Four Winds Of Heaven

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENinformed us also that this dream was a secret, but was revealed forthe living’s sake. Now let us see what Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream.Daniel 2:31-34, (Verse 31) “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold agreat image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent,stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.” (Verse 32)“This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of sil-ver, his belly and his thighs of brass,” (Verse 33) “His legs of iron,his feet part of iron and part of clay.” (Verse 34) “Thou sawest tillthat a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the imageupon his feet that were iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.”This scripture tells us about a great statue. Even though this statueis composed of different types of ore, it is still one image. Startingwith gold and declining to iron and clay lets us know that eachkingdom was inferior to the one that preceded it. Daniel also saw a stone that was cut out without handssmite the image on the feet. This stone represents Jesus, the stonethat was rejected. See St. Matthew 21:42, “Jesus saith unto them,Did ye never read in the scriptures, THE STONE WHICH THEBUILDERS REJECTED, THE SAME IS BECOME THE HEADOF THE CORNER: this is the Lord’s (father’s) doing, and it ismarvelous in our eyes?” See Psalm 118: 22-23, (Verse 22) “Thestone which the builders refused is become the head stone of thecorner.” (Verse 23) “This is the lord’s doing; it is marvelous in oureyes.” Also, see Ephesians 2:20, (Verse 20) “And are built uponthe foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himselfbeing the chief corner stone,” This is the rock on which God willbuild his church, not Peter. Now let us go back to Daniel the 2nd chapter, specificallythe 34th verse. This stone smote the statue on the feet and not thehead. Why did it strike the feet and not the head? Because thehead represented Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylon. His time hascome and gone, as has the times of Medo-Persia, Greece, and oldRoman Empires. Only the ten (10) toes (the European CommonMarket) will be around when the stone (Jesus) comes back. Dan-iel 2:35 makes it clear that the stone will destroy those ten toes. 92

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN“The ten toes represent the beast kingdom (European Common Market). The stone represents Jesus.” The stone (Jesus) will outright attach these nations. SeeHabakkuk 3:8-16. (Verse 8) “Was the Lord displeased againstthe rivers (rivers of people)? Was thine anger against the rivers?Was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine 93

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENhorses and thine chariots of salvation?” (Verse 9) “Thy bow wasmade quite naked, according to the oath of the tribes, even thyword. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.” (Verse 10)“The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowingof the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted uphis hands on high.” (Verse 11) “The sun and moon stood still intheir habitation; at the light of thine arrows they went, and at theshining of thy glittering the light of thine arrows they went, and atthe shining of thy glittering spear.” (Verse 12) “Thou didst marchthrough the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen (na-tions) in anger.” (Verse 13) “Thou wentest forth for the salvationof thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou wound-edst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering thefoundation unto the neck. Selah.” (Verse 14) “Thou didst strikethrough with his staves the head of his villages: they came outas a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was as to devour thepoor secretly.” (Verse 15) “Thou didst walk through the sea withthine horses, through the heap of great waters.” (Verse 16) “WhenI heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rotten-ness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I mightrest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, hewill invade them with his troops.” The Prophet Habakkuk saw ten toes under attack by thestone, and the vision frightened him so that he hoped he wouldrest (be dead) in the day of trouble. See St. Luke 20:18, “Whoso-ever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoeverit shall fall, it will grind him to powder.” Also, in Daniel 2:35,it said that the stone that smote the image had become a greatmountain (a great government) and filled the whole earth. SeeZechariah 14: 19, “And the Lord shall be king over all the earth:in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.” 94

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Chapter XIIBEGINNING AND END OF GENTILE RULERSHIP 95

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN BEGINNING AND END OF GENTILE RULERSHIP Daniel showed the king what he had dreamed and thenhe explained what it meant in Daniel 2:36-43. Verse 37 tells usthat Nebuchadnezzar was the first great Gentile ruler. He was aking of kings (a king that rules over kings). Think for a momentabout how the times of the Gentiles started; with a king rulingover kings. It shall end the same way. The beast, man beast, willbe king and he will rule over ten other kings. That is why Revela-tion 13: 1 said the seven headed beast had ten horns and upon hishorns ten crowns. Each crown represents an individual king overhis individual nation. See Revelation 17: 12-13. (Verse 12) “And the ten hornswhich thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no king-dom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.”(Verse 13) “These have one mind, and shall give their power andstrength unto the beast.” When they give the beast their power, hewill be their king. Therefore, he will be a king of kings, just asNebuchadnezzar was. Because Nebuchadnezzar was the first king and his king-dom was called Babylon, the rising of the ten horns goes beyondthe Roman Empire back to Babylon. Because the great imagerepresents one body and Nebuchadnezzar was the head of thatbody, it is correctly called Babylon the Great. Daniel 2:38 tells us that wheresoever men, beast, or birdsmay be, God gave them over to Nebuchadnezzar. For how long?See Jeremiah 27:6-8, (Verse 6) “And now have I given all theselands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, myservant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to servehim.” (Verse 7) “And all nations shall serve him, and his son, andhis son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then manynations and great kings shall serve themselves on him.” (Verse8) “And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom whichwill not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, thatnation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with thefamine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them byhis hand.” 96

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Look, the prophet Daniel was still living when Nebuchad-nezzar’s son Belshazzar took over. How many sons of Nebu-chadnezzar had a chance to rule all nations? Daniel 5:30-31 willtell you that Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, was slain inthe night and that Darius the Mede took over not by war, but byinheritance. Also, here in Jeremiah 27:7, it spoke of many greatnations serving themselves on Babylon. No nation has attacked,overthrown, or served itself on Babylon. So who are these sonsof Nebuchadnezzar? They are all the Gentiles that inherited thisgreat Gentile dynasty that he started, from Medo-Persia to theCommon Market. We have thoroughly explained, through scriptures, aboutMedo-Persia and Greece, so let’s look at the fourth kingdom.Daniel 2:41-42, (Verse 41) “And whereas thou sawest the feet andtoes part, of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall bedivided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, foras-much as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.” (Verse 42)“And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, sothe kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.” The feet and toes being part iron and part clay representa diverseness. This diverseness shows the individuality of eachnation. It also shows that this Common Market will be made upof weak and strong nations. Daniel 2:43 says, “And whereas thousawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselveswith the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another,even as iron is not mixed with clay.” Here, it informs us that nomatter how they mingle, they will still be separate nations. TheCommon Market nations signed a treaty to enhance their nationalwelfare; not lose their national identity. Now, lets look at Daniel 2:44-45. (Verse 44) “And in thedays of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom, which shallnever be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to otherpeople, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these king-doms, and it shall stand for ever.” (Verse 45) “Forasmuch as thousawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands,and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, 97

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENand the gold; the great God hath made known to the king whatshall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and theinterpretation thereof sure.” Consider what the prophet is saying. “In the DAYS ofThese Kings will the God of heaven set up a Kingdom, which shallnever be destroyed: and the Kingdom shall not be left to otherpeople.” In the days of what kings? The answer is the ten kingsthat make up the European Common Market. See Daniel 7:13-14. (Verse 13) “I saw in the night visions, and, behold one likethe Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to theancient of days, and they brought him near before him.” (Verse14) “And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a king-dom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: hisdominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” Now look at Daniel 7:15-25. (Verse 15) “I Daniel wasgrieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions ofmy head troubled me.” (Verse 16) “I came near unto one of themthat stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me,and made me know the interpretations of the things.” (Verse 17)“These great beasts, which are four, are four kings (kingdoms),which shall rise out of the earth.” (Verse 18) “But the saints of themost High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even for ever and ever.” (Verse 19) “Then I would know thetruth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others,exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron and his nails ofbrass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residuewith his feet;” (Verse 20) “And of the ten horns that were in hishead, and of the other which came up, and before whom threefell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake greatthings, whose look was more stout than his fellows.” (Verse 21)“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and pre-vailed against them;” (See Revelation 13:7 – “And it was givenunto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: andpower was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and na-tions.”) (Verse 22) “Until the Ancient of days came, and judgmentwas given to the saints of the most High; and the time came thatthe saints possessed the kingdom.” (Verse 23) “Thus he said, The 98

