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The Final Gathering
9. The Time-Scale
It is obviously of great importance to know when all of these things are going to take place. No man knows the exact time Christ will return but we do know that there are those alive today who will most certainly witness that return. We are talking, therefore, of a time-span of
no more than one generation, perhaps 50 years or thereabouts at the most. Furthermore, it is important for people to know that the end-time Antichrist is
already here awaiting his hour.
Within the next 15-20 years we expect to have started hundreds small NCCG Local Colonies around the world and dozens of MLT Proto-Firstborn Colonies. The latter will be particularly important in training families in not only how to live together but also how to prepare to be self-sufficient and to gather all the materials and technologies necessary to build the 12 Firstborn Colonies, a task that will have to be done very quickly just before the Tribulation begins.
What signs will there be to indicate that the Antichrist is about to seize global control? Obviously this is important otherwise those who are preparing to gather will be caught unawares and it will then be too late. In addition to the prophecies in the Bible the Body of Messiah has also been blessed with many modern-day prophets and prophetesses who have seen visions of the end-time and received revelations. At the same time, there are also many false prophets and prophetesses whose end-time visions and revelations are in wide circulation and are being used to prop up many of the false teachings that have been described in this book. False prophets are by no means new and there are countless warnings about them in the Bible. Not surprisingly many - if not most - of the false prophets are not only failing to live all of Yahweh's commandments but are openly condemning the true prophets. And the fact that they are not living the commandments is evidence enough that they do not possess the Ruach haQodesh (Holy Spirit), for such is only a fruit of those walking in the true Path or Way (Ac.24:14). It is the responsibility of all true Christians and Messianics to carefully test all those claiming to be prophets because there are legions of false ones out to misled - deliberately or ignorantly - Yahweh's chosen ones. If Satan cannot attack a believer directly he will use delaying tactics - getting them off the Way by believing in false prophets who will, amongst other things, convince the saints of such false end-time doctrines as the pre-tribulation rapture. I have seen many of these prophecies which outwardly look like the genuine article yet they are of the flesh or of demons and not of the Ruach.
Yah'shua (Jesus) and the apostles are most particular about warning believers about false end-time prophets. Listen to this particular prophecy by Christ (which includes the warning about persecution):
"As Yah'shua (Jesus) was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Yah'shua (Jesus) answered: "Watch out that no-one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of
wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth-pains. "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will
betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and
then the end will come" (Mt.24:1-14, NIV, emphasis added).
Notice that the "you" refers to
all Christians, not just those supposedly left behind after a pre-tribulation "rapture". But especially note that there would be
many false prophets. But Yah'shua (Jesus) says far more:
""So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation', spoken of through the prophet Daniel - let the reader understand - then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no-one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no-one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until now - and never to be equalled again. If those days had not been cut short, no-one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, `Look, here is the Christ!' or, `There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect - if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, `There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, `Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. "Immediately after the distress of those days "`the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and
they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other" (Mt.24:15-31, NIV, emphasis added).
This passage of scripture is so jam-packed with information about the last days that it is amazing that so many Christians even now have been tricked by the false prophets today. Firstly, the only direction about what to do is given to the Judeans - that is, the Jewish believers who are alive at this time - and that is to flee to the mountains. Many modern prophets have had visions of others in other parts of the world likewise fleeing to the mountains.
This will be a dreadful time and the Saviour has deep concern for those forced to flee either in winter or on the Sabbath. Note that - the Sabbath law will still be in force at the end-time! Otherwise, why would He warn them of the consequences of breaking it? The distress of that time will be incomparable with any other time in history - every terror that has occurred before will seem timid. Genghis Khan, Hitler, Mao Tse-tung, Pol Pot, Stalin, will all seem puny in comparsion to the evil stature and works of the Antichrist. Moreover, without divine intervention, Yah'shua (Jesus) warns us, the world would indeed be destroyed and everybody on it, much as the Seventh-day Adventists wrongly predict. Under some quite extraordinary circumstances a prophet who did not know me or even where I lived was given in a vision my email address and shown myself and two other leaders in NCCG and wad told by Yahweh that the days were even now being shortened for the sake of the elect (Olive Branch, NC&C 448 - also see 40:13; 155:58-59,76-77; 278:22-23.)
