MESSIAH:

PRIEST OF

WAR!!!!!

STUDY ABOUT THE ROLE OF MESSIAH IN HIS FIRST & SECOND

COMING

Proverbs 18:13

He who gives answer before he hears,

that is folly and shame to him.

How come the Jews do not believe in Yeshua?

Christianity preaches Messiah as King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s

QUESTION?

¿Is Yeshua at this moment the literal King of the Earth?

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE CALL

KING OF ISRAEL? • COME RIDING ON THE CLOUDS ON

A WHITE HORSE

• DESTROY AMALEK

• REBUILD THE TEMPLE

• RESTORATION OF THE 12 TRIBES

• DECLARE PEACE ON THE EARTH

• SET UP KINGDOM IN YERUSALEM

• The righteous are resurrected

• The Torah will go forth from Jerusalem.

• The "millennial Temple" (Ezekiel chapters 40-48) becomes reality

• Animal sacrifices are resumed in the Temple (Ezekiel)

• All nations will come to the land of Israel to observe Sukkot

DID YESHUA FULFILLED THIS REQUIREMENTS?

NO!

HOW CAN WE PROVE

THAT YESHUA IS

THE MESSIAH OF

ISRAEL?

1. How can we believe in Yeshua as Messiah and not be in Idolatry?

2. Should we Worship Yeshua now?

3. Which is the Role of the Messiah at this time?

4. When is Honor and reverence given to the Messiah?

Yeshua the Temple Priest now

&Yeshua the Priest of War in the second

coming

oxnyp Numbers. 25:10-29:40 1 Kings. 18:46-19:21,

John. 2:13-25

Phinehas

Numbers 25:1 ¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal peor: and the anger of YHVH was kindled against Israel. 4 And YHVH said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before YHVH against the sun, that the fierce anger of YHVH may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal peor.

6 ¶ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

Eleazar• 0499. rzela

'El`azar, el-aw-zawr'

from 410 and 5826; God (is) helper; Elazar, the name of seven Israelites:--

Eleazar.

Zealous

• H7065• קנא

• qana'• kaw-naw'

• A primitive root; to be (causatively make) zealous, that is, (in a bad sense) jealous or envious: - (be) envy (-ious), be (move to,

provoke to) jealous (-y), X very, (be) zeal (-ous).

What is the duty of the Priest?Malachi 2:

6 The Torah of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Torah at his mouth: for he is the messenger of YHVH of hosts.

The Zeal of LeviGenesis 29:34

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined

unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his

name called Levi.

H3878

לויleviy

lay-vee'From H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob: - Levi. See also

H3879, H3881.

Genesis 34:25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Ex 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come

unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Ex 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

LOYALTY OF THE SONS OF ELEAZER

Eze 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

Eze 48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray,

THE COVENANT OF PEACE

Numbers 25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son

of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

  

                                                            

 

  

                                                            

 

  

                                                            

 

       

                                                  

      

       

                                                  

      

VAV is a picture of Man

• Since Vav represents the number six, it has long been associated as the number of man in the Jewish tradition: 

• Man was created on the sixth day • Man works for six days - the realm of the chol

and the mundane • There are six millennia before the coming of

the Mashiach • There are 6 billion people on the Earth

The laws of writing a Torah scroll are called soferut. There are over 4,000 “laws” or rules used by scribes to prepare a kosher scroll. For instance, the Torah must contain exactly 304,805 well-formed letters in 248 amudim (columns or pages). Each yeriah (sheet of parchment) must come from the hide of a kosher animal that has been specially perpared for the purposes of writing. Special inks are used and whenever a scribe writes any of the seven Names of God, he must say a blessing (l'shem k'dushat Hashem) and dip his quill in fresh ink.

A Torah scroll may contain no errors of any kind or it is considered passul (invalid). Each line of every amud is carefully read (backwards) by the sofer and compared against a working copy (called a tikkun). If an error is detected in a yeriah, it must be removed from the scroll and buried in a genizah, a sort of “cemetary” or repository for sacred texts (the most famous genizah is the Cairo Genizah).

The Broken VavSoferut (i.e., the laws concerning the scribal arts of writing Sefrei Torah)

requires that all Hebrew letters be well-formed - that is, no letters can touch other letters and no letters can be malformed, broken, or otherwise illegible. However, there is a strange exception to these rules regarding

the Vav that appears in the word “shalom” Numbers 25:12:

WHAT DID YESHUA SAY ABOUT THE FATHER AND HIM?

