By Maria Merola אריאל
© Copyright Double Portion Inheritance, August 2013
Have you ever wondered about Pharaoh’s two dreams in Genesis 41:1-7 which were interpreted by Yahuwceph (Joseph) and how they point to Messiah?
Yahuwceph (Joseph) in Egypt was a prophetic “type” of Messiah, and he served under Pharaoh during 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine.
Pharaoh’s dream was about 7 skinny cows that swallowed up 7 fat cows.
What do cows represent?
These 7 cows represent the “Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim.”
The House of Ephrayim is likened unto a “bullock” and also a “heifer” in prophecy (Deuteronomy 33:17; Jeremiah 31:18; Hosea 10:11).
There are 7 congregations in the book of Revelation who symbolize the “House of Ephrayim.” These are “Gentile Christian Churches” who are grafted into the Olive Tree of Yisra’el through Messiah’s blood covenant when they repent of their idolatry and lawless ways.
In Genesis 48:19, Yisra’el (Ya’aqob-Jacob) prophesied over his grandson Ephrayim and he said that he would become “a multitude of nations.” In Hebrew, this phrase is “melow goyim” which means “fullness of the Gentiles or nations.”
Even though Yisra’el (Ya’aqob-Jacob) gave his two grandsons (Ephrayim & Manasseh) their true identity when he said “let my name be named upon them,” there was a time in history when these two grandsons were scattered to the nations, and their descendants forgot who they were.
Ephrayim became the tribal leader of the Ten Northern Tribes of Yisra’elwho were later on divorced by YaHuWaH in Jeremiah 3:8. In 1st Kings 12, King Jeroboam broke away from the House of David and he took ten of the tribes with him. King Jeroboam also forbade these ten tribes from making pilgrimage to Jerusalem to keep the appointed feasts. Instead, he set up golden calves at Mount Ephrayim and at Dan, and he invented brand new man-made holidays not ordained by YaHuWaH. It is because of these false pagan holidays that Ephrayim was eventually cut out of the covenant and he was called “Loammi” which means “not my people.”
Howshea (Hosea) 1:
9 Then said Elohiym, Call his name Loammi: for you are not my people, and I will not be your Elohiym.
10 Yet the number of the children of Yisra’el shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, You are the sons of the living Elohiym.
11 Then shall the children of Yahuwdah (Judah) and the children of Yisra’el be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Yizra’el (Jezreel).
*Note:this name of Howshea’s firstborn son is “Jezreel”which is #H3157 and it means “Elohiym sows.” This name is not to be confused with #H3478 which is“Yisra’el” and this name means “Elohiym prevails.”
Even though YaHuWaH sowed the nation of Yisra’el like seeds to the Gentile nations, he promised to bring them back again in the last days to their own land as seen in Hosea 1:11.
Howshea (Hosea) 8:8 Yisra’el is swallowed up: now shallthey be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
In Hosea 4:17, we are shown the reason why YaHuWaH would no longer be their Almighty one: “Ephrayim is joined unto idols: let him alone.”
As you can see, the number one reason why YaHuWaH sent the House of Ephrayim away to the nations, is because of their false pagan holidays. Today, the American Christian Church is no different, for they are celebrating all the same holidays offered up to Ba’al or Moloch, which is why the national sin of abortion continues. The spirit behind abortion is embedded in all of the pagan holidays that have their origins from the Tower of Babel. These holidays today are called: Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Halloween etc. Many Christians protest against abortion, yet they unknowingly are perpetuating the spirit behind abortion when they continue to keep these abominations:
Amowc (Amos) 5:
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take you away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have you offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Yisra’el?
26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says YHWH, whose name is The Elohiym of hosts.
Yeshayahuw (Isaiah) 1:14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
The nation of Yisra’el became known as “Gentiles” (Goyim) when they were sent away to the nations by YaHuWaH. As you can see from the image of Moloch, above, it looks like a golden bull or a cow with the body of a man. In Psalm 22, King David wrote a Messianic prophecy that seems to intimate about our Messiah when he hung on the tree:
Tehilliym (Psalm) 22:12 Manybulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
The “bull” being symbolic of the House of Ephrayim who had assimilated into the Gentile Nations, is obviously about how the Romans (Gentiles) were mocking him while he hung on the tree. Even the House of Judah who shouted “Crucify him!” were also behaving as Gentiles at this point, for teamed up with the Romans to kill their own Messiah.
