next statement, that I do not want you to miss. Tsar was deployed twice to tie up some loose ends. It was in Yasha’yah 17 that we learned that the event ushering in this Time of Troubles was the thinning of Ya’aqob / Yisra’el at the waist, crowding and confining seventy percent of the nation’s population into this narrowed region.

The word selected by Yahowah to convey the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles is this very same tsar. It is “showa’ ‘adam – the worst of man. This is mankind’s most deceitful and duplicitous act, his most destructive and ruinous idea.” 659When it comes to “tashuw’ah – deliverance and salvation,” mankind is wholly inept. Case in point: man’s most pervasive plan for peace is the Two-State Solution – giving the Land Yahowah bestowed to His people to those pledged to wiping them out.

But there is a better way. And Dowd is our exemplar…

“Through God (‘elohym), we shall engage and act (‘asah) in a manner which is empowered, enriched, effective, and influential (chayl).

He (huw’) will reject and boot out, trampling down (buws) our oppressive adversaries who have constricted and confined us in such a troubling manner (tsar).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 60:12)

The benefits of the Covenant, which Dowd’s lives and words so vividly depict, await all who embrace its conditions. The Chosen People, once again the Children of God, will do so, becoming extraordinarily empowered and enriched, enormously capable and influential.

In the end, those who sought to trample down the Earth as if it belonged to them, will be booted out. The “tsar – time of trouble” will soon be over.

I am always inspired by what Dowd has written about Yahowah. He remains God’s most gifted student and effective teacher.

Since the purpose of the Nes is to encourage Yahuwdah and Yisra’el to withdraw from the world and return home, I thought it would be useful to know that there are 6,014,300 Yisra’elites living in the Promised Land today (in 2018). That figure represents 44% of the acknowledged population. It was not until 2014 that Jews residing in Israel came to exceed those living in the United States.

And since we have been told that Yisra’el and Yahuwdah will change their attitude toward Yahowah by 660responding to Dowd, and will be embraced by Him in return, it would be in character for Yahowah to rescue the willing among the 5,525,000 Yisra’elites living in America (also as of 2018). They represent 42% of the world’s population. Many will come home – both figuratively and literally.

Previously estranged from the Covenant and distanced from the Land, millions will leave America in a mass exodus. Some will do so as a result of reading the nes. Others will leave as a result of being expelled as a plague of anti-Semitism sweeps the globe.

Should you be curious, Jews (those who acknowledge that they are of Hebrew descent, anyway) represent a scant 0.19% of the world’s population with less than fourteen million Yisra’elites living today. And had Yahowah’s prophecy targeted events leading up to 1933 rather than 2033, by far the largest concentration of Jews, 9.5 million of them, would have resided in Europe.

Now on the precipice of His return, less than half a million Jews live in France, representing just 3.5% of the total worldwide population. 2.7% live in Canada, 2.1% in England, 1.4% in Russia, with 1.0% in Germany and Argentina. No other country hosts as much as one percent of the Jewish population. This is yet another reason to focus on the United States in the midst of these prophecies regarding the future of Yisra’el.

Yahowah is calling all of His children home, back to Him and to His Covenant. The reconciliation of His relationship with Yisra’el and Yahuwdah is imminent. And there would be no better place to witness His return than this vantage point, Tsyown, where Yahowah has posted His signs along the way, designating and identifying the proper path to His home.

During this time, I would also expect that Jews living in France, England, Russia, and Canada, where Muslims 661represent 10%, 3.2%, 4.8%, and 14% of the populations, respectively, and where Islam is the second most popular religion, to be blamed for all of the carnage that has occurred worldwide, even though they have been victims, not aggressors. Eventually, the non-Muslim population will turn on them too in hopes of avoiding more terrorist attacks because jihadists will continue to blame the people Allah despises, justifying the unjustifiable. And since this seems inevitable, should Yahowah evacuate His people from these five countries, including America, 96% of the worldwide Yisra’elite population will be more secure in the one place on Earth Yahowah is committed to saving them.

Now that we know what is going to happen in Yisra’el and to Yisra’elites and Yahuwdym, what do you suppose is going to occur in the rest of the world? Said another way, if Yahowah feels the need to remove His Covenant children from these events so that they will not have to endure the physical pain and mental anguish that has already exploded across the Middle East, how much worse do you suppose it is going to get in North America, Europe, and Russia to necessitate this action from our Heavenly Father?

In a previous chapter, and during our evaluation of Yasha’yah 17, I had thought that we might be able to make a connection between another attack on Yisra’el which is thwarted by the Spirit blowing the perpetrators away as if they were tumbleweeds with the one depicted by the prophet. Those insights are found in Mizmowr 83. It reads:

“A song (shyr – lyrics which can be sung to a musical accompaniment), a lyrical and musical composition (mizmowr – words and melody, with an emphasis on the verbal content, a psalm to sing) concerning (la – regarding 662the approach of and on account of) the gathering of the harvest (‘asaph / ‘oseph – collecting from the fields that which is good and productive and bringing that which is reaped together and then across the threshold and into a storeroom designed to preserve and protect the harvest).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83: Introduction)

While biblical scholars insist this Psalm was written by ‘Asaph, since there is no indication he was a prophet, and proof abounds that Dowd was the brightest and most articulate of them. Therefore, I think we should be translating, not transliterating ‘asaph. Doing so means that this Mizmowr pertains to the “time of the harvest” rather than an otherwise unknown musician. In the feminine, ‘asephah speaks of a gathering and collecting of individuals.

