Holy Scriptures and Israel

Guest (Male): Holy Scriptures and Israel is a ministry designed to share with the Jewish people the good news of the Lord Jesus Yeshua the Messiah and to instruct Christians on the Jewish roots of their faith. And now teaching God's word from a Hebrew Messianic perspective here is Gideon Levytam.

Gideon Levytam: The study of Daniel chapter 12 resurrection is not only a New Testament teaching. Resurrection is an Old Testament teaching as well. The resurrection, the promise of the resurrection, every time God says to the people of Israel, I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, what is that? I'm not the God of the dead, I'm the God of the living. He is speaking about the fact that one day he is going to resurrect these individuals that had that had given the promises God had given to them. And so there is a coming a day when God is going to resurrect the the the the nation of Israel, the believers he's going to resurrect.

By the way, he's also going to resurrect the unbelievers. And we're going to see this in a minute. But you know, I the other day we had a a study on in the book of Hebrews, especially chapter 11 where we speak about the people of faith. By faith, by faith, by faith. You know, it is interesting what it says about Joseph. You read it, I think it is chapter 11 verse 22. By faith Joseph when he was dying he gave a command and requirement that his bones will be taken and to be buried and to be placed in Canaan in the promised land.

Now wait a minute. If you read the history of this man by the name of Joseph, you will see the history has so much that we can write about Joseph's life. Joseph was a picture and a type of the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah. But God in the whole chapter of faith about the whole life of Joseph choose to mention one little thing that happened at the end of his life. And what happened there? He believed that one day he's going to happen and he's going to be resurrected and he wanted that his bones, if you will, will be placed at the very area and location where the whole nation of Israel one day is going to be re re gathered and re established and resurrected.

And he and by the way, if you read in Exodus chapter 12 or 13 Moses took the bones of Joseph into the promised land. And they buried it the bones there. Now of course, we know very well that the bones are are are are got rotten and they gone, they are no longer in if you will for thousands of years they are no longer if you will there, you might say. But Joseph believed that one day God is going to give the promises to the nation of Israel. And so here we see in verse two and verse three many Jewish people who are saved will be resurrected at the end of the tribulation to enter into the Messianic kingdom, millennial age.

Notice I'm reading verse two again. So many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. Now listen as it says in verse two, some to everlasting life and some to everlasting contempt. Now if you read this verse like this, it sound like as there is one resurrection that some going to be resurrected to everlasting life and some going to be resurrected to everlasting contempt at the same time. That's why those who do not believe in a millennial millennial age in the 1,000 years reign of the Messiah Yeshua and the restoration of Israel were those who do not believe it, you know what they say?

They say you see they are going to be resurrected at the same time, some of them going to be resurrected to everlasting life and some of them to everlasting contempt and therefore there is no reign of Messiah, there is no future to Israel, there is no millennial age. Well, what does the Bible teach? And let's just look at this for a moment and I think it is very very important. Let's read verse two once again. Daniel chapter 12 and verse two, many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake. Some to everlasting life and some to everlasting contempt.

Now there will be at least, beloved brothers and sisters, at least a 1,000 years different between the first resurrection that deals with the resurrection of the believers and the resurrection of the unbelievers. The time different will be at least 1,000 years. Let me show you this. Turn to the Gospel of John chapter five. We're going to go to two passages. We are going to read John chapter five verses 28 and 29. Verse 28. Marvel not at this. The Lord Jesus Yeshua the Messiah is speaking

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Gideon Levytam: John five verse 28. Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice. The hour is coming Yeshua the Messiah said that all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. Now notice what he says in verse 29. And they shall come forth. They that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation two distinct separated resurrections. They that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.

So now the Lord Jesus the Messiah tells us in in the Gospel of John that there are two to be distinguished. There is a resurrection of life and also there is a resurrection of damnation. Now Revelation chapter 20 please. Revelation chapter 20 deals with the final in the first part of Revelation chapter 20 it deals with the millennial age verses one and on. I'll just read those those verses. It deals with the millennial age or with the 1,000 years reign of the Messiah. But here we find out that there is group of individuals that will be resurrected in a certain time.

And notice what it says verse one. And I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon that old serpent, the devil and Satan and bound him, notice, for a 1,000 years. This is the binding of Satan for a 1,000 years. That's the time that we have the Messianic kingdom. Then he says in verse three and he cast him into the bottomless pit and he shut him in and set a seal upon him that he should deceive the nations no more until the 1,000 years should be fulfilled.

And after that he must be loosened for a little season. So Satan is going to be bound for a 1,000 years in the bottomless pit. Then verses four, five and six listen to that. And I saw verse four thrones and they that set they that set upon them and judgment was given unto them. And now he says and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God and which had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their forehead or in their hands and they lived and reigned with the Messiah for a 1,000 years.

