The Day of Salvation

The words "day of salvation" best describe what will happen on the day that God arises and preforms his mighty signs and wonders. "In the day of salvation have I helped thee (Isaiah 49:8)." “I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known (Isaiah 42:16).” The signs and wonders of that day will confirm the new way in which God wants his people to serve him from henceforth, and forevermore. After witnessing these signs and wonders, people, including believers, will turn unto God, and they will spend private time in his word. In the word they will find answers to prophecy, but many of them will be turning to the scriptures to study more about Jesus Christ and his doctrine, because it is the new covenant. In other words, on the day of salvation God's people will begin to turn from their past religious beliefs, unto the living God. “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help… Happy is he that hath of God of Jacob for his help (Psalm 146:3-5).” “Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments... surely he shall not be moved forever... his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord (Psalm 112:1-7).”

The miraculous, albeit, devastating sign which will be witnessed on that day, is an abhorring affliction that will be poured upon God's adversaries. "Therefore, wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations... to pour upon them my indignation, even my fierce anger (Zephaniah 3:8)." "For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries (Jeremiah 46:10)." "The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath of his enemies (Nahum 1:2)." This troubling fact is a prophesied truth of God's word, therefore it is important to know the difference between the Lord's adversaries, and his enemies. God's enemies are persons who pose as believers, yet they have not known the Lord, for they have never spent time his word. God's adversaries are persons who love the Lord, yet they also love their own religious beliefs, so they paid no attention the newly revealed truths of prophecy. After discerning the discrete, but true identity of the Lord's adversaries, believers can conclude that on salvation day God will be pouring affliction upon what appears to be righteous and godly leaders: howsoever these leaders are not altogether innocent, because they have rejected knowledge. They were, and are, trusting in their own end time understandings of scripture.

Although the affliction of salvation day will be poured upon God's adversaries, within a short while it will also be poured upon God's enemies: because God's enemies, as well as his adversaries, have a greater love and respect for the teachings of their forefathers, then they do for the truth of God's word: and this is iniquity (Psalm 106:39-40). They are allowing their conceit and pride to stand in the way of receiving God’s mercy. “Their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste… If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me (Deuteronomy 32:35; 32:41).” “According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies (Isaiah 59:18).” If only these believers would receive God's messengers, and listen to God's word, then they could avoid receiving the rewards of rebellion. “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble (Psalm 41:1).”

The pestilence of salvation day will be poured upon God's Christian adversaries, who are priests that ignored God's word, and disregarded his messengers. “He shall break in pieces mighty men without number… He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways (Job 34:24-27).” “Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted (Psalm 107:17).” Pestilence will get their attention, and it will prevent them from further sinning against God: God has not forsaken them. "For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard (Psalm 22:24)." "I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness (Micah 7:9)." The devastating sign of this abhorring pestilence will guide many believers, including those priests which were afflicted, into a quick understanding of the covenant message. "Thus saith the Lord... In the day of salvation have I helped thee (Isaiah 49:8)." "Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it (Isaiah 30:20-21)."

This is the very strange act which was documented and affirmed in the book of Isaiah (Isaiah 28:21). How could a loving and merciful God, send affliction upon goodly and godly men? The purpose of this strange act is to convince God's people to go in the way that he has prepared for them. This surprising act is comparable to the day wherein a parent is forced to discipline his child, for the sake of that child. Like as a parent who patiently waited for his son to voluntarily do the right thing, so God has patiently waited for, and pled with his priesthood. Like as a parent who is left with no other choice but to use discipline, so is the day of the Lord's pestilence. “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord… For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delights (Proverbs 3:11-12).” And also, like as a parent, God takes no pleasure in punishing his children. “In their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them (Isaiah 63:9).”

There are certain prayers recorded in book of Psalms wherein believers that are calling upon God to provide them with guidance. The objective of these prayers is twofold: believers are asking God to keep them from shame, but they also want God to rise up and defeat man's lies by verifying the hard things of scripture. The consensus is that when God verifies the deep and hidden messages of scripture, then true believers will be able to proceed in righteousness. On salvation day prayers like these will be answered: because the pestilence of that day will begin to defeat religion's mistaken beliefs, and it will help guide God's people. The next few verses are some of these prayers. As you read through them, notice that these prayers are coming from believers. “Let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts (Psalm 119:133-134).” “Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end… Make me go in the path of thy commandments… Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity… Also, turn away my reproach which I fear… Behold, I have longed after thy precepts (Psalm 119:33-40).” “Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul… let me not be ashamed… let none that wait on thee be ashamed… Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day (Psalm 25:1-5).”

Christian priests who inclined their ears and considered the covenant message are among the redeemed of the Lord, which means that they will be spared, and they will not have to suffer the shame of Salvation Day. They have, in essence, demonstrated a willingness to learn judgment, therefore these priests are being awarded a second chance to get things right (Psalm 91:14). This is just one example of how God will be guiding his people, and keeping them from shame. “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men (Psalms 107:8).” But their deliverance is only temporary. It is the beginning of their trial, for each and every redeemed leader is going to have to submit themselves to the authority of God's word. “The Lord God... will by no means clear the guilty (Exodus 34:6-7),” “And he will not at all acquit the wicked (Nahum 1:3).” Nevertheless, if these priests will learn judgement, and if they will teach the newly revealed truths of prophecy, then they will altogether escape God's correction, as well as his wrath. “Thou liftest me up from the gates of death: That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Psalm 9:13-14).” “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy (Psalm 107:2).”

“The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth (Psalm 9:16).” Just like the Christian priests which beheld the pestilence and received a second chance to get things right, so it is with every fearless convert, even of another faith, who sees the affliction and and tries to help establish the new covenant: they too will avoid the affliction, and they will be awarded a second chance to get things right, for God will have mercy upon them, and he will deliver them from the plagues. “The Lord preserveth the strangers (Psalm 146:9).” Spared believers will give spirit filled testimonies which will help lead others in the way of deliverance. “Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance (Psalms 32:7).” These converts and their testimonies are yet another way in which God will be guiding his people into covenant understanding, and keeping them from shame. “He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them (Isaiah 49:10).”

Some of these spared and converted believers will be in the armies which are coming against the places of worship that are still practicing religion. This is an interesting turn of events, because it insinuates that some who began as God's enemies, will be executing vengeance upon God's adversaries (Psalm 149:7). “Righteous men, they shall judge them… because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands… I will bring up a company upon them… and the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land… and ye shall know that I am the Lord God (Ezekiel 23:45-49)." "I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged... and I will give thee into their hand (Ezekiel 16:38)." Every new convert is a messenger of God, however, this army still hasn't been perfected, and wickedness is thriving in its ranks: “We shall not die, O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction (Habakkuk 1:12).” God will cause his army of imperfect believers to come against the religious authorities that are not correcting their teachings, so that this army is helping to forward the covenant message, and to make known the new covenant. "Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them (Isaiah 26:11)." The fiery passions of these believers will work to insure that religion is defeated, and that the truth of God's covenant message is heard throughout the land. “I will make thee waste… when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes (Ezekiel 5:14-15).”

“Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded (Psalm 7:6).” Keep in mind that the Lord will protect those priests which were afflicted. Every imperfect believer within God's army is warned and instructed that they are to help forward God's message without violence, and without blood shed, or else they will be among the casualties that suffer the annihilating punishment of Judgment Day. Vengeance is an inflammatory word, yet lawful vengeance is in accordance with God’s word. According to God's word, vengeance is the prophesied punishment that will be executed upon the heathen, as well as upon the adversaries of the Lord. “Let the saints be joyful… Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people… To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord (Psalm 149:5-9).”

