This lesson was taught on the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the last great day of the feast, at Israel Church of the Firstborn in Indianapolis. On the first day, Brother Obadiah taught the physical side of the Feast of Ingathering, the harvest itself, and said he would save the spiritual side for the eighth day. This is that lesson. He shows that the eighth day belongs to the same feast and is not a separate one. He traces the feast through Solomon's temple, through Jeroboam's feast in the eighth month and the sin it brought on the ten tribes, and through the return under Nehemiah. Then he follows the harvest to its meaning: the gathering of God's people, the end of the world, the thousand-year reign of Christ, the last battle, the great white throne, and the Father's kingdom coming down as New Jerusalem. Every passage is read in the King James Version.
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1.What You Just Heard Is the Eighth Day
The morning reading was Psalm 150, every verse ending in praise. When it finished, he told the congregation that what they had just heard was the eighth day: the Father's kingdom. Then he opened the Sabbath script at Genesis the second chapter.
Genesis 2:1-3 KJV1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
"If you want to understand what God's Sabbath day is, you do not have far to go look. The only place that you have to go to is the second page in the Bible. No matter what the world is teaching you, this is the Bible, and this is what Jesus gave us."
"One day with God is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day. What you got to understand with the weekly cycles, everything is counted on a cycle. So you count from 1 to 7, and when you get to the seventh day, you know that that is the Lord's Sabbath day."
"What you going to find out in this lesson, the Lord got a full 12,000 years. And after you get to Jesus' kingdom, once that eighth day comes, that's what eight mean. Eight means infinity. And that's everlasting. That's when we going to be with the Father and the Son."
From Leviticus 23, he reads that the Sabbath is kept in all your dwellings, and says God put that in because he knew he would keep Israel out of the land. Wherever you are, you count from one to seven and the Sabbath falls in your lap.
2.Feast Days That Represent Your Salvation
Before the first scripture of the lesson, he walks through what all of the Lord's feasts point to.
"Most people that's in the word of God has never even heard about these feasts. They go by what the world teaches them. They have you celebrating Easter and Christmas, feast days which are not even written in the Bible. But once you get in tune with the Lord and you start reading about the law of Moses, you going to understand that God gives you days to celebrate. And the days that you celebrate, they represent the salvation of man."
"Once those seven trumpets are blown, it's going to represent the coming of the Lord. And people have to understand that when Jesus come and take the world over, he going to take it over by war. It ain't going to be no pretty thing."
"Man got 7,000 years to live before he make the change. We going to have certain people going to make the change during the first resurrection, at the seventh trumpet. Then Jesus going to rule for a thousand years. And after that thousand years, it's going to be an eighth day. Not only seven is divine with God, but also eight is divine with God as well."
"Once you get to this eighth day, it ain't going to be no flesh and blood on the planet. It's going to be all spiritual beings on the planet at this time."
3.The Last Day, That Great Day of the Feast
He starts in Saint John the seventh chapter to correct a teaching that separates the eighth day from the feast and calls it a different feast.
"We going to show you that all of these days coincide one with another. And when you deal with the eighth day, it is still tabernacles. The feast that we are keeping today, even our master kept these feast days."
St. John 7:1-8 KJV1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
"When Jesus was on this earth, nobody joined themselves to Jesus. The main people that Jesus came back to save, they wanted to kill him. He would not walk in Jewry. Jewry is Jerusalem."
"Neither did his brethren believe in him. Can you imagine that? Even his family didn't believe him. But that all changed later on, because a lot of his brothers was converted."
"My time is not yet come. Jesus knew exactly when he was going to die. He knew how he was going to die, and most importantly, the reason that he came to die. He came to die for our sins, because Jesus didn't do nothing. He was the lamb that was without blemish."
"But your time is alway ready. You don't know when you going to die. That's why we tell you all the time that you got to make sure that you are walking right with God all the time."
"The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth. That's the reason why the world don't accept you. Why you don't fit in. Because you not a part of the world no more. When you come into a world that's so evil and you start to testify against it, they going to hate you too."
St. John 7:14 KJV14Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
St. John 7:37-38 KJV37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
"This is that great day of the feast. It's going to be this day right here where you going to dwell with the Father and the Son, for those that are counted worthy."
"Why did Jesus make such a statement like that? Because he is the fountain of living waters. You can drink this water right here and you going to be thirsty about two hours later. But once you constantly drinking from the fountain of living waters, that is what's going to bring you everlasting life."
"Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. That means that you going to strengthen others around you. You going to be like a fountain of water."
4.On the Eighth Day Ye Shall Have a Solemn Assembly
Then Numbers the 29th chapter, which he says puts the nail in the coffin.
