THE GOSPELS: THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT: BEATITUDE 1, the meaning of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN, Part 4, THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF THE MESSIAH before the MILLENIAL KINGDOM

13 March 2026

We are proceeding to study the SERMON of YESHUA on the MOUNT.

We are mainly reading from the Complete Jewish Study Bible – insight for Jews and Christians. We use the Hebrew letters for the name of God, YHVH (Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh) where the word LORD in English is indicated in capital letters in the Scriptures. The reason being that the Jewish writers removed the vowels in God’s name out of fear of transgressing the third Commandment of taking His Name in vain. And today there is a lot of controversy about the pronunciation of His Name.  We also refer to Him as Abba Father and use the Hebrew Name Yeshua the Messiah instead of the English Name Jesus Christ translated from the Greek.

We are in process of studying the first BEATITUDE in Matthew 5:3 where Yeshua taught: “How BLESSED (meaning happy and fortunate) are the poor in spirit! For the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is theirs.”

And to understand the beatitudes better we are focusing first on what Yeshua our Messiah meant by the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.

And we are proceeding today to explore the meaning of:

THE THOUSAND YEAR KINGDOM of PEACE of YESHUA (also called the MILLENNIAL KINGDOM)

We ended last week with Paul and Peter telling us that ALL RESURRECTED BELIEVERS will have to APPEAR before the JUDGEMENT SEAT of MESSIAH YESHUA after HIS SECOND COMING and prior to HIS THOUSAND YEAR REIGN on EARTH.

And today we are going to study what YESHUA our MESSIAH taught us about this in the following points:

1. He gave ALL of us the same INSTRUCTION – to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM to ALL NATIONS.

2. He PROMISED to WORK with us and GAVE us EVERYTHING we need to FULFILL this PURPOSE and MISSION, including:

• The HOLY SPIRIT.
• GIFTS (a personality with specific passions and traits, a calling in line with our passion and traits and empowering gifts to execute our work successfully); and
• ARMOUR and WEAPONS to protect us and enable us to ACHIEVE our PURPOSE and KINGDOM MISSION.

3. He WARNED about what will happen if we DO NOT take up our GOD GIVEN PURPOSE and KINGDOM MISSION by TELLING US PARABLES.

4. And therefore we WILL BE JUDGED ON the FULFILLMENT of our PURPOSE and KINGDOM MISSION at HIS SECOND COMING and RECEIVE OUR REWARDS and REPRIMANDS accordingly.

So let’s start:

1. THE INSTRUCTION of YESHUA the MESSIAH to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM to ALL NATIONS.

Yeshua our Messiah left us after His ascension to heaven all with the SAME INSTRUCTION of SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS of SALVATION.

What is the GOOD NEWS of SALVATION?

It is found in many Scriptures, but we will use the 1 John 1:1-10 version today giving us a good summary namely:

• The WORD, which GIVES LIVE existed from the BEGINNING.
• The FIRST DISCIPLES, like John HEARD HIM, SAW HIM with their own eyes looked at HIM and TOUCHED HIM with their own hands!
• The LIFE appeared, they have SEEN it and are TESTIFYING it to us and ANNOUNCING it to us – ETERNAL LIFE!
• He (Yeshua the Messiah) was with the FATHER and He appeared to the disciples. What they have HEARD and SEEN they are PROCLAIMING to us in the NEW TESTAMENT so that we TOO may have FELLOWSHIP (companionship, friendship). with them with the FATHER and with HIS SON, YESHUA the MESSIAH.
• They are writing these things so that their JOY may be COMPLETE.
• And this is THE MESSAGE (THE GOOD NEWS) which they have HEARD FROM HIM and PROCLAIM to us: GOD (THE FATHER) is LIGHT, and there is NO darkness in Him – NONE!
• If we CLAIM to HAVE FELLOWSHIP (a relations, a friendship, communion/ closeness/ intimacy) WITH HIM (with God the FATHER) while we are WALKING in darkness, we are LYING and not LIVING out THE TRUTH. But, if we are WALKING IN THE LIGHT, as HE IS IN THE LIGHT (in the EXAMPLE of YESHUA our MESSIAH who is also GOD the Father – read Isaiah 11:5), then we HAVE FELLOWSHIP (a close affectionate relationship) with each other (with other BELIEVERS walking in HIS LIGHT), and the BLOOD of HIS SON YESHUA PURIFIES us from ALL sin.

Please note therefore, there is a prerequisite, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE AND ACTIVELY WALK IN THE LIGHT in the FOOTSTEPS of our MESSIAH, we cannot keep on walking in the footsteps of darkness and then claim we follow the Messiah in the LIGHT, then we are deceiving ourselves.

