Well are you ready to get into YAH's Word today? I
am as well. I want to invite you to open your bible with me to Genesis chapter 48, we're going to begin
with verse 1 in just a moment and we're tracking along with this week's Torah portion and the
torah portion this week is entitled, "And He Lived". The title of my message today is, "The Mystery of
the Return of Ephraim". This is going to be a very interesting study so I hope you get
your scriptures and you're ready to go I want to lay out foundation for today's
message by talking a bit about Yoseph's life and the things that he went through and how his
brothers sold him into slavery and he went off into Mitsrayim into Egypt and how the division
of the family in those days points to what was going to happen in the future in the division
of the reign of Yisra'el as you recall Yoseph was hated by his brothers and he was hated because
he received these dreams that he shared with them and they wanted to kill him and Yehudah decided
well what prophet is there in us just killing him and concealing his blood, instead, let's sell him
and as you know from reading scripture they got 20 pieces of silver when they sold Yoseph into
slavery and he went off to Mitsrayim into Egypt and so it's interesting that Yehudah who is the
father of the Yehudim, the Jews, had the idea of selling Yoseph into slavery. We see that Yoseph
going off into slavery going away into Mitsrayim brought about this division in the house
of Yisra'el, this division in the house of Ya'aqob and it pictures what was going to take
place in the years ahead when the kingdom or the reign of Yisra'el was divided and interestingly
enough it was during the time of Rehoboam, or Rehoboam, the son of Shlomo, Solomon, who was the sovereign
of the undivided reign of Yisra'el at the time and the children of Yisra'el came to him and
they wanted some relief and it appears to be that they were requesting some tax relief
and so Rehoboam who was of the house of Yehudah did not give them the tax relief and so
the reign of Yisra'el was divided again, over a situation of money. That's what it appears to
be when you read the scripture and so we see Yoseph going off into Mitsrayim into Egypt
and he pictures what was going to take place in the future when the scripture talks about
Ephrayim going into the nations and becoming the completeness of the nations. Now you'll understand
what I'm talking about in just a few moments when we get into those verses so I wanted to lay that
foundation for us as we begin in Genesis chapter 48 and verse 1. It says, "And after these events
it came to be that it was said to Yoseph, "See your father is sick,"" In other words, he is dying. "and
he took with him his two sons Menasheh and Ephrayim," That's interesting that this verse puts them
in the proper order, Menasheh being the firstborn and Ephrayim being the second. Verse 2 "and Ya'aqob
was told see your son Yoseph is coming to you and Yisra'el strengthened himself and set up on the bed,"
Verse three "and Ya'aqob said to Yoseph, "El Shaddai appeared to me at loose in the land of Kena'an and
blessed me and said to me," This is important. "'See I am making you fruitful and shall increase
you and make of you an assembly of peoples and give this land to your seed after you as an
everlasting possession.'" So he's talking about how he was blessed in these wonderful promises
that were made to him by Elohim," Verse five "and now your two sons," This is really interesting.
"Ephrayim and Menasheh," So we see Yisra'el flips the order, he puts Ephrayim before Menasheh. "who were born
to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim are mine." Now it's very important
that you understand what's being said here. Yisra'el adopts these two boys, these two sons of
Yoseph, Ephrayim and Menasheh, and Ephrayim and Menasheh were of mixed ethnicity because their mother was
an Egyptian and of course their father Yoseph so they had the DNA of Yoseph, they had the DNA
of Abraham, Yitshaq and Ya'aqob, they also had the DNA of their Egyptian mother, They
were of mixed ethnicity but they were born in Mitsrayim, they were raised in that nation's
culture. As a matter of fact, their grandfather, the father of their Egyptian mother, was a priest
the priest of On, he was a priest of the Egyptian false deities and so you can see that even though
they have the DNA of Abraham, Yitshaq, and Ya'aqob and of Yoseph, they're being raised
up in Mitsrayim in a foreign culture. Obviously, they would have spoken the language of
Egypt and we see right here Yisra'el saying that they are mine, in other words, he's adopting
them or you might say he's grafting them in. So keep all these phrases in mind as we continue.
