By A Foolish Nation

By A Foolish Nation

By:  Dan Fraley

       Why do all these "gold Nuggets" I have been pulling out of God's word coming to light after thousands of years? And why in our generation? Hosea 6: 2 tells us something very important.  After two days (two thousand years) he will revive us (turn us unto Him/salvation) on the third day (third thousand years) He will rise us up (resurrect or rapture) and we shall live in His sight (reign of King David/Jesus for a thousand years).  2 Peter 3:8 tells us a day is a thousand years and a thousand years is a day to the Lord. In verse 3 of Hosea 6, He comes in the former rain (suffering Messiah) and will come as the latter rain (second coming).

      If Jesus/Yeshua was born in 4 BCE and His ministry began in 26 CE, then two prophetic days from Jesus' birth would bring us to 1996; and two days from His resurrection would bring us to 2030 CE. Between these two dates, could there be some sort of "Prophetic window"? And in this prophetic window, could it be that the original faith of the apostles will be re-established as Hosea 6:2 suggests?

       God used the Catholic church, then the Protestant churches to "leaven" the whole loaf of Earth with His word much faster than the original faith.  However before bread can be eaten, the leaven must be cooked out in the fires of refinement. The Protestant Reformation was a type of refinement, but there will have to be a second refining fire to get all the paganism/leaven out of the dough before it is fit (without spot or wrinkle) for a King.  Law and Grace will come together in the last days (Ezk. 37:15) Judaism and Christianity together under the direction of the King/Messiah will be a powerful serving body of Christ.

       I say all this because it can only come to fruition if we LOVE the Jewish people (read Romans 11:1,11-15). By accepting our first century roots, keeping the feasts, and honoring the Sabbath we will provoke them to accepting their Messiah/Jesus/Yeshua. Does this mean we must go to church on Saturday? No! We are children of the First Fruit of the resurrected Messiah who arose on the first day of the week, Sunday. He made His covenant with us on the day of Pentecost, which was also a Sunday. We should honor the Sabbath in studying God's word and be in prayers to prepare for our Sunday service.

       Paul knew that his brothers in Judah would not be saved until the foolish people of Ephraim moved them to jealousy. This could only be accomplished after the fullness of the gentiles/Ephraim was completed ("two days"). As we learn to embrace the Marital Covenant of Judah, and realize why God had Hosea marry a whore to represent the prophesies designed for the "Not a People/Ephraim", we can be part of the fulfillment of the end time prophesy Provoking them into jealousy. If we separate ourselves from Judah, and say we do not nee the Old Covenant rules, then we are lawless (without Torah/God's eternal word) before our creator. We may have obtained salvation through our belief in Jesus, but we may be lacking in power of the Holy Spirit. The mighty works of the first century church faded out at the same time Jewishness was driven out. How are we going to do the"greater things" Jesus said we would without the same foundation Jesus had? Part of our job is to have a"Heart for Israel" and its people. Respect their ways and language and to show them that their days of persecution at the hand of the "Prodigal Son" Ephraim/Christianity are over.

       The last point, hence the name of the lesson, who and what is the "foolish nation" Bible prophesy speaks about? What other nation than the US of A could fit these prophesies? We founded this nation on the precepts of God, followed them for 200 years and then we tare our own moral foundation out from under ourselves. We tolerate immorality as freedom of speech, we took prayer out of school, and allow our schools to push unproven theory as fact. How foolish is that? But yet we are protectors of the Jewish nation and we evangelize the world. We speak out of both sides of our mouth.

       Let us no longer be led by the "error of Lawlessness". Read 2Peter 3:15-17, 1st John 2:3-5