A Stumbling Block to Restoration

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A STUMBLING BLOCK TO RESTORATION

By Rabbi/Brother Moshe Yoseph Koniuchowsky

Part 10 In The Series On Israels Ongoing National Restoration!

The Stumbling Block

The teachings of the doctrine of a separate secret rapture, apart fromthe promised resurrection of the dead following the Great Tribulation,(Daniel 12:1-2) remains one of the major stumbling blocks in therestoration of both houses of our people Israel. Since it is the Fathersagenda to unite the two houses in His love and His truth, anyerror, especially one as massive as the fabrication of the "secretrapture", must be dealt with and corrected with the Word of Yahuwah.

Yahuwahs Word does not teach rapture and therefore neither shouldwe! If the leadership of the Messianic Nazarene Yisrael movement doesnot stay teachable on this issue, then it is within the realm of possibilitythat the unity and healing that we long for and strive for will bypass thisgeneration. If that occurs, we would not only fail in our mission to bringunity, one mind and healing to two divided houses, but also in alllikelihood would have to forfeit any special rewards in thecoming millennial Kingdom of Yahuwah. Unless all those of MessianicNazarene Yisrael make the most sincere attempt to search out the truthregarding the origins and misapplications of the false doctrine referred

to by religionists as "the rapture", we will have labored in vain. The unitywe seek among all of Israel can only be achieved with a clearunderstanding of the errors of the rapture doctrine, so that correctionscan be made and so that oneness can be achieved.

Initial Problems

The initial problem with the "secret rapture" doctrine is that the House ofIsrael (Ephraim) by and large has subscribed to this error in varyingdegrees. When those of Ephraim-Israel enter the loving and caring

environment of two-house truth, this doctrinal baggage usuallyaccompanies the Ephraimite as well. The problem with Ephraim-Israels subscription to the doctrine of the "secret rapture" is that itcontradicts Yahuwahs revealed will. Both houses have been leavenedwith a teaching that is certain to bring confusion, division and heresy, asit has in the past 200 years. Yahuwah the Almighty will allow reunionand restoration to both houses of Israel, only on His terms and only


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to those who carry truth around their girded loins. Rav Shaul warns usthat a little doctrinal leaven can soon leaven the whole lump.1 We arecommanded to purge the old leaven out, so that Messianic NazareneYisrael can be a fresh wholesome new lump, ordained by Yahuwah forthe soon coming Kingdom on earth.

Where must this cleansing begin? It must begin at the source. Thesource is a repentant Ephraim-Israel that learns truth through anattitude of humility and contriteness and then First Cor. 5:6-7.proceedsto show believing Judah, the truth of Scripture in the same manner asthe leaven was once shared. This purging must be thorough and

voluntary, as well as immediate, byall those who have entered theMessianic Nazarene Yisrael movement, with the intention ofrebuildinga nation. That nation of our forefathers Israel, can only be built withlayers oftruth and justice. In the "secret rapture" doctrine, one will find

neither. Ephraim-Israelsattitude towards the false error of secret pre-tribulationism must be that of Corrie TenBoom, the late great lover ofJewish-Israel, when she stated: "Dont listen to those falseprophets,who come in the name of Jesus declaring that believers will not suffer

the[Great] Tribulation. Go back and tell your American friends that therapture before[Great] Tribulation doctrine is now anexclusive American [not Hebraic] message. It isnot found in the rest ofthe nations."We would do well to take her warning seriously,sinceYahuwah Almighty does not teach a pre-tribulation rapture and if we as

MessianicIsrael do insist on teaching it, (thus proliferating the mostdivisive doctrine in religiouscircles today). I fear our full nationalrestoration must wait for other more teachablegenerations yet to come.

Unknown To Prophets Of Israel

Scripture tells us there is nothing new under the sun and certainly that

would includenothing new in Scripture that was not first taught inScripture by early believers inYahshua and Yahuwah. The doctrine ofthe rapture is a late 18thcentury invention ofcertain men, who held to a

dispensationalist view of history. It is a doctrine that is totallyforeign tothe Bible and Hebraic thought and culture. Not a single rabbi

(traditional ormessianic) in any ancient rabbinic literature everspoke of or even remotely madereference to a pre-tribulationrapture. If most Judahites remain loyal to YahuwahsWord regardingthe absence of the so-called "pre-tribulation rapture" in Scripture,andreturning Ephraim enthusiastically endorses and proliferates it, unity


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is not and cannot beat hand. Therefore it must be dealt with in the hereand now, in the gospel light of twohouse unity and understanding. Pre-tribulation rapture teaching, teaches Israelites to havea false hope of"peace and safety" prior to the soon coming full two-stick reunion in

themillennium, rather than to watch and pray for strength to endure theonslaught of the GreatTribulation. Unlike modern purveyors of thiserror, Messiah Yahshua not only told us ofpre millennial [Great]Tribulation, but also promised it to His disciples.

The rapture theory has no literal application or basis based upon

primary meaning ofbiblical texts. Even Hal Lindsey one of the leadingproponents of a "secret separaterapture" for the so-called "church",admits: "I cannot point to any single verse thatclearly says the rapturewill occur before the tribulation."Lindsey goes on to say,"pre-tribulation

[rapture] is based largely on arguments from inference andsilence."Ifthere are no verses teaching it, why are books like the

popular "Left Behind" serieswritten on it? Why are denominationsspitting and splitting over it? Why are our Jewishbrothers condemnedand theologically replaced because of it? We owe it to our Savior

toeradicate this scourge from our midst, if we are to become the greatrestorationmovement that Yahuwah desires us to be.

The Scriptures are plainly clear that a resurrection of the believers in

Messiah Yahshuawill take place.That is a certainty! As we will shortly

learn, this catching up of the livingand the righteous redeemed deadare parts A and B of the first blessed and holyresurrection. What pre-tribulation rapture teaching has done, is to separate part Aandpart B of the first blessed pre-millennial resurrection, making Part

A stand onits own as a "Christian" pre-tribulation secretrapture. This understanding ofresurrection verses originated in themiddle 18th century. Not only is this concept foreignto Scripture andthe Hebrew people, it was not accepted by any of the early so

called"church fathers." None of them subscribed to or taught a "secretseparate pre-tribulationrapture!"The notion of the "before tribulationrapture" began in 1747 when an exiledChilean Jesuit named EmanuelLacunza wrote a book (released in 1816) in Italy entitled:"The ComingOf The Messiah in Glory and Majesty."In order to make room for all

theTribulation events, he surmised that there had to be a timeseparation between the callingup of believers and the actual return toearth of Messiah. This was the historical germ thatgrew into the nowcommonly taught error that Messiah comes three times. The


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secondtime for His people and the third time with His people. EmanuelLacunza introducedthree comings of Messiah in 1747 CE. Yahshua

Almighty on the other hand spoke onlyof two comings to earth.Whosereport will you believe?