“There shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord (Ezekiel 12:24-25).” God is planning to destroy region forever, and he is not happy with those priests, who, after hearing the truth of the covenant message, have settled back upon their lees, and continued to dwell carelessly, quiet, and secure. God wanted his priesthood to pay attention, for he desired them to prepare their congregations for end times. A pattern showing evidence of God's anger at their offense is secured in the parable of Zidon. Zidon is the name of an ancient city whose people dwelt carelessly, quiet, and secure (Judges 18:7). This is the mindset of priests which are spiritually dwelling in Zidon, and understanding their mindset lends interpretation to the prophecy: “Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. For I will send into her pestilence… and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord (Ezekiel 28:22-23).” The priests and leaders who are indifferent towards God's end time message, are the enemies of God, for ignoring God's word equates to despising it. Priests that are spiritually dwelling in Zidon are on the threshold of being afflicted by the afflicting pestilence. They do not have the Holy spirit, because they are not teaching the newly revealed truths of prophecy. They will be pestered by God's army, until they submit themselves to the authority of God's word; and if they try to come against God's army, then God will pour his pestilence upon them, and they will be afflicted.

Some well-respected authorities and leaders are opposed to teaching the truth of the covenant message at this time. These procrastinators are also God's enemies, for they too have despised God's word. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick (Proverbs 13:12).” God's thoughts about procrastination are best revealed through the word, judgment, so let's look into the meaning of this word. After Solomon became king, he prayed that God would give him a discerning heart so that he could discern the difference between good and bad, and govern God’s people according to God’s ways. The Lord credited Solomon with having asked for the ability to discern judgement. "Thou... hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment (1Kings 3:11)." This is what the word, judgment, is all about. Judgment means that believers are using God’s word to discover whether things are good, or bad, in God’s eyes; so executing judgment means that believers are teaching others to know what is good, or bad, in God's eyes. “Every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord (Proverbs 29:26).” God's people are required to have righteous judgment, wherefore teaching the newly revealed truths of prophecy is a necessity, as well as an urgent part of God's plan. “Zion shall be redeemed with judgment (Isaiah 1:27).” “Judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it (Psalm 94:15).”

God had other reasons and purposes for choosing to use the word "judgment" in prophecy. In the days of Israel’s coming out of Egypt, God gave Moses a list of statutes and judgments to set before the eyes of all Israel (Exodus 21:1). These laws awarded God’s people the ability to know how to judge what is pleasing and acceptable behavior in the Lord's eyes. This collection of laws contained some predetermined punishments whereby Israel was to punish every offender that exhibited unacceptable behavior in the Lord's eyes. The punishments which were prescribed by this law, were prescribed not only for their benefit, but also for our edification. They are a pattern which suggests that God will punish every offender that is not exhibiting righteous behavior in his eyes. God gave these judgments and these statutes unto Israel because he had promised to take her for his people (Genesis 17:7-8). In essence, these punishments and laws were prescribed unto Israel for its good, because God loved her, and he wanted her to have glory among the nations, as well as everlasting life. The same laws and judgments are given unto us for our good, because when believers do  that which is good and right in the Lord's eyes, it glorifies God's people, and it sets them apart, for it gives them wisdom and understanding in the sight of all nations (Deuteronomy 4:6).

God made certain promises unto his people saying that if they remembered and kept his statutes and judgments, then he would keep the word of his promise: These promises include: saying that he would love and bless his people, and that he would multiply their seed, and that he would keep them from every sickness, disease, and plague. God also promised that if his people kept his statutes and judgments, then he would keep the covenant which he had sworn to their fathers (Deuteronomy 7:12-15; 30:19). Let God's stipulation sink down into your ears, because cradled in the heart of all of God's statutes and judgments, is a law which pertains to the authorities that are delaying the announcement of the covenant message. “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause (Exodus 23:6).” It is evil in the eyes of the Lord for our authorities to impede, or in any way, postpone the advancement of truth. Furthermore, it is also evil in the Lord's eyes if priests have respect for the authorities that are impeding the advancement of truth. “Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons (Deuteronomy 16:19).” “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause of decline after many to wrest judgment (Exodus 23:2).”

Hearken and consider this carefully. In the days of Moses, Israel stood before the Lord as a body of believers. According to God's word, she was there to represent every believer. As she stood there, she swore to uphold God's statutes and judgments, so by her, and through her, every believer has sworn. The afore mentioned verse that commanded believers not to wrest judgment, was written in the laws which Israel swore to uphold (Deuteronomy 26:16-17). So everyone that is refusing to comply with God's commandment not to wrest judgment, is breaking the believer's pledge to uphold God’s covenant. God affirmed that disobedience was a grievous mistake for it would bring wrath upon his people. “If you will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; and if you despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but you break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague… and I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies… and if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then will I punish you seven times more for your sins, and I will break the pride of your power… and if you walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you… and I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant… I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy (Leviticus 26:14-25).” There is no excuse for not preaching the truth of God's word, for hinderances and delays of any kind are only adding to the perversion of the congregation’s ability to discern the difference between good and bad, and it is evil in the Lord's eyes. “Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow (Deuteronomy 27:19).” "Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of his covenant (Jeremiah 11:3)."  

God's commandment not to wrest judgment is not the only way in which priests are forewarned to preach the truth of the covenant message. “Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sitteth upon the throne of David… Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor:.. If ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation (Jeremiah 22:2-5).” Every prophecy containing the words "execute judgment" is also as a warning unto priests, for through these words God has commanded his people to teach the truth. The commandment to execute judgement was repeatedly rehearsed in the scriptures, therefore it was established by God, which means that leaders who are silencing the truth are not only lying, but they are also sinning, and transgressing. “Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (Zechariah 8:16).” Only by executing judgment, will these offenders be able to escape the affliction of God's correction. “I have found David my servant… his seed will I make endure forever… If his children… walk not in my judgments… Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes (from Psalm 89:20-32).”

Postponing the advancement of truth, is rebellion. “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil (Ecclesiastes 8:11).” God will not respect the good intentions of any of the procrastinating authorities, because procrastination is deceiving God's people, and it's keeping them from their inheritance. “The Lord your God is a God of Gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and terrible, which regarded not persons, nor taketh reward. He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment (Deuteronomy 10:17-18).” “Woe unto them that… write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people… what will you do in the day of visitation? …to whom will you flee for help (Isaiah 10:1-3)?”

Be certain and rest assured that God's people will be delivered: God will protect, guide, and deliver the innocent, as well as the righteous. “Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive (Jeremiah 49:11).” Priests are commanded to execute judgment, therefore they are to leave their religious beliefs behind, and have faith. Rejoice and fear not, for the covenant message is the answer to our prayers. God is setting up his kingdom on earth: "Thy kingdom come!" “Concerning this house… If thou wilt keep my statutes, and execute my judgments… Then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father (1Kings 6:12).” Having faith is a requirement, for it is by faith that believers will prepare the way of the Lord.  “If thou wilt walk before me… and do according to all that I have commanded thee… Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David (2Chronicles 7:18).” When God's people execute righteous judgment, it means that they will be teaching the newly revealed truths of prophecy, and by their testimonies they will be causing people to inherit the kingdom of God. “I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people (Isaiah 51:4).”

The hidden truths of prophecy are being revealed to prove the hearts of God's people: what will they believe? In the days of Moses God gave his people a promise which will help strengthen the resolve of every true believer: “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26).” In other words, if believers will diligently try to learn the truths of God's end time plan, then God will keep them from suffering his end time corrections. Take your uncertainties to the Lord, and don't be afraid to share this message. “I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin… Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for Joy, all ye that are upright in heart (Psalm 32:5-11).”

