Images from left: (I made all the images with AI to save time)
1) A man who committed very great sins—the modern-day prodigal son—was homeless, cold at night, and hungry. He decided to return to his father.
1) A man who committed very great sins—the modern-day prodigal son—was homeless, cold at night, and hungry. He decided to return to his father.
2) When he returned, the father saw him afar off, and ran unto him, and took him in his arms. The same thing happens when we return from our sinful ways to our heavenly Father and ask forgiveness. He then shows us His Son Yeshua the Messiah, the atoning work of Calvary for us.
3) All men who have fought in faith and won salvation, who have confessed their sins and gone to follow Adonai Yeshua, will be dressed in a magnificent white wedding dress in heaven. That dress is the righteous deeds of Yehowah's chosen ones.
4) Before Yehowah creates the new heavens and the new earth (Isaiah 65:17 and 66:22), he will destroy the present corrupt heavens and earth. Only then will he create a completely new heavens and a new earth. I believe it will be much larger than our present earth. An old missionary who had worked as a preacher of the Good News for a long time and for the last 40 years in Brazil said that he was shown it in a revelation.
3) All men who have fought in faith and won salvation, who have confessed their sins and gone to follow Adonai Yeshua, will be dressed in a magnificent white wedding dress in heaven. That dress is the righteous deeds of Yehowah's chosen ones.
4) Before Yehowah creates the new heavens and the new earth (Isaiah 65:17 and 66:22), he will destroy the present corrupt heavens and earth. Only then will he create a completely new heavens and a new earth. I believe it will be much larger than our present earth. An old missionary who had worked as a preacher of the Good News for a long time and for the last 40 years in Brazil said that he was shown it in a revelation.
Let's review the picture Bible verses
>>Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thou; for you are the Yehowah our Elohim.<< Jeremiah 3:22
>>And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.<< Luke 15:20
>>He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the congregations; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the paradise of Elohim.<< Revelation 2:7
>>And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.<< Revelation 20:11
>>And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. << Revelation 21:1
Many think they will be saved without a fight
The clear message of the Bible is that the Devil will wage war against all who acknowledge the name of Adonai Yeshua as Savior, until their last breath. He knows what happiness, freedom and joy await them in the Kingdom of Elohim, from which he has been cast out because he tried to dethrone his Creator from His throne.
So it is not surprising that in Nigeria, for example, about 3000...5000 Christians are tortured, mutilated, raped and killed every year, who pass from time to eternity as martyrs. When the number of those who must be killed like them is full, then the rapture of the believers in Yeshua who are watching will take place.
It depends entirely on us whether we are then ready to rise up to meet Adonai Yeshua in the heavens, or whether the many temptations offered by this world have conquered our hearts. The NT states that "Blessed is he who has part in the first resurrection; over him the second death has no power".
The clear message of the Bible is that the Devil will wage war against all who acknowledge the name of Adonai Yeshua as Savior, until their last breath. He knows what happiness, freedom and joy await them in the Kingdom of Elohim, from which he has been cast out because he tried to dethrone his Creator from His throne.
So it is not surprising that in Nigeria, for example, about 3000...5000 Christians are tortured, mutilated, raped and killed every year, who pass from time to eternity as martyrs. When the number of those who must be killed like them is full, then the rapture of the believers in Yeshua who are watching will take place.
It depends entirely on us whether we are then ready to rise up to meet Adonai Yeshua in the heavens, or whether the many temptations offered by this world have conquered our hearts. The NT states that "Blessed is he who has part in the first resurrection; over him the second death has no power".
The second death refers to hell, where all those must go, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain. Let us fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life with a firm hold, so that we may not miss the rapture of the 'wise virgins', for it is unique!
Partly related to images 1 and 2
As a young believer, I got to know a middle-aged man who had sanctified himself to Elohim for a long time in his life, whom I greatly respected. When he told me what he had been like before he became a believer, I respected him even more and marveled at the great mercy of our Creator towards him. It was extraordinary!
The man has been dead for years, but for the sake of principle I will use the pseudonym Jan for him. His real name was much more famous and that is why he was mocked at work. He began to hold a grudge against a mocker. Then he got a gun and shot him. The mockery ended.
