Parable of the prodigal son
Let us
consider the prophetic meaning of the parable of the prodigal son.
Considering that the Gospel of Luke is entirely devoted to the
events that relate to those called “vnto the marriage supper of
the Lambe” (Rev.19:9)(KJV611), it is easier for us to understand
what period of time is spoken of in the parable of the prodigal son.
In this parable, we are shown the events related to the people of
Israel in the second half of Daniel's last week, on the day of the
Enthronement and Marriage of the Lord Jesus Christ, as well as on
the eve of eternity, when the 1000 years of peace will end.
Ҧ And hee said, A certaine man had two sonnes:
And the yonger of them said to his father, Father,
giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he diuided vnto
them his liuing.”
(Luke.15:11-12)(KJV1611)
With the beginning of the seventieth week of Daniel,
the fulfillment of the Law of Moses will be resumed in Israel. They
will enter into a covenant with the Lord and give an oath, and soon
all nations will learn about this, when the bands of Gog fall unto
the mountains of Israel (Ezek.39). But in the middle of this week,
global changes will occur in Israel, “and in the midst of the
weeke he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease”
(Dan.9:27) (KJV1611). This idol shepherd, having received a
lucrative offer, will leave Israel to lead the Russian Orthodox
Church. This act of his in relation to Israel will be a betrayal.
Together with him, the best representatives of the people will be
resettled to serve in the Russian Orthodox Church and all cult
objects will be taken out of the temple. It is said: “the yonger
sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre
countrey.” The prototype of those events is the taking away of
the young Levite from the house of Micah with strange idols
(Judges.17-18). In the book of Hosea and in the book of Jeremiah, in
the person of Ephraim, we are shown the Jews who, in the middle of
the last week of Daniel, will follow their worthless shepherd for
ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church.
“Ephraim is ioyned to idoles: let him alone”
(Hos.4:17)
In the parable he is shown to us as the younger son.
In a far country the “yonger sonne” will be taught “the
tongue of the Caldeans” and all the wisdom of the people to whom
he will be led. “Pharaoh's daughter” will nurse him “for her owne
sonne” (Acts.7:21). The sons of Israel will receive knowledge
and understanding of every book so that they can serve the Russian
Orthodox Church. But they will not exchange the teachings and laws
of Judaism for the teachings of the Orthodox Church, because of
their fear of defilement. A prototype of those events is the refusal
of Daniel and his friends to eat food and wine from the king's
table, despite the king’s orders (Dan.1).
“And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered
al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there
wasted his substance with riotous liuing.”
(Luke.15:13)
The Scripture calls the Russian Orthodox Church the
daughter of Babylon (Jer.50:42), the woman Jezebel (Rev.2:20), and
the daughter of Pharaoh (Acts.7:21). Her job is to mix truth with
lies, and in the future she will sow this poison throughout the
earth. This whore has not yet known all the depths of Satan, but
when this happens, she will rightfully be called the great Whore
(Rev.17:1). All nations and kings will commit fornication with her,
practicing witchcraft and sorcery. In her City the blood of all
those killed on earth will be found (Rev. 18:24), presumably, this
refers to the last week of years.
And in general, all religious ministers, past,
present and future, are ministers of the Babylonian Whore.
Consequently, every person who trusts these ministers (whores)
deprives himself of the future. He wastes his life, squandering
“his substance with riotous liuing.” Devouring the “Father's
Estate” with whores, he deprives himself of the Kingdom of God.
The sons of Israel in the service of the Russian
Orthodox Church will not know all the depths of Satan, but the
Scripture reproaches them: “Yea, ye tooke vp the Tabernacle of
Moloch, and the starre of your God Remphan, figures which ye made,
to worship them: and I will carie you away beyond Babylon.”
(Acts.7:43).
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is called the
Tabernacle of Moloch here. The star of Remphan is two equilateral
triangles superimposed on each other. And King David had nothing to
do with this symbol. This satanic symbol was used in the Middle Ages
and later became associated with the Jewish people. The “Star of
David”, being one of the symbols of the current state of Israel,
testifies to us about the true nature of this secular state. And
current events confirm this. The state of Israel, being surrounded
by hostile states, regularly carries out punitive operations, and
acts of state terrorism are committed in the occupied territories.
Hypocrisy and double standards are their true face. God did not
create this nation for such things. As long as the “Star of David”
is one of the symbols of the state of Israel, the worship of idols
by the people of Israel will not cease, and there can be no talk of
any service to the Lord.
In the service of the Babylonian harlot, the sons of
Israel will have the highest priority task “to doe many things
contrary to the name of Iesus of Nazareth” (Acts 26:9). Here the
interests of the Russian Orthodox Church and the interests of the
Jews will coincide, because following this path, when people are
ready to give their lives for the Word of God and for their
testimony, they will consider heresy and a threat to the religion of
the Jews and the religion of “Orthodox Christians”.
But, about whom does the Scripture prophetically
speak here? Who is this “Jesus of Nazareth”? The genealogy of Jesus
Christ is known to us from the Scripture, and “who shall declare”
(Acts.8:33), (Is.53:8) the genealogy of “Jesus of Nazareth”? No
one! When He comes, “no man knoweth whence he is”
(John.7:27). His parents must be ordinary mortals, and he himself
will also be mortal.
In chapter 7 of the book of Acts of the Apostles we
are shown the ministry of the Messiah from the tribe of Joseph, His
entire path is shown from the beginning of the harvest to the end of
the 1000 years of peace, which will be discussed further.
Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David
The Jewish Talmud mentions two Messiahs: Messiah ben
Joseph and Messiah ben David.
“Mashiach ben Joseph is mentioned by our sages, and
although they concealed more than they revealed, they nevertheless
gave us a tradition that before the coming of Mashiach ben David,
Mashiach ben Joseph will wage the war of the Lord in the age of
redemption. He will strengthen the physical condition of Israel in
the war against the nations, and Mashiach ben David will complete
the spiritual redemption.” (Rabbi Meir Kahane, “ The Jewish Idea.”
Vol. II, p. 912)
The Jewish sages made the right conclusion, but they
did not hide anything, they had nothing to hide, because they could
not reveal anything more in the Scripture, since they made their
conclusions based on one verse (Gen. 49:25). In which, in fact, the
open text speaks of the Messiah ben Joseph. Of course, they did not
see the whole picture of the future, based on the prophetic meaning
of the verses of the Word of God.
“Christians” and Jews have a one-sided understanding
of the Word of God. “Christians” know only Jesus Christ; there is no
other Messiah, in their understanding, and therefore it will not be
difficult for them to declare Messiah ben Joseph a false Messiah;
everything will be in accordance with their doctrine. The Jews, on
the contrary, are expecting Messiah ben Joseph, being in constant
readiness to meet Him, but they will not recognize Him and will deny
Him, as they once denied Messiah ben David and asked to grant them a
murderer. In the image of Barabbas, whom they asked to grant them
instead of Jesus, we are shown a false Messiah (Luke.23:25). The
Apostles will reproach them:
“But ye denied the Holy one, and the Iust, and
desired a murderer to be granted vnto you”
(Acts.3:14)
What is remarkable is that the prophetic words will
be read by them “euery Sabbath day” and then fulfilled by them
(Acts.13:27).
Messiah ben Joseph will settle in Nazareth and begin
His ministry. Moses told the children of Israel: “A Prophet shall
the Lord your God raise vp vnto you of your brethren, like vnto me;
him shall yee heare in all things whatsoeuer he shal say vnto you.”
(Acts.3:22). His ministry, based on many types of Scripture, is
described in the work “The Righteous Branch.”
The Synoptic Gospels, which are the first three books
of the New Testament, show us the future ministry of Messiah ben
Joseph. His first ministry is that of Prophet. History will repeat
itself, the people of Israel will not recognize the Anointed One,
who now comes from the tribe of Joseph and will ask “Pilate” to kill
Him. They will declare: “His blood be on vs, and on our
children.” (Matt.27:25). Having taken Him down from the tree,
they will put Him in a tomb, but God will raise Him from the dead.
He will be the first of mortals who will be raised from the dead in
a new body. And many of that now living will be witness the
fulfillment of the prophetic words of the Gospel.
These are verses in the book of Acts:
“And we declare vnto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made vnto the fathers,
God hath fulfilled the same vnto vs their children,
in that he hath raised vp Iesus againe, as it is also written in the
second Psalme: Thou art my Sonne, this day haue I begotten thee.”
(Acts.13:32-33)
The Scripture says that after the promise was given
to the fathers through the prophetic word in the books of the Old
Testament, and it was certainly fulfilled, God will again raise up
“Jesus”. It is said: “God hath fulfilled the same vnto vs their
children.” For us, this is an event in the future. God in His
prophetic word promises to rise up the Messiah ben Joseph, who, like
Jesus Christ, will also be crucified on the cross. In the book of 1
Corinthians, we find another confirmation of this prophecy. It says:
“he rose againe the third day” (1Cor.15:4).