Numbers 29:1 KJV1And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
"That is the feast day that kicks off the seventh month, the memorial of the blowing of the trumpets. And we know that once those seven trumpets are going to be blown, it's going to get worse and worse for man on the earth."
Numbers 29:12-13 KJV12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
13And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
"He said ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days. The spiritual side of this is man going to be in this tabernacle for 7,000 years. But when you get to the eighth day, it's going to be a brand new beginning."
Numbers 29:35-36 KJV35On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
36But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
"So he didn't break nothing up. He didn't make nothing new. He is still talking about the eighth day of the feast of tabernacles. Solemn means serious. That means that the words that you going to hear today, you got to take them serious, because one day you going to wake up and you going to be face to face with Jesus, and whatever you have done, you going to have to be accountable for it."
He adds that the eighth day is still a feast. Some people eat chicken and some do not eat meat that day, and either is fine as long as you are feasting. The congregation chooses to eat fish, vegetables and fruit.
Numbers 29:39-40 KJV39These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
"Everything that Moses got, he got from the Lord. They call it the law of Moses, or even the Mosaic law, and you do fine by saying that. But at the same time, Moses got all of his instructions from the Lord."
5.The Feast of Ingathering, in the End of the Year
Exodus the 23rd chapter, again, to add what the first day's agricultural lesson left out.
Exodus 23:14-19 KJV14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: ( thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
"The feast of harvest was also known as the day of Pentecost. That had represented the very first wheat harvest."
"Why did he call it in the end of the year? Because it's the end of the Lord's sacred or spiritual year. And when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. So you got to make sure that at this time you have already gathered in your harvest before you start to celebrate, because you can't be working and trying to celebrate at the same time."
"Even in North America, what are we seeing now? It's getting cooler outside. It's starting to rain more. You even got leaves falling down on the ground. So even here, God going to give you some signs."
6.Seven Days Under the Dam, and From the Eighth Day
Back to Leviticus 23, then a detour into chapter 22 to show that seven and eight are both divine with the Lord.
Leviticus 23:33-37 KJV33And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
35On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
"A lot of people feel that the feast days are the seasons. No, they fall within the seasons."
"The feast of tabernacles for seven days. We know that it's going to be eight, but he's saying seven because man going to be in this tabernacle for 7,000 years."
"On the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you. So that don't look like the Lord broke that up at all."
Leviticus 22:26-28 KJV26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
"Once they took these animals out the flock, it had to be under the dam for seven days. What do you mean under the dam? That means they had to be with their mother. They just couldn't take the lambs out and kill them. And on the eighth day, that was when it was going to be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord."
"When you have a child that's born, for seven days the foreskin is on, and on the eighth day you take the foreskin off, because the eighth day is spiritual. And when you go back to the days of Noah, how many people were saved? It was eight people that was saved. And what happened after that? A brand new civilization started. So seven and eight is divine with the Lord, because eight means infinity."
"Ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. That was seething the kid in his mother's milk. You couldn't kill the mother and then kill the child on the same day."
7.Ye Shall Dwell in Booths Seven Days
Leviticus 23:37-44 KJV37These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
38Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
39Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
44And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
"Besides the sabbaths of the Lord. So not only was they sacrificing for tabernacles, but they still had to deal with the morning and the evening oblations."
"When ye have gathered in the fruit of the land. That means that the harvest has already got to be brought up. On the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. So that's what we are observing today, the eighth day of the feast of tabernacles."
"They could not live in their regular houses. They took them branches of goodly trees and palm trees and boughs and willows of the brook, and they would put these booths on top of their houses, and they would not dwell in their houses for seven days. Why? Because this is spiritual. On the eighth day, you going to have a spiritual body. So you going to be in this booth for 7,000 years, and then after that, once the eighth day come, you are going to be a complete spiritual being."
8.So Was He Seven Years in Building It
Next he goes to Solomon, because, he explains, seven days before Solomon kept the Feast of Tabernacles, Israel kept a feast to dedicate the temple.
1 Kings 6:1 KJV1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
"He was 480 years removed from Egypt at the time when Solomon had started building the temple."
1 Kings 6:7 KJV7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
"They say they going to build another temple over there. Well, wait a minute. If they going to do that, then they can't do what we just read. They didn't build the temple with regular tools like what we do today. There was no tools that was sounded at the time when they was building the temple."
1 Kings 6:37-38 KJV37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
"So how many years did it take him to build it? Seven years. The number seven is divine with the Lord."
