1. THE BARLEY: 24 Elders, the Bride of Christ and the Fifth Seal Martyrs

2. THE WHEAT: 144,000, the Tribulation Saints and the Two Witnesses

3. THE FRUIT: Resurrected O.T. Saints, Remnant Jews and the Last Martyrs

1. The Barley Harvest

The First Fruits of the Barley Harvest

The 24 Elders

My studies have revealed that the 24 Elders are either those who came up out of their graves on the Mount of Olives and walked into Jerusalem right after Jesus Christ was resurrected; Matt. 27: 52-53, “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” Or, they were among those who were in Hades/Sheol in the bosom of Abraham. Both those groups rose at the time of the first fruits of the barley harvest.

Some of those may’ve been from among those mentioned in the Hebrews 11 Hall-of-Faith. 8 out of 22 of the Old Testament saints mentioned in Hebrews 11 weren’t even Israelites; For example, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Rahab. Verse 32 states that the writer didn’t have time to write about all of them, so we can speculate: Surely Deborah the prophetess, military leader and 4th and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel belongs in the Hall of Faith! Job certainly belongs and he was not an Israelite. The Barley Harvest is for all nations, just like the Wheat Harvest and it doesn’t exclude Hebrew Israelites. The Fruit or ‘Good Grape’ Harvest seems to be the only one that’s mostly (but not completely) exclusive to the Jews.

When do the 24 Elders arrive in God’s throne room? I agree with most Bereans that it was sometime from Jesus Christ’s death and His resurrection.

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The Owner’s Portion of the Barley Harvest

The Bride of Christ and the Church of Philadelphia

“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. . . Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”

Revelation 3: 8, 10

Many Bereans think, for quite a few good reasons, that since the body of Jesus Christ has different parts for different purposes, that His bride is one special part of His body for a special purpose. I believe it’s true. If it’s true, I think she must be mainly the Church of Philadelphia, because, out of the 7 church types, to her alone did Jesus the Bridegroom give the special promise that He’d keep her from the hour of trial that’s going to come upon the whole world to test it’s inhabitants. Perhaps they’re the ones who loved Him the most, having proved it by keeping themselves apart from worldliness, hating the state of this fallen world while still loving the people in it. This is the group who will have been waiting longingly for Him every day and when He arrives and will LOVE His appearing!

The saints in the Church of Philadelphia are watching, not living for the world. They’re eagerly awaiting and praying every day for our Lord and Savior to come. There are seven types of churches described in Revelation 2-3, and it seems like some saints from each of them will also make it through His open door, but as just mentioned, the Church of Philadelphia is the model of the ‘Bride of Christ.’

St. John is the Individual Model for the Bride of Christ.

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St. John, who is called “the one Jesus loved,” was the only apostle who stayed at the cross during Jesus’ crucifixion. 65 years later, immediately after St. John experienced His first amazing Revelation vision, that of Jesus Christ walking among the seven golden lamp stands, which represent the 7 church types, St. John looked and saw an open door. “He heard God say ‘Come up here’ and he went up and saw seven blazing torches before the throne of God and he saw the Lamb who appeared to have been slaughtered in the center of His throne.” (Rev. 4:1)

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What I’m calling the Open Door Harvest is the harvest that more and more modern Bereans are call the Barley Harvest. (It’s the owner’s portion.) The individuals who make it through Jesus Christ’s Open Door are the ones who will be spared the hour of trial that’s coming upon the whole world.

In St. John’s vision, Jesus gave a warning to two of the 7 church types, that He’d remove their lamp stands if they didn’t correct themselves. I think it highlights Jesus’ grace that, none of the lamps tands were ultimately removed! If my interpretation is right, the great news of Rev. 4:1 is: all 7 church types will be eternally represented as Christ’s bride, even though it was only the Church of Philadelphia that received His special promise, the promise that He’d keep His Door open for them. In other words, it appears that mature saints from each of the other church types will be brought through the very same Door. Who is the Door? Jesus Christ our betrothed, He Himself is the Door!

The next thing St. John sees in God’s throne room is the Lamb of God breaking the seals of the scroll.

When do the saints of the Open Door Harvest arrive in heaven? If the the blazing torches in the throne room of God Almighty truly are symbolic of the seven fold church being full of the holy spirit and shining their light into the world, does that mean the individual members of the bride of Christ will have already arrived in the third heaven before Jesus takes the scroll from His Father’s hand?

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Or, is the bride still on Earth?

Did St. John write only of the church’s symbolic presence in God’s throne room, in which the flames on the lamp stands were indicators of the state the church on Earth, especially immediately before Jesus will break the first seal of the scroll? If so, then it makes sense to me that the Lamb of God would begin breaking seals at the time when all 7 are blazing. His bride will be ready; So it will be time for Him to begin breaking the seals! It’s important for me to understand this because I see so much evidence that our Lord and Savior has already begun breaking seals.

