Yahweh Judges Between Sheep And Sheep

Yahweh Judges Between Sheep And Sheep

Ezekiel 34:17-31 reads,

34:17As for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats. ^34:18Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet? ^34:19As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet. ^34:20Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ^34:21Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad; ^34:22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. ^34:23I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. ^34:24I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
^{34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. ^34:26I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing. ^34:27The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them. ^34:28They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid. ^34:29I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more. ^34:30They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. ^34:31You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.} Yahweh's Judgement Against Gog

Ezekiel 38:17-23 reads,

^{38:17Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? ^38:18It shall happen in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils. ^38:19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; ^38:20so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. ^38:21I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. ^38:22With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. ^38:23I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.}
Yahweh Will Appoint Levitical Priests As Judges Over His People

Ezekiel 44:23-24 reads,

^{44:23They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. ^44:24In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.}
The Judgement Of The Ancient Of Days

Daniel 7 reads,

^{7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
^{7:2Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. ^7:3Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another. ^7:4The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it. ^7:5Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh. ^7:6After this I saw, and, behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. ^7:7After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns. ^7:8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
7:9I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels of it burning fire. ^7:10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. ^7:11I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. ^7:12As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. ^7:13I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ^7:14There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
^{7:15As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ^7:16I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. ^7:17These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth. ^7:18But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
^{7:19Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; ^7:20and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows. ^7:21I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; ^7:22until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. ^7:23Thus he said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. ^7:24As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings. ^7:25He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. ^7:26But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end. ^7:27The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole the sky, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. ^7:28Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.}}}} Why Ephraim Is Crushed In Judgement

Hosea 5:11-12 reads,

^{5:11Ephraim is oppressed,

He is crushed in judgment;

Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.}^{5:12Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,

And to the house of Judah like rottenness.} The Spirit Of Yahweh Imparts The Fullness Of Judgement

Micah 3:1-4:4 reads,

^{3:1I said,
"Please listen, you heads of Jacob,

And rulers of the house of Israel:

Isn’t it for you to know justice?
^{3:2You who hate the good,

And love the evil;

Who tear off their skin,

And their flesh from off their bones;

^3:3Who also eat the flesh of my people,

And flay their skin from off them,

And break their bones,

And chop them in pieces, as for the pot,

And as flesh within the caldron.
^{3:4Then they will cry to Yahweh,

But he will not answer them.
Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time,

Because they made their deeds evil."
^{3:5Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
^{3:6"Therefore night is over you, with no vision,

And it is dark to you, that you may not divine;

And the sun will go down on the prophets,

And the day will be black over them.
^{3:7The seers shall be put to shame,

And the diviners confounded.
Yes, they shall all cover their lips;

For there is no answer from God."
^{3:8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh,

And of judgment, and of might,

To declare to Jacob his disobedience,

And to Israel his sin.
^{3:9Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob,

And rulers of the house of Israel,

Who abhor justice,

And pervert all equity.
^{3:10They build up Zion with blood,

And Jerusalem with iniquity.
^{3:11Her leaders judge for bribes,

And her priests teach for a price,

And her prophets of it tell fortunes for money:
Yet they lean on Yahweh, and say,

Isn’t Yahweh in the midst of us?

No disaster will come on us.
^{3:12Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field,

And Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble,

And the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.}}}}}^{4:1But in the latter days,

It will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains,

And it will be exalted above the hills;

And peoples will stream to it.
^{4:2Many nations will go and say,

"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,

And to the house of the God of Jacob;

And he will teach us of his ways,

And we will walk in his paths."
For out of Zion will go forth the law,

And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
^{4:3And he will judge between many peoples,

And will decide concerning strong nations afar off.

They will beat their swords into plowshares,

And their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,

Neither will they learn war any more.
^{4:4But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;

And no one will make them afraid:

For the mouth of Yahweh of Hosts has spoken. ^4:5Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods;

But we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.}}}}}}}}}}
Judges Over Yahweh's People Are Those Who Have Proved Faithful To Him

Zechariah 3 reads,

^{3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. ^3:2Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?"
^{3:3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. ^3:4He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
^{3:5I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head."
So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by. ^3:6The angel of Yahweh protested to Joshua, saying, ^3:7"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by. ^3:8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch. ^3:9For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the engraving of it,’ says Yahweh of Hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. ^3:10In that day,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’"}}} Execute True Judgement

Zechariah 7:8-14 reads,

^{7:8The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying, ^7:9"Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. ^7:10Don’t oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’ ^7:11But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. ^7:12Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Hosts. ^7:13It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh of Hosts; ^7:14"but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."}
Execute The Judgement Of Truth And Peace

Zechariah 8:14-17 reads,

^{8:14For thus says Yahweh of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I didn’t repent; ^8:15so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid. ^8:16These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, ^8:17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.} Yahweh Judges For His Faithful People Against The Wicked Ones

Malachi 3:1-6 reads,

^{3:1"Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of hosts. ^3:2"But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap; ^3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. ^3:4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. ^3:5I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts. ^3:6"For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.}
Those In Danger Of The Judgement

Matthew 5:21-26 reads,

5:21"You have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ ^5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

5:23"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, ^5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ^5:25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. ^5:26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

Those who are unrighteous are subject, first to the judgement, then to the council and then to the fire of Gehenna. It therefore appears that these three are sequential stages, judgement, council and fire of Gehenna, with the fire of Gehenna being the ultimate or final stage.

