Newsletter 2010

 Is it important that you study the Hebraic Roots of Christianity? Yes! Do you need to study the Hebraic Roots of Christianity to be saved? No! However by NOT studying the Hebraic Roots of Christianity you will MISS out on BLESSINGS which come to those who are ALREADY saved / redeemed in Yeshua the Messiah.

                 THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS

                       IS ABOUT THE END OF DAYS
 

 KJV Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 

 KJV Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
 

 KJV Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
 

     First, YOU need to realize that the parable of the Ten Virgins is a parable and the end of days and the second coming of Yeshua.
 

     In this context, we need to realize that the foolish virgins were unprepared and missed the second coming of Yeshua.

                    WHY DID THE FOOLISH VIRGINS

   NOT UNDERSTAND THE SECOND COMING OF YESHUA ?
 

    The answer is simple. They didn't follow Torah and didn't have a Hebraic view of the second coming of Messiah. How is this so?
 

                       THE FOUNDATION OF THE PARABLE
 

    The Torah prophecies about the ingathering of the exiles in the end of days.
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice [follow Torah] according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
 

  The ingathering of the exiles of Israel (Northern Kingdom / Southern Kingdom) or (Ephraim and Judah) is associated with doing you good and "multiplying you ABOVE your fathers". When is this? This is the dawn of the Messianic Era.
 

                          YESHUA IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD

                     WHO GATHERS THE EXILES OF ISRAEL

   Yeshua died on the tree to gather the exiles of Israel. Yeshua explicitly states this in John 10.
 

 KJV John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
 

  In Ezekiel 34:1-10, YHWH condemns the 'shepherds of Israel' for not 'feeding the sheep' (teaching them Torah). As a result, YHWH declares that HE (through Yeshua the Messiah) will be the good shepherd who gathers the exiles of Israel.
 

 KJV Ezekiel 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
 

 KJV Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
 

                   THE EXILES OF ISRAEL ARE GATHERED

                        IN THE 'CLOUDY AND DARK DAY'
 

      In Ezekiel 34:12, the 'good shepherd' of Israel PHYSICALLY gathers the exiles of Israel during the 'cloudy and dark day' or the tribulation period. The tribulation period is the end of days.
 

                            YESHUA DIED ON THE TREE TO

                            GATHER THE EXILES OF ISRAEL
 

        After stating that He is the 'good shepherd' (alluding to Ezekiel 34:11ff) who gathers the exiles of Israel, Yeshua teaches that He needs to die on the tree in order for this event to come to pass.
 

 KJV John 10:16 And other sheep I have (Northern Kingdom / Ten Tribes / Ephraim), which are not of this fold [Southern Kingdom: House of Judah]: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice [follow Torah]; and there shall be one fold [the unification of Ephraim and Judah] and one shepherd [Yeshua the Messiah].
 

 KJV John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay   down my life   that I might take it again. 

                            YESHUA DIED ON THE TREE TO

                            GATHER THE EXILES OF ISRAEL
 

       We are also told in John 11:49-52 that Yeshua died on the tree to gather the exiles of Israel.
 

 KJV John 11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
 

 KJV John 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
 

 KJV John 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation [Southern Kingdom: House of Judah - Jews]
 

 KJV John 11:52 And not for that nation only [but also for the Northern Kingdom: Ten Tribes / Ephraim] but that also he should gather together in one [unified Ephraim and the Judah] children of God that were scattered abroad [exiled into the nations of the world].
 

                           SUMMARY OF POINTS TO DATE
 

 #1)  The Messiah of Israel 'good shepherd' gathers the exiles of Israel (physically) in the end of days known as the tribulation period
 

 #2) Yeshua died on the tree to ultimately gather the exiles of Israel (physically) from the nations of the world where they have been scattered
 

 #3) The setting of the 'Parable of the Ten Virgins' is the second coming of Yeshua and the end of days (Matthew 24:3, Matthew 25:1, 13)
 

                                WHY TEN VIRGINS?
 

        'Virgins' describe the ingathering of the exiles in the end of days.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
 

 KJV Jeremiah 31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

     Ephraim (Jeremiah 31:9) (known as the TEN tribes) are being gathered as a 'shepherd does his flock' (Jeremiah 31:10). The exiles who are being gathered as called, 'virgins' (Jeremiah 31:4 and Jeremiah 31:13).
 

     Therefore the TEN VIRGINS represent the ingathering of the Ten Tribes / Ephraim in the end of days.
 

                    THE TEN VIRGINS TAKE LAMPS
 

 KJV Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
 

                      THE TORAH IS LIKE A LAMP
 

  The Torah requires that the 'lamp' be burning always with oil.
 

 KJV Exodus 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
 

 KJV Psalm 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
 

 KJV Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
 

    The lamp is to be burning with oil always. The Torah and the commandment of YHWH is a lamp.
 

           FIVE WERE WISE AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH

           FIVE WISE = Those who followed Torah

           FIVE FOOLISH = Those who didn't follow Torah
 

          Of the TEN VIRGINS (the return of Ephraim / Ten Tribes), the WISE are those who followed Torah (made themselves ready for the coming of Yeshua) and the FOOLISH didn't follow Torah (and were unprepared for the second coming of Yeshua).
 

