The Battle of Jericho and The Book of Revelation by Rav Sha'ul I want to explore the Battle of Jericho and detail what YHVH gave as a prophetic portrait of the same event, on a much greater scale, upon the second coming of the Messiah.  All the stories and feasts and holy days in the Old Testament were given as physical metaphors or "rehearsals" to teach us of greater Spiritual Truths and events surrounding the second coming.  In this article I am going to cover all the major events surrounding the return of the Messiah in Revelation.  I will demonstrate that each event is covered in detail on a smaller scale in the Battle of Jericho.  I am going to cover: The Two Witnesses The Scarlet Thread of Redemption The 7 Seals The 7 Trumpets (shofars) The Shout of the Arch-Angel The Appearance of The Messiah before the Ark of the Covenant The Rapture The Messiah leading the army of Remnant Israel to reclaim the Earth for YHVH The Gold/Silver Vessels The Great Earthquake The collapse of all the kingdoms of Earth to become the Kingdoms of YHVH governed by Yahusha The destruction of the wicked on Earth (the Great Supper of YHVH) The cost to rebuilt the Earth and govern it is the Firstborn Son of YHVH.  So too at the cost of YHVH's youngest son, will the gates be established. The 1,000 year rest of the Sabbath Millennium Introduction Everything above spoken about in the Book of Revelation is the fulfillment of the portrait given to us by YHVH at the Battle of Jericho as we will see.  The Book of Joshua is the story of how Joshua (Yahusha in Hebrew) took the mantle and leadership of the Children of Israel in the wilderness and led them into the Promised Land.  Moses represents "The Law" and Joshua takes over where The Law alone failed leading the Children of YHVH into the Promised Land.  Providing a clear picture of how The Law (Moses) leads us through the wilderness (life) to the promises (eternal life), but Joshua (a prototype of the Messiah Yahusha) is the bridge to the promised rest.    First when making the comparison that Jericho represents the "Kingdoms" of Earth in Revelation I want to point out that Jericho is a Kingdom not simply a "city".  I know we all first learned of the Battle of Jericho in our Sunday School class and even had a cleaver little song we sang "and the walls came tumbling down...la la la" and we came to see Jericho as a city.  A small city as though The Promised Land was an organized self governing country with borders and a central government.  But that is not at all the case.  Countries didn't exist at that time, people were ruled by Kings and lived in City/States with walls around them.  A castle was at the center with a king, the king had guards and an army to protect his kingdom.  People paid taxes to a king for protection.  That is what Jericho was...  a kingdom.  We know this because Jericho had a king and an army: Joshua 6:2 2 Then YHVH said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men." I want to make that point to demonstrate the Kingdom of Jericho is a "picture" of the Kingdoms of Earth in the Battle of Jericho not just a "city".  Before the battle to take the Promised Land begins, Yahusha son of Nun sends in two "spies" to survey the land and bring back 2 reliable witnesses: Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. After the two witnesses were sent to "spy" out the land, the first battle to take the Promised Land was the Battle Jericho.  Below in the 6th Chapter of Joshua is the account of that battle: Joshua 6  1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.  2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”  6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”  8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the LORD went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!” 11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.  12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the LORD and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.  15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a] to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.”  20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. 21 They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.  22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.” 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.  24 Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house. 25 But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.  26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:    “At the cost of his firstborn son    he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest    he will set up its gates.”  27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.   Summary of The Battle of Jericho So to summarize: Joshua son of Nun sent two witnesses into the Promised Land then YHVH gave Joshua the battle plan which he carried out in detail.  He gave the order to redeem Rahab and her entire household set apart by the scarlet thread.  