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Why Only A Little Flock?
A Remnant: Luke 12:32; Jeremiah 31:7; Isaiah 10:21-22
Life In The Left: As the world goes round and round, people continue doing their thing without ceasing. Each starts as an infant, grows through youth, teens, young folks, then suddenly middle age arrives (some call it going over the hill), and then (even for those who stretched some of the above) old age and death catch up ... for some it's early and for others it's much later. In Satan's domain death is inevitable! But it doesn't have to be that way.
The Transition To The Right: Yes, as the Seventh Millennium progresses, Scripture explains: that cycle of life won't apply to The Firstfruits who enter the eternal Kingdom of GOD under the Right Hand of GOD. When that happens, The Firstfruits become as Kings and Queens above all other humanity and as Priests unto GOD. No one will dare touch them. They're protected!
Health, youth, well-being, and an overflowing abundance of GOD'S bounties await them (Deuteronomy 28:1-14). After all, the Glory of GOD will reside among them. Thus, for The Firstfruits, this world will be transformed into their utopia. Death and afflictions will no longer prevail over them.
Meanwhile, for the Tares, all who don't make it as part of The Firstfruits ... remaining in Satan's domain will be rather unpleasant to say the least (Deuteronomy 28:15-68).
The Key Is Obeying GOD'S Righteous Laws And Ways!
Yet, Few People Are Truly Concerned.
Meanwhile, Even The Obvious Often Remains Unseen
By The Disobedient.
Predicting Your Future: So, when GOD commanded all humanity to keep Holy the Seventh Day of each Sabbath (the Fourth Commandment: Exodus 20:8-11) and to obey His other righteous laws and ways, GOD actually admonished people to prepare for His Seventh Millennial Day. Then The Firstfruits form the more righteous Kingdom of GOD under the long awaited dominion of Jesus Christ. Therefore, why do the multitudes reject GOD'S offer?
Why, for example, do the masses ignore GOD'S Seventh Day while others substitute other days for His glorious Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 31:12-17; 35:1-3)? For example, keeping the first day of the following week commemorates the Eighth Millennium, an act that essentially foretells that those people are not truly concerned with The LORD'S Day, the Seventh Day. Some even falsely call the first day of the week, "The LORD'S Day." Thus, they are designating the Eighth Millennium as The LORD'S Day for them. They therefore automatically choose to remain in Satan's domain for another 1,000 or 1,500 years and to inherit a lower position in one of the three lower castes to be set up beneath The Firstfruits. Neither do those multitudes keep GOD'S New Moon fast days commemorating events of Atonement Year when The Messiah officially receives His Kingdom, nor do they keep GOD'S Seven Annual Holy Periods, nor do they obey other obvious admonitions.
Shadows Of Things Evolving: One can work their way through history and prophecy, applying time bridges from the ancient to the modern and assembling the extensive details provided in the Scriptures. Then GOD'S New Moons and Annual Holy Periods lay out an entire schedule of events.
To begin: The Seventh Biblical Month prefigures the Seventh Millennium. Trumpets herald The LORD'S Day, the Seventh Millennial Day; and, as each day is as a year, the first day (the Fast of Trumpets) symbolizes the year 6001 From Creation and 6022 FC represents the year of the glorious Solemn Assembly. From there anyone can fill in Atonement and the Week of Tabernacles.
Whereas, the first month marked the beginning of the 42 year-hour that began with 14 preparation years. The 14th day, the 14th year, identifies Passover Year (6000 FC) which is followed by the seven days of the Week of Unleavened Bread representing the seven years 6001 FC thru 6007 FC. The first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread also marked the beginning of the Exodus from Egypt (Numbers 33:3). And the beginning of The LORD'S Day marked the Sealing of The Firstfruits on or as the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread began immediately after Passover (Revelation 6:17; 7:1-8; 9:4). The seventh day of the Week of Unleavened Bread (6007 FC) is followed by the 50 days of Pentecost. The 50 days of Pentecost link the first and third months prefiguring the first and third millennial days from the 5 BC Birth of Jesus.
