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7Jan/120

Joseph, the Movie

Hanok: Not perfectly consistent with the book of Genesis, but worth the watch if you haven't seen it already.


28Aug/111

Q: Is it possible to be pro-Torah, pro-Jerusalem, pro-Jewdah, but anti-Talmud?

A: YES!

Jewish Karaites are probably the best representation of how this is possible... and there is no reason Ephraimites (or anyone for that matter) shouldn't have a similar worldview and yet not be considered anti-semitic. - Hanok

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23Jul/110

VIDEO: Identity Crisis (Jim Staley)


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8May/1121

Encounter w/ Comet Elenin during Yom Teruah-Sukkot 2011, Mystery Babylon’s Killshot?

This PDF is extremely valuable prerequisite readin: Astronomical alignments as the cause of ~M6+ seismicity (PDF) | Dr Mensur Omerbashich, PhD

The next critical alignment date on with Comet Elenin will be on Sept 26th-29th, 2011 (which Mike brings to our attention in the following video) ...coincidentally [???] ...closely coincides with the projected timing of this year's Yom Teruah or Day of Shouting/Blowing on about Sept 29th. A couple weeks later, Earth travels closely behind and dangerously near Elenin's orbit and debri field (which is quite large by many estimations). That will happen during the period of this year's Sukkot or Festival of Tabernacles. Again, pure coincidence???  Maybe.   See Karaite Korner's holiday calendar for verification on dates.


Nothing of significant note may occur on the above dates, just as the 'official' NASA commentary would suggest. See Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction... and have no fear... NASA would of course never withhold critical data from the people who pay NASA's bills. No no no.

Regardless, none of us really know the exact timing of things yet to come... except the Father Himself, but we certainly have a profound time period to keep a watchful eye. However... please note... I do NOT think this could be when Yeshua/Jesus will return, nor do I think it could be the time of the 'Rapture'. On the other hand, I do think it 'could' be the Yah-ordained trigger for the 6th Seal cataclysm (Rev 6:12-17) which utterly destroys Mystery Babylon (paralleling or making way for an attack by the not-so-mysterious Medes), which would also preempt the remnant return of Jew-dah and 10-Israel "weeping and together" to the Land of Tsiyon. It may of course be too early yet for those things to occur.... and remember... this is not a "thus saith YHVH"... but pure speculation. It may simply be a passing comet that causes yet more major and minor earthquakes. We simply don't know yet.

Again, Elenin may not be the MB/empire killer, but what if it is? Would MB's agencies warn us of such if they even knew it was coming? Let the previous and ongoing array of lies be your guide in any such expectation.

Regardless... watch, pray, and prepare!

Selah!
Hanok ben-Isaak

P.S. Here is the link to the NASA JPL Orbit Diagram seen in the video above... where you can manipulate the Elenin alignments yourself: JPL small-body database browser, C/2010 X1 [Elenin]

P.P.S.  Strangely, the White House released this document just a couple months before Elenin was 'officially' discovered: Executive Office of the President OSTP: Current and Prospective Near-Earth Object (NEO) Detection Activities  Yet more bizarre and coincidental timing???

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The above video by Mike was brought to my attention via an email. Thank you, Joshua!

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:24 PM, JOSHUA <***email removed***> wrote:

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/05/bad-news-from-nasa-proof-that-comet.html

This confirms a lot of what we have learned from our studies and what He has shown us the last few years.  I think this could very well happen this Fall (Feasts) time frame.
There is no coincidence that the two-state Israeli Palestinian deadline is this September as well.
I believe that these events could blindside most of the world.
We are called to be watchman on the walls, discerning the times, wise as serpents and to warn others that the end of all things is at hand.  I appreciate your time on this important matter.