John 14:28

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’for the Father is greater than I.

John 171 ¶ Yeshua spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,2 "as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true Elohim, and Yeshua Mashiach whom You have sent.

1Co 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Adon Yeshua the Messiah, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.

MATTHEW 26

60 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

61 and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”

62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”

63 But Yeshua held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

64 Yeshua said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”

65 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

LEVITICUS 5:1 “‘If anyone sins, in that he

hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

REVELATION 1:7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Yeshua the Temple Priest now

&Yeshua the Priest of War in the second

coming

Another important text from Qumran gives deeper insight into

the statements made by Yeshua to the disciples of John the Baptist

(Matthew 11:4-6 and Luke 7:22-23) as mentioned above. Here we have

a single Messiah who will rule heaven and earth. The resurrection of the dead during the time of this

Messiah is also key:

4Q521 - [the hea]vens and the earth will listen to His Messiah, and none therein will stray from the commandments of the holy ones. Seekers of the

Lord, strengthen yourselves in His service! All you hopeful in (your) heart, will you not find the Lord in this? For the Lord will consider the pious (hasidim) and call the righteous by name. Over the poor His spirit will hover and will renew the faithful with His

power. And He will glorify the pious on the throne of the eternal Kingdom. He who liberates the captives,

restores sight to the blind, straightens the b[ent] And f[or] ever I will cleav[ve to the h]opeful and in His mercy ... And the fr[uit ...] will not be delayed for anyone. And the Lord will accomplish glorious things which have never been as [He ...] For He will heal the wounded, and revive the dead

and bring good news  to the poor ... He will lead the uprooted and knowledge . . .

What is important to note in the above text is the idea of resurrection of the dead, being one of the roles of the Messiah. This is not

explicitly mentioned in the Tenakh, yet both the scroll at Qumran and the "New Testament" accounts of Matthew and

Luke, add this to His function. This would show a definite Qumranian influence in the

teachings of Yeshua and His disciples.

YESHUA IN THE ROLE OF THE PRIEST

OF THE TEMPLE Isaiah 61:

1 ¶ The Spirit of the Adonai Elohim is upon me; because the YHVH hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the YHVH,

DEAD SEA SCROLLS TEXTSThe Coming of Melchizedek 11Q13 Col.2

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the

Melchizedek

[11Q13 col.2, 13-20]And Melchizedek will avenge with the vengeance of the

judgment of God [...] from the hand of Belial and from the hand of all the spirits of his lot. And to his help are all the heavenly

ones on high. He [...] all sons of might and [...] this.     This is the day of salvation about which God spoke through the mouth of the prophet Isaiah who said: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who

announces peace, who brings glad tidings of good, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion: 'Your heavenly one is

king.' [Isaiah 52.7]     Its interpretation is this. The mountains are the words of the prophets, those who [saw the things ordained and] prophesied

to all those who mourn in Zion. And who brings good news: this is the Messiah of the spirit, of whom Daniel speaks: He who brings glad tidings of good, who proclaims salvation.

That is what is written concerning him, when He speaks [...] to comfort those who mourn in Zion to instruct them in all the

ages of the world.

John the Baptist and the role of the Messiah

Luke 7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John

Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

22 Then Yeshua answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Messiah Ben Joseph

Isaiah 35:

5 ¶ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

The first of these is called Messiah ben Joseph, the other Messiah ben David. According to tradition, Messiah ben Joseph is a tzaddik who

according to some sources is destined to suffer and die for his people. Despite what some claim today, the "suffering servant" found in the

chapters of Isaiah is considered in ancient Jewish commentary, to be Messiah ben Joseph as well as representing Israel.

As Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh states, prior to the establishment of the Kingdom of God, Messiah ben Joseph, "will rectify certain aspects of reality in preparation for the advent of Messiah ben

David."

'The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet until "Shiloh" come,‘ refers also to Messiah, who is to enlighten Israel on the words of the Torah, and point out the errors of the people. Rabbi Chanan, on the other hand, holds that the teaching of Messiah will not be addressed to Israel, whose knowledge of the law of God will be all-sufficient. Rather will his task be to instruct the Gentiles: in the words of the prophet Isaiah (11. 10), 'To him shall the Gentiles seek, and he shall assemble the outcast of Israel.'--Gen. Rabba 98.

