Shabbat shalom kol beit Yisra'el and Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon and a reminder that the New Year - Aviv 1 - is the day after the last sabbath of the year in seven days' time, on 17 March. We shall have a Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) assembly to hear any prophetic words that may have been received and in the evening, as is now our custom of our Mishpachah, we shall be having an after sunset service to celebrate the nativity of Messiah.

We are very grateful for all the hard work of our Dynamic Calendar creator and custodian who has put hundreds of hours from her already crammed schedule into creating up upgraded version (2.0) which has not only ironed out some bugs in the old one (1.2) but which now enables anyone anywhere to know exactly when the divine moedim (appointments) are for their particular location.

I mention this now not only to express our gratitude but to also point out that, in a way, our learning that there is not an extra 13th month this year has meant that the New Year has come upon us all of a sudden. I see this as, in a way, prophetic because of the sudden rush of events globally hurtling us into a very new, dangerous, uncertain and irreversible future, as I am sure those of you who carefully follow current affairs are accutely conscious of.

I, and I know at least one of the brethren, has become keenly aware of a great and sudden movement in the spiritual domain currently. Most, of course, who are similarly aware, are assuming that this portends the sudden arrival of the Great Tribulation and Second Coming, a reason why, I believe, Yahweh wanted me to get the 1619 Prophecy online yesterday with accompanying commentary which I have been prevented from writing for nearly 20 years. This also dovetails neatly into last week's sermon on Gospel readiness. If you have never read the 1619 Prophecy, I do must urgently encourage you to do so sometime after this service. In a way, it summarises our whole mission and situation.

According to Pastor Lindsey Williams, who as you know has a very high-up contact inside the élite establishment, and as we pretty much already knew, the triumph of Donand Trump in the US Preisdential election in December 2016, came as a huge suprise to the deep state Cabal who thought Hilary Clinton, who they control completely, was a dead certainty. As satanists they, of course, know that Elohim (God) exists and between themselves admit that Elohim (God) Himself intervened with their plans for a global New World Order and dictatorship, putting them back at least 25-30 years. Lindsey's contact told him this. That accords well with what we have been told about the duration of the Second/Last Exodus which by our rough estimation has about 30 years yet to run before the Great Tribulation of seven years followed by the Second Coming, confirming that Yahweh put President Trump in the White House precisely to give the Remnant the breathing space to mature, coordinate the evangelism of the remaining unreached parts of the world and gather to the places of safety. This was an act of grace, for sure.

This does not mean that judgment is not imminent, but it is not the final judgment before the Second Coming. A little over a week ago I was given a warning about a forthcoming announcment and the commission to warn the qodeshim (saints, set-apart ones) not to fall for it, as it is a deception.

In the last few days I have been seeing some very weird things including, three days ago, a vision of a giant Menorah made, apparently, of brick built into a well, and out of each of the seven arms another seven menorahs grew organically. This is, of course, a picture of the Remnant which is about to grow up in its next stage in the sevenfold Ruach haQodesh (Holy Spirit) or Seven Ruachot haQodesh (Holy Spirits) (Rev.4:5), a wall of protection against whatever the Enemy can, and will, throw. Seven congregations operating in the Ruachot haQodesh (Holy Spirit), rather like the seven congregations in Asia Minor (Rev.1:12-20) that served as types of seven time periods and congregation-types, in which one Ruach (Spirit) predominates corresponding to each of the Seven Annual Festivals, will likely arise. Or in the Remnant the souls that are gathered will be gifted primarily in one of the giftings. Together, being echad (one), they they form a robus wall.

As Brother Ljungstrand mentioned to me in a recent conversation, we are about to witness a new manifestation of the seven-headed Dragon described in Revelation 12:

"A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to Elohim (God) and to His throne. The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by Elohim (God), where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days" (Rev.12:1-6, NIV).

As I said, we are some years away from the actual birth itself, or at least its completion, the final desert hiding place being the cities of refuge to which the entire Remnant will gather for at least the final 1,260 days or 3˝ years of the seven year Great Tribulation.