“They shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God (Ezekiel 28:26).”

Making Jerusalem a Praise

“Give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62:7).” This verse is prophesying two very important end time prayers, both of which are the desire of God’s people. They are each a request for God to rise up and do that which he has promised to do. "He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them (Psalm 145:19)." The first prayer is for God to rise up, and help believers establish the new covenant. “Wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly (Psalm 108:11-13).” And the second prayer is for God to rise up, again, for a second time, to restore peace in the land, and to make his people a praise in eyes of all the earth. “He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them unto their desired haven (Psalm 107:29-30).”

Man cannot defeat the laws of every religion, therefore God will arise and religion will be defeated, and the new covenant will be established: after all, God's people are thoroughly convinced that they must believe in the laws of their religion (Deuteronomy 4:2; Galatians 1:8). No religion is esteemed righteous is God's eyes, for every one of them has taken a select scripture verse, and magnified it in the eyes of its people. These well-rehearsed scripture verses are set up as laws, and they are proclaimed to be the only way in which God's people receive salvation. They are well-loved verses which seemingly justify the religion, and impute righteousness upon its people. God calls these verses our silver. “The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times (Psalm 12:6).” The teachers which magnify and rehearse these laws in the eyes of the congregation, are likened to gold. “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter (Lamentations 4:2)?” “Thy silver is become dross (Isaiah 1:22).” “How is the gold become dim (Lamentations 4:1)?” “Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath (Zephaniah 1:18).”

King Solomon assured believers that there is a better way than that of silver and gold. “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold (Proverbs 3:13-14).” Wisdom and understanding are each virtues that insure eternal rewards: but wisdom has advanced, and wisdom can promote you (Proverbs 4:8). “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom (Proverbs 4:7).” Wisdom understands the deep and hidden mysteries of prophecy. “He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous (Proverbs 2:7).” Wisdom got her start by having a good understanding of God’s word, and then she blossomed as she spent time in God's word, crying out to God for his answers concerning prophecy: therein she has discovered evidences of God's end time plan. Wisdom shared her proofs and discoveries with other people of understanding (Proverbs 8:1-12). They have inclined their ears to hear her discoveries, and to consider her evidences (Proverbs 2:2). “Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee (Proverbs 4:5-6).”

“Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul (Psalm 66:16).” The exaltations of a psalmist serve to identify how believers can get wisdom, and how they can be delivered from deception. To paraphrase his remarks, the psalmist wrote: if believers will forget their religiously motivated fears, and will leave off worrying about their past mistakes, and if they will pray unto God asking him for his help in understanding the truths which are necessary for the deliverance of his people, then God will hear their prayers, and he will attend to their needs: for this is the spirit that glorifies and extols God. Read this Psalm in the sixty sixth chapter of the book of Psalms, giving special attention to verses seventeen through twenty. “In the day when I cried thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. All kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth (Psalms 138:3-4).” 

All of the laws upon which the nations were founded are about to be shaken, and every mistaken religious belief will be exposed: and the hearts of God's people will be moved. "The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved (Psalm 46:6)." "The earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills were moved and were shaken (Psalm 18:7)." In other words, prophecies which speak about the shaking and movement, are prophesying truths about what will happen as believing priests stand up and confess the newly revealed truths of prophecy in their pulpits. When truth is being proclaimed, and the land is shaking, then priests which elected to stand firm upon religious beliefs, will rise up, and they will mockingly come against the priests that are teaching the truth. "Those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved (Psalm 13:4)." “Defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity... The mighty are gathered against me… They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me (Psalm 59:1-4)." "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and they right hand shall save me (Psalm 138:7)." The scriptures confirm that God will arise and deliver the servants that stand up and confess the truth: and when he does this, the faithful will rejoice, for they will recognize and know that it is God's hand.

Unmistakable and definitive proof that the covenant message has been revealing the truth of end times, will not happen until Judgment Day: but on that day God will pour out a destroying pestilence which will confirm the matter. In the meantime, believers must walk by faith, and they must study the scriptures, because they contain the evidences which are necessary to verify the hidden things of prophecy. God's end time message was to be learned and received by faith, and one place wherein scripture reveals this is the ninety sixth chapter of the book of Psalms. In this psalm, believing priests are encouraged to rise up and speak the truth in faith, knowing, beyond any doubt, that God will come and deliver them. “O sing unto the Lord a new song… declare his glory among the heathen… let the heavens rejoice, and let earth be glad… for he cometh, he cometh to judge the earth (from Psalm 96)." Priests which elect to do God's will, have nothing to fear, because God has lifted his hand, and he has sworn, not only to bring the curse, but also to give his people a new covenant (Deuteronomy 32:40; Jeremiah 31:36). “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant I made with their fathers... because they continued not in my covenant (Hebrews 8:8-9).”

“I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant (Ezekiel 16:60).” This verse is not only evidence that God has sworn to establish an everlasting covenant, but it is also evidence that God has promised to remember those people who have faithfully kept his former covenants. In other words, this verse is God's testimony of reassurance that the pestilence which comes upon priests and leaders, will only come upon them if they have broken his covenant (Deuteronomy 28:15; Psalm 89:30-32). “Cursed be the man that obeys not the words of his covenant (Jeremiah 11:3).” The pestilence which comes upon these priests is purposed for their correction, but it is also purposed to be a sign: it will put a miracle before the eyes of all of God's people, one which loudly confirms that God is fulfilling his promise to establish their new covenant (Psalm 89:38-52). “He takes away the first, that he may establish the second (Hebrews 10:9).” “It was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord (Zechariah 11:11).”

“Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother (Isaiah 9:19).” When the truths of revealed prophecy are being proclaimed and promoted in the pulpits, the passions of many believers will be stoked, and their temperaments will be set on fire. “I will dash them against one another, even the fathers and sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them (Jeremiah 13:14).” In other words, our past mistakes and religious arguments will be provoking the people, and they will be mad. But thanks be to the mercies of our God, a remnant of believers in every religion will be prepared, and they will be ready with answers. “The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarries not for man, or waits for the sons of men (Micah 5:7).”

Until the final verdict of Judgment Day, there will be priests and leaders that are fighting against God's word. They will be delivering messages which are backed up by scripture verses that seemingly debunk the covenant message. These leaders have remained faithful to religion's laws, and they are hoping to increase the size of their congregations. “And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver (Micah 5:8).” To further complicate the matter, some leaders which are aware of the covenant message, will be hiding some of its truths, because they fear the reactions of the people. “Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this thou hast chosen rather than affliction (Job 36:21).” Priests who are dealing craftily, or dishonestly, by teaching deceptive versions of prophecy, are practicing transgression, and everyone who is practicing transgression on Judgment Day will suffer God's wrath. “The Lord knows how to… reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished (2Peter 2:9).” “When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever (Psalm 92:7).”

Due to the strong contentions of the people, that afore mentioned second prayer becomes necessary. This prayer is coming from God's people, and they are asking God to restore peace in the land, and to make them a praise. “Be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy (Isaiah 65:18).” God's answer to the second prayer is to bring about the annihilating pestilence of Judgement Day. This pestilence will both stop the tumults, and it will glorify the righteous. "I will make you a name and a praise among the people of the earth (Zephaniah 3:20)." To perceive how the pouring out of an annihilating pestilence will glorify the righteous, consider: When the people which had fallen away from the Lord witness the first pestilence, they will perceive that it came forth from God, and they will return unto God's house. If they are fortunate, they will come unto places wherein the newly revealed truths of prophecy are being taught, and they will be rejoicing and praising God along with the congregation, when they escape the pestilence of Judgment Day. "He hath shown his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen (Psalm 111:6)." Giving obedient believers creditability and increase is God’s way of praising them for their faithfulness: “Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise (1Chronicles 16:35).”