Seeing that anger not repented of is sufficient to bring one in subjection to the judgement, and if still not repented of brings one into prison, suggests that the judgement will be a time for the unrighteous to be put into prison to pay what they owe! Therefore, to avoid paying various penalties in the judgement, one should repent of one's misdeeds now prior to one's death, reconciling with all that one should reconcile with.

What is the role of the council? Is it to pass sentence upon who are deemed worthy to pay a penalty for their misdeeds? And who sits on the council?

Luke 12:54-59 reads,

12:54He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens. ^12:55When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens. ^12:56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time? ^12:57Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? ^12:58For as you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be freed from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. ^12:59I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

Why You Shouldn't Judge And Condemn

Matthew 7:1-5 reads,

7:1"Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. ^7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. ^7:3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? ^7:4Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye? ^7:5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Luke 6:36-38 reads,

^{6:36Therefore be merciful,

Even as your Father is also merciful.

^{6:37Don’t judge,

And you won't be judged.

Don’t condemn,

And you won't be condemned.}Set free,

And you will be set free.

^{6:38"Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they give into your bosom. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."}} The Day Of Judgement

Matthew 10:11-15 reads,

^{10:11Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on. ^10:12As you enter into the household, greet it. ^10:13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. ^10:14Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. ^10:15Most assuredly I tell you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.}
Those Who Come Into The Judgement

Those who do not receive Yah'shuah's word through his servants will come into the judgement. This is the period of time when they will be judged for the various deeds that they will have done during their lives. It is also the time that those being judged will be shown tolerance, each one according to his own order, based on their conduct while alive in their first lives.

A Sin Greater Than Sexual Immorality

It should be noted that not receiving Yah'shuah's word is a greater sin that partaking of sexual immorality, such as those in Sodom and Gomorrah partook of. It is therefore imperative that all receive Yah'shuah's word.

It should also be noted that Yah'shuah's comments imply that those who receive his word do not necessarily come into the judgement. For it is those who reject his word who definitely come into the judgement. At the very least, to avoid being in as bad a state as those who reject Yah'shuah's word, one should receive Yah'shuah's word. Such that even if such a one comes into the judgement they will not be as bad a situation or state as those who rejected Yah'shuah's word.

Mark 6:10-11 reads,

^{6:10He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there. ^6:11Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"}

Matthew 11:20-24 reads,

11:20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they didn’t repent. ^11:21"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ^11:22But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ^11:23You, Capernaum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. ^11:24But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for you."

Why Yahweh Performs Mighty Works

11:20 implies that a reason for Yah'shuah undertaking the mighty works that he did was for those who witnessed those works repenting of their sins. Therefore when Yahweh performs mighty works in our witnessing it is for a purpose of our repenting of our sins and living by Yahweh's word.

Those Who Do Not Repent Will Be In The Judgement

11:22 shows that those who do not repent of their sins will be in the judgement, implying that those in the judgement are the unrepentant.

11:22 also shows that those who had greater cause to repent of their sins while they lived in their first lives will be treated with less tolerance than those who had lesser cause to repent. And those with greater cause to repent are those who witness Yahweh's mighty works, such as those who witnessed the works that Yahweh performed through Yah'shuah.

Those Who Do Not Repent Go To Hades

11:23 shows that Hades is the place for the unrepentant. The implication being that it is not necessarily the case that those who are righteous, those who have repented, go to Hades. If it be that the righteous do not go to Hades at death, where is it that they go - Abraham's bosom, located outside Hades?

Luke 10:13-16 reads,

10:13"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ^10:14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. ^10:15You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. ^10:16Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

Yahweh's Prophesied Servant To Declare Judgement To The Nations

Matthew 12:15-21 reads,

^{12:15Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all, ^12:16and charged them that they should not make him known: ^12:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
^{12:18"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;

My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my Spirit on him.

He will declare judgment to the Gentiles.}^{12:19He will not strive, nor shout;

Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
^{12:20He won’t break a bruised reed.

He won’t quench a smoking flax,
Until he sends forth judgment to victory.

^12:21In his name, the Gentiles will hope."}}}

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