Old Dog I
Teshuva And The Transgressions
Bob Neumann
THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT is the agent of repentance. We know and accept that no one can get to the FATHER except through the SON. “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE….”, but we forget that no man can come to repentance and salvation through the BLOOD of THE LAMB (PESACH) unless the SPIRIT (RUACH and SHAVUOT) draws them.
What we never were taught was that all these images of new testament Christianity are based on the prophetic ‘shadows’ of the FEASTS as MANIFESTED in our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
TESHUVAH is the PERIOD, or if you are a dispensationalist, DISPENSATION of GRACE. (Call it the Church AGE) And the main purpose for this as Peter taught in:
Acts 2:
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (KJV)
THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT speaks to us in dreams and visions because HE HAS BEEN poured out to make us turn away from our transgressions. Job 33 states it clearly…
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Physical and spiritual death can be held at bay by THE MIGHTY RIGHT HAND of the FATHER if we listen to HIS VOICE and repent, turn away, and return.
One of the greatest tragedies in all of scripture is the failure of King Solomon to follow YHVH, in spite of direct revelation and WISDOM. So far the failure of ”the church” to notice that they walk in Solomon’s arrogant and self righteous steps makes these final days critical.
The Apostate Laodicean church goes out of their way to water down the Gospel of THE KINGDOM and substitute what will tickle the most ears. They preach revival without repentance by sometimes preaching remorse without ‘turning from your wicked ways’. They preach restoration without redemption, buying back what you ‘gave away’. That is the whole rationale of scriptural JUBILEE. And finally they preach healing without dying to self.
This is evidenced by the abuse of 2 Chron 7:14….
I need to ask a serious question. How many of you start a statement or a conversation with the word “if”? so why would GOD?
King Solomon was already walking away from GOD prior to the completion of the TEMPLE. the work was completed when….the Seventh Month…..and the FEASTS where the reason for the ”dedication ceremony”. only Solomon was not right with YHVH. But our GOD made a covenant with HIS SERVANT DAVID, and GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES. The full story begins in Chapter 5….
1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. …….
12……, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
This was ROSH HA SHANAH, and THE GLORY FILLED HIS HOUSE, and Ch 6 has old SOLOMON’S great prayer. It proves he knew what GOD wanted but never did it. 2 Chron 7:14 is FATHER GOD repeating SOLOMON’S words to him as a last warning and prophecy.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Verses 38 and 39 are the key. When a sinful people who have been carried away into captivity finally wake up, come to their senses and finally repent GOD will be FAITHFUL.
Solomon’s Prayer.
SELAH.
Now GOD speaks….
2 Chronicles 7:
10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; (KJV)
Now this is important. the GLORY came down on ROSH HA SHANNAH. Then the fire fell and burned up the sacrifice YOM KIPPUR. And now THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT speaks on the 23rd day of the seventh month, the next to last day of the FEAST of TABERNACLES, SUCCOT. Check out what JESUS taught on that day in the TEMPLE.
All the people in Jerusalem returned to their tents. Why use a tent in a city? Because they were obeying the instructions for SUCCOT, living seven days in booths/’tents’/’succots. If you excuse my bad attempt at HEBREW.
GOD spoke the LAST TIME to unrepentant Solomon. This should be the highest point in SOLOMON’S Reign, only it isn’t, let’s look again here….
12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
GOD follows the pattern from JOB and speaks to Solomon at night, and says ‘I HEARD YOUR PRAYERS.
So when I send draught, AMOS 8
And when I send locusts, Joel
And then send pestilence, REV 9
Then ‘if my people…..’
But it takes major calamity to befall these people to turn them to GOD….
How bad must it get here in American Babylon to force ‘HIS PEOPLE ‘to repent and return?
JESUS warned those in Laodicea….
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
So we the remnant intercede and fast and weep and mourn, but the WORD is clear.
Revelation 6:
12 And I beheld 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;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand
Revelation 9:
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation 16:
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
TESHUVAH is the last chance to come to our senses, to repent and return to a loving FATHER who SENT HIS LAMB. And THE LAMB sent the SPIRIT….
now we weep and pray. for we are marked…
selah