Yahowah seldom interferes in human affairs, so what follows suggests that it is addressing one of those special occurrences – one likely related to the events chronicled in Yasha’yah 17 following the gleaning of the olives. And by the use of domy, we find ourselves perhaps at the midpoint of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles.

“God (‘elohym – Almighty), at this, the midway point, do not remain silent nor inactive (‘al domy – please communicate and engage now that we are halfway through). As You approach (la ‘atah – as You draw near), please do not fail to take action against this evil scheme (‘al charash – it is my desire that You do not remain silent nor uninvolved because of the ongoing implications of this clandestine plot, therefore stopping, condemning, and negating this horrid and hidden sorcery (qal imperfect jussive)). Please do not come in peace (wa ‘al shaqat – it is my hope that You are not quiet nor calm but are instead angry and reactive in the midst of this provocation (qal imperfect jussive)), God (‘el – Almighty).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:1)

663A time is rapidly approaching where if Yah were to remain inactive, Yisra’el would cease to exist and life on the planet would be extinguished. More than this, God simply cannot return without first ridding the world of mankind’s religious and political stench. Just as it was not prevalent in ‘Eden, it will not exist during the millennial Shabat of Sukah. As a result, Yahowah is not coming in peace, nor for all mankind.

Man has become God’s enemy…

“For behold (ky hineh – because indeed, here and now is the time to be especially observant and pay close attention), Your enemies (‘oyeb ‘atah – Your foes and adversaries, those who are openly in opposition and hostile to You, those who exhibit animosity and rancor toward You) are expressing their ongoing desires very loudly (hamah – are making an enormous racket, snarling and growling their intentions angrily, screaming in a most distressing manner, they are clamoring, tumultuous, and boisterous in their rage and with their intent (qal imperfect paragogic nun jussive)).

Those who hate You (wa sane’ ‘atah – those who abhor, detest, and loathe You, those who dislike You intensely, those who shun You even without malice or aforethought, and those who are adversarial to You) have raised (nasa’ – have lifted up in a self-exalting manner) their heads (ro’sh – their leaders and uttermost objects ruling over them, the foremost things in their lives and in their nature).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:2)

Yah’s foes are seldom silent. They vociferously promote their Lord in overt animosity toward Yahowah and Yisra’el.

This is an interesting point of view. While God never wants His children bowing before Him, raising one’s head above the crowd to lead the masses astray is a condemnable offense. Said another way, those who rise up against God 664and His people will find themselves bowing down before Him in judgment.

Connecting the previous statement with the next one, it is interesting to note that the enemies of Yisra’el are also the foes of Yahowah. If you would like proof, bring up Yahowah’s name, His Torah, Israel, or Jews in the company of the overtly religious or political and watch how they respond. They are almost sure to express the kind of hateful reaction they claim to renounce.

“Against (‘al – in opposition to) Your family (‘am ‘atah – Your people), they are crafty and cunning (‘aram – they are clever and shrewd, even deliberate and premeditated in their invalid and deceptive schemes (hifil imperfect)).

They confide with one another in their assemblies with regard to their conspiratorial plans (sowd – in their confident attitude toward their reliance on secrecy and discretion in their councils and meetings, and within their circle of confidants). They deliberate, plot and scheme, and then in defiance decide to act (wa ya’ats – they determine their purpose and take action, they focus on making plans based upon the mutual advice of the councils (hitpael imperfect – these counselors are acting with respect to themselves in a way which is consistent with what they have done previously)) against (‘al – in opposition to) those You treasure (tsaphan ‘atah – what You value and cherish, what You have determined and decided upon).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:3)

This sounds like a closed-door meeting within the Security Council of the United Nations Assembly as they plot their cunning schemes to dissect Israel. Little do they know that there really is a God and He has promised to destroy those who seek to harm His children.

665It is in these words that we are witnessing the means behind the international plot to thin Yisra’el at the waist, thinning the nation such that it becomes indefensible. This Mizmowr therefore, was revealed in concert with Yasha’yah, and offered so that the observant would more fully understand the events which will shape our world as it cascades into darkness.

One last thought before we press on. If failure is your aim, oppose what God values. No doubt, men and women are clever. God made them that way so that they could think their way to Him. But the sum of human intelligence is but a paltry pittance of the Almighty’s momentary reflection. If you are even the least bit anti-Semitic, you are playing a dangerous game no man can win.

What follows is what Muslims have wanted and expressed since Muhammad became the Messenger of Satan nearly 1,400 years ago…

“They say (‘amar – they exclaim and propose), ‘We want to annihilate (kachad – let us do as we please and wipe out, utterly destroying, effacing and erasing, and desolating (hifil imperfect cohortative)) them (hem) as (min – from being) a nation (gowy – as a country with geographical, religious, cultural, or racial ties) such that (wa – so) the name (shem – the proper designation) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el – Individuals who Engage and Endure with God) is no longer remembered (lo’ zakar – never again mentioned) ever again throughout time (‘owd – any longer and forevermore).’” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:4)

It is the curse of Islam.

Should there have been any reluctance to accept the realization that the foes who are seeking to destroy Israel are Muslims that should now be laid to rest. While the Romans and Nazis were hell-bent on annihilating Jews, only Islam seeks: “From the River to the Sea – Free 666Palestine.” Fact is, the Nazis wanted to use Jews, to rob them and kill them, but they had no interest in Yisra’el. Muslims want it for no other reason than to demonstrate that their religion and god are superior to Yisra’el and Yahowah.

