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Concordance.
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The
Letters:
# 1. Faith,
Discipleship &
Spiritual
Warfare.
# 2. Prayer,
Judgmentalism
& Forgiveness.
# 3. The
Ekklesia
(Church)
-vs-
Religion.
# 4. Elohim,
His
Love &
His
Discipline.
# 5. Spiritual
Gifts, Humility
& Elohim's
Power.
# 6. The
Holy Spirit
and Elohim's
Word.
# 7.
Reconciliation
& Sin - The
curse and our
need.
# 8.
Reconciliation
& Sin - The
consequence
of the curse.
# 9.
Reconciliation
& Sin - Sin's
cure.
#10.
Reconciliation
& Sin - Our
Choice.
#11.
Discipleship.
#12.
Works of Faith.
#13. The
Gifts of The
Holy Spirit
- and a Test.
#14.
The Sign Gifts.
#15. The
Support Gifts.
#16. The
Service Gifts.
#17. Living
as Disciples.
#18.
The Snatching
(Rapture) &
Tribulation.
#19.
Prophesy & a
Closing.
#20.
Beware the
false prophets
and teachers.
#21.
The Signs
of Messiah's
Return.
#22.
Oneness
&
The Trinity,
and the Names
of Elohim!
#23.
Understanding
Righteousness,
While
Acknowledging
The enemy.
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Dear Disciple;
Thank you, dear friend, for your love, encouragement and prayerful
support. Your latest letter was uplifting and enlightening, and I truly
appreciate our time together. I am delighted to hear of the progress
made by your discipleship group, and the other new groups that have now
begun under their tutelage. Discipleship
unto YEHOWAH is an endeavor worthy of our complete energy, because fulfillment of
that goal has magnificent eternal ramifications. Yet, discipleship is a difficult
road. As a discipler, I could not have asked for a better
student. And now the student is helping others find YEHOWAH, as well as
instructing them how to be Disciples of YEHOWAH as well. I am humbled by
your faithfulness, and proud of your accomplishments. I know Elohim is
being glorified, and the name of YEHOWAH through
YEHOWAH His Son is being magnified by His
faithful Disciple.
The notebook is closed, my friend. The long lists of topical references
sit unopened on my shelf. The lessons for this part of your spiritual
growth are finished. As I sit here at my keyboard, I wonder how I should
conclude these teachings. Seven years have been dedicated to the research,
preparation and writing of these letters, and your study over those
years has been as intense. The time has been exciting and spiritually
profitable for me, and your spiritual growth, through the application of
these instructions and your dedicated study of the concordance
materials, has also proven fruitful for you. I know YEHOWAH
will be
pleased as we press on, teaching discipleship unto yet even more
brothers and sisters of faith, and as we work
together for the harvest of Elohim.
I look forward to the challenges we will face. I anticipate, with
tremendous excitement, the time we will have combating
the forces of evil confronting us today - as a united army. I sincerely look forward to
meeting with you soon, Father willing, as well as meeting with the
Disciples you are instructing. Never forget, that as the day
of YEHOWAH's return nears, there will be a tremendous increase in the
number of souls traversing the battlefield of faith and discipleship.
Instruct your students to be prepared. Remind them that all instruction
must be rendered in love and humility.
As yet another winter approaches, I feel a moving in my heart that
something monumental is about to happen. I am unable to offer anything
specific, because I have not been given any foretelling visions, but I am
expectant of things in a way I have never before experienced in my life.
I am not certain when any of these things will occur either, just that we are
living in what is the most exciting and challenging time ever.
Throughout the last two thousand years the harvest has been ripe for
each generation, but the final harvest has been prophesied for
centuries, and I believe we are living in those long prophesied days.
While the Word of Elohim is very explicit in some areas, it yet remains
tremendously vague in others. Nonetheless, our Father has always told His children everything
they needed to know in order for them to abide faithfully. The end time
prophetic messages certainly fall into an explicitly vague category.
As I consider the message we have been given in the sixth Chapter of the
Book of Revelation though, I wonder - which seal is about to be broken.
History has surely reached this stage.
The events depicted to occur through the opening of the first five seals
of the scroll handed to YEHOWAH by the Father, as shown in Revelation 6,
do not really appear to be events that we can pinpoint, but speak
instead of a
mood or an attitude that we might recognize. They seem to represent events in general that will
permeate society: Revival, wars and
rumors of war, famine and inflation, death and pestilence, and the martyrdom
of the saints. All of these things have been evidenced throughout
the history of the EKKLESIA, but Revelation 6
tells us that they are going to be witnessed again in increased levels - especially during the
end time period. Surely, a tremendous number of Disciples are being slaughtered for
their faith today, and most assuredly, wars and
rumors of wars, and famine and inflation are being evidenced throughout
the world. Yet we are told that these are merely the birth pangs; merely
the beginning of the end.