This is the very same image of a bull with the body of a man is worshiped today in Freemasonry, called “baphomet.” The entire structure of America’s religious and political leadership is based on the principles of Freemasonry and Satanism. America is no different than the nation of Yisra’el (Ephrayim) when they began to imitate and practice the same abominations of the heathen nations, and they were behaving more like bulls (animals) than humans. As we read the rebuke that YaHuWaH had for the House of Ephrayim, I cannot help but see the striking similarity between America and Ephrayim:
Howshea (Hosea) 9:
Tehilliym (Psalm) 22:12 Manybulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
The “bull” being symbolic of the House of Ephrayim who had assimilated into the Gentile Nations, is obviously about how the Romans (Gentiles) were mocking him while he hung on the tree. Even the House of Judah who shouted “Crucify him!” were also behaving as Gentiles at this point, for teamed up with the Romans to kill their own Messiah.
This is the very same image of a bull with the body of a man is worshiped today in Freemasonry, called “baphomet.” The entire structure of America’s religious and political leadership is based on the principles of Freemasonry and Satanism. America is no different than the nation of Yisra’el (Ephrayim) when they began to imitate and practice the same abominations of the heathen nations, and they were behaving more like bulls (animals) than humans. As we read the rebuke that YaHuWaH had for the House of Ephrayim, I cannot help but see the striking similarity between America and Ephrayim:
Howshea (Hosea) 9:
13 Ephrayim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephrayim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
14 Give them, O YHWH: what will you give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
16 Ephrayim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
17 My Elohiym will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
But in the last days, we shall see Ephrayim become full or fat with the olive oil that comes from the House of Yahuwdah (Judah), for he will return to YaHuWaH and he will forsake his idols. Pictured here is the prophet Hosea and his backsliding whoring wife, Gomer coming back to him as a symbol of backsliding Ephrayim (Yisra’el) returning to YaHuWaH:
Howshea (Hosea) 14:
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Yisra’el: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ephrayim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is your fruit found.
Yahuwshuwa ha’Mashiyach was sent to restore the House of Ephrayim back to the marriage covenant after the Assyrians were used to chastise them. In Ephesians 2, Sha’uwl (Paul) declared that those who were once “afar off” were at one time “Gentiles in the flesh”but they are now part of the “Commonwealth of Yisra’el!” Paul wrote that they are no longer “strangers or foreigners!”
Messiah Yahuwshuwa came to bring these “lost sheep” of the House of Ephrayim back to the covenant and to restore them back to his Sabbaths, his true name and his seven feasts!
In the last days, Ephrayim will be joined back to the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) according to Ezekiel 37:16-17, and they will no longer be called “Two Houses of Yisra’el” but they will have one king (Messiah) and they will be One House again united under him.
Now with this background information, let’s discover how these two periods of seven years of famine and plenty point us to Messiah.
In Genesis 29:18-20, we learn that that Ya’aqob (Jacob) worked for seven years in order to be married to Rachel. But on the night that he was supposed to be married to Rachel, he discovered that he had been tricked into marrying Leah instead. When Ya’aqob asked his father-in-law, Laban “why did you trick me?” Laban replied “fulfill Leah’s week and I will give you Rachel also” (Genesis 29:27).
And so Ya’aqob (Jacob) married Leah first, and then after seven days, he was able to marry Rachel as well (Genesis 29:28). However, he did agree to work yet another seven years for Rachel, even though he was able to marry her right after he married Leah.
In an ancient Hebrew Wedding, the bride and groom elope and go away for “seven days” into a set-apart place called the “Chuppah”or bridal chamber (Psalm 19:5, Joel 2:16). And then following their seven-day honeymoon, they come back for yet another seven days to have the wedding reception with their friends and family. So the total amount of days of an Ancient Hebrew Wedding was 14 days.
But in Ya’aqob’s case, his wedding to both Leah & Rachel lasted for 14 days plus another 7 days for the wedding feast, for a total of 21 days.
The Feast of Trumpets (Yowm Teruw’ah) symbolizes the wedding between Ya’aqob (Jacob) and Leah for seven days. Then, on the Day of Atonement (Yowm Kippur), it symbolizes the wedding of Ya’aqob (Jacob) and his beloved Rachel. Five days later on the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) will commence the seven days of feasting with the guests from the Gentile nations who are saved, yet they are not the bride.
In Leviticus 16:14-19, the instructions for the High Priest every year on Yowm Kippur are detailed. The High Priest (Kohen Gadowl) would mix the blood of a bullock (symbolic of Leah) and the blood of a goat or lamb (symbolic of Rachel) together, and then he would sprinkle the “mixed blood” on the mercy seat with his finger “seven times!”