It says, "Your two sons, Ephrayim and Menasheh who were born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came
to you in Mitsrayim are mine," I'm adopting them. It says, "As Re'uben and Shim'on," Now Re'uben is
Yisra'el's firstborn, Shim'on is his second born and so he's saying I'm adopting Ephrayim and Menasheh as
Re'uben and Shim'on. Now Re'uben lost his birthright, the blessing of the firstborn, because he went
up to his father's couch, in other words, he had a sexual relationship with Bilhah, his father's
concubine, and so he lost that birthright blessing and it says that the birthright was given
to Yoseph and we know by scripture that the stick of Yoseph is in the hand of Ephrayim
and in another place it says that Ephrayim is the firstborn and so those who
are in the first position Re'uben and Shim'on, Re'uben got disqualified
and then we see Ephrayim and Menasheh they're brought in and that reminds
me of what Yeshua said that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. It's
pretty amazing. "as Re'uben and Shim'on," It says, "they are mine. Your offspring whom you shall
bring forth after them are yours and let them be called by the name of their brothers in their
inheritance." All right now let's look at verse 8 and this is the blessing that
Yisra'el gives to Ephrayim and Menasheh it says, "And Yisra'el saw Yoseph's sons and said,
"Who are these?" and Yoseph said to his father, "They are my sons whom Elohim has given me in this
place." and he said, Please bring them to me and let me bless them." Verse 10 "And the eyes of Yisra'el were
dim with age and he was unable to see and he drew them near him and he kissed them and embraced
them and Yisra'el said to Yoseph, "I had not thought to see your face but see Elohim has also shown
me your seed." So Yoseph brought them from between his knees and he bowed down with his face to the
earth and Yoseph took them both, Ephrayim with his right hand toward Yisra'el's left hand and Menasheh
with his left hand toward Yisra'el's right hand and brought them near him." In other words, he
lined them up in the proper birth order. Verse 14 "And Yisra'el stretched out his right hand and
laid it on Ephrayim's head who was the younger and his left hand on Menasheh's head consciously
directing his hands for Menasheh was the firstborn and he blessed Yoseph and said, "The Elohim before
whom my fathers Abraham and Yitshaq walked and the Elohim who has fed me all my life long to this day
the messenger who has redeemed me from all evil bless the youths and let my name be called upon
them and the name of my fathers Abraham and Yitshaq and let them increase to a multitude in
the midst of the earth." And when Yoseph saw that his father laid his right hand on
the head of Ephrayim it was evil in his eyes and he took hold of his father's hand to remove
it from the head of Ephrayim to the head of Menasheh and Yoseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for
this one is the firstborn," Talking about Menasheh. "put your right hand on his head." But his
father refused and said, "I know my son, I know he also becomes a people and he also is great and
yet his younger brother Ephrayim is greater than he and his seed," His descendants, his seed. "is to become
the completeness of the nations." So you have to keep that phrase in mind, the seed of Ephrayim
is to become the completeness of the nations. "And he blessed them on that day saying,
"In you Yisra'el shall bless, saying, 'Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menasheh.'
Thus he put Ephrayim before Menasheh." And so again, Ephrayim's seed will
become the completeness of the nations, it's interesting to keep in mind as we mentioned
a moment ago, as Yeshua said in Matthew 19:30, but many who are first shall be last and
the last first the fullness of Ephrayim comes in before the fullness of Yehudah, we're
going to develop that theme here in just a moment but I want you to go with me over to First Kings
chapter 12 and we'll pick up with verse one and this is going to talk about the period of
time when the reign of Yisra'el is divided. So there was sovereign Dawid, and then after him,
sovereign Shlomo and then after him, sovereign Rehoboam and up until that point, the
reign of Yisra'el was undivided but we're going to see that there's going to be a
division in the reign and there will be two groups, one calling itself the house of Yisra'el and the
other calling itself the house of Yehudah. Look at verse 1 of First Kings chapter 12. It says, "And
Rehoboam went to Shekem for all Yisra'el had gone to Shekem to set him up to reign and it came to be
when Yarob'am, son of Nebat heard this he was still in Mitsrayim," So Yarob'am was in Mitsrayim. "for he
had fled from the presence of sovereign Shlomo," King Solomon. "and had been dwelling in Mitsrayim,
that they sent and called him and Yarob'am and all the assembly of Yisra'el came and spoke
to Rehoboam saying, "Your father made our yoke hard and now lighten the hard service of your
father and his heavy yoke which he put on us then we serve you." And again it appears that this
is about taxes and Shlomo, sovereign Shlomo, had taxed them heavily and so they were coming
at the time of the coronation of Rehoboam to ask for some relief and of course Rehoboam went to
the elders and they said give him relief and they'll serve you and then he went
he talked to the young men that he had been raised up with and they gave him bad advice
and so he goes with the advice of the young men and it brings about the division of the reign.
Verse 5 "And he said to them, "Go away for three days then come back to me." and the people went." Look
at verse 12. "so Yarob'am and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day as the sovereign had
spoken saying, come back to me the third day, but the sovereign answered the people harshly and
ignored the advice which the elders had given him and he spoke to them according to the advice of
the young men saying, "My father made your yoke heavy but I add to your yoke, my father flogged
you with whips but I flog you with scourges," Look at verse 16. "and all Yisra'el saw that
the sovereign did not listen to them then the people answered the sovereign
saying, "What portion do we have in Dawid? For there is no inheritance in the son of Yishai."
