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    Revelation

    An Introduction

    2010 Rabbi Edward L. Nydle

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    THE REVELATION OF MESSIAH

    Introduction: Part 1

    Rabbi Edward Levi Nydle /Levi bar Ido

    Bnai Avraham

    This is an introduction to the Book of Revelation in the Brit Chadasha. I think it is appropriate that we

    study the words of our Master Yahshua to the seven Messianic congregations in Asia Minor because He is

    referring to teshuvah [Hebrew for return] and over-coming the self/ego. But, before we start we must lay some

    foundations before we can study the Book of Revelation. Let us begin this introduction by opening to Shemot

    [Exodus] 25.40.Elohim is speaking to Moshe and giving him the instructions for the Mishkan or the

    Tabernacle.

    SHEMOTH 25:40 So see1, and do according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.

    When we begin a study in the Book of Revelation we have to be careful not to apply twentieth century

    interpretations to what we find within the text written in the First Century. There is no other book in the Bri

    Chadashah, or the Scriptures that is more misinterpreted than the Book of Revelation. I believe this is

    because people fail to understand how to read it, and also they have attempted to interpret it by disconnectingit from its Hebraic words, references, and roots. When a person does that, we end up with some pretty

    ridiculous interpretations of this Book. The Book of Revelation is a book that is dealing with several things

    on several layers.

    Elohim says to Moshe, See that you do everything according to the pattern. In the Book of Revelation we

    have to recognize the archetypal symbols found in the Book. Archetypal means pattern. Now once we

    understand that we can understand a lot of this Sefer. When Elohim instructed Moshe to make everything

    according to the pattern, I do not believe that he saw in the pattern was what was made in the physical world.

    But rather, he saw on the mount archetypal symbols in which he interpreted into physical realities in this

    world.

    1NOTICE See and do it is very similar to the words of the Zohar it is always See the Talmud says Hear.

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    Let me read a quote first: Time is an accident consequent upon motion and is necessarily attached to it.

    Whenever you have motion you must have time. Neither of them exists without the other. Motion

    [movement] does not exist except in time, and time cannot be conceived by the intellect except together with

    motion. And all that with regard to which no motion can be found does not fall under time.

    Now grasp that concept in order to understand the Book. The concepts that we call time, space, light, mass,

    and energy, are all part of the Creation and may be viewed as reflection of Elohims attributes. Now since we

    find these elements within the physical world of Creation time space light mass energy they must

    have something that corresponds to those concepts in the spiritual realm. This is very important in

    understanding who Elohim is, who we are, what is going to come, and how we are going to get there. And as

    we get into this study you will realize the purpose of the mitzvoth were to bring the spiritual realm into the

    physical. That is the whole purpose of the mitzvoth. So when we observe the mitzvoth only on a physical realm

    and not realizing that truth, we are not fulfilling the true purpose of Torah. If all we are doing is following

    rules we are missing the whole point of the mitzvoth. So without PRDS peshat remez drash sod we

    will never understand the true meaning of the mitzvoth.

    Let us consider some things to begin the study. There exists what is called spiritual time these are events

    not constricted to the linear aspect of time. I could give the example of the Moadim (Feasts) they do not

    follow a linear motion, rather a circular motion, which means they are eternal. They do not travel along time

    so they are actually spiritual time. And many things within the Millennium and the Olam Haba [the world to

    come] should be placed in spiritual time. So we can see then all the arguments over calendars that are actually

    moot because they dont follow linear time anyway.

    We have what is called spiritual space. It is a dimension beyond our own and it includes several places we

    find on the earth that were given to us by Elohim, such as the Mishkan, theByet HaMikdash: the places in this

    physical world that Elohim could exist in a spiritual space. YHWH said, I want to dwell in the midst of you.

    But, we have to understand that Elohim does not dwell in time or space. He has to exist in spiritual space. This

    need for a spiritual space required the making of the Tabernacle according to the pattern in order to provide

    the proper spiritual environment in which Elohim could dwell. The creation of a spiritual space is necessary

    for YHWHs spiritual light to be transmitted to mankind. Just as physical space is needed to give off physical

    light, so in the spirit realm there must be made a spiritual space in which the spiritual light can be transmitted

    Which brings us to the concept of spiritual light. We could say that this:

    Spiritual light is Elohims Word be it the Torah or Moshiach.

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    His Wordand His Will are constant. We are told that the Torah is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto

    my path, therefore the kavod[glory] of the Shekinah of Elohim is usually represented in Scripture as Light.

    We also have the concept ofspiritual mass [not physical mass]. We could say this is any entity be it a

    malak[angel] the Shekinah, and it would also include demons [shadim]. So we could say the spiritual mass

    can manifest physically, but they have spiritual mass.

    This then leads us to spiritual energy. This would be the result of the work done in the spiritual realm by

    spiritual energy. It would be a corresponding spiritual truth to what we know as electricity. So there is a

    spiritual energy that can be released.

    According to the Zohar Shemot Section II 88a:

    Therefore the Sabbath is more precious than all other times and seasons and festivals, because it contains and

    unites all in itself, whereas no other festival or holy day does so. Said R. Hiya: Because all things are found

    in the Sabbath it is mentioned three times in the story of Creation: And on the seventh day Elohim ended his

    work; and he rested on the seventh day; and Elohim blessed the seventh day (Gen. II, 2, 3).

    Since the Shabbat is mentioned three times in the work of Creation [Bereshith], we have three pilgrimage

    feasts known as Sholesh Regulim (Three feet) - Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, which are called Sabbaths and

    relate to the service in the Temple. On those festivals, Yisrael was to go up to Yehrushalyim where the

    physical temple contained the spiritual space for Elohim to dwell. We can find that in Debarim

    [Deuteronomy] 16.16.

    To help us understand the relationship between time and space, we can use the illustration of the game called

    Chess. To be an expert in Chess involves knowing the strategy between space and time. There are 64 squares

    on the board that you may occupy, and time deals with how many moves you are ahead or behind your

    opponent. Chess requires you to think ahead. A good Chess player is thinking ahead of his opponent and is

    thinking in concepts of space and time: example- How many moves is it going to take me to get there? What

    moves will the opponent make? Experienced players of Chess often trade space for time to figure out if it is

    good to give up space in order to buy time. It is all about time and space. Once you begin playing Chess, then

    you understand the dimensions of the game, and understand this concept of space and time. So, the better you

    grasp the concepts of strategies and the dimensions of Chess the better Chess player you can become.

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    In math there are many complex equations that cannot be solved without injecting what is called a fourth

    dimension something beyond x-y-z which corresponds to the three dimensional space. Sometimes

    mathematicians have to inject what is called a fourth dimension in order to solve the equation. And physics

    especially quantum physics, show the relationships between things, energy, mass, time, and space.Albert

    Einstein came up with e = mc squared: energy = mass x the constant speed of light squared. He was one of the

    very first to link energy and mass and the speed of light.

    There have been atomic clocks through through the atmosphere in different directions arriving at the same

    destination at the same moment in time, but when they check the clocks, their times were different. Thus,

    showing that speed through space affected time. That is a known scientific fact. Just because we do not

    understand something does not meant it is not true. It is just that you cannot wrap your mind around it because

    it has not been revealed to you.