He warns us to pay no attention to men on earth like the Korean Sun Myung-Moon (founder of HSAUWC and Unification Church - recently renamed) or Maitreya (Indian New Age miracle-worker with British false prophet Benjamin Creme) who are claiming to be the "Christ" or "Lord of the Second Advent" for Yah'shua (Jesus) will not come back as a mere mortal born of a woman: He will return in much power and drama "as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west" - He will be seen by all simultaneously
in the sky like a bolt of lightening. Observe that there is only
one return of Christ and that it will begin in the sky - it won't be divided into two parts: Part 1 in the sky for a secret rapture before the rapture and Part 2 for a visible return later - it all happens
at the same time.
Finally, notice that the returning Christ will gather the elect from two places: (1) from the four winds (that is, the 12 international firstborn colonies), and (2) from one end of the heavens to the other (the rest of the 144,000 in Paradise or Heaven).
Many scriptorians have been baffled by what Yah'shua/Jesus next says:
""Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened" (Mt.24:32-33, NIV).
They have concluded that either Yah'shua (Jesus) issued a false prophecy (thinking that He would return within one generation) or that He actually
did return within that generation, viz. when he appeared after His resurrection or shortly thereafter.
This puzzle is not a hard one to solve for those who have the Spirit but those who try to interpret by the flesh can only come to these two erroneous conclusions. For if Yah'shua/Jesus issued a false prophecy then the whole Gospel message is bunkum. Someone who has the Spirit will know that the Master was
not a false prophet so there must be another explanation.
If Yah'shua (Jesus) has already returned then practically everything else He said about the conditions that would prevail upon His return were wrong, so He is a false prophet either way. At least, someone who is of the flesh would come to that conclusion. If He is not a false prophet and if he has not already returned, what then is the explanation? This is one of the many supposedly "enigmatic" passages of scripture deliberately inserted to separate those who are of the Spirit from those who are of the flesh, and only the former will obtain the revelation behind His words.
Many of the passages we have been examining have to do with 'Jerusalem' and its environs since that was what principally interested Yah'shua's (Jesus') questioners. He alludes to the mourning of the Israelite tribes in Zecharaiah 12:10-12 but which is further expanded in Revelation 1:7 and John 19:37 though with the emphasis being on the elect or firstborn of the last days. But what of those outside Jerusalem and more generally around the world? What can we expect to see? To answer these questions in more detail we must turn to modern-day prophets.
In 1968 a 90 year old Norwegian Christian prophetess saw a long vision of the end-times. What is particularly interesting about it is that all that has happened in the intervening years since 1968 has been fulfilled to the letter. In the concluding part of her vision she describes the following:
"People from poor countries will pour into Europe. They will also come to Scandinavia and Norway. The people will not be happy about them being in their countries and will treat them badly. More and more they will be treated as the Jews were before the war. Then our sins will have ripened in iniquity. This will be right before Yah'shua (Jesus) returns - and the Third World War breaks out.
"It will be a short war. All of the wartime conditions which I have already lived through [Second World War] will be like a game compared to this one. It will start like an ordinary [conventional] war, but it will then spread, and will be concluded with atomic bombs. The air will become polluted so that it is impossible to breathe it, and it will cover several continents: America, Japan, Australia - the rich nations. The water supply will be destroyed. It will be impossible to farm the earth there. The result will be that few living things will survive in those areas. Those who survive in the rich nations will try to emmigrate to the poorest countries, which are not harmed, but they [the poor nations] will treat us in the same way we treated them and will not be willing to accept us. I am glad that I am not going to experience this, but when this time approaches, you must receive what I have said, and travel round warning and telling the people of what I have seen" (translated from Norwegian by the author).
The details of some of the things this Norwegian prophetess saw have been confirmed by others who did not know of each other. An American prophetess received a similar warning of the destruction of the United States and saw American refugees pouring into South America and Canada (Olive Branch, NC&C 1; 202). Considering the way impoverished South America has been treated by her rich neighbour in the north, it is hardly surprising that US citizens will not receive a warm welcome, especially in lands that are already poor by comparison.
