JUDAH
For those of you who have ears to hear and a heart after God, this will be an important message. It deals with the culmination of the age and what actions God is taking in this day and age. We will be going through a lot of scripture. It is important that we establish what the Lord has given us-- that it be scripturally documented. Not in only a few books in the Bible, but it is a message throughout the entire scripture.
Many of the scriptures will be familiar to most of you. They will begin with what man and Satan are doing in these times in which we live. In Revelation 13:1, 2
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Now, we know from prophecy studies, this has to do with governments. We understand Revelation 13. We understand the Council of Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the CIA, etc.
Daniel 7:2, 3
"Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another."
We know that Daniel saw four different beasts; the lion, the bear, the leopard and the fourth beast was to terrible to give a name. Also in Revelation 6 we can read about the four horses of the apocalypse. The first horse was white. It represented salvation by works. In the first century, the apostle Paul challenged the people to study the scriptures to see for themselves what was true. After the apostles, darkness came on the scene. There was the true church, hidden in obscurity, but that was the time when the false church started rising.
II Corinthians 11: 4
"For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Verse 13 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Now we want to understand what we are seeing in the world today. There is the true church, but there is also the apostate, or false church, which is a mirror image of the true church. And that is why we need men of God, who are anointed by the Holy Spirit to recognize this false church, so that people are not deceived. The false church is the white horse mentioned in Revelation and it has existed since the first century. It is a carryover from Old Testament Babylon, which is an entirely different study and one that we need to be aware of.
The next horse on the scene is a very interesting horse. He is the red horse. Most of the time, we identify that horse as communism. But Communism is too small a title for this horse. We must go back further than Communism to understand what is behind this horse. The Rothchild banking family of Europe own every state bank, every national bank, the Bank of England; the Bank of France; the Bank Germany; the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. They are all Rothchild banks. However, Rothchild was not this family's original name. They are a family from Frankfurt, Germany. Rothchild in German means red shield. This is the red horse that rides in Daniel's vision, not just communism. Communism is just an offshoot and one way in which they are controlling masses of people.
The Black horse represents inflation of the economy, while the pale horse will usher in the false kingdom. This is something else that has been going on for many years. But we are looking at the culmination of these things. The Pale horse, or Green horse as it is known in Greek, chloros(meaning green like the grass). It grows up from under. While in Germany, the green movements' political posters showed a rainbow coming from the ground with the slogan "the green movement grows from under". The green horse movement sees man as another animal evolving and in competition for the resources on this planet.
The following is an excerpt from LOOK MAGAZINE, January 16, 1962 on page 20:
"The image of the world in 1987 as traced in my imagination: The cold war will be a thing of the past. Internal pressure of the constantly growing intelligentsia in Russia for more freedom and the pressure of the masses raising their standards may lead to a gradual democratization of the soviet Union. On the other hand, the increasing influence of the workers and farmer, and the rising political importance of men of science, may transform the United States into a welfare state, with a planned economy. Western and Eastern Europe will become a federation of autonomous states having a Socialist and democratic regime. With the exception of the USSR as a federated Eurasian state, all other continents will become united in a world alliance, at whose disposal will be an international police force. All armies will be abolished, and there will be no more wars. In Jerusalem, the United Nations (a truly United Nations) will build a shrine of the Prophets to serve the federated union of all continents; this will be the seat of the Supreme Court of Mankind, to settle all controversies among the federated continents, as prophesied by Isaiah. Higher education will be the right of every person in the world. A pill to prevent pregnancy will slow down the explosive nature increase in China and India. And by 1987, the average life-span of man will reach 100 years."
David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister of Isreal
If indeed this was supposed to take place in 1987, Mr. Gurion missed the mark by a few years. But I do want to emphasize his remark about Jeusalem: "In Jerusalem, the United Nations (a truly United Nations) will build a shrine of the Prophets to serve the federated union of all continents; this will be the seat of the Supreme Court of Mankind". Friends, we must look very closely at the political motivation behind the establishment of what we know as present day Israel.
This was a statement by the first Prime Minister of Israel. That is what he understood to be the nation of Israel. It really wasn't about Israel, as much as it was about Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the aim of the United Nations, one world government, one world religion, and economic system; to establish Jerusalem as the center of the Earth.. Their political aims are going to be carried out to a certain point and then the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords is going to come back and establish His throne in Jerusalem. And he shall reign there for a thousand years and we shall reign with Him.
There is no way to stop what has been put into motion. The word of God must be fulfilled and the Lord Jesus Christ will stop their endeavors, stop Satanic influence, stop the Devil in his tracks and have him bound for a thousand years.
But the question everyone is asking is "Where are God's people? Where is God's government? Where do we fit into all these things? We are supposed to be Kings and Priests together with him and ruling and reigning together with him now. Where are God's people?"