    This brings us back to the Shabbat! Shabbat transcends time. The Shabbat is a type of the Millennium

    because the Messianic kingdom is the seventh millennium in time.

    Zohar Shemot II 88a: It contains and unites all within itself. The unique character of the Sabbath i

    expressed in the words: Between Me and the children of Israel. And because the Faith is centered in the

    Sabbath, man is given on this day an additional, a supernal soul, a soul in which is all perfection, according

    to the pattern of the world to come. What does the word Sabbath mean? The Name of the Holy One, the

    Name which is in perfect harmony at all sides.What does the word Shabbat mean? The Name of the Holy

    One, the Name which is in perfect harmony at all sides. And this is based upon the mythical significance of the

    three letters of Shabbat: a shin-bet-Tav.

    Zohar Shemot Section II 205b:The prayer offered by the holy people on the Sabbath is of three parts,

    corresponding to the three Sabbaths, but being in essence only one. [Tr. note: i.e. the Sabbath of the Creation,

    the Sabbath on which the Torah was given, and the Sabbath of the Millennium.]

    From what we have learned thus far we can arrive at the conclusion that spiritual space deals with a physical

    place and a means by which Elohim can reside or dwell among His Creation even though it has fallen.

    Bereshith which starts out with a beta, which means house, or dwelling place. So the whole purpose of

    Creation was to create a house or a dwelling place for Elohim to reside in the lower realms.The Gan Eden was

    a place in which the environment was so that Elohim could walk with Adam in the ruach of the day. [Pay

    attention to that because it will show up in the Book of Revelation.

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    We also knows that this space [Gan Eden] was corrupted by the fall of Adam and Chawah and they were sent

    into the wilderness. They were exiled out of the GanEden in a Diaspora.

    Then Elohims redemption process brought the children of Yisrael to Mount Sinai where He had planned to

    give them immortality. But once again sin corrupted the place the sin of the golden calf. Elohim wishes to

    reside with His people so He gives Moshe the pattern of the Mishkan [Tabernacle] in order to once again

    create this spiritual space within a sinful world where He can reside with His people. We read in Shemot

    concerning the heavenly pattern, and the Zohar says that Elohim made everything in this lower world along

    with the same pattern that is in the upper worlds.

    This brings us to what we all know as spiritual truth revealed by Elohim in His Word: Our body is the

    temple of theRuach HaKodesh, just as much as theMishkan and theBayit HaMikdash. The Tabernacle was

    constructed to pattern the image given by Elohim to Moshe. Mankind is created in the image of Elohim.

    If we study the Temple and we keep the Shabbat then we will gain more revelation of our restoration and

    relationship with Elohim. Rav Shaul said: These things here on the earth are shadows of the things which are

    to come [Colossians]. Since the Temple and the Shabbatare linked together, it is only natural that we would

    find them linked in the Messianic Kingdom [The Millennium] which is the seventh millennium, or the 1,000

    year Shabbat. There is a link between the two because Shabbatis a place in time, and the Temple is a physical

    space with mass BOTH are times that create a dwelling place for Elohim.

    We have to understand the link between space and time, and understand that within the Scriptures there is a

    fifth dimension, a spiritual and moral dimension we could say, that declares the status of good and evil clean

    and unclean profane and holy. What we call a fifth dimension added to the other four. The things here in

    physical time and space are indeed only shadows of the spiritual counterparts in the spiritual realm.

    An interesting quote: a contemporary of Einstein said this in 1908 Space by itself and time by itself are

    doomed to fade into mere shadows. There is also a sixteenth century Jewish saying that says: Time and space

    are one. And there is another ancient saying: from the condensation of the lights were the vessels brought into

    being.

    We are now ready read the first chapter ofHisgalut [Revelation]. You are going to have to read this book

    like you have never seen it before. I do not what you to approach this study with preconceived ideas, concepts,

    or doctrines that you have been taught in the past.

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    REVELATION 1:

    1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah,

    Why is it we always call it the Revelation of St. John? It is the revelation of Yahshua the Messiah.

    which Elohim gave Him [Yahshua] to show His servants what has to take place with speed. And He

    signified it by sending His messenger to His servant Yohanan, 2 who bore witness to the Word of Elohim, and

    the witness of Yahshua Messiah to all he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of

    this prophecy, and guard what is written in it, for the time is near. 4 Yohanan, to the seven assemblies that are

    in Asia: Favor to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits

    that are before His throne, 5 and from Yahshua Messiah, thetrustworthy witness, the first born from thedead,

    and the ruler of the sovereigns of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own

    blood, 6 and has made us sovereigns and priests to His Elohim and Father, to Him be esteem and rule forever

    and ever. Amen. [The Scriptures]

    HISGALUS 1:1 [OJB]-The Hisgalus [Revelation, Appearance, Exposure of what is Nistar (Hidden), Sod

    (Secret), Raz (Mystery) of Rebbe HaMoshiach Yehoshua which asher gave to him to show to his mesharetim

    (servants, klei kodesh, ministers) MAH DI LEHEVE (WHAT WILL HAPPEN, DANIEL 2.28f) the things

    which are destined to take place, and speedily; Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach made it known by sending his

    malak (angel) to his mesharet (servant, klei kodesh, minister) YOHANAN. [AMOS 3.7] 2 Yochanan gave

    solemn edut (testimony) to the Dvar YHWH and to the edut of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, even to all tha

    Yochanan saw. 3 Ashrey (Blessed/Happy) is the one reading and the ones hearing the divrei hanevluah

    (words of [this] prophecy) and remaining shomer regarding what is written in it, for karov (near) is HaYom

    [the time of crisis amd the events related to the Bias HaMoshiach]. 4 Yochanan to the shevat hakehillot

    (congregations) in Asia: Shalom from the One who is [SHEMOTH 3.14], who was, and who is to come

    [YESHAYAHU 41.4], and from the shevat haruchot (seven archangels) which are before YHWHs Kes

    (Throne) [merkavah chariot throne in Shomayim, YECHEZKEL 1.4-28]. 5 And from Rebbe, Melech

    HaMoshiach, the eidus haneeman (faithful witness), the BECHOR (Firstborrn, TEHILLIM 89.28 [27]) OF

    THE Mesim and the Nagid ELYON LMALKHEI ARETZ (Leader, Most exalted of Kings of the earth,

    TEHILLIM 89.27). To the One who has ahavah for us and has freed us [from the Golus of, YESHAYAHU

    59.2; 53.3] peyshaeinu [our transgressions, YESHAYAHU 53.5] by [Geulah redemption

    through the kofer pedut ransom korban of his nefesh [YESHAYAHU 53.10) in the kapporaj atonement of] the

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    dahm [blood] of him, TEHILLIM 130.8; YESHAYAHU 40.2; BERESHITH 22.8; TEHILLIM 89.38;

    YIRMEYAHU 42.5; YESHAYAHU 53.7; SHEMOTH 12.13; VAYIKRA 17.11].

