THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS EXPLAINED VOLUME 3 ON Sunday, 24th May 2021 AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO The Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
9And then wisdom shall be given to the Elect, and they shall all live and never again sin, either through forgetfulness or through pride: But those who are given wisdom shall be humble.
THE ETHIOPIC BOOK OF ENOCH 5:
GOD IS A BLACK MAN REVEALING HIMSELF WORLDWIDE IN THESE LAST DAYS FROM NIGERIA. BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN
-THE SON OF MAN
God is a Nigerian if not… Obasanjo Vanguard Newspaper 2nd July, 2019
“God is a Nigerian because what we have gone through in Nigeria and what we are going through, probably, Nigeria should not be on the map of the world. That’s why I say God is a Nigerian. God has been kind to us; if not, the country would have ceased to exist”.
I am here. I say, I am Here. Because I am here, you are here. When you look for Me and you do not see Me, weep! I say, weep. However, as long as I am here, I still believe I am your consolation, because I am a Perfect Guide.
GOD IS REVEALED/MARRIAGE VOWS; Preached on Sunday 7th November 1999; Pg. 61 vs. 31 – 32 By The Son Of Man
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OF MY OWN, I CAN DO NOTHING
THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. GOD TRIES TO COMFORT MOSES CONCERNING HIS DEATH:
2. That Moses might not take his approaching end too much to heart, God tried to comfort him by pointing out to him that in his lifetime he had received such distinctions from his Creator as no man before him, and that still greater distinctions awaited him in the future world.
3. God said: “Dost not thou remember the great honor I showed thee? Thou didst say to Me, ‘Arise,’ and I arose; thou saidst, ‘Turn about,’ and I turned about;
4. For thy sake too did I invert the order of heaven and earth, for the order of heaven it is to send down dew and rain, and earth’s order is it to produce bread, but thou didst say to Me, ‘I do not wish it so, but bid heaven to send down bread, and earth to bring forth water,’ and I acted in accordance with thy wish; I caused bread to rain from heaven, and the well ‘sprung up.’
5. Thou didst say, ‘If the Lord make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, then ye shall understand that the Lord hath sent me,’ and I fulfilled thy wish, and it swallowed them.
6. I had also spoken, ‘He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed,’ but when Israel sinned with the Golden Calf and I meant to deal with them according to My words, thou wouldst not let Me, saying: ‘Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people,’ and I forgave them as thou didst ask Me.
7. More than this, the Torah is named after Me, it is the Torah of the Lord, but I named it after Thy name, saying, ‘It is the Torah of My servant Moses.’
8. The children of Israel also are named after Me, ‘for unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants,’ but I called them after thy name.
9. I distinguished thee still more, for just as there is neither food nor drink for Me, so also didst thou stay in heaven forty days and forty nights, and in all that time, ‘didst neither eat bread, nor drink water.’
10. I am God, and see, ‘I made thee a god to Pharaoh;’ I have prophets, and thou hast a prophet, for I said to thee, ‘and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet.’
11. Again, no being may see Me, and thee too did I make so that ‘the people were afraid to come nigh thee,’ and as I said to thee, ‘thou shalt see My back: but My face shall not be seen,’ so too did the people see the back of thee.
12. I glorified the Torah with twenty-two letters, and with all these letters did I glorify thee. I sent thee to Pharaoh, and thou didst lead Israel out of Egypt; through thee did I bestow the Sabbath upon Israel, and the law of circumcision;
13. I gave thee the Ten Commandments, I covered thee with the cloud, I gave thee the two tables of stone, which thou didst break; I made thee unique in the world; I gave thee the Torah as an inheritance, and honored thee more than all the seventy elders.”
14. Moses had to acknowledge that extraordinary marks of honour had been his.
15. He said: “Lord of the world! Thou didst set me on high, and didst bestow upon me so many benefits that I cannot enumerate one of a thousand, and all the world knows how Thou didst exalt me and honour me, and all the world knows as well that Thou art the One God, the only One in Thy world, that there is none beside Thee, and that there is nothing like Thee.
16. Thou didst create those above and those below, Thou art the beginning and the end. Who can enumerate Thy deeds of glory? Do one of these, I beseech Thee, that I may pass over the Jordan.”
17. God said: “‘Let it suffice, speak no more unto Me of this matter.’ [892] It is better for thee to die here, than that thou shouldst cross the Jordan and die in the land of Israel.
18. There in a tomb fashioned by men, on a bier made by men, and by the hands of men wouldst thou be buried; but now shalt thou be buried in a tomb fashioned by God, on a bier made by God, and shalt be buried by the hands of God. [893]
19. O My son Moses, much honour had been stored up for thee in the future world,…Yes sir!!! …for thou wilt take part in all the delights of Paradise, where are prepared three hundred and ten worlds, which I have created for every pious man that through love of Me devoted himself to the Torah.
20. And as in this world I appointed thee over the sixty myriads of Israel, so in the future world shall I appoint thee over the fifty-five myriads of pious men.
21. Thy days, O Moses, will pass, when thou art dead, but thy light will not fade, for thou wilt never have need of the light of sun or moon or stars, nor wilt thou require raiment or shelter, or oil for thy head, or shoes for thy feet, for My majesty will shine before thee, My radiance will make thy face beam, My sweetness will delight thy palate, the carriages of My equipage shall serve as vehicles for thee, and one of My many scepters upon which is engraved the Ineffable Name, one that I had employed in the creation of the world, shall I give to thee, the image of which I had already given thee in this world.” [894]
22. THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. THE INTERCESSIONS FOR MOSES:
23. When Moses saw that God lent no ear to his prayers, he sought to invoke God’s mercy through the pleadings of others. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
24. So long as the course of Moses’ days had not yet been run, everything was in his power, but when his time was over, he sought for someone to appeal to God’s mercy for him.
25. He now betook himself to Earth and said: “O Earth, I pray thee, implore God’s mercy for me. Perhaps for thy sake will He take pity upon me and let me enter into the land of Israel.”
26. Earth, however, replied: “I am ‘without form and void,’ and then too I shall soon ‘wax old like a garment.’ How then should I venture to appear before the King of kings? Nay, thy fate is like mine, for ‘dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'”
27. Moses hastened to Sun and Moon, and implored them to intercede for him with God, but they replied: “Before we pray to God for thee, we must pray for ourselves, for ‘the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed.'”
28. Moses then took his request to the Stars and the Planets, but these, too, replied: “Before we venture to plead for thee, we must plead for ourselves, for ‘all the host of heaven shall be dissolved.'”
29. Moses then went to the Hills and the Mountains, beseeching them, “Pray appeal to God’s mercy for me,” and they, too, replied: “We too have to implore God’s mercy for ourselves, for He said, ‘The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed.'”
30. He then laid his plea before Mount Sinai, but the latter said: “Didst thou not see with thine eyes and record in the Torah that, ‘Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in a fire?’ How then shall I approach the Lord?”
31. He then went to the Rivers, and sought their intercession before the Lord, but they replied: “‘The Lord made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.’ We cannot save ourselves out of His hand, and how then should we aid thee?”
32. Then he went to the Deserts, and to all the Elements of Nature, but in vain sought to secure their aid. Their answer was: “All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and turn to dust again.”
33. You see! What a terrible thing for God to stand against somebody. All creatures, both the earth and the heavenly beings will turn against that person. There is no spot where you can find solace under the heavens if God comes out to speak evil of somebody.
34. I have always been telling you that human beings can tell you that you will die, and even predict the day you will die. But if God says that you will never die, nothing will happen to you.
35. But if God says you are dying, tell you the day you will die and how you will die, let the whole world; let the whole universe gather around you to pray and to protect you, definitely you are dying in that day, that the Word the LORD spoke concerning you might come to pass.
36. HOW MEN OUGHT TO FEAR GOD. IT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO GOD IS AND HOW HE HANDLES HIS AFFAIRS WITH HUMAN BEINGS THAT HELPS HIS CHILDREN TO REVERENCE AND WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
37. THE MORE YOU KNOW HIM AND HIS CHARACTERISTICS, THE CLOSER YOU ARE DRAWN TO HIM; AND THE MORE YOU ARE IMPROVING ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. TRUE OR FALSE? IS IT A LIE, BRETHREN?
38. If, from the time I opened this topic till now, you have not learnt anything between God and this Moses and His people, it then means the devil is already holding you captive.
39. When you hear, “YOU ARE INEXCUSABLE. THERE IS NO REASONABLE EXCUSE BEFORE GOD”, you can now understand it more. AM I making sense?
40. If you know that thing which you are coming to say, after which God will clap hands for you and tell you to go home, prepare very well. Get ready! I say, Get ready!
41. The Great Sea was the last to which he brought his request, but it replied: “Son of Amram, what ails thee today? Art not thou the son of Amram that erstwhile came to me with a staff, beat me, and clove me into twelve parts, while I was powerless against thee, BECAUSE THE SHEKINAH ACCOMPANIED THEE AT THY RIGHT HAND? What has happened, then, that thou comest before me now pleading?”
42. Upon being reminded of the miracles that he had accomplished in his youth, Moses burst into tears and said, “Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me!”
43. And turning to the sea, he made answer: “In those days, when I stood beside thee, I was king of the world, and I commanded, but now I am a suppliant, whose prayers are unanswered.” [895]
44. When Moses perceived the Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon, Stars and Planets, Mountains and Rivers turned a deaf ear to his prayers, he tried to implore mankind to intercede for him before God.
45. He went first to his disciple Joshua, saying: “O my son, be mindful of the love with which I treated thee by day and by night, teaching thee mishnah and halakah, and all arts and sciences, and implore now for my sake God’s mercy, for perhaps through thee He may take pity upon me, and permit me to enter the land of Israel.”
