CHAPTER 3 - NEW PROOF OF THE TWO WITNESSES
Does Psalm 110 Talk Of Three Thrones Or Two?
You wrote, in connection with Psalm 110,
In order to understand this scenario, imagine you are facing three thrones ahead of you, with you standing behind them. The ETERNAL is seated in the center Throne. The Priest is to ETERNAL's left hand and David is to His right. Both ETERNAL and David are to the right of the Priest.
Psalm 110 reads,
A Psalm by David.
110:1
Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,Until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
110:2
Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.110:3
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power,Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
110:4
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:110:5
The Lord is at your right hand.110:6
He will judge among the nations.110:7
He will drink of the brook in the way;Therefore will he lift up his head.
The Three Individuals Mentioned In Psalm 110
Aren't 3 persons clearly mentioned in Psalm 110 - David, Yahweh and "my Lord"? Isn't David the person who wrote down this psalm, seeing it is titled "A psalm by David"? Isn't David therefore recording what was given to him by the Spirit - what he saw in vision?
Doesn't David clearly call the person Yahweh speaks to as MY Lord - meaning David's Lord? Isn't the one Yahweh tells to sit at his - Yahweh's - right hand David's Lord? Then why do you say that the person David son of Jesse calls his Lord is David son of Jesse? Was David David's Lord? Was David Lord over his own self? Does this make sense?
David Clearly Referred To Himself When Quoting Yahweh's Words That He Understood Referred To Him - David
1 Kings 2:1-4 reads,
2:1
Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2:2I am going the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man; 2:3and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself. 2:4That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.Doesn't 1 Kings 2:4 show that when David was quoting Yahweh in reference to himself - David - he clearly referred to himself rather than to someone else? Didn't he say "that Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me"?
1 Chronicles 22:6-10 reads,
22:6
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel. 22:7David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God. 22:8But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days: 22:10he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.Isn't it clear that when David spoke a word that Yahweh had spoken to him he clearly said so? Didn't he clearly refer to himself in Yahweh's words that concerned him?
1 Chronicles 28:1-10 reads,
28:1
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem. 28:2Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. 28:3But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood. 28:4However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; 28:5Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 28:6He said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 28:7I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day. 28:8Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever. 28:9You, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 28:10Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.Again, doesn't David make clear references to himself in Yahweh's words that he spoke? Doesn't this show that David did not refer to another person in reference to a word Yahweh spoke with respect to him?
David Clearly Understood That The Person Sitting At Yahweh's Right Hand Was His Sovereign
In Psalm 110:1 doesn't David clearly state that Yahweh spoke to HIS - David's - Lord? Doesn't he refer to himself in those words, but only in reference to the person Yahweh spoke to, this person being David's Lord? Isn't it therefore clear that David's Lord, the person Yahweh told to sit at Yahweh's right hand, is definitely NOT David the writer of Psalm 110, but a master or sovereign over David the writer of Psalm 110?
Then why do you say that David's Lord is not David's Lord but is David?
To Whom Did Yahweh Swear As Recorded In Psalm 110:4?
Psalm 110:4 reads,
110:4
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:To whom did Yahweh swear this? Who is the priest forever in the order of Melchizedek?
And what is the priestly order of Melchizedek?
Melchizedek Was Both Righteous King And Priest
Genesis 14:18-20 reads,
14:18
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 14:19He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Isn't it clear that Melchizedek was BOTH king and priest - king of Salem and priest of Mighty One Most High? Isn't this what is clearly revealed about Melchizedek, that he was both king and priest? And doesn't Melchizedek mean king of righteousness? Isn't the order of Melchizedek priests therefore that of righteous priestly kings?
Are All Priests Of Yahweh Kings?
Are all priests righteous kings? Are all priests of Yahweh righteous kings? Was Aaron the priest of Yahweh also a righteous king over Israel, or was he just a priest of Yahweh but not a righteous king over Israel? Wasn't Aaron just a priest of Yahweh without being king over Israel or a defined part of Israel? Isn't it therefore the case that the priestly order of Aaron was different from the priestly order of Melchizedek, seeing that the Aaronic priesthood did not have an accompanying kingly office?