In Leviticus 16:14-19, the instructions for the High Priest every year on Yowm Kippur are detailed. The High Priest (Kohen Gadowl) would mix the blood of a bullock (symbolic of Leah) and the blood of a goat or lamb (symbolic of Rachel) together, and then he would sprinkle the “mixed blood” on the mercy seat with his finger “seven times!”
Interestingly, the name “Rachel” means “lamb” and the name “Leah”means “cow.” Also, the Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayimwere likened unto a “bullock or a heifer”in prophecy. The Two Southern Tribes of the House of Judah were likened unto a “lamb or a goat” in prophecy (Zechariah 10:3; 2nd Chronicles 29:21).
Rachel’s body was buried in Bethlehem-Judah, and so she is the “mother”of the House of Yahuwdah (Judah), even though it was Leah who gave birth to Yahuwdah (Judah). After King Herod killed the baby boys under two years old, the prophecy in Jeremiah 31:15 was repeated in Matthew 2:18 where it says “Rachel, weeping for her children for they were not.” This is because Rachel’s son Yahuwceph (Joseph) had a dream that all of his brothers were going to bow down and serve him (Genesis 37:9-10). And so the sons of Leah, Bilhah & Zilpah (the two handmaidens) all served Joseph after they were reunited to him in Egypt many years later. Hence, Joseph ruled over the ten brothers who plotted to kill him.
But Judah saved Joseph from being killed because he inspired the brothers to sell him to slave traders in Egypt (Genesis 37:26-27). Joseph’s younger brother Benjamin was still an infant at the time, and so he was not present when the ten brothers plotted to throw him into a pit. Also, Yahuwdah (Judah) promised his father Ya’aqob (Jacob) that he would become “Benjamin’s keeper forever” (Genesis 43:9). And so to this day, Judah & Benjamin are now part of the Two Southern Tribes of Judah where Rachel’s body was sown into the soil. This is the reason why Judah & Benjamin did not have to bow down to Joseph to be ruled by him. It is because Judah & Benjamin did not plot to kill Joseph.
But Judah saved Joseph from being killed because he inspired the brothers to sell him to slave traders in Egypt (Genesis 37:26-27). Joseph’s younger brother Benjamin was still an infant at the time, and so he was not present when the ten brothers plotted to throw him into a pit. Also, Yahuwdah (Judah) promised his father Ya’aqob (Jacob) that he would become “Benjamin’s keeper forever” (Genesis 43:9). And so to this day, Judah & Benjamin are now part of the Two Southern Tribes of Judah where Rachel’s body was sown into the soil. This is the reason why Judah & Benjamin did not have to bow down to Joseph to be ruled by him. It is because Judah & Benjamin did not plot to kill Joseph.
From this we see a prophetic picture of Yahuwshuwa Messiah who will rule over the entire House of Yisra’el when he returns. The Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim will bow down to Yahuwshuwa and serve him in the same way that Joseph’s ten brothers bowed down and served him in Egypt.
In the same way that Ya’aqob (Jacob) had to work a total of 14 years for both of his brides (Leah & Rachel) and then he worked another 6 years for Laban’s cattle, these 20 days symbolize the days of the Fall Feasts of YaHuWaH.
The Feast of Trumpets(Yowm Teruw’ah) is on the 1st day of the 7th Month of Tishri
The Day of Atonement(Yowm Kippur) is on the 10th day of the 7th Month of Tishri
The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) is on the 15th day of the 7thMonth of Tishri and it lasts for 8 days until the 22nd day of the 7thMonth of Tishri.
The first two days of the Feast of Trumpets is a “waiting period” for the bride will be “caught up” to meet the bridegroom “on the third day” just like the two witnesses in Revelation 11:11-15, whose dead bodies are laying in the streets for “three and a half days”before they are raised up “at the seventh and last trumpet!”
Both brides (typified in Leah & Rachel) will become only one bride when Messiah returns on Yowm Kippur. For it is at this time that the High Priest would “mix the blood” of these two animals (bullock and goat) and this means that both families (Leah & Rachel, Ephraiym & Judah) will become only one family or one stick (Ezekiel 37:16-17) in the hand of YaHuWaH at Messiah’s return! Yahuwshuwa is our High Priest, Melchizedek, and he will make both Houses “one new man!” (Ephesians 2:15).