46. Joshua began to weep bitterly, and beat his palms in sorrow, but when he wanted to begin to pray, Samael appeared and stopped his mouth, saying, “Why dost thou seek to oppose the command of God, who is ‘the Rock, whose work is perfect, and all whose ways are judgement?'”
47. Joshua then went to Moses and said, “Master, Samael will not let me pray.” At these words Moses burst into loud sobs, and Joshua, too, wept bitterly.
48. Moses then went to his brother’s son, Eleazar, to whom he said: “O my son, be mindful of the days when God was angry with thy father on account of the making of the Golden Calf, and I save him through my prayer. Pray now thou to God for me, and perhaps God will take pity upon me, and let me enter into the land of Israel.”
49. But when Eleazar, in accordance with Moses’ wish, began to pray, Samael appeared and stopped his mouth, saying to him, “How canst thou think of disregarding God’s command?”
50. Then Eleazar reported to Moses that he could not pray for him. He now tried to invoke Caleb’s aid, but him, too, Samael prevented from praying to God.
51. Moses then went to the seventy elders and the other leaders of the people, he even implored every single man among Israel to pray for him, saying: “Remember the wrath which the Lord nursed against your fathers, but I brought it to pass that God relinquished His plan to destroy Israel, and forgave Israel their sins.
52. Now, I pray ye, betake yourselves to the sanctuary of God and exhort His pity for me, that He may permit me to enter into the land of Israel, for ‘God never rejects the prayer of the multitude.'”
53. When the people and their leaders heard these words of Moses, they broke out into mournful weeping, and in the Tabernacle with bitter tears they entreated God to answer Moses’ prayer, so that their cries rose even to the Throne of Glory.
54. But then one hundred and eighty-four myriads of angels under the leadership of the great angels Zakun and Lahash descended and snatched away the words of the suppliants, that they might not reach God.
55. The angel Lahash indeed tried to restore to their place the words which the other angels had snatched away, so that they might reach God, but when Samael learned of this, he fettered Lahash with chains of fire and brought him before God, where he received sixty blows of fire and was expelled from the inner chamber of God because, contrary to God’s wish, he had attempted to aid Moses in the fulfillment of his desire.
56. When Israel now saw how the angels dealt with their prayers, they went to Moses and said, “The angels will not let us pray for thee.” [896]
57. When Moses saw that neither the world nor mankind could aid him, he betook himself to the Angel of the Face, to whom he said, “Pray for me, that God may take pity upon me, and that I may not die.”
58. But the angel replied: “Why, Moses, dost thou exert thyself in vain? Standing behind the curtain that is drawn before the Lord, I heard that thy prayer in this instance is not to be answered.”
59. Moses now laid his hand upon his head and wept bitterly, saying, “To whom shall I now go, that he might implore God’s mercy for me?”
60. God was now very angry with Moses because he would not resign himself to the doom that had been sealed, but His wrath vanished as soon as Moses spoke the words: “The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.”
61. God now said kindly to Moses: “I have registered two vows, one that thou are to die, and the second that Israel is to perish. I cannot cancel both vows, if therefore thou choosest to live, Israel must be ruined.”
62. Two conditions! Two horrible conditions given to him to make a choice. God is known by His attributes.
63. Many people have had that encounter with THE SON OF MAN. And not even one wriggled out of it. Make a choice from these two conditions.
64. It will take a fool to try to pull the legs of THE SON OF MAN, for THE SON OF MAN will give you two horrible conditions to make a choice.
65. “Lord of the world!” replied Moses, “Thou approachest me artfully; Thou seizest the rope at both ends, so that I myself must now say, ‘Rather shall Moses and a thousand of his kind perish, than a single soul out of Israel!’
66. But will not all men exclaim, ‘Alas! The feet that trod the heavens, the face that beheld the Face of the Shekinah, and the hands that received the Torah, shall not be covered with dust!'”
67. God replied: “Nay, the people will say: ‘If a man like Moses, who ascended into heaven, who was peer of the angels, with whom God spoke face to face, and to whom He gave the Torah – if such a man cannot justify himself before God, how much less can an ordinary mortal of flesh and blood, who appears before God without having done good deeds or studied the Torah, justify himself?’
68. I want to know,” He added, “why thou are so much aggrieved at thy impending death.” Moses: “I am afraid of the sword of the Angel of Death.”
69. God: “If this is the reason then speak no more in this matter, for I will not deliver thee into his hand.”
70. Moses, however, would not yield, but furthermore said, “Shall my mother Jochebed, to whom my life brought so much grief, suffer sorrow after my death also?”
71. God: “So was it in My mind even before I created the world, and so is the course of the world; every generation has its learned men, every generation has its leaders, every generation has its guides. Up to now it was thy duty to guide the people, but not the time it ripe for thy disciple Joshua to relieve thee of the office destined for him.” [897]
Am not that Minister that will minister people to Hell. The reason why I came is to place a bridge that will carry you from Hell and land you into Paradise. I am the Bridge between Heaven and Hell. It is only through THE SON OF MAN that you can climb across. I am the Ladder. I am the Ladder! If you can courageously climb Me, I must land you on safe ground.
I AM THE WORD VOL 1; Preached on Sunday 19th January 2014;
Pg. 66 vs. 7 – 8 BY THE SON OF MAN2
PRECIOUS IN THE LORD SIGHT
THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. MOSES SERVES JOSHUA:
2. Moses now said to himself: “If God has determined that I may not enter the land of Israel, and I am thus to lose the reward for the many precepts that may be observed only in the Holy Land, for no other reason than because the time has come for my disciple Joshua to go to the front of Israel and lead them into the land, then were it better for me to remain alive, to enter the land, and relinquish to Joshua the leadership of the people.”
3. What now did Moses do? From the first day of Shebat to the sixth of Adar, the day before his death, he went and served Joshua from morning until evening, as a disciple his master.
4. These thirty-six days during which Moses served his former disciple corresponded to the equal number of years during which he had been served by Joshua.
5. The way in which Moses ministered to Joshua was as follows. During the period he arose at midnight, went to Joshua’s door, opened it with a key, and taking a shirt from which he shook out the dust, laid it near to Joshua’s pillow. He then cleaned Joshua’s shoes and placed them beside the bed.
6. Then he took his undergarment, his cloak, his turban, his golden helmet, and his crown of pearls, examined them to see if they were in good condition, cleaned and polished them, arranged them aright, and laid them on a golden chair.
7. He then fetched a pitcher of water and a golden basin and placed them before the golden chair, so to wash himself. He then caused Joshua’s rooms, which he furnished like his own, to be swept and put into order, the ordered the golden throne to be brought in, which he covered with a linen and a woolen cloth, and with other beautiful and costly garments, as in the custom with kings.
8. I hope you are following what is happening. One is now decreasing while the other is increasing. The master is now the servant. The servant is now the master.
9. And the number of years Joshua served Moses, God permitted to be the number of days Moses will serve Joshua. Yet, Moses will not enter Canaan.
10. After all these preparations had been made, he bade the herald proclaim: “Moses stands at Joshua’s gate and announces that whosoever wishes to hear God’s word should betake himself to Joshua, for he, according to God’s word, is the leader of Israel.”
11. When the people heard the herald, they trembled and shook, and pretended to have a headache, so that they might not have to go to Joshua. Every one of them said, in tears, “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child!”
12. But a voice from heaven resounded, crying, “When Israel was a child, then I loved him,” and Earth, too, opened her mouth, and said, “I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken.”
13. While the people refused to lend ear to the herald’s summons, the elders of Israel, the leaders of the troops, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of thousands, of hundreds, and of tens appeared at Joshua’s tent, and Moses assigned to each his place according to his rank.
14. In the meantime approached the hour when Joshua was wont to arise, whereupon Moses entered his room and extended his hand to him.
15. When Joshua saw that Moses served him, he was ashamed to have his master minister to him, and taking the shirt out of Moses’ hand, and dressing himself, trembling, he cast himself to Moses’ feet and said: “O my master, be not the cause wherefore I should die before half my time is done, owing to the sovereignty God has imposed upon me.”
16. But Moses replied: “Fear not, my son, thou sinnest not if thou are served by me. With the measure wherewith thou didst mete out to me, do I mete out to thee; as with a pleasant face thou didst serve me, so shall I serve thee.
17. It was I that taught thee, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself,’ and also, ‘Let thy pupil’s honour be as dear to thee as thine own.'”
18. MOSES DID NOT REST UNTIL JOSHUA SEATED HIMSELF UPON THE GOLDEN CHAIR, AND THEN MOSES SERVED JOSHUA, WHO STILL RESISTED, IN EVERY NEEDFUL WAY.
19. After he was through with all this, he laid upon Joshua, who still resisted, his rays of majesty, which he had received from his celestial teacher Zagzagel, scribe of the angels, at the close of his instruction in all the secrets of the Torah.
20. When Joshua was completely dressed and ready to go out, they reported to him and to Moses that all Israel awaited them.
21. Moses thereupon laid his hand upon Joshua to lead him out of the tent, and quite against Joshua’s wish insisted upon giving precedence to him as they stepped forth.
22. When Israel saw Joshua precede Moses, they all trembled, arose, and made room for these two to proceed to the place of the great, where stood the golden throne, upon which Moses seated Joshua against his will.
23. All Israel burst into tears when they saw Joshua upon the golden throne, and he said amid tears, “why all this greatness and honor to me?” [898]
24. In this way did Moses spend the time from the first day of Shebat to the sixth of Adar, during which time he expounded the Torah to the sixty myriads of Israel in seventy languages.
25. THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. THE LAST DAY OF MOSES’ LIFE:
26. On the seventh day of Adar, Moses knew that on this day he should have to die, for a heavenly voice resounded, saying, “Take heed to thyself, O Moses, for thou hast only one more day to live.” [899]
27. What did Moses now do? On this day he wrote thirteen scrolls of the Torah, twelve for the twelve tribes, and one he put into the Holy Ark, so that, if they wished to falsify the Torah, the one in the Ark might remain untouched.