           FIVE represents the FIVE books of Moses (Torah)
 

                              WHO ARE THE WISE?

  WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS FOLLOWING TORAH
 

 KJV Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth WISDOM, and the man that getteth UNDERSTANDING.
 

 KJV Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 4:5 Behold, I have taught you STATUTES and JUDGMENTS,

even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 4:6 KEEP therefore and DO them; for this is YOUR WISDOM and your UNDERSTANDING in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these STATUTES, and say, Surely this great nation is a WISE and UNDERSTANDING people.
 

 KJV Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath STATUTES and JUDGMENTS so righteous as all this TORAH, which I set before you this day?

        These verses tell us that KEEPING and DOING the TORAH is done by a WISE and UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.
 

    WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS FOLLOWING TORAH

 KJV 1 Chronicles 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
 

 KJV 1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give thee WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest KEEP the TORAH of the LORD thy God.
 

 KJV 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shalt thou PROSPER, if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

 Therefore, a person who is WISE and has UNDERSTANDING will follow the TORAH and will PROSPER.

              WHAT IS WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING?

 KJV Job 28:20 Whence then cometh WISDOM? and where is the place of UNDERSTANDING?
 

 KJV Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the FEAR of the LORD, that is WISDOM; and to depart from evil is UNDERSTANDING.
 

 KJV Psalm 111:10 The FEAR of the LORD is the beginning of WISDOM: a GOOD UNDERSTANDING have all they that DO his COMMANDMENTS: his praise endureth for ever.
 

                               WHO ARE THE FOOLISH?

    The foolish don't follow Torah.
 

 KJV Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
 

 KJV Psalm 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
 

    The foolish don't follow 'way of understanding' (follow the Torah)

 KJV Proverbs 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
 

 KJV Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God ...

     The foolish man doesn't speak the 'lips of knowledge' (Torah).
 

 KJV Proverbs 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
 

     The wise have oil (follow Torah) and the foolish have no oil (don't follow Torah).
 

 KJV Jeremiah 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
 

 KJV Psalm 119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
 

      The foolish know not the way of YHWH (follow Torah)
 

 KJV Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
 

 KJV Psalm 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
 

    The foolish are without understanding (don't follow Torah).
 

 KJV Psalm 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
 

          The wicked (foolish) forsake the law (have no oil).
 

                         THEY SLUMBERED AND SLEPT

     While the Bridegroom tarried (the time between the 1st and 2nd coming of Yeshua) BOTH the eventual 'wise' and 'foolish' slept.

                        SLEEP IS SPIRITUAL SLUMBER

                       (NOT FOLLOWING TORAH / EXILE)
 

 KJV 1 Samuel 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

                 The 'lamp' went out and Samuel 'slept'.
 

 KJV Isaiah 6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
 

 KJV Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ...
 

 KJV Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
 

                       'Sleeping' is not following Torah.
 

                        A CRY WAS MADE AT MIDNIGHT

   'Midnight' is a term for the tribulation of the end of days. The 'cry' that is made at 'midnight' is the sound of the shofar which is sounded to gather the exiles of Israel.

 KJV Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

                               LESSON SUMMARY
 

 #1)  The exiles of Israel return to the land of Israel at the dawn of the Messianic Era (Deut 30:1-5)
 

 #2) The Good Shepherd (Yeshua the Messiah: John 10:14) gathers the exiles of Israel (Ezekiel 34:11) in the end of days (Ezekiel 34:13)
 

 #3) Yeshua died on the tree to gather the exiles of Israel (John 10:16, 11:49-52)
 

 #4) The setting of the 'Parable of the Ten Virgins' is the second coming of Yeshua and the end of days (Matthew 24:3, Matthew 25:1, 13)
 

 #5) The Ten Virgins refer to the return of the Northern Kingdom / Ten Tribes / Ephraim in the end of days
 

 #6) Five is a number for the books of the Torah
 

 #7) Wisdom is following Torah. Foolishness is not following Torah.
 

 #8) The five wise virgins followed Torah
 

 #9) The five foolish virgins didn't follow Torah
 

 #10) The exiles who are gathered in the end of days are called, 'Virgin (s)' (Jeremiah 31:4, 13, 31)
 

 #11) Sleep / Slumber speaks of the exile and not following Torah
 

 #12) Midnight speaks of the tribulation period or the time when the exiles of Israel are gathered in the dark and cloudy day (Ezekiel 34:12)
 

 #13) A 'cry' or the sound of the shofar gathers the exiles of Israel (Isaiah 27:13, Matthew 24:31)
 

 #14) The wise virgins (those that followed Torah) were READY and prepared to marry the bridegroom (Yeshua the Messiah)
 

 #15) The foolish virgins (those that didn't follow Torah) were rejected by Yeshua to come to the wedding of the bridegroom
 

   THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS BEING DIVIDED AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HEBRAIC VIEW OF THE END OF DAYS THEN YOU ARE A CANDIDATE TO BE A FOOLISH VIRGIN !!! 
 

 STUDY YOUR HEBRAIC ROOTS. DON'T BE A FOOLISH VIRGIN