• If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the TRUTH is not in us. (This is IMPORTANT, because we must realize ALL of us are SINNERS in NEED of a SAVIOUR).
• If we ACKNOWLEDGE our sins, then, since HE is TRUSTWORTHY and JUST, HE WILL FORGIVE them and PURIFY us from ALL wrongdoing. If we claim we have not been sinning, we are making Him out to be a liar, and HIS WORD is not in us.

THIS is explaining the lifelong REPENTANCE required for daily unintentional (accidental) sins, after we have been SAVED by Yeshua our Messiah through His BLOOD sacrifice for us, paying the FULL price to SET us FREE from the slavery to sin and the consequent first death being kept in Sheol/ the underworld and the second death in the LAKE of FIRE (read Revelation 20:13-15). Although we have been SET FREE, the SANCTIFICATION PROCESS to RENEW our MIND with the WORD of YHVH and REPENT in ACCORDANCE for unintentional sins is a LIFELONG process due to the FALLEN WORLD we live in. But thankfully due to HIS GRACE and GUIDANCE in HIS WORD and with HIS HOLY SPIRIT we can REPENT and LIVE a life FREE from FEAR, GUILT and SHAME.

So what did YESHUA tell HIS DISCIPLES including ALL HIS FUTURE DISCIPLES meaning EVERYONE WHO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN HIM AND FOLLOW HIM IN OBEDIENCE to GOD the FATHER, about our PURPOSE and MISSION?

It is again explained in many Scriptures but we will focus on Yeshua’s last words on this matter before His ascension to heaven in Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15-18, Luke 24:47, John 20:21 and Acts 1:8, saying:

• As you GO throughout ALL THE WORLD, PROCLAIM the GOOD NEWS to ALL CREATION. Whoever TRUST (BELIEF, HAVE FAITH) and is IMMERSED (baptised) WILL BE SAVED.

ALL CREATION may sound strange, but REMEMBER Paul says in Romans 8:19-23 the CREATION waits eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed; for the CREATION was made subject to frustration – not willingly but to the one who subjected it. But it was GIVEN a RELIABLE HOPE that it too would be SET FREE from its BONDAGE TO DECAY and would ENJOY THE FREEDOM ACCOMPANYING the GLORY that GOD’s CHILDREN WILL HAVE. We know that until now, the WHOLE CREATION has been GROANING as with the PAINS of CHILDBIRTH; and not only it, but we ourselves, who have the FIRSTFRUITS of the SPIRIT (the HOLY SPIRIT), GROAN inwardly as we continue WAITING EAGERLY to be MADE SONS – that is, to have our WHOLE BODIES REDEEMED and SET FREE (with other words being RESURRECTED with our NEW BODIES). So we should indeed PROCLAIM the GOOD NEWS to ALL CREATION!

• And we further read in Mark 16, these signs will ACCOMPANY THOSE WHO DO TRUST (BELIEF, HAVE FAITH), they will drive out demons, speak with new tongues (languages), not be injured if they handle snakes or drink poison, and heal the sick by laying hands on them. And it is CONFIRMED (and witnessed in the NEW TESTAMENT) that the DISCIPLES went out and PROCLAIMED the GOOD NEWS and MASTER YESHUA WORKED WITH THEM and CONFIRMED the MESSAGE by these ACCOMPANYING SIGNS.

Please note: these SIGNS are all GIFTS of the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT, given to aid believers as and when needed also TODAY in executing our purpose and calling in spreading the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM of GOD – read 1^st Corinthians 12:4-11).

• Go and make PEOPLE from ALL NATIONS into DISCIPLES (followers, believers, students of the MESSIAH).

• IMMERSING (baptizing) them into the REALITY of THE FATHER, THE SON and the HOLY SPIRIT; and

• TEACHING them to OBEY EVERYTHING that I COMMANDED you.

• And it comes with this PROMISE: “I will be WITH you ALWAYS, yes even UNTIL THE END of THE AGE”.

• The resurrected Yeshua the Messiah told HIS DISCIPLES that while HE was still with them (prior to His death and resurrection) that EVERYTHING written in the TORAH of Moses (Genesis to Deuteronomy), the PROPHETS and the PSALMS had to be fulfilled (in terms of HIS FIRST COMING). Then (when He appeared to them after His resurrection), HE OPENED THEIR MINDS, so that they could UNDERSTAND the TANAKH (the OLD TESTAMENT), telling them, here is what it says: the MESSIAH is to suffer and to RISE from the dead on the THIRD DAY; and in HIS NAME REPENTANCE LEADING TO FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS TO BE PROCLAIMED to PEOPLE FROM ALL NATIONS, starting with JERUSALEM.