So, God through His prophetic word gave a promise to
rise up the Messiah ben Joseph on the third day. And just as the
promise once given to the “fathers” was fulfilled, it will also be
fulfilled for “their children”, that is, for the present
generation.
For the Jews, the main criterion for recognizing
someone as the Messiah is the fulfillment of the requirement to
bring universal peace and restore the kingdom to Israel. But they do
not understand that the Messiah must suffer and only then enter into
His glory (Luke.24:26). He must successively fulfill the functions
of Prophet, Priest and King. In accordance with the function He
performs, He will be: Evangelist, Priest and Prince Michael. And
only after this will the words be fulfilled: “And at that time
shall Michael stand vp, the great Prince which standeth for the
children of thy people” (Dan.12:1). Therefore, before Messiah
ben Joseph receives power and authority, and restores the kingdom to
Israel, he will appear “to put away sinne by the sacrifice of
himselfe” (Heb.9:26).
The Epistle to the Hebrews is written for the sons of
Israel living on the eve of the second coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ. So, in chapter 9, the reason for the sacrifice of Messiah
ben Joseph “in the end of the world” is especially explained
to them.
“…but now once in the end of the world, hath he
appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of himself”
(Heb.9:26)
After the resurrection of the Messiah ben Joseph from
the dead, the ministry of the Apostles, those “whom he had
chosen” (Acts.1:2), will begin. Therefore, the next book after
the Gospels is the book of Acts of the Apostles, in which all
further events are figuratively shown to us. The arrangement of the
books in Scripture is not accidental; they show us the chronology of
events. But Christians do not see this, and Jews do not see this,
because both of them study the Scripture “as the word of men,”
and not as the Word of God (1Thess.2:13), although they recognize
its dual authorship.
“a mighty famine in that land”
“And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty
famine in that land, and he beganne to be in want.”
(Luke.15:14)
When the “power of darkenesse” comes
(2066-2069), after some time the extermination of people who believe
in the crucified and resurrected Messiah from the tribe of Joseph
will begin. The High Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church will
forbid the reading of the Word of God under pain of death, in order
to take revenge on his enemies. The prototype of these events is
Saul’s prohibition to eat any food: “Cursed bee the man that
eateth any foode vntill euening” (1Sam.14:24). It is said:
“there arose a mighty famine in that land.”
Ҧ Behold, the daies come, saith the Lord God, that I
will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst
for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
(Amos.8:11)
The children of Israel will be deprived of the
opportunity to read the Torah. It is said:
"…and he beganne to be in want.”
“And he went and ioyned himselfe to a citizen of that
countrey, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would faine haue filled his belly with the
huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him.”
(Luke.15:15-16)
It is necessary to assume that Messiah ben Joseph
will be from Russia. And considering that the devil copies
everything, the false messiah will also be born in the Russian
Federation and subsequently, performing the function of the high
priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, will be able to restore
Russian citizenship. It is said that he is a citizen of “that
country”. The sons of Israel will call him father. In the book
of Revelation, his name is the beast. The false messiah, imitating
the Messiah, will perform the same functions: prophet, priest and
king. For three and a half years he will be a prophet, then for
about three years he will be a high priest.
Messiah ben Joseph will sacrifice Himself, and the
false messiah, imitating Him, will also become a priest, only he
will not sacrifice himself. He will slay people “for the word of
God, and for the testimony” which they will have (Rev.6:9). It
will be given to him “to make warre with the Saints, and to
ouercome them” (Rev.13:7).
The prototype of these events is the first altar
built by Saul to the Lord (1Sam.14:33-35). Scripture shows us a
terrible picture of the future in three verses. According to Saul's
orders, each of the people was obliged to bring his ox that night
and slaughter it there. A long line of people, exhausted from
hunger, moved with their oxen and sheep under cover of darkness.
They slaughtered the animal and waited for all the blood to drain
from it. Doing to death took place under the supervision of Saul.
When the false messiah proclaims himself king and
this will happen at the end of Daniel's last week, he will come to
his end, “and none shall helpe him.” (Dan.11:45).
The prototype of the service of the sons of Israel to
a citizen of “that country” is the service of David with his
people to Achish in the land of the Philistines (1Sam.27:29). The
false messiah will say: “the sons of Israel in the service of the
Russian Orthodox Church have become extremely vile to their people
Israel, and therefore they will be my servants forever”
(1Sam.27:12). And indeed, further in the parable we will see how the
elder son treats his brother with contempt.
Thus, the "younger son" will serve in the Russian
Orthodox Church under his own flag (six-pointed star). And, living
independently in a separate area, he will do many things
“contrary to the name of Iesus of Nazareth” (Acts.26:9) in
excessive rage against them. This will be called fighting heresy
(Acts.24:14). The persecution of “heretics” will be carried out
everywhere, “euen vnto strange cities” (Acts.26:11). It must
be assumed that a plan for catching “heretics” will also be
approved. After all, each of the people will be obliged to bring his
“ox” by the appointed night.
Such special powers allow us to conclude: the sons of
Israel will be members of the church tribunal. And they will not
only monitor the correct confession of faith, but will also resort
to harsh measures of punishment. The members of the church tribunal
will condemn the "heretic" to death by voting. They will cast their
“voyce against them.” Scripture, in the words of Paul, says:
“Which thing I also did in Hierusalem, and many of
the Saints did I shut vp in prison, hauing receiued authoritie from
the chiefe Priests, and when they were put to death, I gaue my voyce
against them.”
(Acts.26:10)
In the Middle Ages, during the Inquisition, the crime
for which a person was brought to trial was considered already
proven. And so it will be now.
In the language of the parable, the false messiah
will send the sons of Israel “into his fields to feed swine.”
And who are these swine? The fate of swine in Scripture is
unenviable. They throw themselves from a steep cliff into the sea
and die in the waters. Other pigs are ready to trample your pearls
with their feet and, turning around, tear you to pieces. These
unclean animals are associated with ignorant people. These are
people hardened in the doctrines of religion. The Author of
Scripture, expressing His attitude towards people who believe in His
Word and religious people, gives an accurate description of them,
showing us some in the image of sheep, and others in the image of
swine.
For example, Scripture says about the Evangelist:
"...he keepeth the sheepe." The Evangelist, fulfilling the
function of the Prophet, will be sent to preach the Word of God. And
when His ministry is completed, He will be awaited in the heavenly
Tabernacle. This is how the Scripture figuratively speaks of this
event:
“And Samuel saide vnto Iesse, Are here all thy
children? And he said, There remaineth yet the yongest, and behold,
he keepeth the sheepe. And Samuel said vnto Iesse, Send, and fetch
him: for we will not sit downe, till hee come hither.”
(1Sam.16:11)
In Scripture, one of the symbols of the Word of God
is a grain (seed). But the teaching of the Babylonian whore is
something unnecessary, superficial, in a word, husk. Only the Word
of God can revive a person and nourish him spiritually. But why do
most people prefer to feed on “husk” and not “grain”? A person who
loves untruth, as a rule, gets a perverted mind, and the knowledge
of the truth for him (even if he has seven spans in the forehead)
becomes an overwhelming task, then, he chooses a religion for
himself and begins to feed on its teaching – “husk”. He rejects the
prophetic meaning of the Word of God with anger and mockery. It is
said: “¶ Giue not that which is holy vnto the dogs.” He has
only one road, to destruction.
(Religion is based on a person’s desire to reconcile
with God through his deeds, which, of course, is impossible. Any
religion is heresy.)
When the last week of Daniel begins (Dan. 9:27),
Jesus Christ will be delivered into the hands of the devil and his
angels to “justice” would fulfill. And when the “power of
darkenesse” comes, Prince Michael, aka Mashiach ben Joseph,
acting according to His will, will start a war in heaven and will
gain Victory (Rev.12:7). He will free Jesus Christ from captivity
and “bring home the younger son.” The Author of Scripture compares
the sons of Israel to a lost sheep that needs to be brought home. We
see that it has lost its food and is lost in the fields among the
pigs, but Prince Michael, having shown concern, will find it,
protect it from the pigs and carry it on his shoulders
(Luke.15:3-7). Therefore, all further events are explained by divine
intervention: miracles and signs will be revealed.
“And when he came to himselfe, he said, How many
hired seruants of my fathers haue bread inough and to spare, and I
perish with hunger?”
(Luke.15:17)
All the Father's “hired servants” who preach “Jesus
of Nazareth” will have the Scripture “inough and to spare.”In
the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 14, we are shown how the Sons of
Israel, despite the stern oath of the false messiah to put to death
anyone who reads the Scripture, will still taste a little of this
“honey.” And immediately their eyes will brighten. From that time
on, “Jesus of Nazareth” will begin to speak to them, gradually
revealing the Scripture to them. Honey is another symbol of the Word
of God.