That seems to mean that the watching part of the church is ready now. (I’m hoping more that more saints will wake up just before His Open Door Harvest.)

When will the Open Door Harvest be? At first it seemed, to me, that it’d be on one of God our Father’s Torah Law appointed-times/holy convocations, since Jesus Christ was sent to fulfill the law.

Matt. 5: 17-18, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law ’till all is fulfilled.”

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In the year of His crucifixion, Jesus Christ fulfilled at least 3 but maybe 4 of the 7 yearly Torah holy convocations/appointed-times, in perfect order. Some think the fourth one, Shavuot/Pentecost, hasn’t been completely fulfilled since Jesus Christ was in heaven, not on or near Earth on the original Pentecost and/or because it’s a pilgrimage, which requires a return trip of the Holy Spirit, back to heaven, to be complete.

For a brief overview of God’s 7 holy-convocations/appointed times see: 5. Trumpets Herald World Events:

https://alephtav.blog/2024/08/28/5-trumpworld/

There’s not presently a temple of God standing in Jerusalem!

Since the Temple with it’s priesthood, sacrifices and proper time keeping was central to the keeping of God’s appointed-times, especially the highest-holy-days, the fact that it currently doesn’t exist as it did when Jesus Christ walked the earth, makes it seem like God’s final appointed times can’t be fulfilled yet. Nevertheless, I still watch the holy convocation times on the calendar carefully. As I’ve matured in my understanding, I’ve discovered that there are quite a few other prophetic high watch periods that we should be aware of, ones that don’t center upon the temple of God. (See post 1.)

I’ve felt His nearness

and

don’t want to overlook any possibility!

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So When?

Jesus said we should watch!

We can already perceive the accelerating convergence of Old Testament prophesies in addition to many of the signs Jesus described in His Olivet Discourse. Even though some of those events will occur after the church is gone, the storm clouds are forming now. I mean it’s time for Jesus Christ to collect His bride and He could do it at any moment. To understand what’s happening in the world right now requires a pretty good foundation in Old Testament prophesy, after all, He was talking mainly to ‘Jews’ with His Olivet Discourse, but we also need to be able to properly integrate that knowledge into New Testament prophesy.

Revelation type events, are approaching us daily.

Artificial intelligence is doubling it’s power every three months, transhumanism is about to irreversibly take hold; These are parts of Mystery Babylon, and so is their tampering with the DNA of everything. The things they’re doing literally underground are unspeakable.See link by Sling and Stone, in post:

22. Mystery Babylon

https://alephtav.blog/2024/08/11/22-babylon/

Before they become an overwhelming threat to the mind, body, soul and spirit of His bride/church, I believe Jesus Christ our faithful King will gather in His Barley Harvest Bride through His Open Door.

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That must be why He said “I know you have little strength” and promised to keep the Church of Philadelphia from the hour of trial. And, as Rev. 4:1 seems to demonstrate, unsoiled saints from the other church types will also be redeemed at the same time. Hallelujah!

I‘ve not found any verses in the Bible stating that our glorious Lord, Savior, Bridegroom Christ will come for His Church exactly when the 70th week of Daniel begins, exactly when the final Daniel 9:27 agreement is signed, or exactly 7 years before the first day of the Millennium. (See post 3.) Although it’s been frequently taught, the Bible simply never says that.

Most Christians conflate the harvests, which is necessary, at times, because they have many similar elements. Complete information about them hasn’t been clearly given to us, because, it seems, that certain things are revealed to us only as needed. This is true, especially in these last days. Satan is most jealous of the bride of Christ and although he want’s us out of here, he will also try to ruin Jesus’ plan.

I’ve mentioned that the bride/true-church of Christ must be the Barley Harvest. Barley bows it’s head while wheat is stiff necked. Barley pearls come right out, while wheat ears must beaten with a tribulum.

Jesus Christ was resurrected on the third holy convocation, which is called ‘First-Fruits’ which is the beginning of the barley harvest when a sheaf must be presented to God.

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The firstfruits of the wheat harvest are presented to God as two loaves of bread on the fourth holy convocation, which is called Shavuot. Shavuot/Pentecost mean 7 weeks or 50 days because that’s how long it takes for the rest of the barley harvest to be fulfilled.

In the three days that His body lay dead, Jesus Christ rescued captives out of Sheol, from Abraham’s bosom, and brought them to heaven, presenting them to His father as a First-Fruits offering of the Barley Harvest of saints.

Since there’s a First-Fruits of a Barley Harvest dedicated to God, there must be an owner’s portion coming after that. If she’s not the bride of Christ then who else?

