Chapter 28

The Testimony of the Moon

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips. Once have I sworn by My holiness… It shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah (Psalm 89:34-37).

At the beginning of this study we expanded the modern definition of the Law. Not only is the Law of Elohim the Ten Commandments, but it is also the statutes and judgments. This greater light shining upon the Law is part of the Bride’s angelic lunar testimony to be presented in the ride of the white horse.

Enriching this powerful light, is the beautiful truth that through the strength of heaven, even the most lost member of humanity may be transformed and enabled to walk in full harmony with Elohim’s Law, faithfully reflecting the same character and purity that Christ, through His example, has laid forth as our Pattern.

Cutting away the deception that would hamper our understanding of this process of sanctification, the false accusations against those who love and obey heaven’s commands will be revealed in their right nature, as true Legalism is exposed. While true legalists attempt to be their own saviors, the faith-empowered Christian produces heavenly fruit through human and divine energy combined. This is the key to the victorious life exemplified in the Bride. Through this truth many, who have been spiritually paralyzed through a false interpretation of legalism, will be empowered to take their places among them that “conquer.” (See Revelation 6:2.)

As the light of heaven shines upon the holy Law, through the life and testimony of Elohim’s people, the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will receive a special highlight. All the precious heavenly light surrounding the Sabbaths, which Satan has sought to put out, will be polished and restored so that this truth will shine with even greater brilliance. For these enlightened ones, keeping the Sabbaths will be a delight.

Through uplifting the Sabbath message as a test of true loyalty to Elohim, the mark of the Beast will lay exposed. Thus, the chasm that Satan has eroded between humanity and the heavenly Pattern will be restored. YHWH will be exonerated as the loving Elohim He truly is.

And they that shall be of thee (the people of Elohim) shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from … doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of YHWH, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in YHWH; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father (all who repair the breach between Elohim and fallen man are the spiritual children of Jacob): for the mouth of YHWH hath spoken it (Isaiah 58:12-14).

Such will be the mission and message of Christ’s holy people. Remaining with her feet planted firmly upon the moon, her countenance bathed in celestial light, Christ’s true Bride stands in stark contrast against the false Queen of Heaven who has long tried to usurp her. Through the Bride’s blazing testimony, the deceptions of the dragon will be utterly unmasked. It is no wonder Satan hates this pure Woman and her heavenly testimony!

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And she brought forth a man Child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her Child was caught up unto /

Elohim, and to His throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of Elohim, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. (This is 1260 prophetic days = 1260 literal years, which was the amount of time the true Christians endured persecution during the Dark Ages.) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man Child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (The church will endure persecution again for 3½ years), from the face of the serpent…And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Elohim, and have the testimony of Y’shua Christ (Revelation 12:1-6 & 13-17).

Clearly the Child, which the woman prophetically bears is Christ, for verse five states that He “was caught up unto Elohim, and to His throne,” where Y’shua told us He was taken.

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 (Revelation 3:21).

While at first it might seem that the woman who stands upon the moon is Mary, the fact that this Revelation twelve woman is instead Christ’s people –His Church- is demonstrated in the amount of time she endures persecution. This pure woman was foretold to taste of trouble for 1,260 years. This is the actual time the people of Elohim suffered during the Inquisition prior to Napoleon’s infliction of the deadly wound upon the Papacy. (This period went from 538, when Papal Rome rose to power, until 1798, when Berthier took the pope captive – ending the power of the Papacy for a time.)

Thus, beyond doubt, this woman who stands upon the moon is Christ’s Bride, who will again endure a period of persecution. This time, it will be much more intense than the first time of trouble. So difficult will this period of persecution be that the Bible says there has “never” been a fully comparable time of trouble.

…And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time Thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book (this is the Lamb’s book of life – see Revelation 21:27) (Daniel 12:1).

Yet the woman will flee and will again be delivered from the power of the dragon. When Christ’s people must again flee, the length of the period of persecution will be much shorter than the first. This time she will endure for 3½ literal years. But rather than facing this time with fear, Elohim’s people will full trust YHWH, knowing that no difficulty will be faced without His protection and power to bear it.

But I trusted in thee, YHWH: I said, Thou art my Elohim. My times are in Thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me (Psalm 31:14-15).

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle (a symbol of a speedy deliverance), that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent (Satan is represented as a serpent, when he employs the weapon of deception, as in the Garden of Eden) (Revelation 12:14).

As Christ’s people are this pure Woman who will be spiritually wedded to Him at the great Marriage Supper of the Lamb, it is only natural for this Bride to be very interested in the timing of her impending wedding. Having already presented the events, which characterize the final prophetic timeline, it is now appropriate to construct a complete timeline taking the Bride from the opening of the first seal, to the moment when she will finally be wed to her Beloved.