Here it should be noted that the Scripture tells us
about another kind of honey. This is corpse honey, honey from a
corpse. The very name of this honey says that it brings death to
people. The Babylonian Whore will have her own scripture (this will
be a corrupted text of the Scripture), so the prototype of such
poison is honey from a corpse. People who taste it will never find
the road leading to life. In the book of Judges (Judges.14:8-9), in
the image of a lion's corpse and a swarm of bees in it, we are shown
the Orthodox Church at the moment of its greatest degradation.
Figuratively speaking, “...the whole was
leauened”.
“And when the people were come into the wood, behold,
the honie dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the
people feared the oath.
But Ionathan heard not when his father charged the
people with the oath; wherefore he put foorth the ende of the rodde
that was in his hand, and dipt it in an hony combe, and put his hand
to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.”
(1Sam.14:26-27)
The sons of Israel, coming to their senses, will
finally begin to reason sensibly and draw the right conclusions.
They will say to the idol shepherd, “My father hath troubled the
land” (1Sam.14:29). Is this the reason for the conflict between
the sons of Israel and the ministers of the Russian Orthodox Church?
Let’s return to chapter 7 of the book of Acts of the
Apostles, where we are shown the entire path that Mashiach ben
Joseph will take. In verse 24, we are shown the beginning of the
conflict between the sons of Israel and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Mashiach ben Joseph, seeing their misfortune, will come to their
aid. In the words “and auenged”, “and smote” we are
shown the destruction of the Babylonian Whore (ROC).
“And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended
him, and auenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
For he supposed his brethren would haue vnderstood,
how that God by his hand would deliuer them, but they vnderstood
not.”
(Acts.7:24-25)
Despite the protection, they do not recognize
Mashiach ben Joseph as their Prince and Savior. Scripture says to
Him in their name, “saying, Who made thee a ruler and a Iudge
ouer vs?” (Acts.7:27). Their enlightenment will come later.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 18, the book of
Jeremiah, chapters 50-51, and in the book of Zechariah, chapter 2,
we are shown the destruction of Babylon. And there are even more
prototypes of this event in Scripture. This is, for example, the
death of a herd of swine, which rushed from a steep bank into a
lake, and all suffocated (Luke.8:33).
“Behold, a people shall come from the North, and a
great nation, and many kings shall bee raised vp from the coasts of
the earth.
They shall holde the bow and the lance: they are
cruell and will not shewe mercy: their voice shall roare like the
sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, euery one put in aray like a
man to the battell, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.”
(Jer.50:41-42)
The company of the great nations that will rise up
against the Babylonian Whore will be like the waves of the sea.
“The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with
the multitude of the waues thereof.”
(Jer.51:42)
By the way, the death of the Egyptians in the waters
of the sea (Ex.14) is also a prototype of the death of all the
servants of the daughter of Babylon. Only the man of sin and the
children of Israel will survive. Addressing the children of Israel,
Scripture says:
“Ye that haue escaped the sword, go away, stand not
still: remember the Lord afarre off: and let Ierusalem come into
your mind.”
(Jer.51:50)
Mashiach ben Joseph, despite his feelings of
bitterness, will treat the children of Israel with love.
“Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child?
for since I spake against him, I doe earnestly remember him still:
therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely haue mercy
vpon him, saith the Lord.
Set thee vp way-markes; make thee high heaps: set
thine heart toward the high way, euen the way which thou wentest:
turne againe, O virgine of Israel, turne againe to these thy
cities.”
(Jer.31:20-21)
God will bring them out of the land of Egypt “with
a mighty hand” (Dan.9:15), by the hand of Prince Michael.
Mashiach ben Joseph, testing them, will see that they acknowledge
their guilt and realize their misfortune. Joseph said to his
brothers who did not recognize him, “ye shall be proued”
(Gen.42:15). The story of Joseph, described in the book of Genesis,
shows us in detail the entire path of “Jesus of Nazareth”. By the
way, the cup that ended up in Benjamin’s sack (Gen.44:5) points to
the future service of the children of Israel to the Babylonian
Whore. Because fortune telling, witchcraft and sorcery will be
practiced by a woman (Rev.17:4). And the Scripture, naming the
purpose of this cup, thus gives us a hint. This is another
prototype.
God will bring them “out of the land of Egypt with
a mighty hand” (Dan.9:15), by the hand of Prince Michael.
Mashiach ben Joseph, testing them, will see that they acknowledge
their guilt and realize their misfortune. Joseph said to his
brothers who did not recognize him, “...ye shall be proued”
(Gen.42:15). The story of Joseph, described in the book of Genesis,
shows us in detail the entire path of “Jesus of Nazareth”. By the
way, the cup that ended up in Benjamin’s sack (Gen.44:5) points to
the future service of the children of Israel to the Babylonian
Whore. Because fortune telling, witchcraft and sorcery will be
practiced by a woman (Rev.17:4). And the Scripture, naming the
purpose of this cup, thus gives us a hint. This is another
prototype.
“…hee with whom it is found, shall be my seruant: and
ye shall be blameless”
(Gen.44:10)
Ҧ And they said one to another, We are verily
guiltie concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his
soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare: therefore is
this distresse come vpon vs.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not vnto
you, saying, Doe not sinne against the childe, and ye would not
heare? therefore behold also, his blood is required.”
(Gen.42:21-22)
The younger son, repenting, said,
“Father, I haue sinned against heauen and before
thee.”
And as they are on their way, suddenly a great light
from heaven will shine around them. “Jesus of Nazareth,” whom they
did not recognize, will speak to them (Acts.22:8). Will be fulfilled
“Joseph’s dreams,” for which his brothers hated him (Gen.37:6-8).
In the appearance of Christ to the two disciples on
their way to Emmaus (Luke.24), we are shown this meeting
figuratively. We are also shown this meeting in the appearance of
the man Gabriel to Daniel, who confessed the sins of Israel (Dan.9).
Mashiach ben Joseph will reveal himself to them just as Jesus
revealed himself to Saul (Acts.9:5) or as Joseph revealed himself to
his brothers. The ruler of Egypt, before whom the brothers always
trembled, suddenly revealed himself as their brother, saying, “I
am Ioseph” (Gen.45:3). One can imagine their sense of shame and
confusion. Saul even fell to the ground out of fear.
The children of Israel will regret that they did not
listen to the voice of their hearts and did not recognize Him
sooner. In the Gospel of Luke, this meeting is shown to us in the
second chapter.
“And there were in the same countrey shepheards
abiding in þe field, keeping watch ouer their flocke by night.
And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and
the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore
afraid.”
(Luke.2:8-9)
Notice that this is their flock, not a herd of swine.
Before they meet the Messiah, they will be instructed in the
rudiments of the way of the Lord and will begin to speak boldly in
the synagogue about the Lord, but not yet understanding the way of
the Lord perfectly. Scripture speaks of them in the words of Jesus:
“O fooles, and slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets
haue spoken” (Luke.24:25). The children of Israel are shown to
us in the image of Apollos the Jew, who was “borne at Alexandria,
an eloquent man, and mightie in the Scriptures” (Acts.18:24-28).
In this verse, Alexandria of Egypt is a type of the great Whore.
Notice that at that time, corrupt manuscripts, along with a system
of beliefs, were spreading from Alexandria of Egypt throughout
Europe. This was the first Babylon. The Babylon of our time is the
Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Its time is running out. The third
Babylon will be a great City reigning over the kings of the earth.
“I will arise and goe to my father, and will say vnto
him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen and before thee.
And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me
as one of thy hired seruants.”
(Luke.15:18-19)
The hired servants in the parable are people who
trust the Word of God and serve. They will become Sons on the day of
the wedding of the Lord Jesus Christ.
After the judgment of the great Whore, the kings will
give their kingdom to the beast (Rev.17:17) and he will need the
advice of a man who has been dead for a long time. And he will call
him from the underworld. His task will be to deceive people, he is a
false prophet. Having made a huge idol (the image of the beast), he
will put a spirit into it. This living statue will be killing
everyone who does not worship the image of the beast (Rev.13:14-15).
144,000 Jewish evangelists
Mashiach ben Joseph will expound “vnto them in all
the Scriptures, the things concerning himself” (Luke.24:27). And
immediately, as if scales will fall from their eyes, they will
receive their sight, and being filled with the holy Ghost, they will
speak with tongues and prophesy. They will recognize Him, and He
will disappear from their sight. This will happen in the last days
of July or the first days of August 2069. On one of these days, the
sons of Israel, according to their request, will be appointed
ministers. They will testify about Him before all people about what
they have seen and heard. Five months will be given to them for this
testimony (Gen.45:11).
In the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke, we
are figuratively shown the most important events of that time. In
the image of Elizabeth, we are shown the people of Israel. Elizabeth
conceived, “and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying, Thus hath the
Lord dealt with me in the dayes wherein he looked on me, to take
away my reproch among men.” (Luke.1:24,25).