The remainder of this message is purposed for the benefit of the priesthood. Let's start it off with a song which was written by king David: “David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul (2Samuel 22:1).” David was a man who knew how it felt to be under an attack through no fault of your own. The truth about David's experience was captured in this song. This experience was recorded as a pattern for the edification of today's priests. During these times, faithful priests will be facing the same trials that David faced: they too will have to suffer and endure some unsavory attacks through no fault of their own. Those who consider the wisdom of David's song, will be strengthened and encouraged by it.

In this testimony David confessed and insinuated that he feared the ungodly men who fought against him, but it was his fear of God kept him from deviating from God’s instructions. “The floods of ungodly men made me afraid… the snares of death prevented me (Psalm 18:4-5).” Throughout his ordeal, David stayed mindful of who God was, and he prayed; and he kept God’s word ever before him (Psalm 18:22). David perceptibly noticed that each and every victory was of God, even the minor and insignificant ones, therefore he publicly awarded God praise in each and every victory. In other words, David gave God the glory: “He said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer… thou savest me from violence. I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies (2Samuel 22:2-4).”

David’s righteous approach to victory awarded him the increase, one soul at a time. As the men around David witnessed his righteousness, they lifted up their voices on behalf of David, and they defended him. David's enemies began to hear stories about his righteous acts, and they feared God, and were brought very low for their sins against David. Then was their anger turned to favor David. “Then the earth shook and trembled.. there went up smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth… yea, he sent out arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightenings and discomfited them… He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me (Psalm 18:7-17).” This sensational song is David's testimony crediting God with having been there through his people, especially when David needed him most: for God had strengthened David through men that had begun as his enemies. What a reason for celebrating God’s instructions, and what an argument against hastily accusing one another. “Remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low (Psalm 79:8).”

“The Lord liveth… let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that avengeth me, and subdues the people under me. He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man (Psalm 18:46-48).” Because of his exercise with the impossible, and because of his glorious victory, David perceived the many benefits of giving God the glory, and he commanded that all men should sing praises unto the Lord (2Chronicles 35:15). “Sing unto him a new song… for the word of the Lord is right; and his works are done in truth… There is no king saved by the multitude of an host… The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy (from Psalm 33).” David's pattern encourages believing priests to put their confidence in God, and to praise him for his provision. It also encourages them to follow God's instructions, for this is not our battle to fight: but we are to trust in God for his deliverance, and he will protect us from our enemies.

David also delivered a vow which is especially beneficial for priests. This vow is recorded in the one hundred and first Psalm. From the words of this psalm, priests are able to discern how they can bring glory to God. Happy will they be if they take this vow and keep it, for God will make them a praise. In order to increase understanding, the following words are a paraphrasing of David's words: Vow to behave yourselves in accordance with God's word, and to remove religious memorabilia from before the eyes of your congregation. Vow not to let anyone tempt you to disobey God’s word, and to correct everyone that is speaking slanderously against believers of other faiths. Vow to put faithful people in the leadership roles of the church, and to rid God’s house of believers that are openly practicing deceit: speak up and correct anyone who is misrepresenting God’s word. Finally, be a living testimony of truth before the eyes of your congregation and teach the covenant message, for these things glorify God. Keep your vows, and God will prevent you from sinning against him. “The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord… for thou preventest him with blessings of goodness (Psalm 21:1-3).”

The prayers of righteous priests have postponed the day of salvation: God is patiently waiting for them. “For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off… for how should my name be polluted (Isaiah 48:9-11)?” God has allotted believing priests seven years to study the covenant message, and to get involved with helping to spread its news (Daniel 9:27). “In the morning shall my prayer prevent thee (Psalm 88:13).” God knew that whenever believing priests heard the covenant message, they would need time to study it, and time to spread its news throughout the priesthood.  “I prevented the dawning of morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might mediate on thy word (Psalm 119:147-148).”

“They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hasted away (Psalm 48:5).” When Christian priests first heard the covenant message, they hurried away from it. God prevented them from publicly confirming the message, until the allotted time. "The God of my mercy shall prevent me (Psalm 59:10)." "Wait ye upon me, saith the Lord (Zephaniah 3:8)." "Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense (Psalm 59:5)." God silenced the covenant message because he knew that the reproach of it would be too much. “How do I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people (Psalm 89:50)?” Wherefore God prevented the covenant message from being confirmed until after believing priests of every nation had had sufficient time to prepare themselves, as well as their congregations. "When I call unto them, they stand up together (Isaiah 48:13)." Every religion, including Christianity, has patiently waited: for each and every priest needed plenty of evidence and time before they would, and could, share the newly revealed truths of prophecy with their congregations (Isaiah 60:9). “If thou return to the Almighty… thou shalt lay up gold as dust… the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver (Job 22:23-25).” “I will abundantly bless her provision (Psalm 132:15).”

The covenant message also needed time to evolve: now it has plenty of provision which will curtail the confusions of Judgment Day. This message unapologetically announces that God has delivered his people a new covenant, and it confirms how God intends to make every believer submit to the truth of it. "In God I will praise his word (Psalm 56:10)." "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies (Psalm 25:10)." Covenants were God’s salvation plan from the beginning. By basing salvation upon believers obeying and doing the words of a covenant, God relieved the priesthood of assuming responsibility for the congregation’s salvation. Covenants cause every believer to assume responsibility for their own salvation, and they render the priesthood’s unintentional misrepresentations of scripture, powerless.

"Praise waits for thee, O God, in Sion (Psalm 65:1).""Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth... I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it (Jeremiah 33:6-9)." 

The Cockatrice and the Fiery Flying Serpent

The riddles of scripture help identify offenses that priests are making against God. They are inflammatory and insulting names, which are used to awaken naïve offenders. The riddles put council in the face of these offenders, and encourage them to depart from iniquity, and to stop doing what they are doing (Psalm 37:40). But before entertaining the riddles, let's consider a couple of verses which divulge secrets that pertain to the initiation of end times: “He that departs from evil makes himself a prey (Isaiah 59:15).” This verse implies that when a person departs from traditional religious beliefs, the people of his own religious affiliation will turn against him. So every leader who sacrificially stands up and confesses the newly revealed truths of prophecy before the congregation, will, in essence, be making himself a prey (Amos 5:10). “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation… for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy (Zephaniah 3:8).” In other words, God will wait until unbelievers are gathering together to come against the prey; and when they are gathered, he will rise up and deliver those people that have confessed the truth, and made themselves a prey. Evidence that this is how, and the reason why God initiates end times, is eluded to several times in scripture: therefore these things will happen, because they have been established by God: “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him (Psalm 12:5).”

Now on to subject of this lesson. The riddles of scripture prompt questions, such as, Who is the viper? Or who is the cockatrice? Answers concerning the riddles are resolved by gathering clues from prophecies wherein those harsh insulting names were used, and then allowing the gathered  information to form a profile of the offense. Then, in order to gain further benefit from the riddles, they must to be applied to the parables.