Note, the first and seventh days of Unleavened Bread are both to be kept Holy. They also symbolize the seventh day of Creation Week (Genesis 2:1-3) thru the glorious Seventh Millennial Day. However, the Week of Tabernacles prefigures the consecration of the lost as it prefigures 6015 FC thru 6021 FC (i.e. the seven years after Salvation closes as marked by the close of Daniel's 62nd year: Daniel 9:2,26). The seven days of Tabernacles also symbolize the seven millennial days from Creation. Here, only the first day is celebrated symbolizing Creation Week but for those not amongst The Firstfruits there is nothing to celebrate on the Seventh Millennial Day.
O.K., we have a strange situation involving moving the dial first backwards ten years from the year Ahaz died (Isaiah 14:28; II Kings 20:1-11). Then 2625 years later (Daniel 12:11-12) (which began at the close of 3375 FC and continues through 6000 FC) the dial is restored ten years (Isaiah 38:8). This effectively moves events relating to the beginning of the Seventh Millennium ten years (i.e. 6001 FC thru 6010 FC) (Revelation 2:10; Isaiah 37:3). During this period all appears to be in vain (Isaiah 49:4) and The Firstfruits will have tribulation ten more years (Revelation 2:10). Thus, Atonement Year (6010 FC) doubles for the second Passover in addition to its many other events foretold in Scripture.
Jesus' four appearances on the First Day of the Week of Unleavened Bread symbolize: (1) The Exodus from Egypt, (2) Jesus' Resurrection, (3) The Sealing of The Firstfruits, and (4) Events immediately after Atonement Year.
Jesus' appearance on the Seventh Day of the Week of Unleavened Bread prefigures the first of The Firstfruits being blessed in 6007 FC; whereas, Jesus' two appearances on the First and Fiftieth Days of Pentecost apparently prefigure the Main Harvest of The Firstfruits and the Solemn Assembly of The Firstfruits (See diag. IV-9 herein).
One interesting feature involves moving the dial and the Separation of the Lambs in preparation for Passover (i.e. in the Tenth Year: Exodus 12:3). And since the Separation of the Lambs is keyed to Passover in the 14th year, if we count five years backwards from the 14th year as defined by the Seventh Month, the Separation of the Lambs coincides with Atonement Year (6010 FC).
Remember, Atonement, as defined by each New Moon, is also when The Father gives the Betrothed Bride unto His Son (Exodus 21:9; Hosea 2:19-23; Jeremiah 3:14,20). That is, Jesus officially receives His Kingdom on Atonement Year (Daniel 7:13-14,18; Revelation 11:15-18) as the True overtakes the Image on each New Moon. The consummation is on the Solemn Assembly.
Few Believe Truth: "It's not happening that way" they blindly chorus. Most people (and nations) don't even realize that, because of disobedience, they've been blinded to what actually is happening (Isaiah 25:7-8; 44:18). Yet, had they paid heed to GOD'S Word matters would be much more obvious. However, instead of cleaving unto the whole Word (Revelation 19:12-13), multitudes pick and choose. Some even cleave to blatant half-truths and outright lies of a murderer. And "... no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him" (I John 3:15; Ezekiel 14:9-10).
Yes, few keep GOD'S Holy Days that layout the skeletal outline for GOD'S detailed schedule. Remember, the Week of Unleavened Bread follows directly after Passover. And Jesus Christ resurrected on the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread, i.e. after three days and three full nights that began with the night when Caiaphas and his fellow conspirators plotted Jesus' death (John 11:47-53; Matthew 26:3-5; etc.). Thus, Jesus resurrected very early on the Seventh Day of the Biblical sabbath (week).
Much earlier when Moses confronted Pharaoh in Egypt, the Israelites departed on the 15th day of Abib, the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread (Numbers 33:3; Leviticus 23:6).