The awakening of the children of Israel will mark the
end of the time of the Gentiles, as the fullness of the Gentiles
will come in the Church. From that time on, God will begin to graft
the broken off natural branches into their own olive tree. “God
is able to graffe them in againe” (Rom.11:23)
The children of Israel, studying the books of
Scripture, will realize that in 2070 the desolation of Jerusalem
will be completed. This means that the kingdom of Israel will be
restored.
“I Daniel vnderstood by bookes the number of the
yeeres, whereof the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah the Prophet,
that he would accomplish seuentie yeeres in the desolations of
Ierusalem.”
(Dan.9:2)
And if before it was not given to them to know
“the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his owne
power”(Acts.1:7), now it will be revealed to them.
The Gospel of Luke, chapter 8, tells of Jesus healing
a man possessed by the devil. In this prototype, we are shown the
ministry of the “younger son” to the Babylonian Whore, then we see
him at the feet of “Jesus of Nazareth,” and further, we find him
ministering to Him. When Jesus healed the man possessed by devils,
all the people of that region begged Him to depart from them,
“for they were taken with great feare” (Luke.8:37).
The children of Israel, preaching “Jesus of Nazareth”
to the Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel (Acts.9:15), will
experience sorrow and insults for His Name. Many will ask them to
“depart from them.” But they will consider “the reproch of
Christ greater riches then the treasures in Egypt.” In Hebrews,
chapter 11, we are shown the "younger son" in the image of Moses:
“By faith Moses when hee was come to yeeres, refused
to bee called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,
Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people
of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season:
Esteeming the reproch of Christ greater riches then
the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompense of
the reward.
By faith hee forsooke Egypt, not fearing the wrath of
the king: for he indured, as seeing him who is inuisible.”
(Heb.11:24-27)
Jesus said to that man, “Returne to thine owne
house, and shew how great things God hath done vnto thee. And he
went his way, and published throughout the whole citie how great
things Iesus had done vnto him” (Luke.8:39).
The last verse of this paragraph shows us the second
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“And it came to passe, that when Iesus was returned,
the people gladly receiued him: for they were all waiting for him”
(Luke.8:40)
At the end of the ministry of the “children of
Israel,” the total number of believers will be 144,000. This will be
the third and smallest group of the saved who will enter into the
Church of God. “Blessed are they which are called vnto the
marriage supper of the Lambe” (Rev.19:9).
In the parable (Luke.15:8-10), we are shown the
Church in heaven as a woman who lost a piece of silver. She,
sweeping away the trash, will seek out the chosen vessels (those who
fear God) throughout the world and fill them with the holy Ghost. It
is said than she does “light a candle.” In this parable, the
Saints in heaven (the faithful and chosen) are shown to us by the
Angels of God:
“Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the
presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth.”
(Luke.15:10)
In the previous parable, the Saints in heaven are
shown to us in the image of ninety-nine just persons, “which need
no repentance” (Luke.15:7).
The ministry of the children of Israel among the
Gentiles through the mediation of the Angels of God is shown to us
in chapter 10 of the book of Acts. The conversion of Cornelius and
his house is a prototype of the conversion of the Gentiles by the
Jewish evangelists. Note that the tribe of Joseph (Rev.7:8) will
consist of converted Gentiles who will join the children of Israel
in ministry.
In chapter 17 of the book of 1 Samuel, in the image
of a champion named Goliath, we are shown the living image of the
beast, a meeting with which the children of Israel will avoid.
“And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,
fled from him, and were sore afraid”
(1Sam.17:24)
It is amazing how the sons of Israel, avoiding the
encounter with the image of the beast and not accepting the mark,
will be able not only to live for five months, but also to serve.
And this without means of subsistence and with the risk of life, and
also in the conditions of a great famine that will come throughout
the world (Acts.11:28). There will be no rain for three years and
six months (Luke.4:25). Despite this, they will speak the Word of
God “with all boldnesse” (Acts.4:29), and at the same time
hide from the encounter with the image of the beast. Then they will
say: “...the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and
deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.” (Ex.18:4).
The Scripture says prophetically, Elizabeth conceived
“and hid her selfe fiue moneths.”
“And this Gospell of the kingdome shall be preached
in all the world, for a witnesse vnto al nations, and then shall the
end come.”
(Matt.24:14)
Abraham’s bosom
The souls of people killed for the Word of God will
be caught up into the heavenly Tabernacle. And it would be strange
among all the many parables not to hear the parable of the saved,
who are in the heavenly Tabernacle. The parable of the rich man and
Lazarus contrasts two people from different worlds shows them to us
in life and after death. When Lazarus dies, no one buries him. In
his life, he received “euill things” (Luke.16:25). In the
person of Lazarus, we are shown “the soules of them that were
beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus, and for the word of God”
(Rev.20:4). Angels carry him to the heavenly abode to the righteous.
This is a prototype of the rapture of the chosen ones, through the
open window of heaven. The prototype is the open window in the Ark.
It had a lower, second and upper floors (Gen. 6:16) - a prototype of
the first, second and third heaven. The window of heaven will be
open throughout the harvest period.
The heavenly Tabernacle (Abraham's bosom) will serve
as a refuge for them. In Scripture it is designated in many ways:
“the house of Philip the Euangelist” (Acts.21:8), “the caue”
(Gen.23:20), the prison (Gen.39:20-23), the chamber of Iohanan
(Ezra.10:6). In the heavenly Tabernacle, arranged at the very edge
of heaven, in a hidden and inaccessible place, the resurrected
Messiah ben Joseph will perform the function of Priest. Scripture
says prophetically:
“And the keeper of the prison committed to Iosephs
hand all the prisoners that were in the prison, and whatsoeuer they
did there, he was the doer of it”
(Gen.39:22)
That is why the Scripture calls the heavenly
Tabernacle by His Name.
The Lord calls us to resist the rulers of the
darkness of this world and all those who have taken pleasure in
darkness. This resistance is shown to us in the war of Israel with
Amalek and his people. This is “warre with Amalek from generation
to generation.” (Ex.17:16). The LORD says, “I will vtterly
put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.”
(Ex.17:14). The memory of Satan, his angels, and those who follow
them will be erased - they are going to destruction. That is why the
rich man in the parable is nameless. When he died, he was buried and
went to a place of torment, the flames of hellfire.
In the person of the desperately need man, we are
shown the future attitude of society towards people who trust the
Word of God. The Babylonian Whore will not tolerate dissent. She,
having declared them a threat to humanity, will confiscate all their
property by court order. It will deprive some of their freedom, and
others, having taken up a staff, will become beggar wanderers, will
be persecuted and hunted, and will never live as before. Unlike the
rich man, Scripture calls the beggar by name, thereby showing us
that the names of the saved are written in the Book of Life.
In the person of the rich man, we are shown the false
messiah, who will arrange a grand celebration for 180 days
(Esther.1:3-4), showing “the riches of his glorious kingdome.”
It is said that he “fared sumptuously euery day”
(Luke.16:19). His clothes of purple and fine linen will emphasize
his dignity. This feast will be organized in honor of the transfer
of power and strength to him from the ten kings. The ten kings,
having hated the great Whore, will destroy her, because God will put
it in their hearts “to fulfill his will,” “and giue their
kingdome vnto the beast” (Rev.17:17). And this feast will also
be timed to coincide with the revived “the Image of the beast”
(Rev.13:15), the image of the false messiah. The governors of the
regions, military leaders, officials and all employees will be the
first to dedicate their lives to serving the beast and his Image,
receiving a mark on their right hand or forehead.
When Saul was building his altar, he ordered a large
stone to be rolled (1Sam.14:33). The large stone is a prototype of
the living statue of the idol, which will kill anyone who does not
bow to it. Saul said: “Yee haue
transgressed: roule a great stone vnto mee this day.”
The rich man, feasting every day, saw a hungry
beggar, “which was layde at his gate full of sores,” and the
rich man had no pity or compassion for him, he was interested only
in earthly goods.
What is the connection between these prototypes? They
show us the power of darkness, at its culmination. The false
messiah, feasting with his princes and servants, will watch the work
of the conveyor belt of murders every day. He will put the death
penalty, introduced by the Russian Orthodox Church, on stream. At
the “guillotine gates” day after day, the beast’s henchmen,
exhausted, will remove decapitated bodies covered in coagulated
blood. In two verses 20 and 21, we are shown an execution using the
guillotine. Its device is shown in two phrases: the rich man’s gate,
the rich man’s table. I would never have thought that a parable so
emotionally and in detail, better than any prototype of Scripture,
can paint a picture of terrible events in a person’s mind. A man
sentenced to death will be ready to die for the Name of the Lord. He
will be laid on a table, and a heavy knife will fall on his neck
from above. The severed head will fall “from the rich man’s table”
into a basket of sawdust. It is said that he desires “to bee fed
with the crummes.” Then, all the collected bodies will be burned
– tongues of flame will lick them. It says: “the dogges came and
licked his sores” (Luke.16:21). The next verse of the parable
with a feeling of deep compassion tells us:
“the begger died.”
