Revelation

An Introduction©

2010 Rabbi Edward L. Nydle

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TTHE REVELATION OF MESSIAHH

Part One

Introduction: Part 1B’nai Avraham Messianic

Congregation, Ottumwa, IowaRabbi Edward ‘Levi’ Nydle /Levi bar Ido

B’nai Avraham– 8-03-05

This is an introductionWThis week in our Sabbath Teaching we are going to begin a

journey into the Book of Revelatio n in the Brit Chadasha. n. With the High Holy Days

rapidly approaching upon us I think it is appropriate that we study the words of our

Master Yahshua to the seven Messianic congregations in Asia Minor becausebecause

He is referring todealing with the concept of teshuvah [Hebrew for return] and over-

coming the self/ego. But, before we start we musthave got to lay some

foundationsground work before we cann even studyopen up the Book of Revelation.

Let us’s begin this introductionstudy by opening up in the Torah to Shemoth Shemot

[Exodus] 25.40., page 84. This is when Elohim is speaking to Moshe and giving him the

instructions for the Mishkan or the Tabernacle.

SHEMOTH 25:

40 “So see, and do… 40 “So see1 , and do according to the pattern which was shown to

you on the mountain.

1 NOTICE See and do – it is very similar to the words of the Zohar – it is always “See” – the Talmud says “Hear.”

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NOTICE See and do – it is very similar to the words of the Zohar – it is always “See” –

and the Talmud says “Hear”.

40 “So see, and do according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.

When we begin a study in the Book of Revelation we have to be careful not to apply

twentieth century symbolic interpretationsmeanings to what we find within the text

written in the First Century. There is no other book within the Brit Chadashah, orr

probably within the whole Scriptures, thatScriptures that is more misinterpreted than the

Book of Revelation. And I believe thisit is because people fail to understand how to

read it, and also they have attempted to interpret it by disconnecting it from its Hebraic

words words,and references, and roots. WAnd when a person does that, we end up with

some very of the most pretty ridiculous interpretations of this Book. The Book of

Revelation is a far-sweeping book that is dealing with several things onand several

layers.

ElohimNow in the Scripture that we just read in Shemoth says to Mosheit said, “See

that you do everything according to the pattern.” In the Book of Revelation we

haveare going to deal extensively with rrecognizeizing the archetypal symbols found

within the Book. Archetypal means “pattern”. Now once we understand that we can

understand a lot of this Sefer.. When Elohim instructed Moshe to make everything

according to the pattern, I personally do not believe that he saw in the pattern was what

ended wasup being made in the physical world. But rather, he saw in the heavenlies

upon the mount archetypal symbols in which he tried to interpreted into physical

realities in this world.

A good definition of an archetype is: a primordial psychic ordering of images that

have a collective or generalized quality; it also being a living dynamic agency that

inhabits the collective psyche. So, ano we find in this definition – for those that don’t

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understand psycho babble – that an archetype is a symbol that is collective, oris known

by all mankind. WAnd we may findsee it manifested in various cultures and religions,

but the archetypal symbol is the same. We seefind this in our dreams,dreams and; we

find it extensively within the visions of the Navi’imNavaim [Prophets]] within the

Scriptures. Symbols – remember symbols are not not the object whichat they represent

but living forms of eternal energy from Elohim..

TNow in the Book of Revelation Revelation , even in its name , it is very “mystical”. I

know many people are afraid of that word, but I have no other word to use besides the

Ssod level interpretation found in PaRDeSs (sod is the , or deepest level of

interpretation of the Torah). Because Apocalypses means – a revealing of what is

hidden. It comes from the Greek word calypto – to cover or hide, and apo – away from.,

so Wwe see that end up with Aapocolyptesapocalypses apocalypses means– to take the

cover away from. AWhen we put a cover over something it hides something underneath

itit. So we find that in Tthe Book of Revelation it means “taking the cover off of

something to reveal it, or to reveal Him”. The Book isBecause actually it is a revelation

of Yahshua the, or Moshiach, expressed through archetypal symbols.

TNow the Book of Revelation is a “shattering of the world as we know it” and a

“reforming”. It follows the pattern ofOtherwise taking what is and bringing it into

chaos, then taking thate chaos and bringing it back back into aninto order or unity. It is

the reforming or renewing of what once existed in wholeness.something.

It follows the a pattern of this: Revelation; Judgment; Punishment; Then the Reforming

of a new world.

Now with that pattern established we can see it not only refers to the physical world as

we know it, but it can and does refers alsor to the human psyche. It happens to our

minds all the time but with us and we are not aware of it. A revelation of a new truth is

revealed to us, thus passing judgment on our ideas, beliefs, opinions, andor concepts in

which we have held on to in our lives. After the, a punishment of those false concepts

there is, and then a reformation of the human mind in toorder to grasp those concepts.

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Are you understanding that? Weconcepts. We do it all the time, but we are just not

aware of the Revelation pattern. WWhen we use the Name Yahweh, when we heard the

Name YHWH Yahweh we realized that was a true revelation, a new concept was and

revealed to us; thus we passed judgment on our old concept of “G-d” and punished it by

not saying it, and then reformed our vocabulary to express the Name YHWHahweh.

The same pattern holds trueWe do it all the time with ShabbathShabbat, kashrut, tzitzit,

oranything, anything that is a revelation to us, anything that the cover is taken off off

and revealed to us.of, this pattern holds true.

TNow the Book of Revelation also covers many things within linear time and things

outside linear time. We have to understand there are people arguing and breaking

fellowship and establishing whole movements on whether it is pre-trib, mid-trib,,

postor post-trib., This is childish nonsense and has no place in the Nazarene Movement.

MillenialismMillennialism of whatever! But,not realizing that the Book covers all of it!

Because tThehe Book of Revelation deals with the past, it deals with the present, andit

deals with the future., The Scrollit also deals with things that are eternal and outside of

time. I, but it also deals with the human psyche or psychology, or the human mind. So

in good HebraicJewish thought we couldwould say, “YouThey are all right”.,

Whenever however when we isolate one aspect of the Bookit and say this is that,that,

and then we are wrong.

Now with that being said, then, wesaid, we have to understand some basic concepts and

this is where we have to lay some ground work before we can even open up the Bbook.

Let me read a quote first: Time is an accident consequent upon motion and is

necessarily attached to it. W

So whenever you have motion you must have time. Neither of them exists without the

other.

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Motion [movement] does not exist except in time, and time cannot be conceived by the

intellect except together with motion. And all that with regard to which no motion can

be found does not fall under time.

Now grasp that concept and wrap your mind around it in order to understand the Book.

The concepts that we call time, and space, light, mass, and energy, are all part of the

Creation and may be viewed as reflection of Elohim’s His attributes. Now since we find

these elements within the physical world of Creation – time – space – light – mass –

energy – they must have something that corresponds to those concepts in the spiritual

realm. TAnd this is very important in understanding who Elohim is, who we are, what is

going to come, and how we are going to get there. And as we get into this study you

will realize the purpose of the mitzvoth were to bring the spiritual realm into the

physical. That is the whole purpose of the mitzvoth. So when we observe the mitzvoth

only on a physical realm realm and not realizing that truth, we are not fulfilling the true

purpose of Torah. If all we are doing is following rules we are missing the whole point

of the mitzvoth. So without PRDS – peshat – remez – drash – sod – we will never

understand the true meaning of the mitzvoth.

Let usNow let’s consider some things to begin the studywith. There exists what is

called ‘spiritual time’ – these are events not constricted to the linear aspect of time. I

could give the example of what we just talked about today – the MoedimMoadim

(Feasts)– they do not follow a linear motion, rather a circular motion, which means they

are eternal. They do not travel along time, so they are actually spiritual time. And many

things within the Millennium and the Olam Haba [the world to come] should be placed

in spiritual time. So we can see then all the arguments over calendars that are actually

moot because they don’t follow linear time anyway. So what is the point?

e have what iswe called ‘spiritual space’ space’.– and I know space usually is

considered in physical worlds, but I am talking about spiritual space. It is a dimension

beyond our own and it includes several placesaspects we can find on the earth for us

that were given to us by Elohim, such as the Mishkan, the Bbyet haMikdashHaMikdash:

the places in this physical worldspace that Elohim could would exist in a spiritual space.

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YHWHAfter all, He said, “I want to dwell in the midst of you.” But, we have to

understand that, Elohim does not dwell in time orand space., He has to exist in spiritual

space.space. This need for a spiritual space required the So thus the Creation, or the

mMaking of the Tabernacle Tabernacle according to the pattern in order and the

Temple, to provide the proper spiritual environment in which Elohim could He may

dwell.