And when Jesus reappeared following His resurrection He reappeared four times on the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread. Those four occasions actually occurred on the Seventh Day of the Biblical week. Jesus' fifth reappearance (fifth occasion) was on the Seventh Day of the Week of Unleavened Bread. Jesus again reappeared (the Sixth and Seventh occasions) on both the first and fiftieth days of Pentecost. And that year both the first and fiftieth days of Pentecost also occurred on the Seventh Day of each respective Biblical week.
Note: The 50 days of Pentecost always begin on the 22nd day of Abib, the day following the sabbath (7 days) of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:11,15). And, if the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread fell on the Seventh Day of the Biblical week, the first and 50th days of Pentecost would also fall on Seventh Days [i.e. 7 + 50 equals 7 + (7 X 7) + 1]. Again, any multiple of 7 days plus one will bring you out on the same day of the week that you started your count on. So, the period of Pentecost (50 days) ended on the same day of the week that the first day of Pentecost and the first day of the Week of Unleavened Bread started on. That year it was on the Seventh Day of the Biblical Week. That's one reason why there are 50 days in Pentecost instead of 49 or some other number. Pentecost also links the first month with the third month prefiguring the first and third millennial days from the Birth of Jesus Christ (Hosea 6:1-3). Again, each 7 and the 1 always begin on the same day of the 7 day week. Therefore, by Jesus' resurrection and reappearances on Holy Days that occurred on the Seventh Day of the Biblical week, GOD certainly made it rather obvious that His Seventh Day is very special.
So, again, if people kept GOD'S Holy Days rather than substituting a host of heathen days and commemorations, people would more easily recognize the truth. On all seven reappearances Jesus came forth only on a Seventh Day and never on the first day of the Biblical week.
Now that humanity entered the Seventh Millennial Day from Creation (that began sundown 16 April 1996 EST), GOD is in the process of ending His work on this glorious Seventh Millennial Day (Genesis 2:1-3). And, the Final 42 Year-Hour (that began in the Spring of 1982) is well underway.
When The Glory Of GOD Arrives: The Firstfruits soon enter the picture and the individuals therein become very special recipients of GOD'S Seven Spirits: Power, Riches, Wisdom, Strength, Honors, Glory, and Blessings. As such, The Firstfruits will be given an ability to do what they want, when they want, how they want, and where they want. No one will dare touch them and the world will tithe to them.
The Firstfruits will enjoy peace, contentment, and happiness while the Tares, those who didn't make it, experience chaos and troubles (Compare Deuteronomy 28:1-14 with 28:15-68). Husbands, wives, and children of The Firstfruits will enjoy a special status above all other peoples. Yachts, aircraft, rail facilities, the mountains, valleys, and plains, ranches, estates, city life, the islands, lakes, beaches, forests, rivers, etc. worldwide will be at their beck and call. Their servants will be myriad wherever they go (Isaiah 14:2; 61:5: Psalm 2:8). Worldwide travel will be unlimited for The Firstfruits.
Remember, GOD'S Ten Commandments and other laws will always apply; so, The Firstfruits will not covet another's property contrary to the Tenth Commandment nor will they violate any other. Yes, the whole world will be in their hands; but, again, none of The Firstfruits will want to violate any of GOD'S laws.
Measuring The Results: So, why would anyone forgo such an opportunity in exchange for a bowl of pottage in this life? Why would anyone give it all up for 1,000 or 1,500 years in Satan's domain and an eternity in a lower caste? Oh, the Main Harvest will still be far better than anything available under Satan's dominion. But the Main Harvest still comes with a 1,000 year delay behind The Firstfruits and a step down beneath The Firstfruits.
Yeah, anyone, for example, who substitutes the Eighth Day for GOD'S Seventh Day has to have "rocks in their head" for brains ... like the fish that let the water out of his rain barrel. Yes, Esau's bowl of pottage really isn't that great. Why wait for the Second Resurrection?
But, again, why do people ignore, scoff at, and/or pervert GOD'S Word? Why promote and tithe to King Belshazzar's wise ones misleading the masses starting with little children? Yes, myriad wolves in sheep's clothing mislead the masses while few weigh the Seventh Day versus the Eighth Day.