Then he sent 7 priests with 7 shofars followed by an "armed guard" followed by the Ark of the Covenant followed by the Israelite army.  They marched around the walls the Kingdom of Jericho (it was a city/state with a King not a city in today's terms) 6 times for 6 days without making a sound.  The only sound was the priests blowing the shofars.  Then on the 7th day, they marched around the wall of Jericho 7 times with the priest blowing the shofars.  During the 7th trip around the city, the priests blew one long sound of the shofars and the entire army erupted with a resounding SHOUT and the walls of the Kingdom of Jericho fell.  Then the army "went up" to occupy the city and all the men/women/children/cattle of Jericho died by the sword of the Israelite army.  All the "Gold/Silver/Bronze/Iron" vessels were put securely in the House of YHVH.  Rahab and her entire family were spared according to her oath and faith in YHVH.  The entire Kingdom of Jericho and everything it it was then burned and purged.  Joshua son of Nun pronounces a "curse" and establishes that the "cost" to rebuild the kingdom would come at the expense of the firstborn son and at the cost of the youngest son.   Now, lets take a journey through the Book of Revelation and see just how this physical metaphor or rehearsal at the Battle of Jericho plays out in order, to the very detail, in the event of Yahusha son of YHVH returning to lead Remnant Israel into the Sabbath Millennium where the entire Earth is "The Promised Land".   Events foretold in the Book of Revelation As I stated before, I am going to cover the events in the Book of Revelation and demonstrate how the Battle of Jericho foretold of the Second Coming.  From the two witnesses appearing to the blowing of shofars to the SHOUT that leads to the return of the Messiah to the Kingdoms of this Earth falling and becoming the Kingdoms of YHVH and His Messiah Yahusha.  All of it is covered in detail in the exact same order.  Here we go. The Two Witnesses - (Revelation 11 and Joshua 2:1) In Revelation 11, two witnesses are sent to Earth to prophecy 1,260 days prior to the second coming and battle to reclaim The Promised Land for Remnant Israel.  In the book of Joshua (Joshua 2:1) two "spies" which are nothing more than witnesses are send into to the land of Canaan and specifically to the Kingdom of Jericho to survey and report.  The Scarlet Thread of Redemption I could write an entire book on this subject.  So to prevent getting side tracked let me say that there is a Scarlet Thread of Redemption that runs throughout the Word of YHVH pointing us to the Messiah Yahusha.  From Abel bringing a Lamb and shedding blood in Genesis to the substitute sacrificial ram with Abraham/Isaac to the blood on the doorposts of the Passover Lamb in Exodus to Rahab's scarlet thread in the book of Joshua, this is a primary theme in the Bible and also in the Battle of Jericho.  But the most pervasive theme is not that of the Scarlet Thread of Redemption but rather as the following write explains, the Golden Thread of the Kingdom.  That IS the story told throughout the Bible and specifically in the Battle of Jericho.  For more, please read: http://www.jcstudies.com/articleDetail.cfm?articleId=77 and http://www.devotionsfordevelopment.com/rope.htm The 7 Seals (Revelation 8) We see in the Battle of Jericho that the army was to walk "around" the walls of Jericho 7 times before the "last set of 7 Priests were to blow their trumpets/shofars".  Why?  What could be the reasoning behind this action of walking AROUND the walls?  This action would seem to be a "metaphor" for the 7 Seals which were "around" the scroll.  The sequence of events are identical to the events in Revelation, following the completion of the 7th Seal, 7 shofars are given to 7 Angels to sound.  Following half an hour of silence, the Angels sound the 7 Shofar blasts just like in the Battle of Jericho when after walking around the city in complete silence 7 times the 7 priests blow their shofars: Revelation 8 The Seventh Seal and the 7 Angels with 7 Trumpets/Shofars  1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.  2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.  The 7th Trumpet/shofar blast (Revelation 11 Now the next sequence of events in the Battle Jericho (after walking around the city 7 times like the opening of the 7 seals around the scroll) was the sounding of the 7th trumpet/shofar blast, a long distinguished blast.  This too is the next sequence of events in Revelation and we read about it in Revelation 11.  Please note, the Book of Revelation is not sequential, it is a dream or a vision and jumps around.  Many of the events in Revelation occur concurrently or one triggers another etc. and the book jumps around in time from chapter to chapter. Revelation 11 15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven "Loud voices" were heard upon the 7th Trumpet blast, just like in the Battle of Jericho when the army (loud voices) shouted after the 7th Trumpet blast.  