When Jesus Returns: The Gathering of His People (Lesson II)

Let's begin with our opening scripture for this lesson is in the book of John 10:14-15, “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd” 

Children of Israel, we are Yahushua’s sheep, the salt of the world, we want to be found worthy to escape the calamity that will shortly fall upon this earth, and to stand before the Son of man without blemish.    

Now let’s briefly recap The Return of Yahushua: A Day of Darkness.  Now with regard to what will happen before Yahushua comes through those clouds, remember from our lesson that it will be a bright afternoon that suddenly turns into thick darkness. You may be having lunch, driving, walking along the road, watching television, cooking, sleeping, shopping and then suddenly the day will turn into complete darkness. We know from scriptures that the moon will turn into blood or as some will say wine, but in any case the moon will be red. So it will be a dark day with a red moon. We know that there will be a great and mighty shaking, a great earthquake, and rocks will be falling from the sky. Remember this will be the outer picture of the world before Yahushua returns.

    

In addition to this, there is going to be so much chaos and confusion because people who haven’t read and studied the scriptures won’t know what is going on. They will be running to and fro trying to escape the calamity at hand. And remember it is going to be dark, a darkness that we’ve never seen before. There will not be a star in sight and the moon will not give us brightness.

Now after these things is the gathering of his chosen people. Now we know that Yahweh will recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set a sign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Remember Yahweh has left us signs to look for.

So when you see these things happening remember for Yahweh’s faithful servants there is no need to neither panic nor be sore afraid. We know that Yahweh is not angry with us. We know that his wrath will not be geared toward us. This is a time that we can rejoice and praise Yahweh for he has done exactly what he said he would. When we see these events happening we know that we will shortly go home to our inheritance, to a land flowing with milk and honey; a land that was promised to our forefathers.

One more review for those who are just joining us. The Jews of today practice Judaism. If you practice Judaism no matter what race you are, you are Jewish. The term Jew derived from the word “Judah” denoting family lineage, ethnicity, and race—not a religion. We know from scriptures in Genesis 32:28 and Genesis 35:10, that Yahweh changed Jacob’s name to Israel. So when we say Israel we are still referring to Jacob, not the country Israel. When we say Israelites we are still referring to the seed of Jacob, or the children of Israel, when we make reference to the 12 Tribes we are referring to the 12 Tribes of Israel, the offspring of Jacob.

Those who are living in Israel at the present time are called Israelis, they are not the Israelites. And they are definitely not the Hebrews of the Bible. The Israelites or Hebrews of the Bible are not there, they haven’t been in the land since 70 A.D., they were scattered into the four corners of the earth. Yahweh has made the remembrance of them cease from among men and has had them placed in a land among strangers. In a land that is not theirs, in a land that was not promised to Abraham. And he did this because they continuously rebelled against Yahweh; they continuously did wicked deeds; worshiped other gods; sacrificed their children, made them pass through the fire; they contacted familiar spirits; and basically they were very disobedient with numerous abominations all done in the sight of Yahweh. And our Father hid his face from them and you can read that in Jeremiah 17:4. But Yahweh is going to gather his people again as he promised.

And Yahushua will not come until the 7^th Trumpet. He’s not going to come here secretly and gather his people, then travel back to heaven, and then come back down—he’s not doing that. When Yahushua comes to this earth every eye will see him. It doesn’t say, only the believers will see him; nor does it say a certain group of people will see him. It says—every eye, as it’s stated in Revelation 1:7.

Also he’s coming with a shout, with the trump of Yahweh, and the sound of a trumpet executes a command. This means that something is getting ready to happen. So this will be loud event. You can also read this in the New Testament in I Thessalonians 4:16 where it reads, “For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” So again, this will be a loud event, nothing will be done in secret. Also let’s go to Micah 2:12, and it reads, “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.” And that word “Bozrah” and it means enclosure, sheepfold or fold.

So we notice from Micah 2:12 that not only will the coming of Yahushua and his angels be loud, but the gathering of the children of Israel will be loud also because of the multitude of people being gathered. So Yahweh will be picking out his sheep from among many people, from among the heathen, and from among our oppressors. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:13-14. Okay. Now the reason the Bible says Yahushua is coming as a thief in the night is because it will be unexpected. So if you know that your house is going to be robbed, you will be prepared and watch. And that’s what Yahushua wants us to do watch and be prepared, so this day will not catch us by surprise.

Also Yahushua is coming with his archangels. He’s not coming by himself he’s bringing his archangels with him. Now it doesn’t say how many of his archangels are coming but it is the angels that will be gathering his people throughout the four corners of the earth. So we can assume that it will be a great number. Now remember, don’t take the scriptures out of content and rewrite them, or add to them, the scriptures make it very clear that the angels are going to gather his elect, his chosen people. Let’s read in the book of Matthew 24:31 and it reads, “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” So we know from this scripture that the angels will be gathering Yahweh’s chosen people from the four corners of the earth.

Now this doesn’t mean that the saints or his faithful servants will not go to the kingdom or land. The difference is, Yahweh’s chosen people, also called the children of Israel, the Israelites, or Hebrew Israelites will inherit the land; Yahweh’s faithful servants will dwell in the land. So that’s the difference—the children of Israel inherit the land that was promised to Abraham—Yahweh’s faithful servants will dwell in the land, and the faithful servants are those that are not the children of Israel, they are not the seed of Jacob. 

