A gospel not being mixed with faith

In our previous studies we have seen that the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by the reason of him who subjected the same in hope. The Messiah is the hope of the creature redeeming the creature from the wrapped up vanity he came into this world. While man may show some spirituality as the fig tree in leaf  yet if that spirituality is not aligned to Alahim's pattern i.e. the Messiah then it is an drive of his pathway to death being unfruitful and part of Mystery Babylon which showed an outward show of being clothed in fine linen, purple, scarlet, gold and precious stones.

Re 18:16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!.

The Woman who clung to the Messiah and called him her husband to take away her reproach but was eating her own bread and wearing her own apparel.

Isa 4:1 ¶ And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

If one is not connected to the true Messiah as defined by the spirit of prophecy and who alone bears the hupostasis (substance) of Alahim then he is still dead in his sins and is deceived into thinking that he is a partaker of his divine nature whereas he is actually tied up to Mystery Babylon and has not part in the Messiah.

Let's begin by examining spiritual vs spiritual from the account from John Chapter 5 where the man with an infirmity thirty and eight years was lying on his bed waiting to be put in the water when the angel who came down from heaven at a certain season troubled the waters

Joh 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
 6 When Yahusha saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
 7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
 8 Yahusha saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

 Bethesda means house of mercy. In our previous study on this blog 'Cherubs guarding the Pattern' we saw that Alahim used the angelic beings to represent him in mediation guarding the way to the tree of life. The Cherubs in the garden of Eden with the flaming sword which guarded the tree of life (Gen 3:24), The law being given to the mediator through angels (Acts 7:53 & Gal 3:19), the cherubs overshadowing the mercy seat (Exodus 25:19), Jacobs ladder on which the angels ascended and descended on (Gen 28:12-13 & John 1:51), the angel of the Yahuah who appeared in the flame of fire and cloud all showed that the invisible Alahim used the angelic beings to guard his pattern i.e. the Messiah who is the image/face of the invisible Alahim. The types, shadows, ordinances of the carnal commandments, sacrifices, washings etc all pointed to the Messiah who is the pattern and fulfillment of these.
Here in this account of John 5 we see an angel coming down at a certain season troubling the waters and whosoever stepped into the water first was made whole. There is no account anywhere else in the Bible which speaks about this angel coming down troubling the waters. But we know that Alahim just doesn't do things for the sake of doing it. He surely wants us to see in spiritual comparison what this moving/ troubling of the waters mean.
 Here Alahim is showing a picture  that the law is spiritual and does show mercy to those who understand the pattern because it's guarded by the testifier himself.Only those attained to understand the  pattern were healed by the stirring  of water. The rest remained bound to their BED.

 John 5:8 Yahusha saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

BED is picture where one is defiled with Jezebel.

 Re 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

 Am 3:12 Thus saith the YAHUAH; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

Eze 23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

We see the picture of this man bound with infirmity for thirty and eight years as a picture of the children of Israel who sinned in the wilderness and whom Yahuahhh swore that they will not enter into the promised land but their little ones would enter. Over this period of thirty and eight years Yahuahhh caused all these rebellious people to die.

De 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the YAHUAH sware unto them.
 15 For indeed the hand of the YAHUAH was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

The troubling of the waters by the angel is a picture of law not being mixed by faith. To those who weren't to attain salvation it was not mixed with faith as the Yahuah swore that they shall not enter into his rest. They will fall short of reaching the promised land just as these men of war were consumed in Alahim's wrath in the wilderness journey.

Heb 4:1 ¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Alahim uses the word 'tarasso' for 'troubled' which is in a negative sense because there lay thousands of impotent folk waiting for the troubling of the waters but the one who reached the waters was only one who was made whole.