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENfourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon the earth, whichshall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the wholeearth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.” (Verse 24)“And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shallarise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diversefrom the first, and he shall subdue three kings.” (Verse 25) “Andhe shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wearout the saints of the most High, and think to change times andlaws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and timesand the dividing of time.” These changes have been made byreplacing the Lord’s Sabbath Day, the 7th day of the week, withSunday, the 1st day of the week. They have been made by replac-ing the Lord’s Passover with Easter and taking communion everymonth, when the Lord made it clear that it was to be held as a me-morial of his death only once a year on Passover evening. It hadalso been established in Exodus the 12th chapter with the sacrifi-cial lamb that represented Jesus, which was killed on the eveningof the Passover…the same night the Last Supper was held. These are just a few of the many changes that men havemade in the word of God. See Daniel 7:25, “…and they shall begiven into his hand until a time (one year), and times (two years),and the dividing of time (half a year).” See Revelation 11:2-3.(Verse 2) “But the court which is without the temple leave out,and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holycity shall they tread under foot forty and two months (three anda half years).” (Verse 3) “And I will give power unto my twowitnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred andthreescore days (three and a half years), clothed in sackcloth.” The Lord gave this little horn that has eyes like a man anda mouth that spake very great things (the false prophet) three anda half years over a fourth part of the earth, along with the manbeast. Their time starts when the false prophet moves into thetemple that will be built in Jerusalem. After the three and a halfyears are over, the Lord will remove them. See Daniel 7:26. “Butthe judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, toconsume and to destroy it unto the end.” 99

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THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN TRIBULATION PERIOD (Separated from Daniel chapter 9) Most writers and theologians ignore all the scripturesthat set a three and a half year time limit on the reign of the An-ti-Christ and the beast, which is the time of the great tribulation.They all say that there will be seven years of tribulation and theyall use the 9th chapter of Daniel to try and prove it. It is also saidby these people that the Anti-Christ is going to make a covenantwith the Jews for one week (seven years) and in the middle ofthe week (after three and a half years), he is going to break thecovenant and stop the Jews from sacrificing animals and pollutethe sanctuary. Then they go on to say that at the end of the week(7 years), the Lord is going to come and pour out his wrath uponthe destroyer. Look! Five times the Bible set the time of the great tribu-lation at three and a half years, which is also the time of the reignof the beast and the false prophet. First in Daniel 7:25, “…timeand times and the dividing of time.” Second in Daniel 12:7, “time,times, and an half.” Third in Revelation 11:2, “…and the holy cityshall they tread under foot for forty two months.” Fourth in Rev-elation 11:3, “…and they (two witnesses) shall prophesy a thou-sand two hundred and threescore days (1260 days)…” And lastly,fifth in Revelation 13:5, “power was given unto him to continueforty and two months (three and half years).” I do not know how long the Gentiles will tread someother place, but I do know that they will only tread the holy cityJerusalem for 42 months (three and a half years). Any place elseis irrelevant because Jesus said in St. Matthew 24:15-21, (Verse15) “When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DES-OLATION, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holyplace (whoso readeth, let him understand:)” (Verse 16) “Thenlet them which be in Ju-dae’-a flee into the mountains:” (Verse17) “Let him which is on the housetop not come down to takeany thing out of his house:” (Verse 18) “Neither let him whichis in the field return back to take his clothes.” (Verse 19) “Andwoe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck inthose days!” (Verse 20) “But pray ye that your flight be not in the 101

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENwinter, neither on the Sabbath day:” (Verse 21) “For then shall begreat tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the worldto this time, no, nor shall ever be.” These scriptures let us know that the great tribulation willnot start until the abomination (false prophet) gets there. The fourother scriptures we named earlier says he will only stay for threeand a half years. The 9th chapter of Daniel is neither talking aboutthe false prophet, nor is it talking about the same time. Part of thatscripture has already been fulfilled, even down to the destruction(consumption) of Jerusalem and also, that which was determinedhas already been poured out upon the Jews, which are the deso-late and not the desolator. It is awfully strange to me that peoplewith great understanding of words do not know the difference be-tween the words make and confirm or desolate and desolator. Theperson in Daniel 9:27 shall confirm “the covenant” with many forone week, not make a covenant with many. The desolate is onewho is being destroyed, and the desolator is the one who is doingthe destroying. When people make a covenant, they are makingan agreement for the first time. When people confirm a covenant,they are re-establishing an agreement that has already been madein the past. Now, let us go to the 9th chapter of Daniel and see what itis talking about. When you read this chapter, you will find in thesecond verse that the prophet Daniel was reading the books of theprophet Jeremiah. Daniel understood, through Jeremiah’s writing,that the Lord would accomplish seventy years in the desolationof Jerusalem. Daniel knew that Jerusalem was going to be laidto waste for more than seventy years, so he prayed to the Lordfor understanding. While he was praying, the Lord sent the angelGabriel to explain to Daniel what he wanted to know, as well asmany other things including the first coming of Jesus, the time ofhis ministry, his death for the sins of the people, and the destruc-tion of Jerusalem by the Roman general Titus in 70 A.D. With theexception of the last three and a half years that Jesus must teach,the prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D. Now, let’s break down Dan-iel chapter 9 verse by verse, starting at the 24th verse. We’ll letthe Bible interpret this prophecy. 102

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Daniel 9:24-27. (Verse 24) “Seventy weeks are deter-mined upon thy people and upon the holy city, to finish thetransgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconcil-iation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, andto seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”(Verse 25) “Know therefore and understand, that from the goingforth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem untothe Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore andtwo weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even introublous times:” (Verse 26) “And after threescore and two weeksshall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of theprince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of thewar desolations are determined.” (Verse 27) “And he shall con-firm he covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of theweek he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and forthe overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, evenuntil the consummation, and that determined shall be poured uponthe desolate.” Now in verse 24, Gabriel informed Daniel that seven-ty weeks are determined upon his people. That put the time farbeyond seventy literal years. To be more accurate, he is talkingabout seventy times seven years, which is equal to 490 years(7x70= 490 years). Within this period of time, the temple had tobe rebuilt, Jesus had to be anointed (anoint the most Holy), thenhe had to die for the sins of the people (make reconciliation for in-iquity), and seal up the vision and prophecy. What vision you ask?The one concerning the people and the city of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:25 tells us that from the time that the command-ment is given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem unto the Messiahthe Prince (to the anointing of Jesus), shall be seven weeks, andthreescore and two weeks (69 weeks = 483 years). The restorationof the temple and the city of Jerusalem started in the days of Ezraand Nehemiah. It took them forty-six years to build the temple. St.John 2:20 says “Then said the Jews, forty and six years was this inbuilding, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?” Take into con-sideration that the city had to be restored also, to which we canattribute the other three years which make up a full week of years 103

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN(7x7=49 years). In verse 26, this week of years was not counted,because it said, “After threescore and two weeks the Messiah wascut off (62 weeks = 434 years.)” Add the seven weeks back on tothis 62 weeks (434+49 =483 years) and you will get the amountof time that had to pass between the commandments to restoreJerusalem to the anointing of Jesus (Messiah means the anointedone). Now that we understand that it took 69 weeks to bringus to the Messiah, there is only one week left. This is where theerror is made by most theologians and Bible scholars: They allsay there is one week left (1x7=7 years) and this is the week thatthe false prophet is going to make a covenant with the Jews and inthe middle of the week, break the covenant, and stop them fromsacrificing animals. Please answer these three questions: (1) At what point didthese scriptures stop talking about the Jews, Jerusalem, and Jesus?(2) In what area or verse did the scripture start talking about thebeast or the false prophet? (3) What did Jesus do when he wasanointed…Did he die the very same day? No, Jesus did not diethe very same day. He had to teach for three and a half years andthen be cut off (killed) so that this very prophecy would be ful-filled. Look closely at what we read in Daniel 9:26. First it saidthe Messiah shall be cut off and then the people of the prince shallcome and destroy the city and the sanctuary. Who is this prince?He is Satan the Devil. Paul called him the prince of the powerof the air. See Ephesians 2:2, “Wherein in time past ye walkedaccording to the course of this world, according to the prince ofthe power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children ofdisobedience.” Ezekiel called him the Prince of Tyrus. See Ezekiel 28:1-16. (Verse 1) “The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,”(Verse 2) “Son of man, say unto the Prince of Ty-rus, Thus saiththe Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said,I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yetthou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the 104