Hadrian didn’t consult with anyone when he initiated his plan to convert Yaruwshalaim into a playground for his Legions. Moreover, his preference was to enslave Jews rather than kill them, purely for economic reasons. Assyria and Babylon, even Egypt, wanted slaves and booty, too, but had no interest in the nation. The Greeks did not even know the country existed. But it is Quranic for Muslims to commit their lives to wiping Yisra’el off the face of the Earth while annihilating Yahuwdym.

To be fair, and to place blame where it rightly belongs, it was Rome which replaced the name Yahuwdah with Palestine. But there was no Yisra’el when Rome trashed the temple and land. Yisra’el had been obliterated by the Assyrians circa 600 BCE. So, this does not apply to Rome. Moreover, Hadrian was sneaky and never actually made this claim. But Muslims have, and do…

“For (ky – because) they deliberate, plan, and decide (ya’ats – they propose, determine, and plot, consult, conspire, and confer) together with one accord (leb yahdaw – uniformly with one mind, altogether similar motives, alike with a common nature and inclination, with one disposition) to cut (karat – to make, establish, and to separate) a treaty (beryth – a binding oath and agreement, a pledge and a compact, even a covenant and accord) against (‘al – in opposition to) You (‘atah).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:5)

After renouncing the terms of U.N. Resolution 242 and punctuating their rejection of its implications by attacking Israel three times, on each occasion, trying to wipe the reestablished nation off the face of the Earth, 667Muslims now want their reinterpretation of the U.N. Resolution unilaterally imposed. This is most likely the treaty that will thin Israel at the waist and prompt the great jihad.

What most do not understand about U.N. 242 and Muslims is that their rejection of the resolution and subsequent demand that it be reimposed is akin to refusing to buy an estate offered under duress at an exceedingly low price, then torching and looting the place, terrorizing and killing its inhabitants in an effort to steal it. Then when that backfires, demand that the tormented sellers ignore all that has transpired and accept the deal they belligerently refused.

The list of those seeking the destruction of Yisra’el, who will sponsor a treaty against her, such that Yisra’el ceases to exist, commences with ‘Edowm, Esau’s descendants and homeland, which we learned moments ago were represented by Roman Catholicism and those influenced by Rome today, especially the European Union and the Americas.

“To encourage enlightenment and provide clarity, this is regarding the residents (‘ohel / ‘ahal – to make clear by shining a light upon the dwellers and households, symbolic of the transitory persons) of ‘Edowm | the Ruddy Red ‘Edomites representing Mediterranean Roman Catholics (‘edowm – name ascribed to Esau who desired red pottage more than his birthright, symbolic of Imperial Rome and Roman Catholicism, geographically a mountainous tract between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea), the Yshma’‘elym / Ishmaelites / Fundamentalist Middle Eastern Muslims (Yshma’‘elym – Individuals Listening to the gods, the progenitor of the Arabians and the forefather of Islam), Mow’ab | Who is this Questionable Father – those Political Correctness, Multiculturalism, and Pauline Christianity have Caused to have Questionable Allegiances (Mow’ab – Who Is Your Daddy, an 668unthinking, warlike, and multicultural religious and political culture born of incest after being indoctrinated in the amoral morass of Sodom, with shared Hebrew writings which were twisted and intermixed with pagan lore to form Christian, Muslim, and Socialist Secular viewpoints, the place where the Towrah’s voice died; from ma – to question the who, what, and why of ‘ab – the father, related to mowba’ and mow’al – a path which leads in the opposite direction), the Hagry | those Devising Plots in Eastern Arabia (Hagry – of Hagar and thus either depicting the slaves to Allah in Egypt or Arabians in present day Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, a nomadic tribe of Hagarites once existed east of Yisra’el along the Persian Gulf), (83:6) Gebal | those Establishing Geographical Boundaries within the United Nations (Gebal – to set limits and borders (indicative of U.N. Resolutions toward Israel), a Phoenician city near Tyre between Tripoli and Beirut in ancient Byblos (the basis of Bible and thus protestant fundamentalist Christians)), ‘Amown | Pertaining to People and Nations (‘Amown – Related to and Amplifying the Family of Man, present day Jordan geographically, Lowt’s younger daughter named her son Ammon as an expression of the incestuous relationship (thus indicative of the perceived relationship between the so-called Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam); from ‘am – people, nation, family, and compatriots and ‘own – emphatically emphasizing that which pertains and is related), ‘Amaleq / Wretched Ones / Western Arabian Muslim Militants (‘Amaleq – the ruthless and warlike Arabians who would become Muslims; from ‘amel – to be miserable inflict misery through wicked work, the grievous travail of perverse toil), and Palesheth | the so-called ‘Palestinians’ who are Invading Terrorists (Palesheth – to mourn terrorists; from palatsuth – fearsome and horrible terrorism creating severe distress and palsts – to be unstable), all in conjunction with (‘im – together and with) this time of 669trouble and adversarial influences, of the settlers who narrow and confine, and then harass (yashab tsar – those living in this place in league with the Adversary, dwelling like an anguishing flint used to kindle a heated reaction and as a sharp knife used to slash and kill, staying only so as to use their pent-up hostility to oppose and trouble; note: tsar – trouble and tsor – Tyre, the city in ancient Phoenicia, are written identically).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:7)

Yahowah wants to enlighten us and communicate clearly regarding His foes. And since none of the listed adversarial entities exist today under their ancient names, it is incumbent upon us to discern what and who they represent circa 2018 CE.