The Person Yahweh Swears To In Psalm 110:4 Is Both A Righteous King And A Priest
Seeing that the Melchizedek priesthood encapsulates BOTH righteous kingly and priestly duties, isn't it clear that the person that Yahweh swore to in Psalm 110:4 is BOTH a righteous king and a priest?
It Is David's Lord Sitting At Yahweh's Right Hand To Whom Yahweh Swears In Psalm 110:4
Seeing that Yahweh has already spoken in Psalm 110:1-2 to David's Lord, that he is indeed a king ruling over others, isn't it the case that this very person is the one Yahweh has sworn to in 110:4? Isn't the prophesied Messianic ruler both a righteous king and priest, seeing that the encapsulation of both righteous kingship and priesthood is the identifying mark of the order of Melchizedek?
The Prophesied Messianic Ruler Will Be King Of Salem Just As Melchizedek Was King Of Salem
Also, wasn't Melchizedek king of Salem? Won't the prophesied Messianic ruler in Israel also be king of Salem, seeing that Jerusalem will indeed be his headquarters? Isn't this another identifying sign that the prophesied Messianic ruler in Israel is indeed the priest forever after the order of Melchizedek?
David Talks To Yahweh In Psalm 110:5
Psalm 110:5 reads,
110:5
The Lord is at your right hand.Isn't David here now talking to Yahweh, seeing that Yahweh had said in 110:1 that David's Lord should sit at his right hand?
Why do you suggest that David is speaking to a third person sitting to the left of Yahweh, when David makes no mention of any person sitting to Yahweh's left hand?
Is Elijah The Prophet The Priest Mentioned In Zechariah 6:12-13?
You wrote,
The Prophet is Elijah and the Messiah is King David, and together they are the Two Witnesses that bring Israel back from captivity and bring them to repentance.
You have only asserted that the priest mentioned in Zechariah 6:12-13 is the Prophet. You have NOT proved from Scripture that the priest so mentioned is Elijah the prophet. The only authority for Elijah being the priest of both Zechariah 6 and Psalm 110 is your assertion, and not the Holy Scripture? Should your readers rely on your assertions for authority? Shouldn't they rather rely on Scripture - Yahweh's word - for authority?
Is Elijah The Prophet The Priest In The Messianic Rule In Israel?
You quoted from Ezekiel 45:15-22 suggesting that the priest is Elijah and the king is David, both having been resurrected, and both being the two witnesses spoken of in Zechariah 4. Is this really so?
Yahweh Clearly Identifies The Sons Of Zadok As His Priests In The Messianic Rule In Israel?
Ezekiel 40:44-46 reads,
40:44
Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. 40:45He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house; 40:46and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.Ezekiel 43:18-19 reads,
43:18
He said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 43:19You shall give to the priests the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says the Lord Yahweh, a young bull for a sin-offering.Ezekiel 44:15-16 reads,
44:15
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh: 44:16they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.Ezekiel 48:9-12 reads,
48:9
The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. 48:10For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it. 48:11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my charge, who didn’t go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 48:12It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.Isn't it clear that the priests to minister to Yahweh in Israel during the Messianic rule will be sanctified Levites of the sons of Zadok? Was Elijah the prophet a Levite of the sons of Zadok?
Elijah Was A Stranger In Israel, Not Even A Physical Israelite!
1 Kings 17:1 reads,
17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Isn't it clear that Elijah the prophet was of the sojourners of Gilead, sons of Manasseh? Doesn't this suggest that he probably wasn't even a physical Israelite, being a foreigner living in Israel? Doesn't this clearly show that he was no priest in Israel, seeing that he wasn't an Israelite, leave alone being a Levite of the sons of Aaron?
Yahweh Forbids Strangers From Coming Near The Aaronic Priesthood
In your case for the Messiah you are at pains in your attempt to show the connection between the Messiah and David, drawing on promises given to David with respect to the Messiah. Why didn't you attempt even the same effort with respect to the priests serving Yahweh in the Messianic rule in Israel? Didn't Yahweh give the priesthood to Aaron and his sons forever? So why are you suggesting that a stranger to the priesthood will indeed take over the priesthood from those Yahweh has promised it to - forever?
