Israel and Palestine: "School of Bahira Omar"

A Shofar Blast

בר מצווה בכותל - מתופפים לבר מצווה בכותל, שופרות בירושלים -מתופפי המדבר



Brothers,

Let’s talk today about the wonderful day called in Hebrew “Rosh Ha-Shanah”.
What is Rosh Ha-Shanah?

Rosh Ha-Shanah (meaning “head of the year” in Hebrew) marks the start of a new year in the Hebrew calendar.
Rosh Ha-Shanah occurred on the following days of the Gregorian calendar:
Oct 3-4, 2016.

The Hebrew Rosh Ha-Shanah is etymologically related to the Arabic Ras as-Sanah, the name chosen by Muslim lawmakers for the Islamic New Year, reflecting the common Semitic ancestry of both languages and traditions.
But the Jewish New Year Rosh Ha-Shanah is not only a tradition.
Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man and the coming Judgment Day of God.
During this day you are able to hear the shofar blast.
What is that?
The shofar is a Jewish instrument most often made from a ram’s horn, though it can also be made from the horn of a sheep or goat. It makes a trumpet-like sound and is traditionally blown on Rosh Ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year and during the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).
The shofar was used to announce holidays and for signifying the start of a war.
The shofar is mentioned frequently in the Torah. The blast of a shofar emanating from the thick cloud on Mount Sinai made the Israelites tremble in awe (Exodus 19, 20). Look when a shofar was emanating:

Exodus 19
Israel at Mount Sinai
1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.
3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him. 8 Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD. 9 And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.”
So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.”
16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. 20 Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish. 22 Also let the priests who come near the LORD consecrate themselves, lest the LORD break out against them.”
23 But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.’”
24 Then the LORD said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.” 25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
Exodus 20
The Ten Commandments
1 And God spoke all these words, saying:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8 “ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 “ Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
The People Afraid of God’s Presence
18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”
20 And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.” 21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
The Law of the Altar
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. 25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. 26 Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’

What was this trumpet blast?
It was a blast of the trumpet of God.
It is a symbol of God’s presence.
The shofar was used to announce holidays and for signifying the start of a war.
The shofar of God was used to inform people of the God’s presence.

Another name for Rosh Ha-Shanah is Yom Teruah, which means “day of the shofar blast” in Hebrew. The shofar is blown one hundred times on each of the two days of Rosh HaShanah. If one of the days of Rosh HaShanah falls on Shabbat, however, the shofar is not blown. The day of blowing. This was interpreted by the Jewish sages as referring to the sounding of the shofar.
According to the famous Jewish philosopher Maimonides (Musa Ibn Maymun, Rambam) the sound of the shofar on Rosh Ha-Shanah is meant to wake up soul and turn its attention to the important task of repentance. It is a commandment to blow the shofar on Rosh Ha-Shanah.

The shofar was blown in the times of the Commander of the Jewish Army Joshua to help him capture Jericho city. As they surrounded the walls, the shofar was blown and walls of the Jericho city were fallen down from the presence of God. The Jews were able to capture the city. The shofar was commonly taken out to war so the troops would know when a battle would begin. The person who would blow the shofar would call out to the troops from atop a hill. All of the troops were able to hear the call of the shofar from their position because of its distinct sound.

Yom Kippur, also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer because only ONCE a year during the Yom Kippur they are able to get forgiveness of all their sins if they sincerely repent of their sins and ask forgiveness of people whom they wronged. So, the day called Rosh Ha-Shanah prepares our hearts for meeting with God and calls us to repentance because He is coming back to judge us for our sins and iniquities. And the day called as Yom Kippur is to "seal" the verdict. Whether we are forgiven by God of our sins or we are found guilty until our Judgment day.

So, the sound of the shofar is intended to awaken the listeners from their "slumbers" and alert them to the coming judgment. Today you, Muslims, are listening to the shofar which is blown by God from the pages of His Holy Scripture which existed 2,000 years before the existence of Islam and the word ‘islam’. God warns you that He is coming back to JUDGE you.

