By Ernie Lee Hoch
Covenants Of Promise Ministries
In our first study of The Revealing Truth in the Story of EliYah and the Modern Prophets of Baal, we discovered that Yahweh has a TIME that is appointed for man to be obedient to Him. The KEY to the failure of the Prophets of Baal was that they attempted to get Baal [the Lord] to hear their pleas on their own timing, thus it was established in Scripture that they called upon their mighty one “UNTIL the time for bringing the evening offering” (1 Melakim (1 Kings) 18:29) recognizing that they had fallen short of the mark or the timing for bringing/making an offering/sacrifice. They prayed to the Lord [Heb. Baal = Lord (see any good dictionary)] all day long, begging, pleading, cutting/afflicting themselves all to no avail. Vs. 29 says: “…But there was no voice, and no one answered, and no one paying attention.”
EliYah was not ignorant concerning these things but the false prophets/shepherds were willingly ignorant and thus seeking to establish their own righteousness and saying in their hearts “But Baal [the Lord] knows our hearts and He hears our prayers too…”
Romans 10: 1 “Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to Elohim of Yisrael is, that they might be delivered. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of Elohim, but not according to knowledge [not recognizing the appropriate time for things]. 3 For they being ignorant of Elohim's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, [He loves us – he would not let us down even if we don’t do things on his timing, right? But, but… He knows our hearts!] have not submitted [failed to Just Obey Yahweh (JOY)] themselves unto the righteousness of Elohim. [Yahweh’s truth, Yahweh’s Way wherein you shall even live.]” [Ed: Bolding, brackets and parenthetical emphasis and comments are mine.]
EliYah held the TRUE KEY that opens the door to getting answers from Yahweh. In 1 Melakim 18:36 it says: “And it came to be AT the time of bringing the evening offering…”. EliYah made his offering/sacrifice/pleas before Yahweh ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE of Yahweh’s Ways and His TIME for bringing a sacrifice so as to have his petition heard and granted; a knowledge only gained through a thorough understanding and working knowledge of Torah/the WORD of Yahweh.
It certainly cannot be said that the prophets of Baal and Asherah were not “religious” for they were as deeply religious as all pastors, shepherds, prophets and priests of today in all the modern day religions. Just ask them. They do have a zeal for Elohim but reject the knowledge of His true Name and His Son’s true Name saying it really doesn’t matter what we call Him, he hears us and knows our hearts [or the true 7th day Sabbath]. Is not this the same argument and the same difference between EliYah [whose name means ”Yahweh is my Elohim”] and the prophets of Baal [The Lord] who believed that true Yahweh worship and Baal worship could be syncritised and were really one and the same?
Why was EliYah so adamant about his question he posed “to the people” in 1 Melakim 18:21 “…How long will you keep hoping [flip flopping] between two opinions? [Yes, Yahweh is His Name but He answers to the Lord (Baal), too, heard both then and today.] If Yahweh is Elohim, follow Him; and if Baal [the Lord], follow him. But the people answered him not a word.”
Why did the people not answer EliYah a single word? Because they were caught in the “spell” of their prophets/preachers/priests and were afraid to step out of the crowd lest they be mocked at, or worse, persecuted or killed. Fear kept them silent. They truly feared man more than they feared Yahweh. Today the children of Yisra’el are caught in the “G-d’s spell” - christian/greecian gospel].
We know the outcome of the original EliYah showdown. But… here is where our new study and the revealing of the truth from the Ruach haKodesh starts.
MatithYahu. 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
As we know from Scripture, we are not to use “vain repetitions” yet the Scriptures would appear to be full of repetitious phrases. What many don’t know is that these phrases or verses used twice have a reason and a purpose and they most certainly are not vain. Often times, these “double” phrases or verses indicate a primary and secondary fulfillment in prophecy, meaning a particular incident may very well happen a second time with some modifications but the general theme is accurate. To some, this double speak is called twice-speak and is a very fascinating bit of info to file in memory for potential double fulfillments of prophecy.
In light of this “twice-speak” let’s examine the scriptures to see if there are any examples and what the rest of the EliYah story might reveal.
EXAMPLE 1
(see twice spoken phrases followed by a number and letter in brackets for first time said/fulfilled and the second time said/to be fulfilled.