Yahweh Gave Aaron And His Sons An Everlasting Priesthood Throughout Their Generations
Exodus 29:9 reads,
29:9
You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.Exodus 40:13-15 reads,
40:13
You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 40:14You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. 40:15You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. Their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Yahweh Forbids Strangers From Eating The Holy Things Of Priests
Leviticus 22:10-15 reads,
22:10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 22:11But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. 22:12If a priest’s daughter be married to a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. 22:13But if a priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned to her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s bread: but there shall no stranger eat of it. 22:14If a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part of it to it, and shall give to the priest the holy thing. 22:15They shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh, 22:16and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
The Penalty For A Stranger Coming Near The Priesthood Is Death
Numbers 3:10 reads,
3:10
You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Yahweh Killed 250 Strangers For Coming Near The Priesthood
Numbers 16:35-40 reads,
16:35
Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense. 16:36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 16:37Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy, 16:38even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel. 16:39Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 16:40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn’t of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
Elijah The Prophet Is Excluded From Being An Aaronic Priest In Israel
Isn't it clear from Yahweh's word that no stranger - anyone not of the seed of Aaron - is forbidden from coming near Yahweh to perform priestly duties or partake of priestly food? Doesn't this CONCLUSIVELY rule out Elijah the prophet, a stranger in Israel, from being the priest that you have portrayed him to be in the Messianic rule in Israel?
The Prince Of Ezekiel 45 Is NOT The Messianic Ruler Over Israel
Ezekiel 45 reads,
45:1
Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border of it round about. 45:2Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in length by five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs of it round about. 45:3Of this measure shall you measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy. 45:4It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary. 45:5Twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be to the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, for twenty chambers. 45:6You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.45:7
Whatever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border. 45:8In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 45:9Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.45:10
You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer. 45:12The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.45:13
This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley; 45:14and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; (for ten baths are a homer;) 45:15and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; -for a meal-offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord Yahweh. 45:16All the people of the land shall give to this offering for the prince in Israel.45:17
It shall be the prince’s part to give the burnt offerings, and the meal-offerings, and the drink-offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the Sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meal-offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.45:18
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary. 45:19The priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it on the door-posts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court. 45:20So you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who errs, and for him who is simple: so shall you make atonement for the house. 45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 45:22On that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin-offering. 45:23The seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin-offering. 45:24He shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 45:25In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meal-offering, and according to the oil.Doesn't Yahweh make clear in 45:8-9 that he will have PRINCES - plural - over his people Israel? Doesn't he also make clear that they will not then oppress the people as previous princes in Israel oppressed the people by taking from them the land of their inheritance? Doesn't this suggest that the prince over his people as referred to in Ezekiel 45 is NOT the prophesied Messianic ruler, but a lesser ruler ruling under the authority of the prophesied Messianic prince? Doesn't this suggest that these lesser rulers will exist for a period of time, even as past kings or princes of Israel existed for a period of time, only to be succeeded by others?
The Princes Of Ezekiel 45 And The People Of Israel Will Be Committing Sins
Doesn't Ezekiel 45 make clear that the people of Israel, including their prince, will still be committing sins, thereby necessitating their offering sin offerings to facilitate their atonement or forgiveness? Doesn't this suggest that these will be human beings pretty much like other human beings before them - people who sin and eventually die?
Animal Sacrifices Will Be Offered In The Messianic Rule For The Atonement Of The Sinning People Of Israel
Leviticus 4 reads,
4:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 4:2"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them: 4:3if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering. 4:4He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh. 4:5The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting. 4:6The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary. 4:7The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood of the bull out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 4:8He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, 4:9and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away, 4:10as it is taken off of the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 4:11The bull’s skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung, 4:12even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. Where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.4:13
"‘If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty; 4:14when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it before the Tent of Meeting. 4:15The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh. 4:16The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting: 4:17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil. 4:18He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 4:19All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar. 4:20Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 4:21He shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.4:22
"‘When a ruler sins, and unwittingly does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; 4:23if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish. 4:24He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering. 4:25The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 4:26All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.4:27
"‘If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; 4:28if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. 4:29He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. 4:30The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 4:31All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.4:32
"‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish. 4:33He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 4:34The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. 4:35All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.Doesn't Leviticus 4 show that sin offerings are offered by those who commit sins, that atonement be made for them and they be forgiven? Doesn't this therefore show that the prince in Ezekiel 45 and the people of Israel at that time will be committing sins?