So how do these two periods of “seven years” of Ya’aqob (Jacob) working for his brides and Yahuwceph (Joseph) working for Pharaoh relate to our Messiah, Yahuwshuwa?
Well, the first thing that we can observe is that the Hebrew word for “feast”is “mowed” (#H4150) and it also means “conventionally one year.” This means that “seven years” are equivalent to “seven feasts.”
7 years = 7 feasts!
Our Messiah fulfilled all 7 feasts at his first coming and he will fulfill them again at his second coming!
Hence, 7 skinny cows who swallowed up 7 fat cows symbolize how our Messiah would fulfill 7 feasts at his first coming for the “7 skinny cows.” The seven skinny cows symbolize the “Lost Sheep of the House of Ephrayim” who were still in exile at his first coming. The House of Yahuwdah (Judah) was preventing them from coming back to the land and to the covenant by their many man-made rules and traditions. These lost sheep were symbolic of “skinny cows” because they had “leanness of soul.”
When the children of Yisra’el were in the wilderness, YaHuWaH gave them what they wanted when they asked for quail, but it brought “leanness to their soul,” because they still had a murmuring and complaining attitude:
Tehilliym (Psalm) 106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
In Amos 8:11, we read that YaHuWaH was going to send a famine in the land, but not a famine of bread or water, but a famine of hearing the word of YaHuWaH:
Amowc (Amos) 8:11Behold, the days come, says YHWH Elohiym, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of YHWH.
The Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim became like “skinny cows” because they were not feeding on his word! This is why Yahuwshuwa came to feed his sheep with his word. He also commanded Keefa (Peter) to feed his lambs (John 21:15).
But at Messiah’s second coming, the “7 fat cows” represent “the fullness of the Gentiles!”
What does this mean? If Ephrayim was named “Yisra’el” by his grandfather, then how can he be called a “Gentile?”
Do you remember what happened to Ephrayim in the book of Hosea? He was “joined to idols” and because of this, he was sent to the Gentile Nations. But in the last days, The Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim who are still in the nations, will return to the Father and his Towrah (instructions), and he will be cleansed by Messiah’s blood, just like the prodigal son in Luke 15.
And so we can see that Messiah fulfilled all 7 feasts at his first coming for the 7 skinny cows (symbolic of the lost sheep) of Ephrayim or former Gentiles. And at his second coming, the Gentiles will be “full” or “fat” when they begin to obey the Towrah or instructions of the Heavenly Father once again. The term“fullness of the Gentiles” means that those born-again believers in the nations who think that they are “Gentiles” will be“brought near” to the covenant through Messiah’s blood and they will no longer be called“Gentiles” for they will then come into the “fullness of their identity!” These Gentiles will no longer behave like bulls but they will begin to behave like sheep (typified in the House of Judah). In other words, the House of Ephrayim will begin to behave more like the House of Judah by obeying Towrah!
The 7 fat cows at Messiah’s second coming represent the 7 congregations in the book of Revelation who are now coming into the “fullness” of their identity!
Yahuwshuwa has “reversed the curse” of Egypt! Instead of 7 skinny cows swallowing up 7 fat cows in the days of Joseph, Messiah will cause 7 fat cows to swallow up 7 skinny cows!
This means that the 7 fat cows at his second coming (fullness of the Gentiles) will supersede the 7 skinny cows at his first coming. We shall see in the verses below, that Leah represents the skinny and weak cows, but Rachel represents the beautiful and fat cows. Notice the similarity in the wording used in the King James Version vernacular:
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Now, let us compare Pharaoh’s dream to the above verse to see the similarity:
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 41:
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Now, let us compare Pharaoh’s dream to the above verse to see the similarity:
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 41:
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine (heifers) and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
*Note: Rachel was well-favoured and so were these seven well-favoured heifers (kine) in Pharaoh’s dream.
In both of these passages (Genesis 29:17 & Genesis 41:2), the same Hebrew words are used to describe Rachel as well as the well-favoured heifers.
The Hebrew word for “well” is “yapheh” (#H3303) and the Hebrew word for “favoured” is “mareh” (#H4758).
#3303 yaphehyaw-feh’ from 3302; beautiful(literally or figuratively): beautiful, beauty, comely, fair (-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
#4758 mar’ehmar-eh’ from 7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision:-- apparently, appearance(-reth), as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
What this means is that Rachel was beautiful to look at, but Leah was not. Similarly, the seven fat cows were beautiful to look upon, but the skinny cows were not. Now, we will also observe the similarity in words used to describe Leah as well as the “ill-favoured and leanfleshed” heifers.