28. Moses thought, “If I occupy myself with the Torah, which is the tree of life, this day will draw to a close, and the impending doom will be as naught.”
29. God, however, beckoned to the sun, which firmly opposed itself to Moses, saying, “I will not set, so long as Moses lives.” [900]
30. When Moses had completed writing the scrolls of the Torah, not even half the day was over. He then bade the tribes come to him, and from his hand receive the scrolls of the Torah, admonishing the men and women separately to obey the Torah and its commands.
31. The most excellent among the thirteen scrolls was fetched by Gabriel, who brought it to the highest heavenly court to show the piety of Moses, who had fulfilled all that is written in the Torah.
32. Gabriel passed with it through all the heavens, so that all might witness Moses’ piety. It is this scroll of the Torah out of which the souls of the pious read on Monday and Thursday, as well as on the Sabbath and holy days.
33. Moses on this day showed great honour and distinction to his disciple Joshua in the sight of all Israel. A herald passed before Joshua through all the camp, proclaiming, “Come and hear the words of the new prophet that hath arisen for us to-day!”
34. All Israel approached to honour Joshua. Moses then gave the command to fetch hither a golden throne, a crown of pearls, a royal helmet, and a robe of purple.
35. He himself set up the rows of benches for the Sanhedrin, for the heads of the army, and for the priests.
36. Then Moses betook himself to Joshua, dressed him, put the crown on his head, and bade him be seated upon the golden throne to deliver from it a speech to the people. …. [901]
37. THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. MOSES BEHOLDS THE FUTURE:
38. Pointing to the land, God said: “‘This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed;’ to them did I promise it, but to thee do I show it.”
39. But he saw not only the land. God pointed with His finger to every part of the Holy Land, and accurately described it to Moses, saying, “This is Judah’s share, this Ephraim’s,” and in this way instructed him about the division of the land. Moses learned from God the history of the whole land, and the history of every part of it. God showed it to him as it would appear in its glory, and how it would appear under the rule of strangers.
40. God revealed to him not only the complete history of Israel that was to take place in the Holy Land, but also revealed to him all its creation to the Day of Judgment, when the resurrection of the dead will take place.
41. Joshua’s war with the Canaanites, Israel’s deliverance from the Philistines through Samson, the glory of Israel in David’s reign, the building of the Temple under Solomon, and its destruction, the line of kings from the house of David, and the line of prophets from the house of Rahab, the destruction of Gog and Magog on the plain of Jericho, all this and much more, was it given Moses to see. And as God showed him the events in the world, so too did he show him Paradise with its dwellers of piety, and hell with the wicked men that fill it. [902]
42. The place whence Moses looked upon the Holy Land was a mountain that bore four names: Nebo, Abarim, Hor, and Pisgah.
43. The different appellations are due to the fact that the kingdoms accounted it as a special honour to themselves if they had possessions in the Holy Land.
44. This mountain was divided among four kingdoms, and each kingdom had a special name for its parts. [903]
45. The most appropriate name seems to be Nebo, for upon it died three sinless nebi’im, “prophets,” Moses, Aaron and Miriam. To this mountain, upon God’s command, Moses betook himself at noon of the day on which he died.
46. On this occasion, as upon two others, God had His commands executed at noon to show mankind that they could not hinder the execution of God’s orders, even if they chose to do so.
47. Had Moses gone to die on Mount Nebo at night, Israel would have said: “He could well do so in the night when we knew of nothing. Had we known that he should go to Nebo to his death, we should not have let him go. Verily, we should not have permitted him to die, who led us out of Egypt, who clove the sea for us, who caused manna to rain down and the well to spring up, who bade the quails to fly to us, and performed many other great miracles.”
48. God therefore bade Moses go to his grave on mount Nebo in bright daylight, at noon hour, saying, “Let him who wishes to prevent it try to do so.”
49. For a similar reason did Israel’s exodus from Egypt take place in the noon hour, for, had they departed at night, the Egyptians would have said: “They were able to do this in the darkness of the night because we knew nothing of it. Had we known, we should not have permitted them to depart, but should have compelled them by force of arms to stay in Egypt.”
50. God therefore said: “I shall lead out Israel to the noon hour. Let him who wishes to prevent it try to do so.”
51. Noah, too, entered the ark at the noon hour for a similar reason. God said: “If Noah enters the ark at night, his generation will declare: ‘He could do so because we were not aware of it, or we should not have permitted him to enter the ark alone, but should have taken our hammers and axes, and crushed the ark.’
52. Therefore,” said God, “do I wish him to enter the ark at the noon hour. Let him who wishes to prevent it try to do so.”
53. God’s command to Moses to betake himself to Mount Nebo, and there to die, was couched in the following words: means not destruction, but elevation. ‘Die in the mount whither thou goest up;’ go up all alone, and let no one accompany thee.
54. It means not destruction but elevation. Let no man accompany you there.
55. Aaron’s son Eleazar accompanied him to his tomb, but no man shall witness the distinction and reward that await thee at thy death.
56. There shalt thou be gathered to thy people, to the fathers of Israel, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to thy fathers, Kohath and Amram, as well as to thy brother Aaron and thy sister Miriam, just as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people.”
57. For when Aaron was to die, Moses drew off one by one his garments, with which he invested Aaron’s son Eleazar, and after he had taken off all his garments, he clothed him in his death robe.
58. Then he said to Aaron: “Aaron, my brother, enter the cave,” and he entered. “Get upon the couch,” said Moses, and Aaron did so. “Close thine eyes,” and he closed them. “Stretch out thy feet,” and Aaron did so, and expired.
59. At sight of this PAINLESS AND PEACEFUL DEATH, Moses said: “Blessed is the man that dies such a death!” When therefore Moses’ end drew nigh, God said: “Thou shalt die the death that thou didst wish, as peacefully and with as little pain as thy brother Aaron.” [904]
60. THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. MOSES MEETS THE MESSIAH IN HEAVEN:
61. Moses received still another special distinction on the day of his death, for on that day God permitted him to ascend to the lofty place of heaven, and showed him the reward that awaited him in heaven, and the future.
62. The Divine attribute of Mercy appeared there before him and said to him: “I bring glad tidings to thee, at which thou wilt rejoice. Turn to the Throne of Mercy and behold!”
63. Moses turned to the Throne of Mercy and saw God build the Temple of jewels and pearls, while between the separate gems and pearls shimmered the radiance of the Shekinah, brighter than all jewels.
64. AND IN THIS TEMPLE HE BEHELD THE MESSIAH, DAVID’S SON,… And in this Temple he beheld Who? …the Messiah, David’s son,… he beheld Who? …the Messiah, David’s son, and his own brother Aaron, standing erect, and dressed in the robe of the high priest.
65. Aaron then said to Moses: “Do not draw near, for this is the place where the Shekinah dwells, and know that no one may enter here before he have tasted of death and his soul have been delivered to the Angel of Death.”
66. Moses now fell upon his face before God, saying, “Permit me to speak to Thy Messiah before I die.” God then said to Moses: “Come, I SHALL TEACH THEE MY GREAT NAME, that the flames of the Shekinah consume thee not.”
67. WHEN THE MESSIAH, DAVID’S SON, AND AARON BEHELD MOSES APPROACH THEM, THEY KNEW THAT GOD HAD TAUGHT HIM THE GREAT NAME,… God had taught him the great Name.
68. …so they went to meet him and saluted him with the greeting: “Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
69. Moses thereupon said to Messiah: “God told me that Israel was to erect a Temple to Him upon earth, and I now see Him build His own Temple, and that, too, in heaven!”
70. The Messiah replied: “Thy father Jacob saw the Temple that will be erected on earth, and also the Temple that God rears with His own hand in heaven, and he clearly understood that it was the Temple God constructed with His own hand in heaven as house of jewels, of pearls, and of the light of the Shekinah, that was to be preserved for Israel to all eternity, to the end of all generations.
71. This was in the night when Jacob slept upon a stone, and in his dream beheld one Jerusalem upon earth, and another in heaven. God then said to Jacob, ‘My son Jacob, to-day I stand above thee as in the future thy children will stand before Me.’
72. AT THE SIGHT OF THESE TWO JERUSALEMS, THE EARTHLY AND THE HEAVENLY,… Earthly Jerusalem and Heavenly Jerusalem.
73. JACOB SAID: ‘THE JERUSALEM ON EARTH IS NOTHING, THIS IS NOT THE HOUSE THAT WILL BE PRESERVED FOR MY CHILDREN IN ALL GENERATIONS,… Sure!!! …BUT IN TRUTH THAT OTHER HOUSE OF GOD, THAT HE BUILDS WITH HIS OWN HANDS.’
74. The other Temple. The Temple God built with His own hands. That is the one that shall be preserved for God’s people all for all the generations. Earthly Jerusalem – Temporary. Heavenly Jerusalem – Permanent; Eternal.
75. But if thou sayest, “continued the Messiah, “that GOD WITH HIS OWN HANDS BUILDS HIMSELF A TEMPLE IN HEAVEN,… Sure!!! …know then that with His hands also He will build the Temple upon earth.”
76. When Moses heard these words from the mouth of the Messiah, he rejoiced greatly, and lifting up his face to God, he said, “O Lord of the world! WHEN WILL THIS TEMPLE BUILT HERE IN HEAVEN COME DOWN TO EARTH BELOW?”
77. When will this heavenly Temple come down here to dwell?
78. God replied: “I HAVE MADE KNOWN THE TIME OF THE EVENT TO NO CREATURE, EITHER TO THE EARLIER ONES OR TO THE LATER, HOW THEN SHOULD I TELL THEE?”