Iben Ezra; The Jesuit

The Jesuit Lacunza wrote under the pen name of Iben Ezra , and

desired to infiltrateProtestantism with this Roman Catholic doctrine. Hewrote using the name of Rabbi IbenEzra to make Protestants think hewas a Hebrew-Christian espousing a "traditionalJewish position".(Messianic Judaism today sadly holds to this position as a

"Jewishposition" as well). The public release of his work was part andparcel of nefarious Jesuitactivity. Iben Ezras four-volume set came torest on the shelves of the library of theArchbishop of Canterbury. Dr.Maitland, the church librarian, who released these worksto the English-speaking world, was unaware that he was propagating a false18th centuryJesuit Roman Catholic invention. The churchman though

that he was releasing the workof a Hebrew-Christian or "ConvertedJew", when in fact it was the handiwork of theJesuit order.DoesMessianic Nazarene Yisrael really want to continue in the errors of Dr.

Maitlandby releasing and trusting in a Jesuit doctrine of three physicalcomings of Messiah?

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A young Scottish Presbyterian minister was so enthralled with Iben

Ezras "secretrapture" theory, that he translated the work into Englishfrom Spanish. This man, EdwardIrving, later founded the Irvingitesbased on the Jesuit secret pre-tribulation rapture lie.

This order of the Irvingites were considered to be an apostate group,

even by the Vaticanitself!After the Irvingites, "The Brethren" movementin Ireland adopted Iben Ezra andthe Irvingites error and began

releasing literature stating that only "The Brethren" werethe true"church of Christ." They adopted the pre-tribulation Jesuit teaching in

order toseparate their "only true church", from the rest of the "falsebrethren". They found thedivisive rapture of the pre-tribulation theory,most convenient in their massiveexcommunicating practices towards"heretics", whose ultimate punishment would be tobe "LEFT BEHIND"in their pre-tribulation rapture. "The Brethren" excommunicated


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thelegendary George Muller, champion of the poor orphans, who ranBristol Englandsmany orphanages, for opposing the new Brethrenposition of "a pre-tribulation secret andseparate rapture". The leadingfigure in George Mullers excommunication was a man bythe name ofJohn Darby.

Darby & Dispensationalim

John Darby is revered in Protestant circles as the modern founder of

the pre-tribulationrapture, though he borrowed the idea from the JesuitIben Ezra and from Edward Irving.He like his predecessors used it toestablish "The Brethren" on a spiritually superiorpedestal, relegating allwho disagreed with their private view of pre-tribulationrapturism, asheretics to the "Christian faith", whose ultimate separation from

"Christ",would occur when they would be left behind. We see that fromits inception, earlyProtestant groups in order to sow division, discord,and variance, among the body oftrue believers, used this doctrine of"Jesuit-Roman-Popery". It was this most repulsive ofdoctrines thatsucceeded in dividing the believing community into two tiers of

believers.Those who were going, and those who were not going. Manywere excommunicated,killed and even tortured, if they did not followthe ways of Irvingism and Darby.Darbyultimately took this demonicdoctrine many steps further than any of his predecessors.

Does anyone really believe that Israels two houses can be rebuilt inlove, equity andequality for all believers, if we knowingly proliferate theobvious errors of the past?

Like most 19th century theologians, John Darby was anti-nomian (anti-

Torah), teachingthat Torah had passed away at the cross. Darbynoticed that during the seven years ofDaniels final week, (Daniel 9:27)the offerings of Torah are to be made at the Temple.

Since the Torah was clearly being observed during this seven-year

period, Darbyconcluded that Torah keeping would come back intoeffect at the start of the GreatTribulation. This train of thought causedDarby to segregate biblical and prophetichistory intocompartmentalized ages. Darby theorized that the age of Torah had

ended atthe cross and an age of church grace had begun. Then at thestart of the seven-year GreatTribulation there was a return to Torahand an end of the Age of Grace, as Darby saw it.


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This created a problem for Darbys theory! How can the Age of

Law return, if the so-called"church" is still here? Darby saw the Age ofLaw, as Yahuwahs dealings withIsrael [i.e. the Jews only], in theTribulation, as Yahuwah would deal exclusively withIsrael. So whathappens to the so-called "church"? Surely the church will not leave

graceto re-enter the Law of Moses! As a result Darby adopted the ideaof pre-tribulationrapture [from Irving and Iben Ezra]. His idea of the "so-called church" leaving" beforethe tribulation was to allow Israel [i.e. theJews] to reenter the age of Great Tribulationlaw [keeping]."

The result of Darbys works and multiple illustrative charts is threefold.

First it teachesthat Torah is not for today. This is a direct violation ofYahshuas own Words found inMatthew 5:19-21, that teaches thatTorah is in effect from the Garden of Eden, until andas eternity

commences, even after the millennial reign has culminated. Second,itexpands the original errors of Irving and Iben Ezra to a new level, andfinally and perhapsmost importantly proliferates the hideous errors ofSeparate Entity Theology. Separate Entity Theology is the oxygen thatfeeds Replacement Theology. It has Israel (in his limited understanding,

the Jews only), takingit on the chin and receiving punishment, while theother house of Israel (Ephraim) fliesaway. Thus we are left with thefruits of pre-tribulationism, which is a racist brand ofdispensationalistdogma, that has Ephraim-Israel flying away to heaven, while Jewish-

Israel,is stuck on earth. One house of Israel goes up to the celestial

realm, leaving theother house of Israel in the terrestrial realm. Underthe pre-tribulation rapture error, thereunification of both houses ofIsrael is not only a theological impossibility but alogistical one aswell! Ezekiels two stick restoration clearly takes place onthemountains of Israel, to and for bothhouses here on the earth!

Mr. Darby forgot that Jeremiah 30:7 calls the Great Tribulation Jacobs

Trouble, notJudahs trouble. Since Israel is made up of both houses,(for the last 2900 years) bothhouses will experience the GreatTribulation. If Mr. Darby had understood that non-Jewishbelievers arepredominantly returning and rescued Ephraim-Israel, he would nothavebeen so quick to have "all Israel" or "Jacob", go through the Great

Tribulation. Onlythose who do not yet understand the two houses ofone single people called the ekklesiaof Israel, and have separatedYahuwahs people into two separate entities known as the so-

called"church" and the believing Jews, can feel confident in the pre-Tribulation rapturefantasy.


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Three Comings??

We will now take a close up look at the most often quoted passages in

favor of the secretrapture, (rebuked by Yahshua Himself in Matthew24:26-27) which despite vehementdenials to the contrary

teaches, three comings not the two of Scripture. WhetherYahshualands on earth or not, is not the issue that defines a physical parousia,

or aphysical coming! Rather what defines a coming physicalappearance of the Son ofYahuwah is His descent from the thirdheaven. IfHe descends from the third heaven(His home) andleaves the right hand of the Farther, that is in fact a

coming,regardless of where He does or does not land!Hebrews9:28 states: "So Messiah was once offered to bear the sins of many;

and to themthat look for Him shall He appearthe second time apart

from sin unto salvation." Asecret rapture would be a third coming!Second Timothy 4:1 states: "I charge youtherefore before Elohim andthe Master Yahshua the Messiah, who shall judge the livingand thedead at His appearing and His Kingdom" Messiah

Yahshuas appearing, asseen in the above verse, is synonymous toHis second coming, which takes place at thedawn of His Kingdom,which by definition would mean just prior to the millennial reignof Rev.20:4-5. His appearing is His coming, at the start of His earthly

government!Messiah will raise (catch up) the faithful dead andrighteous of all the ages past, alongwith changing the living. Messiah

will catch up both groups in order to place them inresurrected bodies, inorder to enter the earthly 1000-year reign. This catching up is thefirstand blessed resurrection of Rev. 20:5-6. Those who are caught up in

the first blessedresurrection are truly the blessed co-rulers of theKingdom of Messiah and of eternitywith the Lamb.