The linguistic case made in the Towrah for connecting Esau, and thus ‘Edowm, with Imperial Rome and the Roman Catholic Church was compelling. And there is no question regarding Muhammad and fundamentalist Muslims claiming Yshma’‘el as their forefather.

Many of the previous chapters were devoted to ascertaining the identity of Mow’ab around the fall of man. And the most direct extrapolation became those with Questionable Allegiances – those who are not wholly defined by one particular political or religious dogma but are instead socialist secular multiculturalists steeped in the amoral nature of political correctness. The Hagry can readily be traced to the Western Shores of the Persian Gulf and are thus Eastern Arabian Muslims.

The Gebal reference becomes clear within the context of the Mizmowr, causing us to recognize those who seek “to establish geographical boundaries and set limits” as the work of the world’s political leadership, particularly as they conspire to obliterate Israel through the United Nations. In that Gebal is identified with Byblos and recognizing that Byblos is the Greek word transliterated 670“Bible,” it could also represent fundamentalist protestant Christians.

As a compound of “‘own – emphatically emphasizing that which pertains and is related to” “‘am – people, nations, families, and compatriots,” the rendering “Pertaining to People and Nations,” is direct and incontrovertible. This is not only the Family of Man, it serves as a metaphor for the most universal blending of beliefs, the so-called Abrahamic Religions.

The identification of ‘Amaleq as the Wretched Ones who are Western Arabian Muslim Militants, requires blending its etymology with their history. But from whence they came is as clear as is the fact that they modeled Islamic behavior throughout the region two thousand years before Muhammad advanced his religion of submission.

Yisra’el’s most terrorizing menaces have chosen to label themselves “Palestinians” and thus are wearing the terrorist badge openly and proudly. And they will assuredly contribute to Yisra’el’s troubles.

The ninth and final name on the list of conspiring opposition seeking to obliterate Israel is more likely a word than a name – one we have addressed twice previously. And since Tsor | Tyre no longer exists, we find ourselves readily identifying these culprits as “troublesome foes, anguishing adversaries, and unfavorable flints used to kindle a heated reaction and as a knife to slash and kill among those settling within this place with pent-up hostility.” That would include a lot of people today.

As we have come to know, tsar is the word that describes the Time of Ya’aqob’s / Yisra’el’s “tsar – Troubles.” It speaks of “adversarial influences and of great tribulation.” These references transport us from Dowd’s day to the last days. But even more revealing, tsar addresses the very event those in opposition to Yahowah and Yisra’el have been scheming to deploy – “narrowing” 671Yisra’el, “crowding and confining” her people such that they can more effectively “harass and terrorize” them.

We have also determined that the Assyrian was none other than the Adversary, ha Satan. So, this next statement could be addressing him, the nations now under the footprint of the ancient kingdom of ‘Ashuwr, today’s Syria, Iraq, and Iran, the Shi’ite Muslims because they alone celebrate Ashura today and live in these very places, or Orthodox Christians as the living legacy of ‘Asherah – the Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Virgin with Child, and the goddess behind both Easter and Christmas.

“Also (gam – in addition), ‘Ashuwr / the Assyrian / Syria, Iraq, and Iran / Shiite Muslims / even Orthodox Christians (‘Ashuwr – Assyria (today’s Syria, Iraq, and Iran), the nations of ‘Asherah (orthodox Christians venerating their Madonna and Child, Mother of God, and Queen of Heaven), those who celebrate Ashura (Shiites), and/or the Adversary) are in association with them, accompanying them (lawah ‘im hem – will be joining them, attaching himself to them, bound to one another, even lending money to them expecting payback).

They exist as (hayah – they are) the strong arm of what is being sown (zarowa’ – the forearm, shoulder, strength, and seed) by the sons (la ben – of the children) of Lowt | of these Inappropriate and Incestuous Relationships experienced in Sodom (Lowt – of Sodomites, of inappropriate relationships; from luwt – that which is wrapped tightly together). Let’s pause now and reflect on all of this (selah – accentuating this point).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:8)

The point here is that the coalition of nations and institutions in opposition to Yisra’el, Yahuwdym, and Yahowah is broad. A wide array of inappropriate and incestuous alliances will sow the seeds of discontent. And that is why God has provided us with a list of those who 672will plague Yisra’el, of those who want to thin the tiny nation at the waist before they invade the indefensible.

So now in keeping with the lyricist’s request, let’s pause and reflect on the preamble to the Mizmowr.

“This is a song sung to musical accompaniment, a lyrical composition, a Mizmowr with an emphasis on the verbal content.

It is concerning the gathering of the harvest, collecting that which is productive and bringing that which is reaped across the threshold and into a storeroom designed to preserve and protect this ingathering of individuals. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:Intro)

God, at this, the midway point, do not remain silent nor inactive. Please communicate and engage now that we are halfway through.

As You approach and draw near please do not fail to take action against this evil scheme and clandestine plot, thereby stopping, condemning, and negating this horrid and hidden sorcery.

Please do not come in peace in the midst of this provocation, God. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:1)

For behold, here and now is the time to be especially observant because Your enemies, the Adversary and those who exhibit animosity and rancor toward You, are expressing their ongoing desires very loudly.

Those who intensely dislike You, even those who shun You, along with those who are adversarial to You, have raised their heads, and their leaders have revealed what is foremost in their lives. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:2)

In opposition to Your family and Your people, they are crafty and cunning, even deliberate and premeditated in their deceptive schemes.

673They confide with one another in their assemblies and councils and with regard to their conspiratorial plans.