79. Moses said: “Give me a sign, so that out of the happenings in the world I may gather when that time will approach,”
80. Through events in the world, I may know when that time will approach.
81. God: “I SHALL FIRST SCATTER ISRAEL AS WITH A SHOVEL OVER ALL THE EARTH,… Take note! Scatter the whole Israel over the hole with a shovel. …SO THAT THEY MAY BE SCATTERED AMONG ALL NATIONS IN THE four corners of the earth, and then shall I “set My hand again the second time,’ and gather them in that migrated with Jonah, the son of Amittai, to the land of Pathros, and those that dwell in the land of Shinar, Hamath, Elam, and the islands of the sea.”
82. When Moses had heard this, he departed from heaven with a joyous spirit. The Angel of Death followed him to earth, but could not possess himself of Moses’ soul, for he refused to give it up to him, delivering it to none but God Himself. [905]
Of course, nobody is lost. Hear Me very well. Nobody is lost until THE SON OF MAN declares him lost. This is true. This is pure Truth. Remember I am the first fruit. No more. No less. In Me is the totality of the Godhead. Thus I am representing the God of the living and of the dead. Whether you died in the time of Adam or Abraham, I AM HE ….. I am not making any atonement for any sin. The atonement has been made. I am only sent for salvation, not to the world, but to as many as are eagerly and patiently waiting for Me. If it is not so, you are wasted.
I AM THE WORD VOL 1; Preached on Sunday 19th January 2014; Pg. 73 vs. 29 – 31 By The Son Of Man
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NO MAN WITH A DEATH SENTENCE ON HIM KEEPS QUIET
THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. THE LAST HOURS OF MOSES:
2. When Moses had finished looking upon the land and the future, he was one hour nearer to death. One hour! A voice sounded from heaven and said, “Make no fruitless endeavors to live.”
3. Moses, however, did not desist from prayer, saying to God: “Lord of the world! Let me stay on this side of the Jordan with the sons of Reuben and the sons of God, that I may be as one of them, while Joshua as king at the head of Israel shall enter into the land beyond the Jordan.”
4. One hour to die and he was still pleading.
5. God replied: “Dost thou wish Me to make as naught the words in the Torah that read, ‘Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God?’
6. If Israel sees that thou dost not make a pilgrimage to the sanctuary, they will say, ‘If Moses, through whom the Torah and the laws were given to us, does not make the pilgrimage to the sanctuary, how much less do we need to do so!’
7. Thou wouldst then cause non-observance of My commandments. I have, furthermore, written in the Torah through thee, ‘At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God, in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.’
8. If thou wert to live thou shouldst put Joshua’s authority in the eyes of all Israel to naught,… Sure!!! …for they would say, ‘Instead of learning the Torah and hearing it from the mouth of the disciple, let us rather go to the teacher and learn from him.’
9. Israel will then abandon Joshua and go to thee,… That is truth. …so that thou wouldst cause rebellion against My Torah, in which is written that the king shall read before all Israel the Torah in the set time of the year of release.” [906]
10. Two Moses cannot be here at the same time. One God. One Voice. One has to give way. Moses must give way, in spite of all his plea, if the people must have to listen to Joshua, who is now the new Leader ordained of God.
11. In the meanwhile still another hour had passed, and a voice sounded from heaven and said: “How long wilt thou endeavor in vain to avert the sentence? Thou has not only two hours more of life.”
12. The wicked Samael, head of evil spirits, had eagerly awaited the moment of Moses’ death, for he hoped to take his soul like that of all other mortals,…
13. Head of evil spirits. There is nothing God cannot do. When God removed His hand from king Saul, he was the One that sent evil spirits to Saul to torment Saul and to afflict Saul. And Saul became mad.
14. 14But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented and troubled him. [1 Samuel 16:14 AMP]
15. ….and he said continually, “When will the moment be at hand when Michael shall weep and I shall triumph?”
16. When now only two hours remained before Moses’ death, Michael, Israel’s guardian angel, began to weep, and Samael was jubilant, for now the moment he had awaited so long was very close.
17. But Michael said to Samael: “‘REJOICE NOT AGAINST ME, MINE ENEMY: WHEN I FALL, I SHALL ARISE;
18. The righteous man falleth ten times and he riseth up. But when a wicked fellow falls, he can never rise up, for God has labelled that person wicked.
19. 15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16FOR A JUST MAN FALLETH SEVEN TIMES, AND RISETH UP AGAIN: BUT THE WICKED SHALL FALL INTO MISCHIEF.
20. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. [Proverbs 24:15 – 18 KJV]
21. All that have fallen from this Faith, on hearing this Message today, as many as are real sons and daughters of God, I believe with all My heart, will think on their ways and make haste back to God. I am sure and certain about it.
22. But those that do not belong to God, the goats, it will mean nothing to them. They will prefer to continue with the ways of evil so that the head of the evil spirits will deliver them to Sheol, to hellfire where they belong.
23. Samael thought that God’s judgment and pronouncement on the head of Moses and the long plea God refused to listen to, meant that God had already forsaken Moses. Can God forsake His own?
24. The land replied, “I was old, but now I am young. I have never seen the righteous forsaken, for God will never forsake His own.” Take note of it.
25. …when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.’ Even if I fell on account of Moses’s death, I shall arise again through Joshua when he will conquer the one and thirty kings of Palestine.
26. Even if I sit in darkness owing to the destruction of the first and second Temples, THE LORD SHALL BE MY LIGHT ON THE DAY OF THE MESSIAH.” Amen.
27. On the day of the Messiah. All of them were looking up to the day of the Messiah, THE SON OF DAVID. A Son of David. “A.”
28. In the meanwhile still another hour had passed, and a voice resounded from heaven and said, “Moses, thou hast only one hour more of life!”
29. Moses thereupon said: “O Lord of the world! Even if Thou wilt not let me enter into the land of Israel, leave me at least in this world, that I may live, and not die.”
30. God replied, “If I should not let thee die in this world, HOW THEN CAN I REVIVE THEE HEREAFTER FOR THE FUTURE WORLD?
31. How then will I revive you here? How will I bring you back to life for the future world? Though the righteous dies, he is coming back again for the future world. The wicked will come back for the wicked’s future world.
32. THIS WORLD THAT IS LYING IN WICKEDNESS NOW IS NOTHING TO COMPARE TO THE LEVEL OF PUNISHMENT THAT AWAITS EVERY WICKED FELLOW THAT DIES IN WICKEDNESS IN UNBELIEF AND IN UNREPENTANCE.
33. The sufferings seen at this present time are minor. Be patient. With your eyes, you are going to see more.
34. God replied, “If I should not let thee die in this world, HOW THEN CAN I REVIVE THEE HEREAFTER FOR THE FUTURE WORLD? Thou wouldst, moreover, then give the lie to the Torah, for through thee I wrote therein, ‘neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand.'”
35. There is nobody who is sentenced to death and he keeps quiet.
36. Moses continued to pray: “O Lord of the world! If thou dost not permit me to enter into the land of Israel, let me live like the beasts of the field, and feed on herbs, and drink water, let me live and see the world: let me be as one of these.” But God said, “Let it suffice thee!”
37. Still Moses continued: “If Thou wilt not grant me this, let me at least live in this world like a bird that flies in the four directions of the world, and each day gathers its food from the ground, drinks water out of the streams, and at eve returns to its nest.”
38. But even this last prayer of his was denied, for God said, “Thou hast already made too many words.” [907]
39. Moses now raised up his voice in weeping, and said, “To whom shall I go that will now implore mercy to me?” He went to every work of creation and said, “Implore mercy for me.”
40. But all replied: “We cannot even implore mercy for ourselves, for God ‘hath made everything beautiful in its time,’ but afterward, ‘all go unto one place, all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again,’ ‘for the heaven shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment.'”
41. When Moses saw that none of the works of creation could aid him, he said: “He is ‘the Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are judgement: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.'”
42. When Moses saw that he could not escape death, he called Joshua, and in the presence of all Israel addressed him as follows: “Behold, my son, the people that I deliver into thy hands, is the people of the Lord. It is still in its youth, and hence is inexperienced in the observance of its commandments; beware, therefore, lest thou speak harshly to them, for they are the children of the Holy One, who called them, ‘My firstborn son, Israel’; and He loved them before all other nations.”
43. But God, on the other hand, at once said to Joshua: “Joshua, thy teacher Moses has transferred his office to thee. Follow now in his footsteps, take a rod and hit upon the head, ‘Israel is a child, hence I love him,’ and ‘withhold not correction from the child.'” [908]
44. Joshua now said to Moses: “O my teacher Moses, what will become of me? If I give to the one a share upon a mountain, he will be sure to want one in the valley, and he to whom I give his share in the valley will wish it to be upon a mountain.”
45. Moses, however, quieted him, saying, “Be not afraid, for God hath assured me that there will be peace at the distribution of the land.”
46. Then Moses said: “Question me regarding all the laws that are not quite clear to thee, for I shall be taken from thee, and thou shalt see me no more.”
47. Joshua replied, “When, O my master, by night or by day, have I ever left thee, that I should be in doubt concerning anything that thou hast taught me?”
48. Moses said, “Even if thou hast no
questions to ask to me, come hither, that I may kiss thee.”
