Most Endangered Species

 

In Genesis 12:2 Abraham is called to be a "great nation" – goy - and much further on in Scripture, in Romans 4:13,  it is predicted that he "will inherit the world". The journey from point one to the goal of inheriting the world is one of the main themes of the Word of Elohim. What station have we arrived at now, on this journey?

The establishment of the State of Israel spelled the regathering of Judah's nation in (parts of) the Promised Land. A little later, an awakening toward their Messiah and Redeemer among a growing remnant within the Jewish people started to occur.  At the same time, another awakening has been taking place of the redeemed from many nations recovering their Israelite identity.

With the acceleration of world events, various agendas, and major shifts in natural conditions, one cannot help but surmise that the convergence of these two "awakenings" is closer than ever, and that perhaps sooner than later "saviors shall come to Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom shall be YHVH's" (Obadiah 1:21).

However, before this comes to its conclusion, there are several phases and stages yet to be crossed, some of which are quite challenging. Revelation chapter 12 gives a very vivid glimpse into this.

The revealing of the sons of Elohim poses the greatest threat to the kingdom of the enemy. He therefore gathers all his forces in order to oppose this eventuality on all fronts. He raises the powers of Islam, first and foremost against the Jewish state, and with them also the forces of humanism and antisemitism.

But not only the Jewish 'entity' is constantly subjected to assaults. Although in a totally different way, and without it being life-threatening, the body of Israelites which is growing in their spiritual and natural revelation of identity while waiting for their Shepherd's whistle (Zec. 10:8), are also the object of attacks and nonacceptance from all quarters.

Christianity with its spiritual and universal ideology certainly cannot accept what would be termed an 'exclusive' doctrine. Messianic Jews are vehemently opposed to a group claiming to be Ephriam/Israel (second stick). At the same time, in their opinion only the Jews, Messianic and otherwise, constitute all of Israel, being also the point of view of evangelical and Zionist Christians. These hold strongly to the One New Man vision, of Jews and (forever) Gentiles being united. The Two-House understanding with its Ephraimite claimants is therefore relegated to the camp of the heretics, replacement theologists, with some even going as far as calling these believers the "synagogue of Satan".

While many among the Orthodox Jews do recognize the need for the return of Israel's tribes, Yeshua, of course, is anathema to them. One may return as a member of one of the tribes, but conversion to Judaism is mandatory, and leaving Yeshua at the door goes without saying.

Secular Jews, together with the rest of humanity's seculars and adherents of humanism, are against anything to do with Elohim, especially with their most recent agendas which defy the Creator in every way possible.

So why are the Islamists attacking Israel so viciously? Why are the world's humanists so anti-Elohim? Why is the 'Church' so anti-Torah? Why are Messianic Jews, Zionist Christians, and even some so-called Hebrew Roots adherents so much against Ephraimite claimants? Why are religious Jews so against Yeshua? And there are many more 'whys' that can be cited….

The ingathering of all of Israel, the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as the sons of Elohim, acting as the priesthood of all humanity with the Great High Priest at their head, so that all creation can be set free is the greatest threat to the extant kingdom of the enemy/kingdom of man.

"And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' there it shall be said to them, 'You are sons of the living Elohim'. Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and appoint for themselves one head; and they shall come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel! (Hosea 1:10-11. See Romans 8:19-22; Ez. 37:24 ff).   "… a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image [Man's composite kingdom] on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.  Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth" (Daniel 2:34-35, emphasis added).

Is it any wonder, my friend, that you (and I and those from both houses, especially Judah's, who are still destined to have their eyes opened) are the most endangered species on the face of the earth?