We keep hearing messages about voting. Go vote! If you want to believe in the political process, believe in the political process. Jesus' disciples asked him when he was going to restore the kingdom to them? It was a political question. They wanted the kingdom restored back to the Jews. They wanted the kingdom to be theirs. They wanted the political system to be theirs. The political system. The political system. But Jesus said don't worry about those things.
When he came to earth, he took dominion over the physical elements of nature. He took dominion over sin, sickness, disease, but he never took dominion over politics. He never took dominion over the kingships of the world. He said the time is coming for that. And that time is almost here, when he returns to rule and reign in a political kingship. It is more than just a government. But first, there has to be an overthrow of the present political system.
Let's begin to trace God's people in this hour and age. God is raising his people up. It is interesting how we always talk about the four horses in Revelation. Billy Graham wrote the book,
"THE FOUR HORSES OF THE APOCALYPSE". We always hear preaching on the four horses, but Revelations has more than four horses. It mentions five horses. And that fifth horse is the one we shall talk about.
Micah 4:1
"But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it."
What's he talking about here? This is politics! It's nothing more than politics! Kingdom politics! God is going to establish the mountain of the house of the Lord in the top of the mountains. Please go through these scriptures thoroughly. We are just going to hit on them briefly in this lesson.
Verse 2, 3:
"And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nations shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
Once again, we can see very easily that this is a political kingdom. A King is going to rule, a King that is going to bring peace on this Earth.
Verse 6-13
"In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? Is thy counselor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth."
Remember, we are talking about a horse. A horse has hoofs. This scenario is repeated in Isaiah chapter 2. It is a sure thing, that if God repeats something in the scripture, he trying to get our attention. Pay attention! Please read this Chapter.
John 16:12, 13
"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come."
Luke 24:44, 45
"And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures."
It must be our prayer, that God will open us up and expand our tents. We must come to God without any preconceived ideas; the way we have been taught through denominational bonds- and ask God to dig us a new ear (Psalm 40:6). Dig me a new ear God, that I might hear what you are saying. You want to teach me something new, but the ears I have are full of men's teaching, I can't hear. Dig me a new ear, God! This is what God needs to do for many of us, that we might understand the scriptures.
Amos 3:7
"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
Psalm 110:1
"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."
The following list of scriptures contains the same verse. Please look them up. If God chose to repeat this verse so many times, it must be very important.
Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42, 43; Acts 2: 34, 35; Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 10:12, 13
The Lord Jesus Christ is not coming back, until his enemies are made his footstool. He is waiting, as the scripture indicates in Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, etc. until his enemies are made his footstool.
Another fact we must establish in Exodus 15:3 "The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name."
Psalm 32:7
"Thou art my hiding place; thou preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance."
This is a plan of war.
Psalm 33:1-22
"Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; for praise is comely for the upright. Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him...to the end of the chapter.
Job 38:22
"Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
It is interesting to read about the type of weapons that will be used to fight in these last days.
Revelation 16:21
"And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great."
It won't be the first time God destroyed a foreign army by throwing hailstones at them. Can you imagine hailstones being hurled to earth weighing 100 pounds a piece? What can withstand that? God is giving us counsel; telling us these are things that are coming to pass. And he is waiting on his people to take authority and begin to do the things he is trying to teach them.
It is through Praise and Worship that God is going to do great and mighty things. It is part of the heritage of God that praise and worship are also instruments of warfare. And the day is coming when the people of God will fight with the armies of the world, with the stomp of the foot, the clap of the hand, the shaking of the tambourine, the playing of the harp, and of course the voice. We are going to fight physical enemies, but use spiritual weapons. God is surely setting aside a people today to rule and reign. He is teaching them what his government is all about. This lesson is trying to bring you to a conclusion. We can see what the world is doing. We understand mans endeavors to control this Earth. We know that Satan is in conflict with the Lord for this world; the hearts and souls of men, but we also see God is raising up a people. Many of you are aware of that. But you need to understand the fifth horse in Revelation. Please, remember this is titled Judah.
Psalm 110:2
"The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; thou hast the dew of they youth. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."
Who is this rod of strength? The rod of strength is the scepter the Lord rules with, of course.
Genesis 49:1
"And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
In the last days, makes it relevant to us today. This prophecy is 4,000 years old, plus.
Verse 8-10
"Judah, thou art he whom they brethren shall praise: they hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up; he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
Psalm 60:7
"Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver"
Psalm 108:8
"Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;"
Psalm 76:1, 2
"In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
You may be know throughout the land, but in your own home town, that's where you are really known. People know you there. This the way the Lord is known in Judah. In Salem also is his tabernacle. But his dwelling place, that place where he dwells, is Zion. We have the vision here is the tabernacle versus Mount Zion. The Old Testament tabernacle. And the New Testament Mount Zion.
Psalm 2:1-12
"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth......etc to the end."
Revelation.2:26
"And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star."
"And I will give him the morning star." Jesus is the bright and morning star. Lucifer was called a morning star. The morning star is a position of authority.
Isaiah 37:31
"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant; and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this."