Here we see tribulation saints now reigning with the Messiah for a 1,000 years. They must be resurrected in order to reign with him. Now continue verse five. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the 1,000 years were finished. This is the first resurrection. In other words, part of the first resurrection are those individuals that were raised to live and reign with the Messiah in the time of the kingdom for the 1,000 years. But there were souls, there were individuals, there were dead that did not live again, were not resurrected and they did not they haven't been resurrected until the 1,000 years have ended.

Now notice it says here verse six, blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection. On such the second death which is the eternal death or eternal separation, the second death has no power but they shall be priests of God and of the Messiah and they shall reign with him at for a 1,000 years. Now I know beloved that a lot of people have a problem with understanding the fact that there is a there the first resurrection and the second, if you will, resurrection which is really leading into the a second death talking about eternal separation from God.

And so what we really see here is that the believers will be resurrected prior to the time of the millennial reign of the Messiah. Now I'm quickly going to give it to you right now. If you want to write down, I'm going to give you the two resurrections in their stages order one step at a time. I'm going to give it to you quickly. If you write this down, if you don't ask for me after, not in the middle of the session. So we have things a clear. Ask for me, I'm going to give it to you after if you haven't succeed to write them down.

In the first resurrection really, the first resurrection resurrection mentioned in in Revelation 20 verses five and six we have four stages. Stage number one is the resurrection of the Messiah himself. First Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 23. Christ risen from the dead being the first fruit. He was the first one that had been resurrected. And that's happened already long time ago about 2,000 years ago. Then what's happened prior to the tribulation period, as we have read in in Revelation three and verse 10, the church of Ephesus will not go through the tribulation speaking about church saints who will be those that have been alive but there will be the the resurrection the resurrection of the dead, those that died or slept in Messiah, slept through Jesus.

They are going to be resurrected and together going to meet the Lord in the air to be taken to be with him forever. This stage two first Thessalonian chapter four church saints. Number three in the order it's Old Testament saints. We have just been reading Daniel chapter 12 and verse two. And also if you can read very clear in Isaiah chapter 26 and verse 19 that deals with the Old Testament saints. They going to be raised like Abraham like Daniel and like many others, Isaac, Jacob and on and on and on, Old Testament saints. They are going to be resurrected and also entering into the Messianic kingdom.

And finally I would like to suggest tribulation saints. Revelation chapter 20 and verse four. We have read this just a few minutes ago. Those that have been that died for the name of Jesus in the tribulation period they will be resurrected in order to enter into the Messianic kingdom. And so those four stages, Christ Messiah, the church, Old Testament saints, tribulation saints all will be resurrected. The Messiah have already have been first fruits but there are many more to come. And then the church, Old Testament saints and tribulation saints. When it's come to the unbelievers what a sad thing that will be.

The great white throne judgment is the time where they are going to stand before the Lord. They are going to be resurrected as well. And and they are going to be standing before the Lord in the great white throne judgment only to be cast into the lake of fire where they are going to spend eternity in the lake of fire. In fact, hell is only a temporary place for the unregenerated individuals. It's still not final. What is final is the lake of fire. And that's is at the great white throne judgment Revelation chapter 20. So there is two, if you will, the first resurrection, the second resurrection.

The first resurrection has to do with the believers, Messiah the first fruit of course. And the second resurrection has to do with the unregenerated one that will be 1,000 years different at least at least because the because the church saints are going to be resurrected even before the tribulation will begin. And so they going to be raptured but the tribulation saints they going to live through the tribulation and they going to be resurrected later but it's a matter of time, a short time. Okay, now back to Daniel chapter 12 please and now in verse three notice what is the promise that had been given to the ones, the Jewish people who will be saved during the tribulation period.

In verse three it says and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament. And they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. This again, beloved, I I want to tell you it's speaking about the period of the tribulation period with Daniel's people will be saved, will be eventually saved, the people of Israel and there will be those that will turn many to the Lord. In verse three it says they are wise. The word here is masculine. Something you have the Psalms It is means a person who is wise.

The wise man find him. The beginning the the the the the the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Well, there will be those individuals they're wise that they will shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that will turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. There will be rewards that will be given to the tribulation saints who are going to lead others to come to faith in the Lord Jesus the Messiah. So this is verses one, two and three. Israel's final deliverance. The deliverance of Israel verses one, two and three.

Now verse four. In verse four is the second point that we want to head up here in this particular chapter. Daniel is receiving requirement to reserve the Revelation of God to another word to seal the book. Notice he says in verse four but thou Daniel shut up the words seal the book even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. With with this expression many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. They take it and they mean that you see a lot of people are going to be traveling, airplanes, computers, the ability to run to and fro so fast and and and and people will run to and fro and knowledge will be increased.

