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In 2015, the Blood Moon prophecy was fulfilled. God has manifested Divine Signs on various celestial and terrestrial bodies such as the Moon and the Holy Black Stone( in Mecca) to help humanity recognise the Messiah.
The fourth and final Blood Moon which occurred on 28th September, 2015.
The End of Days
Although the Tanach warns Jews not to predict the exact era of the Messiah, many prominent leaders in the Jewish community have expressed their belief that the coming of the Messiah is imminent based on the signs preceding his advent.
For example, it is prophesied that there would be war and great suffering before the Messianic Age. [ EZEKIEL 38:16 ] Another major sign is the exile of the Jewish people from Israel, the rise of anti- Semitism [ EZEKIEL 20:34 ] and the Jews’ eventual return to their ancestral land. [ DEUTERONOMY 4:25-
31; ISAIAH 59:20 ] Today, Israel is home to a huge population of Jews. With that, hostility towards the Jewish community is greater than perhaps ever before. This is illustrated by the rise of extremist militant groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the countries surrounding Israel; many of these organisations routinely call for the destruction of Israel and genocide of the Jews.
According to the Book of Joel, the end of days is characterised by war and earthquakes. Then, the Lord shall display wonders in the sky and on the Earth. It declares that the world will not come to an end until the Moon turns to blood and the Sun is eclipsed. [ Joel 2:30-31 ]
We are living in an increasingly tense global environment. The world is being held hostage by terrorists and there have been devastating natural disasters in recent years, especially earthquakes.
The Messiah’ s Role
One of the major jobs of the Messiah is to grant humanity the special name of God that would be used to enlighten their hearts, souls and minds so that the knowledge of God fills the world. [ ISAIAH 11:9 ] Through the Messiah, God will enter into a new covenant with humanity; it is this task of the Messiah that will empower all humanity to know God in the Messianic Age and enable the Israelites to access the Torah through their hearts. [ JEREMIAH 31:33-34 ]
In anticipation of the coming of the Messiah, God declared in the Ten Commandments,‘ Do not take the Lord’ s name in vain.’ [ EXODUS 20:7 ]
God intended for the Jewish nation to be blessed in an unprecedented way by the Messiah. Had they taken the Lord’ s name without it being spiritually conferred onto them by the Messiah, the divine energy from God’ s name would not have been absorbed by their hearts. Therefore, their utterance of the divine name would be wasted for them.
So as part of the Lord’ s wisdom, when Moses asked God,‘ What is your name?’ He replied,‘ I am what I am( Yahweh).’ [ EXODUS 3:14 ]
Through the special name of God, the Messiah shall unify humanity and usher in an era of utter peace [ ISAIAH 2:1-4 ] in which evil and tyranny will diminish [ ISAIAH 11:4 ] and the Lord’ s Kingdom will be established. [ ZECHARIAH 14:9 ]
If a personality is granting the name of God to the hearts and souls in this world, then all those who await the Messiah should ponder! The one who has the spiritual authority and calibre to do so must be none other than the Promised Messiah sent forth by God.
4 MESSIAH HERALD / ISSUE 01 / FEB 2017