The Jewish laws, or better to say the laws of God, which govern Jewish and Christian life are intended to shape a character of sensitivity, kindness, passion and compassion. Because unlawful atrocities inflicted by humans are devastating and God’s justice is going to stop any violence or war called by Muslims as "jihad".

The cry of the shofar is a call of God to repent!
It alerts Jews and Christians and Muslims that their judgment is coming.

On the Judgment Day all the inhabitants of the world (children, men and women) pass for judgment before the Creator.
Who is this Creator?
He is Jesus.
He is the Messiah.
He is Jesus in Islam and in the Holy Bible.
He is the ultimate Judge of any Muslim and Jew and Christian.
We all can repent and become righteous through the FAITH in the Son of God. The wicked/sinners will be "blotted out of the Book of the living/the Book of Life."
The Son of God Jesus took the sin of the world (millions of sins of Arabs) to justify us during the coming Judgment Day. And if you do not need His salvation through FAITH in Him then how are you going to be justified for your sins?
The Son of God is the Judge.
The God Jesus will be sitting upon a White Throne, while books containing the deeds of all humanity will be opened for review, and each person passing in front of Him for evaluation of his or her deeds. Will you escape this Judgment Day? We will survive only through faith in the Son of God!

Traditional greetings during Rosh Ha- Shanah:
On the first night of Rosh Hashanah after the evening prayer, it is a custom to wish Le'shana Tova Tikoteiv Vetichoteim (Le'Alter LeChaim Tovim U'Leshalom) which is Hebrew for "May you (immediately) be inscribed and sealed for a Good Year (and for a Good and Peaceful Life)".

Arabs, Muslims, may you immediately be inscribed by God in the Book of Life and sealed by the Spirit of God for a Good Year and for a Good and Peaceful Life because God loves you unconditionally! You all should escape the Judgment Day of God because His Son is coming back to judge us.


Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?

He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
You will give truth to Jacob
And mercy to Abraham,
Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
Micah 7:18-20


The Son of God Jesus will come back at the last trumpet during the Third World war of the Muslim states led by the Anti-Christ.
Then again we will hear the trumpet of God.
What is the last trumpet?
And why did Jesus come back? Look:

Revelation 11:15 says, “The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.’”

These are seven trumpets that are blown to announce judgments that will fall on mankind during the tribulation. When each of these trumpets are blown, judgments of God are poured out on mankind. These are not trumpets for believers.

The Comfort of Christ’s Coming
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
(1 Thessalonians 4:13-17).

This Bible passage beautifully describes the resurrection of the dead Christians/transformation of the living Christians and the rapture (catching up) of the Church/believers in God.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days … They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds [earth], from one end of the heavens [heaven] to the other (Matthew 24:29-31).

Listen, I tell you a mystery:
We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we will be changed.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory"
(1 Corinthians 15:51-54)

We- believers in the Son of God- will be changed (our bodies will be transformed). We will meet Jesus and return with Him and His mighty Army of angels to Jerusalem during the Muslim war against Israel- the Third World War. Then Jesus will establish His eternal reign in Jerusalem.
But Palestine, Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Damascus, Lebanon and Jordan will be completely destroyed by God during this war in cataclysms.
Revelation 11:15 says, “The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.’”


When Syria and Damascus will be destroyed?
Soon. When Syria will attack Israel.
Syria’s Assad threatens to attack Tel Aviv with hundreds of rockets and missiles.
It is a further evidence of a gathering storm in the Middle East and Jesus’ Return.
Let me tell you how the dictator of Damascus made one of his most serious threats against the State of Israel and the Jewish people. He threatened to set fire to the Middle East, and especially to Israel, if NATO attacks Syria, the Iranian Fars news agency reported. In a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Assad said: 'If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv.'....According to the Fars news agency, the Syrian president stressed that Damascus will also call on Hezbollah in Lebanon to launch a fierce rocket and missile attack on Israel, one that Israeli intelligence could never imagine.