    In the introduction we have spoken of the moadim [festivals], and that they can all be found in the Book of

    Revelation. In fact, with the coming of the High Holy Days it is important that we understand the book of

    Revelation there are references to the day ofHaYom HaKippurim. We find this in:

    REVELATION 6:11 And there was given to each one a white robe, and they were told that they should rest a

    little while longer,

    REVELATION 8:3-5And another messenger [angel] came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer,

    and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the set-apart ones upon the

    golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart

    ones, went up before Elohim from the hand of the messenger. 5 And the messenger [angel] took the censer,

    and filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, and thunders, and

    lightnings, and an earthquake.

    REVELATION 11:19 And the Dwelling Place [Temple] of Elohim was opened in the heaven, and the ark of

    His covenant was seen in His Dwelling Place. And there came to be lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and

    an earthquake, and great hail.

    REVELATION 15:5-8 And after this I looked and saw the Dwelling Place [Temple or Tabernacle] of the

    Tent of Witness [Testimony] in the heaven was opened. And out of the Dwelling Place came the seven

    messengers [angels] having the seven plagues, dressed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded

    with golden bands. And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven messengers seven golden bowls

    filled with the wrath of Elohim who lives forever and ever. And the Dwelling Place was filled with smoke from

    the esteem of Elohim and from His power, and no one was able to enter the Dwelling Place until the seven

    plagues of the seven messengers were ended.

    REVELATION 16:17 And the seventh messenger [angel] poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice

    came out of the Dwelling Place of the heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done!

    We also see some allusions to Sukkot:

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    REVELATION 7:9 After this I looked and saw a great crowd [multitude] which no one was able to count,

    out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,

    dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands,

    REVELATION 7:17because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them and lead them

    to fountains of waters of life [springs of living water]. And Elohim shall wipe away every tear from their

    eyes.

    Now let us go back to the book ofRevelation and look at it verse by verse. The reason I spoke about the

    Moedim is so we can see that this book is not strictly dealing with physical time and space, but rather spiritual

    concepts in which they are alluded to from the Torah.

    First of all the first word:

    The Revelation -Hisgalus an unveiling. This is a revelation fromMoshiach Yahshua to Yohanan. This is a

    revelation givenfrom the Moshiach to Yohanan to be transmitted to the seven assemblies. This, then, puts us

    on two levels of revelation right away. Through Revelation 3 it looks at the seven assemblies and is based in a

    physical world of linear time, because there were seven assemblies in Asia Minor. So this now helps us

    understand that this level of prophecy is the level ofdaat[knowledge] ofYetzirah. Now those familiar with

    the tree of life will understand what I just said. Then in chapter 4 when we see the words that say Come up

    hither, it is a higher level of perception [or revelation]. This is the level ofBeriah where the revelation is not

    limited to time and space and earthly events. Here is where people make some mistakes. Chapter 4 is NOT

    dealing with earthly events, but rather a higher revelation in the spiritual realm in the world ofBeriah [the

    world of Creation]. So it is a higher form of revelation.

    Now daat[knowledge] is directly linked to Tiferet[beauty] which is called The Son, and is the gate ofEme

    [truth]. This Tiferetis associated with the person ofMetatron who is called The Head of Creation and is also

    called The Divine Son of the Father [Chochmah] and the Mother [Binah]. So we have WISDOM

    UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWLEDGE. Wisdom and Understanding come together in the person of the

    Son [Tiferet] which is the gate forEmet[Truth]. That is why Yahshua said, I am the Way the Truth, and the

    Life. Everything has to flow through the Son. In the first few chapters He is seen only on the Yetzirah world

    [the world of formation].

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    The first three chapters concerning the assemblies are in Malkut. Where when He begins to Come up

    hither, it is dealing withBeriah [the world of Creation] whose center is Tiferet. So it is only natural then, when

    he is told to Come up hither, that we see a revelation of the Son or Moshiach! So he ascends from this world

    to that world, and that world then, sends the revelation or revealing of the Son to him. Before that he is dealing

    with this, so this is dealing with looking down upon linear time. You have to become acquainted with this

    outline in order to understand the book, and NOTICE That the Book of Revelation deals extensively with the

    number seven, so we know it is dealing with the lower seven sefirotof the tree.

    Let me just tell you a little bit about Metatron since I dropped the term. He is compared to Yehoshua

    Yahshua - and to Elohim to teach us [Yisrael] the mysteries of the Torah. The Jewish sages say that he

    performs an atoning work for all Yisrael. So this is why we linkMetatron with Yahshua. I just want to

    reinforce this concept and understanding so that we can understand the Tabernacle and the Temple with

    Metatron. Because we are told in the Book ofIvrim [Hebrews] that He is the Cohen HaGadol ministering in

    a heavenly tabernacle. Which means there is a heavenly tabernacle and there was an earthly tabernacle. And it

    says that He couldnt minister in the earthly tabernacle because He wasnt from the right tribe; but because he

    is of the priesthood of Melchizedek he can minister in the heavenly tabernacle.

    Zohar Shemot Section II 143aAnd it came to pass that the tabernacle was reared up, the reference being to

    the other tabernacle to that which was above, namely the tabernacle of the young man Metatron and nothing

    greater. But when the first Temple was completed another Temple was erected at the same time, which was the

    center for all worlds, shedding radiance upon all things and giving light to all the world. Then the world was

    firmly established and all the supernal casements were opened to pour forth light and all the worl

    experienced joy which they had never known before, and every one broke out into song and they san what is

    called The Song of Songs [The song of singers] and the musicians chant to the Holy One, Blessed be He.

    Section 159a Shemot 2:From this we see that the Holy One, Blessed be He, actually gave Moses all the

    arrangements and the shape of the tabernacle, each in its appropriate manner, and that he saw Metatron

    [Yahshua] ministering as the Cohen HaGadol within it.And it may be said that the tabernacle above was not

    erected till the tabernacle below had been completed, that the youth Metatron could not have served above

    before Divine worship had taken place in the earthly tabernacle. It should not be thought however, tha

    Metatron himself ministered. The fact is that the tabernacle belongs to him and Michael it is that serves there

    within Megatons tabernacle. There are two celestial tabernacles; one is the supernal concealed tabernacle,

    and the other tabernacle of Metatron.

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    Then there is a quote from the Zohar Section II 164a that comparesMetatron to Elohim. It says:

    The tabernacle which Moses constructed had Yehoshua for its wakeful and constant guard, for he alone

    guarded it, and was called the young man namely Yehoshua [Joshua] of whom it is said: Yehoshua the son

    of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tent.

    Its very important that you understand they are talking about Joshua the son on Nun, however we take it on

    another level to Yahshua! Later in history it was another young man who guarded it, namely, Shemue

    [Samuel].

    For the tabernacle could only be guarded by a youth. The Temple, however, was guarded by the Holy One

    Himself, as it is written: YHWH guards the city, the watchman waketh but in vain, and who is the watchman?

    The young man Metatron. And you holy saint, you are not guarded as the tabernacle was guarded, but as the

    Temple was guarded namely by the Holy One Himself.

    We have to know that they connectMetatron with atonement.

