09/10/2026
As we approach Yom Teru’ah, I feel it is necessary to address something that happened following our recent discussion, “Maranatha: The King Is Coming.”
First, James and I have never claimed to possess a perfect understanding of the prophetic timeline surrounding the return of Yahusha. We are students of the Word of Yahuah, just as many of you are, seeking the direction and understanding of the Ruach Ha’Qodesh as we study.
There are prophetic passages about which sincere believers have reached different conclusions for generations. None of us should approach these matters as though we possess every answer.
Yahusha Himself said:
“But of that day and hour knows no man…”
— Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:36
Our message was not, “We have figured out the exact prophetic timeline.”
Our message was MARANATHA — THE KING IS COMING.
Watch. Be ready. Sound the alarm. Examine your heart. Walk faithfully before Yahuah.
We were also accused of being pre-tribulation rapture believers simply because we read the words of Scripture concerning the resurrection:
“The dead in Mashiach shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet Yahusha in the air…”
— Tasloniqiym Ri’shon (1 Thessalonians) 4:16–17
Reading that passage does not make us “pre-tribulation rapture believers.” We are not, and we have never taught that we are.
Disagreeing with our interpretation is perfectly acceptable. Calling us liars and assigning beliefs to us that we have never taught is something entirely different.
There was another part of this encounter that especially troubled me. I was chastised for using the word Shalom, apparently because I am not Jewish.
Shalom means peace.
Peace belongs to no ethnicity.
In Spanish it is paz.
In French, paix.
In Italian, pace.
In German, Frieden.
In Arabic, salaam.
In Greek, eirēnē.
In Latin, pax.
In Swahili, amani.
And in Hebrew, shalom.
No people group owns the concept of peace.
And perhaps that is exactly what we need to remember right now.
There is a danger when religious knowledge becomes something we use to elevate ourselves above others rather than something that causes us to bow lower before Yahuah.
“Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”
— Qorintiym Ri’shon (1 Corinthians) 8:1
You may know Hebrew better than we do.
You may understand history better than we do.
You may have studied prophecy longer than we have.
You may even be correct about something we have misunderstood.
We have no argument with that. Teach us. Show us the Scripture. Let us reason together.
But knowledge without love has missed the heart of the very Word we claim to defend.
Yahusha reminded us of the greatest commandments:
Love Yahuah Elohayka with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.
— Mattithyahu (Matthew) 22:37–40
That means correction should still carry love.
Disagreement should still carry kindness.
Truth should still carry mercy.
And theological discussion should never become an excuse for tale-bearing, assumptions, accusations, or the assassination of someone else's character.
As we enter these Fall Feasts, perhaps one of the greatest preparations we can make is not merely preparing our meals, blowing our shofars, studying prophetic charts, or debating timelines.
Perhaps we need to prepare our hearts.
Humble hearts.
Teachable hearts.
Merciful hearts.
Hearts willing to say, “I could be wrong.”
Hearts that desire truth more than being right.
Because none of us knows everything.
James and I certainly do not.
We will continue studying.
We will continue asking questions.
We will continue searching the Scriptures.
We will continue following where the Ruach leads us.
And when we discover that we have misunderstood something, we pray that we will always have enough humility to correct it.
But above everything else, we want to walk as Yahusha walked.
With truth.
With courage.
With mercy.
With compassion.
With kindness.
With love.
Because when the trumpet sounds and the King truly does appear, I do not believe He will be impressed by how many arguments we won on Facebook.
He will be looking at how we walked.
“He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does Yahuah require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Elohiym?”
— Miykah (Micah) 6:8
So as Yom Teru’ah approaches, let us humble ourselves.
Sound the alarm, yes. 📯
Study prophecy, yes.
Search the Scriptures diligently, absolutely.
But let love, mercy, humility, and kindness be the banner under which we do it.
We don't have to know everything to know this:
Yahusha is coming.
So let us be found walking as He walked.
Maranatha. Come, Adonai Yahusha. 📯🔥
And to everyone reading this — Shalom. Peace be unto you.
— James & Leigh
Fiery Faith Ministries