The cCreation of a spiritual space is necessary for YHWH’sHis spiritual light to be

transmitted to mankind. J, just as physical space is needed to give off physical

lightlight, so. Thus in the spirit realm there must be made a spiritual space in which the

spiritual light can be transmitted. Which brings us to the concept of spiritual light.

WAnd we could say that this:

Spiritual light is Elohim’s Word – be it the Torah or Moshiach.

Because His Word and His Wwill are constant. WAnd we are told that the Torah is:

Thy Word is ana L lamp unto my feet and a Llight unto my path, therefore. So the

kavod [glory] of the Shekinah of Elohim is usually representedflected in Scripture as

Llight. We see this in the transfiguration of Yahshua: His garment became as light.

We alsoAnd then we have the concept of, then, “spiritual mass” [not physical mass].

We could say this is any entity be it ana malak [angel] or the Moshiach, or the

ShechinahShekinah, or the Ruach haKodesh, and it would also include any demons

[shadim]. So we could say the spiritual mass – not mass as we know in the physical –

but the corresponding in the spiritual realm. They can manifest themselves physically,

but they have spiritual mass.

, This thenwhich leads us to spiritual energy. NOTICE all these are spiritual. TAnd

this would then be the result of the work done in the spiritual realm by– spiritual

energy. It would be a corresponding spiritual truth to what we know as electricity.,

which is nothing but energy, nothing but light. So there is a spiritual energy that can be

released. ItsIt’s very similar to electricity. That is what keeps you alive, your soul.

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ANow what is interesting is, we talked today about the Shabbat. Now according to the

Zohar Shemoth Shemot Section II 88a:

Therefore the Sabbath is more precious than all other times and seasons and festivals,

because it contains and unites all in itself, whereas no other festival or holy day does

so.’ Said R. Hiya: ‘Because all things are found in the Sabbath it is mentioned three

times in the story of Creation: “And on the seventh day Elohim God ended his work”;

“and he rested on the seventh day”; “and Elohim God blessed the seventh day” (Gen.

II, 2, 3).’

Therefore the Shabbat is more precious than all other times, seasons, and festivals

because it contains and unites everything within itself.

Think about that! No other festival or moed does, only the Shabbat. Rabbi ChiyyahHiya

says: Because all things are found in the Shabbat it is mentioned three times in the

story of Creation: And on the seventh day Elohim ended His work, and He rested

on the seventh day, and Elohim blessed the seventh day.

SNow since the ShabbathShabbat is mentioned three times in the work of Creation

[Bereshith], then we have three pilgrimage feasts known as Sholesh RegulimRegulim

(Three feet) -: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, which are also included and called

Sabbaths and relate to the service in the Ttemple., because OonTemple. On those

festivals Yisraelfestivals, Yisrael they wasere to go up to YerushalayimYehrushalyim

where theis physical temple contained the spiritual space for Elohim to dwell. We can

find that in Debarim [Deuteronomy] 16.16 .

TNow to help us understand the relationship between time and space, we can use the

illustration of the game called Chess. To be an expert in Chess involves knowing the

strategy between space and time. There are 64 squares on the board that you may

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occupy, and time deals with how many moves you are ahead or behind your opponent.

Otherwise, Chess requires you to think way ahead. A good Chess player is thinking way

ahead of his opponent and he is thinking in concepts of space and time: example- How

many moves is it going to take me to get there?, Wand figure out what moves will the

opponent will make?. Now Eexperienced players of Chess often trade space for time to

figure out if itsit is good to give up space in order to buy time. to make your moves.

ItsIt is all about all dealing with time and space. OAnd once you begin playing Chess,

then youthey understand the dimensions of the game, and they understand this concept

of space and time., and you can become very good at Chess. So, the better you grasp the

concepts of strategies and the dimensions of Chess the better Chess player you can

become.

INow in math there are many complex equations that cannot be solved without

injecting what is called a “fourth dimension” – something beyond x-y-z – which

corresponds to the three dimensional space. Sometimes mathematicians have to inject

what is called a “fourth dimension” in order to solve the equation. And physics,

especially quantum physics, show the relationships between things, energy, mass, time,

and space. That is what quantum physics does. We have Albert Einstein who came up

with e = mc squared: energy = mass x the constant speed of light squared. HAnd he was

one of the very first ones to link energy and mass and the speed of light.

TNow there have even been (and I have argued this with people because they don’t

believe it) atomic clocks through through the atmosphere sent in different directions

arriving at the same destination at the same moment in time, but when they check the

clocks, their times were different. Thus showing, showing that speed through space

affected time. That is a known scientific fact. I have had people “poopoo” that, I have

talked to them, they say they do not believe that – Fine! It is a scientific fact! Just

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because we do notn’t understand something does not meant it is not true. ItsIt is just that

you cannot ’t wrap your mind around it because it has notn’t been revealed to you.

ThisWhich brings us back to the Shabbat! Because Shabbat transcends time. There is

an excellent book called A Space in Time about Shabbat. And Tthe Shabbat to those of

us who know about the Shabbat understand that it does dealis a type of with the

Millennium because the Messianic kingdom that is the seventh millennium in time.n-

thousandth year and also the Olam Haba, the world that comes after that.

In the Zohar Shemoth Shemot II 88a :

It contains and unites all within itself.

The unique character of the Sabbath is expressed in the words: “Between Me and the

children of Israel.” And because the Faith is centredcentered in the Sabbath, man is

given on this day an additional, a supernal soul, a soul in which is all perfection,

according to the pattern of the world to come. What does the word “Sabbath” mean?

The Name of the Holy One, the Name which is in perfect harmony at all sides.’

88b The unique character of the Shabbat is expressed in the words: Between Me and

the children of Yisrael. And because the faith is centered in the Shabbat man is given an

additional supernal soul called: the Shabbat soul. There is something that takes place

on erev Shabbat that we receive what is known as the extra Sabbath soul: a soul which

is all perfection and according to the pattern of the world to come.

I believe it is connected to the collective unconsciousness of self.

What does the word ‘ShabbathShabbat’ mean? The Name of the Holy One, Thethe

Name which is in perfect harmony at all sides. And this is based upon the mythical

significance of the three letters of ShabbathShabbat: a shin-bet-tavTav.

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In the Zohar Shemoth Shemot “Section II 205b :

‘The prayer offered by the holy people on the Sabbath is of three parts, corresponding

to the three Sabbaths, but being in essence only one. [Tr. note: i.e. the Sabbath of the

Creation, the Sabbath on which the Torah was given, and the Sabbath of the

Millennium.]

The prayer offered by the holy people on the Shabbat is of three parts,

corresponding to the three Shabbats but being in essence only One. The three

Shabbats are: The Sabbath of Creation, the Sabbath on which the Torah was

given, and the Sabbath of the Millennial Kingdom.

Otherwise, the three prayers are echad – One.

FNow from what we have learned thusso far we can arrive at the conclusion that

spiritual space deals with a physical place and a means by which Elohim can reside or

dwell among His Creation even though it has fallen. If you have studied the Torah we

know in Bereshith – which starts out with a bet a, which means house, or dwelling

place. So the whole purpose of Creation was to create a house or a dwelling place for

Elohim to reside in the lower realms.T. And the Ggan Eden was a place in which theat

environment was so that Elohim could walk with Adam in the ruach of the day. [Pay

attention to that because it will show up in the B b ook of Revelation Revelation.

– I was in the ruach on the Day of YahwehYHWH.] So pay attention to that. WIt is

giving you a message. And of course we alsoe also knowknows that this space [Ggan

Eden] was corrupted by the fall of Adam and Chawah and they were sent into the

wilderness.banished from it. They were exiled out of the Ggan Eden in a Diaspora.

There are many levels here.

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TAnd then Elohim’s redemption process brought the children of Yisrael to Mount Sinai

where He had planned to give them immortality. But once again sSsin corrupted the

place – the sin of the golden calf. And Elohim wishes to reside with His people,people

so He then gives Moshe the pattern of the Mishkan [Tabernacle] in order to once again

create this spiritual space within a sinful world wherethat He can reside with His

people. WAnd what we read in Shemoth Shemot concerning the “heavenly pattern”,

and the Zohar says that Elohim made everything in this lower world along with the

same pattern that is in the upper worlds.

This then Which brings us to what we all know as a spiritual truth revealed by Elohim

in His Word:, both in the Torah and the Torah of the Brit Chadashah: Our bodiey is thes

– this flesh that we reside in – is a temple of for the Ruach haKodeshHaKodesh, just as

much as the MishkanTabernacle and the BayetBayit HaMikdash.Temple The

Tabernacle waswere constructed to pattern the image given by Elohim to Moshe .,

MankindMoshe. Mankindwe ourselves isare created in the image of Elohim.