    MIDRASH RABA Numbers 12.12When the Holy One, Blessed be He, intimated to the ministering angels

    that they also should make a tabernacle. And when the one below was erected, the other one was erected on

    high. The latter was the tabernacle of the youth whose name was Metatron, and therein He offers up the

    souls of the righteous to atone for Yisrael in the days of their exile. The reason then of why it is written the

    tabernacle was because another tabernacle was erected simultaneously with it. In the same strain it says: The

    place for YHWH which thou has made for Yisrael to set up the thee to dwell in, the sanctuary of YHWH which

    thy hands have established.

    And then the Zohar even connectsMetatron with the Rod of Mosheh, saying that this rod is theMetatron

    Theone side of whom comes life, and the other side death. Yahshua says in the Book of Revelation He holds

    the keys of life and death the Keys of David.

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    Now lets go to the second word. The Revelation of Yahshua Messiah. As we said, Tiferet the heart is

    the gate to knowledge and beyond. So remember Tiferetis the gate to everything in the upper sefirot. And then

    we have the foundation of the world right below Tiferet. So Tiferet could be called the foundation of this

    world Beriah. The world ofBeriah serves as the foundation for the world of the supernals. You have to

    understand these concepts. If you do not get it you will miss out on the new Yehrushalyim and about the

    foundation stones.

    Those that are familiar with the tree of life: I want you to study it and look at it, its nothing to be afraid of.

    Its nothing that will run contrary to what is written in the Scriptures.

    Now Tiferetrepresents YHWHs salvation - Yahshua to ALL the world, and salvation extends down that

    center pillar and is known within Jewish circles as Derech HaShem the Path of Elohim - that man can follow

    back in his return to Elohim. Otherwise, in order to have salvation, it must flow through the Son who connects

    all worlds and brings salvation to all worlds, and brings mankind back to the Father. Yahshua said this

    Himself, in Yohanan 1.51, when He called Himself Yaaqobs Ladder. He was acknowledging that HE was

    the salvation for all the world, and in order to have salvation you had to climb Yaaqobs ladder which is the

    Moshiach. The perfect revelation of Elohim has to descend down the ladder of the Son and truly righteous

    person [the tzadik] down here in theMalchutmust ascend the ladder to gain that revelation. So while we are

    climbing up the ladder of the Son Elohim is descending and ascending up the ladder the revelation of Himself.

    Thus Yahshua becomes the perfect revelation of Elohim. This is what the Book of Revelation is all about.

    If you grasp that concept you will grasp the book. If you are looking for black helicopters and frogs and

    demons jumping out of the water, beasts with three heads, four headed beasts, and anti-Christ, and everything

    else, you are missing it! The Book is written to give you a perfect revelation of Elohim that was expressed

    through His Son Yahshua. That is what it is for, that is why it is given to us. It is very similar, and not a hard

    concept to understand, because at Mount Sinai where Elohim was offering the people of Yisrael immortality.

    Elohim came down and the people went up! Moshe was able to go higher than the elders. And the elders could

    ascend higher than the people, showing that there are different levels of revelation. Its very important that you

    understand that. And those down at the lower base of the Mountain were warned not to come any closer,

    because they did not merit that. It would have destroyed them.

    Now when it says: which Elohim gave Him to show His servants what has to take place with speed. Now I

    want you to understand that the revelation of Elohim to Moshiach Yahshua was not something Yahshua

    received while He was walking in this realm among us, because Moshiach is the same yesterday, today, and

    forever, and He has existed beyond time, beyond this physical world. He is eternal. He has existed since the

    foundation of the world. Even the Talmud says the Name of Moshiach a code word, of when we immerse in

    His Name we are speaking of His teachings, authority, and function.

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    TALMUD Pesachim 54a Surely it was taught seven things were created before the world was created, and

    these are: the Torah, Teshuvah, Gan Eden, Gehenna, The throne of Glory, the byet HaMikdash, and the Name

    [authority], the function, the teachings of Moshiach.

    Yahshua, as He was known in this physical realm, is giving Yohanan the revelation that was before Creation.

    Yahshua said that, The entire Torah speaks of Me. So, we could say that all Creation reveals Moshiach. That

    is the purpose of Torah to be the Revelation of Moshiach. In theBrit Chadashah we are told that revelation is

    is the goal of the Torah. If the Torah we are observing does not lead us to the Moshiach we do not know Torah

    Torah, and we are not observing the Torah. You are just observing a black book of rules. Do you understand

    that? The Torah is to be a revelation of Moshiach This is what the book of Revelation was given tous in order to

    to be a revelation of eternal things expressed through the Moshiach. People have taken the book and tried to

    interpret things that are happening today in this physical world by this book. Listen, there have been natural

    disasters since time began, ever since man was exiled from the garden.

    This book was not given to us to interpret the signs of the times, but rather it was given to you to reveal to you

    eternal truths that were manifested through and communicated to us through the Messiah.

    As we begin to depart into this journey, yes, its going to be a little different, yes, it maybe going to rock

    your world. The purpose of this teaching is not to tickle your ears, and not to just give you more data, but

    rather hopefully, through this teaching will impart to you a greater revelation of Moshiach Yahshua, and of

    eternal things that He came to communicate to us.

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    Revelation Introduction: Part 2

    We are going to continue the teaching of The Revelation of Messiah. This will be Part Two of the teaching,

    and it is very important that we gain the correct Hebraic perspective on this very misinterpreted and

    misunderstood book in theBrit Chadashah. In the last chapter we introduced the tree of life, so we just need toreview so that you can gain some more understanding.

    The picture on the previous page represents what is called the Tree of Life. These circles are to represent the

    attributes or characteristics of Elohim. This also is also a representation of the human soul. Since man was

    created in the image of Elohim in follows that man was created with all these characteristics of Elohim within

    the human soul.

    Within the ten Sefirotthere are four worlds:

    The World ofAssiyah the world of action, the physical world.

    The world ofYetzirah the world where formation takes place.

    The world ofBeriah the world of Creation.

    And above that the world ofAtzilut the world of emanation.

    In this world we deal with the lower seven sefirot. The upper three: Chochmah, binah, and keter, are called

    the brain [mochin] of Elohim. They have to flow down into the physical world.

    Now with our understanding with Yahshua as the Messiah, we understand that all wisdom, understanding

    and the invisible sefirah ofdaat[knowledge], and knowing the will [keter] of Elohim has to flow through the

    person of the Messiah the center column, which is represented by the sefirah called Tiferet[beauty].

    Now with that simple review we will continue.

    YOHANAN 14: 5 Toma said to Him, Master, we do not know where You are going, and how are we able to

    know the way? 6 Yahshua said to him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the

    Father except through Me. 7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father too. From now on youknow Him, and have seen. 8 Philip said to Him, Master, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. 9

    Yahshua said to him, Have I been with you so long, and you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen

    Me has seen the Father, and how do you say, Show us the Father? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the

    Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak from Myself. But the Father

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    who stays in Me does His works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, otherwise

    believe Me because of the works themselves.