49. Joshua went to Moses, who kissed him and wept upon his neck, and a second time blessed him, saying, “Mayest thou be at peace, and Israel be at peace with thee.” [909]
50. THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. THE BLESSING OF MOSES:
51. The people now came to Moses and said, “The hour of thy death is at hand,” and he replied: “Wait until I have blessed Israel. All my life long they had no pleasant experiences with me, for I constantly rebuked them and admonished them to fear God and fulfill the commandments, therefore do I not now wish to depart out of this world before I have blessed them.” [910]
52. Moses had indeed always cherished the desire of blessing Israel, but the Angel of Death had never permitted him to satisfy his wish, so shortly before dying, he enchained the Angel of Death, cast him beneath his feet, and blessed Israel in spite of their enemy, saying, “SAVE THY PEOPLE, AND BLESS THINE INHERITANCE: FEED THEM ALSO, AND BEAR THEM UP FOREVER.” [911]
53. Moses was not the first to bestow blessings, as former generations had also done so, but no blessing was as effective as his.
54. Noah blessed his sons, but it was a divided blessing, being intended for Shem, whereas Ham, instead of being blessed, was cursed.
55. Isaac blessed his sons, but his blessings led to a dispute, for Esau envied Jacob his blessings. Jacob blessed his sons, but even his blessing was not without a blemish, for in blessing he rebuked Reuben and called him to account for the sins he had committed.
56. Even the number of Moses’ blessings excelled that of his predecessors. For when God created the world, He blessed Adam and Eve, and this blessing remained upon the world until the flood, when it ceased.
57. When Noah left the ark, God appeared before him and bestowed upon him anew the blessing that had vanished during the flood, and this blessing rested upon the world until Abraham came into the world and received a second blessing from God, who said, “And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee.”
58. God then said to Abraham: “Henceforth it no longer behooves Me to bless My creatures in person, but I shall leave the blessings to thee: HE WHOM THOU BLESSEST, SHALL BE BLESSED BY ME.”
59. Abraham did not, however, bless his own son Isaac, in order that the villain Esau might not have a share in that blessing. Jacob, however, received not only two blessings from his father, but one other besides from the angel with whom he wrestled, and one from God; and the blessing also that had been Abraham’s to bestow upon his house went to Jacob. When Jacob blessed his sons, he passed on to them the five blessings he had received, and added one other.
60. Balaam should really have blessed Israel with seven benedictions, corresponding to the seven altars he had erected, but he envied Israel greatly, and blessed them with only three blessings.
61. God thereupon said: “Thou villain that begrudgest Israel their blessings! I shall not permit thee to bestow upon Israel all the blessing that are their due. Moses, who had ‘a benevolent eye,’ shall bless Israel.”
62. And so, too, it came to pass. Moses added a seventh blessing to the six benedictions with which Jacob had blessed his twelve sons.
63. This was not, however, the first time that Moses blessed the people. He blessed them at the erection of the Tabernacle, then at its consecration, a third time at the installation of the judges, and a fourth time on the day of his death. [912]
64. Before bestowing his blessing upon Israel, however, Moses intoned a song in God’s praise, for it is fitting to glorify God’s name before asking a favour of Him, and as Moses was about to ask God to bless Israel, he first proclaimed His Grandeur and His Majesty. [913]
65. He said: “When God first revealed Himself to Israel to bestow the Torah upon them, He appeared to them not from one direction, but from all four at once. He ‘came from Sinai,’ which is in the South, ‘and rose from Seir unto them,’ that is in the East; ‘He shined forth from mount Paran,’ that is in the North, ‘and he came from the ten thousands of holy’ angels that dwell in the West. [914]
66. He proclaimed the Torah not only in the language of Sinai, that is Hebrew, but also in the tongue of Seir, that is Roman, as well as in Paran’s speech, that is Arabic, and in the speech of Kadesh, that is Aramaic, for He offered the Torah not to Israel alone, but to all the nations of the earth.
67. These, however, did not want to accept it, hence His wrath against them, and His especial love for Israel who, despite their awed fear and trembling upon God’s appearance on Sinai, still accepted the Torah. [915]
68. Lord of the World!” continued Moses, “When Israel shall have been driven out of their land, be mindful still of the merits of their Patriarchs and stand by them, deliver them in Thy mercy from ‘the yoke of the nations,’ and from death, and guide them in the future world as Thou didst lead them in the desert.” [916]
There is nothing good in Me that can attract the world; a man of sorrow, a man that is misunderstood by all – except the Elect. Many shall be offended by Me, but blessed is he or she that will not be offended by Me. The Greatest gift God has given to this generation is THE SON OF MAN – The Eternal Spirit. Any Spirit you yield to is the Spirit that will possess you. Believe it if you can.
THE SON OF MAN –
9TH NOVEMBER 2008 HE HAS COME, HE HAS GONE; Preached on 23rd September 2012; Pg. 3
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THE BLESSINGS AND PSALMS OF MOSES
At these words Israel exclaimed, “The Torah that Moses brought to us at the risk of his life is our bride, and no other nation may lay claim to it. [917]
2. Moses was our king when the seventy elders assembled, AND IN THE FUTURE THE MESSIAH WILL BE OUR KING, SURROUNDED BY SEVEN SHEPHERDS,… The seven candlesticks.
3. 12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto THE SON OF MAN, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. [Revelation 1:12 – 13 KJV]
4. …AND HE WILL GATHER TOGETHER ONCE MORE THE SCATTERED TRIBES OF ISRAEL.” [918]
5. Then Moses said: “God first appeared in Egypt to deliver His people, then at Sinai to give them the Torah, and He will appear a third time to take vengeance at Edom, and will finally appear to destroy Gog.” [919] Gog and Magog. Armageddon.
6. Revelation 20:6 – 10 KJV. 6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7. 7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8and 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.
8. 9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
9. 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
10. After Moses had praised and glorified God, he began to implore His blessing for the tribes. His first prayer to God concerned Reuben, for whom he implored forgiveness for his sin with Bilhah.
11. He said: “May Reuben come to life again in the future world for his good deed in saving Joseph, and may he not remain forever dead on account of his sin with Bilhah. May Reuben’s descendants also be heroes in war, and heroes in their knowledge of the Torah.”
12. 3…And Joseph also wept, and I too wept with him; and my heart throbbed fast, and the joints of my body trembled, and I was not able to stand. And when he saw me weeping with him, and them coming against him to slay him, he fled behind me, beseeching them. And Reuben rose and said, My brethren, let us not slay him, but let us cast him into one of these dry pits which our fathers dug and found no water. …
13. 4… And when Reuben heard that while he was away Joseph had been sold, he rent his clothes about him, and mourned, saying, How shall I look in the face of Jacob my father? And he took the money, and ran after the merchants, and found no one; for they had left the main road, and journeyed hastily through rugged byways. And Reuben ate no food on that day. … [TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS; Chapter 6 — The Testament of Zebulun Concerning Compassion and Mercy – Paragraph 3 & 4]
14. God granted this prayer and forgave Reuben’s sin in accordance with the wish of the other tribes, who begged God to grant forgiveness to their eldest brother. [920]
15. Moses at once perceived that God had granted his prayer, for all the twelve stones in the high priest’s breastplate began to gleam forth, whereas formerly Reuben’s stone had given forth no light. [921]
MOSES’ INTERCESSION FOR JUDAH
16. When Moses saw that God had forgiven Reuben’s sin, he at once set about trying to obtain God’s pardon for Judah, saying, “Was it not Judah that through his penitent confession of his sin with his daughter-in-law Tamar induced Reuben, too, to seek atonement and repentance!”
17. The sin for which Moses asked God to forgive Judah was that he had never redeemed his promise to bring Benjamin back to his father.
18. Owing to this sin, his corpse fell to pieces, so that its bones rolled about in their coffin during the forty years’ march in the desert.
19. But as soon as Moses prayed to God, saying, “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,” the bones joined together once more, but his sin was not quite forgiven, for he was not yet admitted to the heavenly academy.
20. Therefore Moses continued to pray: “Bring him in unto his people,” and he was admitted. It did not, indeed, benefit him, for in punishment of his sin, God brought it to pass that he could not follow the discussion of the scholars in heaven, much less take part in them, whereupon Moses prayed:
21. “Let his hands be sufficient for him,” and then he no longer sat as one dumb in the heavenly academy. But still his sin was not quite forgiven, for Judah could not succeed in being victorious in the disputes of the learned, hence Moses prayed, “And Thou shalt be an help against his adversaries.”
22. It was only then that Judah’s sin was quite forgiven, and that he succeeded in disputes with his antagonists in the heavenly academy. [922]
23. As Moses prayed for Judah, so too did he pray for his seed, and especially for David and the royal dynasty of David.
24. He said: “When David, king of Israel, shall be in need, and shall pray to Thee, then, ‘Hear, Lord, his voice, and Thou shalt be an help against his adversaries,’ ‘bring him’ then back ‘to his people’ in peace; and when alone he shall set out into battle against Goliath, ‘let his hands be sufficient for him, and Thou shalt be an help against his adversaries.'”
25. Moses at the same time prayed God to stand by the tribe of Judah, whose chief weapon in war was the bow, that their ‘hands might be sufficient,’ that they might vigorously and with good aim speed the arrow.
26. As Moses had never forgiven Simeon their sin with the daughters of Moab, he bestowed upon them no blessing, but this tribe also was not quite forgotten, for he included this tribe in his blessing for Judah, praying to God, that He might hear Judah’s voice whenever he should pray for the tribe of Simeon when they should be in distress, and that furthermore He should give them their possession in the Holy Land beside Judah’s. [923]
27. Simeon and Levi “drank out of the same cup,” for both together in their wrath slew the inhabitants of Shechem, but whereas Levi made amends for his sin, Simeon added another new one.
28. It was the Levites who, in their zeal for God, slew those that worshipped the Golden Calf; it was a Levite, Phinehas, moreover, who in his zeal for God slew the wicked prince of the tribe of Simeon, and his mistress.
29. Hence Moses praised and blessed the tribe of Levi, whereas he did not even consider Simeon with a word.
30. His words first referred to Aaron, prince of the tribe of Levi. He said: “Well may Thy Urim and Tummim belong to Aaron, who ministered services of love to Thy children, who stood every test that Thou didst put upon him, and who at the ‘waters of rebellion’ became the victim of a wrong accusation.”