Please note again: there is something required from our SIDE in the FORGIVENESS PROCESS, we HAVE TO REPENT of OUR SINS (meaning having remorse about it, admitting that we have done wrong, transgressing the laws and precepts/ guidelines/ rules/ teachings/ ways of God the Father and then turning away from it, THEN HE WILL FOGIVE us, just as we read here in Luke 24:47 and in 1^st John 1:9. Also read the example of David’s repentance in Psalm 51).

• And Yeshua said He will send forth what HIS FATHER promised (meaning the HOLY SPIRIT), so they had to stay in JERUSALEM until they have been EQUIPED with POWER from ABOVE. And we also read in the Acts 1:8 narrative that they will RECEIVE POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT comes upon them, and they will be HIS WITNESSES both in JERUSALEM (that was the capital city of the Southern Kingdom of Judah and Benjamin known as the Jews) and all Judea (the cities of the Jews) and Samaria (the capital city of the Northern Kingdom, the Ten Tribes under Ephraim prior to their dispersion into the nation), and indeed to the ENDS OF THE EARTH (meaning ALL NATIONS)!

This serves as CONFIRMATION that we NEED the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT to enable us to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS of THE GOSPEL! And we know that the APOSTLES including other BELIEVERS in and FOLLOWERS of YESHUA the MESSIAH in total 120 in the UPPER ROOM were indeed BAPTISED with the FIRE of the HOLY SPIRIT on the FIRST FEAST OF PENTECOST TEN DAYS after the ascension of the Messiah as we read in Acts chapter 2.

Why is it so important to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS?

Because GOD our FATHER LOVES ALL PEOPLE WHOM HE CREATED SO MUCH that HE has sent HIS SON YESHUA the MESSIAH TO DIE FOR ALL PEOPLE’s SINS in order for ALL TO COME TO SALVATION, to COME to the TRUTH and TURN form their SINS to HIM and NONE to PERISH (read Ezekiel 18:23, 33:11, 1^st Timothy 2:4-6 and 2^nd Peter 3:9).

2. He PROMISED to WORK with us and GAVE us EVERYTHING we need to FULFILL this PURPOSE and MISSION, including:

• HIS WORD – opening our MINDS, like He did with the DISCIPLES and TEACHING us the TRUTH of the WORD, RENEWING our MINDS and therefore helping us to THINK, DO and ACT like HIM in OBEDIENCE to the FATHER (Romans 12:1-2, 1^st Corinthians 2:16, and 2^nd Corinthians 10:5).

• The HOLY SPIRIT – giving us POWER to execute our PURPOSE with HIS POWER and WITHOUT FEAR.

• GIFTS and a CALLING

Each PERSON is CREATED by GOD the FATHER with a GIFT, a specific PERSONALITY of which there is SEVEN TYPES comprising of specific traits and enabling us to FUNCTION as the BODY (the congregation) of MESSIAH YESHUA to fulfill our KINGDOM PURPOSE individually and as a whole. These GIFTS, include, prophecy (prophet), serving (servant), teaching (teacher), counseling/ encouraging (exhorter), giving (giver), leadership (leader) and giving mercy (mercy) and are comparable to the SEVEN PIECES of FURNITURE in THE TABERNACKLE/ TEMPLE of GOD the Father. Read Romans 12:6-8 and 1^st Corinthians 12:12-14. And in line with this Peter tells us in 1^st Peter 2:5 as LIVING STONES believers is being built into a SPIRITUAL HOUSE to be set apart as priests for God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Him through Yeshua the Messiah.

FURTHERMORE, YESHUA the MESSIAH CALLS each one of us for a SPECIFIC CALLING (the work we have to do on earth using our specific PERSONALITY traits). He says in John 15:16 “You did not choose Me, I chose you; and I HAVE COMMISSIONED you to go and BEAR FRUIT, FRUIT that will LAST;…” And we read in Ephesians 4:8 & 11-16 with His ascension He: “..GAVE GIFTS to mankind. He GAVE some people as EMISSARIES (APOSTELS/ REPRESENTATIVES/ AMBASADORS establishing congregations), some as PROPHETS (speaking God’s Word to the community), some as PROCLAIMERS of THE GOOD NEWS (imparting an effective witness for King Yeshua), and some as SHEPHERDS (leading, guiding and caring for the community) and TEACHERS (teaching and instructing the community). Their TASK is to EQUIP GOD’s PEOPLE for THE WORK of SERVICE that builds the BODY of MESSIAH, until we all arrive at the UNITY implied by TRUSTING (believing, having FAITH) and KNOWING the SON of GOD, at FULL MANHOOD (full courage, strength and boldness), at the STANDARD of MATURITY set by the MESSIAH’s PERFECTION.”