    In our diagram it is very important that you understand the context that Yahshua is speaking because this is

    the heart [the beauty, the tiferet] of the Good News and it is also the heart of the Book of Revelation. Many

    people think that it is arrogant of those who know the Moshiach to say, No man comes to the Father except

    through Messiah, but with a correct understanding of the tree of life, and understanding that the center

    column is the person of the Messiah, no one can understand the will of the Father, the wisdom of the Father,

    and understanding the knowledge of the Father [to know and have proper knowledge] except through the

    person of the Messiah.

    Wayyiqra 17:14 [page 123 talking about the blood] for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for its life. And I

    said to the children of Yisrael, Do not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Anyone

    eating it is cut off.

    Here we are beginning to gain some understanding of the necessity of the blood of the Messiah.The Sefirah

    called Tiferet or Beauty is also known as the heart. The human heart is the muscle or place that is

    responsible for pumping the life the blood throughout the whole body. This is why we are instructed not to

    eat blood because the life of that animal is in the blood, and if you fail to drain the blood from the meat then

    you will find yourself slowly taking on animalistic characteristics because its life is in its blood. Now since its

    life is in the blood and the heart is responsible for pumping the blood throughout the body, then of course it is

    very important that we understand the role of the Messiah plays in our life is to serve as the vehicle by which

    the life flows through our soul by imparting His blood ( His life) throughout us so that we may become like

    Him..

    YOHANAN 6:54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood possesses everlasting life, and I shall raise him

    up in the last day [the resurrection]. 55 For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. 56 He who

    eats My flesh and drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him.

    Yahshua is not speaking of the physical act of eating His flesh or drinking His blood because that is forbidden

    by the Torah. He is speaking on the sodlevel [the deeper meaning] of the Torah to understand that in order to

    have eternal life you have to possess the Messiah, the heart that pumps the life throughout your body. Now

    the Torah the Word of Elohim is the soul of Elohim.

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    We could say it is the life of Elohim. Elohims will is revealed through the Torah, and His life is revealed

    through the Torah. The Messiah is responsible for pumping the life of the Torah throughout our soul. That is

    why He referred to His flesh and blood because we know that the Torah is the Life of the soul of Elohim, and

    the Life is in the blood. He is the Living Torah, and thus by eating and assimilating the Torah we are attaining

    the Life of the Messiah. BUT Torah alone does not do it! This is why it is so important we must must

    possess Tiferet the Son, for the Torah to be pumped throughout the soul of man. So without Tiferet the Son

    our heart is not beating properly pumping blood to our soul.

    WAYYIQRA 26:11 And I shall set My Dwelling Place in your midst, and My being [soul] shall not rejec

    you. (So He has a soul. Many people struggle with thinking that Elohim has a soul; or else He would not say

    My soul shall not reject you.) 12 And I shall walk in your midst, and shall be your Elohim, and you shall be

    My people.

    YOHANAN 6:53Yahshua therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the

    Son of Adam and drink His blood, you possess no life in yourselves .

    You may be doing the Torah but you are dead.

    So the goal of redemption is to allow the Moshiach the Son of Elohim to pump the life of Torah into us!

    So you see, you cannot separate Messiah and Torah. It is not an either or situation, it is a both situation. You

    need Torah, and you need Messiah in order to possess the Life.

    Revelation 1:1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah, which Elohim gave Him to show His servants what has to

    take place with speed.

    Moshiach is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so this revelation that was given to the Moshiach was

    not something He learned on earth. It was something He already possessed in eternity.

    We know that Moshiach pre-existed, and I need to quote something from a book called ALONG THE

    PATH by Elliot Wolfson. It is very important that we understand that traditional Judaism, especially in the

    mystical schools, linked Elohim as the Creator, and linked Elohim to the Moshiach and the Divine Tzaddik

    The Righteous One. They see them all as One.

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    The seven voices correspond to the seven lower emanations, and the seventh one is the Shekinah [Malchut].

    (Shekinah and Malchut are interchangeable and it is female). Having correlated the seventh voice with the

    Shekinah it is reasonable to possess that the sixth voice corresponds to Yesod [Foundation], and it is (dont be

    offended by this, I am just quoting) the Divine phallic that overflows to the Shekinah.

    Yesodis male and imparts to this world all of the aspects of the upper world. He says:

    If the sixth emanation is indeed Yesod it is significant that the Messiah is mentioned precisely in conjunction

    with this variation the traditional Saviour [Messiah] is identified as the Righteous Tzadik in the Divine

    pluroma, the cosmic pillar or axis. Not only is the Redeemer a nationalist, religious, and political hero, He is

    the element of Elohim that sustains all existence.

    That is exactly what is taught in the Book of Colossians. And from The Mystical Shape of The Godhead by

    Gershom Slochum:

    The Righteous One, the Divine Tzaddik, who is the foundation [yesod] of the world is in the middle between

    Netzach and Hod and emerges from the south of the world. He is the Prince or ruler of both. In His hands He

    holds the souls of all living, for He is the life of this world. And every term of Creation spoken about in

    Scripture takes place through Him.

    Exactly what we believe.

    And of Him it is written, And He ceased from work and rested, for He is the Principal of Shabbat.

    1st

    TIMOTHY 2:5 For there is one Elohim, and one Mediator between Elohim and men, the Man Messiah

    Yahshua,

    Timothy is speaking of Messiah as the Mediator

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    IBRIM 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says, See, the days are coming, says YHWH, when I shall

    conclude with the house of Yisrael and with the house of Yehudah a renewed covenant, 9 for according to the

    covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of

    Mitsrayim, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says YHWH. 10 Because

    this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisrael after those days, says YHWH, giving My laws

    in their mind, and I shall write them on their hearts, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people .

    IBRIM 8:6 (speaking of the renewed covenant) But now He [Messiah] has obtained a more excellent service,

    inasmuch as He is also Mediator of (not a new, but) a better covenant, which was constituted [set as Torah]

    on better promises.

    It is not a new covenant. This is a renewed covenant, but it has much better promises. It does not replace the

    old covenant. It is based on better promises. It is important that we understand that the Messiah is the

    Mediator, because Yohanan in Revelation 1 says that this revelation came through Yahshua as an

    intermediary.

    The Zohar backs that up by saying that Metatron this Messianic mystical figure is the person through

    whom all our prayers pass, and through whom passes everything from heaven to earth! Now I see no conflict

    between traditional mystical Jewish teachings and what we believe as Nazarenes. This knowledge gives me a

    more secure foundation knowing Yahshua is the Messiah. It is only those who do not understand the sod leve

    teaching of the Torah who reject the Messiah or the Torah, because they stay on the Peshat level and have no

    knowledge of the Tree of Life (Kabbalah).

    Let me quote you from the Amsterdam edition of the Zohar from Exodus Volume 2 page 51.

    Genesis 3.24 Keep the way of the tree of life. Who is the way of the tree of life? It is the great Metatron. For

    He is the way to the great tree. Every petition sent to the King must come through Metatron. Every message

    and petition from here below must first go to Metatron, and from thence to the King. Metatron is the

    Mediator...