9.Seven Days and Seven Days, Even Fourteen Days
"I wondered for years how did they keep a 14-day feast. But they did not feast for 14 days. They only feasted for eight days. I never could make the connection, but you going to hear it today."
1 Kings 8:1-2 KJV1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
"The seventh month is called Ethanim. You can read First Kings 8 on your own. It's a beautiful read."
1 Kings 8:61-66 KJV61Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
62And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
"Keeping God's commandments got to be first in your life. If you want to be blessed the same way that Solomon and the children of Israel was blessed, you got to walk in the commandments. There is no other way."
"They were sacrificing so much that they didn't have enough room. So they had to hallow the middle of the court in order for them to make all of these animal sacrifices."
"I used to wonder how was they making all of the sacrifices, being that you going to run into the day of atonement. But they was not feasting when they was dedicating the temple. They was only doing the sacrifices. In the seventh month you got from 1 to 7, the first week. So they started on the eighth day of that month, two days before the day of atonement. So now you got 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and at sundown the 15th day, which is the feast of tabernacles. So seven days they did the animal sacrifices for the temple, and then seven to eight days they feasted with the feast of tabernacles."
"On the eighth day he sent the people away. So we see that Solomon and all of Israel was keeping the feast at the same time."
10.The Month Which He Had Devised of His Own Heart
"In order for God to gather us, you got to find out why the Lord scattered the nation in the first place. He scattered the nation for sin. And let's show you the great sin of what Jeroboam did. This what got the ten tribes in trouble."
He reminds the class that Jeroboam had become an adversary to Solomon and fled into Egypt, and says he came back with the gods of Egypt and gave them to the ten tribes.
1 Kings 12:25-33 KJV25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
"He got a little envious. He jealous of Judah. Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David."
"This should be pretty familiar to you, because the children of Israel had did this all the way back in the days of Moses. Two calves of gold."
"He made the lowest of the people priests, which was not of the sons of Levi. God did not ordain that. He told the sons of Levi that you going to deal with all of the things of the house of the Lord, even when Jesus come back."
"He ordained the feast in the eighth month, like unto the feast that is in Judah. Tabernacles is the end point. So if they're holding the feast of tabernacles in the eighth month, then you know that it's out of season. So this thing was big with God."
"One of the main things that you do to get the children of Israel secretly to go against their God is to give them another feast day. So that's what Jeroboam had did."
11.Who Made Israel to Sin
"The ten tribes had 19 kings, and all 19 kings was evil, and all of them had followed Jeroboam."
To show it, he reads about two of them in Second Kings the 13th chapter, a father and his son.
2 Kings 13:1-2 KJV1In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings 13:9-13 KJV9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
"How did he make the entire nation to sin? By ordaining a feast in the eighth month. That's why the Lord got the ten tribes out in 722 BC."
He adds Numbers 25, to show how God responded the first time Israel joined itself to another nation's feasts and gods.
"One of the biggest ways that you can get true believers to sin against God is to keep them blinded. This is how the Moabites took the children of Israel from serving the Lord."
Numbers 25:1-4 KJV1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
"That's how God felt about it. God don't play. That's why we got to toe the line when it come to what he tells us to do."
12.Booths Upon the Roof of His House
Then Nehemiah the eighth chapter, after Israel came back from the seventy-year captivity.
Nehemiah 8:1-3 KJV1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
"Upon the first day of the seventh month. We know that that is none other than trumpets. All of the people's ears were attentive unto the book of the law. The same way that our ears need to be all the time."
Nehemiah 8:11-12 KJV11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Nehemiah 8:13-18 KJV13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
14And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
"That's where they put the booths. They put it on the roof of their house. So they didn't dwell in their regular house."
"They got back in touch with the Lord once they came out of the captivity. From the first day until the last day. We covered that last day in Saint John the seventh chapter. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly."
13.How Often Would I Have Gathered Thy Children
From here he turns to what he calls the spiritual side of Tabernacles. Judah was scattered again in 70 AD, but first Jesus came to minister to them.
"The Lord would have been already done gathered Israel, but Israel kept getting in trouble. That's what this tabernacles mean. The gathering of God's people."
St. Matthew 23:33-39 KJV33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
"People think that we can be a little rough, or we talk a little rough up here. We ain't called nobody this. Jesus was not playing with these scribes and Pharisees."
"This how they treat the real men and women of God. During the time of the tribulation, if you ain't in a place of safety, your life really going to be in danger. That's why the book tell us about a time of Jacob's trouble. But Israel going to be saved out of it."
"I want to come save you. I want to take you back home. But the children of Israel did not want to go back home. They kept doing bad. So they sent Titus in that destroyed the entire city."