And we are EQUIPTED by the POWER GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT to enable our WORK for the KINGDOM provided by HIM as and when we NEED it. These GIFTS include: a WORD of WISDOM, a WORD of KNOWLEDGE, FAITH, GIFTS of HEALING, WORKING of MIRACLES, PROPHECY, ABILITY to JUDGE (or discern/ distinguish) between SPIRITS, ABILITY to SPEAK in DIFFERENT TONGUES (languages) and the ABILITY to INTERPRET TONGUES (languages) Read 1^st  Corinthians 12:4-11).

• ARMOUR and WEAPONS to protect us and enable us to ACHIEVE our PURPOSE and KINGDOM MISSION.

We GROW POWERFUL in UNION with MASTER YESHUA and in UNION with HIS MIGHTY STRENGTH and we USE ALL ARMOR and WEAPONARY that GOD the FATHER provides so that we will be able to STAND against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary (Satan) and his evil forces. Meaning we buckle the TRUTH of GOD’s WORD around our waists, we put on RIGHTEOUSNESS for a BREASTPLATE and wear on our FEET the READINESS that comes from the GOOD NEWS of SHALOM (HIS PEACE). We ALWAYS carry the SHIELD of TRUST (FAITH, BELIEF, HOPE) to EXTINGUISH the FLAMING ARROWS of the evil one. And we take the HELMET of DELIVERANCE along with the SWORD given by the HOLY SPIRIT that is THE WORD OF GOD and we PRAY at ALL TIMES for ALL GOD’s PEOPLE. We also  use GOD’s POWER to DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS – ARGUMENTS (influences, opinions) and EVERY ARROGANCE (superiority, pride, self-importance)  that raises itself up against the KNOWLEDGE of GOD the FATHER (HIS WORD) and we TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE and MAKE it OBEDIENT and then we will be READY and ABLE to PUNISH EVERY ACT of DISOBEDIENCE in ourselves. (read Ephesians 6:10-18 and 2^nd Corinthians 10:4-6).

But why is it then so DIFFICULT for believers to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM?

Because many HAS been involved in LUKEWARM FAITH only receiving the MILK of the WORD and not the MEAT and being COMFORTED and not EQUIPED to SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS, therefore most BELIEVERS only COMPLETED THE FIRST MOST IMPORTANT STEP, namely ACCEPTING the SACRIFICE of YESHUA the MESSIAH for their SINS, and some completed STEP 2, namely being BAPTISED but, they HAVE NEVER taken the decision to take the next 5 required STEPS namely:

STEP 2 & 3: TAKING UP your CROSS and DYING to the OLD SELF/ THE SINFUL NATURE (Luke 14:25-35) and being RESURRECTED as a NEW PERSON, SITTING down at the TABLE of YESHUA the MESSIAH and EATING HIS LIVING BREAD (the WORD) DAILY – that is BEING TAUGHT the WORD of GOD DAILY and in so doing GETTING THE MIND of MASTER YESHUA (thinking like HIM and therefore being able to feel and DO like HIM). And therefore DAILY LOOKING into the WORD and recognising where you need to be CLEANSED by the WATER of the WORD through REPENTANCE and then RECEIVING God the Father’s FORGIVENESS through Yeshua the Messiah and TURNING away from those sins, DECIDING to LEAVE it, with its destructive power, BEHIND you forever. We are also TAUGHT our GIFTS, CALLING and how to PUT on our ARMOUR and use our GODLY GIVEN WEAPONS to fight the SPIRITUAL WAR awaiting EACH BELIEVER.

And then

STEP 4 will follow namely: Yeshua our Messiah BAPTISES us with the HOLY SPIRIT and with FIRE. We are IGNITED with the LIGHT of GOD, and then we are able to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS LIKE FIRE as a FEARLESS WITNESS throughout the world. REMEMBER in Ephesians 6:17b we are told the SWORD of the HOLY SPIRIT is the WORD of GOD and in Hebrews 4:12 we are told the WORD of GOD is ALIVE! And it is SHARPER than a DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD – it cuts right through to where SOUL meets SPIRIT and JOINTS meet MARROW, and it is quick to JUDGE the INNER REFLECTIONS (the THOUGHTS) and ATTITUDES of the HEART. And we also know our COMMANDER, YESHUA our MESSIAH will at HIS SECOND COMING wage WAR with THIS SHARP SWORD coming from HIS MOUTH with which HE WILL STIKE DOWN the NATIONS (read Revelation 19:13-15).

And therefore, we are not able to USE this POWERFUL SWORD SUCCESFULLY without BEING TAUGHT BY YESHUA OUR MESSIAH through DAILY STUDYING THE WORD and without being BAPTISED with the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT! And that is the reason why we are WEAK WITNESSESS if we do not go through the STEPS as illustrated in the SEVEN FEASTS of YHVH our GOD!

