The announcing blast that is going forth is twofold. Tziyon, on a spiritual plane, is all those who Yeshua Messiah considers to be His own... the true Yisrael (Israel). Those of Yisrael who have ears to hear will hear the trumpet sound no matter where they are on this earth. Tsiyon, on a literal plane, is the city of Yahrushalayim from where the trumpet is also sounding. Doubly literal, the shofar is blown there to call an assembly, to call the army, to announce the festivals, as a warning of impending danger, and to proclaim the Messiah's coming. Today, the piercing blast of the shofar is being blown from the actual city of Yahrushalayim and by many witnesses within true Yisrael throughout the world.
To identify Yisrael
According to the Scriptures and confirmed by a vast amount of historical research, the so called "lost ten tribes of Yisrael" have been positively identified. They are found scattered among the populations of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. Although not all who are living in those countries are Yisraelites, a significant if not predominant part of their populations are the direct descendants of the ten tribes that where exiled by Assyria in the eight century B.C. The Mennonite people of European descent are Yisraelites.
To return to Yahuweh
"Yet even now", declares Yahuwah (Yahweh), "turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with morning. And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn to Yahuwah your Elohim.... And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of Yahuwah shall be delivered." (Yoel 2:12). There is no other Name under heaven that can deliver, and no other Elohim than Yahuwah; the Abba of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. Even before we, as Mennonite brethren repent of our lawlessness, our idolatry and our unbelief; our hearts must return to the Father and to our covenant relationship with Him. "Turn back to Me, and I shall turn back to you", said Yahuwah of hosts. (Malachi 3:7).
To keep the Law of Moshe
As the embodiment of Yahuwah's (Yahweh’s) wisdom and character, Yeshua Messiah kept His Father's commandments perfectly. That "I have kept My Father's Commandments and abide in His love", was His testimony and example for us. Yeshua's purpose was and still is to save His people from their sins (Mattithyahu-Matthew 1:21), and to redeem us from all lawlessness (Titus 2:14). "For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins." (Mattithyahu 26:28). The Law of Moshe was given to Yisrael as a source of blessing, to set us apart from all the other nations, and to establish His eternal covenant with Yisrael.
All of Elohim's commandments are righteousness and truth, and, according to the Scriptures, are never burdensome... "My yoke is easy and My burden is light", says Yeshua Messiah.
To believe the prophets
In the latter days, which is now, the prophetic word is to be understood. Elohim is resurrecting the whole house of Yisrael at this time to fulfill His promises to us. The house of Yisrael (the ten tribes) and the house of Yahudah (Judah) are to become one house again and have one Shepherd. (See Yehchezkel-Ezekiel 37.) The restoration of Yisrael is the great miracle of our day and is preparatory to the Messiah's coming (Hoshea 6:2). This is the reign of the heavens that Yeshua announced almost two thousand years ago. It is imperative that we believe what the prophets say if we wish to enter into the reign of Elohim and His Messiah. "And it shall be that everyone who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people... you are the sons of the prophets, and the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers". (Acts 3:23,25)
To come out of Babylon
In times past Elohim gave up Yisrael to worship the host of heaven because they would not obey Moshe (Acts 7:39,42). Today, virtually every spiritual practice in the world's religious system is steeped in the idolatry of sun worship. Sun-day worship is the defining symbol of spiritual Babylon. But, even the very language of worship and its most cherished expressions are rooted in ancient pagan nomenclature. This is "BABEL THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH". (Revelations 17:5).
No words are too strong in describing this totally false worldwide religious system, and there is not one natural born, living being today that has not been deceived by Babylon. Yeshua says, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and receive of her plagues. Because her sins have piled up to reach the heaven, and Elohim has remembered her unrighteousness". Babylon has become so utterly polluted that Yeshua requires us to make a complete separation from the world's religious system.
The shofar is sounding for the Mennonite people who are Yisraelites and the seed of Avraham, to return to Yahuwah, to keep His commandments and to believe His prophets. That includes all those who have joined our people through conversion, or by marriage or by birth. Now, as in
times past, all who want to join themselves to Yisrael can do so.
"Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to Yahuwah, to serve Him, and to love the Name of Yahuwah, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast My covenant
-- them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer". (Yeshayahu/Isaiah 56:6-7.)
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