IAnd if we study the concept of the Temple and we actually keep the Shabbat , we

then we will gain more revelation of our restoration and relationship with Elohim.

Even Rav Shaul said: These things here on the earth are a shadows of the things which

are to come [Colossians]. SNow, as we discussed, since the Temple and the Shabbat

are linked together ,ittogether, it is only natural that we would find them linked in the

Messianic Kingdom [The Millennium] which is the seventh millennium, or the 1,000

year Shabbat. TSo there is a link between the two there because Shabbat is a place in

time, and the Temple is a physical space with mass – BOTH are times that create a

dwelling place for Elohim.

We have to understand the concepts of the link between space and time, and understand

very clearly that within the Scriptures there is a fifth dimension, a spiritual and moral

dimension we could say, that declares the status of good and evil – clean and unclean –

things we see in the Torah – profane and holy. WSo that is what we call a fifth

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dimension added to the other fourin there. The So these things here in physical time and

space are indeed only shadows of the spiritual counterparts in the spiritual realm.

An interesting quote: a contemporary of Einstein said this in 1908 – Space by itself and

time by itself are doomed to fade into mere shadows. Awesome, isn’t it? That is echoing

what Rav Shaul wrote on Colossians 2. Thereshadows. There is also a sixteenth century

Jewish saying that says: [Ed speaks in Hebrew] Time and space are one. And there is

another ancient saying: [Ed speaks in Hebrew] Fromfrom the condensation of the lights

were the vessels brought into being.

WeNow with that being said we are now ready readto go to the first chapter of

Hisgalut [Revelation]. So if we want to open there we will look at the first six verses. I

will read from The Scriptures, and then I will read from the Orthodox Jewish Brit

Chadashah because it brings out some things. Let’s just read it.Y Now in order for this

to work you are going to have to read thisread this bookit like you have never seenread

it before. I do notn’t what you to approach this study with preconceived notions or

ideas, or conceptsideas, concepts, or doctrines that you have been taught in the past.

Let’s just read it as if we have never read it before. Now you will see things, it will just

pop out at you.

REVELATION 1:

1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah,

Why is it we always call it the Revelation of St. John? It is’s the revelation of Yahshua

the Messiah.

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…which Elohim gave Him [Yahshua] to show His servants what has to

take place with speed. And He signified it by sending His messenger to His servant

Yohanan, 2 who bore witness to the Word of Elohim, and the witness of Yahshua

Messiah – to all he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this

prophecy, and guard what is written in it, for the time is near. 4 Yohanan, to the seven

assemblies that are in Asia: FavourFavor to you and peace from Him who is and who

was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits that are before His throne, 5 and

from Yahshua Messiah, the trustworthy witness, the first born from the dead, and the

ruler of the sovereigns of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins

in His own blood, 6 and has made us sovereigns and priests to His Elohim and Father,

to Him be esteem and rule forever and ever. Amen. [The Scriptures]

Let me read this from the Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadashah to bring out the

Hebraic - ness of this.

HISGALUS 1:1 [OJB ]-

The Hisgalus [Revelation, Appearance, Exposure of what is Nistar (Hidden), Sod

(Secret), Raz (Mystery) of Rebbe HaMopshiachHaMoshiach YehhoshuaYehoshua which

Hashem asher gave to him to show to his mesharetim (servants, klei kodesh, ministers)

MAH DI LEHEVE (“WHAT WILL HAPPEN,” DANIEL 2.28f) the things which are

destined to take place, and speedily; Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach made it known by

sending his malachmalak (angel) to his mesharet (servant, klei kodesh, minister)

YOHANAN. [AMOS 3.7] 2 Yochanan gave solemn edut (testimony) to the

Dvar YHWHHashem and to the edut of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, even to all that

Yochanan saw. 3 Ashrey (Blessed/Happy) is the one reading and the ones hearing the

divrei hanevlu’ah (words of [this] prophecy) and remaining shomer regarding what is

written in it, for karov (near) is HaYom [the time of crisis amd the events related to the

Bias HaMoshiach]. 4 Yochanan to the shevat hakehillot (congregations) in Asia:

Shalom from the One who is [SHEMOTH 3.14], who was, and who is to come

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[YESHAYAHU 41.4], and from the shevat haruchot (seven archangels) which are

before YHWH Hashem’s Kes (Throne) [merkavah chariot throne in Shomayim,

YECHEZKEL 1.4-28]. 5 And from Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the eidus hane’eman

(faithful witness), the BECHOR (Firstborrn, TEHILLIM 89.28 [27]) OF THE Mesim

and the Nagid ELYON L’MALKHEI A’RETZ (“Leader, Most exalted of Kings of the

earth,” TEHILLIM 89.27). To the One who has ahavah for us and has freed us [from

the Golus of, YESHAYAHU 59.2; 53.3] peyshaeinu [our transgressions, YESHAYAHU

53.5] by [Geulah redemption through the kofer pedut ransom korban of

his nefesh [YESHAYAHU 53.10) in the kapporaj atonement of] the dahm [blood] of

him, TEHILLIM 130.8; YESHAYAHU 40.2; BERESHITH 22.8; TEHILLIM

89.38; YIRMEYAHU 42.5; YESHAYAHU 53.7; SHEMOTH 12.13; VAYIKRA

17.11].

The Hisgalut [the revelation, experience, exposure what is hidden – the sod derash] of

Rebbi HaMelek Moshiah Yehoshua, which Yahweh gave to him to show His servants,

what will happen [the things destined to take place] and speedily, Rebbe Ha Mashiach

made it known by sending His malak to his servant Yohanan. Yohanan gave solemn

testimony to the debar of Yahweh and to the eidut of Rebbe Melek haMoshiach – even

to all that Yohanan saw. Blessed is the ones reading and the ones hearing the debri

hanevuah [words of this prophecy] and remaining shomer [guarding] to it, for the Day.

Yohanan, to the seven kehiloth [congregations] Chesed and shalom from Him who is

and who was and who is to come, and from the shevath herachot [Spirits] which are

before Yahweh’s kiseh [throne] the merekavah chariots throne in haShamayim. And

from Rebbe Melek ha Mashiach, the faithful witness, the Bachor [first-born]

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IAs we approach the book of Revelation, since in the introduction we have spoken of

the moedimmoadim [festivals], and that they can all be found in the Book of

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Revelation. In fact, with the coming of the High Holy Days it is important that we

understand the book of Revelation there are references to the day of hayomHaYom

haKippurimHaKippurim. We find this in:

REVELATION 6:11 And there was given to each one a white robe, and they were told

that they should rest a little while longer,

REVELATION 8:3-5 And another messenger [angel] came and stood at the altar,

holding a golden censer, and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with

the prayers of all the set-apart ones upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart ones, went up before

Elohim from the hand of the messenger. 5 And the messenger [angel] took the censer,

and filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises,

and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

REVELATION 11:19 And the Dwelling Place [Temple] of Elohim was opened in the

heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Dwelling Place. And there came to

be lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

REVELATION 15:5-8 And after this I looked and saw the Dwelling Place [Temple or

Tabernacle] of the Tent of Witness [Testimony] in the heaven was opened. And out of

the Dwelling Place came the seven messengers [angels] having the seven plagues,

dressed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands. And

one of the four living creatures gave to the seven messengers seven golden bowls filled

with the wrath of Elohim who lives forever and ever. And the Dwelling Place was filled

with smoke from the esteem of Elohim and from His power, and no one was able to

enter the Dwelling Place until the seven plagues of the seven messengers were ended.

REVELATION 16:17 And the seventh messenger [angel] poured out his bowl into the

air, and a loud voice came out of the Dwelling Place of the heaven, from the throne,

saying, “It is done!”

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Those are all references to Yom haKippurim. We also see some allusions to Sukkot:

REVELATION 7:9 After this I looked and saw a great crowd [multitude] which no

one was able to count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing

before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in

their hands,

REVELATION 7:17 because theLambthe Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall

shepherd them and lead them to fountains of waters of life [springs of living water].

And Elohim shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Now let us’s go back to the book of Revelation and look at it verse by verse. The

reason I spokeread that about the moedimmoadimMoedim is so we can see that this

book is not strictly dealing with physical time and space, but rather spiritual concepts in

which they are alluded to from the Torah.