Nevertheless, the Dragon will not suddenly appear in one day, but will be manifesting gradually, more and more in the years leading up to that event as the world falls into deeper sin and idolatry, committing more and more abominable practices. That is why the Menorah is budding, or is about to bud, into seven smaller menorah's. I'll let you figure out what that means on other levels, especially in relation to the seven heads of the manifesting Dragon, remembering that Yahweh always counters every move of the devil with his own moves or 'wall'. For Yahweh will put "a hedge around [you] and [your] household and everything [you have]" (Job 1:10, NIV) unless, as was the case for Job, there was a prophetic reason for not doing so until the man's demonstration of faithfulness had achieved its end in Heaven.

Like I have said many times, I do not know the sequence or nature of all the unfolding events, only that we are supposed to now be well and truly prepared spiritually and physically. In one country in Africa the pastors of a church we have connections to were arrested by the government because they protested their churches being closed down by the state. Friends of ours in Pakistan are undergoing massive trials.

These things are, for us here in the West, 'far off', save for one or two of you who have very close tries to these persecuted qodeshim (saints, set-apart ones), but this state of affairs will likely be ending in the very near future. The pressure on believers will increase but those who are truly and faithfully living by emunah (faith) and the Torah-lifestyle will have a wall of protection and, when needed, power to counter every new move of the Enemy. Satan will surveille, he will probe, and he will seek for weaknesses so you had better get your lives fully submitted to Yah'shua (Jesus). So get your spiritual house in order.

You won't need me and others to remind or warn you because you will get your wake-up call from the Adversary when he finds some legal ground to harrass or oppress you. Only if you can meet him with the power promised to the faithful and obedient will the Enemy flee with his tail between his legs. And he will. Remember the promise:

"Submit yourselves, then, to Elohim (God). Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to Elohim (God) and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Master, and He will lift you up" (James 4:7-10, NIV).

Did you suppose that verses like these were not for you, but just for missionaries in dangerous environments? Think again. Everywhere is now a potentially dangerous environment. The post-war peace in the West is practically over. Just read the headlines in the media and it should be obvious. Get ready for combat.

According to Lindsey William's insider, the financial collapse, at least, will be delayed so long as President Trump is in office. They believe he will win a second term, if he survives. They mean to get rid of him by every means possible. If they can't impeach him, they will assassinate him. So the collapse could be anytime from now to six years' time. Nevertheless, you eyes should not be on Trump but on Yah'shua (Jesus), even if you should uphold him, and others like him, in your prayers as they confont the hounds of hell..

Now to the point and what my message to you today is chiefly about. Over the years I have preached extensively about the Spirit of Elijah. To remind you of the salient scripture at the end of the Tanakh (Old Testament):

"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the navi (prophet) before the coming of the great and terrible day of Yahweh. And he will restore (turn) the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse" (Mal.4:5-6, NASB).

One of the great casualties of the gender wars that Satan has waged in recent decades is the credibility and trustworthiness of manhood and fatherhood. There is a relentless attack on males by third-wave ultra-feminists and feminazis. They have even mutilated this passage in many modern versions, substituting "fathers" for "parents" (e.g. NRSV, NLT).

Emet (truth) is a casualty of modern political correctness, even in Christian circles. When Yahweh inspired Malachi to write these words, He knew what main form Satan's attack would take on gender and patriarchy. The alienation of children from their fathers is greater than perhaps at any time before in history and that is why a restoration of hearts towards the fathers is essential in any kind of overall establishment of the Remnant. And though motherhood is under attack too, as the modern socialistic state seeks to gain full control over, and ownership of, children, mothers still have a greater say than fathers as a rule in Western nations.

Of course, the restoration of all parental relationships is important, but without the father in his proper place, the family cannot survive the storms that are coming. The land is under a curse when fatherhood is destroyed, just as it is because of sexual sinning (e.g. Jer.23:10). And the land of our nations is most definitely under a curse because of these things.

The Ruach Eliyah or Spirit of Elijah is, however, much more than restoring hearts and right relationship in divine tavnith (pattern). There is another aspect of its restoration that is essential. If you did not attend, or ever read, my 6-part series of sermons on the Spirit of Elijah, I would encourage you to do so [1] as these, and other sermons, extensively cover this important subject.

Along the path of my message today I have been dropping hints as to the necessity of divine power in the end time. Elijah-nevi'im (prophets) must arise again with the anointing not only to turn hearts but to also execute judgment by bringing down fire from heaven. For some reason, the vast majority of Christians think that this kind of prophetic ministry belongs only to the remote past and has no use in the New Covenant. They could not be more mistaken.