In James 5:7 Yahuwah admonishes believers to "be patient therefore

brethren, unto theCOMING of the Master". We are admonished to bepatient and watchful while we waitfor Yahshuas coming, not His secretseparate appearance in some inner chamber. In 1stThessalonians4:15-17, a classical favorite of pre-tribulation proponents, the text inverse15 refers to the events of the catching up from the graves andfrom our natural bodies andis defined as a coming of the Master,rather than a "secret rapture appearance" of theMaster. The Greekwordharpazo in first Thessalonians 4:17, refers to the catching upoutof the graves of the righteous blessed saved dead in the messianic

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separate church appearance), will alsobe caught up out of their naturalbodies, and changed into a spiritual body (FirstCorinthians 15:54 refersto this change, as a clothing of the mortal with the fresh clothingof theimmortal). Job himself referred to this change from mortal to immortal in

Job14:14, where he promised to patiently wait for his "change tocome" afterhe dies. LikeJob, we await our change, courtesy of ourSavior Messiah Yahshuas saving grace!In Job 19:25-26 we find a veryimportant Scripture. Job proclaims that the Redeemer willcome to earthand after his own death (Jobs), that same Redeemer will allow Job to

seeElohim (Messiah) in his flesh. This clear reference to Jobs newresurrected flesh, is thefirst mention of life after death in the bible andis used to establish the all-important"principle of first mention". Job theoldest book in the bible, was authored by Moses andthus carries a fullweight of legitimate sanction. From this "principle of first mention",

wesee that it is the resurrection from the dead, that Messiah is destinedto oversee. Not a"new secret rapture".

Getting Changed.

A change of clothing requires a catching up from the earth, in order for

the changing totake place in the realm of the holy, as does the normalchanging of ones clothes. Thecatching up, assures us that even thechange itself, will not be on earth which is under thecurse of Adamstransgression, but in the air to assure a "clean dressing and

changingroom", if you will! The Greek word Strongs #109is aerpronouncedah-ayr, meaning adrop in temperature or a fresh,cleansed breeze. The catching away then is not to heaven,but to aclean fresh changing area, with clean set apart conditions and a drop in

airtemperature, for the gift of our new resurrection spirit bodies, withenhanced physicalcapabilities.

No human being can totally change his or her clothing sitting or lying

down. In order toput on this new spiritual body, living believers mustalso be caught up, to stand up fortheir change of bodies in the air, or

the clean changing area. Thus "the catching uporharpazo (Greek)rapturo (Latin Vulgate), is nothing more than thepromise of the agescoming to pass at Yahshuas return, which is thepromised first and blessed resurrectionof the saved righteous dead.Part A of the first resurrection is the raising from the dead ofallbelievers who died in all the ages past. Part B of the same first and

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believers, in order to be changedinto their new resurrected body for the

millennium. No one can totally change his or herclothes sitting down.Can they? Can you?

The error of pre-tribulation rapture dogma, is due to the failure to rightly

divide thesepassages, as being two parts of the first pre-millennialresurrection of all the saints of allthe ages, as opposed to using thesetwo parts and formulating part B into a separate andsecret thirdcoming! The qualifier in 1Thessalonians 4:15, refers to the events of

verses16-17, as events surrounding His coming, not His secretunbiblical clandestineappearance. First Corinthians 15:42-52wonderfully confirms these verses as referring tochange not rapture.

In Luke 21:36 those who propagate the Jesuit creation of the "secret

pre-tribulationrapture" have misapplied the text. The original Greekdoes not state "pray always thatyou may be accounted worthy toescape all these things that shall come to pass". Ratherin the Greektext this verse does not teach "an escape" from the tribulation. The

propertranslation as found in the New American Standard version aswell as the NewInternational Version, are the words strength(NASV)orable (NIV) to escape.Whywould we need to pray for strength, abilityand alertness in Luke 21:36, if we are not herein that period?

In Rev. 3:10 Yahuwah promises to keep us from the hour of temptation,

coming to try andtest all the earths dwellers. Those who propagateanti-Semitic rapture doctrines insistthat the word keep means totranslate believers to heaven, in a secret rapture. Yet the text does notbear this out! The word forkeep in Rev. 3:10 is the Greek word tereo,

whichcarries the meaning: to watch over, preserve, keep through, orkeep and protect awayfrom [danger]. The basic primary meaning is toprotect. Yahuwah has always promised toprotect His people intribulation, not remove them from it.Elijahs ascension to heavenis nota valid proof of the secret Jesuit rapture theory, because Elijahs entire

life was oneof fighting, surviving, and overcoming worldly tribulation.

His ascension was a rewardfor service but not a removal fromtribulation. If anyone knew the preserving,strengthening and keepingpower of Yahuwah in the midst of tribulation, it was theprophet Elijah!

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Regarding using Noah as a "type of the pre-tribulation rapture", there is

not a singleScripture to even remotely suggest that Noah was removedfrom the earth or fromtribulation. If there is a parallel to end time eventsregarding Noah, it is that the end timeswill be like the days of Noah,where the unrighteous perished, all the while the righteouswereprotected and preserved by the watchful eyes of Yahuwah Almighty!

Pre-tribulation rapture teachings insist that Matthew 24:41-42, support

their position. The"one taken" is supposedly the believer in the secretthird coming rapture. Can thisunderstanding of these texts besupported from Scripture? Absolutely not! All one needsto do is jumpup to verse 39, where Yahshua makes reference to Noahs days. In

Noahsdays, those who were not on the ark, (or the unrighteous),were taken away. No onewould claim that those taken away by global

flood circa 2500 BCE were raptured toheaven! Would they? In contextthen, the term taken away, in verses 40 and 41 ofMatthew both refer tothe unrighteous or the unbelieving, being taken away to judgment,inthe days surrounding the Master Yahshuas return to earth! Luke 17:37,

nails thisdown. The ones taken, become fodder for birds (demons) ofprey! Doesnt sound likeheaven, does it?