Will The Messianic Ruler Over Israel Be Committing Sins During His Rule?
Are you saying that the resurrected Messianic ruler will be committing sins and therefore will need to make his own sin offerings? Doesn't one, if he relies on your word that the prophesied Messianic ruler is the prince mentioned in Ezekiel 45, conclude that he will still sin after his resurrection? And what will happen after he has sinned?
Isn't Death The Penalty Yahweh Inflicts For Sin?
Genesis 2:16-17 reads,
2:16
Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."Didn't Yahweh show humans that the penalty for disobeying his word - sin - is death? Haven't humans been dying ever since our first parents sinned against Yahweh?
The Princes And People Of Israel Will Be Dying During The Messianic Rule
Seeing that both the children of Israel and their prince(s) will be committing sins at the time of Ezekiel 45, isn't it the case that they will indeed by dying eventually, and will not be living forever?
Will The Messianic Ruler Die On Account Of His Own Sins During His Messianic Rule?
Seeing that you say that the prince of Ezekiel 45 is the prophesied Messianic ruler, are you suggesting also that he will die, and will not live forever? But if he does not live forever how will the prophesied promises be fulfilled, of Yahweh establishing his kingdom throne in Israel forever? Are you suggesting that Yahweh will raise David from the dead, give him rule over Israel as in the past, and then when David dies, because David will be sinning and offering sin offerings, his descendants will rule in his place? Are you suggesting that this is the manner that David's kingdom throne will be established in Israel, without Israel being uprooted from their land, because they will avoid committing abominable sins that might cause Yahweh to remove them from their land? If this is so, then what really is the point of Yahweh raising David to life again, only to see David die again because he will be committing sins just like other human beings?
Is It Idolatry To Acknowledge The Existence Of TWO Yahwehs, Both Called Mighty One?
You wrote,
Did you notice the word "monotheistic?" It means that there is only one ETERNAL CREATOR, not three as in most of Christianity who worship a god-man crucified deity somehow made up of three beings. WCGanity has simplified the three-beings-in-one to two-beings-in-one, but that is still one too many. Thus they all pray TO or THROUGH 'Jesus or Mary,' and that puts some other god before the one true CREATOR. They worship at the feet of other gods in place of the one true ETERNAL CREATOR, the Holy One of Israel--and that is Israel's big sin.
I agree with you that Yahweh is TOTALLY AGAINST idolatry, and that idolatry is the fundamental reason he punishes those whom he punishes.
Earlier on I showed you from various scriptures in Genesis that the angel of Yahweh is also called Yahweh. This angel was the Mighty One of Abraham, the Mighty One of Isaac and the Mighty One of Israel. This is the person they worshipped. Seeing that he is an angel he is indeed a messenger of another one, a person superior in authority. This other person superior in authority to the angel of Yahweh is also called Yahweh. He is also referred to as Mighty One - the Most High, even as seen in Genesis 14:18-20! Do you accept the scriptural record that there are indeed TWO Yahwehs, both called Mighty One, with the greater Yahweh being the Most High and the lesser Yahweh being the angel of Yahweh? Do you say that Abraham, Isaac and Israel were guilty of idolatry, for calling the angel of Yahweh their Mighty One, even as Israel did in Genesis 48:15-16?
Or do you now accept that you must change your belief and teaching, that even though the angel of Yahweh was the Mighty One of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and lesser in status to Yahweh the Most High, they were not guilty of idolatry for having this angel as their Mighty One?
Isn't The Author Accusing The Fathers, Abraham, Isaac And Jacob, Of Idolatry?
You wrote,
The Jews' religion of "Judaism" is only a hollow shell of the Hebrew religion of the Fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In addition, it contains many remnants of paganism remaining from their captivity in Babylon--and that is Judah's big sin.