II Kings 19:30
"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this."
RSV II Kings 19:30
"And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward; for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord will do this."
The Revised Standard Version says a band of survivors. That is what we must be these days; a band of survivors. Let us begin talking about Judah and establish in scripture who Judah is.
Hosea 6:11
"Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee when I returned the captivity of my people."
We know that when the phrase is used- the returning of the captivity of the people- that the Lord is going to bring restoration. He is going to bring freedom back to the people. He is going to break the yoke of bondage off their necks. And during this time; in the last days when he returns the captivity of the people; we see in the natural the establishing of the nation of Israel. He has returned the captivity, he's turned it back, and they are no longer captives. But in this day and in this time this scripture is speaking of, Judah is going to have a harvest. The harvest that is set forth for Judah is the putting of Jesus' enemies as his footstool.
Zechariah 10:1-5
"Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give the showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded"
"For the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah- the house of praise- we are talking about the Lion of the Tribe of Judah- and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle." The Lion of the Tribe of Judah visiting his flock the house of Judah and he hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. Judah, this group of people, band of survivors, the house of Judah, the flock of Judah, His inheritance, is going to become his battle horse. There is no other place that Jesus is fighting a battle on a horse except Revelation 19. In the Revised Standard Version it says "for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his proud steed in battle.
Verse 4:
"Out of him came forth the corner"- (out of Judah, the corner; speaking of the cornerstone- the Lord Jesus) "out of him the nail," (in other versions it is called the tent peg- the restoration of the tabernacle of David- this is where we get Davidic praise) "out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together."
Let us examine how things are shaping up in these last days. There are people, a majority of people who call themselves Christian or Protestant Christianity, and a lot of people who are outside of Protestant Christianity who believe in a rapture and a seven year tribulation period. In scripture, it is easy to see God dealing with a remnant of people who he is going to take and hide away (Rev 12). People have talked along time about a hiding place; this special place that God has prepared. God is going to take this remnant called Judah, God's own flock, to Mount Carmel. Something is going to happen on Mount Carmel. The scripture says: Micah 7:14
"Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old."
God will take this remnant to Mount Carmel and protect them there. Something is going to happen on top of Mount Carmel. "Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage..." He is preparing a place for his flock even now.
Many other things must take place before this gathering of Judah can occur. People will go into captivity. Many will be martyred for their faith. The Green Horse- Pale Horse- out of Revelation 6 is responsible for killing 1/4 of the Earth's population- well over one billion people! Some of the most difficult days in the history of Earth are upon us. And all who will not worship and receive the mark- the Bible says very clearly shall be killed. But God is going to protect a people. He is going to seal a people and hide those people away on Mount Carmel.
Obadiah 17-21
"But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's."
This word "saviors" is the same word that is used in the book of Judges; the people who judged Israel. They were deliverers. God is calling forth deliverers, who are going to go forth and open the understanding of His people in these last days, so they may know what is coming upon them.
Revelation 16:13
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the eart and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
If you have a map of Israel, find Mount Carmel, and you will see the
plain of Megido. Standing on top of Mount Carmel, you can look down on the plain of Megido and see where God is going to gather the armies of the world. They will be gathering there, because on top of Mount Carmel is God's protected flock, those chosen by God's election.Judah is going to fight against the enemies of the Lord and go forth into battle just as Jehoshaphat's army. Our weapons will not be carnal, but they will be praise and worship and mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. Judah will be the instrument that God uses to put the enemy under Jesus' feet. When that happens, the Lord will come back. That is when the translation will take place and this corruption puts on incorruption; when this mortal shall put on immortality. When that group of people who have not tasted of death, rise up to meet the Lord in the air, then the head of the body is going to set on the shoulders of the horse, on the shoulders of the government, and the Lord shall come back to rule and reign forever and ever.
Revelation 19:11
"And I saw heaven opened, and a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."
Where did this white horse come from? The white horse that becomes the goodly steed, the battle horse that Jesus Christ is going to ride back to earth. When he is coming back- it is interesting that it says His feet will stand on the Mt. of Olives. Well, if he is on the horse, it's the horse's feet that will stand on the Mt. of Olives, unless he jumps off the horse before he hits the Mt. of Olives.
The Lord gave this revelation to me in 1986. We were missionaries in Greece, and in a prayer meeting, the Lord opened my understanding about Judah being the white horse mentioned in Revelation 19:11.
The church, which we had on the sixth floor of an office building, was a block away from our apartment. Except for some alley cats, there was no place to keep animals, especially since Thessalonika is a city of over 1 million people who have spread up- in other words, Thessalonika is a mass of high-rise buildings.
The Lord continued to establish this revelation about Judah. One morning I was in prayer in the church office. His presence was very great that day; very real to me. My wife came into the office, as were were expecting others for a morning prayer meeting, and started sniffing the air. "Whew!", she said "It smells like a horse in hear". She had been raised with horses. That is how strong this revelation is. It is real!
God Bless You