So, let’s talk about the WARNINGS of YESHUA our Messiah

3. THE WARNINGS of YESHUA our MESSIAH for those believers who do not use their GOD GIVEN GIFTS to take up their CALLING and complete their KINGDOM MISSION.

We read many PARABLES of THE VINEYARD as well as SERVANTS but will focus on the following one:

In Matthew 24:45-51 and Luke 12:42-48 we are told by our Messiah:

• It will go well with the FAITHFUL and SENSIBLE SERVANT, a WISE MANAGER whose MASTER puts him in charge of the household staff to GIVE THEM THEIR FOOD at the PROPER TIME, when the MASTER COMES BACK and FINDS him DOING his JOB. Yeshua then said: he will put him in charge of all he owns (all his possessions).

• But when that servant is wicked and says to himself, my master is taking his time and he starts BEATING up (bullying/ intimidating, oppressing, mistreating, harassing) his fellow servants and SPENDS HIS TIME EATING and DRINKING with the drunkards; then his MASTER will COME on A DAY the servant does not expect; at a time he does NOT KNOW; and he will cut him in two and put him with the DISLOYAL (unfaithful, untrustworthy), the HYPOCRITES (the frauds/ those who deceived others, the pretenders), where people will wail and grind their teeth (please note: this is NOT HELL, called the LAKE of FIRE, it is a place referred to as OUTER DARKNESS by Yeshua). It is staying OUTSIDE the DOOR of the WEDDING FEAST, not being able to GO INTO THE THOUSAND YEAR KINGDOM and having to remain OUTSIDE in the DARK until the FINAL WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT we read about in Revelation 20:11-15.

• The SERVANT who KNEW what his MASTER wanted but didn’t PREPARE or ACT ACCORDING to HIS WILL, WILL be WHIPPED with MANY LASHES; however, the one who DID what DESERVES a BEATING, but didn’t KNOW, WILL RECEIVE FEW LASHES. From him who was GIVEN MUCH, MUCH WILL BE DEMANDED – from someone to whom people entrust much, they ask still more.

And then there are the PARABLES of the:

THE WEDDING FEAST

In Matthew 22:1-14 and Luke 14:7-24 where:

We read about the WEDDING FEAST a KING prepared for HIS SON. And the INVITED GUESTS did not want to come, having all kinds of excuses (probably referring to the Southern and Northern Kingdoms of ISRAEL) and then the KING was furious and said Not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet. He then gave instruction to his servants to go out in the STREETS and INVITE as many as they could find both good and bad people (probably referring to Gentiles or people from other nations who graft in on ISRAEL when they become believers according to Romans 11:17). And when the KING arrived to LOOK at the GUESTS; he saw a man who wasn’t DRESSED for the WEDDING (so I believe this mean he was not BLOOD BOUGHT through accepting the sacrifice of Yeshua the Messiah, not cleansed by the WATER of the WORD and not HOLY SPIRIT FILLED). The KING asked him how he got in there without his wedding clothes but the man was speechless. The KING then said to his servants to bind his hands and feet and throw him OUTSIDE in THE DARK. In that place people will wail and grind their teeth.

THE NARROW WAY

We also read in Matthew 7:13-21 and Luke 13:22-20 Yeshua our Messiah saying:

• Go in through the NARROW GATE; for the GATE that leads to DESTRUCTION is WIDE and the ROAD BROAD, and MANY travel it; but it is a NARROW GATE and a HARD ROAD that LEADS TO LIFE, and ONLY a FEW FIND IT.

• He further said in the Luke 13:24-28: STRUGGLE (fight) to get in through the NARROW DOOR – MANY will be DEMANDING to GET IN and WON’T BE ABLE TO, once THE OWNER of THE HOUSE has gotten up and SHUT THE DOOR. You will STAND OUTSIDE, KNOCKING AT THE DOOR and saying MASTER! Open up for us! But He will answer I don’t KNOW YOU or WHERE you come from. Then they will say “We ate and drank with You! You taught in our streets. And He will tell them “I don’t know where you’re from. GET AWAY FROM ME, ALL you WORKERS of WICKEDNESS (evil)! And they will cry and grind their teeth when they see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the PROPHETS inside the KINGDOM of GOD, but yourselves thrown OUTSIDE.

• We know this RESEMBLES the PARABLE of the FIVE WISE and FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS in Matthew 25:1-13.

• Yeshua then WARNS against the FALSE PROPHETS in Matthew 7:15-19, wearing SHEEP’s CLOTHING but underneath they are hungry wolves. And HE tells us we will RECOGNISE them by THEIR FRUIT because a BAD TREE cannot bear GOOD FRUIT. So although they might pretend to bring the truth and deceive us with false light/ lies, we will eventually hear in their words and see in their acts their deception which is not in line with the TRUTH of the WORD of GOD.