In early Talmudic times, the Rabbis were aware that Scripture gave conflicting descriptions of Mashiach. We find a discussion in the

Talmud on this issue:

“R. Joshua opposed two verses: it is written, ‘And behold, one like the son of man came

with the clouds of heaven’, whilst elsewhere it is written, ‘behold, thy king cometh unto thee,

lowly, and riding upon an ass!’”16 After much discussion on these seeming contradictory passages, the Rabbis concluded: “If they

(Israel) are meritorious, he will come with the clouds of heaven; if not, lowly and riding upon

an ass.” 17

One of the most detailed and powerful descriptions of the role of Mashiach Ben Yosef is

found in the Zohar:

“When the Mashiach hears of the great suffering of Israel in their

dispersion, and of the wicked amongst them who seek not to

know their Master, he weeps aloud on account of those wicked ones amongst them, as it is written:

"But he was wounded because of our transgression, he was crushed because of our iniquities." ...The Mashiach, on his part, enters a

certain Hall in the Garden of Eden, called the Hall of the Afflicted.

There he calls for all the diseases and pains and sufferings of Israel, bidding them settle on himself, which they do. And were it not that he thus eases the burden from Israel, taking it on himself, no one could endure the sufferings meted out to Israel in expiation on account of their neglect of the Torah. So Scripture says; "Surely our diseases he did bear." As long as Israel were in the Holy Land, by means of the Temple service and sacrifices they averted all evil diseases and afflictions from the world. Now it is the Mashiach who is the means of averting them from mankind until the time when a man quits this world and receives his punishment...” 24

The wealth of names associated with Messiah indicate the extent of

ideas that surround him. These names include;

Messiah ben Joseph, Messiah ben David, Messiah ben Ephraim, the Leprous Messiah, Head of Days, Son of Man, Tzemah (Shoot), Menachem

(Comforter), Nehora (Light), Shalom (Peace), Tzaddik (Righteous), Adonai (Lord),

Yinnon (Continued), Tzidqenu (Our

Justice), Pele (Miracle), Yo'etz (Counselor), El (God), Gibbor (Hero), Avi 'Ad Shalom

(Eternal Father of Peace),

Fragrance, David, Shiloh

The Messiah Texts, Raphael Patai, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1979, pp. 17-

22.

The eminent scholar Raphael Patai, who "taught Hebrew at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" and served as Professor of

Anthropology at Dropsie University, said this of the two-messiah theory:

"When the death of the Messiah became an established tenet in Talmudic times, this was felt to be irreconcilable with the belief in the Messiah as Redeemer who would usher in the blissful millennium of the Messianic Age. The dilemma was solved by splitting the person of the Messiah in two: one of them, called Messiah ben Joseph, was to raise the armies of Israel against their enemies, and, after many victories and miracles, would fall victim Gog and Magog. The other, Messiah ben David, will come after him (in some legends will bring him back to life, which psychologically hints at the identity of the two), and will lead Israel to the ultimate victory, the triumph, and the Messianic era of bliss."

Talmud - Mas. Sukkah 52a – What is the cause of the mourning [mentioned in the last cited verse]? — R. Dosa and the Rabbis differ on the point. One explained, The cause is the slaying of Messiah the son of Joseph, and the other explained, The cause is the slaying of the Evil Inclination. It is well according to him who explains that the cause is the slaying of Messiah the son of Joseph, since that well agrees with the Scriptural verse, And they shall look upon me because they have thrust him through, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son; but according to him who explains the cause to be the slaying of the Evil Inclination, is this [it may be objected] an occasion for mourning? Is it not rather an occasion for rejoicing? Why then should they weep? — [The explanation is] as R. Judah expounded: In the time to come the Holy One, blessed be He, will bring the Evil Inclination and slay it in the presence of the righteous and the wicked.

Did you Know about the Rabbinical

teaching about the Priest of War or the

WAR MESSIAH?

THE HIGH PRIEST ANOINTED FOR WAR

Deuteronomy 20:1-3:

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them.

The first Priest anointed for war that we find mention of, was Phineas,

the grandson of Aaron:

Midrash Rabbah - Leviticus XX:2 - Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab did not enjoy happiness in the world. True,

she witnessed five crowns [attained by her relatives] in one day: her brother-in-law was a king, her brother was a

prince, her husband was High Priest, her two sons were both Deputy High Priests, Phinehas her grandson was a

Priest anointed for war.