Hindrances To Entering The Righteous Kingdom: In addition to the myriad Substitutions adopted by the Satanic Religious Beast, myriad other Special Obstacles have been set up to mislead the disobedient. Yet, few of the disobedient are even aware of their presence. Therefore, dwelling under the Left Hand of GOD, under Satan's dominion, provides all sorts of obfuscations that mislead and misguide.
Those who turn from evil become the prey of evildoers (Isaiah 59:15; 42:22; Ezekiel 34:8,28; John 16:33; Revelation 13:15; Nahum 1:12). Indeed, the Four Great Powers as "Beasts" turn against the more righteous who mysteriously become their prey. Thus, multitudes are readily dissuaded from obeying.
Even "Jeroboam's" priesthood, individuals not chosen by GOD, freely controvert the Word of GOD (I Kings 12:30-31; 13:33-34; Numbers 3:10; II Kings 17:32; II Chronicles 11:14-15). And, like Elihu, Job's fourth friend, speaks without knowledge (Job 38:1-2), so too, "Jeroboam's" priesthood speaks with neither knowledge nor understanding (wisdom). GOD even refers to their words as dung (Ezekiel 4:10-15). In fact, Belshazzar's wise ones (Daniel 5) readily pervert even the very basics. Never forget, the Grace of GOD opened the door to Salvation way back in the beginning and it is still each individual's responsibility to get on that straight and narrow pathway to pass through that door.
A Word To The Wise: Check everything out in the Scriptures, place all matters in context, obey GOD'S Commandments and other righteous laws and ways, and pay heed to GOD'S Human Shepherd. Remember, when GOD'S Holy Ark is brought forth, GOD has promised to magnify His Human Shepherd under Jesus in the eyes of all true Israel, The Firstfruits (Joshua 3:7; 4:14).
Note: The Human Shepherd, prefigured by the more righteous Patriarchs and Prophets, has been established 40 years before the glorious Solemn Assembly (Micah 7:15). He has been charged with explaining matters (Isaiah 61:1-3). And, He has been established (anointed) since before the LORD'S Day began in the Spring of 1996 (Malachi 4:5-6). But even He has been warned to obey or lose it all (Zechariah 3:1-10).
The True Situation: GOD, of course, has both a Right and Left (Psalm 28:5; Isaiah 5:12; I Kings 22:19-23; Job 23:9; II Chronicles 18:18-22). And until The Firstfruits commence to materialize, to establish the more righteous kingdom (the Southland), all humanity will have dwelt in Satan's dominion (the land of the North) under GOD'S Left. That is, due to humanity's disobedience GOD essentially has hidden His face and turned His back on humanity (Deuteronomy 29:28; 31:16-21,28-29; 32:16-21; Jeremiah 18:17; Ezekiel 7:22; Isaiah 54:8; Psalm 27:8-9; II Chronicles 7:14; Job 23:9).
So, when The Firstfruits are established under Jesus at GOD'S Right (Psalm 110:1-4), GOD will once again dwell amongst the more righteous people. GOD'S bounties will be plenteous for them. Their lives, still here on earth, will become a utopia; while, the Tares, those not amongst the Congregation, will serve them (Isaiah 14:2; etc.).
But the reasons why The Firstfruits are only a Remnant, a Little Flock, begin with (1) people not recognizing GOD'S Left and His Right; and, (2) that humanity has been dwelling in Satan's domain with all of its unrighteousness, corruption, falsehoods, and disobedience. Thus, people need to "Come out of her, My people..." by first recognizing the true situation and acting accordingly.
Unfortunately, only a Little Flock, a Remnant, heed GOD'S admonition to choose life and not death (Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:15,19; 31:28-29). If everyone chose life a vast multitude would replace the Little Flock. But that's not happening! (Matthew 7:13-14).
Even The Prayers Of The Disobedient Are An Abomination (Proverbs 28:9); So, Who Are The Disobedient Praying To And Who Answers Their Prayers?
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