I would hesitate to even mention this myself were it not for personal experience in this kind of ministry for it is hard to break out of a mindset that the majority has had drummed into it for so long. The emphasis has been on Yah'shua (Jesus) the Lamb, which we are to imitate in the display of grace or undeserved loving kindness toward men and women. This was, and is, the tenor of the Saviour's message and conduct in His first coming. It's the 'natural' state, as it were.

Not so the Second Coming, nor indeed the end of the end of days when the Remnant must deal with the seven-headed Dragon manifested in its full power. As I have said, Yahweh always causes His qodeshim (saints, set-apart ones) to 'spiritually upgrade', as it were, to meet new conditions. And though Satan was no less murderous anciently than he is today, this is also a peculiar age, an age of Judgments. Of course, Judgments have been sent in every age, but no Elijah-kind of power has been seen for a very, very long time. What mandated it was an age of particular lawlessness and apostacy. That kind of time is rapidly upon us again. It's not 'natural' and is only called upon in emergencies. Judgment is for emergencies. Yah'shua (Jesus) the Lion is Yah'shua (Jesus) come for Judgment.

Such Elijah-power Yahweh cannot bestow on the undisciplined, and discipline cannot be learned in any school save that of the trials and vicissitudes of a hard life itself. Yahweh will not bestow such power on the reckless and irresponsible, and certainly not upon the lawless and disobedient. The only candidates for such power are the fully submitted whose hearts have been turned to their Heavenly Father and are in perfect alignment. Such power belongs only to the fully surrendered.

One who has the Spirit of Elijah is an Elijah, his name meaning 'Yah is my El (God)'. Literally, and not just in name. If Yahweh is our Elohim (God), then we are His - lock, stock, and barrel, and have no other interest, desire or purpose other than to carry out His will. Elijah was a Tishbite, from Tishbe in East Manasseh, on the east side of the River Jordan. Who are the descendants of East Manasseh today? Which nation is one of the most disciplined in the world? The Germans, and in particular the north Germans - the Prussians who were famous for their discipline, industriousness, honesty, and sense of honour.

You need something of that character to operate in this aspect of the Spirit of Elijah. Needless to say such character has come under relentless assault, both in its corruption for evil as well as in its emasculation by the spirit of liberalism. It is for this reason that from a very young age Yahweh drew me into a study, and appreciation, of these people.

The other aspect of the Spirit of Elijah is very much the province of East Manasseh's counterpart, West Manasseh, or today's Americans. Together they represent the fullness of the Spirit of Elijah, with Ephraim or the British the third part in the triangle, representing balance, fairness and rulership. These 'sons of Joseph' always work best together, a reason the Enemy has striven to keep them apart and at enmity with one another. They are the leading tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, with Benjamin. Their glory has now gone, or nearly gone, and some of the smaller tribes are going to rise to prominence in the end times.

The apostle Paul said:

"...Elohim's (God's) judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of Elohim (God), for which you are suffering. Elohim (God) is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Master Yah'shua (Jesus) is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful malakim (angels). He will punish those who do not know Elohim (God) and do not obey the Besorah (Gospel) of our Master Yah'shua (Jesus). They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Master and from the majesty of his power on the day He comes to be glorified in his qadosh (holy, set-apart) people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you" (2 Thess.1:5-10, NIV).

Whilst our personal pay-back comes at His return, Elijah-nevi'im (prophets) are nevertheless needed for the execution of judgments in the meantime. To these is given fire which burns the adversaries to dust. There will be Carmel contests to come and the judgment of kings' armies, if they are so foolish as to come and try to seize an Elijah-navi (prophet) or touch that which is His. Moses was such an Elijah-navi (Jesus), was was Elisha, and John the Baptist and of course Yah'shua (Jesus) Himself. The Enemy does nmot want to tangle with these men unless they are tired of living and are indifferent to eternity's condemnation.

I know what I have experienced, even though it's been a few years, so I have a good idea of what's coming. In the meantime, we are in the business of heart-turning to the cross through the power of the Saviour's ahavvah (love). May we all be blessed to that end, and the Elijah-nevi'im (prophets) to theirs. Amen.

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