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 41:
3 And, behold, seven other kine (heifers) came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine (heifers) upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine (heifers) did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine (heifers). So Pharaoh awoke.
In Genesis 29:17, Leah was “tender-eyed” and this word for “tender”is the Hebrew word #7390 “rak”which means“weak, tender, faint-hearted.” The word for “eyed” is “ayin” which is #5869, and it means “an eye” but it also means “outward appearance, countenance.” This means that Leah was not pretty to look at or pleasing to the eye.
In Genesis 29:17, Leah was “tender-eyed” and this word for “tender”is the Hebrew word #7390 “rak”which means“weak, tender, faint-hearted.” The word for “eyed” is “ayin” which is #5869, and it means “an eye” but it also means “outward appearance, countenance.” This means that Leah was not pretty to look at or pleasing to the eye.
Similarly, in Genesis 41:3, the Hebrew word for “ill” is#7451 “rah’ah,” and it has the following definitions: “bad, evil, adversity, affliction, calamity, distress, misery, naughty, wicked, wrong.” Hence, the compound word “ill-favoured” means that these cows were bad-looking. These cows are also described as “lean-fleshed” and this word for “lean” is “daq” (#1851) in Hebrew which means “crushed, thin, dwarfed.”
One could say that Rachel was voluptuous and had a nicely shaped body, but Leah probably had anorexia and she looked pale, weak and too skinny. Because Leah was not as pretty, and she was unloved by Jacob, YaHuWaH compensated her with more children.
In Pharaoh’s dream, the seven thin ears of corn were blasted by the east wind, and this sounds like the prophecy in Ezekiel 19:12, where it speaks of Jerusalem (the mother lioness) who raised up two lions whelps (Judah & Ephrayim), but her fruit was dried up by the “east wind.”What does the east wind represent? Well in Ezekiel 8:16, the men were “worshiping the sun towards the east with their faces towards the east.” This is because the sun rises in the east, and so those who worshiped the pagan sun-god would face the east while worshiping! In Hosea 12:1, it says that Ephrayim “feeds on wind and follows after the east wind.” Once again, this means pagan sun-god worship and all the false holidays that are offered up to Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14).
In Ephesians 4:14, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) warned about not being “tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine” by those who would try to seduce the sheep with deceiving teachings. The east wind therefore symbolizes pagan sun-god worship and all the false doctrines and pagan holidays that go along with it!
Okay, so let’s continue dissecting Pharaoh’s dream:
In Ephesians 4:14, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) warned about not being “tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine” by those who would try to seduce the sheep with deceiving teachings. The east wind therefore symbolizes pagan sun-god worship and all the false doctrines and pagan holidays that go along with it!
Okay, so let’s continue dissecting Pharaoh’s dream:
Bereshiyth (Genesis) 41:
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devouredthe seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And so we can liken the seven skinny and unattractive cows to the Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim at Messiah’s first coming. For at that time, many of them had not yet returned home after the Assyrian Captivity, and the Two Southern Tribes of the House of Judah were trying to prevent them from returning. In the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, the younger son who squandered his inheritance typifies the House of Ephrayim and the skinny cows. The older brother symbolizes Judah, and he represents the fat cows. When the younger son returned home and repented, the older brother was not happy about it. The older brother (Judah) felt that he should not receive a double portion inheritance from the father, when he had squandered the first one.
When the younger brother came home, the father killed for him the “fatted calf”or a fat cow! This means that the Heavenly Father wants to give the prodigal sons the same blessing as the older son, Judah! So when the House of Ephrayim returns to the Towrah (Father’s instructions), he will be joined to his older brother Judah and this is when he will become “fat.” This is what is meant by the “fullness of the Gentiles.” In Romans 11:25 Paul explained that “blindness in part happened unto Yisra’el.” In other words, they were “weak-eyed,” like Leah. But when the Gentile believers in Messiah come into the fullness of their identity and they begin to obey the Towrah, that is when they will become full and fat with their inheritance. Paul also explained in Romans 11:17, that when the “wild branches” (Gentiles) partake of the root and the “fatness” of the olive tree (in other words, the anointing oil that comes from the olives), that is when they will become full or fat!