The son of Jesse. "To your mighty ones O Yisra'el now see to your own house O Dawid." So Yisra'el went
to their tents but as for the children of Yisra'el who dwelt in the cities of Yehudah Rehoboam reigned
over them," Verse 19 "thus Yisra'el revolted against the house of Dawid to this day," So there was a
division just like during the time of Yoseph there was a division of the family when Yoseph's
brothers sold him into slavery and he went off into Mitsrayim, into Egypt, so now over what appears
to be another money issue of course Rehoboam on being of the house of Yehudah, what happened
in the past is happening again. He would not give them relief and so
there's a division. So let's go over to First Kings chapter 12 and we'll pick
up with verse 20 and we'll see that Yisra'el makes Yarob'am sovereign. It says, "And it came to be
when all Yisra'el heard that Yarob'am had come back they sent for him and called him to the
congregation and set him up to reign over all Yisra'el there was none who followed the
house of Dawid except the tribe of Yehudah only." And then look at verse 26, "And Yarob'am said
in his heart, "Now the reign shall return to the house of Dawid if these people go up to do
slaughterings in the house of YAH at Yerushalayim then the heart of this people shall turn back
to their master Yarob'am sovereign of Yehudah and they shall kill me and go back to Rehoboam
sovereign of Yehudah." So they made Yarob'am sovereign in Yisra'el so we see this division
you have Yehudah and Binyamin in the south and those two tribes were called collectively
the house of Yehudah and then the other tribes that revolted ten of the tribes they were called
the house of Yisra'el and out of all of those tribes Ephrayim became the dominant one and so it was
also called the house of Ephrayim, so you have these two groups, the house of Yisra'el and the house
of Yehudah. Yarob'am became sovereign over Yisra'el and he got concerned that if he allowed
the people to go down to Yerushalayim and to celebrate the feasts and to worship
YAH there in the temple in Yerushalayim that the people would turn their heart away
from him and would turn their heart toward Yarob'am and that they would kill him, so this is
what he did in verse 28 of First Kings chapter 12. "So the sovereign took counsel and
made two calves of gold and said to the people "It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim
see your mighty ones O Yisra'el which brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim and he set up
one in Beyth'el and the other he put in Dan and this matter became a sin for the people went
before the one as far as Dan and he made the house of high places and made priests from all sorts
of people who were not of the sons of Lewi. And Yarob'am performed a festival on the 15th day
of the eighth new moon like the festival that was in Yehudah and he offered on the slaughter-place.
So he did at Beyth'el slaughtering to the calves that he had made and at Beyth'el he appointed
the priest of the high places which he had made." And so what he did was he led Yisra'el the 10 tribes
into idolatry to perform abominations to do what was not right in the eyes of YAH and because of
this great sin and we have a number of sovereigns after Yarob'am who continued in the sins of
Yarob'am continued performing abominations and doing what was not right in the eyes of YAH and
because of this great sin then ultimately Elohim led Yisra'el into captivity in other
words allowed the sovereign of Asher of Assyria to come in and to defeat the house of
Yisra'el and take the people off into exile into Asher and ultimately they were assimilated into
the more than 120 nations in the Assyrian empire. So let's take a look at Second Kings chapter 17
beginning with verse 6, it says, "This in the ninth year of Hoshea the sovereign of Asher captured
Shomeron," Or Samaria. "and exiled Yisra'el to Asher and settled them in Halah and Habor, the River of
Gozan, and then the cities of the Medes. Now this came to be because the children of Yisra'el had
sinned against YAH their Elohim who had brought them up out of the land of Mitsrayim from under
the hand of Pharaoh's sovereign of Mitsrayim and feared other mighty ones and walked in the
laws of the nations whom YAH had dispossessed from before the children of Yisra'el and of
the sovereigns of Yisra'el that they had made and the children of Yisra'el secretly did
against YAH their Elohim matters that were not right and they built for themselves high
places in all their cities from watchtower under the walled city and set up for themselves
pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree and burned incense
there on all the high places like the nations whom YAH had removed from their presence and they did
evil matters to provoke YAH and served the idols of which YAH had said of them, "Do not do this," and
YAH warned Yisra'el and Yehudah through all of his prophets and every seer saying, "Turn back from
your evil ways and guard my commands and my laws according to all the Torah which I command your
fathers and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets." But they did not listen and harden their
necks like the necks of their fathers who did not put their trust in YAH their Elohim and rejected
His laws and His covenant that He made with their fathers and His witnesses which He had witnessed
against them and went after worthlessness and became worthless and after the nations who were
all around them of whom YAH had commanded them not to do like them and they left all the commands of
YAH their Elohim and made for themselves a molded image two calves and made an Asherah and bowed
themselves to all the hosts of the heavens and served Ba'al and caused their sons and daughters
to pass through the fire and practice divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the
eyes of YAH to provoke Him. So YAH was very enraged with Yisra'el and removed them from His presence.
