The Tents of Shem ~ The Two Will Become One
Part Four
Yahweh Has TWO witnesses on Earth today. They are the House of Israel (i.e., Japheth) and the House of Judah (i.e., Shem), referred to in the new testament as Jew and Gentile. It is Yahweh’s plan is two bring them together into One New Man. In part four and the final installment of this series we will look at how this will happen and His plan to bring them together.
Both Houses have companions
Ezek 37:15-24 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it; For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.”
- “Companions” are those joined to the House of Judah (Shem) Through conversion, sojourning or marriage.
Then take another stick and write on it; “For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.” Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.
- “Companions” are those joined to the House of Israel (Japheth) through Yeshua, by grafting into the olive tree.
“And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’— 19 say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand and the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh Elohim: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. “David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
The method that Yahweh uses to bring Japheth into the tents of Shem is a process the scripture calls being a “companion.” Companions are people from the nations that are not genetically linked to Israel or Judah but have been grafted and adopted into the family (i.e., Olive Tree) becoming citizens and members of the commonwealth of Israel.
The Church/Israel During the time of Paul
During the time immediately after Yeshua ascended and during the time of Paul the “body” of Messiah was one unified group of people. Jews and gentiles worshiped together; keeping the seventh day Sabbath and all of the Feasts of Yahweh.
Shavuot/Pentecost is called the birthday of the “church” by many theologians. This teaching did not originate in scripture. The “church” as something other than Israel didn’t come about until three hundred years after Yeshua died.
Acts 7:37-38 This is what Moses said to the children of Israel , Yahweh your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear. This is he who was in the church (congregation) in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us.
According to this scripture the “church” was established with the giving of the Torah during Shavuot. Was the “church” in existence during the days of Moses? No. Who then, was the Torah given to in the days of Moses, the Church or Israel?
In the book of Acts the “church” was really New Covenant, redeemed Israel. There was not even an entity called the “church” for hundreds of years after the days of Yeshua. All those men from every nation who were filled with the Holy Spirit during Shavuot revived the Torah written on their hearts and became a part of the people Israel, not “the church.” This Holy day, Shavuot, is not the birthday of the “church” it is the Anniversary of the marriage between Yahweh and His people Israel (Ex 19:8). When a person enters into the New Covenant (Jer 31:31 & Heb 10:16) they have the Torah written on their hearts. One reason the gospel is coming to men from every nation is to gather the lost sheep of the House Israel together with the House of Judah, which will also include the companions (Ezek 37:15-17) and this will result in Japheth coming into the tents of Shem (Gen 9:27).
Jew and gentile worshiped together from the time of the Feast of Shavout recorded in Acts two until the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.. It was at this time that the “church” as something other than Israel began to really take shape. The doctrine, tradition and leadership of the “body” of Messiah was becoming more and more polluted with the “ways” of the nations. This is the precise thing Yeshua was warning His disciples about in Matt 10:5&6 (refer to Tents part three).
Ways of the Nations
- When did Sunday Replace the Sabbath?
By CANON XXIX, Council of Laodicea 364
As the Catechism of Catholic Doctrine says on page 50 (3rd edition):
Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
- CHRISTIANS must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord's Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.
How will the two Houses come together
What is Yahweh’s plan to unite the House of Israel and the House of Judah? I believe He will use the Feasts. The Feast of Shavuot is the Key to unity that dwells in the heart of our Heavenly Father.
Lev 23:15-17 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:[Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto Yahweh. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto Yahweh.
These two loaves of bread in this portion of scripture are baked with leaven. This leaven in the bread is Yahweh’s way of teaching us who these two loaves represent. Leaven is a picture of sin, so these two loaves are full of sin. In my opinion these two loaves represent the Houses of Israel and the House of Judah. I also see this as a Sod, a mystery hidden in the text teaching us His plan to bring the two loaves (i.e., Israel and Judah) together in the Last Days.
It is His plan to use Shavuot to bring unity in our day. It was during this Feast that Yahweh married a mixed multitude (which is a foreshadowing of the New Testament understanding of Jew and gentile) at the base of Mount Sinai. The key to unity and the two coming together is going to be the Messiah Yeshua using the Feasts, in particular the Feast of Shavuot/Pentecost which is THE key regarding the TWO coming together.
Acts 2:1-12 When the Day of Shavuot (Pentecost) had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”
In the Torah this Feast was used to unite a mixed multitude into one people called Israel. In the book of Acts, this Feast was used to draw together men from every nation to one place, to worship the God of Israel. I believe Yahweh wants use THIS Feast again to draw together men from every nation, which will bring Israel and Judah together and thus fulfill the prophecy given by Noah about Japheth coning into the tents of Shem.
Conclusion of the matter
Amos 3:3 says “how can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
They cannot.
We must walk in unity and be in agreement concerning the identity of the Messiah and how to worship the Living God of Israel. We are living in the days when we will begin to see these prophecies about the House of Israel and the House of Judah coming together and Japheth coming into the tents of Shem, unfold and become a reality. It is in our Fathers heart to bring together those lost sheep form the House of Israel and unite them with the House of Judah.
Christians are waking up to the truth in the scripture that says “you are no longer foreigners and strangers” and “you are fellow citizens and members of the commonwealth of Israel” (Eph 2:12). This reality will draw the Christians back to their Hebrew roots and they will begin to understand who they are. They will then understand the heart of the Father to unite them with the House of Judah; they will realize they are actually a part of the same family. As Christians begin keeping the Sabbath and the Feasts it will provoke the Jews to jealousy and they will begin to accept Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel. As these events transpire, Christians from all denominations and Jews of all sects of Judaism, will come together to worship the True and Living God, Yahweh.
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