Iyar 24, 5769 / May 18th, 2009
Last Purim 5768/2008 when I was going through the spiritual battle of Inheritance which began in Jerusalem in Nachlaot which means inheritances, the Spirit of Hashem spoke to me and said to me: “Micha’el, tell them that you are a sign to them, a modern day Yiftach” and I relayed the message to both Penina Taylor and Benyamin Kruger (Yad L’Achim) when I met with them back then at the office of Jews for Judaism, and now I am led to post and declare it, because the days are fast approaching and it will soon enough be fulfilled in some way (not even clear to me for I am simply declaring what I was told) in Hashem’s timing!
YIFTACH in Hebrew means “He Will Open!” Well then! Open your ears to hear what Hashem has spoken to me, His humble servant, and HE Himself will watch over His Word to perform it in His own good time for His own GLORY, Praise and Renown in YESHUA’s Name, the Name by which ALL Israel will be saved!
“Now YIFTACH (Jephtah) the Giladite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilad begot Yiftach. Gilad’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Yiftach out, and said to him, ‘You shall not inherit (or) you shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman” (in my case, spiritually speaking, the Church, a harlot to the ways of Hashem). Then Yiftach fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tov (in a good land); and worthless men banded together with Yiftach and went out raiding with him.
It came to pass after a time that the people of Amon made war against Israel. And so it was, when the sons/people of Amon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilad (representing Israel) went to get Yiftach from the good land. Then they said to Yiftach, “Come and be our captain/commander/leader, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”
So Yiftach said to the elders of Gilad, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my Father’s house (places of worship and learning/yeshiva)? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”
“And the elders of Gilad said to Yiftach, “That is why we have NOW turned (repented) to you, that you may go or walk with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be unto us L’ROSH / the Head over all the inhabitants of Gilad.”
“So Yiftach said to the elders of Gilad, “If you take me back home to fight against the sons of Ammon, and Hashem, the LORD, delivers them to me, I will be unto you L’Rosh/the Head?”
“And the elders of Gilad said to Yiftach, “The LORD will be a Witness between us, if we do NOT do according to your words.” Then Yiftach went with the elders of Gilad, and the people made him Rosh/Head/Leader and commander over them; and Yiftach spoke all his words before the LORD in Mitzpah! Now Jephtah/ Yiftach sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, ‘What do you have against Me, that you have come against Me and MY LAND?” And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephtah, “Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt (Holocaust Europe), from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peacably.”
SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
Jephtah replied by stating historical facts on how YHVH the God of Israel had dispossessed the Ammonites from before the people of Israel and therefore Israel shall possess what GOD had taken possession of for them, period, get over it!
“Then the Spirit of YHVH came upon Yiftach, and he passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon…..So Jephtah advanced toward the peope of Ammon to fight agaisnt them, and YHVH /the LORD delivered them into his hands. And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minith–twenty cities–and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel!” So the victory for Israel came by the hand, faith and courage of the very one who was rejected by them and thrown out of their Father’s house! SELAH! Kind of remind you of the Torah story of Yosef and his brothers as well doesn’t it?
Read for yourself Shoftim/Judges charter 11
Another angle to look at how we will defeat our enemies is King Yehoshafat:
“You will NOT need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the Salvation of YHVH, Who is with you, Judah and Jerusalem! Do NOT fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD YHVH is with you! And Yehoshafat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the LORD, worshiping YHVH. Then the Levi’im of the sons of the K’hatim and of the sons of the Korchim stood up to Praise YHVH the God of Israel with a loud and high voice! So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Yehoshafat stood and said: “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Yerushalaim: “BELIEVE in YHVH your God and you will be established; BELIEVE His prophets/Nevi’im, and you shall PROSPER!” And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the Beauty of Holiness, as they went out before the Army and were saying: “HODU L’YHVH KI L’OLAM CHASDO/Praise the LORD for His Mercy is FOREVER!””
“Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD YHVH set ambushes against the people of Amon, Moav, and Har Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Amon and Moav stood up against the inhabitants of Har Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants Seir, they helped destroy one another. So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped!” Divrey HaY’mim bet/ 2 Chronicles 20:17-24
“YIFTACH HASHEM/ The LORD will OPEN to you His good Treasure, the Heavens/Et HaShamayim to give the RAIN to your Land in its season, and to bless ALL the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall NOT borrow. And the LORD YHVH will make you the Head/L’Rosh V’LO L’ZANAV and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the Mitzvot/Commandments of the LORD your God, which I commanded you today, and are careful to observe them. So you shall NOT turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.” Devarim/Deuteronomy 28:12-14
“Then the Word of the LORD came to Shlomo/Solomon, saying: “[Concerning] This House or Temple (HaBayit) which you are building, if you walk in My Statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My Word with you, which I spoke to your father David. And I will DWELL among the Children of Israel, and will NOT forsake My people Israel! So Shlomo/Solomon built the HaBayit/Temple and finished it!” M’lachim Alef/First Kings 6:11-14
Selah! Hashem is building a Spiritual Temple within me through Praise and heartsongs and He will finish it for His GLORY alone so that ALL may know that He is the Sovereign GOD Who dwells in the Highest of Heavens and there is no other, Who has mercy on whom He chooses and compassion towards whom He wills; and let it be that all men would know themselves to be but that, men, created beings! May the nations know that they are but “as a drop in a bucket and are counted as the small dust on the scales (Isaiah 4:15)”
Who is like my God, the God of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov Who does whatever it is that pleases HIM? There is NO ONE like HIM! Amein! GOD will NOT be put in a box by no created being/system/religion PERIOD!!! HIS WILL ALONE BE DONE! HIS KINGDOM COME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN! BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM! AMEN!
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: FEAR GOD and keep His Mitzvot/Commandments; for this is man’s all. For GOD will bring every work into JUDGMENT, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.” Khelet/Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
SO BE IT~ ACCORDING TO HIS WILL!