The sixth seal of Revelation 6 is
different than the first five seals though, and maybe it is these things
my heart expects to see. The breaking of the sixth seal, Revelation
6:12-17, is the beginning of some very noticeable events. And Revelation
7:1-8 is vital to our understanding of the cataclysm that will occur
during the period of the great tribulation. While Revelation 6:12-17
speaks of a great earthquake, the sun becoming black and the moon
appearing like blood, Revelation 7:1-3 tells us that no harm is to come,
"To the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the
bond-servants of our Elohim on their foreheads" (Revelation 7:3).
Where Revelation 6:14 tells of every mountain and island being moved out
of their place by a great earthquake, Revelation 7:1-3 tells us that
something else must occur first.
Revelation 7:1 caught my attention about twenty
years ago, and what I believe Elohim is telling us, is that
we CAN know, with certainty, when the great tribulation has begun...
Noah was given a seven day period in which to load the ark,
and we have been commanded to draw a parallel between Noah and the
return of our Messiah. (See Matthew 24:37-38). Therefore,
Revelation 7 is clearly telling us that the 144,000 are to be sealed at
the beginning of the Great Tribulation period - and that they will (in
accordance with Noah) have seven years in which to lead in the labors of
bringing in the harvest...
I
have often wondered why I never heard anyone teach on this event
before, but I realize that all things happen in Elohim's time. In
Revelation 7, John wrote, "I saw another angel ascending from the
rising of the sun, having the seal of the living Elohim; and he cried
out with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt
the earth and the sea, saying, “Hurt not the earth, or the sea, or the
trees, until we have sealed the servants of our Elohim on their
foreheads.” And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one
hundred and forty-four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of
Israel" (Revelation 7:2-4ENB)
In a literal translation of this passage, we read that no harm will
befall the earth or the trees or the sea until the 144,000 bond-servants
of Elohim are sealed. (This positively places the events of Revelation
6:12-17 after the sealing of Revelation 7). Has there ever been a day in
recorded history though, when the wind did not blow for even a second? Those who
teach a wholly symbolic translation of The Book of Revelation, zero in
on the 144,000, interpreting that number as simply the "vast
number" of Elohim's children who are redeemed from the earth. They
ignore the remainder of the passage though, in which a very specific
number is drawn from the very specific tribes of Israel. I have found, however, that
whenever Elohim wants to express a "vast number", He does so with
Words like, "And the number of them was myriads of myriads, and
thousands of thousands" (Revelation 5:11). No, I believe that the
144,000 of Revelation 7 are very specific representatives of YEHOWAH, chosen from
the tribes of Israel, who will represent Master YEHOWAH
to the world during the days immediately preceding His return.
Additionally, I see the seventh chapter of Revelation revealing both the
beginning and end of the tribulation period. The beginning is marked
with a time of no wind - as the sealing of Elohim's chosen 144,000
occurs. The
end comes with the Lamb of Elohim in the center of the throne, and the
body, "the ones who come out of the great tribulation"
(Revelation 7:14), standing before Him.
A period of no wind. How do you suppose this event will be rationalized?
Do you think the absence of the jet stream, for even an instant, will
cause concern? I wonder how it will be explained! Or will they even
attempt an explanation? Yet, look what happens:
while the wind stops blowing: 144,000, "sealed of all the tribes of
the children of Israel" (Revelation 7:4ENB). Having already
expressed my belief that the body of YEHOWAH, the EKKLESIA, is the
spiritual Israel of end time prophecy, I will also express my belief that the
144,000, quite literally, are not Jews, as the religious institutions
believe. They are members of the EKKLESIA.
Revelation 14:1-5 tells us that these 144,000 will have, "His
Father’s name written on their foreheads" (Revelation 14:1ENB), and that they, "were
not defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste" (Revelation
14:4ENB). While the day of no
wind may possibly be explained away scientifically, to the relief of
humanity, the world and the EKKLESIA will suddenly see 144,000 people
sealed with the name of YEHOWAH on their foreheads. And their message will
be unmistakable and undeniable. The historical teaching on Revelation
14:4 is that the 144,000 are virgin men - men not defiled with women. I
think the spiritual implication behind the passage has a greater
significance though, because if the spiritual truth of chastity is to be
meaningful to us, we need to look at that greater significance.