We also see that as a result of these "loud voices" that a great earthquake occurred and the city fell in both Revelation and Jericho. Revelation 11  13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed.   The Great Earthquake Now we do see that it was an earthquake that caused the city to fall in Revelation 11:13.  We also know from Ezekiel 38 who spoke of the events surrounding the second coming that there is a great earthquake: Ezekiel 38 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ In the Book of Joshua is doesn't exactly say it was an earthquake that brought down the walls of Jericho.  However, it is the commonly accepted scientific explanation for those walls falling and we are beginning to see that every event in the Battle of Jericho was a detailed "look" at what would happen at the time of the Second Coming.  So since scripture interprets scripture I believe it is safe to draw the conclusion that a smaller more regional earthquake brought down the wall of Jericho too since it is spoken of in Revelation and Ezekiel as the cause in the final event. The Shout of the Arch-Angel We see in the Battle of Jericho that a loud SHOUT is heard and the Kingdom of Jericho fell.  We also see, that upon the loud SHOUT of the Arch-Angel the Kingdoms of Earth fall too in Revelation 11: Revelation 11  15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.” We also see this loud SHOUT after the Last Trumpet blast in 1 Thessalonians where Paul is describing the exact same event in the same order and same detail.  Here Paul is describing the assembly of the Army of God to retake Earth (I will get to more on this later): 1 Thessalonians 4 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. The Appearance of The Messiah before the Ark of the Covenant In the Battle of Jericho we see that an "armed guard" or WARRIOR is sent ahead of the Ark of the Covenant.  What/who is that a portrait of?  Well, in Revelation we see the exact same event being fulfilled.  We see in Revelation 11 just after the 7th Trumpet and the SHOUT of the Arch-Angel which heralds the return of Yahusha and the conquest of the kingdoms of Earth that Heaven opens up and we see the Ark of the Covenant, the same time as the Earthquake: Revelation 11:19 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. We see the Messiah coming as a WARRIOR ahead of the Ark of the Covenant in Revelation 19.  This was the same time that Heaven was standing open with the Temple and Ark on display and following that just like in the Battle of Jericho is the army: Revelation 19 The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast  11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:    KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. The Rapture In the story of the Battle of Jericho, we see the Israelites "go up" to battle after the 7th Trumpet and SHOUT to take the promised land.  This is the exact sequence of events foretold in Revelation and 1 Thess. as to when the living saints left alive at the time of the second coming are "raptured" or "go up".  You see, the truth concerning the "rapture" is that it is the building of the Army of God in the sky preceding the final battle on Earth to retake the Promised Land.  We too, who remain alive, will "go up" to do battle just like the Israelites did at Jericho.    Of course the "traditional" teaching of the Christian Church who, having done away with the O.T., is one of complete mis-understanding.  While Christians are taught a "pre-trib" rapture and that we are "taken to heaven" this is not the story told in the Bible nor the story told in 1 Thessalonians nor the story told at the Battle of Jericho.  In every case, the "going up" is the building of an army to go into battle.  Paul is clearly teaching in accordance with the rest of the Word of YHVH, that at THE LAST TRUMPET/SHOFAR of the 7 blasts, Yahusha descends with a loud SHOUT and the dead rise first followed by those alive at the time and we meet Yahusha IN THE AIR not Heaven.  The "SHOUT" that is given that raises the dead is probably not unlike that which Yahusha let out when he called Lazarus from his grave.... "COME FORTH, ARISE" or something along those lines.  We are gathered as an ARMY OF YHVH that is descending back to Earth to wage war and overcome it.  We ascend into the clouds (atmosphere of Earth) meeting Yahusha the King and joining YHVH's returning army in the air.  We are not taken to Heaven, but immediately back to Earth.   1 Thessalonians 4 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So after the Last Trumpet followed by a loud SHOUT, the dead rise first then the living "go up" with them and the Army of YHVH is assembled with Yahusha the Warrior/King commanding.  