Because the House of Ephrayim (Yisra’el) fell away from the Towrah (Mosaic Law), it meant that the besowrah (gospel) would be preached to the nations wherever they had been scattered:
Romiym (Romans) 11:12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
In Romans 11:17-21, Paul uses a metaphor of the “natural branches” to describe the original branches of the olive tree (Yisra’el) who were abiding in the vine (Messiah). But Sha’uwl (Paul) uses the “wild branches” as a metaphor of the branches that were not part of the olive tree (Yisra’el), yet they are grafted into the tree when they have faith in Messiah.
These two branches are symbolized by two sides of the menorah. The middle branch of the menorah represents Messiah. He told us that he is the main vine of the tree and his followers are his “branches” (John 15:5).
Three of the branches represent the House of Judah (natural branches) and the other three represent the House of Ephrayim (wild branches). There are a total of six branches and they are both connected to the main branch or trunk of the tree, which is Messiah, the seventh branch. At creation, YaHuWaH created man-kind on day #6, so it is prophetically fitting that there are six branches on a menorah attached to the middle or seventh branch. In Zechariah 4:2, we are shown that the two olive trees (symbolic of Judah & Ephrayim) give oil to the seven-branch menorah (symbolic of the seven congregations in Revelation). Yahuwshuwa even explained this mystery in Revelation 1:20 when he said that the “seven golden candlesticks are the seven assemblies.”
And now, this bring us to the seven feasts that all of Yisra’el are commanded to keep forever. You see, the seven-branch menorah in the Temple had to be filled daily with olive oil in order to keep it burning and giving light. The menorah is deliberately made to look like a tree. When all seven branches of the menorah are filled with olive oil, this means that all seven assemblies in the book of Revelation will be ready to meet the bridegroom.
This is precisely why, Yahuwshuwa fulfilled all seven feasts at his first coming, for the seven “skinny cows” who were “ill-favoured” weak, sickly, and malnourished. Why were they malnourished? It is because they were not allowed to come near the Temple to hear the Towrah & Prophets.
The House of Yahuwdah (Judah) invented man-made ordinances which kept the lost sheep from coming near the Temple. They actually built up a wall around the outer court of the Temple, and if any Gentile wanted to come near the Temple to hear the word of YaHuWaH being preached, they would be stoned to death. This is what Sha’uwl (Paul) was referring to in Colossians 2:14 when he said that Messiah came to “blot out the ordinances that were against us.” In Ephesians 2:14 he said that Messiah came to “break down the middle wall of partition” that divided the House of Ephrayim from the House of Yahuwdah (Judah).
Yahuwshuwa Messiah abolished in his flesh “the enmity” (hatred) between these Two Houses of Yisra’el (Jew & Gentile). At his second coming, Yahuwshuwa will also fulfill the seven feasts again (just like Jacob worked an additional seven years) for Rachel who typifies the House of Yahuwdah (Judah). In the same way that Yahuwceph (Joseph) fulfilled seven years of famine (for the skinny cows), Messiah fulfilled seven feasts for the lost sheep. But Messiah will also fulfill seven feasts again for the seven fat cows (typified in Rachel and the House of Judah).
And so we can liken the seven skinny and unattractive cows to the Ten Northern Tribes of the House of Ephrayim at Messiah’s first coming. For at that time, many of them had not yet returned home after the Assyrian Captivity, and the Two Southern Tribes of the House of Judah were trying to prevent them from returning. In the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, the younger son who squandered his inheritance typifies the House of Ephrayim and the skinny cows. The older brother symbolizes Judah, and he represents the fat cows. When the younger son returned home and repented, the older brother was not happy about it. The older brother (Judah) felt that he should not receive a double portion inheritance from the father, when he had squandered the first one.
When the younger brother came home, the father killed for him the “fatted calf”or a fat cow! This means that the Heavenly Father wants to give the prodigal sons the same blessing as the older son, Judah! So when the House of Ephrayim returns to the Towrah (Father’s instructions), he will be joined to his older brother Judah and this is when he will become “fat.” This is what is meant by the “fullness of the Gentiles.” In Romans 11:25 Paul explained that “blindness in part happened unto Yisra’el.” In other words, they were “weak-eyed,” like Leah. But when the Gentile believers in Messiah come into the fullness of their identity and they begin to obey the Towrah, that is when they will become full and fat with their inheritance. Paul also explained in Romans 11:17, that when the “wild branches” (Gentiles) partake of the root and the “fatness” of the olive tree (in other words, the anointing oil that comes from the olives), that is when they will become full or fat!