In the earlier vision of the end-times already cited we saw how after the four tornadoes (destruction from all quarters) the antichrist forces would start rounding up citizens to mark them and begin beheadding those who refuse to receive the mark. We may deduce, therefore, that the end-time Tribulation will occur shortly before or shortly after this Third World War, more likely the latter, for dictatorships invariably arise only in conditions of chaos - economic or military. It was though such chaotic times that nazism became established in Germany and communism in Eastern Europe and China. It is not hard to envisage an end-time scenario of the Antichrist offering peace and order after a ghastly war in which nuclear weapons are used and vast areas of the planet are destroyed. And as we have seen, it is largely the rich areas of the world which are worst affected. Details of conditions in specific nations are frequently revealed to prophets from those nations. And more will be revealed nearer the time to those who are living close to the Spirit so that they may be prepared in advance. Knowing the general scene is, however, important, especially in connection with the end-time cities of refuge that are to be built.
There is therefore much to learn and much to do. This is no "ordinary" gathering that is being - and will be - effected and no "ordinary" harvest-time, for we are not principally out to harvest souls from amongst the masses (though we shall be doing this also) but to harvest the true Christians and Messianics from the purely symbolic ones. Such a work has never been done before and will never be done again. The "New Covenant Church of God" and "Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon" will effectively disappear once the Tribulation begins (though not the Holy Order/Chavurat Bekorot) though some members may well survive for a time whilst continuing their witness of Christ. But what will the remnant of the 144,000 being during during the 7 Year Tribulation whilst their brethren of the "great multitude" are being martyred? That is an important question that needs answering.
Glossary of MLT Hebraic, Greek and English Terms For other terms and full details please see the Micropedia
A
Adon(ai) = Master, a pagan fertility god, Adonis; used by many Messianics but not MLT
(a)eon(ian) = 7 dispensation- or age-long time periods, not forever (see le-olam-va-ed)
Alef-Tav = Alpha-Omega, A-Z, first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet = Yah'shua
Amen = truly, let it be so, written Amein by some Messianics
Apocrypha = Hebraic Scriptures not a part of the Protestant canon (e.g. Baruch)
Anti-Messiah = Hebraic term for the end-time Antichrist or anyone opposed to the Messiah
antinomian = lawless Christian who disregards all or part of Torah/commandments
Ashkenazi Jew = East European Jew descended from the Turkic-Japhethite Khazars
Assembly = church, congregation, ekklesia, community, fellowship, koinonia, gathering
Azazel = the Yom Kippur scapegoat
B
Baal, Ba'al = any other master than Yahweh, usually demonic in MLT terminology
Bachor(im) = firstborn son(s)
Bar/Bat Mitzvah = Son/Daughter of Commandment, covenant to obey Torah at age 12
being = soul, the whole person (spirit and body), e.g. "my whole being"
Beit, bet, beth = house, e.g. Beit Yisrael (House of Israel), Beth Lechem (House of Bread)
Beit haMikdash = Yahweh's Temple in Yerushalayim
B'rit Chadashah = the New Covenant; B'rit Chadashah Scriptures = New Testament
B'rit Milah = circumcision - abolished in the B'rit Chadashah, replaced by Mikvah
C
canon = authoritative Scripture (Heb. qaneh, Gk. kanôn = measuring instrument)
Catechumen = a serious, covenanted investigator seeking Mikvah or Baptism in MLT
Chag haMatzah = Feast of Unleavened Bread, second of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Chavurat Bekorot = MLT's Priesthood Order, Holy Order and Assembly of the Firstborn
Cohen = priest; Cohen Gadol = High Priest (also spelled Kohen)
Council of Yah's elohim = the heavenly Assembly of the Firstborn or Chavurat Bekorot
D
demon = fallen malek or angel in rebellion against Yahweh (Heb. shad; see Êl-Shaddai)
derech = the Way, Path or Road - Yah'shua and the Gospel are the Way
Drash = moral or homiletic interpretation of Scripture - see PaRDeS
E
Echad = One, Union of two or more in one (as opposed to Yachid) - see Elohim
Echad Godhead Doctrine = Father Yahweh, Son Yah'shua and Sevenfold Ruach (Mother)
Êl, Eloah, Elah = God the Father, Yahweh
Êl-Elyon = Most High God, Yahweh
Êl-Shaddai = Master/Lord over all shads or demons
Elohim = God, the Godhead (Father, Son & Holy Spirit), lit. 'Mighty One(s)', 'Ruler(s)'
elohim = Israelite judges, rulers, angels or gods (false deities, idols, demons)
emunah = faith, actively trusting, clinging or adhering to (especially Yahweh or Yah'shua)
emet = truth, Yah'shua is the Emet
Ephraimite = descendant of the patriarch Ephraim and head of Messsianic Israel
F
Feasts of Yahweh = the 7 annual Moedim (Pesach, Chag haMatzah, Yom haBikkurim, Shavu'ot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot)
G
Gan-Eden = Garden of Eden, Paradise and state of the purified heart in Messiah
goy(im) = nation(s), Israelites or gentiles not born in or converted to the Covenant
H
hallelu-Yah = praise Yah(weh)!
