“Are you one of the Joes?”

Recently, after sharing this website with a friend, she responded with this:

I noticed the “jewsandjoes”–I have to chuckle, since this last Sukkot in Israel, there were 15 with me at the Jaffa Gate. Several of our group were stopped by Orthodox Jews asking, “Are you one of the Joes?”
They know who we are…

I’m curious if others have experienced similar approaches by Judah. If so, please share them by leaving a comment below or from the link near the title.

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Things “One-Housers” hope You never find out!

If you don’t already know, a “One-Houser” is someone who denies that there remains a Two House/Two Kingdom reality of Israel in modern times. They view “the Jews” as exclusively representing all 12 tribes of Israel. Their world-view/paradigm is basically opposite to that of a “Two-Houser”, which is better defined here: Two House Theology (Reality) defined and defended.

So here are some things “One-Housers” hope you never find out (you’ll rarely ever hear them mention these things when they accuse Two-Housers of “lies”, “error”, “heresy”, and/or “bad exegesis“):

Please Note: “Two-Housers” will one day be “One-Housers” also, but that transition will only take place after the-Anointed Son of David (Ha-Mashaikh ben Dawid) unites both Houses into One House, or One Stick as Ezekiel 37 prophesies He will do in the Last Days. We are in the Last Days, so that transition and this battle of world-views will be over SOON! Halleluyah!!

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The “Two-House Teaching” defuses Christian-based Anti-Semitism

When I hear Christian and One-House Messianic “scholars” proclaim and rebuke Two House Theology as being “Replacement Theology” and Anti-Jewish or Anti-Semitic, I’m a bit baffled and perplexed. All of those I’ve seen who understand and embrace the Two-House Teaching actually develop a deeper sense of affection for the Jewish people (Israelite descendants of the Kingdom of Judah), however there persists differing degrees of dislike for the Rabbinic system of the Jewish people. Even so, a love for Yehudah (Jew-dah) continues and a desire to do “the Jews” harm is unthinkable. Indeed, a sense of brotherhood develops, even though the feeling isn’t always mutual.

Even where Christianity doesn’t express clear Replacement-type doctrines, there is an underlying Replacement-type paradigm that pervades much of the Catholic and Protesting-Catholic spheres of doctrinal reasoning. If you were born and raised up within Christianity as I was, you’ve surely heard distinguishing comments like “physical Israel” and “spiritual Israel”, where the “Church” is spiritual Israel and inheritor of Israel’s promises. Or you’ll hear even more ridiculous doctrines like: “God the Father was married to Israel, while Jesus is married to the Church”. These and similar Replacement-type theologies are defused when Christians come to understand the Two-House Teaching and begin seeing the presence of Judah and 10-Israel even when they read their New Testaments. This ancient and prophetic “reality” is truly everywhere within the Tanakh and the Christian scriptures, but it is a reality which has been hidden from Judah and 10-Israel for many centuries (in other words: “blindness until the fullness of the Nations/Gentiles have come in” - Romans 11:25).

The fact that the Two-House Teaching defuses Anti-semitism isn’t a primary basis for importance, but simply a peripheral ramification which is good and good to point out, especially in a world where Anti-semitism is on the rise yet again.

I highly recommend all Christians and Jews to read the following (including the Related Content if time permits): The Hidden Irony in Christian Replacement Theology.

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When will Elijah (Eliyahu) come? Malachi 4

Malachi 4:1-6:
1 “For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up,” said יהוה of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch.
2 “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.
3 “And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” said יהוה of hosts.
4 “Remember the Torah of Mosheh, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Yisrael – laws and right-rulings.
5 “See, I am sending you Eliyah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה
6 “And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction.”

Many believe, and rightly believe, that Eliyahu (Elijah) already came in the form of John the Immerser (the Baptist). But just as Yehoshua (Jesus) is coming a second time, so Eliyahu is coming yet a second time as a preceding witness in order to prepare the way for Him (Yehoshua). Eliyahu has not yet “restored all matters” as the Prophet Malachi (Chapters 3-4) indicates he would (just as Yehoshua confirms below). Read the following passage, but be careful not to gloss over verse 11.