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENheart of God:” (Verse 3) “Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel;there is no secret that they can hide from thee.” (Verse 4) “Withthy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten theeriches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:” (Verse5) “By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thyriches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:” (Verse6) “Therefore, thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast setthine heart as the heart of God;” (Verse 7) “Behold, thereforeI will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: andthey shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom,and they shall defile thy brightness.” (Verse 8) “They shall bringthee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that areslain in the midst of the seas.” (Verse 9) “Wilt thou yet say beforehim that slayeth thee, I am God? But thou shalt be a man, andno God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.” (Verse 10) “Thoushalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers:for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.” (Verse 11) “Moreoverthe word of the Lord came unto me, saying,” (Verse 12) “Son ofman, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say untohim, Thus saith the Lord God; Though sealest up the sum, fullof wisdom and perfect in beauty.” (Verse 13) “Thou hast been inEden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and thejasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared inthee in the day that thou wast created.” (Verse 14) “Thou art theanointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wastupon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and downin the midst of the stones of fire.” (Verse 15) “Thou wast perfectin thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity wasfound in thee.” (Verse 16) “By the multitude of thy merchandisethey have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hastsinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain ofGod: and I will destroy thee, O covering Cherub, from the stonesof fire.” In Verse 2, Ezekiel said that this person called himselfGod. Verse 3 said that he is wiser than Daniel (the prophet). Verse12 said that he is full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Verse 13said that he has been in Eden (the Garden of God where Adam 105

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENand Eve were). Verse 14 said that he was anointed the cherub thatcovereth and that he was upon the holy mountain of God. God’sholy mountain is in heaven and a cherub is an angel…and so isSatan. Verse 15 said that he was perfect in all his ways. Look!There is no man born of a woman that can possess all of theseattributes. This is talking about Satan the Devil. In Daniel 10:11-14, Satan was called the Prince of thekingdom of Persia. How do I know that this is Satan? Because,there is no man that can even see the angel Gabriel, or any otherangel for that matter, if he doesn’t want to be seen. Despite thisfact, Gabriel said in Verse 13 that “the Prince of the kingdomof Persia held him up for one and twenty days (21 days = threeweeks).” Another angel, Michael, had to come and help him. Notonly did this prince see Gabriel, he stopped him until Michaelhelped him break away. Revelation the 9th chapter also let us know that Satan isthe real ruler over these worldly kingdoms. This chapter actuallytells us that the Common Market nations will attack Russia andits allies, and they will be lead by the angel of the bottomless pit.Revelation 9:11, “And they had a king over them, which is theangel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue isAbaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name is Apollyon (bothnames mean destroyer).” In St. John 12:31, Jesus called him the prince of thisworld. Just as Satan was the prince of Tyrus and Persia, he wasalso the prince of Rome and he is the prince of the beast with sev-en heads and ten horns. See Revelation 13:1-2, “…and the dragon(Satan) gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” Sonow we know who the prince is. Who were the people of the prince? The Romans. Afterthe death of Jesus, Jerusalem lasted until 70 A.D. That is when theRoman general, Titus, came in and destroyed the city. Now, let’s go back to Daniel the 9th chapter and look atverse 27. This 27th verse is the same as verse 26. It is telling whathappened before the Messiah (Jesus) was cut off, what happened 106

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENwhen he was cut off, and what happened after he was cut off.Therefore, we must break this 27th verse down into three parts. PART ONE: “And he (the Messiah) shall confirm the cov-enant with many for one week (1x7=7 years).” What covenant?The covenant that God made with Abraham. See Genesis 15:1-18. (Verse 1) “After these things the word of the Lord came untoAbram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, andthy exceeding great reward.” (Verse 2) “And Abram said, LordGod, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the stew-ard of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?” (Verse 3) “AndAbram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, oneborn in my house is mine heir.” (Verse 4) “And, behold, the wordof the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir;but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thineheir.” (Verse 5) “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looknow toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to numberthem: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.” (Verse 6) “Andhe believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteous-ness.” (Verse 7) :And he said unto him, I am the Lord that broughtthee out of UR of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inheritit.” (Verse 8) “And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know thatI shall inherit it?” (Verse 9) “And he said unto him, Take me anheifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, anda ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”(Verse 10) “And he took unto him all these and divided them inthe midst, and laid each piece against another: but the birds divid-ed he not.” (Verse 11) “And when the fowls came down upon thecarcasses, Abram drove them away.” (Verse 12) “And when thesun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, anhorror of great darkness fell upon him.” (Verse 13) “And he saidunto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger ina land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflictthem four hundred years;” (Verse 14) “And also that nation whomthey shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come outwith great substance.” (Verse 15) “And thou shalt go thy fathersin peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.” (Verse 16) “Butin the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for theiniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” (Verse 17) “And it cameto pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a 107

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENsmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between thosepieces.” (Verse 18) “In the same day the Lord made a covenantwith Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, fromthe river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.” God promised Abram (later changed to Abraham) that hewas going to have a son as his heir and that his seed will be as thestars of heaven (so many that he would not be able to count them).Verse 6 tells us that Abraham believed the Lord and he countedit to him for righteousness. Verse 18 tells us that the Lord madea covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 22:17-18, he extended toAbraham the blessings from a natural plain to a spiritual plain andsaid “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” Now see Galatians 3:6, “Even as Abraham believed God,and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” See Galatians3:13-16, and verse 29. (Verse 13) “Christ hath redeemed us fromthe curse of the law, being a curse for us: for it is written, Cursedis every one that hangeth on a tree.” (Verse 14) “That the blessingof Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; thatwe might received the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Verse15) “Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be buta man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, oraddeth thereto.” (Verse 16) “Now to Abraham and his seed werethe promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; butas of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.” (Verse 29) “And ifye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs accordingto the promise.” Abraham kept his end of the covenant that Godmade with him, therefore this covenant turned into an irreversiblepromise. When Jesus (the Messiah) came, he confirmed it. SeeRomans 15:8, “Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of thecircumcision for the truth of God, to CONFIRM the promisesmade unto the fathers (Abraham and his seed):” Now we knowthat Jesus was the one that confirmed the covenant with many forone week. Few people know about the covenant made with Abra-ham, which was not broken. The covenant that was broken wasmade with the nation of Israel. Malachi 3:1 speaks of a messenger that the Lord will sendbefore him to prepare the way just before he comes. That messen- 108

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENger was John the Baptist the first time he came to earth. However,this verse also speaks of another messenger that followed John,and he is called THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT. Whois this messenger? The Lord himself. “BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shallprepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shallsuddenly come to his temple, even The Messenger of the cove-nant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lordof hosts.” Jesus (the Messiah) is the one that came after John theBaptist, and he (Jesus) was the one that confirmed the covenantwith many because He is the Messenger of the covenant. PART TWO: “And in the midst of the week (after half ofthe week), he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation (animalsacrifices) to cease.” How did Jesus stop the sacrifice? By dyingfor the sins of man. Verse 26 tells us that the Messiah was cut off,but not for himself. In order to understand how the death of Jesusstopped the animal sacrifices, we must have some understandingof the temple of God and the veil that was hung in it. The insideof the temple was like a big meeting hall, or one big open room.This big hall was separated by a large curtain, which the Biblecalls a veil. 109

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN “Before the veil was ripped, sacrifices and oblations were in order.”This veil separated the hall into two sections. The area of the hallin front of the veil (curtain) was called the holy place, and thearea behind the veil was called the most holy places. Before thetemple was built, God had Israel to make a huge tent and separateit with a large linen veil. Whether tent or temple, the pattern wasthe same. See Exodus 26: 31-34. (Verse 31) “And thou shalt makea veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ofcunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:” (Verse 32) “Andthou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid withgold: and their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of sil-ver.” (Verse 33) “And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches,that thou mayest bring in thither within the veil the ark of the tes-timony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy placeand the most holy.” (Verse 34) “And thou shalt put the mercy seatupon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” 110