There is no doubt that in the flames of eternal fire,
the parable shows us the false messiah, named the beast. For this
place of torment was created for him, for Satan, and for the false
prophet (Matt.25:41).
“…Sonne, remember that thou in thy life-time
receiuedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus euill things,”
but now everything will be exactly the opposite, he will be
comforted, and you will suffer (Luke.16:25).
A verse from the book of Revelation explains the
parable.
“And the beast was taken, & with him the false
prophet,… These both were cast aliue into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.”
(Rev.19:20)
In the parable, the false prophet does not speak; it
is clear that all his words are obscene. Satan will join this
company later; his mission will be completed in a thousand years.
The rich man prayed to Abraham to send Lazarus to his
father’s house so that he could warn his brothers about the terrible
danger that threatened them. In the last lines of the parable, we
are shown the resurrected Messiah ben Joseph, sent to testify to
people about a terrible place burning with fire and brimstone, so
that they, believing the Scripture, could avoid the second death,
and “lest they also come into this place of torment”
(Luke.16:28). But, unfortunately, if they “heare not Moses and
the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from
the dead” (Luke.16:31).
The Scriptures inform us that the terrible place of
eternal torment has already been prepared: “For Tophet is
ordained of old,” and when the time comes, “the breath
of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone,” will set it on fire
(Is.30:33). The valley near Jerusalem, where corpses and all carrion
were burned, was called Tophet.
Persistent Widow
In the parable of the persistent widow, we are shown
the elect in the heavenly Tabernacle who cry out to God day and
night (Luke.18:1-8). They, who came out of great sorrow, are shown
to us in the form of a widow, because their “Bridegroom” Jesus
Christ will be delivered into the hands of the devil and his angels.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 6, the Scripture explains this
parable.
John “saw vnder the altar,
the soules of them that were slaine for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held.
And they cried with a lowd voice, saying, How long, O
Lord, holy and true, doest thou not iudge and auenge our blood on
them that dwell on the earth?
And white robes were giuen vnto euery one of them,
and it was sayd vnto them, that they should rest yet for a little
season, vntill their fellow seruants also, and their brethren that
should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”
(Rev.6:9-11)
In verse 8 of the parable, God promises to avenge
“his owne elect” speedily. In the same verse, the Scripture
explains when this will happen. In that day He will show
“strength with his arme,” and will put down the mighty from
their seats; and He will exalt His own elect of low degree
(Luke.1:51-52). In the first chapter of Luke, the Scriptures,
through the words of Mary, show us the second coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
“And shall not God auenge his owne elect, which crie
day and night vnto him, thogh he beare long with them?”
(Luke.18:7)
“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he
was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and
ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called
thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the
best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet:”
(Luke.15:20-22)
But there will be some “Chaldeans” who will inform on
the children of Israel, accusing them of not obeying the command of
the beast - ignoring his image. In the book of Daniel, chapter 3,
and in the book of Judges, chapter 15, we are figuratively shown
their arrest. In the image of the Philistines, we are shown the
accusers, in the image of Samson, the children of Israel. The
“Philistines”, having gathered their forces, will come out against
the Jews with the demand that they give them the children of Israel.
The Jews (religious sectarians), obeying the authorities, will bind
them and give them “into the hand of the Philistines”
(Judges.15:12), hoping that the rebels will be finished forever. The
experience of betrayal of two Anointed Ones will not pass in vain.
But at midnight, on the eve of the execution, Prince
Michael will lead the prisoners out of the "prison". It is said: the
younger son “arose, and came to his father.” This will happen
three days before the enthronement and marriage of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The raptured children of Israel there will be 144,000
people.
Another vivid prototype of the events described is
the arrest and miraculous release of Peter from prison
(Acts.12:1-19).
You can imagine the reaction of the chosen ones when
they see the sons of Israel in the heavenly Jerusalem. After all, it
is on their initiative or with their approval that many of the
chosen ones will be tortured and killed. After all, it is they who
will persecute, destroy and devastate the Church in rage, sparing
neither men nor women. In chapter 9 of the book of Acts of the
Apostles, in the image of Saul, we are shown the rapture of the
children of Israel. It is said: “Then the disciples took him by
night, and let him down by the wall in a basket” (Acts.9:25).
Next, we are shown the meeting of the children of Israel with the
chosen ones, with those who died in the Lord. They are shown to us
in the image of the disciples.
“And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to
join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
believed not that he was a disciple”
(Acts.9:26)
By the way, when the Angel of the Lord brought Peter
out of prison, Peter came to a house where many were gathered and
praying. And when they recognized his voice, they did not open the
gate for him, and he continued to knock. But “when they had
opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished”
(Acts.12:16).
Seeing the sons of Israel in the heavenly Jerusalem,
the chosen ones will not believe their ears and eyes. Their
psychological state from such an unexpected meeting is characterized
by the words: “they were all afraid of him”, “and believed not “,
“they were astonished”. They will see something beyond their
understanding.
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways
past finding out!”
(Rom.11:33)
Perhaps this parable shows the manifestation of God’s
love better than any other place in Scripture. This parable has a
universal meaning. Its verses have incredible power, because it is
impossible to read them without tears. A man who has realized his
incorrigible sinful nature feels his lost state, believing that his
relationship with God is broken. But suddenly, contrary to all the
wisdom of this world, God “runs to meet him.” We see a striking
change in God's acts. It turns out that all this time He was
waiting, walking, looking, is the son coming?
Next, we are shown the events that will happen in
heaven, when the barrier between God and man will be destroyed, and
the previously hidden and invisible God will be revealed to the
Church! In the Gospel of Luke, this event is indicated by the
phrase: “…and the vaile of the temple was rent in the mids.”
(Luke.23:45)
The Church will prepare Herself. She will be given to
clothe herself in “the best robe” – “fine linnen, cleane
and white: for the fine linnen is the righteousnesse of Saints”
(Rev.19:8).
The phrase: “put a ring on his hand” means
endowment with authority, shows belonging to the heavenly host. The
phrase: “and shoes on his feet” means endowment with the
ability to move in space. These are the attributes that the Saints
in heaven will be endowed with.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 19, we are shown
how the heavenly hosts follow Prince Michael on white horses. White
horses are also a prototype.
“And bring hither the fatted calfe, and kill it, and
let vs eate and be merrie.
For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe; hee
was lost, & is found. And they began to be merie.”
(Luke.15:23-24)
The “fatted calfe” was killed about two thousand
years ago. God “sent his Sonne to be þe propitiation for our
sins” (1John.4:10). It is generally accepted that the parable of
the prodigal son illustrates God’s mercy and forgiveness to all
sinners, but as we see, God’s love alone is not enough to save man;
an atoning sacrifice is necessary. In the 14th chapter of the book
of 1 Samuel, Scripture, through the feat of Jonathan and his
servant, shows us two Anointed Ones Who, having ascended to heaven,
will bring great salvation.
Then we are shown the mystery of the union of Christ
and the Church: “...let vs eate and be
merrie.”
ON THE DAY of Pentecost (December 28, 2069) Jesus
Christ will become perfect; He will unite with the faithful, the
chosen and the called. Figuratively speaking, the Head will unite
with His Body, which will consist of a host of living “stones”. The
prototype of this action in Scripture is marriage (Rev.19:7). And
from now on His Name is the Lord God. It is said: “he hath
receiued him safe and sound” (Luke.15:27). Thus the first stage
in the construction of the Temple not made with hands will be
completed. For “Adam will first be formed” (1Tim.2:13).
In the book of Genesis, chapter 24, Scripture shows
us the Messiah ben Joseph in the image of the head servant of the
house, who managed everything that Abraham had. The Church of God
(the faithful, chosen and called) is called the house here. The task
of the ministry of Mashiach ben Joseph will be to bring the “wife”
(faithful, chosen and called) for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rebekah, seeing Isaac, “ tooke a vaile and couered
her selfe” (Gen.24:65).
“the time of Jacob's trouble”
Now these same events, but through the eyes of the
elder son, are shown to us in the following verses. The elder son is
a prototype of the people of Israel, who will refuse to accept the
good news. Instead of finding support in the Lord and Prince
Michael, the people of Israel will rely on the one who tears them
(Zech.11:16). Their behavior is shown to us in the parable of the
wise and foolish virgins (Matt. 25), and the parable of those
invited to the great supper (Luke.14).
The joy in heaven will be so great that the sound of
joy will be heard on Earth.
“Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came
and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing”
(Luke.15:25)
That day will begin with the false messiah declaring
himself king during a seven-day feast that will take place in
Jerusalem in the courtyard of the temple, and demanding worship. But
the joyful feast will be unexpectedly interrupted by a loud trumpet
blast and a sign in the heaven.