Heylel = proper name of Satan or haSatan = the Adversary, the devil
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Hochmah = Wisdom, title of the 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
I
IDL = International Date Line, false man-made time division in Pacific Ocean
IDL Zone = Area between the true Divine Date Line (Lake Van/Eden) and the false one
Israeli = citizen of the modern Edomite-Khazar Republic of Israel (not Biblical Israel)
Israelite = citizen of biblical state of Israel or a modern follower of the Messiah
J
Jew = post-biblical term describing descendants of Edomite and Khazar converts to Judaism
Johannine = pertaining to the Apostle Yochanan (e.g. Gospel of John)
Josephite = descendant of the patriarch Joseph, the head of Messianic Israel
Judahite = a person in direct descent from the patriarch Judah, forefather of the Messiah
Judaism = a Talmudic-based religion rejecting Yah'shua the Messiah
Judean = a citizen of the Kingdom or Province of Judah until the 2nd Century diaspora
K
Kadosh la Yahweh = set-apart or dedicated to Yahweh, 'Holiness to the Lord', MLT motto
Karaites = Jews (from 700 AD) who reject the Talmud and accept only the Tanakh
kashrut = keeping kosher, food laws of Yahweh and correspinding lifestyle
Ketuvim = Writings or Hagiographa of the Tanakh
Khazar = a Turkic convert to Judaism ~700 AD forming the Ashkenazi Jewish community
kosher = clean foods authorised by Yahweh for human consumption
L
Lashon Hara = evil-speaking, gossip or slander
legalism = false route to salvation through works (self-salvation)
le-olam-va-ed = dispensation- or age-long, aeonian, not eternal, forever or for eternity
Lev = heart, as in Lev-Tsiyon = heart of Zion
Lev-Tsiyon = Heart of the Fortress [of Yahweh], Hebrew name of MLT's founder
M
Master = Lord, Sir, Adon(ai) - (one in authority, a ruler - a king, husband, prophet, judge)
Malak(im) = Angel(s), heavenly supernatural messenger(s)
manna = wafers of honey, bread from heaven (lit. 'what is this?')
matzah = unleavened bread, see Chag haMatzah
Menorah = 7-armed candlearbra = the 7 annual Moedim and 7-fold Ruach haQodesh
Messiah = Christ; Anti-Messiah = Antichrist
Messianic Community = Body of Christ, sum total of all true believers; all true fellowships
Messianic Israel = all who worship Yahweh, trust in Yah'shua, obey Torah and overcome
Messianic Jew = Messianic convert from Judaism still clinging to Talmudic traditions
Midrash = aggadic interpretation of scripture viâ Drash, a scriptural discussion
Mikvah = baptism by immersion of convert into Yah'shua or of wife into husband
Mishpachah = family: nuclear, congregational, tribal or the whole of Messianic Israel
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon = family of the heart of the fortress [of Yahweh]
Mishpat = right-ruling or judgement
mitzvah/mitzvot = commandment(s)
moed(im) = appointment(s) of Yahweh, 7 Annual Feasts, Sabbath and Rosh Chodesh
N
Nefilim, Nephilim = giant offspring of materialised demons and human women
Nevi'im = prophetic writings of the Old Testament or Tanakh
New Birth = spiritual conversion in the Ruach haRishon, being 'born again' with new heart
Nidah = a woman's menstruation period during which no intercourse is permitted
O
Olive Branch = collection of revelations, prophecies and visions published by MLT
P
Paraclete = Comforter, Advocate (NEB), Counsellor, Ruach haQodesh (Gk. paraklêtos)
PaRDeS = method of textual interpretation (homiletics) - see P'shat, Remez, Drash, Sod
Patriarch = a father who is head of his family, clan or tribe (lit. 'father-ruler')
Pentateuch = first five books of the Tanakh (Genesis-Deuteronomy), also called Torah
peribolaion = headcovering worn by daughters/wives in submission to fathers/husbands
Pesach = Passover, first of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Peshitta = an Aramaic version of the Bible
Prototrinitarianism = early, simplified MLT formulation of the Echad Godhead Doctrine
Prush(im) = Pharisee(s)