Shalom,
Joshua
***email removed***

A prudent (wise) person foresees danger (calamity)and takes precaution (prepares), but the simpleton (foolish, ignorant) keeps going and suffers for it. [Pro 27:12]

Blessed is the one who reads this book, and happy are those who listen to the words of this prophecy and obey what is written! For the time is near when all these things will happen. [Rev 1:3]

14Mar/116

Homeward Bound (with lyrics) by Deanne Glenn


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13Mar/114

VIDEO: Will there be a Pre-Trib Rapture? (Phil Elmore and Scot Dryer)

An excellent teaching on the Pre-Trib Rapture by Phil Elmore of TorahPastor.com and Scot Dryer of ProfoundProphecy.com


5Mar/110

AUDIO: End-Time Prophecy in the News (3/5/2011) with Eddie Chumney

Source: WayToZion.org (3/5/2011)

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4Feb/114

The re-formation of the Beast Empire, the Destruction of the Babylonian Empire, and the Return of 10-Israel to Tsiyon

Babylon riding the BeastLet me first say... that I believe the United States of America (with some intimate connections with the United Kingdom of Great Britain) form an Anglo-American Empire which is largely undeniable on an economic, financial, and militaristic level. This empire, in my mind and in the mind of many others, is THE End-Time Mystery Babylon spoken of by the prophet John in the book of Revelation.  The City of Babylon, New York is not-so-coincidentally placed at the very gateway to the chief city of the Empire. Look at a map.  New York state is even called the "Empire State". This is further detailed in my article: Traits of the 'End-Time' Mystery Babylon

On the other hand... and with somewhat less evidence, I believe the Beast (anti-messiah) will be a Shia-based Islamic leader, who will unite much of the muslim world on the platform of shared hatred and disgust for Mystery Babylon, disgust for her betrayals and maniacal self-interests, disgust for her economic and military presence throughout the Middle East, and disgust for the Israeli/Jewish presence she supports in the Land of so-called 'Palestine'.

The Beast's muslim alliance will be dominated by "the Medes" (modern-day Iran/Turkey) and will likely resemble the previously failed Islamic Ottoman Empire (note: the Ottoman Empire collapsed because of war with the West during WWI, primarily with the US and UK... a historic fact important to ponder here). The Beast (the individual ruler) will likely be from Iran, Syria, or Turkey... and will find influential ways to win the affection of many Sunni muslim populations, but some (namely parts of Jordan and Saudi Arabia) will escape his dominion... maybe supernaturally. Egypt, however, will be torn apart (Daniel 11:41-42). This is further detailed in my article: Traits of the 'End-Time' Beast and his Empire

Now that I've told you what I'm going to tell you, I'll tell you what I'm telling you.

The US & UK (Babylon) have been king-making and nation building in the Middle East ever since World War I (WWI). Most dictators and/or rulers in the Middle East were installed by Babylon and/or have in some way or another... made their bed with Babylon... primarily through pegging their currencies, oil sales, and other commodities on US Federal Reserve Notes (i.e., the US $). Since the primary central bank of Babylon has been wildly inflating the money supply over the last 3 years, there has been enormous increases in the price of almost every calorie-based product (i.e., food) within countries who are most exposed to the dollar, WHICH IS MOST OF THE WORLD. Of course, the FED denies the root cause, instead blaming 'global warming' and evil 'population growth' . This, and many other injustices, is causing indescribable rage... especially in the Middle East where anti-American, anti-UK, and anti-Israel sentiment has been surging for decades.

In the news...

The claim among many political pundits is that somehow President Obama is losing Egypt and may lose all of the Middle East. For example, read some of what Dick Morris had to say about the situation in an article titled "Obama is Losing Egypt":

"Until now, Americans have regarded Obama's flirtation with the Arab street with a mild concern that he may be too naïve in his understanding of that part of the world. But his policy of appeasement toward radical Islam has yet to have any bad consequence. We have had some terror attacks, to be sure, but none has risen to the level of a cataclysm. But losing Egypt to the grip of Islamic fundamentalism would be a huge blow to the United States, Israel and to the entire Western world.

It would, literally, open the door to a theocratic Iranian-style empire stretching from Morocco to Iran. Inspired by an Islamic takeover in Egypt, Obama could find himself confronted with a Middle Eastern version of the old domino theory, where one nation after another falls to Islamism, with each new theocratic conquest destabilizing its neighbor.

Remember that Iran has a population of 79 million and Egypt has 75 million. Together, their 154 million almost equal the combined population of all the other nations in North Africa and the Middle East. If Egypt and Iran were to work in tandem, they could control the region."