The good news: the Jewish state is more secure at the moment than any other time in her 63-year modern history because God Himself will fight against the Muslim nations.

Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
Zechariah 14: 3-4

The bad news: grave threats are rising from Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Turkey, Egypt and elsewhere in the region. Damascus and all Arab inhabitants of Syria, our brothers, will one day be completely destroyed and the land will be left uninhabitable . . .
Mourn about your brothers in Syria today and call them to faith in the Son of God and repentance because the day of their Judgment is coming near!

Syria is a country with much of its population living in and around the city of Damascus.
Very friendly people live there but they do not know the God of Israel and they worship the false god in Islam, that’s why their end is coming closer to them.

Some historians and archaeologists believe Damascus may be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world and there is no record in ancient history of it ever being fully destroyed.
Syria is also the home of many Islamic terrorist groups and its army invaded and has occupied Lebanon for almost 30 years. Currently, Syria (with Iran) is supporting the Hizbollah in southern Lebanon against Israel and Hamas. Syria, like the rest of Israel's Islamic neighbors hate Israel, have invaded and attacked Israel on several occasions, and have publicly called for the destruction of Israel.

Damascus, Syria will be someday actually very soon completely destroyed and become a 'ruinous heap'. This day is approaching millions of Arabs in Syria.

"The burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap"
(Isaiah 17:1)
This prophecy has not yet been fulfilled ... but it will be fulfilled soon.

The Bible warns it will also be a time of trouble for Israel.

"And in that day (usually refers to the coming 'Apocalypse')
it shall come to pass,
the glory of Jacob (Israel) shall be made thin,
and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean."
(Isaiah 17:4)

Jesus will return.
He is the Creator of the universe and people.
All people will look at Him.

"At that day shall a man look to his Maker,
and his eyes shall have respect
to the Holy One (Messiah) of Israel."
(Isaiah 17:7)

The God of Israel says none of His prophecies shall fail:

"For I am God, and there is no other.
for I am God, and there is none like me . . .
Declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times
things that are not yet done."
(Isaiah 46:9-10)


"Search from the book of the LORD, and read:
not one of these (prophecies) shall fail;
not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it,
and His Spirit has gathered them."
(Isaiah 34:16)


"Indeed I (God) have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,
who are far from righteousness . . ."
(Isaiah 46:11-12)


"Before the decree is issued, before day passes like chaff,
before the LORD'S fierce anger comes upon you,
before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you!
Seek the LORD,
all you meek of the Earth, who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
in the day of the LORD'S anger."
(Zephaniah 2:2-3)

Have a hard time believing in God? Just watch the news. We are living in dangerous times. The times are dangerous because we live abandoned by the God of Israel. He is against our sins and our prayers do not lift up higher than a ceiling because you, Muslims, worship the false god in Islam.
The God of Israel is going to judge you for the idol worship in Islam because worshiping the Islamic god, you actually violated the 10 holy commandments given by God Himself to Moses on the Mount Sinai. Repent, abandon your sins and conform your life to the highest standards of the God of Israel and your spirit will survive the Judgment Day of the Son of God. God is warning us. God says He is doing these things both as a warning sign to the world and as verifiable evidence the Bible is true and His prophecies, said 2,000 years before the existence of Islam, are true.

Men and especially Muslims often forget and even do not know the importance of the city of Jerusalem. No other city in the history of the world has had more significance or surrounded by more controversy.
God has claimed Jerusalem as His own.
He sees her as joyful, beautiful and holy.
God dwells there!
We must pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
And in this city the Son of God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Jesus, will establish His millennium reign.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, in Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King;
God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.
Psalm 48:1-3

God will be refuge for Israel and Israelites.
Where will be the Muslim Armies of Palestine and Syria and Egypt when they will attack Israel? They will be completely destroyed during the Third World War. And:
“Damascus is taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap”
(Isaiah 17:1)
Why?
They do not know the God of Israel and they will gather together with Iran to attack the God of Israel by attacking the children of God, Israelites.
Are you with God or are you against God?
Or are you with your own god/idol of Islam?
The Day of your Judgment and self-destruction is coming near.
But you can survive, if you will kiss the Son and obey Him.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
Psalm 2:12

Psalm 2
The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom
1 Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
6 “Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.”

