“Woe to you who are longing for the day of יהוה! What does the day of יהוה mean to you? It is darkness, and not light…”
Amos 5:20 TS2009
When referring to the Great Tribulation and the Day of YHWH, each event is described as a time of intense suffering:
• The Great Tribulation is associated with the coming persecution of believers where the Anti-Messiah [Anti-Christ] will be working on the scene to put their faith to the test. These believers are those who claim to know the Father and His Son but the Truth is not in them. They are neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. They reject the Word that Messiah Yahshua came to bring – Torah. They reject and transgress the Father’s Laws and Commandments and have believed the lie rather than the Creator. Yahshua said of these people that He is going to spew them out of His mouth (Revelation 3:15-16)!
• The Day of YHWH will be a time of divine judgment and culmination of YHWH’s wrath upon the earth where He will execute His judgment on the unrepentant sinners. It will be a time of destruction for the wicked and restoration for the righteous.
Will you be delivered?
“Seek good and not evil, so that you live. And let יהוה Elohim of hosts be with you, as you have spoken. Hate evil and love good, and set up right-ruling in the gate. It might be that יהוה Elohim of hosts shows favour to the remnant of Yosĕph.”
Amos 5:14-15 TS2009
If we seek good and hate that which is evil (transgression of YHWH’s Laws) then justice and righteousness will be a part of our lives. But many choose to do what is evil and will not repent.
“But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother,’ if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler – not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are inside? But Elohim judges those who are outside. And put away the wicked one from among you!”
Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 5:11-13 TS2009
Hidden within thousands of denominations are those indoctrinated by religion who are not grounded in sound biblical doctrine because by such teaching, it would require one to walk in complete submission with Almighty YHWH. It would mean that these pastoral leaders – those giving spiritual guidance - would risk losing their congregation, who fill their pockets for greedy gain, but instead, they accept and tolerate all kinds of sin and false teachings, while disguising their abominations behind the façade of what they call, “love.”
““Her priests have done violence to My teaching and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst.”
“Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.”
Yehezqĕl (Ezekiel) 22:26-27 TS2009
We are to put away the wicked man from among us, even the so-called, “ministers” who are leading the flock astray. These ministers have blasphemed and cast aside YHWH’s Laws as insignificant and have turned their ears from the Father’s Torah. They are leading many on the broad path with falsehood. And those who are not grounded in sound biblical doctrine are the ones who believe that YHWH will wink an eye and pardon them in their sins without any eternal consequences.
“And for this reason Elohim will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
II Thessalonians 2:11-12
What is Truth?
“Your righteousness is righteousness forever, And Your Torah is truth.”
Psalm 119:142
If we are not walking in the Truth, in which the Holy Scriptures define as the Torah, we are then walking in lawlessness which is sin (1 John 3:4). Mend your ways before He judges. Pray that you may be counted worthy to escape what is to come (Luke 21:36), and that Great and Terrible day, lest you fall into the hands of an angry Elohim which awaits us if we fail to obey Him and keep His Commandments.
“My shield is upon Elohim, Who saves the upright in heart.”
Tehillim (Psalm 7:10
YHWH saves those who are keeping His Commandments. But those who transgress shall not escape the sword!
“Elohim is a righteous judge. And Ěl is enraged every day, If one does not repent! He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and makes it ready, And He has prepared for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows hot for pursuers.”
Tehillim (Psalms) 7:11-13 TS2009
Many of those with high expectations of being whisked away in a Rapture will cower and fall away because they trusted in men instead of seeking YHWH and His Truth (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Proverbs 10:30).
“Oh! For great is that day, there is none like it. And it is the time of Ya‛aqoḇ’s distress, but he shall be saved out of it.”
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 30:7 TS2009
Yahshua said that if the Master would not shorten the days for the sake of His chosen Elect, no flesh would be saved [preserved], for those days shall be tribulation (Mark 13:19), but the nations He will make a complete end.
The Greek word, “thlipsis” is translated as affliction, from the Hebrew word, “tsar” meaning, great pressure.
“And you, do not fear, O Ya‛aqoḇ My servant,’ declares יהוה, ‘nor be discouraged, O Yisra’ĕl. For look, I am saving you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And Ya‛aqoḇ shall return, and have rest and be at ease, with no one to trouble him. For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’”
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 30:10-11 TS2009
YHWH’s judgment will be upon the lukewarm for their waywardness and shall give them up to the sword. But if they return to YHWH with all their hearts and cry out to Him in their distress, He will hear their cry and deliver them.
““In your distress, when all these words shall come upon you in the latter days, then you shall return to יהוה your Elohim and shall obey His voice. “For יהוה your Elohim is a compassionate Ěl, He does not forsake you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.”
Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 4:30-31 TS2009
The faith of many during that time will be sifted like wheat, tried and tested, because they chose their own way, but for the set-apart ones who kept His Word - His chosen Elect - they will be kept from the hour of trial that will come upon the whole world. It will be a time of such great distress like none other since the beginning of the world. It is possible that even unbelievers will come to repentance and believe upon Messiah Yahshua.
Strong's G5083 τηρέω tēréō, tay-reh'-o; from τερός terós To keep: to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon); to attend to carefully; take care of; observe; preserve.
““And I gave her time to repent of her whoring, and she did not repent. “See, I am throwing her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their works. “And I shall slay her children with death. And all the assemblies shall know that I am the One searching the kidneys and hearts. And I shall give to each one of you according to your works.”
Ḥazon (Revelation) 2:21-23 TS2009
Return to YHWH and walk in Truth while there is still time. Only the Church of Philadelphia, who remain faithful and true – those who keep the Commandments of YHWH and hold the testimony of Yahshua - will be protected during the hour of trial aka Great Tribulation [Jacob’s Trouble]. The rest of the assemblies will be tried in the furnace of affliction.
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.
Revelation 12:14 NIV
Believing Israel will have a place prepared by YHWH where she will be protected and nourished in the wilderness away from the presence of the serpent.
“And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah.”
Ḥazon (Revelation) 12:17 TS2009
The dragon, who is also called, “the devil,” wars against the "rest of her offspring," those who keep the Commandments of YHWH and possess the witness of Yahshua.
““Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard you from the hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.”
Ḥazon (Revelation) 3:10 TS2009
Those who remain faithful servants that walk according to the Father’s will and obey His Commandments will overcome and reign forever with King Yahshua!
““To him who overcomes I shall give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.” ’ ””
Ḥazon (Revelation) 3:21-22 TS2009
Therefore, a remnant shall return, the remnant of Ya’aqob [Jacob], from among the nations who will escape the sword; those who stay faithful and true, who possess both faith and obedience to the Laws and Commandments of YHWH and endure until the very end. It will be them that return to Almighty YHWH, never again to lean upon him who struck them, but lean on the Set-Apart One of Israel in Truth (Isaiah 10:20-22).
““Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.”
Ezekiel 6:8 NKJV
So, brothers and sisters, hold on to what you have and do not let anyone or anything take your crown! King Yahshua is returning soon! HalleluYAH!
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