None was left but the tribe of Yehudah alone." Of course it was Yehudah and Binyamin but the two
tribes together were called the house of Yehudah, and so Yisra'el is taken away into captivity
because of its sin and as I mentioned a moment ago, they were assimilated into the more
than 120 nations of the Assyrian empire and even though they had the DNA of
Abraham, Yitshaq, and Ya'aqob, they didn't want to follow Torah, they didn't want to do what was
right in the eyes of YAH and so He sent them away into the nations. He basically gave them what they
wanted and they began to serve the false deities of the nations, they began to take up the culture
of the nations that they went to and over time, they lost their identity, they were completely
assimilated by the nations and scattered out across the earth and so Ephrayim was lost and
all of his companions all the other tribes their identity was lost, they became like the
nations and over time ,generation after generation, they lost track of who they were and just
thought they were part of the nations and so it's interesting that we see more
in scripture that tells us that Ephrayim the 10 tribes that revolted against Yehudah and
Binyamin became part of the nations. We see it in Hosea chapter 9 and verse 17. It says, "My Elohim
rejects them because they have not obeyed Him so that they became wanderers among the
nations." So Ephrayim then began to wander amongst the nations and it's interesting that
we begin to see the plan of Elohim unfolding in the writings of we see that Elohim has a plan
to save the completeness of the nations remember that phrase that the seed of Ephrayim
would become the completeness of the nations. Ephrayim was scattered into
the nations and became like the nations and yet YAH has a plan to regather Ephrayim to
bring Ephrayim back to join Ephrayim and Yehudah together again, to reunite the family of Yisra'el, to
reunite the reign of Yisra'el with one King, the King of kings, the Sovereign of sovereigns, the
Master of masters, and His Name is Yeshua. Let's take a look at it in Romans chapter 11 beginning
with verse 25, it says, "For I do not wish you to be ignorant of this secret," That's why we call it
the mystery of the return of Ephrayim. "I do not wish you to be ignorant of this secret brothers
lest you should be wise in your own estimation that hardening in part has come over Yisra'el," Not
all of Yisra'el is hardened but a part of Yisra'el is hardened. It says, "until the completeness of the
nations has come in." There's that phrase again. So part of Yisra'el is hardened until
Ephrayim is brought back. Yehudah, Binyamin, they are hardened. Now, not everyone is
hardened, there's a remnant in both of those tribes that have believed but for the most part Yehudah
and Binyamin have been hardened until what point until the completeness of the nations has come
in, until Ephrayim is brought home. Now ultimately Yehudah and Binyamin, the remnant that's
in those two tribes will also come in but YAH has a plan to restore Ephrayim. Look at
verse 26. "And so all Yisra'el shall be saved as it has been written, the deliverer shall come out of
Tsyion and He shall turn away wickedness from Ya'aqob and this is my covenant with them when I take
away their sin." And so all of Yisra'el will be saved, both the house of Yehudah and his
companions and the house of Ephrayim and his companions will be saved, in
essence, the remnant will come forth of both houses and there will be a restoration
there will be a reunification. This is so exciting. Let's look at Ezekiel chapter
37 we'll pick up with verse 1. When you take all these things into
consideration, you ask the question, who knows if you are a part of ethnic Ephrayim or not? We know
that Ephrayim was scattered amongst the nations these are people who have the DNA of Abraham, Yitshaq, and Ya'aqob,
they don't know if they are Ephrayim, they became like the nations, they're in the nations.