Pseudepigrapha = Non-canonical Hebrew writings additional to the Apocrypha
P'shat = literal, contextual, philological, exoteric, outer meaning of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Q
Qadosh Qadoshim = Holy of Holies, most sacred set-apart room of the Beit haMikdash
Qodesh, Kodesh = set-apart, holy (see Ruach haQodesh)
R
Rabbi = Teacher, term used by Messianic Jews and some Messianic Israelites = Pastor
Refuge, the 12 Cities of = divinely protected MLT fortresses during the 7-year Tribulation
Remez = hint or allegorical level of Hebraic understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Rosh Chodesh = monthly New Moon appointment of Yahweh
ruach = spirit of a person (lit.'breath')
Ruach Elohim = Spirit of God (the Spirit of the collective Godhead or Elohim)
Ruach haChamashee = 5th Ruach presides over Yom Teruah and Yom Chamashee
Ruach haQodesh = the Sevenfold Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (lit. 'Set-Apart Breath')
Ruach haRevee = 4th Ruach presides over Shavu'ot, Yom Revee and Bar Mitzvah
Ruach haRishon = 1st Ruach presides over Pesach, Yom Rishon and the New Birth
Ruach haShanee = 2nd Ruach presides over Chag haMatzah and Yom Shanee
Ruach haSheshi = 6th Ruach presides over Yom Kippur and Yom Sheshi
Ruach haShleshi = 3rd Ruach presides over Yom haBikkurim, Yom Shleshi and Mikvah
S
Sabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)
Satan = rebel archangel Heylel, father of lies, devil, chief demon (lit.'Adversary')
Sephardic Jew = West European Jew of mixed blood containing many Judahites
Septuagint = Greek translation of the Tanakh, LXX
Shegal haShabbat = 7th Ruach (Sabbath Queen) presides over Sukkot and Yom Shabbat
Shekinah = Divine Presence and Glory of Yahweh-Elohim
Set-apart = holy, sanctified, consecrated, dedicated, separated (to and by Yahweh)
Shabbat-Shabbaton = High Sabbath (e.g. Yom Kippur)
Shalom = heavenly peace, standard Hebraic greeting invoking Yahweh's peace
Shamash(im) = servant(s), deacon(s), attendant(s)
Shavu'ot = Pentecost or Weeks, fourth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Sheol = grave or pit, euphamism for Hades or hell - also see Tartarus
shofar = ram's horn, blown during Yahweh's Moedim
simcha = joy, keynote of Sukkot
Sod = mystical, anagogic, inner or esoteric understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeS
Sukkot = Tabernacles or Booths, seventh of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Synagogue = Greek word used by Jews and Messianics (but not MLT) for a meeting house
T
talmid(a) = male/female disciple or student
Talmud = scriptures, teachings and commentaries belonging to non-Messianic Judaism
Tanakh = acronym for Old Testament Scriptures - Torah, Nevi'im & Ketuvim
Tartarus = place of imprisonment under the earth for rebellious angels and Nephilim
teshuvah = repentance, remorse and contrition leading back to Torah obedience
Torah = Yahweh's teachings or Law; New Covenant Torah includes Yah'shua's teachings
Tribulation, the Great = the final 7 years of the present aeon when Anti-Messiah rules
Trinity = Catholic Godhead formula - see Echad Godhead Doctrine and Prototrinitarianism
Tsiyon = Zion, a fortress, a name of Jerusalem and a prominent hill
Tzitzit/Tizitziyot = tassel(s) worn by men in remembrance of Torah
U
Universalism = salvation of all at the cosmic Yovel, with different rewards and punishments
Y
Yachid = one, single person or item, as opposed to Echad (many in one, unity)
Yah'shua the Messiah = Jesus Christ (the Son)
Yahudah = Judah - see Judahite
Yahweh, Yah, YHWH = the true Name of our Heavenly Father, also carried by Yah'shua
Yahweh-Elohim = LORD God (the Father, Yahweh as Head of the Godhead or Elohim)
Yahweh haQatan = the sent Yahweh = Yah(weh)'shua, Malak of Yahweh's Presence
Yam Suf = Sea of Reeds, the true Israelite Exodus water crossing, not the Red Sea
Yarden = Jordan River (lit. 'meanderer')
Yerushalayim = Jerusalem
Yisrael = Israel (lit. 'ruling with Êl') = true believers under the New Covenant