Obama isn't losing Egypt. Babylon is losing Egypt. Obama is merely a puppet of Babylon's fascist/elitist controllers... and the loss of Egypt is merely a byproduct of their over-reaching, drunken greed. They will try to co-opt and quell what is happening all over the Middle East... and they MAY be able to setup another Mubark-type puppet in Egypt and other states in turmoil, but eventually, things are going to come completely undone. In fact, this may be what we're seeing already... the very beginnings of the reformation of the Beast Empire... nations becoming completely incensed by Babylon's propping up of authoritarian/fascist regimes. This is how Babylon has essentially been "riding" these peoples for decades... and Revelation actually indicates she will be thrown from her saddle and devoured by her own prey (Revelation 17:16). We caught a glimpse of this mad desire when much of the muslim world became jubilant when New York was struck on Sept 11, 2001.

If Babylon is about to be thrown from the saddle... if that is what we're about to see... if that is what we're seeing (like a slow-motion international train wreck)...  there is also much else about to happen on/to planet Earth that will shake it literally at its foundation.

Let me explain.

The prophets John and Jeremiah foresaw that  Babylon would be destroyed via two fronts. One front will be human led... by an invasion and/or devastating attack by a Mede-dominated/Beast alliance (Isaiah 13:17-22; Jeremiah 51:11,27-28; Revelation 17:15-18). The other attack will come from massive earth changes generated from a great earthquake which will be felt around the world (Jeremiah 51:42, Revelation 16:18-20), where the oceans themselves will rise-up and devastate Babylon, utterly destroying her and leaving her without inhabitant.

These two attacks will likely not occur simultaneously, but nearly so... and maybe this is why John indicates twice that Babylon "is fallen, is fallen" (Revelation 14:8, 18:2).

How does one fall twice?  Well... you're knocked down. You try to get up, then you're knocked down again. Not that complicated, especially noting the prophetic passages above.

Note: there is no indication that Babylon is destroyed via economic decline... in order to bring about a so-called 'New World Order'. Babylon has essentially enjoyed global governance through a global currency for decades.

When do we escape?

Before the final and utter destruction comes, we know a remnant of Israel and Jew-dah escape "weeping and together" at some stage just before or during Babylon's last war. How they make it back to the Land of Tsiyon, we don't know exactly. There are many speculations. Supernatural assistance is most probable. Some may even come back as 'captives' of the Medes. It is difficult to tell at this stage.

For me, this is both dreadful and exciting to anticipate. Jeremiah clearly tells us that we will be weeping. Why? Again, he doesn't say, but it could be assumed that we will be traumatized by what we've seen and experienced... not only in Babylon, but around the world. In fact, the 'weeping' may be mixed with trauma and GREAT JOY at knowing we're finally going home to the Land of Tsiyon, a land not dominated by Babylon, the Beast, fascism, corruption, economic enslavement, religious enslavement, paganism, suffering, disease, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...

The Psalm 83 Alliance and War

Some are saying the Psalm 83 war won't happen until the muslim world has nuclear weapons that can counter the Jewish nation's nuclear arsenal. Others suspect it will not happen until Mystery Babylon, the hammer of the whole earth, has been removed from the picture... or in preceding words, removed from "the saddle".

I'm leaning toward the latter expectation.

Personally, I believe the alliance and war of Psalm 83 will follow Babylon's demise, where the face of the planet and power-structure has radically changed... where the Muslim world will be emboldened against the seed of Jacob, the people of YHVH ...because they will no longer have Babylon's aid and protection. As mentioned above, many Israelites will likely have just arrived to the Land of Israel. They will be the "Israel and Judah" that escaped from Babylon (and other nations)... "weeping and together"... miraculously returning, but likely very weak and vulnerable. This time period may be what many of us hope for in regards to the "Greater Exodus" prophecy. It is likely at this time, we the refugees will desperately need supernatural deliverance from the Beast, his alliances, his hunters, and his war machine... and YHVH will show Himself strong on our behalf. However, not all will survive. There will be martyrs... and there will be a resurrection!