They deliberate, plot and scheme, and then in defiance decide to act, focusing on contriving schemes in their councils, all consistent with their prior behavior against those You treasure and cherish. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:3)

They say, ‘We want to annihilate them, wiping them out, utterly destroying them, erasing them from being a nation such that the name Yisra’el | Individuals who Engage and Endure with God is no longer remembered and never again mentioned throughout time and forevermore.’ (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:4)

For they deliberate, plan, and decide together with one another to cut and establish a treaty, a binding covenant, against You. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:5)

To encourage enlightenment and provide clarity, this involves the transitory residents of ‘Edowm representing Mediterranean Roman Catholics, the Yshma’‘elym, indicative of fundamentalist Middle Eastern Muslims, Mow’ab, symbolic of those who are multicultural and politically correct with questionable allegiances, the Hagry, who, as slaves to Allah are devising plots in Eastern Arabia, (Mizmowr 83:6) Gebal, representing those establishing geographical boundaries and setting limits within the United Nations, ‘Amown, indicative of the perceived relationship between the so-called Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, ‘Amaleq, the wretched and thieving Western Arabian Muslim militants, and Palesheth, the so-called ‘Palestinian’ Invaders who are Terrorists, in conjunction with this time of trouble and adversarial influences, of settlers who narrow and confine, then harass those living in this place in league 674with the Adversary, staying only so as to use their pent-up hostility to oppose and trouble. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:7)

Also, ‘Ashuwr | the Assyrian Adversary along with Shi’ite Muslims in Syria, Iraq, and Iran, even orthodox Christians venerating their Madonna and Child, Mother of God, and Queen of Heaven, are in association with them, accompanying them, one now bound to one another, even lending money while expecting payback.

They exist as the strong arm of what is being sown by the sons of Lowt, of these incestuous and inappropriate relationships. Let’s pause now and reflect on all of this.” (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:8)

It is not only breathtaking in its implications, but there should also be little doubt that this prophecy and the one found in Yasha’yah 17 depict the same time, people, and events, albeit presented with considerably more detail by Dowd.

One of the many reasons that I think that this prophetic Mizmowr was scribed by Yahowah’s beloved Son and not a lowly musician is that he may have been the only man close enough to Yahowah to speak in this manner to Him. Moreover, these words reflect Dowd’s temperament as surely as they do Yah’s.

“I would like for You to engage and do (‘asah – I’m hoping that You will act, performing and accomplishing (qal imperative)) to them (la hem – approaching them and as a consequence of them) similarly to (ka – as was the case with) Midyan / Midian / the Seductive Enticers and their Contentious Strife (Midyan – to be judged and to be banished as a result of being seduced into contentious strife, Northern Arabians who were ravaged twice for having harmed the Children of Yisra’el), as was the case with (ka – in the manner of) Sisera’, the sadistic general 675(Sisera’ – the Cana’anite military commander who tortured Yisra’elite slaves for twenty years who was killed by a woman after all his warriors were annihilated), like what happened to (ka – as with) Yabyn | Understanding Yah (Yabyn – to understand Yah, the Cana’anite King of Hazor whose entire military was wiped out to free his Yisra’elite slaves when Yahowah worked through Dabarah / Deborah and Barak – the Blessing of the Word) at the River (ba nachal) Qishown | Trapped by Circular Reasoning (Qishown – Kishon, to be lured in and trapped by that which is circuitous, serpentine, and winding), (83:9) who were decimated (shamad – who were destroyed and exterminated) at (ba) ‘Eyn-Dowr / Eye of the Generations (‘Eyn-Dowr – Perspective of Time and Human Habitations, the View of Mankind, the town where the Cana’anites were defeated by Deborah and Barak, and it is also where King Saul met with the necromancer spiritualist), with them becoming (hayah – coming to exist as) dung (domen – feces) for the ground (la ha ‘adamah – for the earth).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:10)

In Bamidbar / Numbers 31:1-53, Yahowah asked Moseh to hold Midian accountable for having led the Yisra’elites astray at Ba’al Peowr / the Lord of the Broad and Open Way. Every Midian man was slain, including their five kings and their Bala’am / Lords because they enticed Yah’s children into being religious by worshiping the Lord. At the time, the women and children were taken captive.

At the time, Moseh objected to sparing the women’s lives because they were the most responsible for tempting the Yisra’elites. Understanding the gravity of their offense, he ordered the execution of all adult women, allowing only the girls to live.

And yet, even with the gravity of the crime and subsequent penalty for religious behavior so unabashedly 676presented in the Towrah, three religions irrationally claim that their god inspired it. I understand that Muslims are generally too stupid to understand cause and effect, and that Christians make a game out of pretending that the Towrah does not apply to them, but what is the rabbinic excuse?

Since our Midian investigations have been thorough, we know that there was another encounter with the Midyan which explains why they remain on God’s “domen – feces” list. That story was told in Shaphat / Decide / Judges 6 and 7. We reviewed it in Observations Volume 4 Chapter 3, aptly named, Day of Midian. There we found Midyan in concert with ‘Amleq | the Amalekites systematically harassing Yisra’el, robbing and plundering them.

Working with Gidi’own | Gideon, God and His reluctant troubadour went about the business of demolishing the altars made to Lord Ba’al and ‘Asherah | the Mother of God. Then with the 300 men who would not prostrate themselves, and equipped only with showphars and torches, Gideon, at Yahowah’s direction, put an end to these militant and thieving religious terrorists, chasing them out of the Land.