Further confirmation that the "taken away" references mean to

judgment and not toheaven, is substantiated by Messiah YahshuaHimself, as found in His parable of thesower and the field in Matthew

13. Matthew 13:49 teaches us that the separating of therighteoussaved from the unrighteous lost, will take place not in the middle or

towards theend of this age, but at the very end of this age itself!According to Scripture, both thewheat and tares will grow together untilthis age is consummated at Yahshuas secondcoming. If the doctrine ofa "separate third advent in a secret rapture" bus were correct,then theseparation of the wheat from the tares would by definition have to take

placeearlier on before the end of this current age. That is not whatYahshua the Messiahtaught, and neither should we! This separating ofwheat from chaff or saved from lost,will be done by the angels, not bythe secret rapture in a church bus. According toYahshua, the tares aregathered first. Then the wheat. The pre-tribulation rapture

theoryteaches that the wheat is gathered first and only later does thechaff get gathered. Evensequentially, the "third coming secret rapturethesis" stands in gross error!

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The so-called "secret third coming rapture" depends largely on the

usage of passages thatrefer to Messiah Yahshuas coming to the earth"as a thief in the night". This underlying"thief in the night" explanationgoes something like this: Since the second coming will belike lightningthat shines from east to west,and since every eye shall see Him

these"thief in the night" verses must refer to a separate event, wherebelievers will not seeHim, thus the necessity of a secret "thief in thenight" rapture scenario. The "thief in thenight" verses used to justify thissecret third coming rapture are: 1Thessalonians 5:2-10,Matthew24:42-51, 2 Peter 3:10, Rev. 3:3 & Rev. 16:15. In order to properly

comprehendall of the "thief in the night" references, we must stay withthe Master Yahshuas ownWords in Matthew 24:42-44.

Yahshua the Messiah is teaching that He is the thief (in parables), and

that He will comeat an unexpected time! He is not said to be coming inthe night, so that it may be easier(in darkness) for Him to steal awaythe assembly. That is not what these Scriptures teach!

Just the opposite holds true. His coming will take the assembly of

Renewed CovenantIsrael, (on earth) by almost total surprise. He doesnot have to steal away the assemblysince He paid for it andrightfully owns it!One can only steal away, something orsomeonethat does not rightfully belong to the thief. Thats what makes a thief athief!

The illegality of the stolen possession! Surely no one would argue that

Messiah Yahshuadoes not own the ekklesia of Yahshua. It isinteresting that a sleeping assembly that is notaware of rapidlyunfolding eschatological events, is said to be a sleeping assembly,

whichin Scripture is referred to as apostasy (2Thess. 2:3). FromMatthew 24:42 to Matthew25:13 the Master Yahshua begins and endsHis teaching on the second coming, with thedeclaration of theunfortunate fact, that when His coming is delayed (2000 years

already),that the lethargic assembly of Renewed Covenant Israel will

be so fully doctrinallyleavened, (through the likes of popery) that mostbelievers will be found sleeping. In theparable of the ten virgins, we cansafely see that about half of the assembly of RenewedCovenant Israel,will be taken by surprise at His coming. The thief in the night

passages,emphasize the element of surprise upon a lethargic,apostate and leavened sleepingassembly. It does not mean that

Yahshua is going to privately steal away a propertythat is already


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His! The five foolish virgins of Matthew 25:1-13 had fallen into a

sleepof apostasy, because they had wrongly trusted that MessiahYahshua would return muchsooner than He actually will! Thesepassages warn all believers, that most of theassembly of RenewedCovenant Israel, will wrongly expect the Messiah to come muchsoonerthan He will in fact come. When the believers who have been taught a

"secretimminent pre-tribulation rapture", do not see that event, they willlose heart, even withthe oil of the Ruach at their disposal, as they fallinto apostate sleep. Yahshuas coming issaid to rudely awaken mostout of that apostate sleep, due to a loss of faith in His arrival.

Rev 3:3 portrays the same principle. Namely that if the believers at

Sardis, do not stayalert over a long period of time, Messiah Yahshuawill come and find them sleeping too.

Rev. 16:15 bears this out as well!Our Master Yahshua, will arrive as "athief in the night", not to steal the assembly away,but to surprise themout of apostate sleep. In 2nd Peter 3:10 the Day of Yahuwah is said

to"come as a thief". The Day of Yahuwah here is referring to the 1000-year millennialKingdom of Messiah on the earth. The millenniumcommences at His second coming andends with the renewal of theearth by destructive fire!In 2Peter 3:10, the term "thiefin the night"refers to Messiahs second coming at the end of the 70thweek ofDaniel,which then begins the millennial period. After the millennial, the

heavens and earth willbe renewed with a roar and with intense heat.So we clearly see that this "thief in thenight" is not a "secret rapture" atall, since His coming will cause the heavens to roar.

Not very secret is it?

The most frequently quoted "thief in the night" secret rapture text is

found in 1stThessalonians 5:2. This text actually warns RenewedCovenant Israel to be leery of anydoctrine or teaching that wouldmislead them into awaiting a "third coming by night in asecret

appearance". In 1 Thessalonians 5:1 Rav Shaul states that theassembly heplanted, should understand the approximate series ofevents that lead up to the Masterscoming. He is confident that theyunderstand these basic concepts. The Thessaloniansunlike othersleeping apostate assemblies, were actively on guard and watchful

forMessiahs second advent! Therefore Rav Shaul commends theiralertness in 1Thessalonians 5:1. However Rav Shaul talks about other


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less watchful believers in verse2, destined to be caught off guard bythe day and timing of Messiahs return. It will comeas "a thief in thenight", only to those who according to verse 3, are found swept

away,by a false doctrine ofpeace and safety, that falsely guaranteesthem a pre-tribulationrapture escape, "one-way" bus ticket to heaven.In 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Rav Shaulsternly warns that there is a falsedoctrine ofpeace and safety or "Great TribulationEscape" beingpropagated, that is guaranteed to bring those looking for escape from

theGreat Tribulation into destruction. He contrasts this destructiveteaching andunderstanding, with that of the watchful and alertThessalonians, who are willing toendure much pain while they "watchand wait". The contrast is between the correct"watch and wait" biblicalattitude, and the "lets party and escape" attitude. One bringslife andcharacter building, the other destruction. One finds Messiah Yahshua

welcomedas a long expected friend returning from a long journey, theother sees His return as atroublesome infringing event, as Yahshuareturns unexpectedly "as a thief in the night",to catch them in theirreligiously altered state of sleepy escape-ism. As we can see, notmuchhas changed! The false teaching of easy escape had permeated theearly assemblies.

Those who had fallen into that error expected Yahshuas return "as a

thief in the night".Those willing to faithfully and patiently watch,remember, endure and wait, over a longperiod of time culminating in

the Great Tribulation, would be alert and ushered into theKingdom inglorious fashion.