End-Time Babylon: a Mystery and an Enigma

Some will claim America cannot be Mystery Babylon because it is largely made up of Israelites or Ephraimites. Or it is pro-Israel/Jewish and a blessing to the Israeli regime... and a place of safety for Jews.

My answer: The US has also been a huge blessing to Israel's enemies. And YES, the US has a large Israelite and Jewish presence... which is ACTUALLY one of the confirmations that the US is Mystery Babylon. Carefully read all of Jer 50-51. When Babylon, the nation, is destroyed (as already indicated above)... Israel and Jew-dah come out of Babylon weeping and together just before she is utterly destroyed. If both groups aren't living in Babylon, how do they "come out of her"? Hmmmm?

The fact that Mystery Babylon, the great whore of Revelation, could somehow be related to or connected with the literal descendants of Israel... causes a serious emotional and doctrinal dilemma for many. However, were not Israel and Judah both figuratively equated with adulterous women by Jeremiah and Hosea and other prophets? This is an enigma and a mystery, but it is NOT far fetched or without precedent.

The vast majority of 10-Israel and Jew-dah are a stubborn, arrogant, and stiffed-necked people. Tragically, only a remnant from either will survive "Jacob's Trouble"... a trouble instigated by the Beast and yes, even facilitated by YHVH to punish His own people for their great perversions and wickedness (Hosea 6:1; Jeremiah 30:7-11).

Hanok ben-Isaak

Credit: R.A. Coombes, Steve Quayle, G. Edward Griffin, Webster Griffin Tarplay, John Coleman, and Joseph P. Farrell have offered the most evidence to influence my perspective on the identity of End-Time Mystery Babylon. Rico Cortes, Brad Scott, Bill Cloud, and Scot Dryer are probably the most notable in influencing my view on the identity of where the Beast Empire will arise. Not sure if any of them have combined both identity views... and I'm sure all of them would likely disagree with some aspect of what I've written.

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27Nov/100

AUDIO: End-Time Prophecy in the News (11/27/2010) with Eddie Chumney

Source: WayToZion.org (11/27/2010)

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15Nov/103

VIDEO: America’s Heritage (before it became End-Time Babylon)


See: Traits of 'End-Time' Mystery Babylon

30Oct/100

AUDIO: End-Time Prophecy in the News (10/30/2010) with Eddie Chumney

Source: WayToZion.org (10/30/2010)

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19Oct/101

Could Rachel be a unifying factor for Ephraim and Jew-dah?

Did Jacob know that Rachel's resting place would become, like Jerusalem, a pilgrimage destination for her descendants?

"Over her grave Jacob put up a pillar, it is the pillar at Rachel's grave to this day." (Genesis 35:20)

Many Jews rightfully remember Rachel as their matriarch because she was the mother of Benjamin... and the tribe of Benjamin has virtually assimilated (at least in part) into the ancient Southern Kingdom of Jew-dah. Indeed, many Jews today are uncertain which specific tribe they descend from (thinking of themselves as simply Jewish), thus there has been a great deal of Jewish intermarriage over the centuries between the tribes of Jew-dah, Levi, and Benjamin... meaning many of them can likely trace their roots back to BOTH Rachel and Leah.


In the future, my hope is that there will be many more Joes from the House of Joe-seph (of the nations of Ephraim/Gen 48:19)... gathering together with Jew-dah to remember our mother (Emeinu Rochel)... not to seek her intercession on our behalf, but to seek fellowship and unity in the Ancient Paths of the Creator... in His 'Promise' Land!

May Rachel's tears not be in vain... shalom,
Hanok ben-Isaak

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7Oct/100

VIDEO: Big Pharma’s Secret Global Eugenics Agenda

"The world today has 6.8 billion people... that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent." - Bill Gates at TED (see video here)


See article: Bill Gates says vaccines can help reduce world population

This is a subject close to my heart because it is directly-related to the fruitfulness of Abraham and Ephraim's descendants (Genesis 48:19). Since it is obviously the Father's desire for us to be fruitful and multiply (the very first commandment give to mankind | Genesis 1:28) and obviously the goal of the-Adversary (ha-sawtawn) is for us to not be fruitful, whose side must one suspect Big Pharma, Master Bill, and the Healthcare system are truly on?  Hhhhmmmmmm???

