Some people think Yahweh has no sense of humor. Iran is on the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Need I say more?

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Scripture of the day:

Isaiah 23: 1-4—“The oracle concerning Tyre.  Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; it is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.  Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your messengers crossed the sea and were on many waters.  The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.  Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, ‘I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.’”

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Yeshua Fulfilled the Messianic Prophecies—Part 1

Below are facts about Yeshua’s life that prove He fulfilled the Messianic prophecies, and all of them are supported by an abundance of eyewitness testimony.  Furthermore, His disciples devoted the remainder of their lives to His cause, and they were willing to die rather than abandon Him and His message about salvation.   These, too, are compelling arguments that Yeshua is the One He claimed to be.

Yeshua was born of a virgin named Mary (Miriam in Hebrew) in Bethlehem, a tiny village about 5 miles from Jerusalem, and He is from the tribe of Judah. (Micah 5: 2 and Genesis 49: 10)

Before Yeshua began His earthly ministry, John the Baptist prepared the way for Him by telling the people they needed to repent from their sins. (Isaiah 40: 3)

John the Baptist fulfilled Malachi’s prophecy about Elijah coming before the Messiah.  Somewhere between 450 B.C. and 400 B.C., the prophet Malachi foretold that Elijah would return before the “great and terrible day of Yahweh…(to) restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers.” (Malachi 4: 5-6)  Because they knew about this prophecy, shortly after Yeshua’s disciples understood clearly that He was the Messiah, they asked Him why the Jewish religious leaders said Elijah must return before the Messiah, and He told them, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things; but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished.  So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” (Matthew: 17: 11-12)

John the Baptist’s role in Yeshua’s ministry was to turn the hearts and minds of the Children of Israel back to Yahweh by declaring that they needed to repent.  The Hebrew word translated as “repent” (or “relent”) in the Old Testament and the Tanach is “nacham” (naw-kham’).  It means to sigh or to be sorry.  The Greek word for repent that is used in the New Testament is “metanoeo” (met-an-o-eh’).  It means to think differently or to reconsider.  Both of these words carry with them the connotation that people should change their behavior because they are sorry for what they have done and that they should begin immediately to think differently about sin.  To repent, therefore, means to be sorry for sins already committed and to refrain from committing sins in the future.  That is exactly what John the Baptist preached, and that is exactly the role Malachi prophesied Elijah would play.

The Old Testament and the Tanach tell us that there is only one Messiah and that He plays two different roles at two different times.  First, He had to come as Immanuel (God with us) to suffer and die for His people, to redeem us, and to atone for our sins. (Isaiah 53)  Second, He will return as Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace to rule the earth before the “great and terrible day of Yahweh.” (Isaiah 9)  A person with the spirit of Elijah (John the Baptist) heralded the Messiah’s first coming, and many people believe another person with the spirit of Elijah will precede His second coming.  That is exactly what Yeshua meant when He said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things.” (Matthew: 17: 11)

The second person with Elijah’s spirit is discussed in Revelation chapter 11.  He is described as one of Yahweh’s two witnesses.  This witness will play a slightly different role than the one played by John the Baptist.  While John preached a message of repentance from sin to avoid judgment, the witness depicted in Revelation chapter 11 will preach a message of repentance, but he will also initiate Yahweh’s judgment before what Christians call the “Great Tribulation” and what the Old Testament and Tanach refer to as the “great and terrible day of Yahweh.”  This is what Malachi says about that day:

“‘For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,’ says Yahweh Sabaoth, ‘so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.  But for you who fear My Name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.  You will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,’ says Yahweh Sabaoth.’” (Malachi 4: 1-3)

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Is the Messiah’s Name really Yahweh?

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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6)

News Items of Interest:

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Commonsense: I can hear shouts of joy coming from women the world over.  Some people think Yahweh has no sense of humor.  Iran is on the UN Commission on the Status of Women.  Need I say more?

The first picture below shows an Iranian woman being partially buried in preparation for stoning.  Those “brave men” shoveling dirt don’t want her to be free to move while they kill her.  Her arms are covered with dirt so she can’t protect herself from the rocks thrown at her.  And what was her crime?  Who knows?  She may have smiled at a boy or she might have forgotten to cover her face.

The second picture shows an Iranian woman who was killed for daring to protest after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole the Iranian presidential election a short while ago.  Maybe those shouts I hear aren’t shouts of joy after all.  They are probably telling me to declare that the UN as an organization deserves The Dunce Award.

I agree.  I’m giving the UN The Dunce Award for abject stupidity.  Putting Iran on the Commission on the Status of Women is like asking Representative Barney Frank to chair the Financial Services Committee in the House.  That’s an issue that deserves attention too, but it will have to wait until another day.

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