First of all the first word:

The Revelation - hisgalutHisgalutHisgalus – an unveiling. TNow this is a revelation

from Moshiach Yahshua to Yohanan. I think we forget that, we always think this is just

Yohanan’s ‘stick’ he is doing here, but no, Tthis is a revelation given from the

Moshiach to Yohanan to be transmitted to the seven assemblies. This, then, puts us on

two levels of revelation right away. Through Revelation 3 it looks at the seven

assemblies and is based in a physical world of linear time, because there were seven

assemblies in Asia Minor. So this now helps us understand that this level of prophecy is

the level of da’at [knowledge] of Yetzirah. Now those familiar with the tree of life will

understand what I just said. Then in chapter 4 when we see the words that say “Come

up hither,” it is a higher level of perception [or revelation]. This is the level of Beriah

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where the revelation is not limited to time and space and earthly events. Here is where

people make some mistakes here. C This c hapter 4 is NOT dealing with earthly events,

but rather a higher revelation in the spiritual realm in the world of Beriah [the world of

Creation]. So it is a higher form of revelation.

Looking at the slide of tree of life: This is what we are looking at, this is the higher

level. This is called the tree of life, and NOTICE it is also how man is made up. It looks

very similar, doesn’t it, to what DaVincNow da’at [knowledge] is directly linked to

Tiferet [beauty] which is called The Son, and is the gate of Emet – [truth]. This Tiferet

is associated with, to those that are familiar with some of the writings I have done, with

the person of Metatron who is called The Head of Creation and is also called The

Divine Son of the Father [Chochmah] and the Mother [Binah]. So we have WISDOM,

UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWLEDGE. Wisdom and Understanding come

together in the person of the Son [Tiferet] which is the gate for Emet [Truth]. That is

why Yahshua said, “I am the Way [door or gate], Thethe Truth, and the Life.

Everything has to flow through the Son., and we will get to that later on. II just want

you to become familiar with this because we are talking, in the first few chapters , that

He is seen only on the Yetzirah world [the world of formation].

The first three chapters concerning the assemblies isare in Malkut.down here ???

here??? whereWhere when He begins to “Come up hither,” it is dealing with Beriah

[the world of Creation] whose center is Tiferet. So it is only natural then, when he is

told to “Come up hither,” that we see a revelation of the Son – or MashiachMoshiach!

So he ascends from this world to that world, and that world then, sends the revelation or

revealing of the Son to him. Before that he is dealing with this, so this is dealing with

looking down upon linear time. You have to become acquainted with this outline in

order to understand the book, and NOTICE That the Book of Revelation deals

extensively with the number seven, so we know it is dealing with the lower seven

seferothsefirot of the tree, which means [deeds] doing???? [Could not hear this well,

Dee] ItsIt’s very important that you understand that.

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Let me just tell you a little bit about Metatron since I dropped the term. He is compared

to Yehoshua – Yahshua - and to Elohim to teach us [Yisrael] the mysteries of the Torah.

TAnd the Jewish sages even say that he performs an atoning work for all Yisrael. So

this is why we link Metatron with Yahshua. I just want to reinforce this concept and

understanding so that we can understand the Tabernacle and the Temple with Metatron.

Because we are told in the Book of Ibrim Ivrim [Hebrews ] that He is the CohanCohen

HaGadol ministering in a heavenly tabernacle. Which means twhat? There is ana

heavenly tabernacle and there was an earthly tabernacle. And it says that He couldn’t

minister in the earthly tabernacle because He wasn’t fromof the right tribe; but because

he is of the priesthood of Melchizedek he can minister in the heavenly tabernacle.

In the Zohar Shemoth Shemot Section II 143a

And it came to pass that the tabernacle was reared up, the reference being

to the other tabernacle to that which was above, namely the tabernacle of the young

man Metatron and nothing greater. But when the first Temple was completed another

Temple was erected at the same time, which was the center for all worlds, shedding

radiance upon all things and giving light to all the world. Then the world was firmly

established and all the supernal casements were opened to pour forth light and all the

world experienced joy which they had never known before, and every one broke out into

song and they san what is called The Song of Songs [The song of singers] and the

musicians chant to the Holy One, Blessed be He.

Section 159a Shemoth Shemot 2 :

From this we see that the Holy One, Blessed be He, actually gave Moses

all the arrangements and the shape of the tabernacle, each in its appropriate manner,

and that he saw Metatron [Yahshua] ministering as the CohanCohen HaGadol within

it.Now you are saying, “What does this have to do with the Book of Revelation?” When

we get into it you will understand what it has to do with it, because the vision that

Yohanan that we read said, The tabernacle of the testimony was opened in heaven. But

Moses, according to the Zohar, saw Metatron ministering as the CohanCohen HaGadol

in the tabernacle.

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And it may be said that the tabernacle above was not erected till the

tabernacle below had been completed, that the youth Metatron could not have served

above before Divine worship had taken place in the earthly tabernacle. It should not be

thought however, that Metatron himself ministered. The fact is that the tabernacle

belongs to him and Michael it is that serves there within Metatron’sMegaton’s

tabernacle. There are two celestial tabernacles,tabernacles; one is the supernal

concealed tabernacle, and the other tabernacle of Metatron.

Then there is a quote from the Zohar Section II 164a that compares Metatron to

Elohim. It says:

The tabernacle which Moses constructed had Yehoshua for its wakeful and

constant guard, for he alone guarded it, and was called the ‘young man’ namely

Yehoshua [Joshua] of whom it is said: Yehoshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed

not out of the tent.

ItsIt’s very important that you understand they are talking about Joshua the son on Nun,

however we take it on another level to Yahshua! The same Name. This is why we have

got to stick with Yahshua. Later in history it was another young man who guarded it,

namely, Sh’muelShemu’el [Samuel].

For the tabernacle could only be guarded by a youth. The Temple, however, was

guarded by the Holy One Himself, as it is written: YahwehYHWH guards the city, the

watchman waketh but in vain, and who is the watchman? The young man Metatron. And

you holy saint, you are not guarded as the tabernacle was guarded, but as the Temple

was guarded namely by the Holy One Himself.

WEe have to know that to deal with this ‘act of atonement’. They don’t want you to

know this, that they connect Metatron with atonement.

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MIDRASH RABA Numbers 12.12 When the Holy One, Blessed be He,

MIDRASH RABA Numbers 12.12

When the Holy One, Blessed be He, told Yisrael to set up the tabernacle he

intimated to the ministering angels that they also should make a tabernacle. And when

the one below was erected, the other one was erected on high. The latter was the

tabernacle of ‘the youth’ whose name was Metatron, and therein He offers up the souls

of the righteous to atone for Yisrael in the days of their exile. The reason then of why it

is written et – the tabernacle was because another tabernacle was erected

simultaneously with it. In the same strain it says: The place for YahwehYHWH which

thou has made for Yisrael to set up the thee to dwell in, the sanctuary of YahwehYHWH

which thy hands have established.

And then the Zohar even connects Metatron with the Rod of Mosheh, saying that this

rod is the Metatron, The one side of whom comes life, and the other side death.

Interesting. Because Yahshua says in the B b ook of Revelation He : “Hholds the keys

of life and death” – the Keys of David.

Now let’s go to the second word. The Revelation of Yahshua Messiah. As we said,

Tiferet – the heart – is the gate to knowledge and beyond. So remember Tiferet is the

gate to everything inup here [on the chart, the upper seferothsefirot]. And then we have

the foundation of the world right below Tiferet. So Tiferet could be called the

foundation of this world Beriah. The world of Beriah serves as the foundation for the

world of the supernals. You have to understand these concepts. If you do not get it you

will miss out on the new YerushalayimYehrushalyim and everything else, about the

foundation stones.

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Those that are familiar with the tree of life: I want you to study it and look at it, its

nothing to be afraid of. ItsIt’s nothing that will run contrary to what is written in the

Scriptures.

Now Tiferet represents YahwehYHWH’s salvation - Yahshua – to ALL the world, and

salvation extends down that center pillar and is known within Jewish circles as Derech

HaShem – the Path of Elohim - that man can follow back in his return to Elohim.

Otherwise, in order to have salvation, it must flow through the Son who connects all

worlds and brings salvation to all worlds, and brings mankind back to the Father.

Yahshua said this Himself, in Yohanan 1.51, when He called Himself Ya’aqob’s

Ladder. He was acknowledging that HE was the salvation for all the world, and in order

to have salvation you had to climb Ya’aqob’s ladder which is the Moshiach.

You say, WellTwell, what does that have to do with the Book of Revelation?

Everything! Because the perfect revelation of Elohim has to descend down the ladder of

the Son and truly righteous person [the tzadik] down here in the Malchut must ascend

the ladder to gain that revelation. So while we are climbing up the ladder of the Son

Elohim is descending and ascending up the ladder the revelation of Himself. Thus

Yahshua becomes the perfect revelation of Elohim. This is what the Book of

Revelation is all about.