• And Yeshua our Messiah further WARNS in Matthew 7:21-23 not everyone saying to HIM MASTER! MASTER! Will enter THE KINGDOM of HEAVEN, ONLY THOSE WHO DO WHAT MY FATHER IN HEAVEN WANTS. On THAT DAY, many will say to HIM, MASTER! MASTER! Didn’t we PROPHECY in YOUR NAME? Didn’t we EXPEL DEMONS in YOUR NAME? Didn’t we PERFORM MANY MIRACLES in YOUR NAME? (Please note these are all GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT that they used). Then He says HE WILL tell them to their faces: “I never knew you! Get away from Me, you workers of LAWLESSNESS! 

• And Yeshua our Messiah then further says EVERYONE who HEARS these WORDS of HIS and ACTS on them will be like a sensible man who BUILT his HOUSE on BEDROCK. And when the rain fell, the rivers flooded, the winds blew and beat against that house, it will not collapse because its FOUNDATION was on ROCK. But the man who does not ACT on HIS WORDS is like an unwise man who BUILDS his HOUSE on SAND and when the storm comes his house is going to COLLAPSE HORRENDOUSLY. 

Please note: This is Yeshua the Messiah speaking here, the KING of kings and the Master of masters and INDEED GOD the FATHER HIMSELF, telling us we may be able to use the GIFTS of the SPIRIT but if we DO NOT OBEY GOD the FATHER’s LAWS, RULINGS, GUIDELINES and WAYS and do not ACT in ACCORDANCE, we are considered LAWLESS and HE DOES not KNOW us and our HOUSE is then NOT BUILD on SOLID ROCK but on SAND and it will not be able to STAND in the STORMS. Please do not let any pastor, preacher or teacher deceive you on this matter. 

Yeshua our Messiah further WARNED in Matthew 8:11 like He warned in Luke 13:28

“…I tell you, many will come from the EAST (possibly referring to Judah/ the Jews who had to camp on GOD’s INSTRUCTION, EAST of the Tabernacle in Numbers 2:3) and from the WEST (Ephraim who camped on God’s instruction WEST of the Tabernacle in Numbers 2:18, and please also keep in mind that Gentiles graft in on ISRAEL, read Romans 11:17, so it could include non-Jewish lukewarm grafted in nations born into believing families but not FOLLOWING HIM in OBEDIENCE to the FATHER) to take their places at THE FEAST in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But those BORN for THE KINGDOM will be thrown OUTSIDE in THE DARK, where people will wail and grid their teeth!

Then all of us know the PARABLES of THE TALENTS in Matthew 25:14-28 where Yeshua our Messiah explained:

• GOOD and TRUSTWORTHY SERVANTS will be REWARDED and be put in charge of more. As well as be WELCOMED to JOIN in the HAPINESS of the MASTER.
• But THOSE who buried their GIFTS and CALLINGS will be regarded as WICKED and LAZY SERVANT and will be THROWN OUT in the DARK where people will wail and grind their teeth.

And this bring us to the:

4. THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF YESHUA also called THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF THE LAMB

Please ALWAYS remember HE IS A LOVING and A RIGHTEOUS GOD and make no mistake, for the RIGHTEOUSS, FAITHFUL, set apart people (those called VIRGINS in Matthew 25:4 & 10, 2^nd Corinthians 11:2 and Revelation 14:4-5 ) of YHVH our GOD, the WEDDING CEREMONY, commencing at the start of the THOUSAND YEAR REIGN of PEACE of YESHUA our MESSIAH, will be a MOST JOYOUS, JUBILENT and FESTIVE EVENT as we also know is portrayed in FEAST SEVEN of YHVH, the FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

We read the following prophesies about this WEDDING FEAST in Psalm 45 regarded as THE WEDDING SONG of THE MESSIAH!

• HE is described as the MOST HANDSOME and the KING of TRUTH, MEEKNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose THRONE will last FOREVER and EVER and HE WILL RULE HIS KINGDOM with equity (fairness and justness). He LOVES RIGHTEOUSNESS and HATES WICKEDNESS, therefore GOD (the Father) has anointed HIM with the OIL of JOY in preference. His ROBES are ALL FRGRANT with MYRRH, ALOES and CASSIA (reminding us of the Book of Songs of Songs!) and stringed instruments brings HIM JOY. Inside the PALACE the KING’s DAUGHTER looks SPLENDID, attired in a garment embroidered with GOLD. In brocade she will be let to the KING, to YOU (speaking of the NEW JERUSALEM, read Revelation 19:7 and 21:2) with the VIRGINS in her entourage following her (speaking of FAITHFUL BELIEVERS clothed in white linen, clean and bright, indicated as their righteous deeds, read Revelation 19:8). They will be LED in her GLADNESS and JOY, they will ENTER the KING’s PALACE.