Talmud - Mas. Sotah 43a - Thus it states: And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and

Phinehas* — ‘them’ refers to the Sanhedrin; ‘Phinehas’ was the [priest] Anointed for Battle;

Numbers 31:1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.7 ¶ And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

DID YESHUA TELL US ABOUT HIS ROLE ON PESACH?

Mat 26

27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,

28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

NO WINE IN THE TABERNACLE:

LEVITICUS 10

8 The LORD spoke to Aaron, saying,

9 “Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don’t die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:

WHERE IS YESHUA AT THIS MOMENT?

IN THE HEAVENLY TABERNACLE?

Elsewhere in Midrash Rabbah (below) we find reference to the same person, this time called, "the War Messiah." What is interesting here is the footnote, which links the Priest Anointed for War to the coming Messiah. This is especially significant regarding Yeshua, as the first time He came as the Temple High Priest (in order to be the final Yom Kippur sacrifice for sin) whereas He will return the second time as the "War Messiah" to smite His enemies (i.e., Isaiah 59:17 where He wears the "garments of vengeance."):

Isiah 59:15-17 –

Yea, trutha faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and YHVH saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and

was clad with zeal as a cloak.

Midrash Rabbah - The Song of Songs II:33 - MY BELOVED SPOKE AND SAID UNTO ME. He spoke through Elijah and said through the Messiah. What did he say to me? RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. R. Azariah said: FOR LO, THE WINTER (HA-SETHAW) IS PAST: this refers to the kingdom of the Cutheans which seduces (mesithah) the world and leads it astray by its falsehoods, as we read, If thy brother, the son of thy mother, entice thee--yesitheka (Deut. XIII, 7). THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE: this refers to the subjection of Israel. THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH: the conquerors have appeared on the earth. Who are they? R. Berekiah said in the name of R. Isaac: As it is written, And the Lord showed me four craftsmen (Zech. II, 3), namely, Elijah, the Messiah, Melchizedek, and the War Messiah.* THE TIME OF THE ZAMIR IS COME: the time has come for Israel to be delivered; the time has come for uncircumcision to be cut off; the time has come for the kingdom of the Cutheans to expire; the time has come for the kingdom of heaven to be revealed, as it says, And the Lord shall be king over all the earth (ib. XIV, 9). AND THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE IS HEARD IN OUR LAND: Who is this? This is the voice of the Messiah

* Lit.,the priest anointed for war’, an expression originally applied to the priest who accompanied the troops. Cf. Suk. 52a, where instead of ' War Messiah ' we have ' Messiah son of Joseph’. The two are probably identical, Messiah the son of Joseph being regarded as the forerunner of the Messiah during the wars that will precede his advent. 

The following section of the Talmud, shows distinctions drawn between the Deputy Temple High Priest and the High Priest Anointed for War, with the former taking precendent regarding issues of defilement, but the latter's life being considered more important (if one had to choose between the two of them) as he has a responsibility to many people:

Talmud - Mas. Nazir 47b –

The question was propounded: As between [the High Priest] anointed for a war, and the deputy [High Priest], which is of superior sanctity? Does the [High Priest] anointed for war take precedence, because he is qualified to go to war, or does the deputy take precedence, because he is qualified to perform the Temple service?* — Come and hear: For it has been taught: The only difference between a [High Priest] anointed for war and a deputy is that if they were both walking by the way and encountered a meth mizwah, the [High Priest] anointed for war is to defile himself, but not the deputy (Temple Priest). But has it not been taught: A [High Priest] anointed for war takes precedence of a deputy?

* But once a priest had been anointed for war, he could no longer take part in the Temple service.

— Mar Zutra replied: As far as saving his life is concerned, the [High Priest] anointed for war has a superior claim for many [people] depend upon him, but as regards defilement, the deputy is of superior sanctity, as has been taught: R. Hanina b. Antigonus said that the reason the office of deputy to the High Priest was created, was that should any disqualification happen to him [the High Priest], he can enter and minister in his stead.

His garments are red with the blood of judgment. There is a connection between the garments of vengeance and the Lord's Day of vengeance:

Isaiah 63:1-6 – Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the

greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments

like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread

them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my

raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help;

and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I

will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Revelation 19:11-15 – And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.   And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

The idea of Messiah coming on the clouds is found in the;

Tenakh

1. The New Testament 2. Apocryphal writings3. The Talmud4. The Zohar.

Daniel 7:13 - I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was [one] coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.