31. God had then decreed against Aaron that he was to die in the desert, although not he, but Moses had trespassed against Him, saying to Israel, “Hear now, ye rebels.”
32. As Aaron, prince of the tribe of Levi, when Israel was still in Egypt, declaimed passionately against the people because they worshipped idols, so too all the tribe of Levi stood up by God’s standard when Israel worshipped the Golden Calf in the desert, and slew the idolaters, even if they were their half-brothers or their daughters’ sons.
33. The Levites also were the only ones who, in Egypt as in the desert, remained true to God and His teachings, did not abandon the token of the covenant, and were not tempted to rebellion by the spies.
34. “Hence,” continued Moses, “shall the Levites be the only ones from whose mouth shall issue judgement and instruction for Israel. ‘They shall put incense’ in the Holy of Holies, ‘and whole burnt offerings upon His altar.’
35. Their sacrifices shall reconcile Israel with God, and they themselves shall be blessed with earthly goods. Thou, Lord, ‘smitest through the loins of them that rise up against them’ that dispute the priestly rights of this tribe, Thou didst destroy Korah, and they ‘that hated them’ like king Uzziah, ‘shall not rise again.’ [924]
36. ‘Bless, Lord, the substance of the Levites who give from the tithes that they receive one-tenth to the priests. Mayest Thou accept sacrifice from the hands of the priest Elijah upon mount Carmel, ‘smite the loins’ of his enemy Ahab, break the neck of the latter’s false prophets, and may the enemies of the high priest Johanan rise not again.” [925]
37. “Benjamin,” said Moses, “is the beloved of the Lord, whom he will always shield, and in whose possession the sanctuary shall stand, IN THIS WORLD AS WELL AS IN THE TIME OF THE MESSIAH, AND IN THE FUTURE WORLD.” [926]
38. Moses blessed Joseph’s tribe with the blessing that their possession might be the most fruitful and blessed land on earth; dew shall ever be there, and many wells spring up.
39. It shall constantly be exposed to the gentle influences of sun and moon, that the fruits may ripen early. “I wish him,” said Moses, “that the blessings given him by the Patriarchs and the wives of the Patriarchs may be fulfilled.”
40. And so, too, it came to pass, for the land of the tribe of Joseph possessed everything, and nothing within it was lacking.
41. This was the reward to Joseph for having fulfilled the will of God that was revealed to Moses in the bush of thorns; and also because as king of Egypt he treated his brothers with high honors although they had thrust him from their midst.
42. Moses furthermore blessed Joseph by promising him that, as he had been the first of Jacob’s sons to come to Egypt, he was also to be the first in the future world to appear in the Holy Land.
43. Moses proclaimed the heroism of Joseph’s seed in the words: “As it is a vain thing to try to force the firstling bullock to labour, so little shall Joseph’s sons be yoked into service by the empires; as the unicorn with his horns pushes away all other animals, so, too, shall Joseph’s sons rule the nations, even to the ends of the earth.
44. The Ephraimite Joshua shall destroy myriads of heathens, and the Manassite Gideon thousands of them.” [927]
45. Zebulun was the tribe that before all the other tribes devoted itself to commerce, and in this way acted as the agent between Israel and the other nations, selling the products of Palestine to the latter, and foreign wares to the former.
46. Hence the blessing that Moses bestowed upon them. “‘Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out’ on commercial enterprises; at thy instance shall many nations pray upon the sacred mountain of the Temple and offer their sacrifices.”
47. For the people that came into Zebulun’s realms on matters of business used to go from thence to Jerusalem to look upon the sanctuary of the Jews, and many of them were converted through the grand impression that the life in the holy city made upon them.
48. Moses furthermore blessed this tribe by giving them an estate by the sea, which might yield them costly fish and the purple shell, and the sand of whose shores might furnish them the material for glass.
49. The other tribes were therefore dependent upon Zebulun for these articles, which they could not obtain from anyone else, for whosoever attempted to rob Zebulun of them, was doomed to bad luck in business.
50. It is the “Sea of Chaifa” also, within Zebulun’s territory, where all the treasures of the ocean were brought to shore; for whenever a ship is wrecked at sea, the ocean sends it and its treasures to the sea of Chaifa, where it is hoarded for the pious until the Judgment Day. [928]
51. One other blessing of Zebulun was that it would always be victorious in battle, whereas the tribe of Issachar, closely bound up with it, was blessed by its distinction in the “tents of learning.”
52. For Issachar was “the tribe of scholars and of judges,” wherefore Moses blessed them, saying that in “the future time,” Israel’s great house of instruction as well as the great Sanhedrin would be located in this tribe. [929]
53. The tribe of Gad, dwelling on the boundary of the land of Israel, received the benediction that in “the future time” it would be as strong in battle as it had been at the first conquest of Palestine, and would hereafter stand at the head of Israel on their return to the Holy Land, as it had done on their first entrance into the land.
54. Moses praised this tribe for choosing its site on this side the Jordan because that place had been chosen to hold Moses’ tomb.
55. Moses indeed died on mount Nebo, which is Reuben’s possession, but his body was taken from Nebo by the pinions of the Shekinah, and brought to Gad’s territory, a distance of four miles, amid the lamentations of the angels, who said, “He shall enter into peace and rest in his bed.” [930]
56. Dan, who like Gad had his territory on the boundary of the land, was also blessed with strength and might, that he might ward off the attacks of Israel’s enemies. He was also blessed in receiving his territory in the Holy Land in two different sections of it. [931]
57. Naphtali’s blessing read: “O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.”
58. This blessing was verified, for the tribe of Naphtali had in its possession an abundance of fish and mushrooms, so that they could maintain themselves without much labor; and the valley of Gennesaret furthermore was their possession, whose fruits were renowned for their extraordinary sweetness.
59. But Naphtali was blessed not with material blessings only, but also with spiritual; for it was the great house of instruction at Tiberias to which Moses alluded when he said of Naphtali, “he is ‘full with the blessings of the Lord.'” [932]
60. Moses called Asher the favorite of his brethren, for it was this tribe that in the years of release provided nourishment for all Israel, as its soil was so productive that what grew of its own accord sufficed to sustain all.
61. But Moses blessed Asher in particular with a land rich in olives, so that oil flowed in streams through Asher’s land.
62. Hence Moses blessed him with the words: “The treasures of all lands shall flow to thee, for the nations shall give thee gold and silver for thine oil.” He blessed Asher moreover with many sons, [933] and with daughters that preserved the charms of youth in their old age. [934]
THE PSALMS OF MOSES
63. As Moses uttered eleven benedictions, so likewise did he compose eleven psalms, corresponding to the eleven tribes blessed by him. [935]
64. These psalms of Moses were later received into David’s Psalter, where the psalms of Adam, Melchizedek, Abraham, Solomon, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah also found their place. [936]
65. Moses’ first psalms says, “‘Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men,’ and forgives the forefather of the tribe of Reuben who sinned, but returned again to God.”
66. Another one of Moses’ psalms reads, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty,” which corresponds to the tribe of Levi that dwelled in the sanctuary, the shadow of the Almighty. To the tribe of Judah, whose name signifies, “Praise the Lord,” belongs the psalm, “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.”
67. The psalm: “The Lord is apparelled with majesty,” is Benjamin’s, for the sanctuary stood in his possession, hence this psalm closes with the words, “Holiness becometh Thine house, O Lord, forevermore.”
68. The psalm: “O Lord, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth; Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth,” was composed by Moses for the tribe of Gad; for Elijah, a member of this tribe, was to destroy the foundations of the heathens, and to wreak upon them the vengeance of the Lord.
69. To the tribe of learned men, Issachar, goes the psalm: “O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation,” for it is this tribe that occupy themselves with the Torah, the book of praise. [937]
132And this (submission to Allah, Islâm) was enjoined by Ibrâhim (Abraham) upon his sons and by Ya’qûb (Jacob), (saying), “O my sons! God has chosen for you the (true) religion, then die not except in the Faith of Islâm (as Muslims — Islâmic Monotheism).” 133Or were you witnesses when death approached Ya’qûb (Jacob)? When he said unto his sons, “What will you worship after me?” They said, “We shall worship your Ilâh (Allah — God), the Ilâh (Allah) of your fathers, Ibrâhim (Abraham), Ismâ’il (Ishmael), Ishâque (Isaac), One Ilâh (Allah), and to Him we submit (in Islâm).” 134That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do.
Surah 2 [Al-Baquara] 132 – 134, Hilali-Khan
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SUBMIT TOTALLY TO THE WILL OF ALLAH
THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME 3. MOSES PRAYS FOR DEATH:
2. Moses still had many other blessings for every single tribe, but when he perceived that his time had drawn to a close, he included them all in one blessing, saying, [938]
3. “Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency!”
4. With these words he at the same time answered a question that Israel had put to him, saying, “O tell us, our teacher Moses, what is the blessing that God will bestow upon us in the future world?”
5. He replied: “I cannot describe it to you, but all I can say is, happy are ye that such is decreed for ye!” Moses at the same time begged God that in the future world He might restore to Israel the heavenly weapon that He had taken from them after the worship of the Golden Calf.
6. God said, “I SWEAR THAT I SHALL RESTORE IT TO THEM.” [939]
7. When Moses had finished his blessing, he asked Israel to forgive his sternness toward them, saying: “Ye have had much to bear from me in regard to the fulfillment of the Torah and its commandments, but forgive me now.”
8. They replied: “Our teacher, our Lord, it is forgiven.” It was now their turn to ask his forgiveness, which they did in these words: “We have often kindled thine anger and have laid many burdens upon thee, but forgive us now.”