In the Greek language, articles, like
the word "the", as well as punctuation marks, are primarily
non-existent. It is not only possible, therefore, but also quite likely,
that
Revelation 14:4 speaks of the 144,000 not being defiled by "the
woman", instead of the generic "women". The word
interpreted as women is the same word used for woman, and the certainty
of the current translation is unclear - even in the ENB. I did not
'manipulate' His Word to suite my hunches! If the passage is speaking of
the 144,000 not being defiled by "the woman, for they have kept
themselves chaste", we can view the passage in an entirely new
light. Why?
If the passage is meant to say, "The woman", then the
reference is extremely pointed, and directs us to the false church,
Babylon of Revelation 17. If Revelation 14:4 is speaking of 144,000 who
have not been defiled by "the woman", the significance and
understanding of the verse is altered tremendously, because the chastity
required is spiritual, not physical. And, Revelation 14:5, which says,
"And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault
before the throne of Elohim" (ENB), speaks to the prophetic nature of their calling, and to the fact that
they are redeemed and sanctified through YEHOWAH; blameless thru the Blood of the Lamb. This
interpretation would also support the 144,000 being from the EKKLESIA.
Additionally, and this will really cause howls, if the correct
interpretation of Revelation 14:4 is "the woman", there is no
longer a gender restriction; the 144,000 need not all be men. We have
already discussed the gifts, and we
have covered extensively the fact that women are gifted as prophets
and evangelists - which is
precisely what the
144,000 will be. The reference in v 4, that these, "were
specifically redeemed from among mankind; the first-fruits unto Elohim
and to the Lamb" (ENB), is similar to the reference of Genesis 1:27, where
Elohim said, "And Elohim created man in His own image, in the image of
Elohim He created him;
male and female He created them," which further eliminates pompous
gender restrictions.
Nevertheless, the day of no wind approaches, and the disciples of YEHOWAH
will be called upon to glorify Elohim. While we do not know when He
will return for us, He has told us to be prepared. He has told us to be
expectant and excited. Above all, He has told us to be fruitful.
The fields are white with harvest, and my sincere prayer for
every Disciple is that our eyes will be opened to the realities before
us. As Elisha's eyes were opened to see the angels protecting he and
Eliyeh, I wholeheartedly pray that we too will see the spiritual truth
and significance of the people in our lives, and the events occurring
around us in
these days.
Even though a great portion of society will refuse the cure offered
through and in YEHOWAH, our focus must be on the harvest of His crop. Judgmentalism
must be shunned. This is so, because a vast portion of the world's
society WILL accept YEHOWAH
as Master and Messiah
- this is the time
of the great harvest - and our hearts must be prepared to receive them.
I anticipate television getting even more
sexually explicit and violent, and each year humanity will become more
calloused. As programs meant to shock and titillate abound, we will have
to use much greater discernment in our viewing of these things, turning
off everything that stands against the Truth which we know and love. We must voice our
disapproval to the sponsors of every offensive program with increased fervor and
zeal. Additionally, the stereotype of 'Christians' portrayed on
television, and in the movies, is growing increasingly unflattering. We
must protest this as well. How faithful are we in these matters, my
friend? How discerning are we by allowing this defamation - when we can
still stop it? How faithful have we been as Disciples in this arena?
This time with you has blessed me in ways I will
not realize until YEHOWAH points them out to me. But the prayers we have
devoted to each other are evident. I have known your faithful support,
and I am humbled by your friendship and love. Abide in the Word of Elohim,
dear friend, and read again our letters, if they can be useful. I will
write again, Father willing, because there is more to discipleship; there
is always more to learn. You certainly have the basic tools, however, and in
the application of what you know, Elohim will truly be glorified.
Remember also, that you are a P*R*A*I*S*E*R,
and in your remembrances, praise, worship and glorify Elohim. Anything
contrary to that is counterfeit and intent on destroying your obedience.
The "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" has produced
countless counterfeit spirits and ministries, but every Disciple of YEHOWAH
has been set free from the
curse of that knowledge. Remain pure in the innocence of the Lamb.
Perhaps the Master will provide time and opportunity for us to discuss
other important issues, as well as other end time prophetic messages. This phase of your discipleship training is over
though, dear friend, and my heart is both overjoyed with your progress
and saddened by this passage. The sadness is simply my pride, and it
will pass. The joy, on the other hand, is eternal, and it shall remain
with us forever. Praise be unto Elohim!
For now though, I leave you with my sincerest prayer for your continued
obedience in faith, and I pray for your spiritual prosperity, joy and
peace. May the Master grant you the desires of your heart, and may your
desire be for His glory.
I remain faithfully your brother in YEHOWAH our Messiah and Master,
larry vosen
Topical Concordance:
New Covenant: Revelation (all).
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