FINAL PROPHETIC TIMELINE (SEVEN SEALS):

As is presented in the previous diagram, the key event the Bride will now be preparing for is the fulfillment of Pentecost, upon which she will be sealed and commissioned to give the fourth angel’s message bringing the final Gospel proclamation to the world.

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely (Revelation 22:17).

Those who accept the fourth angel’s message, given through the Bride, will be among the great multitude who are the heavenly wheat ripened for the harvest in the third seal. Those who reject the message of the Bride are rejecting the Seal of Elohim. These ones receive the Beast’s mark and will take their stand against the people of Elohim.

The dividing issue between these two groups is the fourth angel’s message, which is the lunar testimony upon which Christ’s holy Bride firmly stands. From the first page, this vital end-time message has been presented. Layer by layer, like the peeling of an onion, each nuance of this final Gospel message has been revealed. It is now time to present the full alignment of the moon’s message and the cry of the fourth angel.

THE SEALING MESSAGE OF THE BRIDE

Testimony of the Moon / Message of the Fourth Angel
1. Spiritual light is to be divided from spiritual darkness.
The moon was created to “separate the day from the night” (Genesis 1:14 – Scriptures Bible) / The fourth angel first defines Babylon as the realm of darkness (see Revelation 18:2-10), he then calls people to “Come out of the darkness of Babylon” (Revelation 18:4).
2. The sign of a person’s true loyalty to Elohim will be revealed through a love for the light of the Law including the Sabbath truth.
The moon was created to “be for signs and appointed times” (Genesis 1:14 – Scriptures Bible) The “sign” of loyalty is keeping the Torah and all of the Sabbaths. (See Exodus 31:13, and Ezekiel 20:12 & 20.) / The fourth angel identifies the sins of Babylon which is a necessary part of calling people out of these sins
“Come out of her… that ye be not partakers of her sins” (Revelation 18:4). Through the light of the first angel, which the fourth angel proclaims with added light (more truth will be revealed), the Law of Elohim is proclaimed and the Sabbath exonerated. (See Revelation 14:6-7, along with the explanation from chapter 12.)
3. The light from the holy Law will be proclaimed in its beauty. All will hear of the importance of being fully transformed into Christ’s image through a heaven-empowered obedience to every precept in the Word of Elohim. Just as the lunar light does not produce its own illumination, but radiates the sun’s light into the surrounding darkness, those who embrace this message are transformed so that their characters perfectly reflect the light from the Son. Thus, they powerfully radiate the light of heaven as a piercing testimony to all who remain in darkness.
The moon was created to light “the expanse of the heavens” and to “give light on earth” (Genesis 1:14 – Scriptures Bible) This shows that the testimony of the holy people will shine to both the earthly and heavenly beings. / While the light of truth is always bright, the fourth angel’s message is dazzling. His angelic testimony is born to heavenly and earthly beings with a blazing brilliance that reaches into even the darkest recesses. (See Revelation 18:1.)

Thus, the final lunar testimony, the light of the fourth angel which is the sealing message is this:

  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will be forgiven and cleansed from their past lives of sin.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will accept heaven’s power and walk in faith on the path of full obedience to the Holy Law.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will embrace and obey every commandment and statute, as they are the expressed will of Elohim.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will embrace the full Sabbath truth.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will completely forsake every trace of Babylonian doctrine and practices.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will come to identify the satanic sophistries presented by the Beast, that they might reject them.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will completely cut away all traces of sun worship from their lives.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will walk the path of self-denial and humble obedience that Christ walked.
  • All who would receive the seal of Elohim will, like the moon, perfectly reflect the light of the heavenly Son.

Represented in the glorious fourth angel’s message and in the brilliant testimony of the moon, this is the sealing message to be presented by the people of Elohim at the end of time. The very fact that this message can be presented in this book, is in itself evidence that the last days upon us. Soon the white horse will begin his ride. Soon the final sealing of those who now claim to be part of Christ’s Bride will be ended. Soon, time will continue no more.

Now that the testimony of the moon has fully shone upon your path, dear Reader, will you choose to walk in that heavenly light? Will you follow Christ’s example, perfectly reflecting His beauty as the moon reflects the sun? In so doing, you will be preparing to receive the seal of Elohim when the white horse begins his imminent ride.

It is not simply enough to lay verbal claim upon Abraham. It is not simply enough to lay blood claim upon Abraham. Only those who do as Abraham did will be counted as his seed and share in the eternal inheritance Elohim promised.

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went… For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is Elohim (Hebrews 11:8-10).

When like Abraham’s, our goal becomes fully focused upon our eternal inheritance, which awaits the righteous, the formerly attractive things of this sinful world will loose their luster. Then we will gladly let go of our grip upon worldliness, taking hold of salvation with both hands.

The last call is already sounding. It is time to take our place among the people who make up the pure woman of Revelation twelve. It is time to step up and stand upon the heavenly truth – the testimony of the moon!

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