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN All year long, the high priest could go in before the veiland offer the blood of the animal sacrifice. But only once a yearcould he go behind the veil to offer the blood of the animal sac-rifice, which was only on the Day of Atonement. In front of theveil was a table and candle sticks but behind the veil, there wasthe ark of the covenant and the mercy seat (which represented thepresence of God). Sometimes the area behind the veil is called theholy place, but when the mercy seat is mentioned, you know thatit is the most Holy area. See Leviticus 16:2-5. (Verse 2) “And the Lord said untoMoses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at alltimes into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat,which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in thecloud upon the mercy seat.” (Verse 3) “Thus shall Aaron comeinto the holy place with a young bullock for a sin offering, anda ram for a burnt offering.” (Verse 4) “ He shall put on the holylinen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, andshall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shallhe be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash hisflesh in the water, and so put them on.” (Verse 5) “And he shalltake of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of thegoats of a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.” In verse 2, the Lord told Moses to tell Aaron not to comeat all times within the veil where the mercy seat is located (thatis the most holy place, and the High Priest could only enter intoit once a year). Why are we making such a fuss over the veil thathung inside the temple? Because the animal sacrifices were cen-tered around the veil. Now, let us see what happened to the veilwhen Christ died on the cross. See St. Matthew 27:50-51. (Verse 50) “Jesus, when he hadcried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost (died).” (Verse51) “And behold, the veil of the temple was rent (torn) in twainfrom top to bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;” 111

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN“After the veil was ripped, sacrifices and oblations ceased. There were no more animal sacrifices for sin.” When the veil tore from top to bottom, that brought to anend the sacrificing of animals for sin. In short, Jesus the Messiahcaused the sacrifice and oblation to cease. For more informationconcerning animal sacrifices and how it related to Jesus, seeHebrews 9th and 10th chapters. Particularly Hebrews 10:19-20,and verse 26. (Verse 19) “Having therefore, brethren, boldness toenter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,” (Verse 20) “By a newand living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil,that is to say, his flesh.” (Verse 26) “For if we sin willfully afterthat we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remainethno more sacrifice for sins,” Why doesn’t there remain any moresacrifices for sin? Because all the sacrifices and oblations for sinpointed toward the coming of Jesus. When he came and died forsin, the ultimate sacrifice had been made. Therefore, the killing ofanimals for sin ceased. PART THREE: “And for the overspreading of abomi-nations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, 112

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENand that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” Whatdoes this scripture mean when it says, “for the overspreading ofabominations he shall make it desolate?” Who is this “He” thatshall destroy Jerusalem? To get the answer, let’s go to the sources,which is in the 25th chapter of Jeremiah. Remember, Daniel was praying to the Lord to give himunderstanding in what he read in the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah25:1-12, (Verse 1) “The word that came to Jeremiah concerningall the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar,king of Babylon;” (Verse 2) “The which Jeremiah the prophetspake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Je-rusalem, saying,” (Verse 3) “From the thirteenth year of Josiah theson of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the threeand twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, andI have spoken unto you rising early and speaking; but ye have nothearkened.” (Verse 4) “ And the Lord hath sent unto you all hisservants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye havenot hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.” (Verse 5) “Theysaid, Turn ye again now everyone from his evil way, and from theevil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath givenunto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:” (Verse 6) “Andgo not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, andprovoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I willdo you no hurt.” (Verse 7) “Yet ye have not hearkened unto me,saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the worksof your hands to your own hurt.” (Verse 8) “Therefore thus saiththe Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,” (Verse9) “Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saiththe Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitantsthereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterlydestroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing,and perpetual desolations.” (Verse 10) “Moreover I will takefrom them the voice of the mirth, and the voice of gladness, thevoice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound ofthe millstones, and the light of the candle.” (Verse 11) “And thiswhole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and thesenations shall serve the King of Babylon seventy years.” (Verse 113

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN12) “And it shall come to pass, when the seventy years are accom-plished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans,and will make it perpetual desolations.” In this chapter, the Lord is telling the Jews how he hadsent his prophets to them, but they would not listen. He told themto turn everyone from their evil ways and from their evil doings,and dwell in the land that he had given to their fathers forever.He told them not to go after other gods and provoke him to anger.Despite the Lords warning, the Jews still would not listen. Finally,the Lord had enough and he announced sentence on them. Noteverses 8, 9, and 11. (Verse 8) “Therefore thus saith the Lord ofhosts; Because ye have not heard my words,” (Verse 9) “Behold, Iwill send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, andNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and bring them against thisland, and against the inhabitants thereof…and will utterly de-stroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, andperpetual desolations.” (Verse 11) “And this whole land shall be adesolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve theking of Babylon seventy years.” These are the seventy years Daniel inquired about, that theangel turned into seventy weeks. Now in the 12th verse, the Lordsaid when the seventy years were finished, he would punish theking of Babylon. Look! Daniel outlived Nebuchadnezzar and his son andlived through the time of the Medo-Persian Empire. Therefore,the prophecy extended to the rise of Babylon the Great (Reve-lation chapters 13 and 17). However, Daniel was not concernedabout Babylon. He wanted to know about the welfare of the Jewsand the city of Jerusalem. That is what the angel told him. Thedesolation started under Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, andextended to the Roman Empire. Therefore, it was the Lord thatmade Jerusalem desolate, even until the consummation. It was hethat determined that this destruction would be poured upon thedesolate (the Jews). Why did he destroy the city and the people?Simply because of the overspreading of abominations (sins with-out limitations). Even though it was the people of the prince that 114

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENdestroyed the Jews and the city, it was the Lord that determined itwould be done. Jesus spoke of this desolation (destruction) when he washere because of what he had already told Jeremiah in the 25thchapter and what he sent Gabriel to tell Daniel. See St. Luke21:20-24. (Verse 20) “And when ye shall see Jerusalem com-passed with armies, then know that the desolations thereof isnigh.” (Verse 21) “Then let them which are in Judea flee to themountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out;and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.” (Verse22) “For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which arewritten may be fulfilled.” (Verse 23) “But woe unto them that arewith child, and to them that give suck, in those days! For thereshall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon thy people (theJews).” (Verse 24) “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shallbe trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles befulfilled.” This scripture has been interpreted by many Bible schol-ars as strictly speaking of the end times and say that it is to befulfilled in the days of the beast and false prophet. But when youcompare the 21st chapter of Luke with the 24th chapter of St.Matthew, you will find that St. Matthew made a general observa-tion. He was not too particular about the arrangement of events,the time that the Jews had to flee from Jerusalem to avoid trouble,and the time that the abomination would stand in the holy place.In short, he lumped it all together. However, Luke was very specific. He let us know thatJerusalem would be destroyed and that the Jews would be ledinto captivity. He let us know that they would not be in Jerusalemwhen the abomination stands in the Holy Place because the abom-ination of desolation is a Gentile and as long as the abomination isin power, it is the times of the Gentiles Now, let us analyze St. Luke 21:20-24. (Verse 20) “Whenyou shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know thatthe desolation thereof is nigh.” When the Roman general Titus 115

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENled his armies against Jerusalem in 70 A.D., he made a perimeteraround the city and no one could get out or in. That is why Je-sus said in verse 21, “Then let them that are in Judea flee to themountains; and let them in the midst of the city depart out…” andin verse 22, “for these be the days of vengeance, that all thingswhich are written may be fulfilled.” All of what things? Thedesolation that was determined and written in Jeremiah the 25thchapter and then written again in Daniel the 9th chapter. (Verse23) “But woe unto them that are with child…for there shall begreat distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.” (Daniel9:27, “and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”) Under the Roman siege, those Jews that were in the city(pregnant women and children also, died in great numbers fromstarvation and various types of diseases. Many Jews that wereoutside of the city tried to sneak food into it and were caught andcrucified by the Romans. History states that the number caughtsometimes reached up to 500 a day. Inside, the street was full ofdead bodies and outside, the crosses were full of the same. (Verse24) “And they (the Jews), shall fall by the edge of the sword, andshall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall betrodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles befulfilled.” The rest of this chapter goes on to tell about the greattribulation (presided over by the beast and false prophet) and thecoming of the Lord. However, the destruction of Jerusalem thatwas determined in Jeremiah the 25th chapter and then writtenof in Daniel the 9th chapter was accomplished in 70 A.D. ThoseJews that survived were carted off into slavery and are still incaptivity today. It is widely believed that the Jews went back to Jerusalemin 1948, after World War II, but how can that be so? IT totallycontradicts ALL prophecy. Why? Because Jesus said that Jerusa-lem shall be trodden under foot by the Gentiles until the time ofthe Gentiles be fulfilled. The Gentile time will not end until theLord comes. Jeremiah tells you how the Lord is going to destroyBabylon (Babylon the Great). Revelation the 17th chapter speaksof Babylon the Great (beast with seven heads and ten horns). 116

