THE STUMP
ISAIAH 6:8-13: “And I heard the voice of Yahuweh saying: `Whom do I send, and who will go for US?’ And I said: `Here am I—send me!’ And He said: `Go, and you shall say to this people: Hearing you hear, but do not understand, and seeing you see, but do not know. Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart, and shall turn and be healed.’ Then I said: `Yahuweh, until when?’ And He answered: `Until the cities are laid waste without inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land is laid waste—a ruin—and Yahuweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land. But, still, there is a tenth part of it, and it shall be for a burning, like a terebinth tree and like an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. The set-apart seed is the stump!’ ”
Messiah had been speaking in parables to a large crowd. Excerpts from Matthew 13:10-17: “And the taught ones came and said to Him, `Why do You speak to them in parables?’ And He answered and said to them, `Because it has been given to you to know the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever possesses to him more shall be given, and he shall have overflowing, but whoever does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away from him. Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not understand…for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back and I should heal them…And, blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear’ ”.
In Daniel 2 we read that Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. He called for all his magicians, astrologers and wise men to interpret it for him. But, he would not tell them his dream--he expected them to not only interpret the dream, but also tell him what he dreamed. No one could do that, so Nebuchadnezzar was very angry. Daniel went to him and said he would tell the dream and show him the interpretation. This pacified the king. Daniel and his three Hebrew friends sought Yahuweh, who revealed the dream and its interpretation.
Excerpts from Daniel 2:19-22, 27-29: “Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision, and Daniel blessed the Elah of the heavens…Blessed be the Name of the Elah of the heavens, for wisdom and might are His…He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who possess understanding. He reveals deep and secret matters. He knows what is in the darkness, and light
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dwells with Him…Daniel answered before the king and said, `The secret which the king is asking—the wise ones, the astrologers, the magicians, and the diviners are unable to show it to the king. BUT THERE IS AN ELAH IN THE HEAVENS WHO REVEALS SECRETS, and He has made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what is to be in the latter days’ ”.
Excerpts from Mark 4:22-25: Messiah speaking: “`For whatever is hidden will be revealed, and whatever has been kept secret will come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear…Take heed what you hear…for whoever possesses, to him more shall be given: but whosoever does not possess, even what he possesses will be taken away from him’ ”.
Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the way is wide, and the gate is broad, that leads to destruction and there are many who enter in through it. Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard-pressed that leads to life, and FEW are they who find it”.
Isaiah 1:9: “Unless Yahuweh of Hosts had left us a small remnant (precious few), we would have become like Sodom and we would have been made like Gomorrah”.
The stump is the set-apart remnant that overcomes and endures to the end—and is alive and remaining to meet Messiah at His coming.
After all the nuclear burning, persecution for 3 ½ years of tribulation, after all the fleeing and hiding, and enduring, the set-apart seed that remains is the stump. The stump is the set-apart seed (remnant) who represent the whole House of Ya’cob – all twelve tribes. WE ARE IN THE DAYS OF THE BURNING OF ALL EXCEPT THE STUMP!
Luke 18:8b: “…when the Son of man comes will he find faith on the earth?”
Excerpts from Malachi 4:4-6: “Remember the Torah of Moses…My laws and right-rulings…and he (Eliyahu) shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction”. (Italics mine)
Both passages have to do with the guarding and teaching of Torah. If Messiah does not find any visible evidence of obedience to His Father’s Covenant being guarded on the earth when He comes, then there is no remnant in His image and likeness, so He will destroy the earth totally. But, from the foundation of the world, He chose a remnant that would preserve “faith”—the guarding and teaching of what He has commanded us. (Revelation 12:17; 14:12)
Refer to the article: “The Remnant”. And, go over the Scriptures in the two 2-page Scripture sheets, “All Flesh” and “No Flesh Saved But a Remnant”. In these Scriptures we clearly see our day—and know that unless Messiah intervenes, no flesh will remain alive on earth. Before the stump can be destroyed because of Lucifer’s plans--Yahushua returns.
Several years ago, I was 38,000 feet up in an airplane, reading Gary Kah’s EnRoute to Global Occupation. He told about how only the very top Luciferic elite knew the plan for the world government. He said that even a 33rd Degree Mason had to be invited into the inner circle before they were told the secrets
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of Lucifer. It is an elite club that knows the inside secrets. I was thinking about how Yahushua Messiah spoke clearly to the twelve disciples. But, then, He only took three into His confidence when He revealed His most personal secrets. (Matthew 17:1-8) When He went to raise Jairus’ daughter from the dead, He only allowed Kepha, Ya’cob and Yohanan (Peter, James and John) to come with Him. He sent out all the faithless who had gathered to mourn the dead girl. He cannot operate outside of pure faith. (Mark 5:35-42; Hebrews 11:6)
Only the few know the secrets of Lucifer. And, only a few are needed to pull off the take over of planet earth by his “son of the destroyer”. The secrets of Masonry are given to only a selected, specifically invited, few within the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite. Thus, in the world of Yahuweh and Yahushua, They take only a few into Their innermost confidence, for only a few are needed to pull off Their plans.
