In today's Prophecy Club, we completed our study of the Branch Prophecies, which we first began studying on November 17 of 2021.
As we enter the time, which
Scripture calls "The Falling Away", more and more believers are being
drawn in to the deceptive lies of the Anti-Messiah. How can we be safe from
turning away and being deceived into worshiping another, in a time when the
deception, will be overmastering enough to (if possible) even deceive the
very elect (Matthew 24:24), what hope have any of us against it?
The lies of the beast - the Anti-messiah of the Last Days - will be undermining Yahshua's Messiahship, getting many well-meaning folks to look for another, or expect "Yahshua" to come back to finish the job. But the answer to these deceptions is found in the Old Testament Branch prophecies.
These Branch
Prophecies were the Messianic prophecies, which the true Messiah must - and did
fulfill. Why is understanding the Branch prophecies - and Yahshua's fulfillment
of them - so vitally important a protection against the Anti-messiah in the
Last Days? The Lies of the Beast all comes from misconstruing and
misunderstanding the Branch prophecies, which authenticate Messiah. For
example:
Many today believe in bringing back
the animal sacrifices. Why? They don't understand Yahshua's fulfillment of the
Branch prophecies, which foretold what Messiah would do as our complete
sacrifice.
Many today believe that the third
Temple will be Yahweh's temple on earth. Why? They don't understand Yahshua's
fulfillment of the Branch prophecies, which foretold that Messiah would build
the Temple.
In fact, every Anti-messiah
deception comes from distorting or misapplying the Branch prophecies. In order
to be protected from the growing deception which will cause many faithful to
fall away and accept Anti-messiah, we need to be thorough in our studies of the
five Branch prophecies - and Yahshua's fulfillment of them.
Another word for Messiah is Christ.
And in the very end, one false messiah will rule the whole world, who will be
the final antichrist.
The antichrist is the deceiver –
the false messiah who pretends to be Messiah – 1 John 2:18:
“Little children, it is the last time:
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;
whereby we know that it is the last time.”
The final moments of earth’s
history are characterized by a war of the messiah’s. The true Messiah is
Yahshua, Who is coming in the clouds to take the saved people to glory. The
false messiah will cause his followers to receive the mark of the beast and
ultimate eternal damnation.
Which messiah we follow will
determine out eternal destiny. Clearly then, it is vitally important that we
are following Yahshua, the true Messiah and do not fall a prey to the
deceptions of the false. So how can we be sure that we are following the true
Messiah?
To rightly discern the false, we
must first fully discern the true. What are the Scriptural identifiers of the
true Messiah? They are given in Scripture under five “BRANCH” prophecies.
Identifying them with their prophetic elements—and discerning how Yahshua
fulfilled each of them—is a powerful protection against falling for the
Anti-Christ, who is actually the false Messiah, because the Branch prophecies
give us the five-fold ministry of the true Messiah.
The four Gospel writers were
working to present the five-ministry roles of the Messiah, which establish
Yahshua’s validity as the Messiah. The five roles are:
THE
KING
THE
SERVANT
THE
SON OF MAN
THE
SON OF YAH
THE ALMIGHTY JUDGE
The purpose of the Gospel writers
was not to provide us with a chronological record of events in the Life of
Messiah. Each Gospel writer was telling the story of Messiah from his
individually inspired perspective, portraying Christ’s fulfillment of each of
these five roles.
Ezekiel and John the Revelator were given visions in which they saw the Throne of Yahweh. In those visions, a special order of angels were seen – called the Seraphim – who serve the Father at His Throne. The holy beings bear shapes which symbolize four of the five roles of the Messiah – which are representing four of the Branch prophecies.
·
One looks like a Man– showing Messiah’s role as a Man.
·
Another looks like an eagle – showing Messiah’s divine
role and work in Judgment.
·
A third looks like a bull – showing Messiah’s divine
role as the obedient servant who plows the ground for the Heavenly Seed,
·
And the fourth looks like a lion – showing Messiah’s
kingship.
These are four of the five Branch
prophecies.
And the fifth Branch prophecy is
also seen at the Throne of God. John described the worthy Lamb that was slain.
This symbolizes the fifth Branch prophecy which is Yahshua as our
substitutionary Sacrifice.