If you grasp that concept you will grasp the book. If you are looking for black

helicopters and frogs and demons jumping out of the water, beasts with three heads,

four headed beasts, and anti-Christ, and everything else, you are missing it! The Book is

written to give you a perfect revelation of Elohim that was expressed through His Son

Yahshua. That is what it is about! That is what it is for, that is why it is given to us. It is

very similar, and not a hard concept to understand, because at Mount Sinai where

Elohim was offering the people of Yisrael immortality., remember? Elohim came down

and the people went up! And Moshe [NOTICE] was able to go higher than the elders.

And the elders could ascend higher than the people, showing that there are different

levels of revelation. ItsIt’s very important that you understand that. And those down at

the lower base of the Mountain were warned not to come any closer, because they did

not merit that. It would have destroyed them.

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Now when it says: which Elohim gave Him to show His servants what has to take

place with speed. Now I want you to understand that the revelation of Elohim to

Moshiach Yahshua was not something Yahshua received while He was walking in this

realm among us,. Bbecause Moshiach is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He

has existed beyond time, beyond this physical world. He is eternal. He has existed since

the foundation of the world. Even the Talmud says the Name of Moshiach – a code

word, of when we immerse in His Name we are speaking of His teachings, authority,

and function.

TALMUD Pesachtim Pesachim 54a

Surely it was taught seven things were created before the world was

created, and these are: the Torah, Teshuvah, Gan Eden, Gehenna, The throne of Glory,

the byet haMikdashHaMikdash, and the Name [authority], the function, the teachings of

Moshiach.

So MashiachMoshiach – Yahshua Yahshua,– as He was known in this physical realm

realm,– is giving Yohanan the revelation that wascame even before Creation. Now

Yahshua said that, “The entirewhole Torah speaks of Me.” So, we could say that all

Creation reveals Moshiach. That is the purpose of Torah – to be the Revelation of

Moshiach. In the Brit ChadashahIt is the goal, we are told in the Brit Chadashah, that

revelation is the goal of the Torah. If the Torah we are observing does not lead us to the

Moshiach we do notn’t know Torah, and we are not observing the Torah. You are just

observing a black book ofdoing rules. Do you understand that? The Torah is to be a

revelation of Moshiach. Why did Yahshua walk with the two talmidim along the road to

Amaeus, and opened up the Scriptures to them concerning everything that was written

in the TaNaK of Him?. This is what the book of Revelation was given tous in order for

– to be a revelation of eternal things expressed through the Moshiach. PAnd people

have taken the bookit and tried to interpret things that are happening today in this

physical world by to this book. ListenPeople, there have been natural disasters since

time began, ever since man was exiled fromleft the garden. And I do not believe to say

that this means Moshiach is coming very soon. I don’t think that it is fair to say. They

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probably said that a hundred years ago, two hundred years ago, three hundred years ago,

four hundred years ago, five hundred years ago; just go back in time to all the natural

disasters, all the wars, all the dictators that showed up, and I bet people were saying

that, “He is coming soon.” But see, they are trying to read into the book things that are

happening here today, but that has been done for two thousand years.

This book was not given to usyou to interpret the signs of the times, but rather it was

given to you to reveal to you eternal truths that were manifested through and

communicated to us through the Messiah. Yahshua! That’s the purpose! Why else when

it says, he who reads and hears the words of this prophecy, and guards what is written,

that they are blessed? There is a blessing attached to reading, hearing, and observing.

ASo as we begin to depart into this journey, yes, itsit’s going to be a little different,

yes, it maybe going to rock your world., and maybe we will have to install some

seatbelts onto the seats here so you can enjoy this teaching. The purpose of this teaching

is not to tickle your ears, and not to just give you more data, but rather hopefully,

through this teaching as we are approaching the high holy days it will impart to you a

greater revelation of Moshiach Yahshua, and of eternal things that He came to

communicate to us.

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I stress, that we cannot sever this book from the TaNaK. If I were willing to do that I

would have a nice little prophecy chart up here for you, rather than the tree of life.

Because I will be speaking on many different levels, with the most important level, I

believe, is dealing with your soul; that a true revelation of Moshiach will just explode

within you, and you will rest your faith on Yahshua the Messiah on a firmer foundation

and a greater knowledge. Remember, knowledge can only flow through Him. If you try

to bypass the Moshiach it is not true knowledge.

So with that we will end and let you chew on this a little bit that we have heard today,

and it truly is my prayer and blessing for you that you would receive the blessings of

reading and hearing and observing this book – this prophecy – and that you truly on this

Shabbat might enjoy the rest – the gift that Elohim has given us – a time when we will

be getting an extra soul of Shabbat – a time that we can rest in His Rest. We can rest in

Moshiach who is the Shabbat, and that each of us will enter into the Messianic

Kingdom to enjoy the Millennial Shabbat, and then into the Olam Haba. I bless you, I

say, Shalomshalom.

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Revelation Introduction: Part 2

We are going to continue the teaching of The Revelation of Messiah. This will be Part

Two of the teaching, and it is very important that we gain the correct Hebraic

perspective on this very misinterpreted and misunderstood book in the Brit Chadashah.

In the last chapter we introduced the tree of life, so we just need to review so that you

can gain some more understanding.

The picture on the previous page represents what is called the Tree of Life. These

circles are to represent the attributes or characteristics of Elohim. This also is also a

representation of the human soul. Since man was created in the image of Elohim in

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follows that man was created with all these characteristics of Elohim within the human

soul.

Within the ten Sefirot there are four worlds:

The World of Assiyah – the world of action, the physical world.

The world of Yetzirah – the world where formation takes place.

The world of Beriah – the world of Creation.

And above that the world of Atzilut – the world of emanation.

In this world we deal with the lower seven sefirot. The upper three: Chochmah, binah,

and keter, are called the brain [mochin] of Elohim. They have to flow down into the

physical world.

Now with our understanding with Yahshua as the Messiah, we understand that all

wisdom, understanding, and the invisible sefirah of da’at [knowledge], and knowing the

will [keter] of Elohim has to flow through the person of the Messiah – the center

column, which is represented by the sefirah called Tiferet [beauty].

Now with that simple review we will continue.

YOHANAN 14: 5 T’oma said to Him, “Master, we do not know where You are going,

and how are we able to know the way?” 6 Yahshua said to him, “I am the Way, and the

Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you had known

Me, you would have known My Father too. From now on you know Him, and have

seen.” 8 Philip said to Him, “Master, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9

Yahshua said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you have not known Me,

Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father, and how do you say, ‘Show us the

Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The

words that I speak to you I do not speak from Myself. But the Father who stays in Me

does His works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, otherwise

believe Me because of the works themselves.

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In our diagram it is very important that you understand the context that Yahshua is

speaking because this is the heart [the beauty, the tiferet] of the Good News and it is

also the heart of the B ook of Revelation . Many people think that it is arrogant of those

who know the Moshiach to say, “No man comes to the Father except through Messiah,”

but with a correct understanding of the tree of life, and understanding that the center

column is the person of the Messiah, no one can understand the will of the Father, the

wisdom of the Father, and understanding the knowledge of the Father [to know and

have proper knowledge] except through the person of the Messiah.

Wayyiqra 17:14 [page 123 talking about the blood] for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood

is for its life. And I said to the children of Yisrael, ‘Do not eat the blood of any flesh, for

the life of all flesh is its blood. Anyone eating it is cut off.

Here we are beginning to gain some understanding of the necessity of the blood of the

Messiah.The Sefirah called Tiferet or Beauty is also known as the “heart”. The human

heart is the muscle or place that is responsible for pumping the life –the blood –

throughout the whole body. This is why we are instructed not to eat blood because the

life of that animal is in the blood, and if you fail to drain the blood from the meat then

you will find yourself slowly taking on animalistic characteristics because its life is in

its blood. Now since its life is in the blood and the heart is responsible for pumping the

blood throughout the body, then of course it is very important that we understand the

role of the Messiah plays in our life is to serve as the vehicle by which the life flows

through our soul by imparting His blood ( His life) throughout us so that we may

become like Him..

YOHANAN 6:54 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood possesses everlasting

life, and I shall raise him up in the last day [the resurrection]. 55 For My flesh is truly

food, and My blood is truly drink. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood stays

in Me, and I in him.

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Yahshua is not speaking of the physical act of eating His flesh or drinking His blood

because that is forbidden by the Torah. He is speaking on the sod level [the deeper

meaning] of the Torah to understand that in order to have eternal life you have to

possess the Messiah, the “heart” that pumps the life throughout your body. Now the

Torah – the Word of Elohim – is the soul of Elohim.