Well, the text here does not speak about the time of computer that you and I live in. It doesn't speak about television, it doesn't speak about airplane. What does it speak is that many at the time that the last days, as it says at that time verse one at the tribulation time at that time that God is speaking to through the angel to Daniel about the future day when Israel is going to be delivered out of the hands of the counterfeit Messiah. At that time many shall run to and fro. To and fro to where?

When he just told him to shut the book, to seal the book. Well, in the future day they will open the book of Daniel and they will begin to run to and fro in with the desire to understand the purposes and the plan of God that is mentioned by the book of Daniel. Knowledge of the truth that you and I do not know today will be increased. We begin to understand. You remember Matthew 24? Then what had been written the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet well, they will open the book of Daniel.

And they will begin to run to and fro and to understand the plan of God for the people of Israel. And so the knowledge of what you and I perhaps do not understand today and do not have the knowledge for today, well, we have a lot more because we have the book of Revelation as well but at the at Daniel's time they didn't have that information. And so by the time they going to end up to the tribulation being the tribulation period, what's going to happen? Many shall run to and fro seeking to understand what is the mind of God through the prophet Daniel for their period of time.

And knowledge should be increased. And so what's what he's saying you are sealing it right now. Later on it's going to be understood by those individuals in the future day. By the way, in the book of Revelation, if you remember, to John the apostle the the apostle John receive instruction not to seal the book. Daniel received the instruction yet yes seal the book. Daniel time by the time we have the full Revelation of God through their book of Revelation, we the if you will, God said to John through the through the angel that he will not seal the book.

Revelation chapter 22 and verse 10. Seal not the book. So verse four, Daniel receiving instruction. Daniel receiving command to preserve the Revelations of God. By the way, that expression many shall run to and fro. The Hebrew word is Yeshote to. Yeshote to is also mentioned in second Chronicles 16 9 Jeremiah five one and Zechariah chapter four and verse 10. Same word Yeshote to. Here specifically it supply to the time of Daniel. We also have these expression in Amos chapter eight and verses 11 and 12. So number one verses one to three, the final deliverance of the people of Israel.

Verse four, the command to seal the book. Now verses five, six and seven is the third point of Daniel chapter 12. An angel asking a question. Verse five Daniel see two other angels. Then I Daniel looked and behold there stood other two. The one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on this side of the bank of the river. Remember in chapter 10 the the story began. Already in chapter 10 in verse four it says and in the four and 20th day of the first month as I was by the side of the great river which is the I lifted up mine eyes and I look and behold a certain man.

Now in chapter 12 and verse five he sees two other angels with him. In verse six one of the angels ask how long will it take till the end of all these things? And one said unto the man that closed that was closed with linen which was upon the waters of the river, how long shall it be to the end of these wonders? How long is going to take until everything is going to end? How long? And so the answer comes by these men in verse seven. The answer is three and a half years. Verse seven and I heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river.

And when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and he swore by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time times and half a time. And when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished. You know, one thing I want to mention about these men. Earlier in chapter 10 when we study chapter 10 some some of us or perhaps we we we were supposing that this particular person was the son of God because there was some kind of closing that he wore.

You remember chapter 10 verses four and five? But here we find out that he was merely a man or an angel, if you will. He was not a son of God because right here he swearing he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and he swore by him that liveth forever and ever. Another word we find out that he was an angel that receiving instruction from God to give to these men by the name of Daniel. So he gives an answer to these two to the to the question of these two angels or one of the angels and he say to him, you know how long time it's going to take?

Time and then times that make it three and a half of a time. Three and a half years is going to take for all these things to occur until Israel as a nation will finally be restored and redeem Daniel's people. Three and a half years. That is the second half of the tribulation period. Remember that the tribulation period will be seven years one week of years, seven years divided into two section. Three and a half the first half of the tribulation, three and a half the second half of the tribulation. And the great tribulation really will begin in the middle of the tribulation when the when the Antichrist, the counterfeit Messiah will will set up the image in the holy place in the temple.

And then if you will all hell going to break loose. He's going to start to persecute the Jews. He going to stop of course the the sacrifices and the Jewish people will see that and begin to flee into the location that we know as Petra Bozrah of on the on the east side of the land of Israel.

Guest (Male): You have been listening to the Holy Scriptures and Israel with Gideon Levytam. Gideon teaches God's word from a Hebrew Messianic perspective. For more information about this ministry, write to Holy Scriptures and Israel box 1411 Niagara on the Lake, Ontario L0S 1J0 or visit our website at holyscripturesandisrael.com. You are also invited to Gideon's weekly Bible teaching on Fridays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. at Willowdale Christian Assembly Hall, 28 Martin Ross Avenue in Toronto. Holy Scriptures and Israel is made possible by your prayers and financial support. If you would like to support the program, visit holyscripturesandisrael.com.

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