1 Melakim 18:37 says “Answer me[1a], O Yahweh, Answer me [1b] and let this people know that you are Yahweh Elohim, and You shall turn their hearts back to You again.” [Examples are marked by 1a & 1b]
Was not EliYah praying to Yahweh to “Answer me”? Certainly! Did he need to repeat the “answer me” a second time to get Yahweh’s attention? Certainly not for “for your Father knoweth what things you have need of, before you ask him.” So mark this phrase in your mind for now and let’s look for another phrase.
1 Melakim 18:39 says” And all the people saw, and fell on their faces, and said, “Yahweh, He is the Elohim[2a], Yahweh, He is the Elohim[2b]”. [Examples are marked by 2a & 2b]
I believe scriptures indicate that the disciples of Yahshua also recognized this as having a potential double fulfillment wherein they said.
Lucas (Luke) 9:54 And when his disciples Ya’acov [James] and Yochanan [John] saw [this], they said, Master, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias [EliYah] did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.” [Ed: mark the word “spirit” in your memory also. For I, myself, have also wondered if EliYah in the last days would have a showdown with the modern prophets/preachers/priests of Baal [the Lord]]
It is obvious here that the disciples were rebuked for provocatively asking if they should call down fire from heaven as EliYah had done. It certainly was not meant for the disciples to perform as EliYah did in Messiah’s day but the future is not yet clearly discernable.
Let’s continue.
EXAMPLES 3 & 4
1 Melakim 19:8 “And he rose up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of Elohim. 9 And there he went into a cave and spent the night there. And see, the word of Yahweh came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Eliyahu?” [3a] 10 And he said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath, for the children of Yisra’el have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your alters, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.”[4a] 11 And He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” And see, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before Yahweh – Yahweh was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake – Yahweh was not in the earthquake, 12 and after the earthquake a fire – Yahweh was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it can to be when Eliyahu heard it, that he wrapped his face in his robe and went out and stood at the cave opening. And see, a voice came to him and said “What are you doing here, EliYahu?” [3b] 14 And he said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath, for the children of Yisra’el have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your alters, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.”[4b]
Here again we have an identical question asked twice “What are you doing here, EliYahu?” and his reply is exactly repeated in verse14 as it was the first time in verse 10.
Here is what ties this together.
Malachi 4:1 “For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up said Yahweh Tsevaoth [of hosts], “which leaves to them neither root nor branch. 2”But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall. 3 “And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” said Yahweh Tsevaoth. 4 Remember the TORAH of Mosheh, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Yisra’el – laws and right-rulings. 5 See, I am sending you EliYah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh. 6 “And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction.”
It is true that Yochanan the Immerser was one who did already come in the spirit of EliYah (Lucas 1:16 And many of the children of Yisra’el shall he turn to Yahweh their Elohim. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias [EliYah], to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for Yahweh.”)
But Malachi 4:6 above also speaks of the days prior to the Great Day of Yahweh still to come.
So back to a deeper understanding of the twice speak passages in 1 Melakim chapters 18 & 19.
Notice how 1 Melakim 18:37 is tied together with Malachi 4:6. See the phrase “turn their hearts” and “turn the hearts”? The EliYah message is at least three parts.
He shall turn the hearts of the FATHERS to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers. Here the term “fathers” represents our ancestors (ancient Yisrael) and we are the children [Messianic Yisra’el]. By the showdown on Mt. Carmel, EliYah DID turn the hearts of the father back to Yahweh in which they cried out “Yahweh, He is the Elohim” which has in turn established a written record of the fathers hearts turning so as to reflect favorably upon their offspring (Messianic Yisra’el). Was not therefore the hearts of the fathers, in fact, turned toward [meaning beneficial] to the children? Absolutely. Did the fathers again fall into apostasy? Certainly, only a couple generations later but the record reveals the fathers did turn back to Yahweh and was certainly beneficial for the CHILDREN [Messianic Yisra’el] yet to come. (This is first part fulfillment of 1a and 2a above.)