    Now your eyes can be opened to what Yahshua meant when He said, I am the Way, He said, I am the Way

    to the tree of life. We read in theBrit Chadashah something about Yahshua is the Mediator.

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    ...of all that comes from heaven down to the earth, or earth up to the heavens. (Jacobs ladder). And

    because He is the Mediator over all it is written of Him: the Angel of Elohim which went before the camp of

    Yisrael removed that is before Yisrael which is above. This angel of Elohim is the same of which is written:

    And YHWH went before them.

    So this angel of Elohim which went before the children of Yisrael is YHWH!

    Whoever will speak to Me, says Elohim, shall not be able to do so till he has made it known to Metatron. Thus

    the Holy One, blessed be He, on account of the great love to and mercy with which He has over the assembly

    of Yisrael commits her the defender of Yisrael to Metatrons care for shepherding. [The Great Shepherd].

    What shall I do for Him, Metatron? I will commit my whole house into His hand, henceforth, be you a keeper,

    as it is written The Keeper of Yisrael. [Amsterdam Edition Zohar Vol. 2 page 51 from Exodus Vol. 2]

    On the tree of life, the path fromMetatron Tiferet going to Yohanan passes through the Messiah. What is

    this Book of Revelation? It is a revelation of the tree of life given to Yahshua to give to Yohanan. This secret

    also deals with the 42 letter Name of Elohim, which is associated with Metatron. According to Judaism, this

    42 letter Name was engraved on the rod of Aaron Moshe, and is the rod that budded. Now you know why

    Moshe held that rod in his hand. This rod served as a conductor and would transmit the power of Elohim when

    it would touch something in this physical world. Torah is miraculous. Our faith is based upon miracles. The

    rod can be viewed as a physical representation of the central path of salvation of the tree of life, or Moshiach

    Because Yahshua said, Everything in the Torah is speaking of Me. We know that He is the rod of Moshe,

    the rod of Aaron.So, as we look into the Zohar and other writings of the Jewish mystics we see that all these

    characteristics that we find ofMetatron and Tiferetall point to Yahshua.

    Now there is something in the tefillin that we lay on the hand and the head. The tefillin of the hand is

    representative of theMalchut the world of action. We also place the tefillin on the head, which is Tiferet. So

    in binding our hand and our head together we are unifying this world with the Heavenlies. Our actions are

    connected to our thoughts, and our thoughts are connected to our actions. We are bringing heaven down to

    earth through the tefillin.

    YESHAYAHU 43:3 For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Set apart One of Yisrael, your Saviour, I gave

    Mitsrayim for your ransom, Kush and Seba in your place.

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    YESHAYAHU 54:5 [page 456] For your Maker(s) is your husband (the One who created you is your

    husband), YHWH of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One [the Holy One] of Yisrael is your Redeemer.

    The Holy One of Yisrael is called:

    YHWH of hosts;

    He is the Creator;

    And He is the Saviour and Redeemer.

    He is called the Elohim of all the earth.

    MARK 1: 23 And there was a man in their congregation with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24 saying,

    Ha! What have we to do with You, Yahshua of Natsareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are:

    the Set-apart One of Elohim!

    It is amazing that this unclean spirit knows things that people are blind to. The demons believe that YHWH is

    One and they quake. This demon realized that Yahshua was YHWH, the Holy One of Yisrael.

    YOHANAN 6:68 Then Shim on Kepha answered Him, Master, to whom shall we go? You possess words of

    everlasting life. 69 And we have believed, and we know that you are the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim.

    REVELATION 1:1 Revelation of Yahshua Messiah, which Elohim gave Him to show His servants what has

    to take place with speed.

    This revelation [Hisgulas, or revealing of Messiah] was given to Yohanan to show his servants what was to

    take place. He would impart to those who inquired into the deeper meaning and aspects of Elohim a great

    blessing: that which would come to pass quickly or speedily.

    What is being revealed to you is leading you to the seventh Sabbath, the supernal Shabbat. These things that I

    am showing you are taking us to the seventh Shabbat the seventh millennium the Messianic Kingdom

    This is the age when things are beginning to be put into harmony with Elohim the Messianic Reign. So

    harmony, Tiferet, is the seventh Shabbat.

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    ZOHAR Shemoth II 88a Because all things are found in the Sabbath it is mentioned three times in the

    story of Creation: And on the seventh day God ended his work; and he rested on the seventh day; and

    God blessed the seventh day (Gen. II, 2, 3).

    ZOHAR Shemoth 288b The unique character of the Sabbath is expressed in the words: Between Me and the

    children of Israel. And because the Faith is centered in the Sabbath, man is given on this day an additional,

    a supernal soul, a soul in which is all perfection, according to the pattern of the world to come. What does the

    word Sabbath mean? The Name of the Holy One, the Name which is in perfect harmony at all sides.

    The name of the Shabbatis the Name of the Holy One. Moshiach is the Shabbat.

    Yeshayahu 63: It says, Someone is coming in dyed garments from Botsrah, glorious in His apparel, traveling

    in greatness of His strength. It says, Wherefore are thou red in thy apparel and garments like Him tha

    treadeth in the winepress? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me

    For I will tread them in My anger and trample them in My fury. And their blood shall be sprinkled upon My

    garment, and I will stain all My raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in My heart and the year of My

    redeemed has come. 5 And I looked and there was none to help, and I wondered that there was none there

    upholding them. For My own arm brought salvation for Me, and My fury it upheld Me. 6 And I will tread

    down the people in My anger, and make them drunk in My fury, and will bring down their strength to the

    earth.

    The Zohar tells us that this person who has stained His garments in the blood is Moshiach.

    ZOHAR BERESHITH I 239b-240a He hath washed his garments in wine, even from the time of the

    Creation the reference being to the coming of the Messiah on earth. Wine indicates the left side, and the

    blood of grapes the left side below. The Messiah is destined

    Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 240a to rule above over all the forces of the idolatrous nations

    and to break their power above and below. We may also explain that as wine brings joyfulness and yet typifies

    judgment, so the Messiah will bring gladness to Israel, but judgment to the Gentiles. The spirit of God which

    hovered over the face of the waters (Gen. I, 2) is the spirit of the Messiah, and from the time of the Creation

    he washed his garments in celestial wine.

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    The Zohar tells us who this is the Moshiach and that it was His Ruach that was hovering over the waters in

    Creation.

    When we speak of the coming of the supernal Shabbat or The Messianic Kingdom, we are understanding a

    that it is a reunion of the bride [Yisrael, the Shekinah, this world] with the bridegroom Moshiach. In the

    supernal Shabbat there will come a reunion between the female aspects of this world and Yisrael who is the

    bride of Messiah and the Messiah the bridegroom. We have to understand there has to be a reunification of the

    Name of YHWH. A reuniting the Yud Heh with the Vav Heh( hvhy) into One again. His Name will be

    One throughout all the earth. Which indicates that it is not one right now, so there is something separating the

    male and female role.

    BERESHITH 1:27 And Elohim prepared the man in His image, and in the image of Elohim He prepared

    [created] him a male and a female He prepared them.