Joh 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

The law stood as troubled to those who only saw it appeasing to their carnal senses thinking that some day they will be made whole of it by their carnal observance of it thus not being mixed by faith while the same law being spiritual in nature and those seeing and understanding the depths of the Messiah in it would be healed of the infirmity of sin. That's what Bethesda means 'house of mercy'. The place where elect meet their Messiah and are delivered from their defilement of being bound to the bed of Jezebel.
While this man who stood spiritually for Israel fell short of the law of Alahim he met the Messiah at the sheep gate, the very same gate where all the animals for sacrifices were brought through, The Lamb of Alahim met him there and told him to Rise and take up his bed and walk.

Messiah finds him in the TEMPLE and tells him that he sin no more lets a worse thing come on him.

John 5:14 Afterward Yahusha findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 
Moving further on we see when this sheep gate was built. The false brethren were scoffing  at Nehemiah when he built this sheep gate

Nehemiah 2:19-20 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it , they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? [20] Then answered I them, and said unto them, The Alahim of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

This was that very gate called Bethesda which means 'house of mercy'. At this gate there were five porches. Porches were covering shelters at the entrance. These five porches where these lame, blind, sick etc lay spiritually stands for the 5 books of Moses. This is a picture of man trying to find rest in the law without understanding that the law is spiritual and the pattern is the Messiah. It's all about him.

Those who can't see who the Messiah is as defined by the law die in the wilderness journey and will not make it to the promised land .i.e the Heavenly Jerusalem.

Joh 5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

This man was healed on SABBATH DAY which stands for the rest in the Messiah. A beautiful picture of salvation and deliverance from the law of sin and death.

Ro 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahusha, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahusha hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

We also see this falling short of the rest in Rev 9 when the locusts are loosed from the bottomless pit. They have the power to hurt men by tormenting them for five months.

Re 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Re 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

These locusts have face like a man but hair like a woman which shows their rebellion towards the Messiah of not coming under the covering of his headship but rather seeking rest in the five porches waiting to be delivered from a gospel which is not mixed with faith. We have already seen this aspect of the man with the woman's hair where Paul on covering speaks that a man having long hair is a shame to him. In spiritual comparison it shows that the WOMAN INSTEAD OF BEING UNDER THE COVERING OF HER HUSBAND IS TRYING TO BE HIS COVERING by defining the law in their carnal senses and this is exactly what Satan and his evil spirits are doing by distorting the 'HEADSHIP'. 

 1Co 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

You may read on these things in my study on this same blog named Covering/Headship of the Husband -Part 1 & 2 at www.dsouzashodan72.blogspot.in.

Speaking of the five months, spiritually the number five has a tie up to the law.

Paul says OF THE JEWS FIVE TIMES he received 39 stripes. Paul was teaching the law was spiritual and was showing the way to grace but the Jews were against him and were inflicting their wrath on him as they just couldn't come out of the bondage to carnal ordinances.

 2Co 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

Samaritans observed the law as the Jews and defined the law carnally because of the hardening of their heart. The Messiah met this Samaritan woman who had FIVE HUSBANDS and finally now she was living with one who was not her husband. This was a picture of harlotry which came through a carnal observance of the law whereas we know that the Messiah defined the institution of marriage of two becoming one. Alahim's word further defines marriage as a sacred bond between the Messiah and his bride (Eph 5:31-32)

Joh 4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

The rich man in the parable in Luke 16 stood for National Israel clothed in fine linen in outward glory but were stripped of it because they refused to accept the interpretation of the law which came through the mouth of the Messiah himself to whom the law and prophets testified about. The rich man tells Abraham in this parable that he has FIVE BRETHREN whom he doesn't want to come to this place of torment so to send Lazarus to them, but he is told by Abraham that they have MOSES and the PROPHETS.