We see in Revelation the martyrs are given white robes and so too are the risen dead and assumed living all of whom make up the Army of YHVH who returns with Yahusha to wage war on Earth: Revelation 6:11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed. Revelation 19 The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast  11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. The Messiah leading the army of Remnant Israel to reclaim the Earth for YHVH So we clearly see those sons of YHVH who have died over the years are given white robes and told to wait until the full number of the Army of YHVH is assembled.  That final assembly of this returning army occurs upon the last shofar blast after the SHOUT and the return of Yahshau when the dead rise and the living assume into the air and are assembled behind the returning King.  NOT to go to Heaven, but just like the Battle of Jericho... we go into BATTLE! Revelation 19 The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast  11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. So unlike the "fairytale" story of The Rapture occurring before the Great Tribulation where we are "snatched away" from all the hardships up into Heaven for an eternity of "cloud floating harp frolicking and pillow fighting"... we actually go up into the sky and come back to Earth as an ARMY to wage war... The destruction of the wicked on Earth (the Great Supper of YHVH) Next in the Battle of Jericho, the Israelite army goes in and puts the sword to all men/women/children and purges the land of the wicked.  This is exactly what the Army of God does after being assembled in the air with the Warrior/King Yahusha.  We, the Army of YHVH lead by Yahusha, defeat the False Messiah and False Prophet and we go after and put to death by the sword those wicked of Earth who followed The Beast and destroyed the Earth.  This slaughter of the wicked is called The Great Supper of YHVH and is described in detail.  Just like the Battle of Jericho all the wicked in the land, man/woman/child, is put to death by the sword: Revelation 19  17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.” 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. The Gold/Silver Vessels We also see that the Gold/Silver/Bronze/Iron vessels were put into the "House of YHVH" at the Battle of Jericho.  What do these vessels represent?  They represent the chosen remnant of YHVH.  Paul uses this same language in 2 Timothy: 2 Timothy 2 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”  20 In a large house there are vessels not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. 21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. The Destruction of the Earth by Fire Just like in the Battle of Jericho when Jericho was destroyed and purged by fire, In Revelation 18 we see that "Babylon" is destroyed by fire: Revelation 18 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her In Isaiah we see the entire Earth is destroyed by fire: Isaiah 24 6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left. The cost to rebuilt the Earth and govern it is the Firstborn Son of YHVH.  So at the cost of YHVH's youngest son, will the gates be established In the Battle of Jericho we see that after Jericho is purged with fire, Joshua son of Nun sets the cost of rebuilding the Kingdom at the expense of the owners "firstborn son" and "youngest son".   We know from the Bible that the cost of redeeming this planet back to YHVH and the Remnant back to YHVH came at the expense of YHVH's firstborn son.  And it is with the purchased lives of the eldest to the youngest of the sons of God that this Earth will be governed, rebuilt, re-established, after the Earth is purged by fire and everything in it destroyed. The 1,000 year rest of the Sabbath Millennium Finally after the 6 days (6,000 year parallel) of "work" walking around the walls of Jericho, on the 7th day (Sabbath Millennium parallel) and the Battle of Jericho is over, the Israelites occupy the Promised Land which was given them as a place of total "rest": Joshua 21 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.” Summary YHVH has given us (Remnant Israel) "the Kingdoms of Earth" to occupy, purge, rebuild, and govern.  Just like YHVH gave the Kingdom of Jericho and the Promised Land to the Israelites of old.  Those who destroy the Earth will be judged and destroyed.  Today as we witness the Global Elite make their move to control this planet, we see them destroying the Earth.  They are poisoning our atmosphere with chemicals, poisoning our water supplies, playing with our weather, and they are playing with the genetics to attempt to achieve eternal life (trans-humanism).  In the end, they will neither govern this Earth nor will they achieve Eternal Life.  We have been called and set apart to stand against this evil and in the end fight for this planet.  The planet has been given to us by YHVH but WE have to take it by force at the appointed time led by Yahusha our King.

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