    Mankind, who was made in the image of Elohim, originally was male-female. Dont think in physical

    aspects. In the soul man was united as one male and female. We know they were separated, but in marriage

    they could come together and become one again. Which means when Moshiach comes, there has to take place

    a marriage, or a reunification of the bride and the groom.

    ZOHAR II 138aIn fact, whenever Sabbath is mentioned it refers to the eve of the Sabbath (i.e. the

    Shekinah), (This is why we welcome the bride Lechi Dodi come my beloved. We call the Sabbath a queen

    to be united with the King) but when it says the Sabbath day, it denotes the Supernal Sabbath (i.e

    Tiferet).

    In the Scripture where it says Shabbatit is erev Shabbat, but when it says the Sabbath Day it is referring to

    the Supernal Shabbat or Tiferet.

    The former is symbolized by the Female, the latter by the Male. Thus And the children of Israel should keep

    the Sabbath (Ex. XXXI, I6) alludes to the Female, which is the night (layla), and remember the Sabbath

    day (Ibtd. xx, 8) alludes to the Male. Thus the Sabbath here below sings a hymn to the Sabbath above.

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    What we dont understand is that in Hebraic literature one of the sefirot can referred to as an angel

    [messenger or malak]. For example, in a lot of Hebraic literature hodandNetzach are referred to as the host

    of Elohim and the other referred to as the hosts of YHWH, which we think are angels. YHWH Tzavaoth

    YHWH of hosts. But it can also refer to hodandNetzach.

    Nachminodes [Maimondes] referred to as Malchut the Shekinah, and as part of the Creator she is also

    called angel. So Nachminodes even called theMalchutan angel.

    ...who bore witness to the Word of Elohim, and the witness of Yahshua Messiah to all he saw. 3 Blessed is he

    who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and guard what is written in it, for the time is near.

    Now lets go back to verse 2: who bore witness to the Word of Elohim and the witness or testimony of

    Yahshua Messiah to all he saw.

    This revelation that the messenger gives to Yohanan obviously has to be grounded in the written Torah The

    Word of Elohim. This is where many people begin to give off track right in the first chapter, separating

    Hisgaluth revelation from its Hebraic meaning. This revelation has to be found in the Torah. But also this

    revelation is based upon the witness or testimony of Yahshua the Messiah. With a proper understanding we

    know what is known as eschatology within Judaism has the same message as this revelation to Yohanan.

    3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and guard what is written in it, for

    the time is near.

    Hearing and keeping, hearing and keeping, hearing and keeping. Where have we heard that before? Well

    unless we understand the Shema we will not understand what is being said here. It doesnt mean you just

    listen. Hearing Shema means to hear with understanding and obedience. Keeping is Shemar to guard

    protect, observe, and preserve. So this promise of blessing is only given to those who are obedient to the Torah

    and are guarding the Torah. We have to read this hearing and keeping in the context of the Torah, which

    gives us the definitions of these words.

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    Now an interesting quote here in a book called The Dilemma of Jewish Education To Learn and to Do

    Rabbi David Hoffman, the leading orthodox rabbinical authority in Germany (around the turn of the century)

    during his era wrote: The Torah of Yisrael is not only an song in rhetoric which one studies only to understand

    the religion of Yisrael, rather the purpose of Jewish religion is to study and to do. And one who learns and

    does not observe, it would be better if he had not learned.

    In a song by Bob Dylan called , What Good Am I?, Dylan(who is Jewish) says, What good am I if I learn and

    dont do. This is obviously referring to the Torah.

    The Book [Revelation] opens with a blessing upon those who hear and do, and closes with a curse upon those

    who do not hear and do. So blessings for hearing and doing, and curses [Rev. 22] for not doing what you are

    told to do. These serve as bookends the Beginning and the End, and in between this message is to those who

    would hear and do and acquire these blessings.

    REVELATION 3:10 Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard you from the hour

    of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

    14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones, here are those guarding the commands of Elohim and the

    belief [faith] of Yahshua.

    Notice how they are tied together.

    REVELATION 19:15 And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations.

    And He himself shall shepherd [rule] them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the fierceness

    and wrath of El Shaddai [Almighty Elohim].

    What [who] is the wrath coming upon? It is coming upon those who do not hear and do.

    REVELATION 22:14 Blessed are those doing His commands , so that the authority [or right] shall be

    theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.

    I believe this is speaking of the 32 gates of wisdom within the tree of life.

    Now Revelation contains the same thing that is in Devarim [Deuteronomy].

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    DEBARIM 28:1 And it shall be, if you diligently [listen to and] obey the voice of YHWH your Elohim, to

    guard to do all His commands which I command you today, that YHWH your Elohim shall set you high above

    all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you [because you hearken

    and listen], if you obey the voice of Elohim:15 And it shall be, if you do not obey the voice of YHWH your

    Elohim, to guard to do all His commands and His laws [statutes] which I command you today, that all these

    curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

    There is no difference between Devarim and Revelation right in the first chapter. This lays another

    foundational stone for us to understand that this Book is based upon the Torah. In Devarim 30.19 I want you

    to SHEMA HEAR that Moshe calls upon two witnesses to serve as witnesses against Yisrael.

    DEBARIM 30:19 I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set before

    you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life so that you live both you and

    your seed.

    This is all Torah even in Revelation of the two witnesses because the Torah requires that a capital offense

    be witnessed by two witnesses before judgment could be rendered upon the person. And, according to the

    Torah, the witnesses were to be the first ones throw the stones that would kill the person. So if you are going

    to serve as a witness in capital punishment against someone you had better be sure what you saw is what you

    saw because you are the one who is going to throw the first stone. We see judgment being meted out by the

    two witnesses: heaven and earth! The witnesses of heaven and earth are casting the stone of judgment upon

    those who have not heard nor kept Torah!

    We have to understand that Moshiach if the center of all the blessings. Even the Zohar states that those who

    are listening and obeying the Torah are linked to Tiferet. It says:

    ZOHAR WAYYIQRA II 35a What, now, is the difference between those who study the Torah and faithful

    prophets? The former are ever superior, since they stand on a higher level. Those who study the Torah stand

    in a place called Tiferet (Beauty), which is the pillar of all faith, whereas the prophets stand lower in the place

    called Nezah (Victory) and Hod (Majesty); and those who merely speak in the spirit of holiness stand lower

    still. He who studies the Torah needs neither peace offerings nor burnt offerings, since the Torah is superior

    to all and the bond of faith; wherefore it is written Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are

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    peace (Prov. III, 17), and also, Great peace have they which love thy law and they have no occasion for

    stumbling (Ps. CXIX, 165).

    REVELATION 1:4 Yohanan, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: ...

    These are actual assemblies.