Lu 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Paul said in the church he rather speak FIVE WORDS with his understanding then with an unknown tongue. The law unless interpreted through the spirit of prophecy was like an UNKNOWN TONGUE

1Co 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Isa 28:9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

Coming back to the locusts:

Re 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings (kentron) in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

1Co 15:56  The sting (kentron) of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

The five months torment is symbolic of the sting of the strength of sin. It is a carnal understanding of  'spirit of prophecy' because to them it is guarded by the flaming sword which moved in all directions guarding the way to the tree of life. They can never attain to the tree of life. They fall short of entering the promised land just as those to whom Alahim said " They shall never enter my rest" whose carcasses fell in the wilderness. The five months stands for a physical reading and understanding of the law void of the hidden manna. They don't have rest. This is the kingdom of Mystery Babylon. A spiritual pretender but Alahim makes his elect see that its only a fig tree with leaves, with no fruit in it.

Only the elect understand and sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb

Re 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of Alahim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Yahuah Alahim Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints

The song of Moses was ..."the horse and the rider hath he thrown into the sea" but Babylon is portrayed with Satan coming as A RIDER ON FOUR HORSES (a false universal carnal gospel) to deceive the nations and bring them back to the house of bondage just as the Egyptians pursued Israel on horses whom Alahim drowned in the Red sea. He comes as the kingdom (Mystery Babylon) of one whose mortal wound was healed

Re 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Ex 15:1 ¶ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the YAHUAH, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the YAHUAH, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

But Alahim will drown her forever, never to rise up again.

 Re 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Jer 51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
 62 Then shalt thou say, O YAHUAH, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin

Da 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; Alahim hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 UPHARSIN; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

In Daniel Chapter 5 we read of Belshazzar the son of Nebuchadnezzar came to power after his father had died. Before understanding the part of the hand which came and wrote on the wall the words 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin' in Aramaic we read Belshazzar made a great feast to his lords and drank wine with his lords, his princes, his wives, and his concubines from the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the house of Yahuah. (Dan 5:2-3)
In that same hour came fingers of a man's hand (Dan 5:5) who wrote these words.
In the above verses we see Daniel interpreting what the writing means. While this writing which from Alahim came to pass as said by Daniel that his kingdom would be divided to Medes and Persia this writing is prophetic and needs to be seen in the light of other scriptures to see how this relates to Mystery Babylon.

In this same chapter we see Daniel boldly rebuking Belshazzar that he knew of how his father Nebuchadnezzar in his pride fell from his throne and he was driven from among the sons of men and his heart made like the beasts till he knew that Alahim ruled in the kingdom of men. Inspite of knowing what happened to his father yet Belshazzar in his pride did not exalt the true Alahim of heaven but has praised idols of gold, silver, wood,brass and stone and drunk wine in the vessels of gold and silver from Alahim's house.

Da 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high Alahim ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Da 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against Yahuah of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the Alahim in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

While we may wonder what is the spiritual significance of all this let me remind you what was told to Nebuchadnezzar when his heart was made like a wild beast.

Da 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

There are 7 beastly rules of Satan (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medes- Persia,Greece, Rome and the little horn of Rome which is CHRISTIANITY which came out of Rome including the Reformists, Protestants, Methodists etc) of which Mystery Babylon was part of as it is a spiritual kingdom and would be completely manifest once these seven times would pass by. That was the appointed time and was prophetic.
Coming back to Daniel 5 we see Daniel giving Belshazzar a reminder of what was spoken of his father and his kingdom. What happened with Nebuchadnezzar was a dual prophecy which applied both to Nebuchadnezzar and Mystery Babylon which would be manifest in the last times.

Re 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Belshazzar stood symbolic of the eighth of the seven because his kingdom would be divided and given to Medes and Persia. We read the fulfillment of the dual prophecy in Rev 16:19 & Rev 17: 16 where we read that this woman which John saw is that GREAT CITY which reigneth over the kings of the earth and this GREAT CITY will be divided into THREE PARTS.

Re 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For Alahim hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of Alahim shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Re 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before Alahim, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

We also see Alahim's word spiritually defining who the vessels from which Belshazzar drank from stand for.