9. He said, “It is forgiven.” In the meanwhile people came to him and said, “The hour has come in which thou departest from the world.”
10. Moses said, “Blessed be His Name that liveth and endureth in all eternity!”
11. Turning to Israel, he then said, “I pray ye, when ye shall have entered into the land of Israel, remember me still, and my bones, and say, ‘Woe to the son of Amram that ran before us like a horse, but whose bones remained in the desert.'”
12. Israel said to Moses: “O our teacher, what will become of us when thou art gone?” He replied: “While I was with ye, God was with ye; yet think not that all the signs and miracles that He wrought through me were performed for my sake, for much rather were they done for your sake, and for His love and mercy, and if ye have faith in Him, He will work your desires. [940]
13. ‘Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help,’ for how could ye expect help from a man, a creature of flesh and blood, that cannot shield himself from death?
14. Put, therefore, your trust in Him through whose word arose the world, for He liveth and endureth in all eternity. Whether ye be laden with sin, or not, ‘pour your heart before Him,’ and turn to Him.”
15. Israel said: “‘The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.’ God is our strength and our refuge.” [941]
16. Then a voice sounded from heaven and said, “Why, Moses, dost thou strive in vain? Thou had but one-half hour more of life in the world.”
17. Moses, to whom God had now shown the reward of the pious in the future world, and the gates of salvation and of consolation that He would hereafter open to Israel, now said: “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, a people saved by the Lord!”
18. He then bade farewell to the people, weeping aloud. He said: “Dwell in peace, I shall see ye again at the Resurrection,” and so he went forth from them, weeping aloud. Israel, too, broke into loud lamentations, so that their weeping ascended to the highest heavens.
19. Moses took off his outer garment, rent his shirt, strewed dust upon his head, covered it like a mourner, and in this condition betook himself to his tent amid tears and lamentations, saying: “Woe to my feet that may not enter the land of Israel, woe to my hands that may not pluck of its fruits! Woe to my palate that may not taste the fruits of the land that flows with milk and honey!” [942]
20. Moses then took a scroll, wrote upon it the Ineffable Name, and the book of the song, and betook himself to Joshua’s tent to deliver it to him. [943]
21. When he arrived at Joshua’s tent, Joshua was seated, and Moses remained standing before him in a bowed attitude without being noticed by Joshua. For God brought this to pass in order that Moses, on account of this disrespectful treatment, might himself wish for death.
22. For when Moses had prayed to God to let him live, were it only as a private citizen, God granted his prayer, saying to him, “If thou hast no objection to subordinating thyself to Joshua, then mayest thou live,” and in accordance with this agreement, Moses had betaken himself to hear Joshua’s discourse.
23. The people who had gathered as usual before Moses’ tent to hear from him the word of God, failed to find him there, and hearing that he had gone to Joshua, went there likewise, where they found Moses standing and Joshua seated.
24. “What art thou thinking of,” they called out to Joshua, “that thou art seated, while thy teacher Moses stands before thee in a bowed attitude and with folded hands?”
25. In their anger and indignation against Joshua, they would instantly have slain him, had not a cloud descended and interposed itself between the people and Joshua.
26. When Joshua noticed that Moses stood before him, he instantly arose, and cried in tears: “O my father and teacher Moses, that like a father didst rear me from my youth, and that didst instruct me in wisdom, why dost thou do such a thing as will bring upon me Divine punishment?”
27. The people now besought Moses as usual to instruct them in the Torah, but he replied, “I have no permission to do so.” They did not, however, cease importuning him, until a voice sounded from heaven and said, “Learn from Joshua.”
28. The people now consented to acknowledge Joshua as their teacher, and seated themselves before him to hear his discourse.
29. Joshua now began his discourse with Moses sitting at his right, and Aaron’s sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, at this left.
30. But hardly had Joshua begun his lecture with the words, “Praised be God that taketh delight in the pious and their teachings,” when the treasures of wisdom vanished from Moses and passed over into Joshua’s possession, so that Moses was not even able to follow his disciple Joshua’s discourse.
31. When Joshua had finished his lecture, Israel requested Moses to review with them what Joshua had taught, but he said, “I know not how to reply to your request!”
32. He began to expound Joshua’s lecture to them, but could not, for he had not understood it. He now said to
33. God: “Lord of the world! Until not I wished for life, but now I long to die. Rather a hundred deaths, than one jealousy.” [944]
34. That is the much we will take from this for now. With time, we will go back to the very beginning.
35. You can see how Moses, the man God declared faithful in all his house, and said, “Of all men born of women, there was not even one to compare to Moses in meekness and in humility; in straight-forwardness, in faithfulness and in right living.”
36. You can see his encounter with God. He never found it easy towards the tail end of his life. You have heard and you have seen. If God did not respect Moses, in spite of his services, who is that person you think that has made selfless contributions, I mean, to save his own people more than Moses.
37. So when I tell you that you know of yourself because I am talking to you, that when you commit crimes, I am here. You come to Me in repentance. Being THE SON OF MAN, if I set you free, you shall be free indeed.
38. What if tomorrow, because of your provocations, I act like Moses acted, who will intercede for Me.
39. The community sinned and Moses interceded. Individuals sinned and Moses interceded, and the LORD listened to his plea. Moses now erred, but nobody born of a woman made any intercession God paid attention to. God ignored heaven and earth. I want you to see the delicate position Moses occupied.
40. And when the LORD Jesus came here, He told you clearly, “A greater than Moses is here.” And when THE SON OF MAN appeared to round off the programme that started in the Garden of Eden, where all these references were drawn from, He equally told you, “A greater than Moses is here.”
41. If you can now change the attributes of God and His characteristics, as displayed in judgment and in mercy, nobody will tell you to behave yourself before God. Nobody will tell you to take the Word of God seriously.
42. Now, God does not joke. He says what He means. He means what He says. Guard against this spirit of coming before God to say, “I did not know that You meant it. I did not know You were serious with it.” Guard against it.
43. Guard against “It does not matter. It is a light thing.” It may be a light thing in your eyes. Has God said it is light? Is there any light offence before God?
44. If you watch all the charges He preferred against Moses, even when Moses knew not how God got offended starting from his encounter in Egypt, there was not even one he realized that he offended God in those encounters in Egypt.
45. He thought he was making an honest move, representing the interest of his people before God, but he never knew that God was offended and that God recorded all those sins as evils he committed.
46. Happy is the man whom the LORD reveals his iniquities. I hope you are hearing. If God reveals your evil ways, telling you he is not happy; this and that, you should be the happiest human being.
47. 17Happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise or reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering]. [Job 5:17 AMP]
48. This is because the Scriptures says that there are too many people whose sins shall be made open for the LORD to forgive them. And there are many also whose sins will be embedded in them; will never be made public, and they will carry them, only to be revealed at the judgment seat.
49. 24The sins of some men are conspicuous (openly evident to all eyes), going before them to the judgment [seat] and proclaiming their sentence in advance; but the sins of others appear later [following the offender to the bar of judgment and coming into view there]. [1 Timothy 5:24 AMP]
50. To reveal my fault; my sin now that I am alive, and set me free, I believe it is the best thing I can obtain from God; than to conceal it and allow it to remain concealed and for me to move about, not knowing that God is angry with Me; not knowing that I am going to have queries to entertain in the end.
51. You see why God is a mysterious God. His ways are not our ways. Neither His thoughts our thoughts.
52. Why am I bringing all these things? I am bringing all these things out to support all we have gathered from other ancient documents, manuscripts and parchments.
53. When we put all of them together at this closing hour we are in, and from the teachings so far received in our own heavenly academy as we read it from this scroll, God teaching His own people live, in His own academy never started with us.
54. So the Scripture is right by saying that God’s people must have Him in person for their Teacher. So, God has taught us all these years.
55. 45It is written in [the book of] the Prophets, AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD [HAVE HIM IN PERSON FOR THEIR TEACHER]. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—[John 6:45 AMP]
56. Now, there is an uphill task for everybody. What is that uphill task? It is what was before Moses and the Almighty. THE END, which is always tougher than the beginning. The end had always been tougher than the beginning.
57. And you can bear witness that the level at which Samael; the level at which the devil [Satan] is waging warfare against the children of God in this closing hours appears to be the greatest since the world began.
58. Why? The magnitude of evil that is being done in our day plus those of previous generations, all of them are winding up in our own day.
59. You see why it takes the Almighty God Himself to come down and take human nature to deliver us. Without it, we are perishing.
60. WHO WILL BE DELIVERED? ONLY SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ABRAHAM. ONLY THOSE THAT FALL WITHIN THE AMBITS OF GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD; AND FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW BEING GATHERED IN THIS END TIME, SOME FROM THE JEWS, AND SOME FROM THE GENTILES REFLECTING IN THE REPORTS FROM THE WEBSITES.
61. I told you from the onset that there is no country where the children of God did not run to when God scattered them all over the surface of the earth.
62. And I am happy that the true Temple of God which He built with His own hands for all generations is still standing. A Temple that is built without hands and without cement. A Temple that is indestructible is still standing, from where God is ministering to every soul.
63. Who will pay attention and take His Word seriously? Only those that are within His Covenant numbered among the Elect chosen by His foreknowledge or predestination.
64. 29For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.
65. 30And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. [Romans 8:29 – 30 AMP]
66. What would be the fate of the rest? They will play fool of themselves. They are numbered among the goats in the midst of the sheep.
67. They will never be moved. There is nothing you can read from either the New Testament or the Old Testament, or from the Parchments or Ancient manuscripts that will ever move them.
68. But to every true seed of God who would be privileged to hear this ancient document being read today, I mean this little portion.
69. We read only but a little portion. All that we have been reading from morning till now are only two chapters. We read only two chapters.