In the end days, (the day and time we currently live in) is not the hearts of the CHILDREN [Messianic Yisra’el] being turned back to the fathers [our forefathers – ancient Yisra’el] of old of whom the Scriptures are recorded of? In the last few years, this generation (also known as the CHILDREN) has been having their eyes opened to see and ears to hear the truth as the restoration of all things is in process. The CHILDREN are turning back to Yahweh; calling upon His TRUE NAME. They are calling upon His Son’s TRUE Name, Yahshua. They are boldly proclaiming that YAHWEH IS MY ELOHIM [the meaning of EliYah’s name]. They are turning back to Torah study and obedience to the their Father, Yahweh. They desire from their hearts to follow Messiah Yahshua and DO THE FATHER’S WILL and KEEP OUR FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS. They are asking to be Re-IMMERSED in baptism but this time into the Name of Yahshua unto the Father, Yahweh, without human prodding to do so. Just this very day, I received an email request from total strangers (but brother and sister in Messiah Yahshua) somewhere in the United States asking me if our ministry could help effect them getting baptized into the Name of Yahweh. I said, “Sure, I will send my best friend (who re-immersed me and my household a couple summers ago, this time into the Name of Yahshua unto the Father, Yahweh) who is a truckdriving evangelist who travels this entire country and helps people who want to be rebaptized. Praise You, Yahweh, for You, and You alone, know how we all fit into this gigantic puzzle masterpiece as different parts of the body of Messiah. Baruch haShem YAHWEH! Is not EliYah sent to us now in our day and time? Is not his spirit alive and moving and shaking this earth as we speak? EliYah is crying out – we are crying out to to Yahweh on behalf of our lost and wayward families who are drowning in paganism/idolatry and hung up on traditions of men in both Christianity and Judaism. EliYah this day is crying out to Yahweh. “ANSWER ME”. Bring our families back to Your ways (the good ways) Father, turn their hearts back to You, make known Your name in all the earth that You are Yahweh and You are Elohim in Yisra’el. Partial fulfillment of 1b is happening today. Some of us are the EliYah witnesses and some are the CHILDREN who are again falling on their faces crying back “YAHWEH HE IS THE ELOHIM” and turning from their lawless Torahless ways. Again, here is partial fulfillment of 2b.
Let’s revisit:
1 Melakim 19:9-10 “And there he went into a cave and spent the night there. And see, the word of Yahweh came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Eliyahu?” [3a] 10 And he said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath, for the children of Yisra’el have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your alters, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.”[4a]
Notice in this passage it says here “THE WORD [01697 dabar {daw-baw'}] OF YAHWEH CAME TO HIM”.
Now in verse13 “And it can to be when Eliyahu heard it [the still small voice], that he wrapped his face in his robe and went out and stood at the cave opening. And see, a voice came to him and said “What are you doing here, EliYahu?” [3b] 14 And he said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath, for the children of Yisra’el have forsaken Your covenant. They have thrown down Your alters, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it.”[4b]
And in this passage it says here “A VOICE [06963 qowl {kole} or qol {kole}] CAME TO HIM”.
Here are two totally different Hebrew words and when THE WORD came to EliYah he was INSIDE the cave. When he went to the CAVE OPENING, he heard THE VOICE.
What is “The Word”? It is the written WORD/TORAH of YAHWEH. The TORAH that EliYah knew all His life to which he honored and obeyed. This is a reference to the actual day and time in which he lived and in which the “showdown” actually took place as recorded. [3a and 4a were fulfilled the first time during EliYah’s lifetime].
So we are left to unravel the mystery of the second twice speak phrase.
THE VOICE CAME TO HIM
Hebrews 3:14 “For we have become partakers of Messiah if we hold fast the beginning of our trust firm to the end, 15 while it is said, “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”[In other words, turn back to Yahweh when you hear the still small voice of the Ruach haKodesh] 16 For whom, having heard, rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Mitsrayim [Egypt], led by Mosheh? 17 And with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter into His rest, but to those who did not obey?”
Hebrews 4:7 “….Today if you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.”
The “still small voice” is the VOICE of the Ruach haKodesh [the set apart Spirit of Yahweh Elohim/ the Comforter] that speaks to us, not of Himself, but whatever He hears from the Father, Yahweh, He shall speak, as in a whisper as identified in 1 Melakim 19:12.
Yochanan 15:26 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me:”
Yochanan 16:13 “But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He shall guide you into all the truth: for He shall not speak from Himself; but whatever He hears He shall speak: and He shall announce to you what shall come.
Remember when I said to make a note of the word “spirit” in Lucas (Luke) 9:54 And when his disciples Ya’acov and Yochanan saw [this], they said, Master, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias [EliYah] did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.”