First Thessalonians 5:4 brings this truth to a remarkable light! The

believers who werelearning how not to be shaken (2 Thessalonians2:1-2) by the "escape teachings"fueled by the overwhelming humandesire for "peace and safety", are said to be brotherswho do not dwellin the darkness regarding their Masters return. Rather they are said

todwell "in the light" regarding His return and as such MessiahYahshuas coming wouldNOT OVERTAKE THEM AS A THIEF IN THENIGHT, since according to verses 5& 6, they are in the light, not drunkwith the deception of a secret escape doctrine of animminent "red eye"flight to peace and safety. As they watch, remember, wait and

arefaithful through sobriety by willfully rejecting the "peace andsafety" doctrine, Yahuwahpromised to deliver them regardless of theGreat Tribulation (1Thessalonians 5:9). Weare not going to escape, weare going to experience deliverance and Yahuwahs lovingprotection on


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the earth, as did Noah in his days. Those who endure to the end of

theGreat Tribulation (Matthew 24:13) will be delivered! For the days ofthe coming (notcomings) of the Son of Man, is likened to the days ofNoah! Let Yahuwah be wholly true,as men everywhere are shown tobe liars!

Identical Events!

Matthew 24:30 confirms the post tribulation pre-millennial return of

Messiah, withMessiahs own Words. The gathering of His elect orchosen ones (Matt. 24:31) is said tohappen afterthe Great Tribulation.1st Thessalonians 4:13-17 as previously shown and1Corinthians15:50-55both speak of the same event. That single event is

the visiblepost Great Tribulation return of our Messiah Yahshua, as Heresurrects the righteous andchanges the living righteous, as both areclothed in spiritual immortality! Those soclothed, then enter themillennial Kingdom to rule and reign over the earth as

Yahshuabecomes King, and His Name becomes known as Master overall the earth. Since the twotexts mentioned above (1Thessalonians4:13-17 and 1Corinthians 15:50-55) are seento be second comingverses, we further can see this by realizing that in 1st

Corinthians15:54B and 55, Rav Shaul quotes traditional Hebraic versesregarding both the coming ofMessiah to raise the righteous throughresurrection, as well as the concept of theKingdom being established

on the earth. First Corinthians 15:54B quotes Isaiah 25:8, and1stCorinthians 15:55 quotes Hosea 13:14. Both verses speak of

resurrection immortality,as righteous men are prepared to enterKingdom rule. The resurrection was what RavShaul was referring to.These most scared "so called church rapture texts", are nothingmorethan traditional 2700-year-old Hebraic resurrection texts, directly

affirmed assuch, by Rav Shaul himself. The mystery or secretaboutthe first pre-millennial blessedphysical resurrection that Rav Shaulreveals in 1st Corinthians 15:51, is that livingbelievers (when Yahshuareturns), will be changed into resurrection immortality withouthaving todie. This is the great mystery and escape from death (notGreatTribulation) that will be gifted to living saints at the very timethe Master Yahshuareturns.

The resurrection was not a mystery! Rather part B of the first blessed

and pre-millennialphysical resurrection, was not known in previousages, though part A was always known,which is why Rav Shaul quotes


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resurrection verses in Hosea and Isaiah. What the "peaceand safety"escapists have done is, misunderstand the mystery Rav Shaul was

revealing,falsely viewing part B of the first resurrection, as a totallyseparate pre-tribulation"church event", from the physical resurrection atthe end of this age. The entire rapturedoctrine lies in the blindness toRav Shauls unveiled mystery. That mystery being thatthe blessed firstpre-millennial resurrection of the saved, has 2 parts or stages, not justone. The so-called "rapture" is simply part B of the first blessed

resurrection, at Hissecond coming.

His first coming included a series of separate and unique events,

ranging from theannunciation to the Garden Tomb and His ascension.Yet, we do not refer to all thoseevents as 15 or 17 separate comings.We correctly and collectively refer to the series ofevents associated

with Messiahs first coming, as the first (single) coming of Messiah. Soitis also in the second coming. The so-called "rapture" is simply themysterious changingof living believers from mortality to immortality,without experiencing death. That aspectof the resurrection wasunknown to the ancient rabbis! How simple and yet profound! Itis fromthe misappropriation of these resurrection texts, that the so-called

"church" worldhas developed three advents (rather than the two ofScripture, with the second-adventcontaining a series of sub-events, asdid His first advent!).

Identical Proof Texts

Upon close and honest examination, the four most popular texts used to

support a private"thief in the night third coming rapture", are theidentical four, used to support the secondcoming unto physicalresurrection, after the Great Tribulation. Both views believe

thatMessiah will come supernaturally in the sky (1Thessalonians 4:16-17). Both viewsbelieve that His appearing will entail a supernaturalgathering to Him when He comes(1st Thessalonians 4:17 &2Thessalonians 2:1). Both views believe that He will comeat the last

trump (1Thessalonians 4:16, 1st Cor.15:52). Both views believe thatHiscoming entails a resurrection of the just (Rev. 20:4-6 & 1stThessalonians 4:16) as wellas a second (post millennial) resurrectionof the unjust and lost!

Since both views use the same four basic proof texts, the question begs

to be asked. Whyare these Scriptures describing a single set of events


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at His second coming, used to teachtwo entirely separate and differentevents and hence three comings? The events in thesetexts areidentical!Chronologically one cannot support these texts describing 2

separateand different events (rapture plus resurrection), since thatwould leave 2 resurrections ofthe just! One taking place at the so-called "secret pre-tribulation rapture" in 1stThessalonians 4:16, and thesecond taking place before the Kingdom Age (Atid Lavoh) inRev. 20:4-5.You cannot have 2 first resurrections! Once you allow for a

firstresurrection of the just at the "so called rapture", then whattakes place in the pre-millennialresurrection of Rev 20:4-5, canhardly be called the first resurrection. Thetexts quoted by both sidesare identical because the truth of the matter is that there is onlyonecoming causing the first resurrection of the just, not two-second

comings and tworesurrections of the just. Scripture absolutely does not

teach that and neither should you!

The Final Enemy

There are other clear texts that clearly elaborate upon a key biblical

principle. Thatprinciple is that the Messiah Yahshua will not returnuntilall His enemies are made His footstool.Messiah must remain at

the right hand of the Father Yahuwah, until all Hisenemies aresubjected to Him. There must not be any enemies left to vanquish upon

Hisreturn, other than those unwise men invading Jerusalem (Zechariah

14:1-4)! Acts 3:20-21confirms the Messiah will remain in the thirdheaven, until all things are restored on theearth.

No logical person would claim that the Great Tribulation also known as

Daniels 70thweek is a time where Messiah Yahshua is free to return,based on the absence of anyhateful enemies. That is simply a premisethat is totally false. In Matthew 24:12 YahshuaHimself predicts anincrease in hate and lawlessness, (Torah breaking) during

Daniels70week, rather than a time of the elimination of all MessiahYahshuas enemies! TheMaster Yahshua will indeed have many

enemies and opponents both before and duringthe Great Tribulation,including but not limited to the anti-Messiah, the false prophet andtheDragon, S.A.Tan himself! Not to mention S.A.Tans legions of

humanitys disciples,who in many cases unknowingly do his bidding.His enemies are said to aboundthroughout the 70th week of Daniel.