Moving on to the next name on God’s “domen – sh-t” list, Sisera’ is a surprisingly fitting candidate. They became overly exuberant in the harassment of Jews. This story opens with Yisra’el becoming so religious that Yahowah, realizing that they no longer had any appreciation for what He had done to free them from Mitsraym, saw to it that they were once again enslaved. This time it would be by the Cana’anite king of Hazor, Yabyn. However, the king’s commander, Sisera’, went way too far, cruelly oppressing the Yisra’elites for twenty years. So, through Dabarah | Deborah, Yahowah intervened on behalf of His tormented children, freeing them once again.

677While Sisera’ survived the ensuing battle, his fate was sealed when all of his 900 iron-clad charioteers were routed during his retreat. Sisera’ sought refuge in the tent of a supposed ally, only to have one of its tent pegs thrust through his temple by a woman. This realization that Yisra’el’s most militant and obnoxious foe was done in by women may be indicative of our Spiritual Mother, the Ruwach Qodesh, blowing the Islamic Jihadists out of the Land and to their demise in Yasha’yah 17, serving as a harbinger of what would one day occur.

Dowd is asking Yahowah to do to Yisra’el’s final foes what He had done to his people’s ancient foes. He had no respect for any leader seeking to harm his people, and he was always willing to make an example out of them, turning despicable rulers into “dung for the ground.”

That said, Dowd’s animosity was directed toward the kings, generals, and priests, not their stooges, even though he realized that those who follow along will also fall. Also, keep in mind that Dowd is projecting the past onto the future in this prophecy to make a point, thereby not only revealing the fate of those who trouble Yisra’el circa 2027 through 2033, but also that Yahowah is consistent. Opposing Yisra’el and Yahuwdym comes at the price of Divine retribution.

“Make (shyth – impose upon and set forth such) their leaders who are inclined (nadyb hem – their rulers, officials, and nobility who incite and are predisposed) like (ka) ‘Oreb | the Arabian of Toxic Darkness (‘Oreb / ‘Arab – mingling and mixing together to become dark, an interwoven tapestry of mixed people who swarm in like noxious flies; ‘Oreb was the Midian leader killed by Gideon’s advance) and like (wa ka) Ze’eb | the Wolf (Ze’eb – a predatory Midian prince killed during the Yisra’elite reprisal; used as a compound name in Ba’alzebub and associated with the most predatory Benyamite / Benjamite wolf: Sha’uwl / Paul), and even 678like (wa ka) Zebach | to Slaughter and Kill (Zebach – to sacrifice, to butcher, and slay, a Midianite king during the time of Gideon) and like (wa ka) Tsalmuna’ | Having the Likeness Withheld and Protection Denied (Tsalmuna’ – walking in a faltering manner, in the shadow of those who are lame and crippled, slipping and stumbling down, becoming incapacitated, paralyzed, and debilitated (therefore: following in the lame footsteps of Sha’uwl / Paul who was crippled and fell during his conversion experience); from tsel – the likeness, shadow, and protection and mana’ – withheld and denied; a Midianite king) – everyone (kol – the totality and each) who exercises authority (nasyk hem – who claims the right to rule, politically, religiously, or militarily, especially those who pour a drink offering (such as during the Roman Catholic Eucharist)).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:11)

Gideon pursued the Midian kings, Zebach and Tsalmuna’, and was so insistent that they be held accountable, he refused to eat until they were under his control. He shared Yahowah’s intense disdain for those who claim and then exercise religious, political, and military authority.

In spite of God’s animosity toward them, in spite of the fact that the final chapter has already been written and all of their plans are foiled, these very thoughts are currently reverberating in the minds of religious and political leaders the world over…

“They are the ones who said (‘asher ‘amar – to reveal their way, and for their benefit, they professed), ‘We want to steal, have control over, and take possession (yarash – we have chosen to rob and displace by military force, seizing, dispossessing, impoverishing, and destroying the inheritance in the process, usurping authority over the ancestral agreement under false pretenses and deception (qal imperfect cohortative)) for 679ourselves (la ‘anachnuw – with regard to, according to, and directed toward ourselves) that which is associated with the pasture and abode (‘eth nawah – all that is according to the beautiful and desirable dwelling and lovely homeland, the camp, residence, and home) of God (‘elohym – the Almighty).’” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:12)

The Roman Catholic Church, like Imperial Rome before them and Muslims after them, has sought to steal the keys to the kingdom, to take control of God’s home. Hadrian seized it and converted it into a playground retreat for his Legions. The Roman Catholic Church claimed authority over it and built monstrous shrines in it, replete with a dead god on a stick, all while condemning Jews for allegedly killing him.

Muslims branded it their own with the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Before and after, they have systematically terrorized the Chosen People. Today, the United States has taken the lead in promoting the “Two-State Solution” which not only narrows Yisra’el at the waist but also assumes that America has the right to assert its control over God’s home and do with it as they please. Plotting along with them, the United Nations also seeks to impose its authority over it and will soon issue resolutions affirming their collective desires.

All of this brings us to the word association and visual picture shared between Mizmowr 83 and Yasha’yah 17 and 18, connections that promote understanding.

