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Love your neighbor

Have you ever wondered why Yahshua Messiah came to earth in the form of a Jewish man – Jews being the most hated nation in the world? This in itself caused many to fall away from the true faith in Messiah. By now most Nazarene Israelites know that Yahshua came specifically to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the covenant we entered into with Elohim at Mount Sinai, together with the house of Judah, as prophesied by Isaiah and quoted by Rav Shaul in Romans 11: 26 & 27, saying: ‘And thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, “THE DELIVERER (Yahshua the salvation of YHVH[1]) WILL COME FROM ZION (He was born a Jew – the tribe of Judah being Mount Zion[2]), HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB (all twelve tribes). (27) AND THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”’

Satan deceived the whole world to conceal this important knowledge from the majority of mankind, by introducing a counterfeit religion close to the Nazarene Jewish faith, followed by Messiah’s disciples including us His modern day disciples, as Rav Shaul explained in 2 Corinthians 4: 1 – 4, saying: ‘Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, (2) but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of Elohim, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of Elohim. (3) And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, (4) in whose case the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim.’ As a result of this new believe system many turned from the faith of our fathers in the faith to worship demons who were not Elohim, as YHVH prophesied through Moses in Deuteronomy 32: 15 – 17, saying: “But Jeshurun (or Israel) grew fat and kicked— you are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- then he forsook Elohim who made him, and scorned the Rock of his salvation. (16) They made Him jealous with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. (17) They sacrificed to demons who were not Elohim, to gods whom they have not known, new gods who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread.” Nevertheless, we should continue to proclaim the good news of the coming kingdom of Elohim into the entire world, as Rav Shaul continues his discussion in 2 Corinthians 4: 5, 13 – 15, saying: ‘For we do not preach ourselves but Messiah Yahshua as Master, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Yahshua’s sake. (13) But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE,” we also believe, therefore also we speak; (14) knowing that He who raised the Master Yahshua will raise us also with Yahshua and will present us with you. (15) For all things are for your sakes, that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of Elohim.’

We need to be ever mindful of Messiah’s answer to one of the Scribes when he asked Him in Mark 12: 28, saying; “What commandment is the foremost of all?” (29) Yahshua answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! YHVH OUR ELOHIM IS ONE YHVH; (30) AND YOU SHALL LOVE YHVH YOUR ELOHIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ (31)The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Yahshua also said to the Samarian woman in John 4: 22, “You worship that which you do not know; we worship that which we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” After reading Messiah’s words, ask yourself as a member of the house of Israel: Do you still believe in two (YHVH)’s; and who is your neighbor? As members of the remnant of the house of Israel who have returned to the covenant we made with Elohim, together with Brother Judah at Mount Sinai, our neighbor consists of all those from the house of Judah, as well as returnees from the lost tribes of Israel, including those who remain lost at present. We should keep the same Sabbaths (weekly and annual) and observe all the other commandments with our Jewish Brothers, so as to make them jealous, but we should also proclaim the gospel of the coming kingdom of Elohim to those in the House of Israel who remain lost at this time, giving them hope of a better world to come.

We need to understand that without us even being aware of it, Satan is busy stirring up nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom which will ultimately lead to World War III. Here in South Africa he is stirring up people to protest against everything, whether good or bad, and in the process he is getting them to destroy public properties which are costing billions of Dollars to rebuild. The government and the citizens are all involved in slowly but surely destroying the country’s economy which used to be thriving, and has since May 27, 2016 put a ban on the publication of any news showing people destroying public property. Our Jewish Brothers in Israel have been continuously targeted with missiles by the Palestinians who claimed to have possessed the Promised Land for centuries, before the Jews returned from 1917 on until today. However when Mark Twain visited Muslim-occupied Israel 150 years ago, he wrote about ‘unpeopled deserts” and ‘mounts of barrenness’ and ‘untenanted cities’. He concluded ‘one may ride ten miles hereabouts and not see ten human beings’. The President of the USA have similarly deceived the American (Israelite) nation by entering into a $150 billion nuclear deal with Iran, a nation hell-bent to destroy the tiny nation of Israel in the Middle east. However the Iranian nuclear deal will not only affect the nation of Israel, but when this amount of money is released to the world’s foremost state sponsor of Islamic terrorism, a great deal of trouble will be unleashed on the rest of the world, including the USA. Apparently Iran is also presently involved in a space program which will allow them to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. The Iranians have been cooperating with North Korea, and with the $150 billion they will be able to buy a great deal of nuclear technology. In addition we heard that the city of London has recently appointed its first Muslim Mayor and in Brooklyn New York in the USA, the first Muslim woman judge has been sworn in holding the ‘Holy’ Quran at the Brooklyn town hall on December 10, 2015.