Five times in the writings of the Bible prophets the Messiah is called the Tsemach. The King James translators rendered the word Tsemach into English as BRANCH – which is often in all capital letters. They recognized the Messianic reference in each case where the prophets of Israel used the word Tsemach.
These same Branch prophecies are symbolized in the heavens, where the Creator portrays the plan of redemption in the Mazzaroth.
Why are the Branch prophecies so
important? The true Messiah is authenticated by fulfilling each of these five
Branch prophecies.
And because these five Branch
prophecies identify and prove Messiahship – since only the true Messiah
fulfills these Branch prophecies and completes these Messianic roles – the
Branch prophecies a the central theme depicted at the Throne of God, they are
the central theme of the Mazzaroth, and they are central in the Scriptures as
well.
Let’s look at the five Branch
prophecies, as they appear in the Old Testament prophets.
The first of the five is in
Jeremiah. Jeremiah prophesied that the Messiah – the BRANCH - would be a King
out of the lineage of David:
1)
Jeremiah 33:15 –
·
Role of Messiah: Divine Judgment
·
Work of Messiah: execute judgment and righteousness in
the land
·
Gospel with this Focus: Revelation
·
Mazzaroth Quadrant: Eagle
2)
Zechariah 6:12 –
·
Role of Messiah: Messiah as the Man – Example of godly
Manhood
·
Work of Messiah: He will build the Temple of Yahweh
·
Gospel with this Focus: Luke
·
Mazzaroth Quadrant: Man
3)
Zechariah 3:8
·
Role of Messiah: Strong Servant – Burden Bearer
·
Work of Messiah: High Priest
·
Gospel with this Focus: Mark
·
Mazzaroth Quadrant: Bull (Re’eym)
4)
Jeremiah 23:5
·
Role of Messiah: King of kings
·
Work of Messiah: He will reign – being of the lineage
of David
·
Gospel with this Focus: Matthew
·
Mazzaroth Quadrant: Lion
5)
Isaiah 4:2-4
·
Role of Messiah: He’s the One Who is beautiful and
glorious (“Beautiful are the feet of them who bring good news” – the Gospel)
·
Work of Messiah: Purge Zion in His Blood
·
Gospel with this Focus: John
·
Mazzaroth: Lamb constellation (Taleh) -
· Revelation
5:12 “the worthy Lamb that is slain” is Yahshua, referring to His Death on the
Cross – it the shape of the Hebrew Tav (the last letter) – the meaning of which
is: “It is finished” and it also is “the sign of the Covenant”.
The true Messiah is authenticated
by fulfilling each of these five Branch prophecies. For this
reason, it should not come as a surprise that the fundamental way the
Anti-Christ will be globally accepted is by attacking Yahshua’s fulfillment of
the Branch prophecies. If we can be convinced that Yahshua did not fulfill all
of the Branch prophecies, we can be caused to look for another – and that other
will be the Anti-Christ.
·
2 John 1:6-9 – Yahshua is Christ (Messiah) and has
come in the flesh. Whoever denies this is of the spirit of Anti-christ. And
only those who have the doctrine (truth) of Yahshua’s Messiahship have Yahweh.
In the Last Days, there is a battle between the Messiahs.
Both sides will appear to be righteous
(Matthew 24:24). So, how can you tell them apart? The only way is
·
The Sign of
Jonah – Messiah said this was a “sign” of His Messiahship (three
days and three nights in the tomb – Wednesday vs Friday Crucifixion).
·
The Daniel
70 Weeks Prophecy – Daniel 9:24-27 tell the timing of the arrival and
work of Messiah
·
The Branch
Prophecies – The True Messiah must fulfill the five Branch prophecies in
the O.T… The New Testament Gospel
writings were giving eye-witness testimony of Yahshua’s fulfillment of the
Branch prophecies.
. The true Messiah is the one and only Righteous BRANCH.
·
1 John 2:21-23 – The spirit of Anti-christ denies that
Yahshua is Messiah.
· 1 John 4:2-4 - Every spirit that confesseth that Yahshua Christ is come in the flesh is of God. Yahshua is God manifested in the flesh for our Salvation – He is the One and only Messiah.
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