The joyful mood of the guests will immediately be
replaced by great fear. Scripture shows us in many prototypes the
fear of the false messiah and his guests: this is Solomon’s
accession to the kingdom (1Kings.1:41-49), Belshazzar’s great feast
(Dan.5) and the accession of seven-year-old Joash (2Kings.11). With
this event, the last week of Daniel will end. The Lord God will
begin to work with the “foolish virgins.” It is said: The elder son
“drew nigh to the house.”
Those in Judea, seeing “the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
place,” will flee to the mountains and hide in the clefts of the
rocks (Matt.24:15-16). They will be accused of breaking the law, and
the time of “trouble” will come upon them (Jer.30:7), which
will last thirty days (Dan.6:7). The Jews will wander about the
mountains like lost sheep (Jer. 50:6); their dwelling will be with
the beasts of the field. They will eat grass like oxen, and will be
watered by the dew of sky. While they hand over “their brother” to
the false messiah for reprisal (Acts.12:11), they will not even
think that they themselves will soon find themselves in trouble.
When the rulers gather together against the Lord
Jesus Christ and against Prince Michael, the Battle of Armageddon
will begin (Rev.16:16).
“The Kings of the earth stood vp, and the rulers were
gathered together against the Lord, & against his Christ”
(Acts.4:26)
Now, the other half of the Jews, it is hard to
imagine, will join the heathen in battle with Prince Michael. But
when the battle begins, they will become opponents of those who went
out to war against Jerusalem, and will fight against them. The Jews
who were hiding in the clefts of the rocks will also “follow hard
after them in the battell” as soon as they hear that the heathen
have fled (1Sam.14:21, 22).
Prototypes of these events are: the confusion of the
Philistines when Jonathan and his servant the armor-bearer rose up
to them (1Sam.14); the princes of the Philistines went to battle
with hundreds and thousands, and David and his men followed behind
them (1Sam.29:1-4).
The Lord will destroy “all the nations that come
against Ierusalem” (Zech.12:9). And upon the remnant of Israel
shall be poured out “the spirit of grace and of supplications”
(Zech.12:10), notice that this is not the holy Ghost. They will
acknowledge their guilt in their distress. Prototype of this event
is the salvation of Daniel and the death of his enemies (Dan.6).
“And he called one of the seruants, and asked what
these things meant.
And he said vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy
father hath killed the fatted calfe, because he hath receiued him
safe and sound.
And he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore
came his father out, and intreated him.”
(Luke.15:26-28)
The phrase: “came his father out” means the
second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the phrase: “and
intreated him” shows us their unbelief and complete lack of
understanding of the necessity of being born again. The Scripture in
the Gospel of John allows us to consider this "elder son" in more
detail in the image of Nicodemus. In the image of Nicodemus, we are
shown the leaders of the people and the elders of Israel. It is
said: “And he called one of the seruants,
and asked what these things meant.”
The Church of God will come out of the Heavenly
Jerusalem and come to the land of Canaan to the people of Israel to
teach them understanding. But the leaders of the people and the
elders of Israel will not accept the testimony of the Saints and the
faithful in Christ about what They know and what They have seen.
“We speake that we doe know, and testifie that wee
haue seene; and yee receiue not our witnesse.”
(John.3:11)
Saints in Christ: “Thy brother is come, and thy
father hath killed the fatted calfe, because he hath receiued him
safe and sound.” (Luke.15:27).
“The elder son”: “How can these things be?”
(John.3:9).
The ministry of the children of Israel among the
remnant of Israel is shown to us in the first chapter of John’s
Gospel. In Philip’s person, we are shown the “younger son.” Jesus
said to him: “Follow me” (John.1:43). In Nathanael's person,
we are shown the remnant of Israel.
“Philip findeth Nathaneel, and saith vnto him, We
haue found him of whom Moses in the Law, and the Prophets did write,
Iesus of Nazareth the sonne of Ioseph.”
(John.1:45)
Nathanael did not believe Philip's words, although
Philip confirmed what he said with words from the books of the Old
Testament. But Nathanael continued to object, insisting on his own:
“Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” (John.1:46).
The ministry of the children of Israel among the
people of Israel is also shown to us in the fifth chapter of the
Acts of the Apostles. The children of Israel are shown in the
persons of the Apostles. The high priest and all who were with him
are a type of the people of Israel. They, filled with indignation,
“laid their hands on the Apostles, & put them in the common
prison.” (Acts.5:18). But after their miraculous release by the
Angel of the Lord, they again, as if nothing had happened, entered
the Temple and continued to teach the people. Indeed, a little over
thirty days would pass from the moment of the rapture of the “called
to the marriage feast,” when they would return to the land of Canaan
to the people of Israel to continue to teach them understanding. Now
it is clear why “of the rest durst no man ioyne himselfe to them:
But the people magnified them.” (Acts.5:13).
Through preaching, the number of disciples will
multiply. And concerning the leaders of the people and the elders of
Israel, the Scripture says: “a great company of the ministers
were obedient to the faith” (Acts.6:7). Considering that
thousands of believing Jews will become zealous of the Law (Acts
21:20), we must understand that this is about obedience to the Law.
Their righteousness will be from the Law, which they will
subsequently stop observing. Having concluded the New Covenant with
the Lord God, they will again show a passion for serving other gods.
It is said: “Who haue receiued the Lawe by the disposition of
Angels, and haue not kept it” (Acts.7:53).
In chapter 7 of the book of Acts of the Apostles, in
a separate paragraph consisting of three verses, the Scripture
explains to us the reason for such behavior.
Ҧ Ye stifnecked and vncircumcised in heart, and
eares, ye doe alwayes resist the holy Ghost? as your fathers did, so
doe ye”
(Acts.7:51)
“Loe, these many yeeres doe I serue thee, neither
transgressed I at any time thy commandement”
(Luke.15:29)
The Scriptures call our period of time the time of
ignorance. Millions of people, accepting the Word of God as “the
word of men” (1Thess.2:13), are deceived. They study and
interpret the words of the authors of the books of the Bible, but do
not understand the Words of the Main Author, because they do not
understand the prophetic meaning of the verses. In the seventh
millennium, everything will change. “For in that day euery man
shall cast away his idoles” (Is.31:7). The times of ignorance
will be a thing of the past, and all living will know that God
exists. All people will be divided into those who honor God and
those who do not honor Him, those who serve God and those who do not
serve Him, those who fear God and those who do not fear Him. The
division of people into believers and unbelievers will disappear.
There will be no more unbeliever, only people, distorting the
Scriptures unto their own destruction (2 Pet. 3:16) will be.
The determining condition for the salvation of man in
the next 1000 years will be his deeds, the obligation to fulfill
which will be prescribed in the Law. In our time, there are frequent
disputes about how a person is justified (saved), by faith or by
deeds?
In the Epistle to the Romans we read: “a man is
iustified by faith, without the deeds of the Law” (Rom.3:28).
In the Epistle of James we read: “But wilt thou
knowe, O vaine man, that faith without workes is dead?”
(James.2:20) and “by workes a man is iustified, and not by faith
only.” (James.2:24).
Some believers, not understanding the prophetic
meaning in the arrangement of the books of Scripture, but relying on
their own judgment, rightly raise the question of the contradiction
in the “Christian” teaching. Their opponents, the scribes and
Pharisees of our day, lacking critical thinking, do not see any
contradiction. Or they pretend not to see it, since their status
does not allow them to admit it. Thus, instead of sound teaching,
religion is born. And all its ministers are sectarians.
Such controversies will continue in the coming 1000
years. For the wicked, the teaching of our time will be difficult to
understand, as something hard to understand (2Pet.3:16).
In the coming 1000 years, the people of Israel will
multiply - the twelve tribes scattered everywhere will be gathered
from all countries and brought by the Lord God to their land.
“Not for your sakes doe I this, saith the Lord GOD,
be it knowen vnto you: be ashamed and confounded for your owne wayes,
O house of Israel”
(Ezek.36:32)
The people of Israel will hear and see the Lord Jesus
Christ with their own eyes. The Law of God will be put within them,
and written on their hearts (Jer.31:33). And Mashiach ben Joseph,
being the Captain and Judge of Israel, will sit “at the King’s
gate.” The whole earth will be like the garden of the LORD
(Gen.13:10). And all nations will come to Jerusalem year after year
to worship the King (Zech.14:16-18). The question of faith in the
coming millennium will relate to faith in His Word.
The “elder son” will serve the Lord “these many
yeeres,” fulfilling His commission to “feed the sheep”
(John.21:16). He will preach the Gospel to the heathen, suffering
from their slander, hypocrisy, and gloating. But his righteousness
will be external, ostentatious, and not internal. The words of the
eldest son, spoken to his father: “these many yeeres doe I serue
thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandement,”
reveal in him a special concern and zeal for observing external
norms of behavior.
The “elder son,” who despises the sinner and exalts
himself, is shown to us in the parable of the publican and the
Pharisee (Luke.18:9-14). He will say to himself to the Father,
“God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners,
vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publicane. I fast twise in the
weeke, I giue tithes of all that I possesse.” (Luke.18:11-12).