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In 2ndThessalonians 2:1-5, we get a clear message from Yahuwah,

that believers today aresuffering from the same exact anxiety as theearly Ephraimites in Thessalonica. Thatbeing that they were beingtaught that, they had missed the second coming (the gatheringuptogether of the righteous) and had been LEFT BEHIND! They were

taught thatthey had missed the "secret so-called rapture"!RavShauls entire admonition, centerson damage control, to ministercomfort to those Ephraimites, poisoned by the fear ofhaving missed the"secret rapture"! Nothing seems to have changed! 2Thessalonians2:2sees Rav Shaul calmly reassuring them, that the Day of Master's return

had not comesecretly or privately or caught them unaware, since thatDay (His return) cannot comeuntil Messiah Yahshuas last enemy isconquered. The Great Tribulation is a time whenHis enemies manifestthe most intense hatred for the Messiah that this world has everknown.

Therefore one should not be easily deceived about a pre, mid, partial,or pre-wrathrapture. 2Thessalonians 2:3 cautions against thedeception of "private secretrapture theories", by reaffirming that 1) thatday had not come and 2) cannot come untilthe anti-Messiah isrevealed (verse 3-4) sitting in the rebuilt Temple as Yahuwah and

thenis destroyed by Yahshuas energy and power (2Thessalonians2:8). It is MessiahYahshuas second coming that declares the end ofall of His enemies.

Unfortunately just like in Rav Shauls day (2 Thessalonians 2:2), there

are many letters,(newsletters and prophetic journals, like the LeftBehind Series, stirring the soul withfalse hope) words, (internet, faxes,TV, radio preaching) spirit declaration, (demonicdeception), and idletalk, (troubled minds) that proliferate this poison upon Yahshuasbride.This cyanide has taken such deep root, that when one finally matures

enough in thefaith to discount "the secret rapture theory" directly fromScripture; they are thenconsidered a heretic! It is far better to beYahshuas faithful heretic, than mans folly!The correspondingresurrection passages in 1Corinthians 15:24 & 28 confirm

thatMessiahs millennial Kingdom will not and cannot commence untilall rule and authority(godly and ungodly authority) has been placedunder His feet or under His power (verses24-25)! When this totalsubjection to Yahuwahs Son takes place (after the GreatTribulation)then the Son will subject Himself afresh to the Heavenly Father (verse

27),so that millennial Kingdom glory may commence (verse 28). It ismost interesting thathuman death is also considered to be the Master


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Yahshuas enemy as well. According to1Corinthians 15:26, death, theFINAL ENEMY, will only be vanquished before themillennium atthe second coming of Messiah Yahshua to resurrect the righteous

dead inthe first and blessed resurrection. It is the first and blessedresurrection because, it isthrough this display of divine majesty andglory, that human death is subjugated andvanquished. The very factthat multitudes and thousands upon thousands die throughouttheGreat Tribulation, (many saints; Matthew 24:21-22, Rev. 6:9-11)

confirms thatYahshuas greatest enemy, death, has not beenvanquished! Hence neither has Hiscoming taken place. His coming isthe solution and the final blow to human death! Thehuman deathexperience ends only when men no longer die. That cannot be said of

anyperson in human history, especially and including the GreatTribulation!

The Restrainer

Focusing in further on 2Thessalonians 2:7-8. These texts are

continually paraded toshow forth a separate and distinct "secretrapture", that will take place separately andbefore deaths ultimatevanquishing at Yahshuas post-tribulation return. The claim ismade thatthe "he" in verse 7 that is "taken out of the way", is the Ruach

HaKodesh (TheRestrainer) or Holy Spirit indwelling the body ofMessiah here on earth. The argumentgoes that since the Ruach is

resident within the body of Messiah and since the Spirit goes,the bodyof Yahshua must also go in the "secret third coming rapture" to be

stolen or"taken away". This theory was first invented by a 15 year oldbible student and has beenpropagated as truth ever since.However it

is not any kind of truth at all. Rather it is alie.

Scripture does not teach that the so-called "church" has ever restrained

anyone oranything. The history of the so-called "church system",confirms its inability tonoticeably restrain lawlessness anywhere,especially since its practices are among themost lawless in all of

religion. If the so-called "church system" had any restraining powerorability, it would have long ago been manifested in areas like ancient

Rome, the USA,China, India, parts of Africa and the now defunctformer USSR, which she has failed to"convert"! Rather the so-called"church" has become powerless to positively affectchanges (spiritualand physical) in the communities and societies where they are,

beingcontinually overcome by society, as opposed to overcoming and


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affecting society. If the"he" spoken of in verse 7 is not the RuachHaKodesh in theekklesia, then who is it?Daniel 12:1-2 thankfullyprovides the simple, plain and logical Hebraic answer fromScripture.

Daniel 12:1 states that the archangel Michael (Israels warrior and

battling angel; Judeverse 9) will stand up at "that time". "That time" is aHebraic idiom, similar to the idiom"in that Day". At "that time" or thetime of the end of this age (olam hazeh), Michaelwho constantly andhistorically has fought many of Israels major battles, is all of asuddenseen "standing"! The Hebrew word in Daniel 12:1 is la-amod, which

literallymeans: to stand still or to desist from any activity. Apparently "atthat time" the end ofthis age, Yahuwah commands Michael, Israelscombat angel, to stop his protectiveangelic care over national Israel.This "head covering" over the sons of Israel, is "takenout of the way" of

the anti-Messiah and his lawless endeavors, by not being allowedbythe Father to continue to "stand over" and protect Israel. Since weknow that Rav Shaulwrites to Renewed Covenant Israel in2Thessalonians, Michaels supernatural care toRenewed CovenantIsrael is present as it was in the days of First Covenant Israel, until

he(Michael) is removed from the equation by "standing still"! Accordingto 2ndThessalonians the "he" that is taken away, will allow the forces of

darkness to reign andhave free hand on the earth against Yahuwahsbeloved people of Renewed CovenantIsrael!

Looking closer at Daniel 12:1, when Michael is ordered to cease anddesist by Yahuwahfrom his protective caring role, then and onlythenis the seven year Great Tribulation set to begin. The seven-year

Great Tribulation against mankind and specifically againstbothbelieving houses of Israel cannot even commence, until Michael the

archangel (thetrue historical restrainer) is "taken out of the way". Hisremoval is S.A.Tans signal tocommence the final solution to both the"Jewish Question" (Judah) and the "ChristianExtreme Right" (Ephraim).This understanding of Scripture is the plain and simple(pashat)rendering of Daniel: 12 1-2 along with 2Thessalonians 2:6-7 and needsno pleato any secondary spiritualization of the texts, through remez

(opinion insertion) or drash(extra-commentary)! The people of Israel(Daniel 12:1) (only those written in the Lamb'sBook of Life) aredelivered by Yahuwah Himself, (not Michael) at the end of the

GreatTribulation. This of course refers to Yahuwahs return to earth inthe person of Hisbeloved Son Yahshua, to end the Great Seven-YearTribulation and to deliver Danielspeople, the same people, that Rav


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Shaul addresses in Thessalonica! Everyone foundwritten in YahuwahsBook of Life, which is said to be in the hands of Yahshua (Rev. 5 &Rev.20:15), is delivered. Daniel 12:2 makes it clear, that at the end timedeliverance ofIsrael (Renewed Covenant Israel), a general

resurrection will take place in two stages(Rev. 20:5-6). The firstblessed resurrection of the righteous saved and faithful followedby apost millennium second resurrection of the unjust and unbelieving.

