Today was our second Prophecy Club session. In today's session, we continued our study of the five keys that unlock end-time Bible prophecy.
Treasure (like the gold bars pictured on the right) is kept safe under multiple layers of security. A multi-layered security system does prevent robbers from stealing the treasure within. But primarily, treasure is not kept in secure vaults to keep people out.
Heightened security is primarily designed to ensure that only authorized people may have access to the treasure, of which they are the rightful owners and partakers. Similarly to how earthly treasure is kept securely locked under a multi-locking security system, the “vault” of End-time Bible prophecy is also locked—accessible only to members of the true Family of Yahweh, who possess the keys that unlock biblical prophecy:
Luke 8:10 “And He said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.”
There are several reasons that believers struggle with prophecy and often misunderstand it entirely:
FAILING TO USE THE KEYS—Heaven has given us “keys” to unlocking Bible prophecy. These keys are necessary and are explained in this article.
PROPHECY IS TIME SENSITIVE— End-time prophecy is only able to be rightly understood in the beginning of the Last Days (Daniel 12:9). This factor is no longer an issue, as we are in the beginning of the Last Days.
FALLING PREY TO CONVENIENT MATH—Many Bible students have placed the 1260 and 1290 Day timelines in an overlapping position. Why? They are only 30 days apart and the math is convenient. But the same event which starts the final 2300 days also starts the 1290 days. And the same event which ends the 2300 days, also ends the 1260 days. Considering this, the 1260 and 1290 cannot overlay as traditionally thought...
RELYING ON EXTRA-BIBLICAL INTERPRETERS—There are many believers who have written helpful and inspiring books over the years—books which are not part of the Bible canon, but can be useful and encouraging nonetheless. But while Bible commentators, and other extra-Biblical writers can be very helpful to Bible students, they can also be harmful if their writings are misused. It is a misuse of an extra-Biblical writing to elevate it to the position of being the interpreter of Scripture. Always, Scripture (and Scripture alone) must be used to interpret Scripture (1 Peter 1:20- 21; Isaiah 28:9-10). And the “Spirit of Prophecy” is none other than Yahshua Himself (Revelation 19:10).
So, what are the five keys? The five keys that unlock Bible prophecy are:
• The TORAH - Isaiah 8:20
• The PROPHETS (Scripture) - 2 Peter 1:20-21
• The FEASTS (Leviticus 23) - Daniel 8:19; Daniel 11:27; Daniel 11:35; Colossians 2:16-17; Leviticus 23:2
• The MAZZAROTH (Job 38:32) - Genesis 1:14
• SABBATICALS & JUBILEES
It is interesting that there are exactly five keys. In Hebrew, the original language of the Torah, letters also have numerical value. The Hebrew letter Hey (h) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has the corresponding numerical value of 5. Thus, five keys denotes the meaning of the Hebrew letter Hey. Significantly, the Hey is the letter of the Holy Spirit—the Breath of Heaven.
Would you please clarify and give reference to your statement regarding two lambs being sacrificed in the morning and two lambs sacrificed again at night? Also, would you please clarify what you meant by "we all need a double portion of the blood of Yahshua before coming into worship on the Sabbath"? And how would we get that "double portion" of Yahshua's blood?
ReplyDeleteThe daily Sacrifice was a total of two lambs: 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening:
ReplyDeleteExodus 29:38‑39 records when two lambs were to be sacrificed every day, it says "Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even."
The Sabbath Sacrifice was double the daily sacrifice:
Numbers 28:10 "On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah [3] of fine flour mixed with oil. This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering."
Exodus 29:38–42, In the morning…at twilight. (See also Lev 1:1–17 and Num 28:1–15.) This twice daily offering was known as the continual burnt offering (Heb. olah tamiyd), and was offered at the door of the tabernacle (verse 42). The word continual (Heb. tamiyd) means “continually.” The Hebrew word for burnt offering is olah meaning “ascent, stairway or steps,” and derives from the basic Hebrew verb, alah, meaning “to go up, climb or ascend.”
In this offering, the fire consumes the entire animal, and the word olah refers to the smoke of this whole burnt offering ascending to heaven, which is a “sweet aroma” to YHVH (verse 41). The olah was an offering or gift (Lev 1:2, Heb. qorban) to YHVH and could be a bull, goat, ram, turtle dove or a pigeon as long as it was a perfect specimen without defect (Lev 1).
The writer of Hebrews clearly teaches that this offering (along with all the other offerings in the sacrificial system) pointed to Yeshua, our Great High Priest, whose atoning death on the cross fulfilled all the types and shadows of the Levitical, sacrificial system (Heb 4:14–5:7; 7:1–10:18).