“O God, I thank thee very much that I am so holy, and not as all
these sinners.”
The elder son, speaking to his father, belittled his
brother, pointing out his sinful act. He did not say, “my brother,”
but said, “this thy sonne.” Fearing to call him his brother,
he thus distanced himself from him, because he considered him an
insignificant, illiterate and unclean sinner.
The rulers of the people and the Elders of Israel,
and in fact this will be the entire people of Israel, seeing their
superiority over the heathen in the ability to fulfill and interpret
the law, in the ability to teach and instruct, do not realize their
sinful nature. The Pharisee did not see the need to change, unlike
the publican. He thanked God for being exactly what he was.
The Scripture, in the words of Jesus, warns believers
in the future 1000 years of the world about the need to surpass the
righteousness of the “Scribes and Pharisees”:
“The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate:
All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that
obserue and doe, but doe not ye after their workes: for they say,
and doe not.”
(Matt.23:2-3)
“¶ We haue a litle sister, and shee hath no breasts”
The elder son continues to tell his father:
“and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kid, that I might
make merry with my friends:
But as soone as this thy sonne was come, which hath
deuoured thy liuing with harlots, thou hast killed for him the
fatted calfe.”
(Luke.15:29-30)
To understand the prophetic meaning of these two
verses, we must answer the question: for what purpose did God
provide the seventh thousands of years for mankind? It would seem
that as soon as the Lord Jesus Christ reaches perfection, we can
wrap up history and move on to eternity. But no! The answer to this
question is found in the second chapter of the book of Genesis.
The LORD God said, “…It is not good that the man
should be alone,” so he made for man an helper suitable for him,
and brought him to him (Gen.2:18-25). This is a prototype of future
events. The time of the last seventh thousands of years will be used
to beget to the Lord Jesus Christ a Helper like Him. His Helper will
be the Messiah the Prince (Dan.9:25), who, by analogy with the Lord
Jesus Christ, “will marry.” His Body will consist of: Israel and the
believing Gentiles of the future 1000 years of peace. And “there
shall be one fold, and one shepheard” (John.10:16).
The LORD God made a woman (a Helpe) from the rib. In
this prototype the rib taken from the man, as well as the Branch
growing from the root (Is.11:1) are prototypes of the Messiah ben
Joseph. Scripture calls the Messiah ben Joseph the Branch.
In the 19th chapter of the book of Genesis we are
figuratively shown how God, after the completion of the seventh
thousands of years, rolls up the earth and heavens like a worthless
garment (Heb.1:12) – “Then the LORD rained vpon Sodome & vpon
Gomorrah, brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heauen”
(Gen.19:24). All matter of the universe will melt from the heat, the
earth and all the works on it will be burned up (2Peter 3:10). But
before this, the Angels will lead the saved beyond the Universe,
just as Lot was led out of the midst of destruction (Gen.19:29). But
the story does not end there, the Scripture continues to speak. And
further, we are shown the events that will take place in the new
heaven and the new earth. All the saved of the future 1000 years are
shown to us in the image of Lot’s two daughters. In the image of the
firstborn, we are shown the Philadelphian Church, delivered “from
the houre of temptation, which shall come vpon all the world”
(Rev.3:10), and those who died in faith during the period of the
existence of the Churches: Sardis and Philadelphia. This rapture of
the Church is spoken of in chapter 15 of the First Epistle to the
Corinthians.
“Behold, I shew you a mysterie: we shall not all
sleepe, but wee shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye, at the last
trumpe, (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.)”
(1Cor.15:51-52)
In the image of the younger daughter we are shown
Israel and the Gentiles, who at the end of the seventh thousands
years will be saved by fear and snatched like a brand out of the
burning. In the image of Lot we are shown the Messiah the Prince.
His union with the Body is figuratively shown to us through carnal
intercourse. This time is spoken of in the books: Third Epistle of
John and Epistle of Jude.
Saul told David that he would give him his eldest
daughter Merab to wife. But when she was to be given to David,
“shee was giuen vnto Adriel the Meholathite to wife”
(1Sam.18:19), despite the preliminary agreement. But Saul’s younger
daughter Michal fell in love with David. And “Saul gaue him
Michal his daughter to wife” (1Sam.18:27).
How to understand this prototype? In this prototype
we are shown “two daughters” and “two bridegrooms.” First, there
will be a "betrothal" of the Church of the firstborn with the
Messiah ben Joseph, for They are to serve together to build a
“house.” Joseph said to his brothers: God “hath made me a father
to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house” (Gen.45:8). And to show
His primacy in the Church, the Scripture says in the words of Saul:
“her will I giue thee to wife” (1Sam.18:17). During the
harvest, the Church will grow through the chosen and called, and
will be given as a “wife” to the Lord Jesus Christ. His “wife” is
shown to us in the image of Saul’s eldest daughter. The Lord Jesus
Christ is shown in the image of Adriel. In the image of Saul’s
youngest daughter, we are shown the Church of the seventh 1000 of
years, who will fall in love with Messiah ben Joseph, and after a
thousand years will be given to Him as a “wife”.
In the book of Song of Solomon, in the image of a
young Hart and a Roe, we are shown two Anointed Ones. When the bride
(the Church) speaks of her beloved, she compares him to two animals:
a Roe and a young Hart (Song.2:17). The young Hart is a prototype of
the Lord Jesus Christ; the Roe is a prototype of Prince Michael.
The Scripture, continuing the wedding song, shows us
in chapter 8 the events of the last 1000 years. It will take a
thousand years for the little sister to grow up, “in the day when
she shall bee spoken for” (Song.8:8). In the image of the older
sister who has found favor, we are shown the Church (called, &
chosen, and faithfull), “Which is his body” (Eph.1:23), the
Body of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the image of the little sister, we
are shown Israel and the other sheep, "which are not of this
fold” (John.10:16). They will make up the Body of Prince
Michael. It is He who will “woo her.” In order for the “sister” to
grow, a “cornerstone” will be laid as a foundation on Zion; and “the
vineyard will be leased to keepers for a thousand years”
(Song.8:11), this is another prototype. The vineyard is the nations
of the future 1000 years of peace. The watchmen are the people of
Israel and the believing Gentiles. This prototype is complemented by
the parable of the talents. A man going into a far country called
his servants, and delivered his goods to them (Matt.25:14). Those
servants who bury their talent in the ground will repeat the fate of
Lot's wife. The parable shows us the fate of the unbelieving
Israelites and “Christians” of the future 1000 years, who, having
received various gifts will not use them to convert the heathen from
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. They will not
build the Body, therefore the Kingdom of God will be taken from
them. The parable of the minas (Luke.19:11-27) is similar to the
parable of the talents. These parables, showing a picture of the
future, clearly explain why a person living in the future 1000 years
of peace will be justified by works, “and not by faith only”
(James.2:24). They allow us to understand the doctrine of Christ of
the future 1000 years of peace.
In the book of Song of Solomon we are shown the
numerical ratio of the two Churches. The “elder sister”, the Church
of Jesus Christ (called, & chosen, and faithfull), will be five
times larger than the “young sister”, the Church of the seventh 1000
years.
“My vineyard which is mine, is before me: thou (O
Solomon) must haue a thousand, and those that keepe the fruit
thereof, two hundred.”
(Song.8:12)
David, in order to get Saul’s youngest daughter as a
wife, brought foreskin’s of the Philistines, two hundred in number
(1Sam.18:27).
In other words, the “young Hart” will be five times
larger than the “Roe”. This proportionality is observed in relation
to God the Father and the holy Ghost, since God creates “man” in His
own Image and likeness.
So, in two verses (Luke.15:29-30) we are shown the
fate of the “younger son” and the “elder son”. The future of the
“younger son” in eternity is connected with the Messiah ben David –
“the fatted calf”. The future of the “elder son” in eternity is
connected with the Messiah ben Joseph – “the kid”. And together the
“King” and “Queen” will form the Temple not made by hands in the
Image and after likeness of God.
“that God may be all in all”
“And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me,
and all that I haue is thine.
It was meete that we should make merry, and be glad:
for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and was lost,
and is found”
(Luke.15:31-32)
The phrase “…was dead, and is aliue againe: and
was lost, and is found” is repeated twice in the parable. It is
used in verse 24, where the Author of Scripture shows us the insight
of the “younger son.” And then in verse 32, where the father
instructs the elder son. How is this to be understood?