Now you see that the “spirit” Yahshua was telling them they were of was the Ruach haKodesh, the still small voice, not the WORD/physically fulfillment in like manner as EliYah on Mt. Carmel. Over and over these passages fit like fingers in a glove to show that there is multiple fulfillments of the EliYah message/story in 1 Melakim 18 & 19.
The still small VOICE is distiguishable from the MIGHTY and GREAT voice heard from Yahweh during the tumult of the book of Revelation. That VOICE is a great voice, a strong voice, a loud voice and a voice as the sound of many waters – not a still small voice, to say the least.
There is one more indicating factor that identifies the passage of 1 Melakim 19:13-14 as having a present or future fulfillment is the references in the two passages regarding the “CAVE”. Notice in Vs. 9 EliYah “went into a cave and spent the night there” and that is where he heard the WORD. It wasn’t until EliYah “went out and stood at the cave opening” that he heard the VOICE. This is reference to the time “in the cave” meaning the old covenant prior to Yahshua coming forth from the tomb. The days prior to Yahshua’s death and resurection were under the sacrificial laws. When EliYah was “in the cave” he heard the WORD/TORAH. When he came out of the cave and stood by the cave entrance/opening, it is symbolic of Yahshua coming out of the tomb and the resurection until life in Yahweh through Messiah Yahshua. The time when the Comforter/Ruach haKodesh (the set apart Spirit) would come and “guide you (speak to you) into all truth.
The still small voice of the Ruach haKodesh is asking today “Why are you here, EliYahu?” [fulfilling 3b] There are many today with the spirit of EliYah who are saying to Yahweh, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath, for the children of Yisra’el have forsaken Your covenant. There is coming a day soon, that the remainder of the verse will be cried out as well when we will see more venomous attacks coming against those EliYah messengers in these last days. I say EliYah messengers (plural) for Scriptures do record that at least 7000 have been reserved and have not bowed a knee to Baal.
Romans 11:2 “Elohim hath not cast away His people which He foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of EliYahu? How he maketh intercession to Elohim against Yisra’el, saying, 3 Yahweh, they have killed Your prophets, and thrown down Your altars; and I alone am left, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of Elohim unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal. [the Lord] 5 Even so then at this present time also THERE IS A REMNANT according to the election of favor [grace].”
Soon there will be EliYah messengers who will give their lives for the sake of Yahweh and the EliYah message. Then they will say also, “They have thrown down Your alters, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it. [fulfilling 4b]”
Will there be a MT. CARMEL TYPE SHOWDOWN again? Now that sacrifices for sins has been completed by Messiah, there must be some other form of sacrifice (i.e. sacrifice or praises) where there may be confrontation by the EliYahs of today with the modern prophets/preachers/priests of the Lord/Baal. I believe that EliYah will be jealous for Yahweh and will contend for the souls of Yisra’el/our families that are entrapped/held captive by the false prophets/preachers/priests of today. It could very well be that the showdown comes in the form of MUSIC – Songs of PRAISE TO YAHWEH – Sacred Name Music. For I know of several individuals/groups who are writing songs using/restoring Yahweh’s Name and Yahshua’s Name in their songs. It is very possible that the SHOWDOWN will be between the perveyors of “non-sacred name recordings” vs. “sacred name recordings” for the sacrifice of praise will be not only to Yahweh but to reach the hearts of those held captive to Babylon in the whore church. There will be much outcry against using the Sacred Name calling those who do as cultists and beware lest they lead you back into the bondage of the law. Watch, my friends, and see if this isn’t so, for some it is already happening.
I believe that Yahweh will use MUSIC - Sacred Name Music – to teach and reach the whole world with His Name per YermeYahu 16:21 right after our christian brothers and Yahudim brothers recognized YermeYahu 16:19 where they have inherited lies. And the modern prophets/preachers/priests of the Lord/Baal will come out against organizations such as YahwehMusic.com and RestorationRecords.com with both fists a swingin’. When the church goers and the synagogue goers start demanding sacred name music or when attendees no longer are attending but seeking truth from the Ruach haKodesh and the EliYah messengers, every effort will be made by the false shepherds to malign and destroy those “disturbers of Yisra’el”. And the EliYah messengers of today will respond with “We have not disturbed Yisra’el, but you and your father’s house, in that you have fosaken the commands of Yahweh, and you have followed the LORD/BAALs.”