Because the House of Ephrayim (Yisra’el) fell away from the Towrah (Mosaic Law), it meant that the besowrah (gospel) would be preached to the nations wherever they had been scattered:
Romiym (Romans) 11:12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
And because the Good News would go to the nations to find these lost sheep from the House of Ephrayim, all of their “Gentile companions” would also hear the Gospel and be enriched by it as well.
When the House of Ephrayim come back to obeying the Towrah, it will result in “riches to the world” because then the House of Judah will be “provoked to jealousy” and they willaccept Yahuwshuwa as their Messiah. And when this happens, it will also result in riches to the rest of the world!
Romiym (Romans) 11:25For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Yisra’el, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
Romiym (Romans) 11:25For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Yisra’el, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
In Romans 11:17-21, Paul uses a metaphor of the “natural branches” to describe the original branches of the olive tree (Yisra’el) who were abiding in the vine (Messiah). But Sha’uwl (Paul) uses the “wild branches” as a metaphor of the branches that were not part of the olive tree (Yisra’el), yet they are grafted into the tree when they have faith in Messiah.
These two branches are symbolized by two sides of the menorah. The middle branch of the menorah represents Messiah. He told us that he is the main vine of the tree and his followers are his “branches” (John 15:5).
Three of the branches represent the House of Judah (natural branches) and the other three represent the House of Ephrayim (wild branches). There are a total of six branches and they are both connected to the main branch or trunk of the tree, which is Messiah, the seventh branch. At creation, YaHuWaH created man-kind on day #6, so it is prophetically fitting that there are six branches on a menorah attached to the middle or seventh branch. In Zechariah 4:2, we are shown that the two olive trees (symbolic of Judah & Ephrayim) give oil to the seven-branch menorah (symbolic of the seven congregations in Revelation). Yahuwshuwa even explained this mystery in Revelation 1:20 when he said that the “seven golden candlesticks are the seven assemblies.”
And now, this bring us to the seven feasts that all of Yisra’el are commanded to keep forever. You see, the seven-branch menorah in the Temple had to be filled daily with olive oil in order to keep it burning and giving light. The menorah is deliberately made to look like a tree. When all seven branches of the menorah are filled with olive oil, this means that all seven assemblies in the book of Revelation will be ready to meet the bridegroom.
This is precisely why, Yahuwshuwa fulfilled all seven feasts at his first coming, for the seven “skinny cows” who were “ill-favoured” weak, sickly, and malnourished. Why were they malnourished? It is because they were not allowed to come near the Temple to hear the Towrah & Prophets.
The House of Yahuwdah (Judah) invented man-made ordinances which kept the lost sheep from coming near the Temple. They actually built up a wall around the outer court of the Temple, and if any Gentile wanted to come near the Temple to hear the word of YaHuWaH being preached, they would be stoned to death. This is what Sha’uwl (Paul) was referring to in Colossians 2:14 when he said that Messiah came to “blot out the ordinances that were against us.” In Ephesians 2:14 he said that Messiah came to “break down the middle wall of partition” that divided the House of Ephrayim from the House of Yahuwdah (Judah).
Yahuwshuwa Messiah abolished in his flesh “the enmity” (hatred) between these Two Houses of Yisra’el (Jew & Gentile). At his second coming, Yahuwshuwa will also fulfill the seven feasts again (just like Jacob worked an additional seven years) for Rachel who typifies the House of Yahuwdah (Judah). In the same way that Yahuwceph (Joseph) fulfilled seven years of famine (for the skinny cows), Messiah fulfilled seven feasts for the lost sheep. But Messiah will also fulfill seven feasts again for the seven fat cows (typified in Rachel and the House of Judah).
But how can we be sure that he fulfilled all seven feasts at his first coming?
In Revelation 19:10 it says that the “Testimony of Yahuwshuwa is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
The Seven Feasts are the “Testimony of Yahuwshuwa” because they declare his testimony as follows:
1.) Passover (Pesach): The death of Yahuwshuwa Messiah on the tree as our Passover Lamb.
2.) Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag Matzah): The burial of Yahuwshuwa Messiah.
3.) First Fruits (Yowm ha’Bikkuwriym): Yahuwshuwa’s true resurrection day. He went into the lowest parts of the earth and brought before the Father “the first fruits” of men’s souls (Ephesians 4:8; 1st Corinthians 15:20-23; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4).
4.) Feast of Weeks (Shabuwoth) or Pentecost: Yahuwshuwa immersed (baptized) his followers with the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) and fire, as he promised; He also wrote the Towrah (Mosaic Law) in our hearts and minds as a sign of the Renewed Marriage Covenant.