A thousand years will pass, and Satan, released from
his prison, will again begin to deceive the nations (Rev.20:7). And
the pagans, who gave an oath to the Lord God not to go up against
Jerusalem, will break it. During this period of time, the Lord God
will test all those living on the earth, revealing the true nature
of each person. By that time, there will be no true Christians left
on the earth; they will be raptured. God will deliver them “from
the houre of temptation, which shall come vpon all the world, to try
them that dwell vpon the earth” (Rev.3:10). The “elder son” who
did not go to a far country, nor squander his substance in riotous
living, however, will also be lost to God, notwithstanding his
righteousness by the Law. Therefore the Lord God will come “to
seeke, and to saue that which was lost.” (Luke.19:10). He will
identify the good and faithful servants among the people of Israel,
and will separate the Gentiles into good and evildoers. The good man
will inherit the Kingdom, but the evildoer will be left on the earth
and burned with it. The same fate will befall the unprofitable
servants.
These events are described in detail in the works:
“Fiery serpent” and “A righteous branch”.
In chapter 18, we were shown Israel in the image of a
Pharisee praying in the temple and considering himself better than
others. At the end of the chapter, he is shown to us already in the
image of a blind man who persistently cried out to the Lord to have
mercy on him; and in the next chapter - in the image of Zacchaeus, a
publican who climbed a tree to see Jesus as He passed by. What do
these prototypes mean?
We are shown the afterlight of the “elder son” and
his last true ministry. Jesus asked the blind man: “What wilt
thou that I shall doe vnto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receiue my sight.” (Luke.18:41). 1000 years will pass and from a
proud, narcissistic “son” he will turn into a repentant sinner.
Samson, possessing incredible physical strength,
which was given to him from above by God, squandered it uselessly.
But when the Lord left him, and he lost his sight, then in the last
minute of his life he prayed to God to give him strength one last
time: “onely this once, O God,” (Judges.16:28)
The townspeople surrounded Lot's house and threatened
to do violence. Lot boldly went out to them, locking the door behind
him. He was left alone with them, in danger of being torn to pieces.
Begging them not to harm, he offered them his daughters (Gen.19:8).
This is another type of sacrificial service before the earth and all
the works on it are burned up. In this type, Lot is Prince Michael;
his daughters are the people of Israel.
The “elder son” for the salvation of the Gentiles,
will be ready to sacrifice himself, “not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2Peter.3:9).
Jesus said to the disciples: “Yee shall drinke indeed of my cup,
and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with”
(Matt.20:22-23). Therefore, the “daughters of Lot” will still go out
to the “people of Sodom.”
Zacchaeus, who climbed up “into a sycomore tree,”
and Jesus, hanging on the tree (Gal.3:13), are types of the
“elder son” who carries out sacrificial ministry in the last days of
the existence of heaven and earth. The Scripture explains to us the
action of Zacchaeus with the phrase: “to see him”
(Luke.19:4), in other words, to see salvation from the Lord God. The
Scripture confirms the salvation of the people of Israel with the
words: “This day is saluation come to this house.” This means
that the words in the last verse of the parable are addressed to the
“elder son.”
Further, the Scripture explains that this is where
the history of mankind ends - the Heavenly Jerusalem is near and
“the kingdome of God should immediately appeare” (Luke.19:11).
In the Gospel of John, Jesus, crucified on the cross, said, “It
is finished” (John.19:30).
Thus the second final stage in the construction of
the Temple not made with hands will be completed. First, “Adam” will
be created, and after a thousand years there will be “Eve”. The word
“merie”, said in verses 23 and 24, because of the marriage of Jesus
Christ and the Church, is repeated in the final verse of the
parable. The phrase: “It was meete that we should make merry, and
be glad”, tells about another marriage - Prince Michael and the
Church of the seventh 1000 years, consisting of the churches:
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.
Thus, the events that happened on the way with Jesus,
and the parables told by Him, form a single whole. They,
complementing each other, show those who follow Him the way to the
heavenly Jerusalem.
When God created man and woman, He “called their
name Adam” (Gen.5:2), this is a prototype of the future. When
the 1000th year of peace is completed, the Lord God and His Helper
will have one “Name” – GOD.
The Father will say: “...all that I haue is thine”;
“that God may be all in all” (1Cor.15:28)
“So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image
of God created hee him; male and female created hee them”
(Gen.1:27)
Therefore the Lord God will “leaue his father and
his mother” (God the Father and the holy Ghost) “and shall
cleaue vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh” (Gen.2:24).
Their ministry will never cease, it will be like a fountain of the
water of life, the waters of which never fail. In Revelation 22 the
Scripture shows us, “a pure riuer of water of life, cleere as
Chrystall, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lambe”
in eternity.
Afterword
The events during which Jesus spoke these parables
took place on the way to Jerusalem. This work could have been given
another name: “Way to Jerusalem”, because through short edifying
stories we are shown the path that the saved will take. In this
work, this path is traced, starting from the “power of darkness.”
All the saved will receive the crown of life in the heavenly
Jerusalem.
The main task of the parable of the prodigal son is
to show the history of the salvation of the people of Israel. The
people of Israel, the “elder son,” will “feed the sheep” until the
last heathen on this earth makes his choice. This is their calling
and mission on earth.
© March 2025
Parable of the unjust Steward
Since the house of Israel is scattered throughout the
lands, it "squandereth its master's substance." In this parable, the
rich man who has an unjust Steward is God who has His people,
Israel. We will consider the prophetic meaning of the verses.
“And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a
certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto
him that he had wasted his goods.
And hee called him, and said vnto him, How is it that
I heare this of thee? Giue an accompt of thy stewardship: for thou
mayest bee no longer Steward.”
(Luke.16:1-2)
The Scripture says that “blindnesse in part is
happened to Israel” (Rom. 11:25)
In the persons of the debtors of the master, we are
shown believing Gentiles (faithful and chosen), who became debtors
of the Israelites. Scripture says: “…their detters they are.”
But why? Because the former “Gentiles haue bene made partakers of
their spirituall things.” Scripture tells us about this through
numerous prototypes.
“For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to
make a certaine contribution for the poore Saints which are at
Hierusalem.
It hath pleased them verely, and their detters they
are. For if the Gentiles haue bene made partakers of their
spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in
carnall things.”
(Rom.15:26-27)
In the prophetic sense, the ministry “in carnall
things” is sacrificial ministry, when the “power of darkness”
will come. In the person of the debtor of wheat, we are shown the
faithful; in the person of the debtor of oil -- the chosen ones.
Through much tribulation they must enter the kingdom of God
(Acts.14:22).
We see the service “in carnall things” by
examining the prototypes in Scripture. Paul wrote: “For yee haue
heard of my couuersation in time past, in the Iewes Religion, how
that beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God,” (Gal.1:13),
“made hauocke of the Church, entring into euery house, and
hailing men and women, committed them to prison” (Acts.8:3),
“breathing out threatnings & slaughter” (Acts.9:1), “wasted
it”, “punished them oft”, “compelled them to blaspheme”, “being
exceedingly angry with them, persecuted them” (Acts.26:11),
persecuted “vnto the death” the followers of this teaching,
“binding and deliuering into prisons both men and women”
(Acts.22:4).
The activities of David during his stay in the land
of the Philistines show us the way of life of the sons of Israel in
the service of the Russian Orthodox Church.
“And Dauid smote the land, and left neither man nor
woman aliue”
(1Sam.27:9)
This is the way of life of the sons of Israel under
the “idol shepherd” who will be mistakenly accepted by them as the
Messiah. During the entire period of the harvest, Israel will not
build, but only destroy, opposing one man who is building the
“house” (Heb.3:3-4). It is said: “I cannot digge, to begge I am
ashamed” (Luke.16:3).
“Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I
doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship? I cannot
digge, to begge I am ashamed.
I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of
the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.”
(Luke.16:3-4)
And so, at the end of the harvest, the sons of Israel
will think about how to be saved?
“The haruest is past, the summer is ended, and we are
not saued”
(Jer.8:20)
Having understood the truth and being ashamed, they
will ask God (Hos.14:2,3) to take away all iniquity from them. It is
said: “to vs belongeth confusion of face” (Dan.9:7-8).
In the 24th chapter of the book of 2 Samuel, we are
figuratively shown the enumeration of the faithful and chosen. In
verse 9, the list of the people's census is announced. So, the
proportionality of those numbers is the same as in the parable.
“So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto
him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?
And hee said, An hundred measures of oyle. And hee
saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write
fiftie.
Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou?
And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him,
Take thy bill and write fourescore.”
(Luke.16:5-7)
“And Ioab gaue vp the summe of the number of the
people vnto the king, and there were in Israel eight hundred
thousand valiant men that drewe the sword: and the men of Iudah were
fiue hundred thousand men.”
(2Sam.24:9)
The parable ends with the lord praising the unjust
Steward for his wise. When Israel, as an unjust Steward, is removed
“from stewardship,” the debtors will receive him “into their
houses” (Luke.16:4), because his transgression will be finished,
there will make an end of sins, and there will make reconciliation
for his iniquity (Dan.9:24).
“…blindnesse in part is happened to Israel, vntill
the fulnes of the Gentiles be come in.
And so all Israel shall be saued, as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliuerer, and shall turne away
vngodlinesse from Iacob.”
(Rom.11:25-26)
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