2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

The eight of the seven caused sanctified vessels to be defiled with the wine of his fornication. Hence we read of the judgment. Let's re read Rev 16:19 again

Re 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before Alahim, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

Here scripture says great BABYLON CAME IN REMEMBRANCE BEFORE ALAHYM TO GIVE HER THE CUP OF THE WINE OF THE FIERCENESS OF HIS WRATH. What a just Alahim we have.

Isa 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the YAHUAH.

The division of the kingdom into three parts is to show that Alahim will bring his third part through the fire and show them mercy inspite of their fornication while two thirds will be cut off because these were vessels fitted for destruction.

Ro 9:22 What if Alahim, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Zec 13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the YAHUAH, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say,YAHUAH is my Alahim.

Thus with the separation of the wheat and the tares the Messiah prepares the tares to be bound up and burnt while he gathers his wheat into his barn.

We see a spiritual picture of the three parts where two parts (Sodom and Gomorrah) were destroyed and one part (Zoar) was not destroyed in Lot's escape to Zoar . Zoar means 'little one'

Ge 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Similarly the two parts in Mystery Babylon were those false brethren from the Jews and Gentiles who came trampling the outer court and brought their carnal heritage with them while the elect who also came from Jews and Gentiles forsook their heritage counting it as dung to gain the excellency of the Yahuah our Messiah and became the one part of the little city where Alahim would have mercy on where they flee to. Alahim separates them from the three measures of meal the woman hid her leaven in till the whole was leavened.

Re 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Gog and Magog (two parts) versus the saints (third part)

Lu 13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of Alahim?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

The Woman is Jezebel hiding leaven (sin) in the three measures of meal. All three measures get leavened but Yahuah in his mercy separates his one part from the three parts leaving the two parts leavened but his third part refined by the fire of his sacrifice.

Coming back to the account of Daniel 5. The hand that came writing upon the wall was the 'spirit of prophecy' which testified beforehand how the kingdom of Mystery Babylon would prosper by Alahim's will until he fulfills his desire in destroying it completely.This writing came in an UNKNOWN TONGUE (probably in Paleo Hebrew and Yisharal had forgotten the pure language in captivity and had learned the tongue of the Babylonians and even when they came back they came back with the Babylonian square script). Though the book of Daniel is available in Aramaic (but was written in Hebrew) and those living during the Babylonian empire spoke Aramaic as well as the Ashurit Hebrew we must not overlook that this writing none of the wise men of Babylon could understand except for Daniel who with the help of Alahim could interpret it to the king.

Isa 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

Da 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

This is the interpretation Daniel gave of Mystery Babylon:

Mene, Mene twice.Compare with Babylon is fallen, is fallen

Da 5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; Alahim hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

Re 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Tekel:

Da 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

The Aramaic word translated as 'wanting' should actually be translated as 'deficient' because that's what it means.

Ps 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Isa 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

This kingdom is deceptive and shows as though it measures up to Alahim's standard (like the tower of Babel reaching heaven) but is DEFICIENT of all that the Messiah is and is measured up to destruction. Alahim uses UNKNOWN TONGUE to disperse the once ONE LANGUAGE on all the face of the earth of this kingdom and Alahim shows his people what she is made up of by measuring her. Without Alahim revealing his measuring her to his people, his people would never have differentiated that this is Satan's kingdom within Alahim's kingdom.
Alahim measures her as two parts and separates his people as the third part from her.

UPHARSIN:

Da 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

The word translated there as PERES is incorrectly done by translators. You may look it up in the Interlinear it is UPHARSIN . We saw what Upharsin means. The kingdom divided. The wheat and the tares separated. Heaven departed as a scroll.

Finally we see the same night Belshazzar was SLAIN. His kingdom was a short space kingdom.

