Lecture Notes: Understanding the Signs and Timing

Overview

• Discussion on determining if we're going in the right direction.
• Focus on the righteous vs. the unrighteous.
• Consideration of the "mark of the beast" and how the righteous will sustain themselves.
• Importance of understanding signs.

Lecture Rules

• Mics should remain muted unless speaking.
• Use the mic to ask or answer questions.
• Raise your hand for questions, which must be on topic.
• 60-second limit on questions/answers.

Key Questions and Concepts

• Understanding the Signs: Importance of signs like the fig tree and what they indicate about timing and the end times.
• Parable of the Fig Tree: Interpretation involves end time symbolism.
  • Fig trees show leaves and fruit simultaneously, symbolizing false righteousness if no fruit (justice, mercy, faith).

Biblical References and Interpretations

• Matthew 24: The End Times: Questions about the signs of coming and end times; fig tree as a metaphor.
• Genesis and 1 Kings: Use of fig leaves in the Bible; symbolizing false coverings and safety under the vine/fig tree.
• Jeremiah 8: Discusses deceit, backsliding, and the lack of repentance.

Concepts of Deceit and Backsliding

• Deceit: Defined as slacking, looseness, fraud.
• Backsliding: Turning away from original direction, refusing to return.

Fig Tree Symbolism

• Fig Leaves vs. Fruit: Symbolize false righteousness vs. true righteousness.
• Adam & Eve: Fig leaves used to cover shame, indicating false cover.

Days of Noah and Lot

• Comparison with End Times: Eating, drinking, marrying, correlating with unawareness until destruction.
• Righteousness Preaching: Noah as a preacher of righteousness.

Mark of the Beast

• Economic Transactions: Linked to the ability to buy/sell during tribulation.
• Righteous vs. Unrighteous: Difference in actions and outcomes.

The Righteous

• Faithful Servants: Rewarded with roles in the kingdom.
• Warnings Against Hypocrisy: Hypocrites as actors, knowing but not believing.

Marriage and Giving in Marriage

• Different Types of Marriages: Sons of Elohim with daughters of men, making covenants with false gods, and Sodom-like interactions.
• End Time Representation: Symbolizing different unholy unions.

The Summer and Harvest Themes

• Proverbs and Harvest: Gathering in summer indicates wisdom; summer as a time of preparation.
• Enoch's Prophecy: Significance of summer solstice.

The Wrath of Yahuwah

• Timing: Discussion on duration; a year of recompense.
• Redemption and Exaltation: Happens concurrently with suffering for the unrighteous.

The Great Tribulation

• Righteous Remnant: Identifying the remnant and signs specific to them.
• The Jubilee and Redemption: Tied to the return, liberty, and restoration.

Practical Application

• Bearing Fruit: Linked to walking in the Word and witnessing.
• Recognizing Signs: Importance of observing and understanding biblical signs for preparedness.

Questions and Discussions

• Audience Questions: Discussion on fruits, hypocrisy, witnessing the signs, and how to prepare.
• Conceptual Clarifications: Ensuring clarity on the symbolism of signs and their application to modern times.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to learn and understand signs to be prepared for what's to come.
• Emphasis on maintaining faith and bearing true fruit as followers of the Word.