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENVerse 12-14 say that those ten horns will make war with theLamb; but the Lamb will overcome them. There is almost no end to the scriptures that show the endof the time of the Gentiles, and each one says that the Lord shallend it. As long as the Gentiles are in power, the Jews and all Isra-elites must remain in captivity. The scripture says flee when yousee the abomination standing in the holy place. Therefore I adviseyou, whoever you are in Jerusalem at that time, to do so. Alsoto the Israelites, I say flee to the same wilderness from whatevercountry you are in because the wilderness will be the only safeplace on the earth. Now that we have some understanding of the 9th chapterof Daniel, we know that it was talking about the Jews, the city ofJerusalem, and Jesus. It has nothing to do with the false prophetor the beast. The scripture that deals with these two individualssets their time to reign at three and one half years, the time of thegreat tribulation. When their time is fulfilled, Jesus, The Holy Oneof Israel, The Lion of Judah, will come and invade them with hisarmy. Now, in order to read about this great battle betweenGod and man, which the Bible calls Armageddon, we must go toRevelation. Revelation 19:19-21. (Verse 19) “And I saw the beast,and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered togetherto make war against him that sat on the horse, and against hisarmy.” (Verse 20) “And the Beast was taken, and with him thefalse prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which hedeceived them that had received the mark of the Beast, and themthat worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lakeof fire and brimstone.” (Verse 21) “And the remnant were slainwith the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword pro-ceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with theirflesh.” Note verse 20 and 21. (Verse 20) “And the beast was taken(man beast) and with the false prophet that worked miracles be-fore him.” (Verse 21) “And the remnant were slain with the swordof him that sat on the horse.” When this battle is finished, the times of the Gentiles will 117

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENbe finished also. We have read what Jesus is going to do with thebeast (man beast), the false prophet, and their armies (the strengthof the ten nations that make up the beast with seven heads and tenhorns.) But what about their king, the angel of the bottomless pit?See the 20th chapter of Revelation. Revelation 20:1-2 and 30. (Verse 1) “And I saw an angelcome down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pitand a great chain in his hand.” (Verse 2) “And he laid hold on thedragon (that gave the beast his seat, power, and great authority),that old serpent (that deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden), whichis the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,” (Verse30) “And cast him into the bottomless pit (that is the reason whyhe is called the angel of the bottomless pit), and shut him up, andset a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more,till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he mustbe loosed for a little season.” The reason Satan will be loosed for a little season after thethousand years is to try the flesh and blood people that live duringthat time, just as we are being tried now. Once they have beentried, Satan will be put away permanently. After Jesus has put an end to the rule of this great Gentiledynasty, then will come to pass the words spoken in Revelation11:15, “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voic-es in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world will become thekingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ, and he shall reign for everand ever.” Jesus will take his place on the throne of David (Luke1:31-33) and reign forever. This earthly kingdom that he is goingto take away from the Gentile rulers is the same kingdom he willplace in the hands of his saints, which will fulfill the writing ofthe Prophet Daniel. Daniel 7:27, “And the kingdom and dominion, and thegreatness of the kingdom UNDER the whole heaven, shall be giv-en to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom isan everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey 118

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENhim.” If God is going to set up his kingdom in the days of theseten kings and we are looking at them under the name of the Eu-ropean Common Market, ask yourself this one question: WHATTIME IS IT? Read your bible and pray for understanding. It’slater than you think. 119

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THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Commentary This is a book written about prophecy. As you have prob-ably noticed, it is also written about world history. Most theolo-gians try to separate the word of God from the activities of men,but it is virtually impossible to do so because prophecy is worldhistory. The Lord had this history written before hand so that menwould understand what the future holds. Also, so that man wouldsee how accurate the prophets have defined the rising and fallingof kingdoms, in correct order, and in most cases by the names ofthe kingdoms. Lastly, so that man can know that only God caninspire men to make such accurate predictions. Even the Apostle Peter, in II Peter 1:20-21, made men-tion of that inspiration. (Verse 20) “Knowing this first, that noprophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” (Verse21) “For the prophecy came not in the old times by the will ofman: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the HolyGhost (Holy Spirit).” There is no reasonable minded person that can deny thatGod, and only God, can accomplish such accurate predictions.When you consider the time these prophesies were written, theamount of men involved in the writings, and the various condi-tions they were under when they made these writings, you cannotdeny that they were inspired by God. The Prophet Jeremiah was a free man in Jerusalem whenhe wrote about these things. Conversely, the Prophet Daniel wasin captivity in Babylon when he wrote about them. I could go onand on to point out the different conditions and still show you thatthey, and others, wrote about the same things. All of the prophets and apostles were Israelites, peopleof one nation, but their writings were about people of all nations.Some of these men did not understand some of the things theywrote about. The Prophet Daniel wrote something and did notunderstand it. In fact, he asked God what it meant but the Lord 121

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENwould not tell him. See Daniel 12:8-9. (Verse 8) “And I heard, butI understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the endof these things?” (Verse 9) “And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: forthe words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” Godwent on to tell him that the wise shall understand, but at whattime? The time of the end. That prophecy was not for Daniel’stime, but for the people that would be living in the time of the end(our time). But, there is a strange thing that has happened here inthe time of the end. The people that have access to this knowledgethat Daniel wrote and inquired about don’t want to know about it,neither do they have any interest in any writings of the prophets.Almost everyone says that we don’t need prophecy. “It has alreadybeen fulfilled.” “We are New Testament Christians.” Yes, strange indeed. Especially when you consider thatthe birth of Jesus was first written of by the prophets. The war ofArmageddon was also written of first by the prophets. So was thefirst and second coming of Jesus, the first and last resurrection,the Judgment Day, even about the pouring out of the Holy Spirit(Holy Ghost). There are many things that can be pointed out inthe Old Testament that have not been fulfilled but we will onlypoint out this one thing, that we might ask one question: Whenwas this fulfilled? See Isaiah 11:1-9. (Verse 1) “And there shall come fortha rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of hisroots:” (Verse 2) “And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel andmight, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.” (Verse3) “And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of theLord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither re-prove after he hearing of his ears:” (Verse 4) “But with righteous-ness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meekof he earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.” (Verse 5)“And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulnessthe girdle of his reigns.” (Verse 6) “The wolf also shall dwell withthe lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down with the kid; and thecalf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little childshall lead them.” (Verse 7) “And the cow and the bear shall feed; 122

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENtheir young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eatstraw like the ox.” (Verse 8) “And the suckling child shall play onthe hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on thecockatrice den.” (Verse 9) “They shall not hurt nor destroy in allmy holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of knowledge of theLord, as the waters cover the sea.” Now ask yourself, when has it come to pass that the wolf,lamb, leopard, bear, and cow can live and lie down together with-out one of them being eaten by one of the others? When is the lasttime you saw a child leading any carnivorous beast such as theseand not get attacked by them? Do lions eat straw now, or are theystill meat eaters? Can a sucking child (a small, un-weaned baby)play on an asp (poisonous snake) hole and not be harmed? Cana child play on a cockatrice den (another poisonous snake) andnot be bitten? I won’t even ask you about this stem and branchthat came out of the rod of Jesse, which is also the Root of Jesse(David’s father). In fact, we will act as though this scripture isnot even there. Just ask yourself if the animals are at peace withone another and with man. Can you honestly say that the earth isas full of the knowledge of God as the waters that cover the sea?When the 11th chapter of Isaiah is fulfilled, still all prophecy willnot have been fulfilled, and this will not take place until the thou-sand years of peace (the millennium period). Jesus brought the testimony (which makes up the NewTestament), and Revelation 19:10 will tell you that the testimonyof Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. This scripture is telling us thatif there were no prophecy there would be nothing to testify about,because testimony means to affirm or establish existing facts.When have you ever heard of anyone being called to court as awitness to testify against a murderer when there has been no mur-der committed? Jesus and all the apostles merely testified to whatthe prophets had already written. Everything that happened toJesus, even to words that were spoken while he was on the cross,had already been written. When you understand what testimonymeans, you will also understand that everything that is written inthe New Testament is already written in the Old Testament, and ifit is not written in the Old Testament, it is not written in the NewTestament. Therefore, the New Testament is merely a repeat of the 123