7 “I will declare the decree:
The LORD has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’”

10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

antletems said:

No, what are they?

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Rev 11:3-6: {God said to John} "I will give power to My *TWO* witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth!... These *MEN* will have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying {See 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17}; and they will have power to turn the waters into blood {See Exodus 7:15-23} and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish."


WHO WILL BE GOD'S TWO WITNESSES? Bahira Omar? We wil see.


Zechariah 4:11,14: "Then I asked the angel, 'What are these *TWO* OLIVE TREES {See Rev 11:4 below} on the right and left of the lamp stand?'... the angel said, 'These are the TWO who are anointed to serve the Lord of the earth!'" Rev 11:3-6: {God said to John} "I will give power to My *TWO* witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth! These are the *TWO OLIVE TREES {See Zech 4:11,14 above} and the 2 lamp stands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, fire will come from their mouths to destroy their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die {See 2 Kings 1:9-12; Num 16:31-35}.


These *MEN* will have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying {See 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17}; and they will have power to turn the waters into blood {See Exodus 7:15-23} and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish."


Moses and Elijah may be were dressed in white who witnessed at the Departure or Ascension of Jesus in Acts 1:10,11: "They looked up into the sky as He {Jesus} was going when suddenly *TWO MEN* dressed in WHITE stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into Heaven!"


And then in Luke 24:2b-6b we read: They did not find the body of Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly *TWO MEN*... stood beside them... And the *MEN* said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? HE IS NOT HERE; HE HAS RISEN!!"


Jesus says in John 8:17b: "The testimony of *TWO MEN IS VALID*. And so the coming of God's *TWO MEN* or witnesses to prophesy for 1260 days {See Rev 11:3-7}.

Surely the courageous tribulation saints will help God spread God's Word. They will do a fantastic job since according to Rev 7:9,14 there will be a great multitude from EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE who will be “WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB”.

They will be dressed in SACKCLOTH which is appropriate since the Tribulation saints will be very poor, for they will not be able to buy or sell anything as per Rev 13:17. They will certainly speak the Word of God with great power and love. They will not add or take words away from the Prophetic Words of God {See Rev 22:18,19}; and they will encourage God's courageous saints to adhere to *ALL* of the God's commandments {See Rev 12:13b; 14:12b; Matt 28:20a; John 14:15,21,23; I John 2:2-5} with love {See Matt 5:39-48 & Rom 12:17-21} in the face of severe and hostile persecution.

They will begin their 1260-day testimony {Rev 11:3} . {*THE FIRST END-TIME EVENT*} They will warn us of the coming of 666/the Anti-Christ & his False Prophet. It seems very appropriate that God will send His TWO PROPHETS {See Rev 11:10b} to warn and prepare His saints for the coming of Satan/666 and the Great Tribulation for in Amos 3:7 we read: "Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the PROPHETS!"

God will allow 666 to martyr two witnesses {See Rev 11:7,8} right where their Lord was crucified in Israel. {At the new *HOLY PLACE* where Jesus shed his blood for our sins} 3 1/2 days later Moses and Elijah will rise to heaven just hours before the 7th angel sounds the 7th Trump at the 2nd coming of Jesus.{See Rev 11:11-18} .

Know God, what He says and get READY for God's Judgement.

The Promised Land- أرض الميعاد


السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته


Brothers,

We have read with you about the conquest of the Promised Land/Israel.

Let’s continue our study of the Holy Scripture to know our God.

He is God of our father Abraham and the descendants of Abraham Jews.

Israelites had just crossed over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan. This was the land of milk and honey God had promised to Abraham over 500 years earlier.

Why did Jews get the Promised Land?