One such riddle is about: the asp. The riddle of the asp pertains to those priests which have deemed the covenant message, absolutely absurd, and utterly ridiculous, but they have not studied it. “They are gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…the poison of asps is under their lips… The way of peace have they not known (Romans 3:12-17).” Asps are unprofitable to God because their vision is out of step with his: they are watching for iniquity. In other words, these priests are relying upon mistaken beliefs and the erred teachings of their forefathers for all of their end time understanding. “All that watch for iniquity are cut off (Isaiah 29:20).” “The drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord (Joel 1:9).” Before continuing on with the interpretation of the asp, it is beneficial to know the meaning of the parable word, wine. In prophecy, the word "wine" represents end time teachings, and end time interpretations of prophecy. According to God's word, the end time teachings of the asp, are corrupt. “Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps (Deuteronomy 32:33).” Their teachings are of no value to the congregation, because they are disregarding God's messengers, and they have not consulted the scriptures. The consequence of such negligence is that their own congregations will get mad, and they will turn against them. “Their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter (Deuteronomy 32:32).” “His meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him (Job 20:14).”

After perceiving the cause and effect of the asp's offense, believers can then apply that information, along with the insulting name, unto the corresponding parable name which was used in prophecy. In this case, see how the doings of the asp, align themselves with the doings of the Assyrian. The name "Assyrian" was used in prophecy to represent every priest or prophet which has heard the covenant message. Despite whether they believe the message, or not, prophecy refers to these priests as Assyrians, until the day that they stand up and openly confess their mistakes, and share the newly revealed truths of prophecy with their congregation. It is not unreasonable to conclude that there are many, so called, Assyrians. The riddles of scripture serve to break the group apart, and allow God to deliver a rebuke against the offense that some of them are making, so that those who are guilty of making the offense can correct themselves. Despite seeming to the contrary, Asps are included among those leaders whom God has sent unto his people for their good: Assyrians play a vital role in God’s end time plan. These leaders were sent before the day of the Lord to tread down the strongholds which divided the religious denominations. So, asps are believing priests, but they are making a very grievous mistake. “Behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria… and he shall pass through Judah… he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Associate yourselves… and give ear… gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces… for God is with us (Isaiah 8:7-10).”

The emptier is another riddle which pertains to leaders that are so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making, is that regardless of whether they believed the covenant message, or not, they are continuing to withhold the controversial aspects of God's end time plan from the congregation. When emptiers became privy to the covenant message, and they did good, for they turned away from some of their past mistaken religious beliefs, and they stopped discrediting other religious denominations in order to promote their own religious agendas. “Fortify thy power mightily. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellecy of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out (Nahum 2:2).” By teaching some of newly revealed truths of prophecy, they have emptied out some of their own vain religious philosophies, and they have fulfilled prophecy, for they have weakened the strongholds of every religious denomination. “The brooks of defense shall be emptied (Isaiah 19:6).” So once again, emptiers are believing priests which are doing some good, however they too are making a grievous mistake.

“Behold, the noise of the bruit is come (Jeremiah 10:22).” The bruit is another riddle which pertains to the so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making is that they are refusing to turn from their past religious beliefs, and they are continuing to stand forth and condemn people of other religions. “Pastors are become brutish (Jeremiah 10:21).” “Presumptuous are they, self willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities… But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption… cursed children: which have forsaken the right way (2Peter 2:10-15).” “They are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities (Jeremiah 10:8).”

Each and every Assyrian, has, in effect, earned himself a number of insulting titles, including that of: treacherous dealer, transgressor, and oppressor. Collectively they are guilty of telling lies, because they are withholding God's truths: they have betrayed the Lord, and have dealt deceitfully with their own congregations. “The house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me… They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us (Jeremiah 5:11-12).” Withholding the truth, equates to oppressing God's people: for without knowledge, God's people are being kept out of the everlasting kingdom (Zechariah 9:11). “The Assyrian oppressed them without cause (Isaiah 52:4).” “The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go (Jeremiah 50:33).” Therefore Assyrians deserve the insulting titles of robbers, and murderers, because they are robbing God of his children. They are taking food which belongs to God’s children, and they are giving them a fouled version of their own understandings. “As for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet (Ezekiel 34:19).” Some rebellious Assyrians believe that the Christian priesthood aught to wait and continue to teach the things which are safe, until God pours out his prophesied end time sign. "A evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign (Matthew 12:39)." “As troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of consent (Hosea 6:9).” “The leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed (Isaiah 9:16).”

“O Assyrian, the rod of my anger… he saith… My hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols… and by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent… I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man… and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth (Isaiah 10:5-14).” Another riddle which is poised against the Assyrians, involves those eggs which they are so happily gloating over. Eggs represent new life, but, “the wicked… go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies (Psalms 58:3).” Assyrians are responsible for raising up believers which are relying upon, and trusting in, presumptions, and lies; and those who disagree with the Assyrian's policies are being crushed into silence. “None… plead for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice’s eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper (Isaiah 59:4-5).”

Cockatrices are the deadly offspring that hatch out of the Assyrian’s teachings. “Behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you (Jeremiah 8:17).” Saying that a cockatrice will not be charmed, allows that his heart is hard. Cockatrices will not listen to the voice of reason, neither will they be persuaded by the words of truth (Psalms 58:5). Cockatrices are believers that have made a decision to stand against the covenant message, and they have wickedly banded themselves together in agreement. “There is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace (Isaiah 59:8).” Cockatrices will hedge up the way for the wicked Assyrians that hope to change their teachings after God pours out the affliction, making it impossible for them to retract their words. “I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths (Hosea 2:6).” Cockatrices are a punishment for some Assyrians, because their rebellious ways are transgression. “Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall therein (Proverbs 26:27).”

The den is the sanctuary, or place wherein the Assyrian has schooled, and raised up the cockatrice: “The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrices’ den (Isaiah 11:8).” Placing a hand upon them is exactly what believers are instructed to do. In other words, just tell them the truth. “Canst thou draw out leviathan… Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more (Job 41:8).” The deaf cockatrices will not be inclined to receive warning, because their goings are resolute. “Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips (Psalms 140:1-3).” The Hebrew word that was translated "cockatrice" was also translated into the word "adder" and it was used in a verse which refers to the effects of the cockatrice's false end time teachings: "At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a adder (Proverbs 23:32)."

Those crushed eggs which were deemed inconsequential by the Assyrian, are the very slayers that will slay him. “The triumphing of the wicked is short… the viper’s tongue shall slay him (Job 20:16).” “I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant (Isaiah 14:30).” The riddle of the viper correlates with a host of other riddles in scripture, including that of the breaker, the destroyer, the spoiler, and the waster. All of these riddles are conjoined in the parable of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his followers, the people of the north. “I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land (Ezekiel 30:10-11).”

“This sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer (Ezekiel 21:11).” In prophecy, the name, Nebuchadnezzar, applies to an Islamic leader who fearlessly proclaims the covenant message. This leader, and his followers have not perfected their understandings of God's instructions, but they are bringing news of covenant message against the walls of Christianity, as well as against the people of the Islamic faith (Isaiah 11:14). “Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's (Jeremiah 5:10).” “I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16).” “He shall destroy wonderfully (Daniel 8:24).” “The destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant (Jeremiah 4:7).”

“The spoiler shall suddenly come upon us (Jeremiah 6:26).” Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are called spoilers, because they are wasting and spoiling every sanctuary and every house of worship wherein religion is still being practiced. "He shall come up as clouds, his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than was eagles. Woe unto us! For we are spoiled (Jeremiah 4:13)." "Thy walls shall shake at the noise of his horsemen... when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach (Ezekiel 26:10)." “The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled come against the fortress (Amos 5:9).” “Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as destruction from the Almighty (Isaiah 13:6).”