Their seed does not know. There is no DNA test to determine if you're part of Ephrayim, if you
share the same DNA as Abraham, Yitshaq, and Ya'aqob, but there is something that
takes place in the spirit realm that allows us to begin to see that the possibility of
someone being a part of Ephrayim is great when certain elements of what I'm about to
share with you takes place in a person's life. We're going to talk about the prophetic word, the
prophetic word is sent out to gather in Ephrayim and we see it in Ezekiel chapter 37 beginning with
verse 1. "And the hand of YAH was upon me and took me out by the Spirit of YAH and set me down in the
midst of the valley and it was filled with bones and He made me pass among them
all around and see there were very many on the surface of the valley and see they
were very dry." So Yechezqel was taken out to a valley and he saw the valley filled with
bones and these bones were very dry. Verse 3 "And he said to me, "Son of man would these
bones live?" and I said, "O Master YAH you know." Again he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and you
shall say to them, "O dry bones hear the word of YAH. Thus said the Master YAH to these bones. See I am
bringing into you a spirit and you shall live and I shall put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you
and cover you with skin and put a spirit in you." You remember the promise of the Father is? The
promise of the Indwelling Set-apart Spirit of YAH coming into every person who would believe upon
Yeshua. Keep that in mind as we continue reading. "...and I shall put sinews on you and bring
flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put a spirit in you and you shall live and you
shall know that I am YAH." Verse 7 "And I prophesied as I was commanded and as I prophesied
there was a noise and there was a rattling and the bones came together bone to bone and I
looked and saw sinews and flesh came upon them and skin covered them but there was no spirit in
them. He then said to me, "Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy son of man and you shall say to
the spirit, thus said the Master YAH, come from the four winds O Spirit and breathe on these
killed ones so that they live." Sounds like Ephrayim scattered into the nations because of
their sin they were spiritually dead. They had no understanding of who they were,
they had no understanding of YAH's plan to bring them back to life and unify them
once again with their brother Yehudah to bring all of the house of Yisra'el together. That's what we're talking about the unification of
the house of Yisra'el bringing Ephrayim back to life giving them the want to and the power
to be obedient through belief in Yeshua. This is amazing. Verse 10 "And I prophesied as
He commanded me and the Spirit came into them and they lived and stood up upon their feet a
very great army and He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Yisra'el."
Bringing the house of Yisra'el alive, causing Ephrayim to be filled with
the spirit of YAH through belief in Yeshua, bringing in the completeness of the
nations. It says, "See they say, our bones are dry our expectancy has perished and
we ourselves have been cut off. Therefore prophesy, and you shall say to
them, thus said the Master YAH, "See O my people, I am opening your burial sites and shall
bring you up from your burial sites and shall bring you into the land of Yisra'el." So
not only am I going to resurrect you and give you spiritual life and put my Spirit in you but I'm
also going to bring you into the land of Yisra'el. "And you shall know that I am YAH when I open your
burial-sites, my people and bring you up from your burial-sites and I shall put my Spirit in you and
you shall live and I shall settle you in your own land," I'm going to bring you back to your own
land. "and you shall know that I YAH have spoken and I have done it." declares
YAH." So how does someone know if they are Ephrayim? How do you know? There is no
test, you can't take a DNA test, but when the prophetic word is sent to you we send out the Word every week through
these cameras when the Word reaches you, the Word of belief in Yeshua, a belief that produces
justification unto obedience, in other words, you receive the promise of
the Indwelling Set-apart Spirit of YAH and YAH through His Spirit gives you
the want to and the power to be obedient when you hear this message of
Yeshua and its Torah lifestyle, when you hear this message of going back
to the ancient ways, going back to the ways of Elohim and walking in His
Torah and your spirit ignites, and you're on fire with truth, and you're ready to walk in the truth of Torah,
and to please the Father by being obedient to His commandments and following the example
of Yeshua, and living the way Yeshua lived and loving what Yeshua loved and hating what
Yeshua hated, you're on fire with this message and you want to live it no matter who it
joins you together with or separates you from, it's a sign to you because the prophetic
word is sent forth together Ephrayim and when this prophetic word has that kind
of impact on you then it's a sign to you there is a gathering of Ephrayim. I know I have been stirred with this message, it's changed my life
dramatically, and many of you who are watching could say the same thing, that's how you know.
That's how you know when the prophetic word causes this type of reaction in you
like bone coming together with bone and sinews and skin and the Spirit making you
alive, you're resurrected out of your burial site. It's exciting. Hosea chapter 1 and verse 2 says,
"The beginning of the Word of YAH with Hoshea and YAH said to Hoshea, "Go take yourself a
woman of whoring and children of whoring for the land has utterly whored away from
YAH," This is speaking of the house of Yisra'el of Ephrayim. "so he went and
took Gomer, daughter of Diblayim, and she conceived and bore him a son,"
Verse 4 "and YAH said to him, "Call his name Yizre'el for in a little while I shall revenge
the bloodshed of Yisra'el on the house of Yehu and put an end to the reign of the house of Yisra'el."
And so the main point here is that YAH is saying forth a matter that He's going to
put an end to the house of Yisra'el. "And she conceived again and bore a daughter
and He said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruḥamah for no longer do I have compassion on the
house of Yisra'el so as to forgive them at all." And as we've already mentioned He allowed the
sovereign of Asher to come in and defeat them and take them off into captivity. Verse 7 "But I shall
have compassion on the house of Yehudah and save them by YAH their Elohim and not save them by
bow or by sword or battle or horses or horsemen," Verse 8 "and she weaned Lo-Ruḥamah and conceived
and bore son, then He said call his name Lo-Ammi for you are not my people and I am not for you."