So let’s read Isaiah 65:9 for assurance and it reads, “And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.” And that was from the book of Isaiah Chapter 65, verse 9. Now the word “elect” in Hebrew means to select, or choose. So you can check that word out in your Strong’s Concordance. Strong’s Concordance can also be obtained via the internet just Google Strong’s Concordance, and once on the site, enter your book of study, chapter and verse and it will give you the name in Hebrew or in Greek, the pronunciation, as well as the word’s meaning. The link is also provided in the description session of this lesson.

Let’s turn to the Old Testament to the book of Zechariah 8:12-15, Zechariah is the book before Malachi which is the last book in the Old Testament. So you have Zechariah then Malachi. And it reads, “For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall giver her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.”

Now remember this gathering of his chosen people, those elect found worthy to escape, has occurred after the thick darkness, after the moon turned into blood, after the rocks shall fall from the sky, after the mighty earthquake—the shaking of the earth. Then the gathering of his people occurs.

Now, those people that are left on the land will experience the wrath of Yahweh; including his faithful servants. But they too, the faithful servants, do not have anything to worry about, for Yahweh is not mad at them. Rocks, fire, brimstone, and plaques can fall all around them and it won’t touch them. Yahweh is not mad at them. We read about the saints still on earth in Revelation 14:12-13, and Daniel 12:12-13. The saints have to be patient and hold out just a little bit longer. Remember faithful servants will dwell on the land with the children of Israel; however, they will not inherit the land. Subsequently, only the children of Israel, those that are found worthy, will be gathered on that day. Yahweh has provided them, the children of Israel, an escape.

A lot of people do not want to hear nor believe that Yahweh has a chosen people; but the Bible makes it very clear that the children of Israel are his firstfruits, his chosen people. Now there are other races, minority races that help form the other tribes. Children of Israel, as II Timothy 2:15 says to “study to shew thyself approved unto Yahweh, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Now what happens at this gathering? Let’s read in the Old Testament in the book of Ezekiel 20:34-43 and it reads, “And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the LORD God.

Now, hold your place right there and turn to Micah 6:2-4 and we’re going to find out what this plead is, now a plead is a complaint or argument. So now in Micah chapter 6 verses 2-4, and it reads, “Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people; and he will plead with Israel. O my people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee: testify against me.” Yahweh’s saying what did I do to you, tell me? Verse 4, “For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.” So this is the plead that is being referred to in Ezekiel Chapter 20.  Yahweh wants to know, what did I do to you that will make you do all of these wicked and abominable deeds? After everything I did for you. Don’t forget that Yahweh has feelings as well.

Now let’s go back to Ezekiel 20 starting in verse 37, “And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”

Verse 39, “As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the LORD God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the LORD God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things, I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.”

Last verses 42 and 43, “And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loath yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” So once we’re face-to-face with Yahushua we’re going to feel so unworthy because we will remember that we haven’t been living right, at least not throughout our entire lives, And we will feel so humbled and unworthy and embarrassed because he knows all. Everything that we’ve done, including the sins of our youth, Yahushua knows all about it. However, if we’ve honestly repented before his return, and have strived to enter into his kingdom by walking uprightly, and have lived according to his commandments we know that those sins have been forgiven.

Remember, we don’t enter into his kingdom by being good, a lot of people think that if they are good, there’s nothing to worry about. Well an Atheist can be a good person; they just don’t believe in Yahweh. A person who specializes in Witchcraft or idolatry can also be a good person. There will be a lot of good people in hell. You must take up the cross daily. We will only enter into the kingdom by walking righteously, repenting and walking according to his commandments. You don’t get to heaven simply because you give to a charity once a month or once a year, or because you’re not a thief, or a murderer.

You don’t get to heaven because you helped an old lady, or old man cross the street, or because you helped a friend with their homework. You won’t enter into the promise land just because you’re good. It’s a combination of all of these mentioned and more, plus walking according to Yahweh’s commandments, and having a relationship with him. Luke 13:24 reads, “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” That verse doesn’t say only a few people will seek to enter in, it says many.

Last point and then we’ll close. With regard to the gathering of his chosen people; there’s a lot of talk about learning how to transport, teleport, or learn the proper techniques for ascension. This is New Age thinking, a Satan doctrine. Yahweh’s chosen people do not have to learn how to spiritually ascension as they call it, teleport, nor transport themselves anywhere, we will be gathered by his angels. We don’t need an airplane or cruise ticket, Yahushua’s angels will gather us from the four corners of the earth. The only thing we have to do is watch and prepare.

Now we learned what will take place from the outer appearance before Yahushua returns to the earth. We know how the children of Israel will be gathered and we know what will happen at this gathering. What we haven’t studied is what will take place after the gathering. And that will be discussed in our next lesson.

Now our closing scripture is from the New Testament Matthew 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, LORD, LORD, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” There will come a day that the children of Israel will no longer have to work in vain to receive their promised rewards and treasures. This concludes are lesson for this evening. Shalom.