From Daniel12:2 we see that the deliverance Yahuwah has in mind isthe final vanquishing of death(1st Corinthians 15:51-55) through a two-stage resurrection, with those in the firstresurrection guaranteedeternal bliss! Messiah Yahshuas coming is unto deliverancefrom deathand the lake of fire and sulfur and not as is commonly taught, a one

wayyellow submarine ride, to the bye and bye! There is no "secret thirdcoming rapture"spoken of in any of these texts! Yahuwah is said to,

operate in the light and in the open. Heis not ashamed of His righteousways, and His righteous judgments (John 8:12, John1: 4-5). He doesnot need the cloak of secrecy or a pen name, to proclaim His truth.

Absent From Revelation?

"The private third coming secret rapture", rests largely on an argument

based on anallegoric interpretation of Revelation 4:1. In this "church"sponsored allegory, Yochananbecomes a "type" of the so-called"church", and since Yahuwah invites John to heaven inorder to glimpse

into the prophetic future, hence the so-called "church" is caught upinrapture. This initial falsehood was put forth by John Darby of "TheBrethren", and laterexpounded upon by Schofield. Schofieldconsidered John's summoning to heaven in avision to be the lastmention of the raptured assembly in the book of Revelation. Hepointedout that the so-called "church" was not mentioned again in the bookofRevelation after chapter 4. That went the logic, is due to a pre-

tribulation, imminent and"secret third coming rapture"!First andforemost a doctrine cannot be established without a primary literal

rendering ofa text confirmed by two or three other literal texts.

Schofield and Darby are on shakyground when they have attempted tobuild an entire doctrine creating false hope, uponallegory andmetaphor. This is the same error that causes Messianic Judaism to

rejectIsraels glorious two-house restoration. They simply build on afaulty foundation ofallegory. Allegory can only be used to confirm amatter, but never to firmly establish one.The absence of the word"church" ekklesia, after Rev 4, is not because some secret thirdcoming


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took place. No, not at all! The ekklesia is never mentioned again after

chapter 4,because Yahuwahs focus turns from the seven assembliesof Asia Minor, to future events,which He showed John in a propheticpersonal vision! The subject for Johnsconsideration will be the endtime events, rather than the current events of his own day.

The open door in heaven in Rev 4:1 is an open look into the prophetic

future of Hispeople Renewed Covenant Israel. The focus of the visionwas upon coming events suchas judgment, deliverance andresurrection. Why would Yahuwah continue to mention thecurrent stateof Hisekklesia, when the prophetic events that the ekklesia will

experience,is the topic of consideration?Also the book of Revelation,was a general epistle written to all believers and not to anyspecificcongregation in the last days. The word ekklesia is also absent from

the books ofTitus, Jude and Philemon. Does that mean, that thosethree books, all teach "a secret thirdcoming rapture", simply becausethe subject is not mentioned? That is a conclusiondrawn from inferenceand cannot be allowed in any honest consideration of the truesecondcoming of Messiah. While the word ekklesia is not mentioned after

Rev. chapter4, the term believers and saints certainly are. These termsare all synonymous. Theekklesia is simply the sum total of its saintlyparts. If most of the book of Revelation doesnot apply tothe ekklesia on earthduring the events described in it, why would the

bookof Revelation begin and end with references to the ekklesia on

earth awaiting the MasterYahshuas return? (Rev 1:4, 22:16,17,20,21)?The entire book is written to the ekklesiaof Renewed Covenant Israeland only those willing to manipulate the texts can insert

thetransference of the ekklesia from earth to heaven. This conduct is adangerous andallegorical private interpretation of Rev. 4:1..

Enoch

Another popular argument used by "secret third coming proponents", is

that of Enoch.Enoch, like John in Rev. 4:1 they claim, was a "type" of

the rapture. The problem here istwofold. First and foremost is theresorting once again to allegory as the foundation of afundamentallyflawed doctrine. Whether Enoch was caught up to heaven or not is not

theissue! The issue is how and upon what justification from Scripturedoes Enoch become a"type" of the "secret rapture of the so-calledchurch". When you flip up the tab on the topof a Coca-Cola can, is thatalso an "allegorical foreshadowing" of the "going up" in the"secret


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rapture"? Secondly there are those who teach that the translation of

Enoch wasnot to heaven at all, but that the Word translated in Genesis5:24, is the Word lachach,which can also mean placed, bring,moved,seized or supernaturally relocated elsewhereon earth. Scholarscontinue to disagree vehemently on this issue. To use this

inconclusivereference to justify the "secret third coming secret rapture"is typical of those in the "pre-tribulation"rapture movement.

The Elect

Matthew 24 takes place clearly within the context of the 70th

week of

Daniel, the lastseven years of this age. In Matthew 24:29-31, thegathering of the righteous throughresurrection is said to takeplace immediately after The Tribulation of those days.Matthew 24:31even uses the word gatherfound elsewhere in the Brit Chadasha.

Whatdid John Darby, Schofield and other dispensationalists do withthese plain post tribulationresurrection passages? "Darby explainedthem away by stating that after the rapture ofthe so-called "church"[before the Great Tribulation], during the tribulation period, theLordwould deal with the Jews in a special way [oy-vey!, where have weheard thatbefore?] and lead them into the proclamation of the gospel of

the Kingdom". Later headded this understanding to the tribulationsaints, which he said referred to a "Jewishremnant" and theirconverts."In order to justify this "secret third coming" for aseparate

man made entity, John Darby committed one of the grossest errors ofbiblicalhermeneutics. He ascribed the subject of theword elect (chosen ones) in Matthew 24:22to unredeemed Jewish-Israel, when every other usage of this word in the RenewedCovenant,without exception, always refers to the entire redeemed body of

Messiah. Theword elektos (Strongs #1588) orekloge (Strongs#1589) in the Greek, always refersto all the born again chosenelect or elected believers in Messiah Yahshua. Yahshuaeven statesin Matthew 24:22, that it is because the elect or the elektos are in

the GreatTribulation, that His mercy towards them is such, that Hewill shorten or amputate thetime of the Great Tribulation, for the "electssake". If Yahuwah does not move on behalfof His children during theGreat Tribulation, no "[believing] flesh" would survive! WhywouldYahuwah shorten the days of the Great Tribulation, for those who are

by nature thechildren of wrath (Ephesians 2:3)?In order to portraythe ekklesia of Renewed Covenant Israel as raptured before the

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boldness, Darby and Schofieldunilaterally declared that the elect inMatthew 24 no longer refers to theekklesia, ratherthey ascribed theterm to unbelieving Jews. Unbelievers of any race (including

Jews)cannot be called the elect or elected of Yahuwah, a Father whodemands faith as arequisite to pleasing Him. In order to remove theobvious references to the ekklesia, froma chapter that is clearly takingplace within the time frame of the Great Tribulation,"rapturists" transferthe designation ofelektos from the body of born again

believers,instead ascribing it to unregenerate Judah. This practice isdone nowhere else by thesesame men, other than in Matthew 24! Isthat consistent biblical extrapolation?Not only is this an example ofhandling the Word with dishonesty and craftiness, but alsois in fact aflagrant and unashamed manifestation of the historic anti-Semitic

feelings ofhate, distrust and jealousy, that many "believers" hold

towards the Jewish people. The"secret third coming rapture theory"merely propagates the age-old ReplacementTheology problem of theso-called "church" (the supposed New Israel) getting theblessing andthe Jews (supposed Old and rejected Israel) getting the cursing (of

Deut.chapters 28-32). In its bare essence, the "secret thirdcoming manmade rapture theory" isan attempt to "give it to the Jews"who get left behind for Yahuwahs wrath, in favor ofthe New Israel(the so-called "church") as opposed to Renewed Covenant Israel!