And we read in Isaiah 25 about the TRIUMPH of the YHVH at the END of the AGE in verses 6-10:

“On this MOUNTAIN YHVH-TZVA’OT (the GOD of ANGEL ARMIES) will make for ALL PEOPLES a FEAST of RICH FOOD and SUPERB WINES, DELICIOUS, RICH FOOD and SUPERB, ELEGANT WINES. On this MOUNTAIN HE will destroy the VEIL which covers the FACE of ALL PEOPLES, the VEIL enshrouding (masking, covering) ALL the NATIONS. He will SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER. YHVH ELOHIM will wipe away the tears from EVERY FACE, and HE WILL REMOVE from ALL THE EARTH the DISGRACE HIS PEOPLE SUFFER. For YHVH has spoken. On THAT DAY they will say, SEE! This is OUR GOD! We WAITED for HIM TO SAVE US. THIS IS YHVH; we PUT our HOPE IN HIM. WE ARE FULL OF JOY, SO GLAD HE SAVED US! For on the MOUNTAIN the hand of YHVH will rest (alluding to the HTOUSAND YEAR KINGDOM of PEACE and thereafter ETERNITY).” Also read Revelation 7:17

Yeshua our Messiah also refers to this JOYOUS FEAST the night of PASSOVER (commonly known as the LAST SUPPER) before HIS CRUCIFICTION saying to His disciples in Matthew 26:29 “I tell you, I will not drink this “fruit of the vine” again until THE DAY I drink NEW WINE with you in MY FATHER’s KINGDOM.”

Yeshua our Messiah also refers to the receiving of the REWARDS at the RESURRECTION of the RIGHTEOUS in verses like Matthew 6:1 and Luke 14:14.

And He tells us in Luke 13:29-30 “…people will come from the EAST, the WEST, the NORTH and the SOUTH to sit at the TABLE in THE KINGDOM of GOD. And notice that some who are LAST WILL be FIRST, and SOME WHO are FIRST will be LAST.”

Paul after telling us about the RESURRECTION and the REIGN of YESHUA the MESSIAH and the FINAL JUDGEMENT in 1 Corinthians 15, concludes in verse 58 saying: “So, my dear brothers, STAND FIRM and IMMOVABLE, ALWAYS DOING the MASTER (YESHUA’s) WORK as VIGOROUSLY (enthusiastically) as you can, KNOWING that UNITED with MASTER (YESHUA) your EFFORTS are not in vain.”

Who will JUDGE with YESHUA?

He tells His TWELVE DISCIPLES in Mathew 19:28 “…I tell you that in the REGENERATED WORLD , when the SON of MAN sits on HIS GLORIOUS THRONE, you who have FOLLOWED ME  WILL ALSO SIT on TWELVE THRONES  and JUDGE the TWELFE TRIBES of ISRAEL.” And we know BELIEVERS are grafted into the OLIVE TREE of ISRAEL, therefore we are also ISRAEL according to Romans 11:17, Ephesians 2:12 and Galatians 6:15-16, and will then also be judged by the TWELVE DISCIPLES. Also read Revelation 20:4.

When does it take place?

We read in Revelation 19:6-9 a huge crowd saying in heaven, “Halleluyah! YHVH, God of Heaven’s Armies (referring to Yeshua the Commander of God’s Armies) has BEGUN HIS REIGN! Let us REJOICE and be GLAD! Let us GIVE HIM GLORY! For the time has come for the WEDDING of THE LAMB, and HIS BRIDE has PREPARED HERSELF – fine linen, bright and clean has been given her to wear. (Fine linen means the RIGHTEOUS DEEDS of GOD’s PEOPLE). The angel said to me (John), WRITE: How BLESSED are those who have been INVITED to the WEDDING FEAST of the LAMB!”

What are the REWARDS given?

We are given an idea in Revelation chapters 2-3, that the BELIEVERS who OVERCOME TILL THE END, WINNING the VICTORY will receive different rewards like:

• The right to eat from the TREE of LIFE which is in God’s Garden of Eden (Paradise).
• They will not at all be hurt by the SECOND DEATH (that is the Lake of Fire according to Revelation 20:15).
• Receive some of the HIDDEN MANNA and a WHITE STONE on which a NEW NAME is written that nobody knows except the one receiving it.
• Receive AUTHTHORITY over the nations and RULE with a STAFF of IRON and DASH them to pieces like pottery just as Yeshua received AUTHORITY from HIS FATHER. And HE will give them the MORNING STAR. This alludes to them REIGNING with YESHUA the MESSIAH during HIS THOUSAND YEAR REIGN of PEACE. Also read Revelation 20:5-6.
• They will receive WHITE CLOTHING and HE will not blot out their names from the BOOK of LIFE and He will acknowledge them individually before HIS FATHER and before HIS ANGELS.
• Make them PILLARS in the TEMPLE of GOD the FATHER, and they will never leave it. And He will also WRITE on them the NAME of the FATHER and the NAME of GOD the FATHER’s CITY, the NEW JERUSALEM coming down from HEAVEN and HIS OWN NAME (the NAME of YESHUA the MESSIAH).
• And they will sit WITH YESHUA on HIS THRONE, just as HE sat down with HIS FATHER on HIS THRONE.