“My (‘any) God (‘elohym – Almighty), I want You to initiate the process such that they become (shyth hem – it is my desire that You demand and impose upon them, causing and making them (qal imperative)) like (ka – comparable to) a rolling ball of idolatrous dung spinning like a tumbleweed in a whirlwind (galgal – a dead and dried calyx of a thistle, a whirling chariot wheel as part of 680a weapon of war or troop transport spinning out of control; from the same root as galal – dung, giluwl – religious idols, golgoleth – skull, gula – a basin, vessel, or bowl, galyl – circuitous, galah – to expose, reveal, and remove, and galal – to roll away), like (ka – akin to) puny dead sticks and stubble bound together (qash – insignificant dried up straw and kindling which has been gathered and lashed into a bundle for having conspired and leagued together) in the approaching (la) presence of (paneh – appearance and face of) the Spirit (Ruwach – the feminine and maternal manifestation of Yahowah’s nature which has been set apart).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:13)

This word picture is so vivid, and it is so similar to the one drawn for us in Yasha’yah 17, we would be wise to see them covering the same swath of history. And if that is the case, the scene has become considerably clearer, with new insights revealing the identity, characteristics, and motives of the perpetrators.

I am seldom cautious, but this is one of those times. There is an aspect of and association with “galgal – a rolling ball of idolatrous dung spinning in a whirlwind,” which is heartbreaking. Thousands of unglazed “gula – pottery vessels” inscribed with Hebrew Aramaic have been found in Mesopotamia dating to the time the Babylonian Talmud was written and Islam was born. These “incantation bowls” are covered with chants combining magic spells and prophetic statements, divine names and dead spirits.

Many gula have been found with “golgoleth – skulls” within them. They were used to frighten off evil spirits and to enlist the help of demons to harm adversaries or to find love or money. They were even decorated, such that there are pictorial representations of the desired spells around the bottom quarter of these gula. Many, if not most, intermingle Towrah and Talmud stories with Babylonian religious myths and Greek Gnosticism.

681Sadly, not only is the Babylonian Talmud riddled with similar myths, magic spells, and incantations, this same Talmud has become the principal basis of Judaism. The Talmud contains stories about demonic encounters and of rabbis using magic spells to harm and heal, demonstrating the words found on these gula were woven into the religious culture at the time the Babylonian Talmud was being codified. The same demons solicited in the Talmud, such as Ashmedai and Lilith, also appear on the “gula – clay vessels.”

More damning still, just as a self-acclaimed rabbi (Sha’uwl / Paul) authored the pivotal books of the Christian New Testament, and just as rabbis played the leading role in helping Muhammad create his Quran, the rabbis who created the Talmud wrote magic spells for Zoroastrians by intermixing religious beliefs. There is even one such bowl in which a rabbi spoke of the power of the cross and included a reference to the pagan concept of the Trinity to market a gula to a Christian. The sad truth is that Judaism is as steeped in Babylonian religious lore and Greek Gnosticism, as is Christianity.

Dowd | David, whom I am convinced was the author of this Mizmowr / Psalm, knew better. He wanted no part of religion or the religious…

“Just as (ka – in the way) fire (‘esh – burning flames) purges and removes (ba’ar – sets ablaze and burns the stupid and combusts and consumes the brutish, destroying and eliminating the foolish) wooded thickets (ya’ar – forested underbrush and cultivated groves) and as (wa ka) flames (lehabah – flashes of lightning, raging infernos, and roaring conflagrations) set ablaze (lahat – set afire and scorch, violently devouring) the hills (harym – high places and mountain ranges), (83:14) so in this same manner (ken – therefore) pursue them (radaph – chase them and drive them away, overwhelm them and astonish the 682pretentious and prideful) with Your tempest (sa’ar ‘atah – Your scattering storm, Your swirling whirlwind).

And with Your strong and fulfilling wind that brings this to a rightful conclusion (wa suwphah ‘atah – with Your promise to produce gale-force winds, a storm to end all storms, even hurricanes and tornados; from suwph – to cause what is happening to cease and to bring things to an end, completing and fulfilling promises), bewilder and dismay them (bahal hem – cause them to tremble in fear, anxious and nervous (piel imperfect – subject causes the object to suffer the effect without any constraint on time)).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:15)

This is one of countless citations where we find Yahowah cleaning house before He returns. The religious, political, and militaristic must be purged for life to return to the joy experienced in ‘Eden.

I have long suspected that those en route to She’owl will be taken by surprise and thus be bewildered by the reality that God not only exists, He is not as they have conspired to describe Him. And they will be extremely anxious and nervous not knowing their fate, concerned even that they are going to go from being in control to having absolutely no say in what happens to them.

Unlike God’s children who revere and respect Him, Yahowah’s foes will come to fear Him. And yes, before they are judged and condemned, they will be confronted with the name they denied and sought to obfuscate. Removing Yahowah’s name from His testimony and the common vernacular is the most shameful thing religious and political men have ever done.

“Fill (male’ – choose to place upon and make full (piel imperative)) their faces (paneh hem – their appearance and presence, their head and mouths) with shame (qalown – with public disgrace and contempt, with dishonor and infamy, with insults and scorn) such that they inquire 683about (wa baqash – so they attempt to learn something about and request) Your name (shem ‘atah – Your personal and proper designation), Yahowah ().” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:16)

Before it is all over, Yahowah will introduce Himself to the religious and political – not for their benefit, but only so that they know who they were conspiring against and who is responsible for their ensuing fate.

“They should be humiliated and ashamed (bowsh – they should be embarrassed and mortified, feeling horribly guilty, as a result of their choices and should sense Your disapproval (qal imperfect jussive)). And (wa) they should be so nervous that they tremble in fear (bahal – they should be terrified, bewildered, and anxious (nifal imperfect jussive)) for all time (‘ad ‘ad – forever and ever).