The globalist agenda may be cloaked in reducing climate-change, but the-Adversary doesn't care about our climate. He loves destroying it and corrupting it because he knows how dependent we are on it.

Hanok

2Oct/102

VIDEO: Jewish DNA – The Kohanim Gene and the Lost Tribes of Israel


Video excerpt from a lecture by Jon Entine (author of Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People) discussing the Kohanim (Cohanim) Gene, also known as the Y chromosomal Aaron hypothesis and how it can help us establish the truth or fiction behind the ten lost tribes of Israel, discussing such groups as Ethiopian Jews and the Lemba tribe of southern Africa. In 2007, Entine published Abraham's Children, which examined the shared ancestry of Jews, Christians and Muslims, and addressed the question "Who is a Jew?" as seen through the prism of DNA. In the lecture, he also reviews the controversial issue of why Ashkenazi Jews (in particular) are disproportionately successful, proven to have higher IQ scores on average, but also higher incidence of specific diseases.

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View full lecture here:
http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_jewishroots3.php?bctid=1252260027&bclid=494751184

More about the lecture:

The author of the highly acclaimed and controversial book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It, investigative journalist Jon Entine, in his new book Abraham's Children, attempts to answer new taboo topics, such as: Did Moses really live? What was the real fate of the Lost Tribes? How did the advent of Christianity change the DNA of humanity, and why Jews — the tiniest fraction of the world's population — score highest on intelligence tests and hold so many Nobel Prizes, why there are disproportionately so many more Jewish lawyers and doctors, and what the answers to such questions tell us about human nature and nurture. Entine vividly brings to life the profound human implications of the Age of Genetics, retelling the story of the Bible through the prism of DNA, while illuminating one of today's most controversial topics: the connection between genetics and identity. The focus of genome research has shifted from our shared humanity to human differences, and we are now confronted with questions once considered taboo.

3Aug/104

VIDEO: Disputes in the Hebraic-Roots Movement

You've got to admit... this video is totally reminiscent of the emotional nature of many disputes found within various flavors of the Hebraic-Roots movement.  =)


Things we divide over:

  • Are we allowed to pronounce the Divine Name?
  • How to pronounce the Divine Name
  • How to pronounce the name of Messiah
  • Yeshua Divine or not Divine? Yeshua the same as the Father, or just the Son?
  • Yeshua a Karaite, Rabbanite, or just plane ole' Torah-LIGHT?
  • ORAL Torah or just WRITTEN Torah?
  • How to determine the Calendar and Festival days
  • 7-Day fixed Shabbat or Lunar-based Shabbat?
  • Leave house or stay in house for Shabbat?
  • Head-coverings or no head-coverings? Men or women?
  • Meat or no meat?
  • Torah "required" for "Gentiles" or not?
  • New or Renewed Covenant? Currently (re)newed or a future event?
  • Messiah returning bodily near the start or near the end of this Millennium?
  • Jubilees in 49-year or 50-year increments?
  • Mystery Babylon, a city, religion, empire, system, or all of the above?
  • Beast of Revelation, a man, religion, empire, system, or all of the above?
  • Flee Mystery Babylon now or later? Slave or free? Live in the system or outside the system?
  • Eliyahu(Elijah) coming, already come, already here in Spirit, or all the above?
  • Temple or no Temple? Blood sacrifices or no blood sacrifices?

Others can surely think of many more major rifts experienced amongst our family and fellowships... but the above I skimmed off the top of my head. Feel free to add your thoughts in the comment section if you wish.

By the way, I'm NOT suggesting we not discuss or not enter semi-heated discussions about some of the matters above... but I will contend that it is unnecessary to enter and leave such dialogs as children would. In other words, it is true we are to go to the Father "as Children", but maybe we shouldn't fight with each other as children. Dissent and non-uniformity is okay... BUT we can depart with hugs (Ephraimites could learn alot from JEW-dah in this regard).  =)

Desiring unity, not uniformity!
Hanok ben-Isaak