The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Wickedness of Mankind
עץ הדאת טוב ורע והרעת בני האדם
Part 6
The Modern Age and the Return of the Messiah
To Set Up the Kingdom of David
התקופה מודרני והמחזיר המשיח להקים את המלכות דוד
The hallmarks of the Modern Age are given by the Prophet Daniel.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,
even to the time of the end;
many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.
וְאַתָּה דָנִיֵּאל, סְתֹם הַדְּבָרִים וַחֲתֹם הַסֵּפֶר–עַד-עֵת קֵץ
יְשֹׁטְטוּ רַבִּים
וְתִרְבֶּה הַדָּעַת‘
Daniel 12:4 דניאל יב:ד
The ability to “run to and fro” has been enhanced by inventions such as the automobile, the airplane, and the jet engine. Now the sons of Adam can travel great distances, and go to remote parts of the globe with relative ease, and with great speeds. They run to and fro among the nations of the earth. They can do this rather quickly. The inventions of the automobile, the airplane, and the jet engine have greatly facilitated travel, whether it be for work, or leisure, or pleasure.
The other hallmark of the age is the “increase of knowledge.” The invention of the computer burst the societies of men into the Information Age. Knowledge began to increase exponentially. Communication was facilitated by the telephone and the internet. Television began to play a big part in the lives of people. Cell phones were developed into small computers. Virtual reality was incorporated into games. The latest rage is AI or Artificial Intelligence where robots with computers can be programmed to actually learn. Images are made to look real. The former clear and sharp lines that separated the fake and the real become blurred. The truth cannot be readily distinguished from a lie.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil flourishes, and idolatry becomes rampant. The world is careening back to the one world order of Babylon. A one-world leader will appear. He will demand to be worshipped. He will vaunt himself against the true Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע who is seated at the right hand of HASHEM in the heavens. Then the world will be plunged into chaos, wars, and the righteous judgments of HASHEM will appear.
The rebirth of the Nation of Israel in 1948 launched the world into the Modern Age. This event fulfilled a prophecy of the true Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע.
Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is nigh;
מִן־הַתְּאֵנָה לִמְדוּ־נָא אֶת־מְשַׁל הַדָּבָר כְּשֶׁיִּרְטַב עֲנָפָהּ וּפָרַח עָלֶהָ יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי קָרוֹב הַקָּיִץ
Then in the miraculous Six Day War in 1967, Israel took control of the city of Jerusalem for the first time in almost 2000 years The event of this victory fulfilled another prophecy spoken by Yeshua.
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
וְהָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם מִרְמָס לַגּוֹיִם
עַד אֲשֶׁר־יִמְלְאוּ עִתּוֹת הַגּוֹיִם
Then in 2017 the United States announced Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, and moved its embassy to the city. This further propelled the world into the Modern Age.
Rulers of nations in this age have no fear of HASHEM. They are lifted up in themselves in their own pride. They are so lifted up and bloated in their own pride that they do not even acknowledge that HASHEM exists. These are humanists. They are evil oppressors, cruel tyrants, who walk after their own lusts. But they are snared, and taken by their own evil counsels. The Scripture says:
Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against You.
הַאֲשִׁימֵם, אֱלֹהִים– יִפְּלוּ מִמֹּעֲצוֹתֵיהֶם:
בְּרֹב פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם, הַדִּיחֵמוֹ– כִּי-מָרוּ בָךְ
Psalms 5:10 תהלים ה:י
Let destruction come upon him unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.
תְּבוֹאֵהוּ שׁוֹאָה, לֹא-יֵדָע:
וְרִשְׁתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר-טָמַן תִּלְכְּדוֹ; בְּשׁוֹאָה, יִפָּל-בָּהּ
Psalms 35:8 תהלים לה:ח
The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.
יְהוָה הֵפִיר עֲצַת-גּוֹיִם; הֵנִיא מַחְשְׁבוֹת עַמִּים
עֲצַת יְהוָה, לְעוֹלָם תַּעֲמֹד; מַחְשְׁבוֹת לִבּוֹ, לְדֹר וָדֹר
Psalms 33:10-11 תהילים לג:י-יא
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
יְהוָה–יֹדֵעַ, מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָדָם: כִּי-הֵמָּה הָבֶל
Psalms 94:11 תהילים צד:יא
The wicked rulers of nations eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and they are corrupted by it. Their wisdom is turned into rottenness, and they are destroyed by their own evil counsels.
The Modern Age is being corrupted by sodomy. Sodomites (“gays”, homosexuals, lesbians, transvestites, etc.) are infiltrating the structures, the institutions, the corporations, the governments of nations and societies, corrupting and ultimately destroying them. They corrupt the holy institution of marriage. They “marry” and adopt children. They are child predators. This is the culmination of idolatry and blasphemy. HASHEM will destroy them with fire from heaven, as He did to Sodom and Gomorrah, as He wrote in His Holy TORAH.
The modern sodomite movement fulfills the prophecy of the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע.
Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
in that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
Remember Lot’s wife.
וְכַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי לוֹט אָכול וְשָׁתוה קָנוה וּמָכור נָטוע וּבָנוה
וַיְהִי בַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יָצָא לוֹט מִסְּדוֹם וַיַּמְטֵר אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּשְׁחֵת אֶת־כֻּלָּם
כֵּן יִהְיֶה בַּיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִגָּלֶה בֶּן־הָאָדָם
אִישׁ כִּי יִהְיֶה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא עַל־הַגָּג וְכֵלָיו בַּבָּיִת אַל־יֵרֵד לָשֵׂאת אתָם וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר בַּשָׂדֶה אַל־יָשׁב לְאָחוֹר
זִכְרוּ אֶת־אֵשֶׁת לוֹט
Also interplaying with the increase of knowledge, in the Modern Age, the world is becoming so advanced in diverse technologies that it will mirror the Antediluvian societies in the days of Noah when he built the ark. The technological advances will be astounding. These technological advances will extend the roots of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and they will push the sons of Adam into it. Along with this will come incredible corruption and the tremendous enlargement in the ability and capacity to do evil. This fulfills another prophecy of Yeshua the Messiah of Israel ישוע המשיח של ישראל.
And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
וְכַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי נחַ כֵּן יִהְיֶה בִּימֵי בֶן־הָאָדָם
הֵמָּה אָכְלוּ וְשָׁתוּ נָשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים וְהָיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים עַד־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר־בָּא נחַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה וַיָּבֹא הַמַּבּוּל וַיַּשְׁחֵת אֶת־כֻּלָּם
During this age the nation of Israel will win its wars and flourish and become great. But HASHEM will bring together to war against Jerusalem all the Gentile nations, and then He will destroy them.
During the Modern Age the false messiah, or the anti-messiah will appear, coming out of the ten nation confederation of the revived Roman Empire in Europe. These ten nations are the ten toes made of mixed iron and clay. They are the ten toes of the image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. This false messiah, with the help of his false prophet, will gain control of the one world order that mirrors ancient Babylon. He will rule the world with an iron fist. He will decree that no one will be able to buy or sell without his “mark”. But anyone who receives this mark in his right hand or forehead, or who worships the image of the “beast” will be DAMNED FOREVER! This monster, this evil false messiah will demand to be worshipped. He will challenge and blaspheme HASHEM
and the true Messiah of Israel, Yeshua the Messiah ישוע המשיח, who sits at the right hand of HASHEM in the heavens. Then this false messiah will gather together the armies of every nation to come into the nation of Israel, and gather against Jerusalem to destroy the city, and with it to destroy every Jew in the world.
Then the evil monster false messiah and his false prophet will be destroyed by the true Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע when He returns to fight for Israel against all the armies of the nations when they come together against Jerusalem to destroy it. This is described by the Prophet Zechariah זכריה הנביא.
Behold, a day of the LORD comes, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fights in the day of battle.
And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,
which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, so that there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
הִנֵּה יוֹם-בָּא, לַיהוָה; וְחֻלַּק שְׁלָלֵךְ, בְּקִרְבֵּךְ
ואָסַפְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לַמִּלְחָמָה
וְנִלְכְּדָה הָעִיר וְנָשַׁסּוּ הַבָּתִּים וְהַנָּשִׁים תִּשָּׁגַלְנָה וְיָצָא חֲצִי הָעִיר בַּגּוֹלָה וְיֶתֶר הָעָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת מִן־הָעִיר
וְיָצָא יְהוָה, וְנִלְחַם בַּגּוֹיִם הָהֵם, כְּיוֹם הִלָּחֲמוֹ, בְּיוֹם קְרָב
וְעָמְדוּ רַגְלָיו בַּיּוֹם–הַהוּא עַל–הַר הַזֵּיתִים
אֲשֶׁר עַל–פְּנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם מִקֶּדֶם
וְנִבְקַע הַר הַזֵּיתִים מֵחֶצְיוֹ מִזְרָחָה וָיָמָּה
גֵּיא גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד; וּמָשׁ חֲצִי הָהָר צָפוֹנָה, וְחֶצְיוֹ-נֶגְבָּה
Zechariah 14:1-4 זכריה יד:א-ד
This culminates the prophecy spoken by the Prophet Daniel when he interpreted the vision seen by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon:
You stared with your eyes fixed
until that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay,
and broke them to pieces.
Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, was broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and.
חָזֵה הֲוַיְתָ, עַד דִּי הִתְגְּזֶרֶת אֶבֶן דִּי–לָא בִידַיִן, וּמְחָת לְצַלְמָא עַל-רַגְלוֹהִי, דִּי פַרְזְלָא וְחַסְפָּא; וְהַדֵּקֶת, הִמּוֹן
בֵּאדַיִן דָּקוּ כַחֲדָה פַּרְזְלָא חַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא כַּסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָא, וַהֲווֹ כְּעוּר מִן-אִדְּרֵי-קַיִט, וּנְשָׂא הִמּוֹן רוּחָא, וְכָל-אֲתַר לָא-הִשְׁתְּכַח לְהוֹן; וְאַבְנָא מְחָת לְצַלְמָא, הֲוָת לְטוּר רַב—וּמְלָאת כָּל–אַרְעָא דִּי-
Interpretation:
And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever.
Forasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
וּבְיוֹמֵיהוֹן דִּי מַלְכַיָּא אִנּוּן, יְקִים אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא מַלְכוּ דִּי לְעָלְמִין לָא תִתְחַבַּל, וּמַלְכוּתָה, לְעַם אָחֳרָן לָא תִשְׁתְּבִק; תַּדִּק וְתָסֵיף כָּל-אִלֵּין מַלְכְוָתָא, וְהִיא תְּקוּם לְעָלְמַיָּא
כָּל–קֳבֵל דִּי–חֲזַיְתָ דִּי מִטּוּרָא אִתְגְּזֶרֶת אֶבֶן דִּי–לָא בִידַיִן
וְהַדֵּקֶת פַּרְזְלָא נְחָשָׁא חַסְפָּא כַּסְפָּא וְדַהֲבָא–אֱלָהּ רַב הוֹדַע לְמַלְכָּא, מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא אַחֲרֵי דְנָה; וְיַצִּיב חֶלְמָא, וּמְהֵימַן פִּשְׁרֵהּ
Daniel 2:34-35,44-45 דניאל ב:לד-לה,מד-מה
THE STONE האבן IS THE MESSIAH YESHUA המשיח ישוע,
AND THE MOUNTAIN IS MOUNT ZION הר ציון.
The true Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע will establish the kingdom of David over Israel, and from Jerusalem, the city of David which is Zion, He will rule over the nations of the earth.
This is according to the words spoken by the prophets of Israel.
The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion
מַטֵּה-עֻזְּךָ–יִשְׁלַח יְהוָה, מִצִּיּוֹן
Psalms 110:2 תהלים קי:ב
The reign of the Messiah Yeshua המשיח ישוע will usher in an age of bliss, filled with peace, blessing, and harmony spoken by the prophets of Israel.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’
For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר חָזָה, יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן-אָמוֹץ, עַל-יְהוּדָה, וִירוּשָׁלִָם
וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים, וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת; וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם
וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים, וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל-הַר-יְהוָה אֶל-בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב, וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו, וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו:
כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה
וּדְבַר-יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלִָם
וְשָׁפַט בֵּין הַגּוֹיִם, וְהוֹכִיחַ לְעַמִּים רַבִּים; וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבוֹתָם לְאִתִּים, וַחֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרוֹת–לֹא-יִשָּׂא גוֹי אֶל-גּוֹי חֶרֶב, וְלֹא-יִלְמְדוּ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה
בֵּית יַעֲקֹב—לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה בְּאוֹר יְהוָה
Isaiah 2:1-5 ישעיה ב:א-ה
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stock of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow forth out of his roots.
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the LORD.
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide or reprove after the hearing of his ears;
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide, reproving with equity for the meek of the land; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper’s den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea
And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the peoples,
unto him shall the nations seek;
and his rest shall be glorious.
וְיָצָא חֹטֶר, מִגֵּזַע יִשָׁי; וְנֵצֶר, מִשָּׁרָשָׁיו יִפְרֶה
וְנָחָה עָלָיו, רוּחַ יְהוָה
רוּחַ חָכְמָה וּבִינָה
רוּחַ עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה
רוּחַ דַּעַת
וְיִרְאַת יְהוָה
וַהֲרִיחוֹ בְּיִרְאַת יְהוָה; וְלֹא-לְמַרְאֵה עֵינָיו יִשְׁפּוֹט, וְלֹא-לְמִשְׁמַע אָזְנָיו יוֹכִיחַ
וְשָׁפַט בְּצֶדֶק דַּלִּים, וְהוֹכִיחַ בְּמִישׁוֹר לְעַנְוֵי-אָרֶץ
וְהִכָּה-אֶרֶץ בְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו וּבְרוּחַ שְׂפָתָיו יָמִית רָשָׁע.
וְהָיָה צֶדֶק אֵזוֹר מָתְנָיו; וְהָאֱמוּנָה, אֵזוֹר חֲלָצָיו
וְגָר זְאֵב עִם-כֶּבֶשׂ, וְנָמֵר עִם-גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ; וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו, וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם
וּפָרָה וָדֹב תִּרְעֶינָה, יַחְדָּו יִרְבְּצוּ יַלְדֵיהֶן; וְאַרְיֵה כַּבָּקָר יֹאכַל-תֶּבֶן
וְשִׁעֲשַׁע יוֹנֵק עַל-חֻר פָּתֶן; וְעַל מְאוּרַת צִפְעוֹנִי, גָּמוּל יָדוֹ הָדָה
לֹא-יָרֵעוּ וְלֹא-יַשְׁחִיתוּ, בְּכָל-הַר קָדְשִׁי:
כִּי–מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה אֶת–יְהוָה, כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, שֹׁרֶשׁ יִשַׁי אֲשֶׁר עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים
אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם יִדְרֹשׁוּ
וְהָיְתָה מְנֻחָתוֹ, כָּבוֹד.
Isaiah 11:1-10 ישעיה יא:א-י