Let me remind you the answer to this question:

It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity

that you are going in to take possession of their land;

but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 9:5 (The holy Torah)

5 إِذْ لَيْسَ بِفَضْلِ صَلاَحِكُمْ وَاسْتِقَامَتِكُمْ تَدْخُلُونَ ِلامْتِلاَكِ أَرْضِهِمْ، إِنَّمَا مِنْ أَجْلِ إِثْمِهِمْ يَطْرُدُهُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ وَفَاءً بِوَعْدِهِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ.

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It was the JUDGEMENT of God for the wicked nations lived there.

God poured out His wrath against their wickedness!

That’s why God gave this Land to Israel for everlasting possession!

God chose a leader of Israelites to give them the Promised Land.

His name was Joshua.

Who was Joshua?

Joshua was a faithful man and a worthy successor to Moses.

After spending forty years wandering in the desert of Sinai, Israelites were now on the eastern banks of the Jordan. Their challenge was to take the land of Canaan, the Promised Land given them by God.

How to take what God gave you?

According to God’s instructions.

However, their first obstacle was the city of Jericho,

an unconquerable walled city (Joshua 6).

However, the strategy to conquer the city of Jericho was unique in two ways.

First, the strategy was laid out by God Himself, and, secondly, the strategy was a seemingly foolish plan. God simply told Joshua to have the people to march silently around Jericho for six days, and then after seven circuits on the seventh day to shout.


Funny?

Yes.

Israelites obey God. That’s why even Orthodox Jews look funny.

Better to say, they are extraordinary people because they follow the Supreme Being God.

He is not a human being that’s why even His followers do not do what ordinary people do: they do not worship false gods/idols. There is a deep meaning of Jewish prayers and their worship rituals.

That’s why God chose this Jewish nation to be the LIGHT to gentiles and to reveal them who is the TRUE and living God of Israel.

He said that Jews should not cut hairs.

Have you seen that Orthodox Jewish men have the long side curls in their hair?

Do you know why?

God in the Torah says, You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

(Leviticus 19:27,28).

The word peyos refers to sideburns - i.e. the hair in front of the ears that extends to underneath the cheekbone which is level with the nose. The Talmud explains that this law only applies to men, not to women. But why? Because (Maimonides) cutting the sidelocks was a heathen practice. That’s why God separated His HOLY people Israel from theathen.

God said even that Jews should OBEY Him and be different from gentiles.




What does Islam say in this regard?

Do Muslims obey the God of Moses who gave this law to Israelites in the Holy Torah?

As always Muhammad and Muslims violated the holy words of God. That’s why they followed the false god created by jinns/demons in the false religion Islam. God of their father Ibrahim was NEVER in the false religion Islam!

(1) Narrated Ubaidullah bin Hafs: that 'Umar bin Nafi' told him that Nafi', Maula 'Abdullah had heard 'Umar saying, "I heard Allah's Apostle forbidding Al-Qaza'." 'Ubaidullah added: I said, "What is Al-Qaza'?" 'Ubaidullah pointed (towards his head) to show us and added, "Nafi' said, 'It is when a boy has his head shaved leaving a tuft of hair here and a tuft of hair there." Ubaidullah pointed towards his forehead and the sides of his head. 'Ubaidullah was asked, "Does this apply to both girls and boys?" He said, "I don't know, but Nafi' said, 'The boy.'" 'Ubaidullah added, "I asked Nafi' again, and he said, 'As for leaving hair on the temples and the back part of the boy's head, there is no harm, but Al-Qaza' is to leave a tuft of hair on his forehead unshaved while there is no hair on the rest of his head, and also to leave hair on either side of his head.'" (Book #72, Hadith #803)

So, Jews looked different from other nations and gentiles because God distinguished them from the followers of the false gods. Because God of Israel was AGAINST madness of other nations!

Their gods do NOT exist! They were created by perverted imagination of people and jinns/demons. God of Israel is the ONLY Supreme Being who created the earth, stars and planets. We know His name. He is Ibn Allah. He is the Eternal Word of God.

The Word of God who is God/Allah.