    ...Favor to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits that

    are before the throne,

    Lets look at the number seven . Number seven (7) is the number of completion. But it is also incomplete,

    which is representative of a greater truth. Seven, according to The Jewish book of Numbers is:

    1. The seven lower sefirot;

    2. The seven days of Creation;

    3. The seven feasts of YHWH;

    4. The seven pair of clean animals that went into the ark with Noach;

    5. Abraham made a covenant with Abimelek using seven ewes;

    6. The time period to make clean from tzarath was seven days;

    7. The seven stems of the menorah.

    ZEKARYAH 4:2-7And he said to me, What do you see? So I said, I have looked, and see: a lampstand

    all of gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven spouts to the seven lamps. 2 And

    the two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left. 4 Then I responded and

    spoke to the messenger who was speaking to me, What are these, my master? 5 And the messenger who was

    speaking to me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my master. 6

    And he answered and said to me, This is the Word of YHWH to Zerubbabel, Not by might nor by power, but

    by My Spirit, said YHWH of hosts. 7 Who are you, great mountain, before Zerubbabel? A plain! And he shall

    bring forth the capstone with shouts of Favor, favor to it!

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    ZEKARYAH 3:8Now listen, Yehoshua the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for

    they are men of symbol. For look, I am bringing forth My servant the Branch. 9 See the stone which I have

    put before Yehoshua: on one stone are seven eyes. (Did you catch that? Seven lower sefirot, seven eyes on this

    stone, and the Stone is Moshiach). See, I am engraving its inscription, declares YHWH of hosts, and I shall

    remove the guilt of that land in one day. 10 In that day, declares YHWH of hosts, you shall invite one

    another, under the vine and under the fig tree.

    That refers us back to when Yahshua said He saw Nathaniel under a fig tree representing the Messianic

    Kingdom. So even the menorah is a revelation of Messiah. It is very important that you understand that

    because as it says in the Book of Revelation, that there are seven menorahs, with the Moshiach in the midst of

    them.

    8. In Wayyiqra 4.6 there is a sprinkling of the blood seven times;

    9. The omer is the counting of seven weeks;

    10. The bride and the bride groom rejoice for seven days

    11. The bride circles her husband seven times, and each time she circles a blessing is said;

    12. The seven Berachot at Hebrew weddings;

    13. And those that lay tefillin know it is wrapped seven times around your lower arm.

    YEHEZQEL 43:26 For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and ordain it. 27

    And when these days are completed it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests make your

    burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar, and I shall accept you, declares the Master YHWH.

    NOTICE for seven days they would cleanse the altar with offerings, and then on the eighth day it would be

    completed, and they would be clean, totally clean.

    MISHLE 9:1 Wisdom has built her house,She has hewn out its seven columns,

    Commenting on that verse: The Zohar says:

    When Elohim created the world He established it on seven pillars.

    The number seven is associated with the complete number of punishment, which plays very heavily in the

    Book of Revelation.

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    BERESHITH 24 A reference to Cain and Lamech being avenged seven fold.

    WAYYIQRA 26.18 Disobedience resulting in a seven-fold increase in discipline.

    DANIEL 4.13 Nebuchadnezzar losing his mind for seven years due to his sins.

    2nd

    . MELAKIM [Kings] 8.1 Elohim sends a famine for seven years.

    YESHOSHUA 6.13 Seven priests with seven horns marching the seventh day at Jericho.

    But also seven is associated with the demonic realm, which we call the other side. And in:

    Bemidbar 23 Baalim told Balak to build him seven altars, and have seven bulls, and seven rams.

    Judaism acknowledges seven archangels: Mikael, Gabriel, Raphael, Yuriel, Zuriel, Panuel, and Yehiel.

    The Assemblies found in Revelation 1 are real assemblies found in Asia Minor. However, they are symbols or

    types of assemblies all through time. Not only is Yohanan writing to seven assemblies that existed at the time,

    but he is writing to those in the future that would exist also, making these seven types of what they would be.

    It is similar to what Moshe does in Devarim speaking of those that are here and those that will come later.

    The word ecclesia does not mean church!The word church is not in the Bible at all. It was added by

    the church to strengthen its claim that it had replaced Yisrael. They are not churches, they are assemblies.

    Ecclesia is not a building, it is the people, and they are the called out ones. We could even say these are

    communities .Those that say the seven assemblies represent seven eras of church history are wrong! If they are

    not churches, how can they refer to church history? We do not live in the Philadelphia church age, and the

    Laodecian church is not the apostate church in the tribulation. It has nothing to do with time periods. Do not

    interpret this book through time periods.

    From sources that I could find, history never records any identification with the five other assemblies

    throughout history. So ,when people try to interpret these congregations through time periods they are

    stripping the Hebraic meaning from this book . They are beginning upon wrong premises and anything based

    on wrong premises is a lie. You are going to end up with a lie, not knowing the truth.

    NOTICE in Revelation 1 that Yohanan says:

    REVELATION 1:4..Favor to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the

    seven Spirits that are before His throne, 5 and from Yahshua Messiah,

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    This of course, refers to Tiferet, the One Who is, Who was, and Who is coming. Tiferetis the embodiment of

    all the sefirotand Tiferetis the coming bridegroom.

    ZOHAR SHEMOTH II 136a & 138b when it talks about the Son: To grasp the Son is equivalent to grasping

    all grades, because the Son is a tent, including all and absorbing all, and He in turn lights up all the shining

    colors below; hence he is the bridegroom coming forth from His canopy.

    YEHEZQEL 16.6Then I passed by you and saw you trampled down in your own blood, and I said to you in

    your blood, Live! And I said to you in your blood, Live! 7 I have let you grow like a plant in the field. And

    you are grown and are great, and you come in the finest ornaments breasts were formed, your hair grew,

    and you were naked and bare. 8 And again I passed by you and looked upon you and saw that your time was

    the time of love. And I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. And I swore an oath to you and

    entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Master YHWH.

    This is speaking of Yisrael.

    2ND

    CORINTHIANS 3:18 And we all, as with unveiled face (In a Hebrew wedding the woman wears a veil

    over her face, till the very end when the veil is lifted up and the bridegroom gets to glance upon her face) we

    see as in a mirror the [glory] esteem of YHWH, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to

    esteem, ad from YHWH, the Spirit.

    REVELATION 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And he who hears, let him say, Come!

    And he who thirsts, come! And he who desires it, take the water of life without paying!

    This establishes the bride and bridegroom relationship between Yisrael and the Messiah. The seven Spirits can

    represent the lover sefirotbefore the throne.

    The seven lower Sefirotare called the seven Spirits of YHWH before the throne: NOTICE: it included all of

    Moshiach, He is the stone with seven eyes, He is the Menorah with seven spouts.

    The book is beginning to open up already to your understanding. We cannot use this Book of Revelation and

    look at todays events and interpret these events by this book. You are trying to make events fit into this book.

    You have to view this book by what it is called a revelation of Messiah Yahshua. My message in this is not let

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    us get wrapped up in trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole and point to certain events and say,

    This means that, or, Oh, Messiah is coming soon.

    We would need about 300 more years before we would enter into the supernal Shabbat. There are those

    teaching we are already in the millennial kingdom. I dont think so. If we are where is Moshiach? I dont see

    Him, I dont see a temple. I dont see a re-gathering of the tribes into Yisrael. If we have already entered, as

    some teach, the seventh millennium, where are these things?

    My prayer for everyone seeing or hearing this is that you would truly receive that blessing that is promised to

    those that hear and guard this book SELAH!

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