Da 5:30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Re 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

The Journey from a servant to a son-Part 1

In this study we will examine in spiritual vs spiritual comparison how we came wrapped in servant hood and how we journey from servant hood to being a son. In order to understand what servant hood and son ship is all about we must look at Messiah because unless we see the purpose of his servant hood and son ship we will never understand how we could come out of being a servant to be a son. Let's begin from Galatians 4:1-7 and see a spiritual comparison for the need for Messiah to be a servant and a Son. In our previous studies 'Unitarianism and their demeaning of Messiah:Part 1 & 2' we saw how through his son ship upon us is bestowed glory, gifts, etc and to bestow it to us Messiah took the Intermediate position by being externalized from Alahim. In his son ship we are adopted as sons and he is the one who gives us the right to be called the sons of Alahim.
In this study we will see the aspect of servant hood and the journey in Messiah from servant hood to son ship.

Ga 4:1 ¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

Here in Galatians 4:1-3 we see Paul saying that the heir as long as he is a child is no different than a servant though he is lord of all but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father. He then says that even so when we were children we were in bondage under the elements of the world.

Ga 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, Alahim sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
 6 And because ye are sons, Alahim hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of Alahim through Messiah.

He then says that when the fullness of time was come Alahim sent forth his Son, made of a woman and made under the law to redeem them that were under the law might receive the adoption as sons ad hence we are no more servants but a son and heir of Alahim through Messiah.
In our study ' Am I weaned or under suck? ' I touch based on  the seed of Abraham who was Messiah and we in Messiah as Isaac was are the the promised ones. The ones who is WEANED and not under any NURSE or TUTOR . But those who are outside of Alahim's covenant and are trampling the court are the sucking child's who have no discernment of good and evil and can't exercise their sense to discern between good and evil. They are under TUTORS AND GOVERNORS, the same vanity were came wrapped in until the time appointed by the father for our deliverance from this vanity through Messiah who is the only hope of our deliverance.
By making us sons of Alahim we become HEIRS OF GOD i.e. we get to know who Alahim is and come to a living relationship with him only through CHRIST as he is the face of Alahim to us. One cannot know Alahim beyond Messiah.

Let me take you to Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day Alahim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 

In the six days of creation Day 1 and Day 7 are remarkable because between Day 1 and Day 7 are the beggarly elements of the world that we all came wrapped in and Alahim WAS and IS beyond these beggarly elements.

Let's first see Day 1:

Ge 1:3 ¶ And Alahim said, Let there be light: and there was light.
 4 And Alahim saw the light, that it was good: and Alahim divided the light from the darkness.
 5 And Alahim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.


And Day 7:

Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day Alahim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 

Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Day 1 & Day 7 is the Sabbath and we are called to this REST. The NEW MOON is a 'synonym'  Alahim uses to show being part of new creation in Messiah and is beyond the time keeper 'Moon' which was created on the 4th day

Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith YAHUA.
 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

Ge 1:16 And Alahim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light (MOON) to rule the night: he made the stars also.
 17 And Alahim set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and Alahim saw that it was good.
 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day

So we see that the call to worship Alahim is from ONE NEW MOON to ANOTHER-beyond time Keepers where Messiah is. And we can get there ONLY THROUGH CHRIST because he was/is and stands for both the Day 1 & Day 7

Now let's see Day 1 in spiritual comparison:

Ge 1:3 ¶ And Alahim said, Let there be light: and there was light.
 4 And Alahim saw the light, that it was good: and Alahim divided the light from the darkness.
 5 And Alahim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

2Co 4:6 For Alahim, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of Alahim in the face of Yahusha Messiah.

The Day 1 LIGHT is the light of the knowledge of the glory of Alahim in the face of Yahusha the Messiah. By being saved we have attained this 'one Sabbath' as stated in Isaiah 66:23 so far and we are looking forward to enter the 'another Sabbath' i.e. Day 7th Sabbatical rest which is reserved in Messiah for us from the foundation of the world as Alahim finished his works from the foundation of the worlds as stated in Heb 4:3.
Even though we have attained salvation in Messiah we have still not entered into the gate of the inner court as Messiah as our representative is the only one who has entered behind the veil for us

Heb 9:24 For Messiah is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of Alahim for us:

Eze 46:1 ¶ Thus saith the Yahuah GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

We shall enter the gate of the inner court on the 2nd NEW MOON. The first New MOON stands for salvation in Messiah who became part of the new creation and in him we are new creation.