Considering the various comments you have made, it appears to me that your religion is different in some respects from that of the fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Would you therefore describe your religion as "only a hollow shell of the Hebrew religion of the Fathers", as you do of the Jews' religion? For example, when one of the fathers, Jacob, says that their Mighty One was the angel of Yahweh, and therefore subsidiary to Yahweh, isn't their religion different from yours? Seeing that you say that it is idolatry for anyone who has for his Mighty One anyone apart from the Most High, aren't you suggesting that your religion is superior to that of the fathers, with that of the fathers being idolatry and yours supposedly being the pure unadulterated religion? Haven't you by this condemned the fathers, and made yourself more righteous than them? But in this condemnation are you in the right, seeing that Yahweh said the following to Isaac in Genesis 26:2-5? It reads,
26:2
Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don’t go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of. 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 26:4I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, 26:5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
Manoah And His Wife Equated The Angel Of Yahweh With The Mighty One
I'll give you another example, from Judges 13. It reads,
13:1
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.13:2
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn’t bear. 13:3The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, See now, you are barren, and don’t bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son. 13:4Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing: 13:5for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.13:6
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn’t ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name: 13:7but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.13:8
Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born. 13:9God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her. 13:10The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the other day. 13:11Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man who spoke to the woman? He said, I am. 13:12Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do to him? 13:13The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware. 13:14She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe. 13:15Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you. 13:16The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I won’t eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn’t know that he was the angel of Yahweh. 13:17Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you? 13:18The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful? 13:19So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. 13:20For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground. 13:21But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.13:22
Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 13:23But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these. 13:24The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him. 13:25The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.Doesn't 13:22 show that Manoah and his wife clearly understood that the angel of Yahweh whom they had seen was indeed Mighty One? Doesn't this confirm the belief of father Jacob that the angel of Yahweh was indeed the Mighty One of Abraham, the Mighty One of Isaac and his own Mighty One? Isn't it clearly seen that the angel of Yahweh is indeed Mighty One?
Manoah Prayed To Yahweh - The Mighty One
Doesn't 13:8 clearly show that Manoah entreated Yahweh, asking Yahweh to send the person whom he had sent?
Yahweh - The Mighty One - Is Greater Than The Angel Of Yahweh
Doesn't 13:9 clearly show that Yahweh - the Mighty One - listened to the voice of Manoah and sent his angel - the angel of Yahweh - the angel of the Mighty One - again to Manoah's wife? Doesn't this clearly show that Yahweh, the sender, is the Mighty One? Doesn't this also show that the angel of Yahweh - the angel of the Mighty One - the sent, is under Yahweh's authority, seeing that he does Yahweh's bidding?
Both Yahweh And The Angel Of Yahweh Are Each Called Mighty One
Seeing that 13:22 shows that the angel of Yahweh is Mighty One, and seeing that 13:8-9 shows that Yahweh is the Mighty One, isn't it clearly seen that there are indeed TWO personages, BOTH referred to as "Mighty One"? Isn't it clear that of those called Mighty One there is Yahweh and his angel, the angel of Yahweh? Isn't it also clear that Yahweh is superior in authority to the angel of Yahweh, seeing that Yahweh is the one who sends the angel of Yahweh?
The Angel Of Yahweh Acknowledged That Yahweh Is Superior To Him
Didn't the angel of Yahweh himself allude to Yahweh being greater than he is in 13:16? Didn't he advise Manoah to offer his sacrifice to Yahweh rather than to him - the angel of Yahweh? Doesn't this imply that the angel of Yahweh acknowledged that Yahweh was indeed superior to him?
Does Scripture Support The Anglo-Israel Theory?
You wrote,
To tie this back to the very beginning when it was stated that Ezekiel would have the freedom to walk among the captives back then, and he will in the latter time also:
"Then when I have scattered them among the nations and dispersed them through the countries, they shall know that I am ETERNAL. But I will spare a few of them from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may recount all their abominable deeds among the nations to which they come; and they shall know that I am ETERNAL!" (Ezekiel 12:15-16)
Your view is that Israelites are made up of Anglo-Saxons, the collection of peoples clearly identifiable in given geographical locations. But what does Ezekiel 12:15 say? Doesn't Yahweh say that he is to scatter and disperse Israelites among the NATIONS - plural, through the countries? Doesn't this indicate, as is the nature of what is scattered, that they are to be spread in various tiny amounts among various nations? Doesn't this indicate that it is more likely for one to find Israelites in small pockets over several nations, as befitting people who have been scattered, rather than as large collections of people collectively called Anglo-Saxons?
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