It seems that the nations into which the lost ten tribes have been scattered and where these Israelites used to be a major force, are now all working to self-destruct, as prophesied by the prophets Daniel and Malachi. We read Daniel’s prophecy how YHVH will eventually pour out the curse (Ha Allah) on us in Daniel 9: 11, as follows: “Indeed all Israel has transgressed Thy law and turned aside, not obeying Thy voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of Elohim, for we have sinned against Him.” The prophet Malachi similarly warned that during the time immediately before Messiah’s return, if we do not heed his warning given in Malachi 4: 4 – 6, Elohim will smite us with a curse (utter destruction), as follows: “Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him at Horeb (when YHVH gave Moses the Renewed Covenant set-out in Deuteronomy) for all Israel. (5) Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of YHVH. (6) And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.” This is obviously talking about ministries such as ours, who have been teaching fellow Israelites to return to Elohim in repentance and start obeying Torah. It also tells us to teach our children about the faith of our fathers in the faith (transliterated in Hebrew as ‘lev avot’ – heart or the seat of emotion of our fathers), or Elohim will deal with us according to His warnings in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. Fact is most of us do not even talk to our children, let alone try and teach them about the faith of our fathers in the faith. If only we have eyes to see we will realize that some of the curses mentioned in Leviticus 26: 19 & 20 have already happened to us, as follows: ‘And I will also break down the pride of your power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. (20) And your strength shall be spent uselessly, for your land shall not yield its produce and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.’ It is almost too late for us to wake up and realize that we as the lost ten tribes of Israel have not only been deceived about whom we are, but everything we used to believe was totally false.

Furthermore, it seems that the wars in Syria and Iraq are never ending with even the super powers interfering every so often. The super powers involve themselves in these skirmishes because of their concern about biological and chemical-weapon production in both these areas, and because of the threats aimed at the small nation of Israel by Iran who is known to be in possession of nuclear technology. Fact is that these outrageous weaponries are not new to the 21st century military engagements. The first time wide-spread use of chemical warfare dates back to World War I; a war which was considered so destructive as to purge the world of any future war. The first time chemical warfare was introduced in World War I was on April 22, 1915, when the German army opened the valves of 6,000 cylinders containing liquid chlorine into the air over the French reservists and Algerians, leaving them gasping for air. This was the first ever encounter that an army had with an invisible and seemingly harmless enemy. However, because chlorine does not suffocate its victims, it poisons them by stripping the linings of their bronchial tubes and lungs. The inflammation that follows produces an unbelievable volume of fluid that fills and blocks the airways and lungs. In an effort to escape the effects of the gas, some of the soldiers tried to cover their mouths and nostrils in the earth, and other started running in panic. However, any exertion to outrun the cloud of gas only resulted in them breathing deeper taking in more poisonous gas. Eventually each of the soldiers was later found to have drowned in their own phlegm. By the end of World War I, 25 varieties of poison gasses killed about 92,000 soldiers and civilians and left another 1,300,000 casualties.

The horrific sight of recovering gassed soldiers after World War I led many nations to sign the Geneva Protocol outlawing the use of poison gas and biological weapons in 1925, but research and development of these weapons continued unabated. In fact a number of nations experimented with such weapons during World War II, although it was not used on a similar scale to World War I. Nonetheless, modern scientist researching chemical warfare stumbled upon a new class of weapon, namely nerve gas. These biological weapons are copied from disease causing bacteria and viruses or their derivatives and are designed to create immediate and extremely deadly epidemics, disabling and killing armies or entire populations on a massive scale. One such biological weapon, which is extremely easy to manufacture and capable of killing those infected within days, is anthrax. When inhaled anthrax spores kill about 90% of those infected, and leaving the rest maimed for life. Pound for pound biological weapons are the most lethal weaponries mankind has ever concocted. It is also a great deal cheaper than spending millions on bullets and bombs which also destroy the surrounding infrastructure. Under perfect conditions a small amount of anthrax or botulinum toxin launched against a city could kill millions of people, leaving the infrastructure intact. These weapons are made from natural or artificial chemicals and many such chemicals can and are being used as weapons. Chemical weapons like insecticides attack the nose, throat, eyes, skin, lungs and other parts of the body. They are designed to incapacitate the enemy within minutes, similar to the way we kill flies and other pests.