Matthew 17:10-14:
10 And His taught ones asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Eliyahu has to come first?”
11 And Yehoshua answering, said to them, “Eliyahu is indeed coming first, and shall restore all matters.
12 “But I say to you that Eliyahu has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they wished. In this way the Son of Adam is also about to suffer by them.”
13 Then the taught ones understood that He had spoken to them about Yohanan the Immerser.

Yehoshua did not deny the future event, but indicated Eliyahu was already in their midst and prepared the way for His coming. Also note with the following passage that the Disciples of Yehoshua believed Eliyahu of Malachi 4:5 had yet come to “restore all matters”. It was yet a future event, which is quite apparent even now (that is: it is still a future event).

Acts 3:19-23:
19 “Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master,
20 and that He sends Yehoshua Messiah, pre-appointed for you,
21 whom heaven needs to receive until the times of restoration of all matters, of which Elohim spoke through the mouth of all His set-apart prophets since of old.
22 “For Mosheh truly said to the fathers, יהוה your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear according to all matters, whatever He says to you.
23 ‘And it shall be that every being who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ [ref. Deut. 18:18-20]

History and prophecy are frequently repeated or reoccur in dual events. In fact, sometimes History is Prophecy (for example: the First Exodus is a historical event that prophesied the Greater Exodus of Jeremiah 16 and 23).

The Great and Terrible Day

Now we just need to figure out when the Great and Terrible Day of יהוה is (otherwise known as the Great Tribulation). There are many things that point to its arrival in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week, a 7 year Shmittah cycle, and lasting for 3 1/2 years or 42 months (Daniel 7:25,12:1; Matthew 24:21; Revelation 11:2-3,12:14,13:5). Malachi does not specify exactly how long “before” the Terrible Day of יהוה that Eliyahu will come. We simply know it is any time between “now” and the start of the Great Tribulation. There is good reason to believe he will be one of the Two Witnesses of Revelation who gather the First Fruits (the 144,000) to Jerusalem to be sealed, those representing a remnant from Judah and 10-Israel, just before the Terrible Day. Unless the regathering of the 144,000 (Rev 7) and “the woman” (Rev 12) is supernatural, it will take some amount of time to raise a sign in Tzion for them to see and be drawn to. Even so, Eliyahu will certainly be communicating urgency if the timing of the Day of Wrath is known and coming quickly.

There is an intriguing parallel between the 3 1/2 years that Eliyahu stopped the rain during King Ahab’s reign (I Kings 17:1) and the future 3 1/2 years of Great Tribulation. Yet again, it is uncertain how soon Eliyahu will come before the beginning of the 42 months, but we should find comfort in knowing that a great prophet will be warning the sheep before the Terrible Day. Just make sure your ears are open and willing to hear his message (much of the Christian, Jewish, and Secular world will oppose him). His message will not contradict the Prophets of the Tanakh. It will resemble Malachi 3-4 especially. And just like those righteous prophets of old, the people will want to kill Eliyahu too.

I highly recommend Tim McHyde’s book, Know the Future. He goes into much greater detail regarding Elijah’s arrival and other things to expect and watch for.

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Zechariah’s Thermonuclear War may be sparked soon!

Report: Bush Backs Israel Strike Plans on Iran (Newsmax) “The Sunday Times of London reported this weekend that ‘President George W. Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down.’ The Times report quoted a senior Pentagon official as its source.” See entire report…

Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart (TimesOnline) “The sabre-rattling coincided with a visit to Israel yesterday by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, for talks with his Israeli opposite number, Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi. This intensified speculation that Israel was seeking US approval for a possible attack on Iran.” See entire report…

See: Timeline of the Last Days - Daniel’s Shmita/Shavua Prophecy.

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