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENOld Testament. That is why the testimony of Jesus is called thespirit of prophecy. There are a few observations I have made that cause meto greatly wonder. I often wonder exactly why many people, thatclaim to read the same book, can come to so many different con-clusion? There are schools of theology and degrees earned in justabout every denomination upon the earth. The Roman Catholicshave a school, the Lutherans have a school, so do the Methodists,Baptists, and many others. Most of these schools issue degrees totheir graduates. When one looks at all of these different degreeswhich are passed out by all of these different schools of theology,which only teach the doctrine of their particular denomination,which are also so different, one is left to wonder which degree isvalid. When I look at the schools of other professions, I don’t seethese conflicts and their graduates seem to talk the same languagewhen they come together. Take, for instance, electrical engineers.There have been times when electrical engineers from differentcountries and nationalities came together to work on the sameproject in total harmony. There have been times when scholarsof physics, science, mathematics, and various fields of medicinecame together from different nations, with different cultures, andwere able to work in harmony because they spoke the same pro-fessional language. I was born and raised in America, but the profession thatI have earned my living in, and have housed and fed my fami-ly with, was taught to me by a gentleman who was born, raised,and educated in India. How was this man, who was educatedin another country out of technical manuals written in anotherlanguage, able to come to America and teach that same professionto students who were born and raised here? How were those samestudents able to take that same profession, go into American com-panies and corporations, and work along side students educatedby teachers who were born and raised in America…with the exactsame skill and professionalism? The answer is simple: Theseteachers learned the profession from books that held the sameinformation. They may have been written in different languages,but the concepts were the same. One plus one is two regardless ofthe language it is written in. 124

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN The word of God is universal. There are no different setof rules. Once rule applies to all because God Is the creator of all.Man is the one that created denominations, not God. Nowhere is itwritten in the Bible that this group of people are Catholic, that thisgroup of people are Baptists, and this group are Lutheran, and thisgroup are Methodists, and that group is Greek-Orthodox, and thisgroup is Jewish, and that group is Pentecostal, etc. There is a man in the Bible that was named John, whowas the first to baptize people. Therefore, men called him Johnthe Baptist. Why was he called that? For the same reason thatmen who work on cars or other machines are called mechanics,men that cut hair are called barbers, and men that build houses arecalled carpenters. John baptized people, therefore, he was calledthe Baptist. John had no following which he called Baptist. Hetold people to follow the one that was to come after him. The bap-tizing that he was going was a requirement of him that came afterhim, which was Jesus. God is one and his word came from one source. There isno division in God. He did not say, “These set of rules are for theJews, and this set is for the Christians.” Neither did he say, “Thefirst day of the week is the Christian’s Sabbath day.” God said theseventh day of the week was HIS Sabbath day and he made nomention at all about the first day. I know that you will say that the first day of the week isthe Christian’s Sabbath day because Christ rose on that day. Butit is also said that Christ died on (Good) Friday. Christ said inSt. Matthew the 12th chapter that he would be in the heart of theearth (the grave) for three days and three nights. If he died Fridayevening (on Good Friday), how was it possible for him to riseSunday morning? His first night in the grave would have beenFriday night, and if you add two more nights to that, it would beSunday night…that is one night too many. We won’t even botherto count the days because the nights kill that theory. Christ’s firstnight in the grave was Wednesday night – now you can figureout the rest of it. After you figure it out, you will find that he stilldidn’t rise Sunday morning. Just remember, you can’t go beyondthree days and three nights because Christ doesn’t lie. Even if he 125

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENhad rose on the first day of the week, that still would not havecreated another Sabbath day. If God had intended to give the Jews one thing and theChristians something else, why did he send his word by the handof the Jews (Israelites) only? Even Paul, the Apostle to the Gen-tiles was an Israelite (a Benjamite to be exact). Therefore, every-thing was given to the Jews. This includes the laws and all of hisword. Hebrews 8:8-12 will tell you that even the New Covenantwill be made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah (theJews). Therefore, if the Jews have it all, what is left for the rest ofthe sons of Adam? The Jews are a people, not a denomination. A biologicalJew is a person that came out of the lineage of Jacob’s son Judah.To be a Christian does not mean you are a part of a domination, itsimply means to be a follower of Christ. Therefore, all that followChrist are Christians, be he a Jew, Israelite, Hamite, or Gentile.All who do not follow Christ will not get salvation, be he Jew,Israelite, Hamite, or Gentile. The same laws that govern one people, govern all. Thereis no separation between the servants of God. The seventh day ofthe week is the Lord’s Sabbath day. It represents the millennium(1000 years of peace), which is the Lord’s day of rest. It’s thesame day that Paul told us to labor to enter into (Hebrews chapter4). Look! All repeated adulterers, thieves, repeated liars, andother that break God’s commandments will be cut off if they con-tinue to do so, be he Jew, Israelite, Hamite, or Gentile. As I saidbefore, God is one and his word came from one source. Recogniz-ing the fact that God is one and the word of God comes from onesource, this makes it necessary to accept the Bible as one book.Therefore, there cannot be Old Testament servants of God andNew Testament servants. There can only be one set of servantsand their source of knowledge must come from the same place,which is the entire Bible (from Genesis to Revelation). 126

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Just to show you the oneness of the Bible, we will com-pare a few scriptures from the Old testament with a few scripturesfrom the New Testament. O.T. stands for Old Testament N.T. stands for New Testament1. O.T. Isaiah 7:14 - “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”1. N.T. Matthew 1:23 – “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Em- manuel (Immanuel), which being interpreted is, God with us.”2. O.T. Isaiah 34:4 – “And all the host of heaven shall be dis- solved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.2. N.T. Revelation 6:13-14 – “And the stars of the heaven fall unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” (Verse 14) “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.”3. O.T. Joel 2:31 – “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.”3. N.T. Revelation 6:12 – “And I behold when he had opened the sixth seal, and , lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;”4. O.T. Psalm 132:11 – “The Lord hath sworn in truth unto Da- vid; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.” (Isaiah 9:6-7, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The might God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” 127

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN (Verse 7) “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his king- dom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will preform this.”)4. N.T. Luke 1:31-33 – “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.” (Verse 32) “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:” (Verse 33) “And he shall reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.5. O.T. Isaiah 65:17 – “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”5. N.T. Revelation 21:1 – “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”6. O.T. Jeremiah 25:30 – “Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high (descend), and utter his voice from his holy habita- tion; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.”6. N.T. I Thessalonians 4:16 – “For the Lord himself shall de- scend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archan- gel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”7. O.T. Isaiah 66:23-24 – “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.” (Verse 24) “And they shall go forth, and look upon the car- casses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, either shall their fire be quenched; and 128

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”7. N.T. Mark 9:43-44 – “And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than hav- ing two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:” (Verse 44) “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (Verse 45-48 repeats the same thing; “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”) These are just a few examples of many. If we compare allof the scriptures in both Testaments, there would be scripture leftin the New Testament. All of the scriptures in the New Testamenthave an Old Testament mate. We just have to be zealous enoughto search them out and have enough of God’s wisdom in us torecognize them when we come across them. Somewhere in the past, we have allowed ourselves to bepersuaded that it is not necessary to have knowledge, and that allwe need is faith. Well, we agree with the faith part, but the ques-tion is, how does one come to have faith? The Apostle Paul wrotethat faith comes by hearing. Romans 10:17, “So then faith comethby hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” What is faith anyway? Faith merely means belief. Beforeyou can believe in anything, you must first hear about it. Beforeyou can hear about anything, words must be spoken. If God hadnot spoken his word to the prophets, they would not have hadanything to write. If the prophets had not written anything, therewould not have been anything for Jesus and the apostles to testifyof. That is why Paul said, “Faith come by hearing (belief comesby hearing), and hearing by the word of God.” Therefore, truebelief within itself constitutes knowledge because one cannotbelieve in something he doesn’t know about. People will say that they don’t need to know about proph-ecy, because they are lead by the spirit. Well, you had better readwhat John wrote in I John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit,but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many falseprophets are gone out into the world.” How can you try the spiritsif you don’t have any knowledge? You must first know what God 129