For those who are naïve enough to believe that such weaponry will not be used in the near future, we read the prophecy given Yochanan by Yahshua in Revelation 9: 1 – 6, as follows: ‘And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star (angel) from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. (3) And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (4) And they were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor ant tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of Elohim on their foreheads. (5) And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. (6) And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die and death flees from them.’ When it comes to modern day weaponry, including chemical and biological warfare, it seems that the Scriptures are closer to the truth than what people have thought. According to Elohim’s warnings through His prophets, the threat of weapons unlike anything we have ever imagined will soon be a reality. Nerve gas is an especially sinister chemical weapon which can disable and kill within a few minutes. Some are so deadly, disrupting the nervous system, causing convulsions, paralysis and death within seconds of being absorbed through any unprotected parts of skin. These gasses can be spread by means of missiles, bombs, artillery shells, or can be sprayed from aircraft, ships, artillery vehicles or hand carried canisters. Terrorist and undercover agents are able to spread these dangerous gasses through food and water supplies and by means of simply puncturing a plastic bag or other container on a train, as has occurred on a train in Tokyo in 1995. A major problem in controlling the spread of these weapons is the relative ease with which they can be manufactured. It is almost like the spread of the dangerous drugs that are readily available to whoever wants to get hold of it, since they can be manufactured in a small household kitchen. For example, an ounce of biological agent in a container of growth medium could produce enough gas to kill up to 95% of a large city. Chemical and biological weapons are attractive to even the poorest of nations, since they are relatively cheap to manufacture. Whereas the design and development of a Nuclear weapon would cost millions of Dollars, deadly toxins, more deadly than nerve gas, could be produced for a few thousand Dollars per kilogram. It has been estimated by a group of chemical and biological weapons experts that casualties per square kilometer with nuclear weapons will cost at least 800 times more than with biological/chemical weapons. U.S. intelligence sources believe that chemical and biological weapons are possessed and manufactured by Iraq, Iran, Egypt, India, Ethiopia, Libya, North and South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. Fact is that mankind’s history shows that no matter how destructive and deadly these weapons are, it is only a matter of time before they will be used against fellow human beings and our neighbors. Before World War 1, chemical weapons were considered to be too horrible to be used, but they were! Again, before World War II such weapons were banned, but as the war progressed, armies started using these weapons once again. We also know that by the end of World War II even nuclear weapons were used to put an end to hostilities. The question is; why do we think the future will be different?

Yahshua the prophet whom YHVH promised Moses to raise up among his brethren, prophesied to Yochanan the disciple whom He loved, a series of earth-shattering incidents to occur before His return to earth comparable to nightmares. In Revelation 9: 16 we are told of an enormous army 200 million strong. We are also told in verse 18 that during this unprecedented time of turmoil and upheaval a third of mankind will be killed. But, despite these catastrophes, we are told in verses 20 & 21 that ‘And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and silver and of brass and stone and of wood (a wooden or stone image of a man on a cross), which can neither see nor hear nor walk; (21) and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.’ In this turmoil of destruction, it seems that man will do anything except that which would deliver him from these problems, namely to turn to Elohim and His teachings. Continuing therefore in Revelation 16: 1 - 11 we read about further plagues to be unleashed upon mankind in the near future, in this way: ‘And I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of Elohim into the earth.” (2) And the first angel went and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. (This is clearly about those who did not come out of the false churches of the world, despite being warned about it by servants of Elohim.) (3) And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died. (4) And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and they became blood. (5) And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous art Thou, who art and who wast, O Holy One, because Thou didst judge these things; (6) for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink. They deserve it.” (7) And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, O Master Elohim, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.” (8) And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. (9) And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of Elohim who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory. (10) And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, (11) and they blasphemed the Elohim of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.”

When Rav Yochanan recorded the visions that he saw in the book of Revelation during the first century, he wrote what he saw in the terms he understood at that time. At the time he recorded it, he knew nothing about tanks, jet aircraft, rockets, machine guns, much less about nuclear, chemical and biological warfare. He therefore described a terrifying world in which literally billions of human beings will be killed because they absolutely refuse to acknowledge and obey the one true Elohim and turn from their destructive ways because of hatred of Elohim and their fellow human beings. Yahshua warned about this same time in Matthew 24: 21 & 22, saying: “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall. (22) And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.” Messiah will return when all of humanity will be at the brink of self-annihilation. He will intervene to save us from ourselves, for the sake of the elect. Continuing in Isaiah 59: 18 – 21, we see how Elohim is preparing to bring His plan to conclusion, in this way: ‘According to their deeds, so He will repay, wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; to the coastlands He will make recompense. (19) So they will fear the name of YHVH from the west and His glory from the rising of the sun, for He will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of YHVH drives. (20) And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares YHVH. (21) “And as for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says YHVH: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring," says YHVH, “from now and forever.”