He is eternal and immortal.

The Word of God became flesh and lived among us.

He took the sin of the world to make us FREE of our sins, madness, abominations and murders we have committed. He is the almighty God who WILLINGLY accepted death from people and died instead of them to resurrect them at the Last Day. They will not be judged anymore, because He was judged by His Father instead of those who put their trust in Him.

On the cross, He absorbed the wrath of God which should be directed against gentiles, sinners/murderers..against their sins.

Jews should conquer the Promised Land and the city Jericho but not like usually gentiles did it!

God is NOT god of gentiles.

He is different.

In ancient warfare such cities were either taken by gentiles by assault or surrounded and the people starved into submission. Its invaders might try to weaken the stone walls with fire or by tunneling, or they might simply heap up a mountain of earth to serve as a ramp. Each of these methods of assault took weeks or months, and the attacking force usually suffered heavy losses.

God of Israel gave another order: to to march silently around Jericho for six days, and then after seven circuits on the seventh day to shout.

Before this fight, God Jesus appeared to the Jewish Commander Joshua.

Joshua saw a man coming with His sword drawn.

Joshua asked the question,

“Who are you for, us or the enemy.” The man responded with, “No.” “I am the Commander of the Lord’s army.”

As Joshua received that response, he fell on his face and worshiped. Joshua knew that this was Ibn Allah/the Son of God. God met Joshua and gave him His plans for battle with Jericho.

Have you ever wanted to be used by God?
We all should serve the Lord. But maybe you've wondered what qualifications the Lord looks for in the life of a man or woman that He would use.

Principle one: God uses people who realize they are weak.

Principle two: God uses people who are faithful..

Principle three: God uses people who study and live by His Word. God told Joshua, "This Book of the Law (the Torah) shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night . . . " (1:8). If you want to be used by God, then you need to know the Word of God. "Meditate in it day and night," God said to Joshua. The word meditate means, "to ponder, to consider, to contemplate."

Principle four: God uses the person who cares about lost souls. There was a lost soul to be saved before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, and her name was Rahab. God would not judge Jericho by destruction and death until Rahab had been reached and told what to do to avoid this judgment that was coming when the Israelites attacked.

God's heart always is to save people. Every soul is precious to Him. God always cares about individuals, and so should we.

Principle five: God uses the person who sets himself or herself apart or to sanctify yourself. Joshua told the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you" (3:5). The word sanctify means, "to set yourself apart, to live a holy life." It comes down to this: if you want to be used by God, then you will want to live a life that is right before Him.


But God forbids any compromises with the sin of this world!

Remember it!

A clever group of individuals known as Gibeonites lived in Canaan. God had instructed Joshua not to make any deals with the inhabitants of the land. The Israelites were commanded to destroy all inhabitants of Canaan. The Gibeonites presented themselves as ambassadors from a distant, powerful land. They put on old shoes and clothes and pretended as though they had come from a distant country. They told Joshua they had come to enter into an agreement with him. Joshua unknowingly struck a deal with his enemies because he failed to consult the Lord. Joshua realized he had been deceived, but he kept the letter of his covenant with the Gibeonites to let them live. It was the only agreement of gentiles with Israel and they survived. God’s wrath killed all other nations.


Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel;

none went out, and none came in.

And the LORD said to Joshua:

“See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.

You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat.

And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”

Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them,

“Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.”

Joshua 6:1-6

ﻳﺸﻮﻉ 6

1 وَكَانَتْ أَرِيحَا قَدْ أَحْكَمَتْ إِغْلاَقَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا خَوْفاً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَوْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ.

2 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْضَعْتُ لَكَ أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكَهَا وَمُحَارِبِيهَا الأَشِدَّاءَ.

3 فَلْيَدُرْ مُحَارِبُوكُمْ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، مُدَّةَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ.

