Shabbat Message of
Isa 60:1-22 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of YHWH is risen upon thee. (2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but YHWH shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. (3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. (4) Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. (5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. (6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of YHWH. (7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. (8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? (9) Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of YHWH thy Elohim, and to the Kodesh One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. (10) And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee. (11) Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. (12) For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. (13) The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. (14) The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of YHWH, The Zion of the Kodesh One of Israel. (15) Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. (16) Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I YHWH am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. (17) For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. (18) Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (19) The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but YHWH shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy Elohim thy glory. (20) Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for YHWH shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (21) Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (22) A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I YHWH will hasten it in his time.
Philadelphia - The Assembly With an 'Open Door' Policy
Rev 3:7-13 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is Kodesh, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; (8) I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. (9) Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. (10) Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (11) Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (12) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my Elohim, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my Elohim, and the name of the city of my Elohim, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my Elohim: and I will write upon him my new name. (13) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Philadelphia - The 2nd Assembly that has no warnings!
Rev 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is Kodesh, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Kodesh
Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Kodesh One to see corruption.
Act 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Kodesh One to see corruption.
Heb 7:26 For such a high priest became us, who is Kodesh, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
True
Joh 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 6:32 Then YHWSHUA said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
He that hath the key of David
Isa 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Messiah has all power in heaven and on earth
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amein; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Rev 22:16 I YHWSHUA have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of YHWSHUA, and for the word of YHWH, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with the Messiah a thousand years.
And HE has given that power to those who will follow HIM!
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Rev 3:8-9 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. (9) Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Open Door - literally, a door opened
Joh 10:7-9 Then said YHWSHUA unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. (8) All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. (9) I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.
For what purpose?
Act 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that YHWH had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
1Co 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
2Co 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Messiah's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of YHWH,
Col 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that YHWH would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Messiah, for which I am also in bonds:
A little power (Better “little power,”) little influence in Philadelphia, these weren't influential people, probably from the lower classes; poor in numbers and worldly resources
Mat 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Isa 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith YHWH: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Luk 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of YHWH.
1Co 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Kept my Word - Through their strength was not great, they had remained faithful in great opposition.
Joh 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
1Jn 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Not denied - The Pagan rulers tested early believers by commanding them to blaspheme the name of Messiah under penalty of death.
Luk 12:8-9 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of YHWH: (9) But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of YHWH.
1Jn 2:22-23 Who is a liar but he that denieth that YHWSHUA is the Messiah? He is antimessiah, that denieth the Father and the Son. (23) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
The Synagogue of Satan
Rev 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Worship at your feet
Isa 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Isa 45:14 Thus saith YHWH, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely Elohim is in thee; and there is none else, there is no Elohim.
Isa 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am YHWH: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isa 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of YHWH, The Zion of the Kodesh One of Israel.
Rev 3:10 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Patience - “Endurance”
Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of YHWH, and the faith of YHWSHUA.
2Th 3:5 And The Master direct your hearts into the love of YHWH, and into the patient waiting for Messiah.
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience righteousness;
Jas 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of YHWH. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
From the hour of trial (Better "IN the hour"; not a keeping from temptation, but a keeping in temptation, as the result of which we will be delivered from its power)
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amein.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Jas 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before YHWH and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Jas 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Jas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of YHWH: for YHWH cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1Pe 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold thatperisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of YHWSHUA Messiah:
YHWSHUA endured - So can we!!!
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Rev 3:11 - Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (12) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my Elohim, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my Elohim, and the name of the city of my Elohim, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my Elohim: and I will write upon him my new name.
Overcometh -Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
1Jn 4:4 Ye are of YHWH, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of YHWH overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
That no one take thy crown
Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which YHWH, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Pillar in the Temple - (Know ye not ye re the temple) Pillar - Implies strength, permanence and honor.
Gal 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
1Ti 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of YHWH, which is the church of the living Elohim, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an Kodesh priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to YHWH by YHWSHUA Messiah.
1Co 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of YHWH, and that the Spirit of YHWH dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of YHWH, him shall YHWH destroy; for the temple of YHWH is Kodesh, which temple ye are.
Rev 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of YHWH, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
He shall go no more out - Unmoveable! Always dwell there.
Name of YHWH - Proof of ownership by YHWH
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our YHWH in their foreheads.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of YHWH in their foreheads.
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Rev 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Exo 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO YHWH.
Exo 28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the Kodesh things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their Kodesh gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before YHWH.
New Jerusalem
Eze 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, YHWH is there.
Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living YHWH, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Gal 4:25-26 For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. (26) But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Rev 21:2-3 And I John saw the Kodesh city, new Jerusalem, coming down from YHWH out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of YHWH is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and YHWH himself shall be with them, and be their Elohim.
Rev 3:17 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
When I was growing up I lived just outside of Phila, PA! Many believers today are walking just outside.. nearby, but not partaking! Will we continue to live outside with the dogs and sorcerers? Or will we move into that great city of YHWH and become the New Jerusalem?