2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

 1Pe 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 

We are new creation IN CHRIST and are reserved for salvation to be revealed in the end time.

Zec 14:16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year (shaneh) to year (shaneh) to worship the King, Yahuahh of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Nu 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year (shaneh): this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

The Lamb of the FIRST YEAR offered for peace offering stood for Messiah in whom we worship the King.

Coming back to Ezekiel 46 where we read in verse 1 that the inner gate shall be shut for SIX DAYS and will be only opened on the SABBATH day we read in verse 2 through 4 that only the Prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate while the people stand and worship at the door of this gate in the sabaath and the new moon. The English translation in plural as 'sabbaths' and 'new moons' is incorrect as the Hebrew rendering is SINGULAR. It should read 'Sabbath' and 'New Moon' and thus referring to the first Sabbath and New moon we have attained to IN CHRIST who alone has entered the gate FOR US.

Eze 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before YAHUA in the sabbath and in the new moon.
 4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto Yahuahh in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

We read of the Prince i.e Messiah offering SIX LAMBS without blemish in the sabbath day. We know that Messiah offered himself once and for all but the six lambs show our deliverance from the vanity we were bound in from Day 1 to Day 7 and Alahim is beyond these. Alahim uses the language of the ceremonial law because in this parabolic language is hidden the 'law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahusha'.

Hence we see Day 1 as the day of our salvation. The day which Alahim says 'Today if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts' when he said " Let there be light' Gen 1:3

Heb 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Eze 46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the YAHUAH, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

We now look forward to the Day 7 rest that Alahim has reserved for us in Messiah when he will come to take us to be with him forever. The first feast is 'Pesach' (Passover) and the last feast is 'Sukkot' (Feast of Tabernacles)

Messiah is everything and by him all things consists. Because he is beyond time and is both on Day 1 and Day 7 as we see only Alahim was/is beyond these, he can claim that he is the 'Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end'

Re 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Messiah entered in to Servant hood into TIME for us. Paul speaks of the fullness of time in this respect.

Ga 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, Alahim sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Now let's come back to Ezekiel 46 from where Paul was actually showing spiritually in Gal 4 that the inheritance is of  the sons and not of the servants

Eze 46:16 ¶ Thus saith the Yahuah GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
 17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

Those under the law of sin and death seemed like receiving inheritance from the Prince i.e the law, ordinances, sacrifices, glory, covenants etc but this inheritance is only of the sons while the servants remain outside of his covenant being wrapped up by their fleshly carnal observance of these ordinances without understanding that the law is spiritual and we are carnal sold under sin.

 Ro 7:14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Coming back to Gal 4 Paul says that though we were children we were no different than a servant because a servant is under tutors and governors and the law was our tutor to lead us to Messiah.

Ga 4:1 ¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

Ga 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.

Messiah who was beyond time plunged into the deep and took servant hood to release us servants to make us sons and that's what Paul is talking about. The six lambs which we read of the Prince offering is the offering of himself when he took on the likeness of sinful flesh being part of the creation which is under time keepers (sun. moon and stars) which stood symbolic of 'tutors and governors' to release us from this vanity to attain new creation whose light is Messiah himself.

 Re 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of Alahim did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Those who cannot see these spiritual truths are still bound by the time keepers or tutors and governors and their inheritance is not theirs but of the sons of Alahim.

Hence in this perspective we see Messiah called by Alahim as 'HIS SERVANT' because he sees us his elect in Messiah now being made as his sons. Hence the journey from servant to a son is by being in Messiah.

Isa 52:13 ¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

Isa 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

The 'Branch' are we in Messiah. The word 'branch' spiritually means 'offspring'

Zec 3:8 ¶ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the YAHUAH of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

 Isa 4:2 ¶ In that day shall the branch of Yahuahh be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 

Isa 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahuahh and their offspring with them.
 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Ac 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Only those who live, move and have their being in Alahim are his offspring. Others may seem to live, move and have their being as being part of the Adamic race being in the vanity of tutors and governors but they are outside of his covenant with a temporal vapor in their nostrils. We may still seem to be in that state from which Messiah will deliver us to attain eternal life which is only in him. The very life of Alahim.