Again, He's speaking of the house of Yisra'el or Ephrayim. Verse 10 "Yet the number of the children
of Yisra'el shall be as the sand of the sea which is not measured nor counted and it shall
be in the place where it was said to them you are not my people they shall be called you
are the sons of the living EL and the children of Yehudah and the children of Yisra'el shall be
gathered together and appoint for themselves one head," Speaking of Yeshua. "and shall come up out of
the earth for great is the day of Yizre'el." Yizre'el means YAH scattered, but when this prophecy takes
place it's not a scattering, it's a gathering the great is the day of Yizre'el is speaking of
the great gathering and it's a wonderful time of the whole house of Yisra'el being unified
and of course they're going to go to the land and YAH is going to be their Elohim and
they are going to be His people. And then Hosea chapter 2 beginning with
verse 14 it says, "Therefore see I am alluring her and shall lead her into
the wilderness and shall speak to her heart and give to her vineyards from there and
the valley of Akor as a door of expectation and there she shall respond as in the days of
her youth as in the day when she came up from the land of Mitsrayim and it shall be in that
day declares YAH that you call me my husband and no longer call me my Ba'al and I shall
remove the names of the Ba'al's from her mouth and they shall no more be remembered by their name
and in that day I shall make a covenant for them with the beast of the field and with the birds
of the heavens and with the creeping creatures of the ground when bow and sword in battle I break
from the earth," It's a reference to the millennial kingdom. "and I shall make them lie down in safety
and I shall take you as a bride unto me forever and take you as a bride unto me in righteousness," Reminds me of the marriage supper of the Lamb,
that's what this is all about. "and in right ruling and loving commitment and compassion and I shall
take you as a bride unto me in trustworthiness and you shall know YAH and it shall be
in that day that I answer, declares YAH, that I answer the heavens
and they answer the earth and the earth answer the grain and the new
wine and the oil and they answer Yisra'el and I shall sow her for myself," In other
words, not scatter her but sow her for myself or gather her. "for myself in the earth and I
shall have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion and I shall say to those who were
not my people, 'You are my people,' while they say, 'My Elohim.'" So these are all wonderful
prophetic passages that we're reading that tells us about the regathering of Ephrayim
and the unification of Ephrayim and Yehudah bringing the whole family of Yisra'el back
together and how during the millennial kingdom it's going to be such a wonderful time, we're
going to lie down in safety, and we're going to walk in the very presence of Yeshua and YAH. And
I want to take you over to Ezekiel chapter 37 and begin with verse 15. Again, we're talking
about the unification of the whole house of Yisra'el. It says, "And the word of YAH came to me saying, "And
you son of man take a stick for yourself and write on it for Yehudah and for the children of
Yisra'el his companions." So there were people out of many of the tribes who joined themselves with
Yehudah during the time of the division of the reign. So it says, "For Yehudah for the children of
Yisra'el, his companions. Then take another stick and write on it for Yoseph, the stick of Ephrayim," You
remember Yoseph's stick is in the hand of Ephrayim and for all the house of Yisra'el his companions then bring them together for yourself into one
stick and they shall become one in your hand and when the children of your people speak to you
saying, 'Won't you show us what you mean by these?' say to them, 'Thus said the Master YAH,
see I am taking the stick of Yoseph which is in the hand of Ephrayim and
the tribes of Yisra'el, his companions, and I shall give them unto him with the stick of
Yehudah and make them one stick and they shall be one in my hand." Verse 20 "And the sticks
on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes and speak to them, 'Thus said
the Master YAH, see I am taking the children of Yisra'el from among the nations," That's what we've
been talking about today. "wherever they have gone and shall gather them from all around and I
shall bring them into their land," Hallelujah. "and I shall make them one nation in
the land on the mountains of Yisra'el and one sovereign shall be sovereign
over them all," Sovereign Yeshua. "and let them no longer be two nations and let
them no longer be divided into two reigns and they shall no longer defile themselves with
their idols nor with their disgusting matters nor with any of their transgressions and i shall
save them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned and I shall cleanse them and
they shall be my people and I be their Elohim while Dawid my servant is sovereign over
them," The Messiah was known as the Son of Dawid. "and they shall all have one Shepherd and walk
in my right-rulings and guard my laws and shall do them." Isn't that interesting? So we're going to be
obeying the Torah during the millennial kingdom. If that's the truth then why
are we not obeying the Torah now? I'm speaking on behalf of religion
who says the Torah has been abolished this is the culmination of all of the plans of YAH
that the whole house of Yisra'el would be reunified and brought into the land and
that they would obey the Torah. Notice it says, "And they shall all
have one Shepherd and walk in my right-rulings and guard my laws and shall do them and they shall dwell in the land that I have
given to Ya'aqob my servant where your fathers dwelt and they shall dwell in it they and their
children and their children's children forever and my servant Dawid be their prince forever."