We could say it is the life of Elohim. Elohim’s will is revealed through the Torah, and

His life is revealed through the Torah. The Messiah is responsible for pumping the life

of the Torah throughout our soul. That is why He referred to His flesh and blood

because we know that the Torah is the Life of the soul of Elohim, and the Life is in the

blood. He is the Living Torah, and thus by eating and assimilating the Torah we are

attaining the Life of the Messiah. BUT Torah alone does not do it! This is why it is so

important we must – must – possess Tiferet – the Son, for the Torah to be pumped

throughout the soul of man. So without Tiferet – the Son –our heart is not beating

properly pumping blood to our soul.

WAYYIQRA 26: 11 ‘And I shall set My Dwelling Place in your midst, and My being

[soul] shall not reject you. (So He has a soul. Many people struggle with thinking that

Elohim has a soul; or else He would not say ‘My soul shall not reject you.’) 12 And I

shall walk in your midst, and shall be your Elohim, and you shall be My people.

YOHANAN 6:53 Yahshua therefore said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless

you eat the flesh of the Son of Adam and drink His blood, you possess no life in

yourselves.

You may be doing the Torah but you are dead.

So the goal of redemption is to allow the Moshiach – the Son of Elohim – to pump the

life of Torah into us! So you see, you cannot separate Messiah and Torah. It is not an

either or situation, it is a both situation. You need Torah, and you need Messiah in order

to possess “the Life”.

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Revelation 1:1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah, which Elohim gave Him to show His

servants what has to take place with speed.

Moshiach is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so this revelation that was given

to the Moshiach was not something He learned on earth. It was something He already

possessed in eternity.

We know that Moshiach pre-existed, and I need to quote something from a book called

ALONG THE PATH – by Elliot Wolfson. It is very important that we understand that

traditional Judaism, especially in the mystical schools, linked Elohim as the Creator,

and linked Elohim to the Moshiach and the Divine Tzaddik – The Righteous One. They

see them all as One.

The seven voices correspond to the seven lower emanations, and the seventh one is the

Shekinah [Malchut]. (Shekinah and Malchut are interchangeable and it is female).

Having correlated the seventh voice with the Shekinah it is reasonable to possess that

the sixth voice corresponds to Yesod [Foundation], and it is (don’t be offended by this, I

am just quoting) the Divine phallic that overflows to the Shekinah.

Yesod is male and imparts to this world all of the aspects of the upper world. He says:

If the sixth emanation is indeed Yesod it is significant that the Messiah is mentioned

precisely in conjunction with this variation – the traditional Saviour [Messiah] is

identified as the Righteous Tzadik in the Divine pluroma, the cosmic pillar or axis. Not

only is the Redeemer a nationalist, religious, and political hero, He is the element of

Elohim that sustains all existence.

That is exactly what is taught in the Book of Colossians. And from The Mystical

Shape of The Godhead by Gershom Slochum:

The Righteous One, the Divine Tzaddik , who is the foundation [yesod] of the world is in

the middle between Netzach and Hod and emerges from the south of the world. He is

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the Prince or ruler of both. In His hands He holds the souls of all living, for He is the

life of this world. And every term of Creation spoken about in Scripture takes place

through Him.

Exactly what we believe.

And of Him it is written, And He ceased from work and rested, for He is the Principal of

Shabbat.

1 st TIMOTHY 2:5 For there is one Elohim, and one Mediator between Elohim and men,

the Man Messiah Yahshua,

Timothy is speaking of Messiah as the Mediator

IBRIM 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says, “See, the days are coming,” says

YHWH, “when I shall conclude with the house of Yisrael and with the house of Yehudah

a renewed covenant, 9 for according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in

the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim, because

they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them,” says YHWH. 10

Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisrael after those days,

says YHWH, giving My laws in their mind, and I shall write them on their hearts, and I

shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

IBRIM 8:6 (speaking of the renewed covenant) But now He [Messiah] has obtained a

more excellent service, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of (not a new, but) a better

covenant, which was constituted [set as Torah] on better promises.

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It is not a new covenant. This is a renewed covenant, but it has much better promises. It

does not replace the “old” covenant. It is based on better promises. It is important that

we understand that the Messiah is the Mediator, because Yohanan in Revelation 1 says

that this revelation came through Yahshua as an intermediary.

The Zohar backs that up by saying that Metatron – this Messianic mystical figure – is

the person through whom all our prayers pass, and through whom passes everything

from heaven to earth! Now I see no conflict between traditional mystical Jewish

teachings and what we believe as Nazarenes. This knowledge gives me a more secure

foundation knowing Yahshua is the Messiah. It is only those who do not understand the

sod level teaching of the Torah who reject the Messiah or the Torah, because they stay

on the Peshat level and have no knowledge of the Tree of Life (Kabbalah).

Let me quote you from the Amsterdam edition of the Zohar from Exodus Volume 2

page 51.

Genesis 3.24 Keep the way of the tree of life. Who is the way of the tree of life? It is

the great Metatron. For He is the way to the great tree. Every petition sent to the King

must come through Metatron. Every message and petition from here below must first

go to Metatron, and from thence to the King. Metatron is the Mediator...

Now your eyes can be opened to what Yahshua meant when He said, “I am the Way,”

He said, “I am the Way to the tree of life.” We read in the Brit Chadashah something

about Yahshua is the Mediator.

...of all that comes from heaven down to the earth, or earth up to the heavens. (Jacob’s

ladder). And because He is the Mediator over all it is written of Him: the Angel of

Elohim which went before the camp of Yisrael removed that is before Yisrael which is

above. This angel of Elohim is the same of which is written: And YHWH went before

them.

So this angel of Elohim which went before the children of Yisrael is YHWH!

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Whoever will speak to Me, says Elohim, shall not be able to do so till he has made it

known to Metatron. Thus the Holy One, blessed be He, on account of the great love to

and mercy with which He has over the assembly of Yisrael commits her – the defender

of Yisrael – to Metatron’s care for shepherding. [The Great Shepherd]. What shall I do

for Him, Metatron? I will commit my whole house into His hand, henceforth, be you a

keeper, becauseas it is written The Keeper of Yisrael. [Amsterdam Edition Zohar Vol. 2

page 51 from Exodus Vol. 2]

On the tree of life, the path from Metatron – Tiferet – going to Yohanan passes

through the Messiah. What is this B ook of Revelation ? It is a revelation of the tree of

life given to Yahshua to give to Yohanan. This secret also deals with the 42 letter Name

of Elohim, which is associated with Metatron. According to Judaism, this 42 letter

Name was engraved on the rod of Aaron – Moshe, and is the rod that budded. Now you

know why Moshe held that rod in his hand. This rod served as a conductor and would

transmit the power of Elohim when it would touch something in this physical world.

Torah is miraculous. Our faith is based upon miracles. The rod can be viewed as a

physical representation of the central path of salvation of the tree of life, or Moshiach.

Because Yahshua said, “Everything in the Torah is speaking of Me.” We know that He

is the rod of Moshe, the rod of Aaron.So, as we look into the Zohar and other writings

of the Jewish mystics we see that all these characteristics that we find of Metatron and

Tiferet all point to Yahshua.

Now there is something in the tefillin that we lay on the hand and the head. The tefillin

of the hand is representative of the Malchut – the world of action. We also place the

tefillin on the head, which is Tiferet. So in binding our hand and our head together we

are unifying this world with the Heavenlies. Our actions are connected to our thoughts,

and our thoughts are connected to our actions. We are bringing heaven down to earth

through the tefillin.

YESHAYAHU 43:3 “For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Set apart One of Yisrael, your

Saviour, I gave Mitsrayim for your ransom, Kush and Seba in your place.

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YESHAYAHU 54:5 [page 456] “For your Maker(s) is your husband (the One who

created you is your husband), YHWH of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One [the

Holy One] of Yisrael is your Redeemer.

The Holy One of Yisrael is called:

YHWH of hosts;

He is the Creator;

And He is the Saviour and Redeemer.

He is called the Elohim of all the earth.

MARK 1: 23 And there was a man in their congregation with an unclean spirit, and he

cried out, 24 saying, “Ha! What have we to do with You, Yahshua of Natsareth? Did

you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Set-apart One of Elohim!”

It is amazing that this unclean spirit knows things that people are blind to. The demons

believe that YHWH is One and they quake. This demon realized that Yahshua was

YHWH, the Holy One of Yisrael.

YOHANAN 6:68 Then Shim’ on Kepha answered Him, “Master, to whom shall we go?

You possess words of everlasting life. 69 And we have believed, and we know that you

are the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim.

REVELATION 1:1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah, which Elohim gave Him to show

His servants what has to take place with speed.

This revelation [Hisgulas, or revealing of Messiah] was given to Yohanan to show his

servants what was to take place. He would impart to those who inquired into the deeper

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meaning and aspects of Elohim a great blessing: that which would come to pass quickly

or speedily.