Tune up your instruments. Make a joyful noise to Yahweh. Sharpen your pencils. Write song to, for and about Yahweh. Magnify His Set Apart Name! Prepare you an alter (music stand?) to offer up SACRIFICES OF PRAISE to our Elohim, YAHWEH TSEVAOTH. When the timing is right, Yahweh will chose the place and He will set the stage for the bringing of the sacrifice of praise SHOWDOWN. Will the modern prophets of Baal/Lord have any greater chance of success offering up their sacrifices of praise to G-d, the L-rd, J-sus, Chr-st? What do you think? I think NOT! The Christian music industry is certainly a Goliath. Are you ready to be a Dawid and take down the giant with the Rock of our Deliverance, Yah-shua?
YermeYahu 33:11 “The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise YAHWEH of hosts: for YAHWEH [is] good; for His mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of YAHWEH. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith YAHWEH.”
Hebrews 13:15 “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Elohim continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to His Name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices Elohim is well pleased.”
Truly I say, WE are living in the DAYS OF ELIYAH [ELIJAH] but the song needs to be worded correctly. AWMEIN???
Here is the TRUE “Days of EliYahu” message:
These Are The Days Of EliYahuThese are the days of Eliyahu,
declaring the Word of Yahweh.
And these are the days of Your
servant Mosheh,
Righteousness being restored.
And though these are the days
of great trials, of famine and darkness and sword
Still we are the voice
in the desert, crying, “Prepare ye the way of Yahweh”.
(Chorus)
Behold he comes, Riding on the
clouds
Shining like the sun, at the
trumpet call.
So lift your voice, It’s the
year of Jubilee
and out of Zion’s hill
salvation comes.
Verse 2
And these are the days of
Yehezq’el, the dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of Your
servant, Dawid, restoring the temple of praise.
And these are the days of the
harvest, the fields are white in the world.
And we are Your laborers in
Your vineyard, declaring the Word of Yahweh.
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YES, these are the days of EliYah/EliYahu, declaring the WORD OF YAHWEH and none
other. Leave Baal [the Lord and the rest of the false names behind] and declare YAHWEH to be HIS
NAME. HalleluYAHWEH!
One last point in Malachi 4:6 at the end of the verse is a sobering thought. “….lest I smite the earth with utter destruction.” See the EliYah messengers of today MUST, and I mean MUST fulfill turning the hearts of the children to the fathers because the still small voice of the Ruach haKodesh has fulfilled the second questioning [3b] “Why have you come here, Eliyahu?”. If EliYah today does not heed the call and “turn the hearts of the children back to the fathers”, (to repentance from lawlessness; to repentance from falsifying Yahweh’s Name, to repentance from idolatry/traditions of men/ways of the heathen) then Yahweh has no choice but to “smite the earth with utter destruction.” There is a COMMAND in there for ELIYAH of today to perform. Either he [EliYah] shall turn the hearts of the children to the fathers, or [lest] I [Yahweh] smite the earth with utter destruction.
Praise Almighty Yahweh, EliYah is obedient and performing in this very day and age. We see it happening before our very eyes. EliYah messengers are jealous for Yahweh Elohim Tsevaoath for the CHILDREN of Messianic Yisra’el who have forsaken Yahweh’s covenants both the TaNaK (Old Testament) and the Brit Chadasha (New Testament – Renewed Covenant).
Here are the words to a song I penned earlier this year.
Just Obey YahwehChorus
If you want real joy, just obey Yahweh
Surrender all and just obey Yahweh
J - O - Y, means just obey Yahweh
Everlasting life, just obey Yahweh
Verse 1
Yahweh sent His Son, Yahshua was His name
He was the only One, who was free from sin and shame
He lived as Yahweh’s will, in all ways He did obey
Our example he is still, if we would just obey Yahweh.
Chorus
Verse 2
Daniel in the den, he’d rather die than kneel
For he did not fear men, the lion’s mouth Yahweh did seal
He held fast to the truth, for he knew the righteous way
Our example he is still, if we would just obey Yahweh
Chorus
Verse 3
The Scriptures teach the way - it is obedience
To follow the old paths, where the way is right and good
The called out ones today, need to walk in Yahweh’s way
An example we could be, if we would just obey Yahweh
Chorus
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May Yahweh bless you by this
teaching.
Baruch haba baShem, Yahweh
(Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of Yahweh)
Ernie Lee Hoch
Covenants Of Promise Ministries