"No matter who all dwell in the land right now, that's your house. And as long as the children of Israel is not in the land, then the land is desolate."
14.The Harvest Is the End of the World
Since the feast is about harvest, he goes to the parables of the sower and of the wheat and the tares in Saint Matthew 13.
St. Matthew 13:1-9 KJV1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
"Sometimes people get the true word, but then Satan come and take it right out of their hearts. That's what the fowls represent in this case."
"That happens to a lot of people when they get the word. They not rooted. They not grounded in the word. They only endure for a certain time."
"It don't matter how much that the Lord give you. Some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Whatever the Lord gives you, you got to use it. He wants you to bring forth fruit."
St. Matthew 13:10-13 KJV10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
"Those that are truly serving the Lord, you going to know exactly what God is saying. But the rest of the world do not understand that. When you ain't dealing with the Lord, that which you already have, he'll take away from you."
St. Matthew 13:24-30 KJV24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
St. Matthew 13:37-43 KJV37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
"The Son of man is Jesus. And this enemy is none other than the devil. He going to divide them in the end, at the great white throne judgment."
"The harvest is the end of the world. So every year when they would bring this harvest in, this harvest was pointing toward the end of the world and the gathering of his people."
"Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. This is when you going to get that divine body. So keep on fighting. Keep on striving until you get eternal life."
15.What Shall Be the Sign of Thy Coming
St. Matthew 24:1-5 KJV1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
"Jesus had already knew that some 40 years later the temple was going to be destroyed. When Titus tore the temple down, they flattened Jerusalem like a pancake."
"The very first thing that Jesus warned you about is deception. When you look all on YouTube, everybody putting something up about Jesus. That's why you want to watch all of the information that you getting out here."
St. Matthew 24:14-15 KJV14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, ( whoso readeth, let him understand:)
"Thank the Lord, we got a little bit of time to let people know who the children of Israel are. The gospel got to go all over the world before the end comes. So that gives you a little bit more time to get this thing right with the Lord."
"We know that the pope, he going to leave the Vatican, and he going to move to Jerusalem. And from that moment, that's when he is going to assault the entire world."
St. Matthew 24:21 KJV21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
St. Matthew 24:27-33 KJV27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
"All of this going to happen at the coming of the Lord. When you see all of this happening in the sky, this going to represent the Son coming."
"They going to mourn. They ain't going to be celebrating once Jesus come back."
"So us that know the Lord's coming, when we see these signs, we know that the Lord is going to be on his way back."
16.In Righteousness He Doth Judge and Make War
Revelation the 19th chapter, which he calls one of his favorite scriptures on the coming of the Lord.
Revelation 19:11-16 KJV11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
"Before it be peace on earth and good will towards men, it is going to be destruction on the earth by Jesus first. Then it's going to be peace on earth."
"His name is called The Word of God. We know that's none other than Jesus. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."
"This how he going to come back. He going to come back as a man of war."
Revelation 19:17-19 KJV17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
"So many people going to be killed at that time that he going to call all of the carnivorous animals to clean up this mess that's going to be on this earth. We already know the end of what this story going to be. You already know who is going to win the war."
17.The Aftermath of the Tribulation
Ezekiel the 39th chapter, for what follows the war.
Ezekiel 39:8-10 KJV8Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
"All of this war material, they going to burn all of this stuff, because men going to become husbandmen again."
Ezekiel 39:11-16 KJV11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
16And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
"He still going to be dealing with Russia at the end of the tribulation period, and he going to be dealing with Russia again also during the Father's kingdom."
Ezekiel 39:17-20 KJV17And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
"That's what we just read in Revelation 19. This going to be the aftermath of the tribulation."
Ezekiel 39:21-24 KJV21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Ezekiel 39:25-29 KJV25Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
"That's what this feast represents. The gathering of the children of Israel."
"After that they have borne their shame. We bearing our shame right now. All of the shame that we have, we getting it right now."
"He going to pour out his spirit on the house of Israel. And as a matter of fact, he going to pour out his spirit on all flesh."
18.They Lived and Reigned With Christ a Thousand Years
Revelation the 20th chapter, first for Jesus' kingdom and then for what comes after it.
Revelation 20:1-6 KJV1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
"That's what the Sabbath day is pointing to. The Sabbath day is pointing to the thousand-year millennium period, which is the thousand years of peace."
"This is the first resurrection. That's what we all gunning for, is to make the first resurrection. That's the end-time mission. On such the second death hath no power. It ain't going to be no books opened on you. The Lord has already judged you at the seventh trumpet."