What is being revealed to you is leading you to the seventh Sabbath, the supernal

Shabbat. These things that I am showing you are taking us to the seventh Shabbat – the

seventh millennium – the Messianic Kingdom. This is the age when things are

beginning to be put into harmony with Elohim – the Messianic Reign. So, harmony,

Tiferet, is the seventh Shabbat.

ZOHAR Shemoth II 88a –‘Because all things are found in the Sabbath it is mentioned

three times in the story of Creation: “And on the seventh day God ended his work”;

“and he rested on the seventh day”; “and God blessed the seventh day” (Gen. II, 2, 3).

ZOHAR Shemoth 288b The unique character of the Sabbath is expressed in the words:

“Between Me and the children of Israel.” And because the Faith is centered in the

Sabbath, man is given on this day an additional, a supernal soul, a soul in which is all

perfection, according to the pattern of the world to come. What does the word

“Sabbath” mean? The Name of the Holy One, the Name which is in perfect harmony at

all sides.

The name of the Shabbat is the Name of the Holy One. Moshiach is the Shabbat.

Yeshayahu 63: It says, Someone is coming in dyed garments from Botsrah, glorious in

His apparel, traveling in greatness of His strength. It says, Wherefore are thou red in

thy apparel and garments like Him that treadeth in the winepress? 3 I have trodden the

winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. For I will tread them in My

anger and trample them in My fury. And their blood shall be sprinkled upon My

garment, and I will stain all My raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in My heart and

the year of My redeemed has come. 5 And I looked and there was none to help, and I

wondered that there was none there upholding them. For My own arm brought

salvation for Me, and My fury it upheld Me. 6 And I will tread down the people in My

anger, and make them drunk in My fury, and will bring down their strength to the earth.

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The Zohar tells us that this person who has stained His garments in the blood is

Moshiach.

ZOHAR BERESHITH I 239b-240a “He hath washed his garments in wine”, even

from the time of the Creation the reference being to the coming of the Messiah on earth.

“Wine” indicates the left side, and “the blood of grapes” the left side below. The

Messiah is destined

Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 240a to rule above over all the forces of the

idolatrous nations and to break their power above and below. We may also explain that

as wine brings joyfulness and yet typifies judgment, so the Messiah will bring gladness

to Israel, but judgment to the Gentiles. The “spirit of God which hovered over the face

of the waters” (Gen. I, 2) is the spirit of the Messiah, and from the time of the Creation

he “washed his garments in celestial wine”.

T he Zohar tells us who this is the Moshiach a nd that it was His Ruach that was

hovering over the waters in Creation.

When we speak of the “coming of the supernal Shabbat” or The Messianic Kingdom,

we are understanding a that it is a reunion of the bride [Yisrael, the Shekinah, this

world] with the bridegroom – Moshiach. In the supernal Shabbat there will come a

reunion between the female aspects of this world and Yisrael who is the bride of

Messiah and the Messiah the bridegroom. We have to understand there has to be a

reunification of the Name of YHWH. A reuniting the Yud – Heh – with the Vav – Heh(

hvhy) into One again. His Name will be One throughout all the earth. Which indicates

that it is not one right now, so there is something separating the male and female role.

BERESHITH 1:27 And Elohim prepared the man in His image, and in the image of

Elohim He prepared [created] him – a male and a female He prepared them.

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Mankind, who was made in the image of Elohim, originally was male-female. Don’t

think in physical aspects. In the soul man was united as one male and female. We know

they were separated, but in marriage they could come together and become one again.

Which means when Moshiach comes, there has to take place a marriage, or a

reunification of the bride and the groom.

ZOHAR II 138a In fact, whenever “Sabbath” is mentioned it refers to the “eve of

the Sabbath” (i.e. the Shekinah), (This is why we welcome the bride – Lechi Dodi –

come my beloved. We call the Sabbath a queen to be united with the King) but when it

says “the Sabbath day”, it denotes the Supernal Sabbath (i.e. Tiferet).

In the Scripture where it says Shabbat it is erev Shabbat, but when it says “the Sabbath

Day” it is referring to the Supernal Shabbat or Tiferet.

The former is symbolized by the Female, the latter by the Male. Thus “And the children

of Israel should keep the Sabbath” (Ex. XXXI, I6) alludes to the Female, which is the

night (layla), and “remember the Sabbath day” (Ibtd. xx, 8) alludes to the Male. Thus

the Sabbath here below sings a hymn to the Sabbath above.

What we don’t understand is that in Hebraic literature one of the sefirot can referred to

as an angel [messenger or malak]. For example, in a lot of Hebraic literature hod and

Netzach are referred to as the “host” of Elohim and the other referred to as the “hosts”

of YHWH, which we think are angels. YHWH Tzavaoth – YHWH of hosts. But it can

also refer to hod and Netzach.

Nachminodes [Maimondes] referred to as Malchut – the Shekinah, and as part of the

Creator she is also called “angel”. So Nachminodes even called the Malchut an angel.

...who bore witness to the Word of Elohim, and the witness of Yahshua Messiah to all he

saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and

guard what is written in it, for the time is near.

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Now let’s go back to verse 2: who bore witness to the Word of Elohim and the witness

or testimony of Yahshua Messiah to all he saw.

This revelation that the messenger gives to Yohanan obviously has to be grounded in

the written Torah – The Word of Elohim. This is where many people begin to give off

track right in the first chapter, separating Hisgaluth – revelation – from its Hebraic

meaning. This revelation has to be found in the Torah. But also this revelation is based

upon the witness or testimony of Yahshua the Messiah. With a proper understanding we

know what is known as eschatology within Judaism has the same message as this

revelation to Yohanan.

3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and guard

what is written in it, for the time is near.

Hearing and keeping, hearing and keeping, hearing and keeping. Where have we heard

that before? Well, unless we understand the Shema we will not understand what is being

said here. It doesn’t mean you just listen. Hearing – Shema – means to hear with

understanding and obedience. Keeping is Shemar – to guard, protect, observe, and

preserve. So this promise of blessing is only given to those who are obedient to the

Torah and are guarding the Torah. We have to read this “hearing and keeping” in the

context of the Torah, which gives us the definitions of these words.

Now an interesting quote here in a book called The Dilemma of Jewish Education –

To Learn and to Do – Rabbi David Hoffman, the leading orthodox rabbinical

authority in Germany (around the turn of the century) during his era wrote: The Torah

of Yisrael is not only an song in rhetoric which one studies only to understand the

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religion of Yisrael, rather the purpose of Jewish religion is to “study and to do”. And

one who learns and does not observe, it would be better if he had not learned.

In a song by Bob Dylan called , What Good Am I?, Dylan(who is Jewish) says, “What

good am I if I learn and don’t do.” This is obviously referring to the Torah.

The Book [Revelation] opens with a blessing upon those who hear and do, and closes

with a curse upon those who do not hear and do. So blessings for hearing and doing,

and curses [Rev. 22] for not doing what you are told to do. These serve as bookends –

the Beginning and the End, and in between this message is to those who would hear and

do and acquire these blessings.

REVELATION 3:10 Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall

guard you from the hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who

dwell on the earth.

14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones, here are those guarding the

commands of Elohim and the belief [faith] of Yahshua.

Notice how they are tied together.

REVELATION 19:15 And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should

smite the nations. And He himself shall shepherd [rule] them with a rod of iron. And He

treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of El Shaddai [Almighty Elohim].

What [who] is the wrath coming upon? It is coming upon those who do not hear and do.

REVELATION 22:14 “Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority

[or right] shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the

city.

I believe this is speaking of the 32 gates of wisdom within the tree of life.

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Now Revelation contains the same thing that is in Devarim [Deuteronomy].

DEBARIM 28:1 “And it shall be, if you diligently [listen to and] obey the voice of

YHWH your Elohim, to guard to do all His commands which I command you today, that

YHWH your Elohim shall set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these

blessings shall come upon you and overtake you [because you hearken and listen], if

you obey the voice of Elohim:15 “And it shall be, if you do not obey the voice of YHWH

your Elohim, to guard to do all His commands and His laws [statutes] which I

command you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

There is no difference between Devarim and Revelation right in the first chapter. This

lays another foundational stone for us to understand that this Book is based upon the

Torah. In Devarim 30.19 I want you to SHEMA – HEAR – that Moshe calls upon two

witnesses to serve as witnesses against Yisrael.

DEBARIM 30:19 “I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against

you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall

choose life so that you live both you and your seed.

This is all Torah – even in Revelation of the two witnesses – because the Torah

requires that a capital offense be witnessed by two witnesses before judgment could be

rendered upon the person. And, according to the Torah, the witnesses were to be the

first ones throw the stones that would kill the person. So if you are going to serve as a

witness in capital punishment against someone you had better be sure what you saw is

what you saw because you are the one who is going to throw the first stone. We see

judgment being meted out by the two witnesses: heaven and earth! The witnesses of

heaven and earth are casting the stone of judgment upon those who have not heard nor

kept Torah!