Again this is a reference to Messiah. "And I shall make a covenant of peace with them
an everlasting covenant it is with them and I shall place them and increase them and shall
place my Set-apart Place in their midst forever and my dwelling place shall be over them and I
shall be their Elohim and they shall be my people and the nation shall know that I YAH am
setting Yisra'el apart when my Set-Apart place is in their midst forever."
Hallelujah. So again, this is telling us that YAH has a plan to bring Yehudah and Ephrayim
together again Ephrayim is currently in the nations, they've been scattered, they don't even know
that they have the DNA of Abraham, Yitshaq, and Ya'aqob in them. They're living as the nations, as Gentiles, many of them are in false
religion and they don't know their true identity but this message that this
ministry is sending out and others who were called by YAH this message is the prophetic word that
when Ephrayim hears it something supernatural and powerful takes place on the inside of them
they're brought out of their burial places bone comes upon bone and sinews and flesh and the
Spirit enters them they hear the message of Yeshua and that through belief in Yeshua, there's
a justification that leads to obedience to the scripture and the message explodes in
their Spirit and they respond, they're willing to make a life change, they're willing to
test everything that they've been taught by religion to forsake those things that
are untrue and to walk in the truth of Torah and all of scripture and that is a sign
that when you have that kind of response to the prophetic word that's going forth that
you very well may be a part of ethnic Ephrayim but we know that those who are not can believe and
can join because it's Ephrayim and his companions, it's Yehudah and his companions, but I tell
you when you have such a powerful prophetic response to the word that's going
forth in this hour that we're living in then that is a tremendous sign to you. There's a
gathering, there's a gathering going on right now, hallelujah, and this gathering is
going to continue until Yeshua returns and gathers us all up and takes us to
Yerushalayim and we're a part of His bride and we rule and reign with Him on this
earth for a thousand years of shalom and all of these prophetic passages that we're
reading and enjoying today come to pass. We're already seeing it happen. Go with me quickly over
to Isaiah chapter 11. We'll start with verse 1. I want to read a few passages here in Isaiah 11 and
then I want to get over to Jeremiah 31 and we're going to bring this message to a close. Isaiah
chapter 11 beginning with verse 1, it says, "And a rod shall come forth from the stump of Yishai," Your
bible may say Jesse. This is speaking of Yeshua, a rod that comes forth from the stump of Yishai.
"and a sprout from his roots shall be fruitful the Spirit of YAH rests upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of
YAH and shall make him breathe in the fear of YAH and He shall not judge by the sight of His
eyes nor decide by the hearing of His ears but with righteousness He shall judge the poor
and shall decide with straightness for the meek ones of the earth and shall strike the earth
with the rod of His mouth again speaking of Yeshua and slay the wrong with the breath of His lips
and righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins and trustworthiness the girdle of His waste." Now
look at verse 11. "And it shall be in that day that YAH sets His hand again a second time to recover
the remnant of His people who are left," It says, "from Asher," That's Assyria. "and from Mitsrayim, from
Pathros, and from Kush, from Eylam and from Shin'ar, from Hamath and from the Islands of the sea."
From all over the world there's going to be a regathering. "And He shall raise a banner for the
nations and gather the outcasts of Yisra'el," They're coming out of the nations, they think they are
the nations but they're coming out of the nations because they're hearing the prophetic
word and there's a gathering taking place. It says, "and assemble the dispersed of Yehudah
from the four corners of the earth," So He's going to assemble the dispersed of Yehudah as
well. "and the envy of Ephrayim shall turn aside," Ephrayim envied Yehudah because
the sovereign came out of Yehudah. It says, "and the adversaries of Yehudah be cut off, Yehudah was adversarial toward Ephrayim Ephrayim.
