Demanding a King

1Sa 8:4 ¶ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Yahuah.

 7 And Yahuah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

We know the great exodus from Egypt when Yahuah brought his people out through mighty signs wonders and miracles through his servant Moshe.Yahuah gave his Turah through Moshe and allotted the land of Canaan to the children of Yisharal through his servant Joshua. After the death of Joshua he raised up judges to judge Yisharal and when Samuel judged Yisharal justly, in his old age Yisharal saw that his sons did not walk in the way of Yahuah and demanded a king for themselves to judge them, to fight their battles like all the nations. Yahuah told Samuel not to reject their appeal because they have not rejected him as a judge but Alahim himself. Inspite of warnings what the king would do to them, their children, their vineyards etc they were persistent in demanding a king to judge them.

1Sa 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and Yahuah will not hear you in that day.

 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

While 'ye shall cry out in that day' seems to be a mystery because there was no mention of Yisharal crying to take away their king whom they chose for themselves but when we compare spiritual vs spiritual we can see what this cry means and which day Yahuah is referring to.

Zec11:6 For I shall no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land, declares Yahuah; but behold, I shall cause the men to fall, each into the neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king; and they shall strike the land, and I shall not deliver them from their hand

Zec11:7 So I pastured the Aleph Tau flock of the slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the Aleph Tau flock. 

Zec11:8 Then I annihilated the Aleph Tau three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me. 

Zec11:9 Then I said, I shall not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; who are left let those eat woman, Aleph Tau flesh neighbors. 

Zec11:10 I took my Aleph Tau staff Aleph Tau Kindness and broke it apart, to break my Aleph Tau covenant which I had made with Aleph Tau all the peoples. 

Zec11:11 So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of Yahuah

The Prophecy of Zechariah is very important to understand what Yahuah is saying here when he says he will cause men to fall into his neighbours hands, into the hands of his king and he shall not deliver them from his hand. Yahuah then speaks of annhiliating three shepherds in one month and these shepherds he was weary with and their souls also was weary of Yahuah.When this happens, because Yahuah will not pasture his flock what is to die would die, what is to be destroyed will be destroyed and those who are left will eat woman and the flesh of neighbours.

This prophecy was concerning the house of Yisharal and the house of Yahudah whom Yahuah calls them Favor and Union. The prophecy is also concerning the Messiah who is the Aleph Tau staff called KINDNESS (v 10) who will be broken apart, to break the Aleph Tau covenant Yahuah made with Aleph Tau all the peoples. When these things happens the afflicted of the flock (elect) who were watching Yahuah would realize it is the word of Yahuah.

The key to understand this is when his elect would REALIZE what all this means and it's fulfillment when they see it happening. Eschatology is not just related to a time of an end but is the realization of the fulfillment of prophecy concerning the last days and the last days began when Yahusha came.

Heb 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.  

1Pe1:20 Who (Yahusha) verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

Acts 2:17 And it shall be in the last days, Alahim says, that I shall pour forth of My Aleph Tau Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;  

Now that we see when the last days began we get a fresh perspective when we read the book of Revelation because the events mentioned in there are not just related to a particular time period but is related to all the children of Alahim who came to a REALIZATION of unfolding of prophecy and this unfolding of prophecy happened when Yahusha came 2000 years ago.

Looking at Zechariah prophecy of woman and the flesh of her neighbours would be eaten we read in the book of Revelation an angel proclaiming to the FOWLS OF THE HEAVENS to gather for the great supper of Alahim so that they would eat the flesh of kings, flesh of commanders etc.

Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midst of heaven, Come, assemble for the great supper of Alahim

Rev19:18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and servants, and small and great. 

Just before we understand what devouring of the flesh means let's continue to examine the prophecy of Zechariah. This time let's look at the three shepherds Yahuah says he would cut off in one month.

The Hebrew word used for month is 'yerach' and for moon is 'yareach'. The 'yerach' is a root word from 'yareach' which can also mean moon as Jews used the lunar calendar to measure their days to observe days, months and years. This word 'yerach' is used in YashaYahu (Isaiah 60:20) and is translated as moon. When Yahuah uses the term 'one month', he is using the same terminology which a Jew would understand.

The three shepherds who led Yisharal astray were 1) The king which Yisharal demanded from Samuel, 2) The sanhedrin of Pharisees and Saducees and 3) the pagan Greek-Rome

We already saw the account of Yisharal asking Samuel a king to judge them and fight their battles. We don't need a history to examine how wicked kings arose and led house of Yisharal and Yahudah to do abominable things leading them into captivity of Babylon and later how the chief priests, scribes,Pharisees & Saducees led Yisharal to do things not written in the Turah of Alahim and they added and took away portions of Turah. Three times Yisharal accepted the rulership of a man of sin over them leading them into abomination of desolation. While the bible is silent on the acceptance of the people of Yisharal of the Sanhedrin to rule over them the bible does record a demand of the Jews for a king.

John19:14 Now it was the preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he (Pilate) said to the Jews, Behold, your King!

John19:15 So they cried out, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Yisharal stood up once again rejecting their KING to accept Caesar an Emperor of Rome as their king. Hence Alahim handed them and their neighbours all over to the pagan Greek-Roman culture brought in by Rome, the fourth dreaded beast as seen by Daniel in his vision. 

John19:19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was dabar written, Yahusha the Nazrene, the King of the Jews. 
John19:20 Therefore many of the Jews read this Aleph Tau inscription, for the place where Yahushua was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Master was crucified.

The Master was rejected and crucified by his people who refused to accept him as a king and hence the city was now just like Sodom and Egypt because the people were given over to Caesar (Rome) to trample. 

John 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews; but that He said, I am King of the Jews.
John 19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.  

This all happened in the day when Yahuah says he broke his staff Kindness (referring to the Messiah) and broke it apart to break his Covenant he made with all peoples. While we see in Zech 11:8 two of Yisharal's shepherds have been annhiliated the third one is still ruling but Yahuah speaks in the past tense that he cut off the three shepherds in one day and this can only be understood by the elect in whose life these three shepherds are cut off as they flee to Yahusha accepting him as the king of the Jews and rejecting the pagan Greek-Roman culture come from Rome.

Zec11:11 So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of Yahuah. 

Also when we see Zec 11:9 in spiritual comparison with what Messiah says in book of Revelation, Let's see a spiritual comparison:

Zec11:9 Then I said, I shall not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; who are left let those eat woman, Aleph Tau flesh neighbors.

Rev3:2 “Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die; for I have not found your deeds perfect in the sight of my AL.”  

Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still .

Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midst of heaven, Come, assemble for the great supper of Alahim

Rev19:18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and servants, and small and great. 

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

All these verses fit in perfectly to what the prophecy of Zechariah is stating.

The messages to the seven churches in Asia are a warning against this pagan Greek-Roman culture which the Gentiles who came into the fold brought along with them.

Re 3:1 ¶ And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of Alahim, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Re 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Re 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

Those who say they are Jews and yet have Caesar as their king are not Jews. The true Jews are those who are engrafted into the olive tree and who get their fatness from the ROOT and the root of the Olive tree is Yahusha the king of the Jews.

Ro 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive

When one comes to him, he/she has to forsake all that is of Caesar (Rome) and obey his Turah. All those under the influence of Greek-Roman culture are not Jews but are a prey to the fowls of the heavens (demons) who are devouring their flesh. The Woman and her neighbours are all under that devouring of the king they demanded to rule over them (Caesar).