Matthew 24:30 - Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 26:64 - Yeshua said to him, "It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Acts 1:9- 11

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Yeshua, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

The Apocryphal book of 4 Ezra was written before Yeshua's time. It contains reference to a "sea," which is understood to be the Supernal Sea, which is associated with the spiritual realm. The language in 4 Ezra is reminiscent of the "New Testament," with likeness to Armageddon, and someone called "My Son," who was hidden away for a while by God (i.e., Isaiah 49), slaying those who come against him with the word of his mouth. This man flies with the clouds of heaven:

4 Ezra 13:1-9; 25,26,35,36 - And it came to pass after seven days that I dreamed a dream by night: and I beheld, and lo! there arose a violent wind from the sea, and stirred all its waves. And the wind caused the likeness of a form of a man to come out of the heart of the seas. And this Man flew with the clouds of heaven. And wherever he turned his countenance to look, everything seen by him trembled; and whithersoever the voice went out of his mouth, all that heard his voice melted away, as the wax melts when it feels the fire. And after this I beheld that there were gathered from the four winds of heaven an innumerable multitude of men to make war against that Man who came up out of the sea ... And I saw that he cut out for himself a great mountain and flew upon it ... And when he saw the assult of the multitude as they came, he neither lifted his hand, nor held spear nor any warlike weapon; but I saw only how he sent out of his mouth as it were a fiery stream, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he shot forth a storm of sparks ... And these fell upon the assault of the multitude ... and burned them all up ...

The Talmudic references to the "son of the clouds" (Bar Nafle), states that this person is the Messiah. The following text includes references to their being very few people studying Torah upon

his return (i.e., Luke 18:8) and that this will be preceded by times of great

tribulation (i.e., Matthew 24). Mention is also made of Messiah coming at the

end of a seven year cycle, which would be the

70th shemita cycle of Daniel's prophecy

:

Talmud - Mas. Sanhedrin 96b - R. Nahman said to R. Isaac: ‘Have you heard when Bar Nafle [son of the clouds] will come?’ ‘Who is Bar Nafle?’ he asked. ‘Messiah,’ he answered, ‘Do you call Messiah Bar Nafle?’ — ‘Even so,’ he rejoined, ‘as it is written, in that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David ha-nofeleth [that is fallen].’ He replied, ‘Thus hath R. Johanan said: in the generation when the son of David [i.e., Messiah] will come, scholars will be few in number, and as for the rest, their eyes will fail through sorrow and grief. Multitudes of trouble and evil decrees will be promulgated anew, each new evil coming with haste before the other has ended.’ Our Rabbis taught: in the seven year cycle at the end of which the son of David will come-in the first year, this verse will be fulfilled: And I will cause it to rain upon one city and cause it not to rain upon another city; in the second, the arrows of hunger will be sent forth; in the third, a great famine, in the course of which men, women, and children, pious men and saints will die, and the Torah will be forgotten by its students; in the fourth, partial plenty; in the fifth, great plenty, when men will eat, drink and rejoice, and the Torah will return to its disciples; in the sixth, [Heavenly] sounds; in the seventh, wars; and at the conclusion of the septennate the son of David will come.

The Zohar directly associates Daniel 7:13 with the

Messiah who will establish the Kingdom of God: • Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 145b - R. Hiya then

followed with a discourse on the verse: I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices (Prov. VIII, 12). ‘ "Wisdom" here’, he said, ‘alludes to the Community of Israel; "prudence" signifies Jacob, the prudent man; and "knowledge of devices" alludes to Isaac, who used devices for the purpose of blessing Esau. But since wisdom allied itself with Jacob, who was possessed of prudence, it was he who was blessed by his father, so that all those blessings rested on him and are fulfilled in him and in his descendants to all eternity. Some have been fulfilled in this world, and the rest will be fulfilled on the advent of the Messiah, when Israel will be one nation on earth and one people of the Holy One, blessed be He. So Scripture says: "And I will make them one nation on earth" (Ez. XXXVII, 22). And they will exercise dominion both on high and here below, as it is written: "And, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man" (Dan. VII, 13), alluding to the Messiah, concerning whom it is also written: "And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, etc." (Ibid. II, 44). Hence Jacob desired that the blessings should be reserved for that future time, and did not take them up immediately.