I think the Seven Year Countdown Begins Before the Church Age Ends:

It seems reasonable that there’d be some overlap. Perhaps that overlap is the tarry. Jesus Christ our Bridegroom strongly implied He’d tarry! Why would He delay gathering His bride? What if the bride of Christ is busy serving our Lord by warning and/or making preparations for those who’re not getting ready, and are about to enter the great tribulation? I sometimes feel as if that’s what I’m doing.

The best indication of the timing of the Open Door Harvest is given by the 5th Seal Martyrs. According to Levitical Law the owner’s portion of any harvest, must be gathered before any gleanings are touched. Not a single gleaning can be legally touched by the poor or the stranger, which in the case of the end time tribulation will be the Beast System, until the owner has taken the entirety of his portion. That’s according to God’s Levitical Law. That’s how we know that the Open Door Harvest will happen before Jesus Christ breaks the fifth seal! Hallelujah! The owners portion of the Barley Harvest of Saints must come first!

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The Gleanings of the Barley Harvest

Fifth Seal Martyrs

Gleanings are given over to the stranger and the poor who become the new owners. In the case of the harvests of souls at the end of the age, the gleanings are given over to the world. Even though the whole field of the souls of the Barley Harvest became holy because the first-fruits offering, was accepted by God Almighty, God won’t take back for Himself any part that was given over to a different owner, unless they’re put to death. This is especially true in the case of souls in the time of the end, because the new owner is the world, and the world is controlled by the Beast.

Rev. 6: 9-11, When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

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2. The Wheat Harvest

The First Fruits of the Wheat Harvest

The 144,000

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12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel (Dan being replaced by Levi) are the first fruits of the Wheat Harvest. What suddenly triggered so many Sons of Jacob to begin following Jesus Christ? It’s likely that after living through the events after Jesus Christ broke the first three or four seals, and seeing so many Christians go missing from Earth because of His Open Door Harvest, they figured out who their Messiah really is.

The Owner’s Portion of the Wheat Harvest

The Tribulation Saints

It’s a metaphor. Wheat is the largest harvest of the year in Israel. Wheat requires a beating by a ‘tribulum’ to become useful. Such is not the case with barley, which is why the ‘church’ or the ‘bride of Christ’ is referred to as the ‘Barley Harvest.’ The tribulation saints makeup the greatest harvest of saints seen in heaven. Their unaccountable multitude was witnessed by St. John after Jesus Christ broke the sixth seal! They’re gathered to heaven by our Lord and Savior, at the conclusion of the ‘great tribulation’ but before God’s wrath begins. (I call God’s Wrath the ‘greatest tribulation’ to avoid confusion.)

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 “And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Rev. 7: 9-14

Revelation 7:14

In the Book of Revelation, the first mention of the ‘wrath of God’ (which is the greatest tribulation) only occurs as the ‘great tribulation’ concludes (at the sixth seal):

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Revelation 6: 15-17

The Gleanings of the Wheat Harvest

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The Two Witnesses

The Two Witnesses come on the scene 1,260 days before the Beast comes out of the abyss, so they must arrive extremely early in the 70th week of Daniel. A very careful analysis of the passage reveals that Daniel only sees the Two Witnesses when they’re killed and lay in a street of Jerusalem and when they’re resurrected. Regarding the initial part of the ministry of the Two Witnesses, the angel told Daniel about their powers after Daniel measured the temple. But, the angel never described the Two Witnesses as actually being in the temple or on temple mount. For all those reasons, it’s possible they begin their ministry before the temple is built. I actually think they’re working now. For the complete analysis:

4. The Countdown

https://alephtav.blog/2024/08/31/4-last7yrs/

(Start at marker 4.28, then please read entire post.)

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3. The ‘Good Grape’ Harvest

The Bible talks about good grapes and bad grapes (wild grapes).

There were some very good grapes produced by various Sons of Jacob but in the period preceding Judah’s exile almost all the grapes were bad.

Read Isaiah’s poem about it:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%205&version=NIV

But now, with Jesus Christ as ‘their vine’ good grapes can again be produced by the Jews. They are the remnant by faith.

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John 15:1-5

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

We’ve all heard of the Grapes of Wrath, but I think there also must be a Good Grape Harvest since Jesus himself is the good grape vine.

Here are the harvest passages

Then I looked, and there before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud was someone like a Son of Man seated on the cloud was one like a son of man (Jesus) with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. Revelation 14:14-16

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I think He harvested the living branches, those who were attached to Himself. Since Jesus is the grape vine, His true follower are the ‘good grapes on the branches that are attached to Him. Although this harvest, the first Rev. 14 harvest, isn’t specifically said to be grapes, the barley and wheat harvests had already been completed before chapter 11. Olives and figs are the only other important late season crops.

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great wine press of God’s wrath. They were trampled in the wine press outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. Rev. 17-20

Those are the wild grapes that remained, after Jesus took His good grape harvest.