Although Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are working to forward the covenant message, their ways are not always good, for some of them are using violence to achieve their goals. “They shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses (Ezekiel 26:12).” “Look away from me: I will weep bitterly… because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity… of breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains (Isaiah 22:4-5).” God hates violence (Psalm 11:5). So whether it comes from his messengers, or whether it comes from the believers that are being provoked and confronted, violence is not of God, and it is transgression. “Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled… when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled (Isaiah 33:1).” “Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place (Proverbs 24:15).” God will punish every wicked transgressor that violently comes against any of his people. “Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain (Jeremiah 51:25).” 

Another riddle of prophecy, is that of the fiery flying serpent: which is the fruit of the cockatrice. These are people which believe some of the newly revealed truths of prophecy. “Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent (Isaiah 14:29).” These fiery flying serpents have wings like birds, which allows that they have heard at least some of the covenant message, and have changed some of their teachings. The Hebrew word which was translated “fiery” was also translated into the word “seraphim.” This clue helps speculate that these are the believers that God will bring forth to defend Jerusalem. “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:5).” Note that the name “Jerusalem” is used as a parable in prophecy, and it stands for the church, because Jerusalem is the mother of us all: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, as well as the priesthood (Galatians 4:26). The fiery flying serpents are believers which will stand up and defend the people of their own religion, against the hypocrisy of an oppressor. “I will encamp about mine house because of the army… and no oppressor shall pass through them any more (Zechariah 9:8).” Nevertheless, although they have turned from some of their past religious beliefs, these believers are still working against God, because they are not convinced that God has given his people a new covenant. “O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7).” “Outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity (Matthew 23:28).” “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell (Matthew 23:33)?”

The acceptance of our new covenant is not optional. Jesus Christ served the Lord our God in humble obedience, and he willingly gave his body unto the religious authorities, knowing full well that they would allow him to be beaten, and crucified. What resulted was evidence that religion is guilty of making mistakes, and proof that hypocrisy exists within leaders which have religious authority. But Jesus Christ did not come to condemn anyone. Jesus Christ gave up the pleasures of this life and served God as a man without reputation. He modeled the kind of life that pleases God, and lived the essence of the doctrine that he was sent to proclaim. “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).” It is highly beneficial for believers to learn of Jesus, not only because it is the new covenant, but also because nonbelievers are greatly benefited when God's people are perfected through Jesus Christ, and his teachings. Wherefore God has lifted his hand and testified: if you believe that Jesus Christ is of God, then God lives inside of you (1John 5:9-10).

God promised that he will not leave any of his children bound in the clutches of religion. “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with thee, and I will save thy children (Isaiah 49:25).” “I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness (Isaiah 60:17).” We are all in this together, and therefore all of God's people will have to work together in agreement with God's word, keeping in mind that every soul is important to God. If you mistreat others, then you will be corrected. God is not a respecter of past accomplishments, and he will not spare from disciplining his children. He will punish every deceived and wicked offender, until they submit themselves to the authority of his word. “It shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks (Isaiah 10:12).”

“He opens their ears to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity (Job 36:10).” End times are about God disciplining the uncooperativeness of his own people. “Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way (Proverbs 15:10).” Religion's mistakes will be corrected through the voices of many believers, as well as through the voices of the ancient prophets, but God will also be using discipline, because the proud will not heed God's warnings and stand corrected (Jeremiah 7:28). “Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain (Jeremiah 8:8).” End times present believers with a super-sized challenge. Everyone will need to know the new way in which God's people will be serving God forever, wherefore everyone that receives the truth of the covenant message must speak up and help promote it. All of God's people will be delivered: but not before they accept the truth. Uncooperative and rebellious people, will be disciplined. “When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth (Psalms 39:11).” The affliction that God pours out will benefit all believers, for it will get everyone's attention: it will work to insure that the newly revealed truths of end times are published, and that religion is completely destroyed. “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord… for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth (Proverbs 3:11-12).” “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (Proverbs 22:15).”

The truths of the covenant message are being circulated before Salvation Day. These messages will increase the people's knowledge and preparation: believers are to help broadcast their existence, for these messages confirm how God's people can avoid God's discipline. Although the pestilence of Salvation Day is a form of punishment, God's primary objective for pouring out the pestilence of this day, is to cause his people to stand upon covenant understanding before the destruction of Judgment Day. “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Proverbs 13:24).”

The Eighth Chapter of Daniel

Then Came the Morning

What will happen after God pours the prophesied affliction upon Christian priests? The eighth chapter of Daniel holds answers to this question. The understanding of this chapter was reserved for end times, which is why Daniel received the vision in sealed parables. Along with the vision, a dialogue was recorded which took place between Daniel and an angel. Their conversation works to insure our end time understanding, for the angel entrusted Daniel with clues that connect his vision with other prophesies of scripture. “For at the time of the end shall be the vision (Daniel 8:17).” This vision benefits believers by producing evidence that God will be bringing forth a powerful leader from the nation of Islam, and it also confirms that indignation will be coming against every prideful religious leader, and it will bring them down. “For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies… And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved… and all their host shall fall down (Isaiah 34:2-4).” These words were not written against our military armies, but they affirm that God's indignation is against all the divisions of his own people, as well as their leaders. The words, "all the host of heaven", and "all their armies", signify that God will not be respecting any religious group, or their leader, regardless of whether they're Jewish, Muslim, or Christian.

Before proceeding on with Daniel’s vision, it is beneficial to understand a couple of relevant parable words. The first one is that of the wall. “The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion (Lamentations 2:8).” The words, wall, and walls, were used in prophecy to refer to the laws of religion: they are barriers which create a hardness of the heart. They are also referred to as the "doctrines of men," because they are appointed scripture verses which teach believers what they must believe in order to get into heaven. Putting confidence in these laws is the differentiating line which separates like minded people that are within the faith, from those that are without. Believers promote these verses, as if they were, and are, imperative laws of salvation. This is problematic, because religion's laws don't always result in salvation. Nevertheless, watchmen stand upon these laws, and they use them to recruit new members, as well as to defend the people of their faith. “Day and night they go about upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets (Psalm 55:10-11).” Our walls grieve the Lord because they empower the people within the church, to stand up and slander believers of other faiths (Psalm 50:20).

Even if religion’s walls surround what appears to be a garden of Eden in the day of God's wrath, yet God has declared his wrath to be against every wall (Ezekiel 13:15; 36:35). “The day of the Lord… is upon every fenced wall (Isaiah 2:12-15),” “Every wall shall fall to the ground (Ezekiel 38:20).” “Though Babylon should mount up to heaven … The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken (Jeremiah 51:53; 51:58).” On Judgment day, religion's laws shall be utterly destroyed, and the one new way of serving God forever, will be implemented: everyone must repent and turn from mistaken religious doctrines, unto faith that is in agreement with God's word, or else they will be corrected by the prophesied punishments of God's word. “Be ye not stiff necked, as you fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord… that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you (2Chronicles 30:8).”

A second beneficial parable to understand, is that of, Jacob. Jacob's name was used in prophecy to represent every believer unto whom God has revealed the truth of his word. “He showeth his word unto Jacob (Psalms 147:19).” Despite his enlightenment, Jacob still has doubts concerning God’s abilities: “Can he provide flesh for his people? Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation (Psalms 78:20-22).”

“Cry aloud… and show… the house of Jacob their sins (Isaiah 58:1).” Jacob’s sin is not simply that he has doubts, but Jacob also has fears, and therefore he is not working in agreement with God's word. When Jacob received news of the covenant message, his answer was to work at strengthening his own nation's teachings (Isaiah 43:22). This is rebellion against God. The covenant message is God's desire, as well as the desire of his people, for it is God’s plan to unite the religions (Malachi 3:1; Haggai 2:7). The day of God’s wrath is not optional. So, for the purpose of proceeding with end times, God will separate those of Jacob who don't believe that he will act, from those who believe and turn from the mistaken philosophies of their religion. “I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob (Isaiah 65:9).” “The redeemer shall come… unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob (Isaiah 59:20).”