What does the stump-remnant possess that will be increased? What do the others not possess that will strip them of everything? The remnant possesses passionate love of the Truth! Those who passionately love Truth get it from the Spirit of Yahuweh, and drop all man-made falsehood as soon as they hear His Truth. Those that do not learn from Yahuweh’s Spirit cannot come to the Messiah of Israel—who is Truth embodied. (John 6:44-45)
To those who obey the Truth with zeal and love, will be given more—more
knowledge, more understanding, more wisdom, deeper relationship with Yahuweh, and more interaction with Him in mutual trust. Those that have no love of the Truth will be given a great delusion that will result in their eternal damnation. (II Thessalonians 2:8-12) There is only one source of absolute Truth – and only one Teacher worthy to teach it—the Spirit of Yahuweh. (John 16:13; I John 2:27)
Daniel and his friends were tried and tested, and came out of the fiery furnace and lion’s den with overcoming victory. They knew that Yahuweh would reveal to them the secrets they needed to stay alive. (Daniel 2)
Amos 3:7: “For the Master Yahuweh does nothing unless He first reveals His secrets to His servants the Prophets.” Today, the prophets who are taught by Him are hearing Him clearly. Others can simply speculate, based on their own thinking. We must never go by the speculations of man, who is not taught by Yahuweh. You must never go by your own reasoning, but only what the Spirit has taught you.
Before the foundation of the world, Yahuweh knew the thoughts and acts of everyone born on earth. Based on this foreknowledge, He put in the Book of Life. In this Book are the names of those whom He knew would bear fruit--“thirty-fold, sixty-fold and one hundred-fold”.
Romans 8:29 -- from The Hebraic Hebrew Roots Version Scriptures: “And from the first, He knew them and marked them out with the likeness of the image of His Son…”
This remnant is now moving into that image by letting go of everything that does not match the image of Messiah.
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The concept of choosing by foreknowledge is also a vital part of the whole of Scripture, with I Peter 1:2, Ephesians 1:4; and Romans 8:29 standing out. The writing of the Book of Life before the foundation of the world stands out, with Scriptures like: Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27; 22:19, as well as passages like Exodus 32:31-32. This verse in the King James Version uses the word “predestinate”, where as the above phrase “marked them out” is used. The expression “marked them out” is from the Aramaic translation. The word “predestinate” in Greek means: “to limit in advance”. He limited, set apart, marked, a remnant for this last hour from all the twelve tribes, that He foreknew He could trust to overcome and be blameless before Him! This includes martyrs, and all who have been, and who will remain faithful to Him. (Refer to the article: “Morphing Into Two Different Types of Humans”) (II Corinthians 3:17-18) We are all called to submit to the Spirit’s changing us into the image of Messiah!
This “marking” or setting apart of a trusted remnant is found in many Scriptures—Deuteronomy 15:16-17; Ezekiel 9:1-11; Revelation 3:12, 7:1-8; 14:1-5; and 22:3-5.
In the King James Version of Romans 8:28, so often glibly quoted when people are going through trouble, we read: “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God--to them who are called according to His purpose”. The word “purpose” means: “to set forth, especially as the showbread in the Temple is exposed before Elohim”. The showbread was called “the bread of the faces”. Twelve loaves were set on racks, rising above the table, set to the right inside the Dwelling Place. Each loaf had twelve sides to it—the loaves representing the twelve tribes of Ya’cob—the twelve “faces” of Ya’cob’s seed. Therefore the chief purpose of Yahuweh, to which we are called is to be a part, is the restoration of the whole House of Ya’cob back to the Torah… and we are seeing this in our day. (Acts 3:19-21) Thus, all things work together for good to those who are involved in the plans of Yahuweh and Yahushua to restore the ten tribes—just as Messiah commanded His disciples in Matthew 10:5-7, to only go to the “lost sheep of the House of Israel”.
It is the primary reason why Messiah came--Matthew 15:24. The thirty, sixty and hundredfold are intricately involved in this part of the “restoration of all things” –
In the parable of the seed sowing in Mark 4:1-20, there are four groups. The first three groups, at some stage after hearing the Word, only go so far, and turn away from the Truth. The first two groups are never re-born by the Spirit--never been transformed--never become a new creation. They hear, but for different reasons, the Word is not allowed to bring them to the new birth. The first group rejects Truth right away. The second group receives it, but it is an intellectual belief-system--there is no transformation by the Spirit.
Refer to the article: “The True New Birth” to learn the forty Scriptural things that the Spirit does instantly when a person commits their life to Yahushua, in faith. Once born of the Spirit, there are characteristics that prove that one has
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been born from above. At the new birth one receives a new nature--the nature of Messiah. They become a “new creation”—II Corinthians 5:17. As “newborn babes”, they crave the Truth from His mouth. The true ones seek to be “breast-fed”, not bottle-fed. One of the titles of Yahuweh is “El Shaddai”, often translated as “The Almighty”. But, in Hebrew it actually means “the many-breasted One”. Are you taking in your spiritual food, by which to grow into the image of Messiah, from His Spirit, or are to running to man to bottle-feed you? Cow-milk “formula” is not good for a human baby’s body, and neither is the formula of man’s religion good for man’s soul and spirit! Unlike a newborn human baby, you have the privilege of choosing which source of nourishment you want to receive. Human breast milk gives the baby immune-system-building properties not found in formula milk. When we take our food from the breast of Yahuweh, we receive pure nourishment that builds our spirit and soul, so that we do not get the disease of sin, rebellion and apostasy. Just remember: Man’s “formula” contains pollutants and defilement, for whenever man tries to improve on Yahuweh’s methods, he fails horribly.
The truly re-born ones discern falsehood when they hear it. They produce “fruit” that will be rewarded--thirty, sixty, or one hundred fold. The third group comes to salvation but they turn away from it when there is persecution, or life becomes too hard. This third group are found in II Peter 2:20-22; Hebrews 6:1-6; Luke 9:62 -- they begin in belief, but become entangled with the world and/or their own fleshly sin nature, and end up apostate.