"shall not envy and Yehudah not trouble Ephrayim so we're coming back together again." Hallelujah. The household, the family
of Yisra'el is being reunited. Look at verse 16. "And there shall be a highway for
the remnant of His people those left from Asher as it was for Yisra'el in the day when
he came up from the land of Mitsrayim," That's just talking prophetically
that Ephrayim is coming home. There's going to be a highway that's going
to lead us home and we're leaving Asher, that's prophetically speaking, we're leaving Assyria, we're leaving our captivity
our exile, we're coming home. And quickly, I want to take you over to Genesis
chapter 46, we're going to look at verse 28 and in the Torah we see that this unification that
we're talking about the unification of Yehudah and Ephrayim is seen in one particular verse that
I want to emphasize right now, Genesis chapter 46 verse 28. It says, "And he sent Yehudah," Speaking
of Yisra'el sent Yehudah. "before him to Yoseph," So when Yisra'el was coming into Egypt, into the land
of Goshen, he was coming to Yoseph to see Yoseph then he sent, the Scripture says, Yehudah
his son before all the other sons to meet up with Yoseph to discover the way to the
land of Goshen and of course as we've said several times, the stick of Yoseph is in the hand of Ephrayim,
so we see in this passage the unification of Yehudah and Ephrayim. Let's read the whole
verse. "And he sent Yehudah before him to Yoseph to point out before him the way to Goshen and
they came to the land of Goshen," So we see Yehudah and Yoseph, or you could say Ephrayim, coming
together unified to show the way to the land, to the land of Goshen, to the land of safety.
Of course the land of safety in the last days is the land of Yisra'el during the time of the
millennial reign. Hallelujah. And then finally, Jeremiah 31 beginning with verse 1, we're
talking about YAH bringing Ephrayim home, it says, "At that time, declares YAH, I shall
be the Elohim of all the clans of Yisra'el and they shall be my people," thus said YAH,
"A people escaped from the sword found favor in the wilderness," Yisra'el when it went to
find rest well a people escaped from the sword found favor in the wilderness,
he's talking about going into exile. Verse 3 "YAH appeared to me from afar saying ,
"I have loved you with an everlasting love," So this is YAH speaking of His love for Ephrayim.
"therefore I shall draw you with loving commitment," Well that's what He's doing right now, people are
being drawn out of false religion, of pagan ways, and pagan days. It says here, "I have loved you
with an everlasting love therefore I shall draw you with loving commitment," That's what
He's doing, many of you have experienced that. "I am going to build you again and you
shall be rebuilt O maiden of Yisra'el again you shall take up your tambourines and
go forth in the dances of those who rejoice again you shall plant vines on the mountains of
Shomeron," At Samaria. "the planters shall plant and treat them as common for there shall be a day when
the watchmen cry on mount Ephrayim arise and let us go up to Tsiyon on to YAH our Elohim for thus said
YAH, "Sing with gladness for Ya'aqob and shout among the chief of the nations, cry out give praise and
say, 'O YAH save your people the remnant of Yisra'el. See I am bringing them from the land of the north
and shall gather them from the ends of the earth among them the blind and the lame those with
child and those in labor together a great assembly returning home," We're coming home,
we're coming home out of every nation. YAH has sent forth this powerful prophetic word and we're responding to the word. We're coming alive to it, we're coming out
of our burial sites, of mixed up religion, false doctrine, and we're returning home hallelujah.
Verse 9 "with weeping they shall come and with their prayers, I bring them I shall make them walk
by rivers of waters in a straight way in which they do not stumble." Hallelujah. "For I shall be a
Father to Yisra'el and Ephrayim, he is my firstborn." There's that verse I was talking about right
here in the book of Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 9, Ephrayim is the firstborn. Hallelujah. "Hear the word of YAH O nations
and declare it in the isles afar off and say he who scattered Yisra'el gathers him and
shall guard him as a shepherd his flock," And then picking up with verse 17, "and there
is expectancy for your latter end, declares YAH, and your children shall return to their own
country." We're going home, Yeshua is going to come, He's going to gather us up
and we're going to the land. "I have clearly heard Ephrayim lamenting
you have chastised me and I was chastised like an untrained calf turn me back and I
shall turn back for you are YAH my Elohim for after my turning back I repented," That's
teshuvah. "and after I was instructed I struck myself on the thigh," I punished myself, I was ashamed. "even
humiliated for I bore the reproach of my youth. Is Ephrayim a precious son to me? A child
of delights? For though I spoke against him I still remembered him that is why my
affections were deeply moved for him. I have great compassion for him, declares
YAH." What a powerful, powerful plan. That the Almighty has that He
is executing at this very time, sending out His prophetic word. He has a
tremendous love for Ephrayim. He punished them, He scattered them, but now He is regathering
them and they are coming out of all the nations and we are responding to the
truth, we are making the change, we understand that what we did was wrong, we were
ashamed, we've been humiliated for our sins but we are performing teshuvah and we are
coming home. We believe upon Yeshua with a belief that produces obedience and we
are looking forward to the day when Yeshua comes and gathers us up and takes
us to the land that is rightly ours. Hallelujah.