We have to understand that Moshiach if the center of all the blessings. Even the Zohar

states that those who are listening and obeying the Torah are linked to Tiferet. It says:

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ZOHAR WAYYIQRA II 35a What, now, is the difference between those who study the

Torah and faithful prophets? The former are ever superior, since they stand on a higher

level. Those who study the Torah stand in a place called Tiferet (Beauty), which is the

pillar of all faith, whereas the prophets stand lower in the place called Nezah (Victory)

and Hod (Majesty); and those who merely speak in the spirit of holiness stand lower

still. He who studies the Torah needs neither peace offerings nor burnt offerings, since

the Torah is superior to all and the bond of faith; wherefore it is written “Her ways are

ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace” (Prov. III, 17), and also, “Great

peace have they which love thy law and they have no occasion for stumbling” (Ps.

CXIX, 165).’

REVELATION 1:4 Yohanan, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: ...

These are actual assemblies.

...Favor to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from

the seven Spirits that are before the throne,

Let’s look at the number seven . Number seven (7) is the number of completion. But it

is also incomplete, which is representative of a greater truth. Seven, according to T he

Jewish book of Numbers is:

1. The seven lower sefirot;

2. The seven days of Creation;

3. The seven feasts of YHWH;

4. The seven pair of clean animals that went into the ark with Noach;

5. Abraham made a covenant with Abimelek using seven ewes;

6. The time period to make clean from tzarath was seven days;

7. The seven stems of the menorah.

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ZEKARYAH 4:2-7 And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I have looked,

and see: a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps

with seven spouts to the seven lamps. 2 “And the two olive trees are by it, one at the

right of the bowl and the other at its left.” 4 Then I responded and spoke to the

messenger who was speaking to me, “What are these, my master?” 5 And the

messenger who was speaking to me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what

these are?” And I said, “No, my master.” 6 And he answered and said to me, “This is

the Word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ said

YHWH of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you, great mountain, before Zerubbabel? A plain! And he

shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Favor, favor to it!”’”

ZEKARYAH 3:8 ‘Now listen, Yehoshua the high priest, you and your companions who

sit before you, for they are men of symbol. For look, I am bringing forth My servant –

the Branch. 9 ‘See the stone which I have put before Yehoshua: on one stone are seven

eyes. (Did you catch that? Seven lower sefirot, seven eyes on this stone, and the Stone is

Moshiach). See, I am engraving its inscription,’ declares YHWH of hosts, ‘and I shall

remove the guilt of that land in one day. 10 ‘In that day,’ declares YHWH of hosts, ‘you

shall invite one another, under the vine and under the fig tree.’”

That refers us back to when Yahshua said He saw Nathaniel under a fig tree –

representing the Messianic Kingdom. So even the menorah is a revelation of Messiah.

It is very important that you understand that because as it says in the B ook of

Revelation, that there are seven menorahs, with the Moshiach in the midst of them.

8. In Wayyiqra 4.6 there is a sprinkling of the blood seven times;

9. The omer is the counting of seven weeks;

10. The bride and the bride groom rejoice for seven days

11. The bride circles her husband seven times, and each time she circles a

blessing is said;

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12. The seven Berachot at Hebrew weddings;

13. And those that lay tefillin know it is wrapped seven times around your

lower arm.

YEHEZQEL 43:26 ‘For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and

cleanse it, and ordain it. 27 ‘And when these days are completed it shall be, on the

eighth day and thereafter, that the priests make your burnt offerings and your peace

offerings on the altar, and I shall accept you,’ declares the Master YHWH.

NOTICE for seven days they would cleanse the altar with offerings, and then on the

eighth day it would be completed, and they would be clean, totally clean.

MISHLE 9:1 Wisdom has built her house,She has hewn out its seven columns,

Commenting on that verse: The Zohar says:

When Elohim created the world He established it on seven pillars.

The number seven is associated with the complete number of punishment, which plays

very heavily in the B ook of Revelation .

BERESHITH 24 – A reference to Cain and Lamech being avenged seven fold.

WAYYIQRA 26.18 – Disobedience resulting in a seven-fold increase in discipline.

DANI’EL 4.13 Nebuchadnezzar losing his mind for seven years due to his sins.

2 nd . MELAKIM [Kings] 8.1 Elohim sends a famine for seven years.

YESHOSHUA 6.13 Seven priests with seven horns marching the seventh day at

Jericho.

But also seven is associated with the demonic realm, which we call “the other side”.

And in:

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Bemidbar 23 Baalim told Balak to build him seven altars, and have seven bulls, and

seven rams.

Judaism acknowledges seven archangels: Mikael, Gabriel, Raphael, Yuriel, Zuriel,

Panuel, and Yehiel.

The Assemblies found in Revelation 1 are real assemblies found in Asia Minor.

However, they are symbols or types of assemblies all through time. Not only is

Yohanan writing to seven assemblies that existed at the time, but he is writing to those

in the future that would exist also, making these seven types of what they would be. It is

similar to what Moshe does in Devarim – speaking of those that are here and those that

will come later.

The word ecclesia does not mean church! The word church is not in the Bible at

all. It was added “by” the church to strengthen its claim that it had replaced Yisrael.

They are not churches, they are assemblies. Ecclesia is not a building, it is the people,

and they are the “called out ones”. We could even say these are communities .Those

that say the seven assemblies represent seven eras of church history are wrong! If they

are not churches, how can they refer to church history? We do not live in the

Philadelphia church age, and the Laodecian church is not the apostate church in the

tribulation. It has nothing to do with time periods. Do not interpret this book through

time periods.

From sources that I could find, history never records any identification with the five

other assemblies throughout history. So ,when people try to interpret these

congregations through time periods they are stripping the Hebraic meaning from this

book . They are beginning upon wrong premises and anything based on wrong premises

is a lie. You are going to end up with a lie, not knowing the truth.

NOTICE in Revelation 1 that Yohanan says:

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REVELATION 1:4 ..Favor to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is

coming, and from the seven Spirits that are before His throne, 5 and from Yahshua

Messiah,

This of course, refers to Tiferet, the One Who is, Who was, and Who is coming. Tiferet

is the embodiment of all the sefirot and Tiferet is the coming bridegroom.

ZOHAR SHEMOTH II 136a & 138b when it talks about the Son: To grasp the Son is

equivalent to grasping all grades, because the Son is a tent, including all and absorbing

all, and He in turn lights up all the shining colors below; hence he is the bridegroom

coming forth from His canopy.

YEHEZQEL 16.6 “Then I passed by you and saw you trampled down in your own

blood, and I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ And I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ 7

“I have let you grow like a plant in the field. And you are grown and are great, and you

come in the finest ornaments – breasts were formed, your hair grew, and you were

naked and bare. 8 “And again I passed by you and looked upon you and saw that your

time was the time of love. And I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness.

And I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became

Mine,” declares the Master YHWH.

This is speaking of Yisrael.

2 ND CORINTHIANS 3:18 And we all, as with unveiled face (In a Hebrew wedding the

woman wears a veil over her face, till the very end when the veil is lifted up and the

bridegroom gets to glance upon her face) we see as in a mirror the [glory] esteem of

YHWH, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem, ad from

YHWH, the Spirit.

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REVELATION 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And he who hears, let

him say, “Come!” And he who thirsts, come! And he who desires it, take the water of

life without paying!

This establishes the bride and bridegroom relationship between Yisrael and the

Messiah. The seven Spirits can represent the lover sefirot before the throne.

The seven lower Sefirot are called the seven Spirits of YHWH before the throne:

NOTICE: it included all of Moshiach, He is the stone with seven eyes, He is the

Menorah with seven spouts.

The book is beginning to open up already to your understanding. We cannot use this

B ook of Revelation and look at today’s events and interpret these events by this book.

You are trying to make events fit into this book. You have to view this book by what it is

called – a revelation of Messiah Yahshua. My message in this is not let us get wrapped up

in trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole and point to certain events and say,

“This means that,” or, “Oh, Messiah is coming soon.”

We would need about 300 more years before we would enter into the supernal Shabbat.

There are those teaching we are already in the millennial kingdom. I don’t think so. If we

are where is Moshiach? I don’t see Him, I don’t see a temple. I don’t see a re-gathering of

the tribes into Yisrael. If we have already entered, as some teach, the seventh millennium,

where are these things?

My prayer for everyone seeing or hearing this is that you would truly receive that

blessing that is promised to those that hear and guard this book SELAH!

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