The First Fruits of the ‘Good Grape’ Harvest

Resurrected O.T. Saints

Soon after the war with Michael and Satan breaks out in heaven, there’s a very large resurrection of the Old Testament saints! Those are the first fruits of the Good Grape Harvest.

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Daniel 12: 1-2 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.  Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contempt . . .”

With 3 mentions of ‘time’ in just those two verses, perhaps we should ask: ‘when’? The answer is found in the context of the end of Daniel 11, (Antichrist invading Israel) and also here: Daniel 12:2 & Revelation 12: 7-9 see below:

https://ref.ly/Da11 & https://ref.ly/Da12

Revelation 12:7-9 “Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”

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The Owner’s Portion of the Good Grape Harvest

The main harvests of the Jews

The Main Good Grape Harvest (owner’s portion) is the Rev. 14: 14-16 harvest by Jesus Christ, when He sits on the clouds with His sickle: It takes place after Rev. 12 when the abomination of desolation (A.O.D.) is first set up and the Jews flee to the mountains to a place God will have prepared for them. We know they’ll stay there for 1,260 days. The sickle Jesus is holding is symbolic. We know from Jesus’ Olivet Discourse that when He harvests them He’ll be seen across the entire sky by everyone from east to west in great glory and He’ll be with a host of His angels who’ll gather them. But, this isn’t our Jesus Christ’s second coming. This is the Olivet Discourse Harvest. No horses are mentioned. The wedding feast hasn’t happened yet in heaven and Armageddon will soon begin.

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This group isn’t part of the church, because this group had already suffered through the seven trumpets of God’s judgment/wrath onto the earth. The church, is not appointed to God’s wrath. But it’s still a huge honor to be invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb:

And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” (Revelation 19:9)

The Gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest Rev. 19

The Last Martyrs

The last martyrs are described by St. John who saw them toward the end of his journey in the spirit. He saw them standing in heaven beside what appeared to be a sea of glass and fire, and heard them named “those who defeated the beast and his image.” These are the gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest. Although they will be mostly Jews, I think there will also be some gentles among them because . . .

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Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring – those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. Rev. 12:17

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None of these martyrs, whether Jew or gentile, would be of the church because they’re coming out of God’s wrath. But, they’re saints and they seem to arrive in heaven just in time, for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. See:

Rev. 19:7 https://ref.ly/Re19

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. 5:9

Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.” (Rev. 19:9)

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Harvest Chart

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The Last Martyrs will come out of the Wrath of God

None of these will have repented until after the sixth trumpet (the second woe). Not even being tortured for five months by demonic locusts from the bottomless pit at the ‘fifth trumpet judgment,’ and not being able to die though wishing to, impressed them enough to call out for help to Jesus Christ, the true living God. Only later, after hearing the powerful testimonies of the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem, and even later when the beast comes out of the bottomless pit and kills them, and after seeing them resurrected 3.5 days later, followed by a great earthquake that destroys a tenth of the Jerusalem, did they finally get humbled and turn to Jesus Christ.

https://biblehub.com/revelation/11-13.htm

In Rev. 20, St. John sees the souls of the last martyrs, then he sees them come to life and reign with Christ for a thousand years!

According to Romans 11:18, When the first-fruits of something offered to God is holy, the whole lump is holy; This applies to fields of grain and other crops. The gleanings of a holy field (lump) are given over to the poor and the stranger who become it’s new owner.

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Leviticus chapters 25-27 relates to harvests, valuation, vows, redemption and many animal offerings which are also holy to God.

God has given rules about their redemption, including cases when the animal must be killed.

These are not the same as the temple alter sacrifices.

As far as I understand it, no living thing that’s holy to God, and is then given over to another owner can be redeemed back to God except by death. The corners of a field are holy to God, but God has commanded in Torah for them to be given over to the poor and the stranger passing through. The corners are the gleanings. Therefore, regarding God’s harvest of souls, those saints who find themselves as part of the gleanings in the end times who have actually been given over to the world Beast/Antichrist system, whoever those saints are, must be martyred by the enemies team. That’s the only way God will take them back.

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“And it was given unto him (the Beast) to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

Revelation 13:7

That’s an example of gleanings of a holy batch, the Good Grape Harvest, that must be put to death to be redeemed back to God. Similar things happened with the Barley and Wheat Harvests.

This is my opinion and plea:

Let’s not assume that the elect souls who are redeemed by martyrdom from the gleanings of any harvest during the tribulation are any less worthy than the other saints. On the chart above, you’ll see that I have the Two Witnesses categorized as gleanings of the Wheat Harvest. If they’re Enoch and Elijah, who never died, they may have volunteered to come back and die that way. God may have had that very purpose in mind for them from the very beginning.

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Note

19.Sons of Jacob

https://alephtav.blog/2024/08/14/19-the-jews/

Blessings, and Stay Awake!

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