He was imprisoned. Because of his name, the jailer began to mock him. Jan began to hold a grudge against him. Jan was strong and temperamental. He waited for a suitable opportunity to take revenge on the guard. When it came while the guard was walking with him, Jan pounced on the guard, snatched his gun and shot him.
As a result, Jan was locked in solitary confinement and put in a straitjacket. He said that life in the cell was truly bleak. One morning he woke up and looked at his hands. Even though he was alone, he heard a clear voice: "Look at the hands of a murderer!" When he looked at them, they had turned deep black!
Then Jan realized what he had really done! He had murdered two men, leaving their families and relatives to mourn. Jan prayed, "O merciful God! I repent of the terrible things I have done. I am a murderer and I deserve the punishment of Hell. Oh, that I had not committed the bloody deeds. Be merciful me!"
He said that then the cell was filled with an immense presence of grace and love and he began to cry because he felt that he had received forgiveness from the Creator. He asked the guards to bring him a Bible. He received it and asked that the prison priest come and declare to him absolution for all his sins. And so it happened.
Truly, good, forgiving, and merciful is Adonai Yeshua! Amen!
Salvation is not based on human goodness
As I demonstrated in my previous study on the Shabat, a great sinner—even a woman who lived as a prostitute for years, or the man mentioned in this study who killed two of his neighbors in his rage—can be saved after all that filth and cruelty if only one believes in Yeshua's grace!
For salvation, nothing more is required than repentance for sins, confession, and faith in Yehowah’s forgiveness through the redemptive work accomplished by His Son, Yeshua, on the cross at Golgotha. Nothing of one's own good works can be added to salvation! Luke 13:24-29
>>24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Adonai, Adonai, open unto us; and he shall answer unto you, I know you not whence ye are.
>>24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Adonai, Adonai, open unto us; and he shall answer unto you, I know you not whence ye are.
26 Then you will begin to explain: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and you have taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence you are; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of Elohim, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the Kingdom of Elohim.<<
The following events lie ahead
(I will briefly tell only about future events concerning redeemed believers)
A) As soon as the number of the chosen ones of the Most High has entered into salvation, the rapture of those ready for the rapture will take place, it is the first resurrection. It means our ascension into the heavens to meet Adonai Yeshua and so we will always be together with him. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
B) The long-awaited 1000-year Kingdom will come down for us, when the dead in Yeshua will be resurrected and placed in power over the nations of the earth with Yeshua. Then there will be 1000 years of peace, for Satan, the deceiver of the nations, will be bound and thrown into the abyss for all that time. (Revelation 20:4-6)
C) After that 1000-year period is over, there will be a great awakening among those born here and living, as a result of which Satan will be released from his prison and he will gather the Gentile nations of the world to fight against Jerusalem and all the saints of the Most High. Fire will strike then from heaven to consume Satan's allies. (Revelation 20:7-10)
D) The Last Judgment will come. All those who are resurrected from the dead will be judged according to their deeds. Anyone whose name is not found in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain will be thrown into the lake of fire; in Hell. The Beast, the False Prophet, and Satan and his angels were already thrown into it before them. (Revelation 20:11-15)
E) Yehowah creates new heavens*) and a new earth, where he will also move the Kingdom of Heaven and therein he will transfer all his redeemed ones. Under the picture in point 4) I did write that an old preacher saw in a vision that new and final earth. He said that its diameter was 80 times the size of the present earth.
*) According to the Tanakh, the word 'heavens' is plural and 'earth' is singular.
F) He told of it much more, but since the revelations are incomplete as long as we are still in this body of flesh and blood, I will not describe them in more detail. As for the size of the new earth, it seems logical, for all the saved will live there. I believe I will have a large farm there with streams and animals that live forever.
There in my eternal home I will often invite my Savior and my dear friends to a feast and to eat delicacies and to drink what they want.
Songs suitable for the topic
Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri
Even when I cannot see
I found peace in Jesus
You Are My Healer, Lord
Every Season, God is God
One more day
P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html
P.S. 2 I have also prepared these studies in Finnish. They consist of selected Bible translations and include various hymns:
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/09/pohdintaa-sapattina-1192026.html
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/09/pohdintaa-sapattina-1192026.html