4 وَلْيَحْمِلْ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ وَيَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَدُورُونَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ بَيْنَمَا يَنْفُخُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

5 وَمَا إِنْ يَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ بُوقٍ مُمْتَدّاً حَتَّى يُطْلِقُوا دَوِيَّ هُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَيَنْهَارُ سُورُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فَيَنْدَفِعُ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَهَا، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ حَسَبَ وِجْهَتِهِ».

6 فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ، وَلْيَتَقَدَّمْهُ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ حَامِلِينَ سَبْعَةَ أَبْوَاقِ هُتَافٍ».


Do you remember what is the Ark of the Covenant?

There was the presence of God.

Actually the wall was destroyed by God.

The presence of God from the Ark of the Covenant destroyed the wall after Israelites completely OBEYED God and were ready to get victory.

Though it seemed foolish, Joshua followed God’s instructions.

The presence of God is not a foolishness.

God expects our obedience and faith. Then He will act in our lives and we will enjoy His victory.

It was a foolishness only to those who did not know God!

But God expected the completely implementation of His words and faith. Then after the signal - trumpet blow- walls fell down. Most important is that obedience, even when God's commands seem foolish, brings victory.

It was God’s war.

The power of God is supernatural because He is not a man. He is the Supreme Being.

God gave victory to Israel over an enemy that was trying to keep them out of the Promised Land. So it is with us today: if we have true faith, we are compelled to obey God, and God gives us victory over the enemies that we face throughout life. Obedience is the clear evidence of faith.

We do not see this obedience to God of Israel in Islam!

Muhammad and Muslims BOLDLY disobeyed God and His 10 Holy laws.

Jews kept these laws written on the tablets of stone inside of the Ark of the Covenant!

This Ark destroyed enemies of God/the wicked nations.

God’s presence in His words, written on the tablets of stone and placed in the Ark of the Covenant, was so powerful that even priests could not touch the Ark of the Covenant if they had any sin! When they touched it, they immediately died! If God’s words from the Ark of the Covenant killed nations and destructed walls, then HOW you DARE Muslims to ignore these holy words! Why do you dare to commit a sins of Muhammad. Muhammad is in the hell right now! Now it is your turn to be judged for the worship of the false god in Islam! Because God of Israel was NEVER in the false religion Islam! He COMMANDED in one of these HOLY laws kept in the Ark of the Covenant: YOU SHOULD NOT KILL. You SHALL NOT worship false gods and bow down before them.

Why do you Muslims dare to bow down before your demons/false god in Islam?!

Demons created Islam.

Demons kill you.

Why do you kill with them your brothers?

Jews and Muslims!

60% of Qur’an calls you to behead them and kill them.

How do you dare to kill people if God of Israel gave His HOLY WORDS over 1,600 years before the existence of Islam and He said that He forbids any killing!!!?

The same word….the HOLY word of God, which destructed nations in God’s wrath, is going to JUDGE you too.

The name of this Word is Ibn Allah.


God is absolutely Holy. He demands absolute moral perfection from His creation, and you are part of that creation. Since you have already sinned against Him thousands of times, you sins will not be erased by following the Law of God, because for one you cannot follow it perfectly, and two, because you have already broken His law.

To escape the wrath of God that is coming, and to be forgiven and made right with God, you have to repent and abandon your sins. You cannot be right with God by following rules.

Trust completely in the Word of God Jesus, and what He did on the cross, as payment for your sins.

You should know:

You have a court date already set, and God is the Judge.
He is infinitely Holy, and His standard is perfect righteousness.
You will have to give an account of every idle word, every deed and thought for your entire life.
You can stand there and be sentenced for all eternity for every one of your sins, or you can be declared not guilty and perfectly righteous because you are covered by the blood of Jesus.
You can be forgiven ONLY through FAITH in God Jesus.

All your sins are paid for.

Jesus took the sin of the world on the cross.

And you can be declared perfectly righteous in the eyes of God. You can be adopted as God's child, and your suffering in life will have real meaning, and when Christ returns, your nature will be perfected both physically, and spiritually, and you will live forever in God’s Kingdom with God, in a world that was perfectly constructed for you since the creation of the world.