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENrequires of his servants. Then, if any person or though in yourmind comes to you speaking anything concerning the wishes ofGod, you will know if it’s right or wrong because you have theknowledge of God’s word. In short, before you can know what iswrong, you must first know what is right. Understand this, knowl-edge comes before faith because through hearing the word of God,one is persuaded to have faith in God. There is another thing that man is doing and that is re-writing the Bible. The reason for doing so, they say, is to makeit easier to understand. They say that old English words cannotbe understood by English speaking people of the modern times.I would conclude that the same thing is being said and done inother languages. I have closely examined some of those books and themore I look, the more I understand why John wrote in Revelation22:18-19, “For I testify unto every man that hearth the words ofthe prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:”(Verse 19) “And if any man shall take away from the words ofthe book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of thebook of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things whichare written in this book.” John must have known that this verything was going to happen. I, for one, am here in these last days to testify that thewarning of John was not without reason. Because in the processof making the Bible easier to understand, man has robbed the Bi-ble and changed the whole face of it in these new versions. Theyhave woefully added to it and taken away from it. Each one thathas rewritten it has made it confirm to the doctrine of their partic-ular denomination or to their modern way of thinking. 130

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN Look! I will list a few of these old English words that aresupposedly too hard to understand. OLD WORDS MODERN MEANING Faith Belief Sanctified Separated/Set apart Thee You Thou You Thy Your Thine Yours Reconcile Win over/Bring into harmony Salvation Recoup/Save/Rescue Recompense Repay/Reward/Compensate Shalt Shall Hath Have Thither There Wrath Anger Wrought Work Whither Where Perplexed Confused/Doubtful/Uncertain Minister Servant Lo Look Harken Listen Zion Jerusalem Grace Gift Holy Whole/Untainted/Pure Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Spirit Breath/Courage/Thinking/ Angels/Devil/God’s word Betroth To promise in marriage Betrothed Engaged to be married Smite/Smote Strike/Hit/Beat Testament Covenant Testator One who has left a will (others profited by his death) Intercessor A person that meditates, makes requests for or pleads the cause of others. To go between. Now, what is so hard about these words? Nothing. Thereis no need to rewrite the Bible or even change a word. If you don’tknow what a word means, use the skills that you were taught inschool. Pick up a dictionary! 131

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN The problem with some of the modernized bibles is thatsometimes, they change the wrong words and that can changethe whole concept. However, one can overcome the changingof a word here or there if he or she has an overall knowledge ofthe entire Bible (Old and New Testament). But, the rewriters arenot satisfied with changing a word here or there. They go in, andin some cases, change entire sentences, paragraphs, and names.Some, in their infinite wisdom, have even left off the Old Testa-ment entirely while others never even bother to include the NewTestament. Just to show you how important it is to leave the Bible asit is, we will pick something as simple as the Lord’s Prayer andshow the real message that would be lost if just a few words werealtered or left out. “Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, in earthas it is in heaven.” What are these few seemingly insignificantwords telling us? They are telling us that God’s Kingdom is com-ing to earth. They are also telling us that when it gets here, God’swill, and his will alone, will be done on the earth as it is presentlybeing done in heaven. How do we know what these words mean?First, because it says so and secondly, it is foretold by all of theprophets. Moses wrote about this in Deuteronomy 30:1-4. In thisscripture, Moses is telling the Israelites that after all of the bless-ings and curses that are written in the 28th chapter of Deuter-onomy have come upon them, they will call to mind in all thenations where the Lord has driven them. Then, they will return tothe Lord and obey his voice and the lord will turn their captivity.(Verse 3) “That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, andhave compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee fromall the nations…” (Verse 4) “If any of thine be driven out unto theutmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gatherthee…” This is speaking of the same time that Jesus spoke of it inMatthew 24:31. “And he shall send his angels with a great soundof a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the fourwinds, from one end of heaven to the other (the utmost parts ofheaven). Matthew 24:27-31 details the coming of the Lord. Thiswill only happen once. Moses wrote primarily of the return ofthe physical nation of Israel, but Matthew let us know that at that 132

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENtime, the Lord is going to gather all his elect whether they areliving or dead. King David wrote about the “Coming” in Psalm 2:1-12.Here, it is speaking of how the kings of the earth vainly thoughtthey could break away from the Lord and his anointed (Father andSon). However, the Lord shall laugh and have them in derision.Then, shall he speak to them in is wrath and vex them in his soredispleasure. When will he do this to the kings of the earth? Atthe war of Armageddon. After this, verse 6 will be fulfilled. TheFather’s king is Jesus and the holy hill of Zion that he will set hisking upon is Jerusalem. The Father’s will, and his will alone, willbe done in earth because the son is going to enforce it. That iswhy verse 12 warns us to “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and yeperish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.” The Prophet Zechariah wrote about the coming of theLord, and his kingdom in Zechariah 14:1-9. Verse 2 tells us thatthe Lord is going to gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle.Jerusalem is where the war of Armageddon will be fought, whichis also called the valley of Jehoshaphat – meaning “The Valleywhere Jehovah Judges.” Verse 3 tells us that at that time, the Lordshall go forth and fight as he did in the day of battle (The daywhen he brought Israel out of Egypt and led them into the land ofCanaan). The rest of the scripture tells us that his feet will standupon the Mount of Olives and when he comes, he will have allof his Saints with him. Pay close attention to verse 9 because itmakes it clear that the Lord, and the Lord alone, will be King overall the earth. Will his will be done? Yes, because all who do notsubmit to his will are going to suffer the wrath that is written inZechariah 14:16-19. (Verse 16) “And it shall come to pass, thatevery one that is left of all the nations which came against Jeru-salem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, theLord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacle.” (Verse 17)“And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families ofthe earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts,even upon them shall be no rain.” (Verse 18) “And if the family ofEgypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; that shall be theplague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come notup to keep the feast of tabernacles.” (Verse 19) “This shall be the 133

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENpunishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that comenot up to keep the feast of tabernacles.” Therefore, all will do hiswill or suffer the consequences. Just by removing “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven;” you would have removed the heart ofthe Gospel. I know of no major changes in the Lord’s Prayer, butused it to show how the removal of a few words can hide a greatmessage. Now, we will look at a change that makes a major differ-ence . In Hebrews the 3rd and 4th chapters, the Apostle Paul istelling the people how God was provoked by Israel in the wilder-ness and how God was grieved with them for forty years. Godlead them around until all of the Israelites that came out of Egyptfrom 20 years old and upward died, with the exception of Joshuaand Caleb. Because they had provoked him so many times, Godswore that they would not enter into his rest. Paul is warning thepeople not to be like the those that died in the wilderness, whohardened their hears and would not obey the word of God. Paulgives this warning because if people failed to obey God, just asthe Israelites in the wilderness did, neither would they enter intoGod’s rest, which is the millennium (1000 years of peace withChrist, Revelation 20:4). In Hebrews 4:1-11, Paul is telling the people that God hasset a certain day for his people to rest form their labor and he letthem know that day has not yet come. Therefore Paul said, “Letus labor to enter that reset, lest we fall the same way they did.”But verse 8 is where the change is made in some of the rewrittenBibles. The name of Jesus was replaced with the name of Joshua.The people who replaced the name of Jesus with Joshua will tellyou that they did it because Jesus means Joshua in the Hebrewlanguage. Look, we know that the Hebrew name of Jesus is Josh-ua. However, we also know that Joshua did not lead Israel in thewilderness for forty years, Moses did. Therefore, we still couldnot use the name Joshua. Joshua was a follower like everyoneelse. When his time came to lead Israel, the forty years in the 134