Make no mistake about it, this is a trial (Ezekiel 21:13). Jacob’s immediate future hinges upon whether or not he’ll do God’s will. “Alas! For that day is great… it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it (Jeremiah 30:7).” “Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee… I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished (Jeremiah 46:28).” Indignation is appointed to come against the uncooperativeness of Jacob: it will be for a punishment, however it will also serve as a way of correcting him, so that he turns from his transgression (Isaiah 27:8-9). “The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him (Lamentations 1:17).”

“The Load hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied… he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire (Lamentations 2:2-3).” To avoid experiencing a time of great indignation, Jacob must pay attention to the covenant message. “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain (Isaiah 45:19).” The longer Jacob resists the truth of God’s word, the more intense his troubles will become, for his enemies will come, and they will be gathered against him (Leviticus 26:41). “When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me (Psalm 119:84)?” “Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver (Psalm 7:1-2).”

“Thus saith the Lord… which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant (Isaiah 44:2).” God will once again choose Jacob, but not until after Jacob's deceived heart has been changed, and not until after he accepts the punishment of his err (Psalms 47:4). “I will bring again the captivity of Jacob… after that they have borne their shame (Ezekiel 39:25-26).” After Jacob's deceived heart has been changed, then each and every indignant person who came against Jacob, will be punished. “Pour out thy fury upon the heathen… for they have eaten up Jacob… and have made his habitation desolate (Jeremiah 10:25).”

The interpretation of end time prophecy, and covenant understanding, was hidden: it was not known from the beginning (Isaiah 48:6-7). What is being exposed, is that God planned to use prophecy to confirm the truth of his covenants. Through God's use of parable words and patterns, God's people are receiving covenant understanding, as well as an understanding of the hidden meanings of prophecy. Finding solutions to the parable words of prophecy, is the first step. Because God perfectly placed and used words in scripture, each and every parable word has one single solution to its meaning. As seekers work to investigate the parable meanings of words like “Jacob” and “wall,” they discover God's use of patterns, because everything that is going to happen in prophecy, has already happened (Isaiah 41:22; Ecclesiastes 3:15). 

“The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob (Psalms 87:2).” God has sworn to cast off pity towards all those who have been shown the truth of end times, but aren’t buying it. “The Lord hath sworn by himself… I abhor the excellency of Jacob… therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein (Amos 6:8).” “Thy teachers have transgressed against me, therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse (Isaiah 43:27-28).” “I will punish Jacob according to his ways (Hosea 12:2).” Jacob needs to be in prayer about his fears and doubts; and everyone who has learned the newly revealed truths of prophecy needs to be asking God to open the hearts of the deceived, that they might receive the truths of end times.

Now on to Daniel’s vision: The first parable of Daniel’s vision is that of a ram. The ram represents, Islamic priests. Evidence of this is found in the verse: “The rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar (Isaiah 60:7).” Nebaioth is Ishmael’s firstborn son (1Chronicles 1:29). Additional evidence of their Islamic identity is obtained from the angel: “The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia (Daniel 8:20).” Scripture associates the names of Media and Persia with the forerunners of the Islamic faith (Genesis 37:28). Both the ram, which is by definition a male, and the angel’s reference to kings, indicate that this parable is depicting priests, i.e., the rulers of Islam.

Knowing that the ram pertains to the Islamic nation allows believers to use every possible prophecy and verse of scripture which pertains to the Islamic nation, to help interpret the prophecy concerning the ram. For a patten, consider the prophecies of Heshbon. After Israel came out of Egypt, and they had had sufficient time to prepare their hearts, Heshbon was the city which stood between them and their promised land. Israel sent messages unto the king of Heshbon with words of peace, desiring only to pass through his land to get to their promised land. However the king’s heart was hardened, and he gathered an army together for the sole purpose of disallowing Israel's success (Numbers 21:23). What proceeded was not only a demonstration of God’s ability to consume these men of war, but it was also an event which put godly fear into the hearts and minds of all the on-lookers (Deuteronomy 2:25). This is our pattern: it teaches us why the ram is depicted as standing before the river in Daniel’s vision. The hearts of many Islamic priests have been hardened, and they are testing God’s authority, wherefore they are about to become a portrait of truth for the nations. “In Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation (Jeremiah 48:2).”

The two horns upon the ram identify that God has divided the Islamic priesthood into two different groups: The first horn represents the Islamic priests which haven’t heard the covenant message. In prophecy these believers are given the parable name of Edom (Jeremiah 49:12). The second horn represents the Islamic priests which have heard the message, however they do not believe it, and therefore they are preparing their followers to fight against it: Their parable name is Moab.

The priests of Edom are unaware that God has prophesied that he will punish them, if, and when they go forth against his people. Moab has persuaded these priests to go forth with him, and come against the Christian priests which escape God's affliction. When this happens, God will cause their reproach to cease by pouring affliction upon all the priests that participate in the attack. “He shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her.” Before moving on to the next piece of evidence, it is necessary to understand the parable meaning of the word, cup. In prophecy, the word, cup, pertains to drinking in the truth of end time understanding.  “Concerning Edom… they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished.” “Edom shall be a desolation: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.” (Quotes from Jeremiah chapter forty nine). In other words, pleading ignorance is no excuse.

Although Moab was privy to the covenant message, his heart remained hard. Moab devised a plan: he encouraged the Islamic priesthood to work together and prepare themselves to come against the Christian priests that escape God's affliction, with the intention of destroying them. God will pour affliction upon Moab, and it will cause Moab's offense to cease. “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteneth fast.” “I know his wrath… but it shall not be so; his lies shall not effect it.” “I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offered in the high places.” “They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! How hath Moab turned the back with shame!” “Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.” (Quotes from Jeremiah chapter forty eight).

The secrets of Moab’s involvement in this attack are eluded to the book of Obadiah. Obadiah's vision also discusses Edom's naïve participation in the offense. “Concerning Edom," "The men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee.” “Even thou wast one of them.” “But thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea thou shouldest not have looked upon their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape… As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee.” (Quotes from the book of Obadiah).

Islamic priests that hope to avoid God’s wrath, should not to participate in this offense. “My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord (Jeremiah 51:45).” Take fast hold of instruction, or else your rejoicings will be cut off. “All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous will be exalted (Psalm 75:10).” In the eighth chapter of Daniel, the rams horns are broken off (Daniel 8:7). This signifies that the rejoicings of each and every person who participates in the attack, will be cut off. “I will howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab… Joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab (Jeremiah 48:31-33).”

The next parable in Daniel’s vision, is that of the he goat. “As I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth… and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes (Daniel 8:5).” That notable horn between his eyes is an offense to God (Isaiah 2:12). The Hebrew word which was translated, notable, was placed in ways which prophesy messages about offense, and arrogance. It was translated, agreement, in the verse, “Your agreement with hell shall not stand (Isaiah 28:18),” and it was translated, vision, in the verse, “The vision of all is become unto you as words of a book that is sealed (Isaiah 29:11).” Therefore, the he goat's prideful horn is a feature which insinuates that pious priests will be bringing pious indignation against the afflicted priests of Islam.

“The goat came to the ram… and ran unto him in the fury of his power. I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand (Daniel 8:6-7).” The immense indignation of these believers, is God’s correction against Moab's pious leadership. “I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth (Isaiah 63:6).” “There is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who will not let it (Isaiah 43:13)?”