The ekklesia of Renewed Covenant Israel is Ephraim, Judah along with

Gerim who aregrafted in by faith in Messiah. From these three groups,a righteous remnant of RenewedCovenant Israelites will beprotected during the 70th week of Daniel. This elektosincludesincreasingly large portions of the House of Judah and thus all Israel is

preservedon the earth, as the elektos,including believing Jews, untilthe resurrection on the last dayof this age. Those who live through theGreat Tribulation based upon the protective careof Yahuwah are thosewho are changed in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye.

Thosewho are martyred during the Great Tribulation when Michael is

told to cease from hisprotective ministry, (when Michael is "taken out ofthe way") will be resurrected shortlythereafterat the end of the sevenyear period, at Yahshuas return. The Darby,

Schofield,dispensationalist "sock it to the Jews" mentality, is broughtabout by the most nefariousof all religious teachings, (held by many inChristianity and Messianic Judaism) whichinsists that Christians(mostly descended from Ephraim) are a separate physical entityfrom


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Jewish-Israel, as opposed to the second house of a single united entitycalled theCommonwealth of Israel!To separate the ekklesia of

Messiah Yahshua, from thephysical, historical, sociological, andspiritually recognizable people of 12 tribeIsrael, in order to recastand remold them into a separate entity called "spiritualIsrael","New Israel", or the so-called "church" is the root cause of all the

evils ofdisunity, division, jealousy and hatred that have befallenour beloved nation. Therapture error is not the source of the blessedhope (as is the 2nd coming according toTitus 2:13). Rather it is thesource of much of our variance and disembodiment, one fromanother!Christianity would not be so quick to promote the "sock it to the Jews"

doctrineoriginated by a 15 year old bible student that twists the elect ofMatthew 24, to meantraditional Judaism, if Ephraim-Israel, (mostbornagain non-Jews) would come to therealization that they are A LARGE

PART OF PHYSICAL ISRAEL. That realizationwould then bring theminto the reality of their destiny to partake of the same fate asJudah.With an understanding that non-Jewish believers are the other house

that sprungforth from Jacobs loins, they would see Jacobs trouble(Jeremiah 30:7) as their ownalong with Jewish-Israel! They would thenbecome a bit more cautious before ascribingthe curses of Torah toJewish-Israel, (their idea of all Israel, i.e. the Jews) all the whileheistingthe blessings for themselves! Many Christians would then aggressively

reformthe errors of the dispensationalist authors that they blindly follow!There will not be a"yellow submarine" pre-tribulation rapture bus, in

order to avoid "a hard days night" inthe Great Tribulation! That is sheerfantasy! No lie can live forever without beingexposed sooner orlater!As with Replacement Theology, we have again encountered thatthe roots of the "secretrapture theory" is the scourge of Separate EntityTheology! May it be come anathema inour lifetime, so that men of goodwill in all denominations can leave their own agendasand can get onwith the business of restoring the Kingdom to Israel! The elect

ofMatthew 24 (elektos) speaks of Jews, Ephraimites and Gerim, allbeing the chosen ones(chosen nation) and all being rewarded with

either change or resurrection, after the GreatTribulation because as faras Yahshua sees things "there is nor Jew; no ethnos (other non-Jewishbelievers); no male no female; no bond; no free (Gal. 3:29), onlyone body ornation of Renewed Covenant Israel (Ephesians 2:14-15)dwelling in Messiah Yahshua, asAbrahams seed (sperm)!

Jewish Wedding Analogy


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There is even an attempt to compare "the rapture" with biblical Jewish

weddings tosomehow justify the "secret third coming rapture". TheMessianic Jewish movement isfull of these analogies, in their ownmisled attempts to justify a pre-tribulation rapture.Most would besurprised to learn that the use of Jewish wedding traditions as an

allegoryfor the "secret third coming rapture", is not a biblical Jewishteaching at all, but a late19th century attempt by Christiandispensationalists, to justify a doctrine that is patentlyabsurd on everylevel of simple, (pashat) understanding.

The Kavatz Of Israel!

If the rapture as has been taught in "church circles", is not scriptural,

then what exactly isthis resurrection event after the Great Tribulationbefore the dawn of the millennium? InHebrew the word for gatheringis kavatzStrongs #6908.The similar Aramaic word iskhataf, whichliterally means a gathering or regathering. The entire second

comingscenario as outlined in Scripture, is not the rapture of aseparate manmade entity, but asupernatural gathering together ofscattered two house Israel at the end of this age,(olam hazeh) inorder to enter the millennium, (atid lavoh) and eventually eternity

(olamhabah). Deut. 30:4 talks of Yahuwah bringing Israel back togetherthrough a forceful re-gatheringout of all other lands. Raschi the greatJewish commentator, states that: thegathering of Israel in the last days

"means that they will be dragged through the airbythe hand ofMessiah to the land."The reference to the khatafor re-gathering of

Israel,can be found in Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27 and 2Thessalonians2:1. The gathering ofthe elect has always been associated with theMessiahs end time re-gathering of all ofIsraels exiles from bothscattered houses. The blowing of the shofar as mentioned inIsaiah27:12-13, refers to Israels two house end time regathering and is

referenced in 1stThessalonians 4:16-17 as well as 1st Corinthians15:50-55.The fact that thekhataf(forceful gathering) includesresurrection, is a clear reference to Ezekiel 37:1-14, whichspeaks ofIsraels restoration to nationhood, as the two sticks become one again

afterphysical resurrection. It is the physical resurrection spoken of inthe Brit Chadasha thatbrings fulfillment to these ancient restorationtexts (Isaiah 25:1-12)! Further proof that theso called "secret thirdcoming rapture" is in fact the second coming of Messiah Yahshuato re-gather all Israel, is found in the term "four corners of the earth" found in

Matt.24:31 and Mark13:27, both quoting Isaiah 11:12 and


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Deuteronomy 30:4, clear referencesto Israels regathering.The khatafwill be the regathering of national Israel (Judah

andEphraim and their companions) back to the land at the close of thiscurrent age, as thetwo houses fully come together (Ezekiel 37:16-28) inorder to enter millennial glory,authority and power.

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