So (wa) let them be anxious and confused, disgraced and ashamed (chaphar – let them be dismayed and distressed, confounded and mortified as they dig for something meaningful (qal imperfect jussive)).

And then (wa) lose their whereabouts, causing them to vanish, while allowing them to waste away (‘abad – let them destroy themselves, squandering and exterminating their limited value, annihilating all traces of themselves (qal imperfect jussive)).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:17)

This, too, is as we have long suspected. Life in She’owl will be more about being humiliated and ashamed, embarrassed and even mortified, than anything else. It is about discovering that one has been wrong and has chosen very poorly. Even as those incarcerated dig for something meaningful, they will remain anxious and confused forever.

684And let’s seek to be consistent with the text. Those whose whereabouts will become unknown as they vanish into the realm of the confused and ashamed will be told God’s name as they are being condemned. This reveals that they are among those promoting other names for God. And it means that those being sentenced to an eternity of omnipresent anxiety are those who sought to control the masses through the fear of God – religious leaders.

“And then (wa) let them know (yada’ – reveal and acknowledge, making them aware (qal imperfect, jussive)) that (ky – surely and truly) You (‘atah), whose name (shem ‘atah – whose proper designation) is Yahowah (), alone (la bad ‘atah – for by Yourself, set apart, separate, separated, and unique), are Almighty God (‘elyown – are Supreme, the Most High) over all (‘al kol – upon the totality of) the earth (ha ‘erets – the material realm).” (Mizmowr / Song with Lyrics / Psalm 83:18)

With the Lord of the Earth incarcerated, and with those who did his bidding destined for a similar fate, Dowd wants the religious to know that God has a name. It really is this simple. There is only one actual God and His one and only name is Yahowah. He is not the Lord, Jesus Christ, HaShem, or Allah. He not only cares what we call Him – those who do not know His name do not know Him.

Before we commence our final review of this message, let’s be blunt. Dowd’s testimony on behalf of Yahowah, depicting the fate of every religious, political, and military leader associated with the dismemberment of Yisra’el, reveals that Dowd’s inspired conclusions are the same as we have surmised countless times throughout these many books. The single worst thing pretentious man has done is erase Yahowah’s name from His Word.

For those who believe differently, for those who promote an alternative scenario, they are part and parcel of the way that is Midyan, Sisera’, and Yabyn…

685“I would like for You to engage and do to them similarly to what transpired with Midyan | the Seductive Enticers and their Contentious Strife (the Northern Arabians who were ravaged twice for having harmed the Children of Yisra’el), as was the case with Sisera’ (the Canaanite military commander who tortured Yisra’elite slaves for twenty years and who was killed by a woman after his warriors were annihilated), like Yabyn | Understanding Yah (the Cana’anite King of Hazor whose entire military was wiped out to free his Yisra’elite slaves when Yahowah worked through Dabarah | Deborah and Barak – the Blessing of the Word) at the River Qishown | those Trapped by Circular and Serpentine Reasoning, (83:9) who were decimated at ‘Eyn-Dowr | the Perspective of the Generations and View of Mankind (where the Cana’anites were defeated by Dabarah and Barak and where Sha’uwl met with the necromancer spiritualist). Make them dung for the ground. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:10)

Make their leaders who are so inclined like ‘Oreb, the Arabian, this toxic darkness derived by mingling and mixing together, combining people in a noxious manner (‘Oreb was the Midian leader killed in Gideon’s advance) and like Ze’eb | the Wolf (used as a compound name in Ba’alzebub and associated with the most predatory Benjamite wolf: Sha’uwl | Paul), and even like Zebach | to Slaughter and Kill (another Midianite king who met his demise as a result of Gideon) and like Tsalmuna’ | Having the Likeness Withheld and Protection Denied, walking in a faltering manner in the shadow of those who are lame and crippled (following in the lame footsteps of Sha’uwl | Paul who was crippled and fell during his conversion experience).

686Include everyone who exercises authority, all those who claim the right to rule politically, religiously, or militarily, especially those who pour a drink offering (such as during the Roman Catholic Eucharist). (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:11)

They are the ones who said to reveal their way, and for their benefit, ‘We want to steal, have control over, and take possession of the ancestral agreement under false pretenses for ourselves of that which is associated with the pasture and abode of God. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:12)

My God, I want You to initiate the process such that they become like a rolling ball of idolatrous dung spinning like a tumbleweed in a whirlwind, even like a pagan religious vessel with a skull inside, like puny dead sticks and stubble bound together in the approaching presence of the Spirit. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:13)

Just as fire purges and removes, burning the stupid while destroying the brutish as if they were wooded thickets, and as flames set ablaze and scorch the hills and high places, (83:14) so in this same manner pursue the pretentious and prideful with Your tempest.

And with Your strong and fulfilling wind that brings this to a rightful conclusion, bewilder them, making them anxious, while causing them to tremble in fear. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:15)

Fill their faces with shame, with public disgrace and contempt, with dishonor and infamy, with insults and scorn, such that they inquire about Your name, Yahowah. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:16)

They should be humiliated and ashamed, embarrassed and mortified, feeling horribly guilty as a result of their choices.

687They should be so nervous that they tremble in fear for all time. So let them be anxious and confused, disgraced and ashamed.

And then lose their whereabouts, causing them to vanish, while allowing them to waste away. (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:17)

Let them know that You, whose name is Yahowah, alone, are Almighty God over all the earth and material realm.” (Mizmowr / Psalm 83:18)