70. All that will listen to it and understand will be blessed, for they will add to their knowledge. And their knowledge will increase their Faith.
71. We can see that, at the end of the day, Moses pointed everybody to the coming Messiah, Who will also be a Seed of David.
72. I will espouse you to that when we shall go into the Message proper, for there are too many portions concerning the coming Messiah.
73. And at last that Messiah is here standing upon the earth in human form, doing that which was promised He will do.
74. The Messiah is standing here on earth today. He is not coming to deal with sin. He is here with full and complete salvation to those that have been patiently and eagerly waiting for it.
75. 27And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after that the [certain] judgment, 28Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him. [Hebrews 9:27 – 28 AMP]
76. And then, for the judgment of the wicked which will unfold in eternity either in Paradise or in hell.
77. In Paradise for the righteous; those God has adjudged righteous, not those that have declared themselves righteous in their own eyes when they are evil-minded.
78. As many as God will spare in His judgment are already adjudged righteous. And there is a promise that the gate of Paradise will never reject any righteous fellow.
79. The same way, the Gate can never hold the righteous captive. God, the Almighty can never forsake the righteous. Take note of it.
80. WHAT IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD? THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD IS NOTHING BUT THEIR STRICT ADHERENCE, OBEDIENCE, LOYALTY, REVERENCE, AND WORSHIP TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
81. THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN BE MADE POSSIBLE, HE REVEALED IT. THE DAY; THE MOMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERSONALITY, THE DIVINE PERSON THE LORD HAS SENT, YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL. PERIOD!
82. SO, MY RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOW TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORD THAT WILL PROCEED FROM HIS LIPS, FOR HE ALONE HAS THE FATHER SEALED AND SENT. ANYTHING CONTRARY TO THAT, YOU ARE DOING YOURSELF MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
83. May the God of heaven and earth bless all the ears and hearts that will listen to these words I read out here today with the intent to adjust their minds and their hearts positively to doing the will of God. That is My earnest prayer.
84. Can we rise up now? We do not want to add to anything we have heard. Rather, may we go and meditate upon them.
85. Now, this will help us whenever we shall join our Brethren in studying the Message, THE WORDS OF OUR FATHERS ARE THE WORDS OF WISDOM.
86. The twelve Patriarchs were equally revisited here. A good number of them who never received pardon in the days of their Fathers received their pardon in the days of Moses. Did you see it there?
87. So, I give God the glory that there is always a proviso in our day. THE SON OF MAN has appeared with the Shekinah Glory. He has appeared with the Shekinah Cloud.
88. He has appeared revealing Himself in the Original Body and even in the Godhead with the Authority, Power and Might conferred on Him upon the earth to pardon iniquity, to restore the backslider and to Judge the wicked
….I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Come unto Me all ye nations and be saved, for I am He that liveth and was dead. Let somebody say Amen. Even if you do not believe it, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. Even if you do not believe it, your unbelief has nothing to do with this Truth.
INTRODUCTION OF THE HEAVENLY COMMANDER OF GOD’S ARMY; Preached on 16th June 2001; Pg. 28 vs. 41 – 42
BY THE SON OF MAN
CONCLUSION
PRAYER
1. Let us pray.
2. Our Dear Heavenly father, we have learnt a lot from You today. Although it is written in the Scriptures, we have heard it again.
3. Father, teach us Your ways that we may follow You. Help us to walk in Thy truth, for there is life in Thee. Help us O King of Glory to recognize whenever we have erred against You especially, O God whenever You have spoken concerning our wrong doings.
4. LORD, may we never in any form or shape develop any nonchalant attitude towards it. Let us take it seriously on hearing it at all. May we show deep concern.
5. May we never set it aside or at naught, thinking that all is well without O God coming to you in prayers pleading for mercy and pardon.
6. May we never, O God forget, especially when You have passed a sentence against our evil ways. Father please, may we never allow it to linger without O God, coming to You pleading for pardon; pleading of the reversal; pleading for the cancellation of that punishment.
7. May we never forget it, neither permitting it to linger Father unnecessarily for no just cause like Moses did, only to realize that he forgot such a horrible condition he found himself in for forty good years.
8. He regarded You and recognized the extent of the calamity when You had already sworn against Him in your wrath.
9. And the heavenly court resolved and sealed the judgment passed against Him, making it impossible for everything in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures to come against him; to pay deaf ears to his plea.
10. Father, please, may we never come to that point. Whenever You speak through Your Mouthpiece or we hear anything O God that signifies strained relationship with You, or disobedience or trouble of any sort, help us O King of Glory to run back to You immediately by falling prostrate on the floor, calling upon Your Most Holy Name which You will always respect, for there has never been anyone that called upon You, O God with true heart; with broken and contrite spirit without obtaining favour.
11. Father, please teach us that no matter how iniquity is covered; no matter how long it lasted, that You do not forget it.
12. Men can be forgetful, but You are never never forgetful. Men can judge unrighteously. Father, You judge righteously. Men can judge with respect of persons. Father, in Your own judgment, there is no respect of persons. Neither do You accept bribe.
13. Father, may all we have heard today from this scroll instill Your fear in us that will help us to do the right adjustments of our hearts and our relationship with You and with one another.
14. No, it has become clear to us like Saint Paul, who knew up to this extent, being a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin, for He said, “It is a horrifying situation for one to enter into judgment with God, for God is a consuming fire.”
15. Father, we have really seen it. We have now seen why the Hebrew Book made it clear that people that sinned in the days of Moses who was an earthly messenger, judgment was passed on them and executed without mercy.
16. How then do we think that we shall sin and get away with it, if we begin to doubt or neglect or dishonour or to disbelieve the Words of a heavenly Messenger that speaketh unto us from heaven, giving us all He has heard from the Father? He said, “What sorer punishment awaits us if we attempt it?”
17. Father, for this reason, we come before You in supplications and in prayers. We come to You in humility. We come to You in fear, believing that You will forgive O God, all that we have done ignorantly in the time past.
18. Even the Words we heard which roared upon us, Father, we never showed concern. Some, we have forgotten, and equally forgot to make amends.
19. Father, please, I plead not only on My behalf, but on the behalf of My family here; My family in distant areas. Some in Bonny, some in Lagos, Nsukka and Enugu respectively.
20. I also make My plea on behalf of every family that is called by Your Name whose hearts are really pure before You, who O God, have not for one day hardened their hearts against the truth; who are desirous of living right with You.
21. Father, I am making My plea on the behalf of such people, not only in Nigeria, but throughout the entire world, as many as fall within this category, man and woman, young and old, for we have heard it today again that the same measurement You use for adult, You use for children.
22. LORD, I make this plea on their behalf as well. Please forgive all. May You never, O King of Glory anything they have done, Father in error which constituted evil in Your sight.
23. Father, remember them no more against any of them. Put all of them in Your own ocean of forgetfulness where You remember them no more.
24. May the devil and the chiefest of all the devils never use any of those things to accuse them before You. Even if he does, Father, in the same manner, You rejected the accusations he brought against Joshua the high priest.
25. LORD, I pray Thee, reject the accusations. Help him to know that You had already purposed from the beginning to blessed Your children for they are Your children. They are the workmanship of Your hands. They are the sheep of Thy Pasture. If You should cast them away from Your presence, where else will they go?
26. I therefore O LORD put Myself in the gap for Myself and all Your children You entrusted to My care in these last days. I pray Thee, hear My prayers O LORD of Hosts.
27. Count not their iniquities against them, but save them to the utmost.
28. Anyday salvation shall be made complete, and those that are adjudged righteous in Your sight shall be clothed with immortality, both those that will resurrect from the dead like Moses was promised and many others, and a good number of us who will not taste of death but remain alive here on that great day, that the Scriptures might fulfilled, Father let there be no one that will be denied immortality. Let there be no one that will be denied that translation.
29. Any day that it shall please You that THE SON OF MAN shall open the Gate of Paradise, LORD, I pray Thee, may they troop in there from the east to the west and from the north to the south as a people You have already cleared their debts, declared not guilty, whose garments O God were washed this day by Your Word which they have heard.
30. Father, I say, THANK YOU once again, for giving us the patience, the courage, the wisdom, knowledge and understanding to recognize You, acknowledge You and walk with You.
31. LORD, I pray All You have bestowed with wisdom, strength and wealth among us; these are generous gifts we can never live without. Help them to obey Your teachings on how to manage them.
32. May none of us ever manage Your gifts to our own destruction. Rather, may we manage them to our salvation and to the salvation of others, so that the blessings that accompany the gifts shall be ours.
33. Whosoever that will hear this Word we have today and harden his or her heart against this truth, and continue to manage Your gifts, even the gift of life Father, to please the devil, to please the flesh and to please the world, let the person do it to his or her own peril.
34. This day O God, I have washed off My hands. I am innocent of any man’s blood, for I have, from the very beginning till this day, never shunned to declare to them the whole counsel of God as I have received from You.
35. I now hand them over to Your care. Keep them from falling. Keep them from yielding to the temptations of the devil. Keep them from death. Both the death in the flesh and in the spirit. Keep them from all troubles in the world. May they remain spectators.
36. Father, we bow down to Your respect and to Your honour, as we started in the beginning, now we have come to the end for today; not that we are departing from Your presence, but we are going to rest for a little while;
37. Nourish us the more with Your strength and power. Renew the strength of Your son You have used in the reading. Renew the strength of those who paid attention, for it is not easy to sit in one place to listen.
38. Oftentimes, O God, it can be disgusting and boring, but because of the value they attached to it, they do not complain and they do not murmur.
39. Father, touch them positively. Strengthen them. Wherever there is any weakness, erase it. May we continue to bubble with this knowledge we have acquired today.
40. Father, we say THANK YOU once again, for having answered our plea, for Your Name’s sake, we pray. Amen.