5.) Feast of Trumpets (Yowm Teruah): Yahuwshuwa’s true date of birth on September 11th 3 B.C.; the Father “announced his son” with a great sound of a trumpet into the world; This will also be the future catching away of the bride at the “last trumpet,” (1st Corinthians 15:51-54) when she also is “born” into immortality; The first Adam was also born on the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishri as YaHuWaH “breathed into Adam the breath of life” on “the day of blowing.” Hence, it is fitting that Yahuwshuwa (the last Adam according to 1st Corinthians 15:45) would also be born on the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishri as well.
6.) Day of Atonement (Yowm Kippur): Yahuwshuwa was circumcised as an infant on Yowm Kippur on the evening of the 9th day of Tishri (8 days after his birth on the 1st of Tishri) as a foreshadowing of the “sprinkling of his blood” on the mercy seat. At the age of 30, he also announced on Yowm Kippur that he was fulfilling Isaiah 61 as the “anointed one” who was to come. He proclaimed the “acceptable year YaHuWaH” as the High Priest, Melchizedek, when he began his ministry; He also became the sacrificial goat at his baptism, for baptism is a symbol of death (Romans 6:3-4). But he also fulfilled the pattern of the “scapegoat” by taking away sin into the wilderness for 40 days, never to return (as far as the east is from the west) for those who repent. When he emerged from the wilderness as our High Priest, he read the prophecy of Isaiah 61, declaring that he was now our kinsman redeemer, our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek (Luke 4:18-21).
*Note: Yowm Kippur is the only feast that Yahuwshuwa fulfilled twice at his first coming. He first fulfilled it at his circumcision as an infant, and then at the beginning of his ministry as Melchizedek when he emerged from his forty-day fast in the wilderness as the scapegoat. Why did he do this feast twice? For the “twin goats!” The twin goats symbolize both Houses of Yisra’el as well as the Heavenly Father and the Son.
*Note: Yowm Kippur is the only feast that Yahuwshuwa fulfilled twice at his first coming. He first fulfilled it at his circumcision as an infant, and then at the beginning of his ministry as Melchizedek when he emerged from his forty-day fast in the wilderness as the scapegoat. Why did he do this feast twice? For the “twin goats!” The twin goats symbolize both Houses of Yisra’el as well as the Heavenly Father and the Son.
7.) Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth): Yahuwshuwa dwelled in a sukkah (manger or stable) with his parents during this seven-day feast shortly after his birth.
8.) Weekly Sabbath (Shabbath): Yahuwshuwa resurrected on Saturday night just before sundown (just before the first day of the week) “three days and three nights” after his Wednesday Passover crucifixion (in the midst of the week according to Daniel 9:27). This is why he declared “I am Master of the Sabbath.” Yahuwshuwa will fulfill the Sabbath Millennium 7,000 years from creation as 1,000 years of rest when he gives his bride a new incorruptible body. 2nd Peter 3:8 declares that “one day is like one thousand years with YaHuWaH.”
See this blog entitled “When Was the Real Messiah Born & Why Does it Matter.”
See this blog entitled “When Was the Real Messiah Born & Why Does it Matter.”
This article gives undeniable proof that Yahuwshuwa Messiah was not born on the Feast of Tabernacles as traditionally taught by Messianics. But he was born on the Feast of Trumpets, and thus he fulfilled all seven trumpet blasts for seven months of feasts, as seen in Joshua 6:4-16.
But at his second coming, he has yet to fulfill from Revelation 8:2-6 seven more trumpets for seven months of feasts. Just like Ya’aqob (Jacob) and his son Yahuwceph (Joseph), who both fulfilled two periods of seven years (equivalent to seven feasts) for two brides and two houses, Messiah has already begun to repeat this very same pattern. Yahuwshuwa has already fulfilled seven trumpets for months of feasts at his first coming, and he will fulfill seven trumpets for seven months of feasts again at his second coming!
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But at his second coming, he has yet to fulfill from Revelation 8:2-6 seven more trumpets for seven months of feasts. Just like Ya’aqob (Jacob) and his son Yahuwceph (Joseph), who both fulfilled two periods of seven years (equivalent to seven feasts) for two brides and two houses, Messiah has already begun to repeat this very same pattern. Yahuwshuwa has already fulfilled seven trumpets for months of feasts at his first coming, and he will fulfill seven trumpets for seven months of feasts again at his second coming!
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