Israel as One
Man, “This is a great mystery:” but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Posted on September 1, 2021 by cmardern
One man…He
Isa 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
God refers to Israel as “he”
Jer_50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Hos 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
God has driven “him” away
Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
“the people of the saints of the most High” then it goes on to refer to them as him. This is talking about the Lord and his Christ
Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
“our Lord and his Christ” and “he” When it talks about the Lords return it’s talking about his body of overcomers as one body, one man, he.
The fig trees….”When his”
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
One man, Christ returns as one man, his body, Israel.
Ezr_3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Isa 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isa 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
“my elect…I have put my spirit upon “him”
Isa 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isa 44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Isa 11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
The principle works for Christ and antichrist as we see in Joel for example the army of antichrist false teachers is also refered to as “he”
Joe 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Joe 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Jer 31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
This is a key verse in understanding what God is doing. God is using the similitude of israel in the wilderness as he talks about his people today. He refers to Israel as “he” That’s because Israel is Christ, and it’s not just Jesus Christ but Jesus along with his body of saints. That’s what this is teaching and all that goes with it. This helps understand what Israel means, H3478
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yiśrâ’êl
yis-raw-ale’
From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: – Israel. He will rule as God and “he” is a collective body.
This is the answer to Jesus’ prayer
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Mat 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Isa 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
The Mystery of Israel, Israel my son, the body of overcomers.
Ezr_3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Chris Ardern
2597 Townline Rd.
Madison, OH 44057
440-983-0772
The Two Witnesses Tread on Serpents and Scorpions
The two witnesses is an extremely important topic for the saints in the last days. The passages in Rev 8,9,10, and 11 are deeply cryptic. You must understand the metaphors and the principal of similitude in interpreting what God is teaching us in these verses. The direct link to Zechariah is the key.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Zec 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
Zec 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
This points directly to the identities in Zechariah, Joshua and Zerubbabel. This is the key to understanding the 2 witnesses. When we analyze what these guys were about we get all the insight into the ministry of the 2 witnesses.
Joshua was the High Priest, Zerubbabel was the Governor of Judah, of the royal line of David. Joshua and Zerubbabel were the type and shadow if the Royal Melchezedek Priesthood. What did they do? They lead the remnant out of Babylonian Captivity back to Jerusalem, We as the 2 witness ministry are doing the same thing today, attempting to lead the deceived captives of Mystery Babylon to New Jerusalem, Jerusalem above which is “free” and the mother of us all. A remnant is being gathered, not by power and not by might but by the Spirit sayeth the Lord.
Joshua and Zerubbabel are also present in the second witness to what I am teaching, the book of Haggai. We see Joshua and Zerubbabel linked to the Latter House.
Hag 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
We know the latter house is a spiritual house, a royal priesthood etc…
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
The latter house will b glorified, Paul taught clearly on that
Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Future Glory
Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
This event is also described in metaphor in Zechariah where we see the 2 witnesses and the Lord all coming together into the mysterious “One Man” Zech 6:12 and 13 is describing the transformation of the 2 witnesses into the 144,000 as they are glorified
Zec 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zec 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
This is when Jesus’ prayer is answered.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus sent the seventy out 2 x 2 (2 witnesses operating in the 2 witness principal)
Deu 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established
The 70 had power over serpents and scorpions which represent false teachers and their false doctrine and the power it has over the people.
This is the same thing going on during the final trumpet judgements. The 2 witnesses are present in the 3 woes where the scorpion and serpent is at work, false teachers teaching false doctrine from the bottomless pit, the carnal mind
Rev 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Serpent scorpion false teachers are the fifth and sixth trumpet judgements, the trumpets are the voices of the 2 witnesses warning against their lies. The 2 witnesses also have power to tread on serpents and scorpions
Chris Ardern
2597 Townline Rd.
Madison, OH 44057
440-983-0772