Daniel says in Daniel 12:2-3: “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth (meaning whose bodies are buried) will AWAKEN, some to EVERLASTING LIFE and some to everlasting SHAME and ABHORRENCE. But those who can discern (the NIV says those who are wise) will shine like the brightness of heaven’s dome, and those who turn many to RIGHTEOUSNESS like stars forever and ever.”

And James says in James 1:12 “How BLESSED is the man who perseveres through temptation! For after he has passed THE TEST, he will RECEIVE his CROWN of LIFE which God (the Father) has promised to those who LOVE HIM.”

And in Revelation 22:12-14 Yeshua the Messiah ends His revelation to John again saying: “Pay attention! (says Yeshua), I am COMING SOON, and MY REWARDS are WITH ME to GIVE to EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT he has done. I am the ALEF and the TAV, the FIRST and the LAST, the BEGINNING and the END. How BLESSED are those who WASH their ROBES (meaning keep themselves clean, free from sin through repentance of accidental sins and receiving forgiveness) (the NKJ version says: Blessed are those who DO HIS COMMANDMENTS), so that they have the RIGHT to EAT from the TREE of LIFE and GO through THE GATES into THE CITY!”

No wonder Paul instructs us in Philippians 2:12b-16 “Keep WORKING OUT your DELIVERANCE with FEAR and TREMBLING, for GOD (the FATHER) is THE ONE WORKING among you BOTH the WILLING and the WORKING for WHAT PLEASES HIM. DO EVERYTHING without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be BLAMELESS and  PURE CHILDREN of GOD (the Father), without defect in the midst of a twisted and perverted generation, among whom you SHINE LIKE STARS in the SKY, as you HOLD ON TO THE WORD of LIFE. If you do this, I (Paul) will be able to boast, when the (capital letter) DAY of the MESSIAH comes (referring to the SECOND COMING), that I did not run or toil (work) for nothing.

SO let us KEEP ON CELEBRATING the SEVEN FEASTS of YHVH our GOD as instructed in Leviticus 23 and discussed in many other Scriptures in the WORD throughout the OLD and NEW TETAMENTS, PROVIDING to us a WONDERFUL ROADMAP clearly explaining the SALAVATION and SANCTIFICATION PROCESS! As well as EQUIPING US for our KINGDOM PURPOSE and CALLING and PROVIDING us WITH INFORMATION and CLARITY on the SECOND COMING of YESHUA our MESSAH and PREPARING for it. So if you have not yet, PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING the SEVEN FEASTS of ABBA FATHER this YEAR that will commence on the evening of 31 March with PASSOVER (the FEAST of PESACH). PRAY about this and let the HOLY SPIRIT lead you and your family accordingly.

And we are ending with this beautiful summary of Peter in 2^nd Peter 1:3-11 “God’s POWER has given us EVERYTHING we NEED for LIFE and GODLINESS (holiness), through our KNOWING THE ONE (Yeshua the Messiah) WHO CALLED us to HIS OWN GLORY and GOODNESS. By these HE has given us VALUABLE and SUPERLATIVELY GREAT PROMISES, so that THROUGH THEM you might come to SHARE in GOD’s NATURE and ESCAPE the CORRUPTION which evil desires have brought into the world. For this VERY REASON, TRY YOUR HARDEST to FURNISH your FAITH with GOODNESS, goodness with KNOWLEDGE, knowledge with SELF-CONTROL, self-control with PERSERVERANCE, perseverance with GODLINESS (holiness), godliness with BROTHERLY AFFECTION (friendliness), brotherly affection with LOVE. For if you have these QUALITIES in ABUNDANCE, they keep you from being barren and unfruitful in the KNOWLEDGE of our MASTER YESHUA the MESSIAH. Indeed, whoever lacks them is BLIND, so SHORTSIGHTED that he FORGETS that his PAST SINS have been WASHED AWAY. Therefore, brothers, TRY EVEN HARDER to make your BEING CALLED and CHOSEN a CERTAINTY. For if you keep DOING THIS, you will NEVER STUMBLE. Thus you will be GENEROUSLY SUPPLIED with EVERYTHING you NEED to ENTER THE ETERNAL KINGDOM of our MASTER and DELIERER, YEHSUA the MESSIAH.”