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENwilderness had already been completed and Moses had died. SeeJoshua 1:1-2. (Verse 1) “Now after the death of Moses the servantof the Lord, it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua theson of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,” (Verse 2) “Moses my ser-vant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, andall this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to thechildren of Israel.” Joshua did exactly as he was told. He rose andlead the children of Israel across the Jordan River into the Land ofCanaan. Hebrews 4:8 says, “If Jesus had given them rest, thenwould he not afterward have spoken of another day.” Look atwhat this scripture is saying. It is speaking of a time of rest. Thisis not talking about sitting down and taking a breather. Those Is-raelites did not walk around for forty years without making campand sleeping, neither did thy rise up every day and travel. Some-times, they stayed in one place and did not move for weeks. So, what kind of rest was it that God swore that thosepeople would not enter, which he calls His rest, the same thatthe apostle Paul told us to labor to enter into? The 1000 years ofpeace, which comes after the first resurrection.Look! Neither Joshua nor Moses can give this kind of rest. Nei-ther could they nor did they swear to anyone that they would notenter into it. In order for those people in the wilderness, or Paul,or anyone else that is dead to enter into this rest, they must beraised up in the first resurrection. Joshua and Moses will be a partof the first resurrection, but Jesus is the resurrection. Those of us whom the Lord has blessed with some un-derstanding know that this change was not made for the sake ofclarification, but rather it was made to blind. To hide the fact thatJesus is God, that he was the one that lead Israel in the wildernessfor forty years, and that it was he that swore that they would notenter into His rest. Jesus said to us that a little leaven leaveneth the wholelump. Therefore, if you lie about one thing, you must lie aboutmany things in order to support the first lie. With that said, the 135

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENrewriters ran into another passage in the Bible that informs us thatJesus was the one who was with Moses and Israel in the wilder-ness. They could not replace this particular word with somethingsimilar, so they altered it. The word that they altered is ROCK. Now, to look at this scripture in question, see I Corinthi-ans 10:1-4. In this scripture, Paul was telling the people that hedid not want them to be ignorant about certain facts concerningIsrael and how they were under the cloud, and all passed throughthe sea and were baptized unto Moses. But what he really didn’twant was for the people to be ignorant of that Rock that followedMoses and Israel around because that Rock was Christ. Thisscripture plainly tells us that Jesus was the one in the wildernessand it was he that parted the Red Sea. In their feeble attempt to hide the presence of Jesus in thedays of Moses, they changed the word “Rock” to “Rockmass.”What is a rockmass anyway? I couldn’t even find the word in thedictionary and I will not try to guess what it means. But there is one thing that I do know, and that is that thissame Rock is the one that said to the Apostle Peter, “On this rockwill I build my church.” Deuteronomy 32:3-4 says “…ascribe yegreatness unto our God. He is the Rock…” Also II Samuel 32:2,Psalm 18:2, and Psalm 92:15 says, “The Lord is the rock.” Thisrock is Jesus and on himself will he build his church. This is thesame stone that the builders have rejected. Paul called him theChief cornerstone. Jesus told us in a parable that whosoever hearhis sayings (words) and do them is like a wise man which builthis house on a rock; when the storms came, it stood (St. Matthew7:24-27). Why would we be wise to take heed to the word of Je-sus? Because he is the rock on which the Church is built. Why have these people rewritten the bible? To hide a doc-trine of error. They contended that the God of the Old Testament,who dealt with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, is the Fatherand that his name is Jehovah but, Jesus is only the Son of Godand not God. Plus, they say that Jesus is the angel Michael. And,because they read the scripture that says that he is the beginningof the Creation, they also say that Jesus was created and has a 136

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENbeginning, but that Jehovah has been around for eternity. Look! Jehovah just means Eternal one. There is nothingwrong with Jehovah. IT is used in the place of YAWA (YAWA )and it is talking about just one. But before one started to deal withman, the Bible spoke of two and that seems to elude many people.Even these people, who think they have enough knowledge to re-write the Bible after their own pattern of thought. Now, what do Imean by two? Go to the very beginning of Genesis, where it startsout saying, “In the beginning God…” This is where two werementioned, because God was translated from the Hebrew wordELOHIM. Elohim is a uni-plural word which means one family,but with more than one member. For now, there are only tow inthe family. The Apostle Paul defined Elohim more accurately inRomans 1:20, when he used the word Godhead. When one recog-nized that there are two (not three), then one is seeing one of theinvisible things which Paul spoke of in this verse. Both members of this holy family are eternal. In Isaiah 57,while one of the members was talking, he also spoke of the othermember of the family. Isaiah 57:15: “For thus saith the high andlofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwellin the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite andhumble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive theheart of the contrite ones. Pay Attention to what you have just read. The high andloft one (1) that dwell with Him (2). They both are mentionedhere, they both swell in the high and lofty place, they both areholy, and they both inhabit eternity (the eternal two). Therefore,they both make up the Godhead. St. John tells us the same thing in another way. St. John1:1-2, (Verse 1) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Wordwas with God, and the Word was God.” (Verse 2) “The same wasin the beginning with God.” Man has dealt with only one memberof the Godhead, and that is the one that spoke to all of the Proph-ets and taught the Apostles. That is why he is called the Word,because he did all the talking. Jesus told us that no man has evenseen the Father, nor heard his voice. 137

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN No one has questioned the longevity of the Father, butthere are those that dare question the longevity of the Son. Now,let’s go to Hebrews 7:1-3. (Verse 1) “For this Melchisedec, kingof Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham return-ing from the slaughter of the kinks, and blessed him;” (Verse2) “To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first beingby interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also Kingof Salem, which is King of Peace;” (Verse 3) “Without father,without mother, without descent, having neither beginning ofdays, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abidetha priest continually.” Now pay attention to what this scripture issaying. This Melchisedec is “MADE LIKE UNTO THE SON OFGOD.” He is being compared to Jesus. Therefore, if he doesn’thave mother, father, descent, or a beginning of days, or end of life,neither does Jesus. Now, if that is not one who inhabits eternity,who is? As far as Jesus being Michael the angel, just remember,all of the angels were created and that gives them a beginning.Plus, there is a clear separation made between Jesus and theangels. See Hebrews 1:5. “For unto which of the angels said heat any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Andagain, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?”This scripture does not say unto which of the other angels. It says“unto which of the angels said he at anytime, Thou art my Son?” Iknow of NO angel at ANYTIME. God called him his Son, and asI said earlier, Michael is an angel. Therefore, one must always look upon the new and re-vised Bibles an eye of suspect. There might be some publishersthat really mean well when they put out a revised version of theBible. But in many cases however, people have suffered becauseof the actions of others that meant well. Even King Solomon saidin proverbs 14:12, “There is a way which seemeth right unto aman, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” There are many other ways that are used to indoctrinatepeople into various denominational teaching without using re-vised versions of the Bible. Some will give you the standard Bibleand then give you several other books to interpret for you. I have 138

THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVENseen people put the Bible down and just read the little side books. Some are indoctrinated through recitals. They are leadthrough a maze of recitals on what they believe is true and af-ter a number of sustained periods of repeating that you believesomething, eventually you will…even if you read something thatdisproves it. When I consider how intelligent people are when it comesto making money, how energetic and enthusiastic they are in theirvarious businesses and careers, how careful and thorough they arewhen their finances are on the line, and how careless and gull-ible they are when it comes to the word of God, I am lead to theconclusion that they just do not believe that there is a God. Eitherthat, or they are not aware of the severe consequences of failing toserve him. To all true believers of the undisputed word of God, wewish you God speed in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus theChrist, Amen. 139

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THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN NOTES1. “Nebuchadnezzar,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 267.2. “Darius,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 409.3. “Cyrus,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 380.4. “Darius,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 409.5. “Alexander The Great,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965.6. “Cassander & Lysimachus,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 496.7. “Ptolemy & Seleucus,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965.8. Massimo Salvadori, A Pictorial History of the Italian People (Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1972) p. 31.9. Ibid., pp. 31-32.10. Ibid., pp. 32.11. “Seleucids,” The Grolier Encyclopedia, 1965, p. 194.12. Salvadori, pp. 38-39.13. Ibid., pp. 39, 41.14. Ibid., p. 44.15. Ibid., p. 45.16. Ibid.17. “Sunday,” World Scope Encyclopeida, 1960.18. Salvadori, p. 63.19. Anthony Atmore, et al.,eds., The Last Two Million Years (The Reader’s Digest Association Limited, London, 1973) p. 215.20. Salvadori, p. 63.21. Ibid. 141