Yom Chamashee = 5th day of the week (Thursday, Friday in IDL Zone)
Yom Din, Yom haDin = (the) Day of Judgement
Yom haBikkurim = Feast of Firstfruits, third of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Revee = 4th day of the week (Wednesday, Thursday in IDL Zone)
Yom Rishon = 1st day of the week (Sunday, Monday in IDL Zone)
Yom Kippur = Day of Atonement, sixth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yom Shabbat = 7th day of the week and Sabbath Rest (Saturday, Sunday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shanee = 2nd day of the week (Monday, Tuesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Sheshi = 6th day of the week (Friday, Saturday in IDL Zone)
Yom Shleshi = 3rd day of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday in IDL Zone)
Yom Teruah = Day of Trumpets, fifth of the annual feasts of Yahweh
Yosef = Joseph - see Josephite
Yovel = Jubilee or Year of Jubilee
Z
Zaqen(im) = elder(s) of an assembly or congregation, or senior members of a community
Zoë Life = Greek term for spiritual life in the Messiah
Commonly Used MLT Abbreviations
For additional abbreviations and explanations, please see the Micropedia
A
Amp.V(er). = Amplified Version of the Bible
Aram. = Aramaic
AV = Authorised Version of the Bible - see KJV
B
BCAY = B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh - see NCCG
BoA = Books of Abraham (e.g. 1Abr., 2Abr., etc.)
C
cp, cf = compare with
CB(Q) = Chavurat Bekorot
CEV = Contemporary English Version of the Bible
ch. = chapter
CJB = Complete Jewish Bible
CLNT = Concordant Literal New Testament
CYe = Council of Yah's elohim
E
Eng. = English
F
ff. = and onwards/forwards
fn = footnote
G
Gk. = Greek
GNB = Good News Bible - see TEV
H
Heb. = Hebrew, Hebraic
HEM = Holy Echad Marriage, eternal marriage
HO = Holy Order - see Chavurat Bekorot
HOC = Holy Order Collection of revelations - see OB
HRV = Hebraic-Roots Version of the Bible
I
ibid. = ibidem (lit. 'in the same place'), referring to a book previously cited
ICJC = Independent Church of Jesus Christ, earlier name of NCCF
ISRV = Institute for Scripture Research Version of the Bible
J
JB = Jerusalem Bible
JBP/Phillips = J.B.Phillips translation of the New Testament
JNT = Jewish New Testament
K
KJV = King James Version of the Bible - see AV
L
LB = Living Bible
lit. = literally or literature
LXX = Septuagint, Greek translation of the OT
M
MLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon
Moff. = Moffatt translation of the Bible
MRC = Messianic Renewed Covenant Version of the NT
MS(S) = Manuscript(s)
N
NASB, NASV = New American Standard Bible/Version
NC&C = New Covenants & Commandments - see OB
NCCF = New Covenant Christian Fellowship, earlier name of NCCG
NCCG = New Covenant Church of God, earlier name of MLT - see BCAY
NCP = New Covenant Press, publishing arm of MLT
NCW = New Covenant Witness, MLT magazine
NEB = New English Bible
NIV = New International Version of the Bible
NKJV = New King James Version of the Bible
Nor. = Norwegian
NT = New Testament, B'rit Chadashah
NWT = New World Translation of the Bible, unreliable Jehovah's Witness version
O
OB = Olive Branch - see NC&C
op.cit. = opere citato (lit. in the work cited)
OT = Old Testament, Tanakh
P
p(p). = page(s)
pl. = plural - see s.
PWNC = Prophetic Words of the New Covenant, revelation cataloging system - see OB
Q
QED = quod erat demonstrandum (lit. which was shown to be proved)
R
RCF = Restoration Christian Fellowship, earlier name of ICJC
RhQ = Ruach haQodesh, Holy Spirit
RSTNE = Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition of the Bible
RSV = Revised Standard Version of the Bible
RV = Revised Version of the Bible
S
s. = singular - see pl.
S&G = Smith & Goodspeed Version of the Bible
T
TEV = Today's English Version of the Bible - see GNB
V
Vulg. = Biblia Vulgata, Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible
W
WEB = World English Bible
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