The Hebrew word which was translated, choler, in the afore mentioned verse, was also translated into the words, bitter, grieved, and vexed, and it was used in the verse: “They made their lives bitter with hard bondage (Exodus 1:14).” The pious he goats are indignant against the grievous mistakes of Islamic leaders, however they haven’t discovered their own grievous mistakes. They are not paying attention to God’s instructions, therefore they are without the Holy Spirit. Their inner thoughts are covetous thoughts, for personal gain. “His soul which is lifted up is not upright in him… he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied but gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people …Shall they not rise up suddenly and bite thee (Habakkuk chapter 2:4-7)?”

Secrets pertaining to the he goats are prophesied through prophesies about the Assyrian: “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge… to take the prey, and to tread them down like mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so… but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations (Isaiah 10:5-7).”

From an old testament parable about the Assyrian, comes evidence that the he goats do not have the Holy Spirit, and that because of their offense, they too will be delivered into the hands of the indignant. “I have delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness (Ezekiel 31:11).” These priests were privy to the covenant message, however they planned to withhold certain truths from God's people, therefore they were lying, and deceiving the people (Jeremiah 13:1-15). “Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him for what he hath done (Job 21:31)?” Before viewing another piece of evidence which insinuates, as well as proves that Assyrians are without the Holy Spirit, it is necessary to understand the parable meaning of the word, hell. In prophecy, the word "hell" represents a mental state, or set of beliefs which separate believers from God, and his Holy Spirit. The mistaken thoughts and teachings of the Assyrian have caused him to fall, along with and his followers, into the pit of hell, wherein they do not have the Holy Spirit (Psalm 88:4-5). “They also went down into hell with him… they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen (Ezekiel 31:17).”

Within the record of Daniel's account concerning the he goat, are two separate Hebrew words which were both translated into the word, goat. This symbolically suggests that the goat’s have been given a new name. The Hebrew word which represents their new name is exclusive to this parable, with just one exception: Ezra used it when referring to some goats that were used in sacrifice, for a sin offering (Ezra 8:35). These clues help to speculate that these he goats are God’s sacrifice: their punishment will cause the world to know that God is a righteous judge, and that he rules and reigns from on high. “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God… for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests (Zephaniah 1:7).” Despite their mistakes, and regardless of their looming punishments, these priests have served the Lord, and proof of their eternal home is written in the book of life.

“Through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down (Isaiah 30:31).” The Assyrians will need to repent of their iniquities, and they will need to teach the truth of God’s word, despite their fears. God will break the he goat's pride, and he will cause his transgression to come to an end (Isaiah 13:11). “I will dash them one against another… I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them (Jeremiah 13:14).” “Wickedness shall be broken as a tree (Job 24:20).”

“The he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven (Daniel 8:8).” The four horns which appear after God breaks the he goat's horn, are Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the priesthood. They are the people that will arise from spiritual death after they hear the truth of God's word. “Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel (Ezekiel 37:12).” “Thou… shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth (Psalms 71:20).” “Let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; for I the Lord have created it (Isaiah 45:8).”

These new converts are what God has aptly termed, the people of the north: and they are the swords that God will draw out to come after those that are still transgressing. “I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them (Ezekiel 5:12).” These new converts are going to be anxious to destroy religion's mistakes, for they will be experiencing and witnessing the evidence, and they will know that the covenant message is the truth. “Upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds… and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them (Jeremiah 49:36-37).”

The last parable of the eighth chapter, is that of the little horn. “Out of one of the four horns came forth a little horn, which waxed exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land (Daniel 8:9).” The word “toward” discloses the direction of this leader’s affections: He will be towards the priesthood, towards Islam, and towards Zion. “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah (Isaiah 63:1)?” God will be bringing forth an impressive leader from the nation of Islam. “Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it (Isaiah 46:11).”

According to the counsel that Daniel was given, this leader will understand “dark sentences,” which is another way of saying that he will understand the hidden mysteries of prophecy (Psalms 78:2). He is also credited with coming from the north, which means that the little horn is one of the believers that will rise up and believe God when they hear the covenant message. “I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name (Isaiah 41:25).” “I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts (Isaiah 45:13).”

“Who raised up a righteous man from the east… and made him rule over kings (Isaiah 41:2)?” This little horn will lead priests, and he will gain the support of a following. “An host was given to him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression (Daniel 8:12).” He, and his followers are being brought forth to destroy religion's mistakes. “I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16).” “His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and holy people (Daniel 8:24).” “I, even I, have spoke; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous (Isaiah 48:15).”

The little horn’s movements are tracked through the parables of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon. One verity of this is that Nebuchadnezzar and the little horn are both prophesied to appear sometime after the Assyrian has appeared (Daniel 8:9). “Israel is a scattered sheep… first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones (Jeremiah 50:17).” Another proof which verifies that the little horn is Nebuchadnezzar, comes from the pattern: The little horn's troubles mimic those of Nebuchadnezzar's. As in king Nebuchadrezzar's life, when a multitude is subdued under this leader, his heart is lifted up, and he forgets God. According to the scriptures, the little horn is said to magnify himself in his heart: his policy will cause craft to prosper, and through peace he will destroy many people (Daniel 8:25).

The significance of the little horn's policy, and of the decision that he is facing, is magnified in the verse: “The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver (Ezekiel 21:21).” Will the little horn work faithfully and bring Islam into a full understanding of the covenant message, or will he scheme and work craftily to outwit those who are still transgressing? “Flee, get you far off… for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you (Jeremiah 49:30).”

The little horn sidesteps an important aspect of the covenant message. The covenant message is not just about making peace between the religions: it’s also an announcement of a new covenant, and it is a confirmation that God has made Jesus Christ our great high priest, from henceforth, and forevermore. The curse that will be poured upon God's people will not only verify that God has been saving believers by covenants, but it will also confirm that from henceforth every believer must submit themselves, and "learn of Jesus" in order to inherit everlasting life (Jeremiah 32:39-40). By keeping Jesus out of the little horn's policy, Islam may reform its practices, however its crafty new policy will never be bringing those who are trusting in it, into everlasting life. “I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord (Ezekiel 20:38).”

Wise counsel which can benefit the little horn is found in the book of Ezekiel. In the midst of this book, God spoke words which reveal the true path of salvation and blessings. He said: If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die in his sin. In effect, if a believer perceives and understands the newly revealed truths of prophecy, but returns to the crooked paths of his forefather's teachings, then he shall not receive the promised blessings of eternal reward (Ezekiel 18:24). Conversely, if a wicked man does that which is right, he shall save his soul alive (Ezekiel 18:27). Salvation is God’s prerogative. God looks upon the heart, and he has the power to change a man’s heritage, in an instant. He commands everyone that hears and understands the newly revealed truths of prophecy, to give the word of his message unto the wicked, as well as to the righteous, for in so doing they shall save their own souls. “If thou warn… thou hast delivered thy soul (Ezekiel 3:18-19).” After a believer does that which is right, there is no turning back from God’s commandments. “All his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die (Ezekiel 33:13).” It is the responsibility of each and every believer to share God’s end time truths with others, for sharing God’s word is not only a matter of personal salvation, but it’s God’s way of making himself known to the world.

Religion's mistakes are going to be eliminated. Be thankful and praise God for the work of his hands! It is important that you let these covenant messages to sink down into your ears, because end times are as a breach, and they are ready to fall. “Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant (Isaiah 30:13).” “Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith the Lord: Shall I bring forth, and shut the womb (Isaiah 66:9)?” “For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it (Jeremiah 4:28).” “I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely (Hosea 2:18).”