Eze 46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

We read of the man with the line in his hand (Messiah) leading Ezekiel through the north gate unto the utter gate in a vision by the way that looked eastward. The same gate which we read in Ezekiel 46:1 which was shut for 6 days.

Eze 46:1 ¶ Thus saith the Yahuah GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Eze 47:1 ¶ Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

While the north gate/country seemed to be where the house of the Yahuah is we see that this north country fell to Satan who deceived all those who dwelt there. All the strangers and the uncircumcised were brought through from here 

Eze 44:4 ¶ Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the YAHUAH filled the house of the YAHUAH: and I fell upon my face.
 5 And the YAHUAH said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the YAHUAH, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Yahuah GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
 7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

 Zec 6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

Ps 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

 Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of Alahim: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

Alahim will finally lead his people unto himself through the gate that was shut from where only Alahim in Messiah has passed into. The true Rest in Messiah. We look forward to that Sabbatical rest.

Eze 44:1 ¶ Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
 2 Then said Yahuahh unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because Yahuahh the Alahim of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before Yahuahh he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

 Php 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Messiah in being made in the likeness of men made himself of no reputation and took upon servant hood so that through his obedience to Alahim in his servant hood he could make us servants of law of sin and death the sons of Alahim.

All those outside his covenant continue to remain a servant of the law of sin of death going his way by the penny on whose is the inscription of Caesar but those servants who were bound by this vanity of being idle as in the parable in Matt 20 and realize their vanity remain with the good master by becoming his sons. The rest leave with the penny.

Mt 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

Mt 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
 15  Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

We can see the picture of from being a servant to a son in the letter Paul wrote to Philemon.
Philemon in Greek means 'Friend' or 'friendly'. 
Onesimus was Philemon's servant before his conversion and had left Philemon and being in his journey away from Philemon he met Paul when Paul was in his bonds and had come to know the Yahuah through his ministry whom Paul now calls him as a son. Paul here was writing to Philemon from Colossians in whose house the church was pleading for Onesimus to take him back now as a brother in Messiah and not as a servant.

Phm 1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

Phm 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Yahuah?

Col 4:7 ¶ All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Yahuah:
 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

Paul was sending Onesimus once a servant and now a son back to the one whose name means Friend ( spiritually standing for Messiah) as his brother.

 Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Phm 1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

We also see the journey from servant to son in the law and we know that the law is spirtual.

Ex 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

 Le 25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year (shaneh) of jubile:

We read in Zech 14:16 that from one YEAR to another YEAR shall all nations go up to worship Alahim

Zec 14:16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year (shaneh) to year (shaneh) to worship the King, the YAHUAH of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

The first year we saw was the when the Prince offered peace offering of himself as the lamb of the first year for six days and the other year spoken of in Zech 14:16 speaks of being released from the captivity of servant hood.

De 15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith Yahuahh thy Alahim hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Yahuahh thy Alahim redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

We see this picture in Abraham telling Alahim that his servant is his heir since he is childless and Alahim tells him, he is not the heir but the one who will come from his loins i.e. Issac the promised one will be the heir.

Ge 15:2 ¶ And Abram said, Yahuah GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
 4 And, behold, the word of the YAHUAH came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Many see Messiah as a creature because he is called the servant of Alahim without understanding why he took servant hood. Those who understand and see the purpose of  his servant hood are the true sons of Alahim Messiah came out of Alahim being his Son and instead of claiming equality with Alahim he took on servant hood.

Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of Alahim, thought it not robbery to be equal with Alahim:
 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

We who are bound up in the vanity of the six days have a hope of entering into his rest to be Heirs of Alahim in Messiah who is beyond the 6 days.