Today's world is overwhelmed with trouble; but a unique promise is given to the Elect - a promise of hope and not fear; the promise of life and not death. It is for you to know these things and to find solace in the word of Yahuah. The promise made that there would be an Elect is the oldest promise known to man - a promise made before the flood of Noach, and promise made demonstrable in the lives of the prophets, the covenant given to Avraham, which would become and oath to Yitschaq, a law to Ya'aqov, and an everlasting covenant to the house of Yashar'el. Speak ye now of the glory of Yahuah! His hand is upon the earth with judgment and righteousness in his wings. The hour of the wicked has arrived and they shall not stand in the presence of the righteous king!Shall the wheat be plucked up with the tare? This shall not be so. The tares shall be plucked up and bundled and cast into the fire. The angel has spoken and the sickle has been thrust into the earth that the harvest be made complete.But how fares the Elect? Let's dig in and find out!

Behold, says Yahuah, I will bring plagues upon the world; the sword, famine, death, and destruction. For wickedness has exceedingly polluted the whole earth, and their hurtful works are fulfilled.Therefore, says Yahuah, I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those things, in which they wickedly exercise themselves: Behold, the innocent and righteous blood cries unto me, and the souls of the just complain continually.And therefore, says Yahuah, I will surely avenge them; and receive unto me all the innocent blood from among them. 4 Ezra 15:5-9Woe to the world and them that dwell therein! For the sword and their destruction draws nigh; and one people shall stand and fight against another, and swords in their hands, For there shall be sedition among men, and invading one another; they shall not regard their kings nor princes, and the course of their actions shall stand in their power. 4 Ezra 15:14-16The time has arrived in this world for the judgment pronounced by prophets. Destruction comes in an immeasurable breadth. Who can stand? Join us as we dig into these scriptures and discuss the world around us even today.

In biblical prophecy, two names stand out as signposts for the Apocalypse - Gog and Magog. Students of prophecy firmly believe that Gog and Magog means Russia (Tobolsk and Moscow being the same as Tubal and Meshek!), but with the publication of the Cepher Yashar (the Book of Jasher) information that has been otherwise withheld from the public comes to light as to the location of the House of Yapheth -- and that information changes everything! We know Yapheth to the lands to the north, but Yashar tells us exactly which lands . . . and, as students of the Dig might well imagine, current archeological finds and the rigorous unveiling of history, now corroborate a new narrative, even a new understanding. Where did the tribes of Yashar actually land? Yashar tells us a narrative that is revealing, yet, in all of its disclosure, Magog, the son of Yapheth, goes without mention! Fear not, because an ancient historian - one Geoffrey of Monmouth - tells us the rest of the story; a story not only told over and over again through the centuries, but one that is celebrated even today. Gog and Magog will surprise you, and one particular passage in Ezekiel makes it clear that Gog and Magog are not who we have always thought they were.Join us tonight on the Dig with pick-axe and shovel in hand, as we sort through the record to see if we can make sense of the cryptic prophecy found in Yekhezq'el (Ezekiel) 38 and 39.For those who do not yet have a copy of the Cepher, the Millennium Edition is in stock and can be acquired at www.cepher.net. Additional books and writings are also available on site, including the Lexicon (which will greatly assist in understanding the transliterations); the Yom Qodesh, which sets forth the calendar for the upcoming feasts; and highlighted books including Shamayim (the Heavens); Bere'shiyth (Beginnings); Ha'avoth (the Fathers); and other great texts that are part of the library collection. For our Spanish speakers, the Cefer is available also in Spanish and contains the books of Yashar (Jasher), Yovheliym (Jubilees) and Chanoch (Enoch) which have been translated for the very first time from the Cepher Millennium Edition.For those interested in greater studies, Cepher Academy (www.cepheracademy.net) is offering continuation classes in Ancient Days II (a study of the pre-Messianic age); Ten Devariym II (a detailed study of the foundation of western law found in the Ten Commandments); and coming in March, Critical Thinking I (the foundations of epistemology); and Edicts of the Common Law I. Sign up now at www.cepheracademy.net. There are those who say that such a group will not arise until well into the Millennial Reign; others say that the rise of Gog and Magog takes place more than once!

When we speak of the teaching of scripture, many doctrines can be readily explained in both the Old and New Testaments. In fact, the Cepher Chazon (Book of Revelation) is a running set of citations from the Old Testament on a verse by verse basis - sometimes capturing whole chapters in a single verse. Yet one doctrine emerges from the New Testament that is simply not found in the Old Testament, and two doctrines which emerge outside the edges of the Tanakh. It is of some interest that the phrase "Holy Spirit" appears only three times in the KJV version of the Old Testament - once in the Psalms, and twice in Isaiah (Yesha'yahu); yet the very idea suffered rejection by the Sadducees. The idea of "angels" as opposed to simple messengers was also a concept rejected by the Sadducees. However, the doctrine that simply does not appear at all in the Old Testament is the doctrine concerning the resurrection. What exactly is this claim? How was it established? What does it mean for us?Let's see if we can dig into the "why" of this question tonight on the Dig.