In the book of Revelation Yahshua did not only warn us about modern warfare, but also warned about disease epidemics soon to be unleashed upon humanity, all because we do not show love toward Him our Creator and sustainer, but also to our neighbor as He has commanded us in His Torah teachings. Man’s history reveals a chronicle of wars. From after the fall of Adam and Eve, man wanted to control others by force. What usually follows immediately after war? The disruption and destruction created by war leads to famines, followed by disease epidemics, and as revealed in Messiah’s prophecy in Revelation 6, Yochanan was shown four horses and their riders representing events to occur during our time, known as the last days. The rider described in Revelation 6: 4 was riding a red horse which represents war, as follows: ‘And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men should slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.’ This horseman is followed by a black horse and rider, carrying scales depicting famine, as witnessed in Revelation 6: 5 & 6, in this way: ‘And when He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” And I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. (6) And I heard as it were a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” These are followed by an ashen or pale horse as described in verse 8, as follows: ‘And I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.’ From this prophecy we learn that a fourth of mankind – almost 2 billion people based on the current world population of almost 7½ billion people will die as a result of warfare, starvation and disease. Other prophecies in the book of Revelation indicate a much higher toll.

But why will all these things happen? Are we not suffering enough at this time? It is all as a result of the predictable results of man defying his Creator. Elohim warned His people Israel in Leviticus 26: 14 – 16 and 25, saying: ‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, (15) if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances (you and I might think this sounds awful – but there are some people who have actually come to hate Elohim’s Torah) so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, (16) I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that shall waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you shall sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies shall eat it up. (25) I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you, so that you shall be delivered into enemy hands.’ This same warning is repeated by Elohim in Deuteronomy 28: 22 - 29, saying: “YHVH will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish. (23) And the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. (24) YHVH will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. (25) YHVH will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, but you shall flee seven ways before them, and you shall be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. (26) And your carcasses shall be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away. (27) YHVH will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. (28) YHVH will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; (29) and you shall grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.”

Our problem is that we do not seem to understand that Elohim made man for a great purpose. Mankind is His greatest creation, and as such Elohim has the sole right to tell us how to live. He gave us His Word as a blueprint how to live on the earth, if we want eternal life. But, sadly few of us ever listened to YHVH our Elohim and Creator. In fact mankind has proven to be his own worst enemy, ever since Adam and Eve partook of the tree of good and evil. Elohim clearly warned us about that in Proverbs 14: 12, saying: ‘There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.’ In fact Rav Shaul also explained that in Romans 8: 6 & 7, saying: ‘For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, (7) because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward Elohim; for it does not subject itself to the law of Elohim, for it is not even able to do so.” But, Rav Shaul gives us, the returnees from the lost ten tribes who have been immersed into Yahshua’s saving name, hope in verses 9 - 11, saying: ‘However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of Elohim dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Messiah, he does not belong to Him. (10) And if Messiah is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. (11) But if the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Messiah Yahshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.’

So as can be seen, it is possible to avoid these tragedies, but that means that we will have to humble ourselves before YHVH our Elohim by starting to follow the teachings He gave us through His word. To the Jew, who knows that sin is the transgression of Torah, all that is required is to return to YHVH in real repentance and start obeying the Torah commands transgressed in the past. Since Yahshua our Messiah came specifically to reconcile returning Israelites to the Father and Brother Judah all that is required of us is to repent of disobedience of Torah in the past and be immersed in the name of Yahshua the Messiah for the forgiveness of our sins. Then start learning Torah through ministries such as ours until we have learnt to obey Elohim’s teachings fully. Yahshua never abolished Torah for anyone as He confirmed in Matthew 5: 17 – 20, saying: “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill (meaning to keep it fully). (18) For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. (19) Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (20) For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees[3], you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.” A second witness comes from John 5: 43 – 47, as follows: “I (Yahshua) have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive (or believe) Me; if another shall come in his own name (such as a minister of religion), you will receive him. (44) How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only Elohim? (45) Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. (46) For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. (47) But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” Even though Yahshua spoke to some Jews here, we need to be aware that YHVH blinded their minds to His identity, to allow us to return to Him. Once the predetermined number of Israelites have returned, all Israel will be saved (as per Roman 11: 25 – 29), but the point is, unless we believe in Torah, we cannot confess faith in Yahshua. You and I do not have to go through the coming great tribulation, if only we follow the way Yahshua the Messiah showed us, as He confirmed in Revelation 3: 10, saying: ‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth.’ Think carefully about it!

[1] Isaiah 59: 15 & 16; ‘Yes, truth is lacking; and he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now YHVH saw and it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice. And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no one to intercede; then His own arm brought salvation to Him; and His righteousness upheld Him.’

[2] Psalm 78: 67 & 68: ‘He also rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.’

[3] Yahshua did not say that the scribes and the Pharisees will not be in the kingdom of Elohim, but meant that because we from the lost ten tribes have a proclivity to being lawless, we have to put in a lot more effort to remain Torah observant than they have to.