Revelation 20:7-9 KJV7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
"What comes after the 7,000 years once it expired? This going to be the eighth day. So they going to run into the eighth day just a little bit now."
"Fire is going to come down from God out of heaven and devour them. And that fire going to come straight from the Father, because Jesus going to be on the earth."
19.Gog Shall Come Against the Land of Israel
He goes back to Ezekiel, to chapter 38, to show the last battle.
Ezekiel 38:1-6 KJV1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
"They going to go out, and they going to start deceiving all of the other nations, that they can come up on the breadth of the saints."
Ezekiel 38:8-12 KJV8After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
"Why are they thinking an evil thought? Because Satan done been loosed out of his prison. It's been peace for a thousand years, but now Satan is loose, and he put evil thoughts into the mind of the people."
"The desolate places that are now inhabited. Remember he said as long as Israel wasn't in the land, your house is left unto you desolate. But now Israel is back in the land."
Ezekiel 38:13-16 KJV13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Ezekiel 38:17-23 KJV17Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
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;
20So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face 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.
21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
"So what did they say in Revelation? Fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. They going to come up on the breadth of the saints. That's going to be the last battle that's ever going to be fought."
Revelation 20:9-10 KJV9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
"This when he going to get rid of Satan. The beast and the false prophet, they going to already be in the lake of fire for a thousand years. Every time every nation go up to see Jerusalem, they going to see these two men burning in the fire. And it's going to show them, you better get your house in order before the Father's kingdom come."
"Forever and ever. The Roman Catholic Church tell you about purgatory. There is nothing about no purgatory right here."
20.The Great White Throne
Revelation 20:11-15 KJV11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
"Everybody going to stand before the Lord. It don't matter where you are. You could be dead in the sea. He going to bring you up."
"My advice to you, my advice to myself, you better make sure that you been found written in the book of life. Because if you not written in them books, then you already know where you going to be standing in the judgment."
21.The Tabernacle of God Is With Men
Revelation the 21st chapter: the Father's kingdom.
Revelation 21:1-8 KJV1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
"When Jesus come back to the earth, it's going to be war. When the Father bring his kingdom down, it's going to be New Jerusalem. It's going to be peace."
"How people think they going to heaven, I just do not understand that. It's written all over the book that the Lord going to bring the kingdom down to the earth. That's where the kingdom is going to be. This is the eighth day."
"I can't wait for this day right here. This is the day that we all go to church for."
"What is there to cry for at this time? There ain't nothing to cry for no more. It's going to be joy all over the earth."
"We don't have no more to tell you after this. Once we get to the eighth day, that's it. We going to have to wait for the Father to tell us the rest."
Revelation 21:10-17 KJV10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
"When you say, Our Father which art in heaven, thy kingdom come, you praying for the kingdom to come to the earth."
"When you see the Father's kingdom, they going to have the twelve tribes written on the gates. That's how important that the children of Israel are to the Lord."
Revelation 21:18-27 KJV18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
"A city of pure gold. This is what we fighting for. This what we come to church for, to get into this city."
"Jesus going to have a temple in his kingdom. But the Father ain't going to have no temple in his. The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."
"There shall be no night there. That mean it ain't going to get dark no more. It's going to be light all the time in the kingdom."
22.And There Shall Be No More Curse
The last spot is Revelation the 22nd chapter.
Revelation 22:1-7 KJV1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
"Twelve manner of fruits, and these fruits going to grow every month, and it's going to be for the healing of the nations."
"And they shall see his face. That's going to be a glorious time."
"Blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. That means you got to deal with these divine oracles."
Closing Word
"And that is the feast of ingathering, in Jesus name."
"From the time that God created light until the thousand-year millennium period, it's going to be 12,000 years. Man was created on the sixth day, and on the seventh day God rested. So man got to do what God did. He got to live 7,000 years. Then that's going to be Jesus' thousand-year reign. And then you going to get to the eighth day, and this is going to be the Father's kingdom. And this one is going to be infinity."
Brother Obadiah closed the Feast of Tabernacles with the meaning of the whole feast. The seven days are the time man spends in this tabernacle of flesh, and the eighth day is the brand new beginning after it, when there is no more flesh and blood, only spiritual beings. The eighth day is not a separate feast. Jesus kept it as the last great day, Solomon kept it, and Nehemiah kept it, while Jeroboam moved the feast to the eighth month and led ten tribes into a sin that followed them for nineteen kings. The harvest the feast celebrates points to the end of the world, when the tares are burned and the wheat is gathered, Israel is brought back to its own land, and at last the Father's kingdom comes down to the earth as New Jerusalem, with the twelve tribes written on its gates.
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