Friday, March 13, 2015
TM
March
14, 2015
Shabbat
Shalom Loved One!
Again, some have asked why we are on a
different schedule of the Torah Cycle than the mainstream and the Orthodox. I
answer this question at the end of our study!
Loved One- do we know what our destinies are? I have taught much about
Great Troubles and darkness covering the earth, and about how we, you and I are
manifesting as sons and daughter of the Most High Elohim. Today
will helps
us discover why, at least those that pursue Yahweh with all their
hearts, why…
we will become OVERCOMERS and true sons and daughters! We will overcome
(Or Can anyway) all the wickedness set against us in the days we live!
Loved Ones, as those
who are TRUTH SEARCHERS, I really appreciate your heart to honor our coming
again KING- as you are those that try to walk in obedience to the Torah AND
walk in His Ruach and LOVE, you and I are on the right track in my opinion!
Let me offer some
small insight here. Today, I will cover some quick history that we believers
have had to come to grips with. Next, I will share with you an AMAZING FUTURE that was
planned for you and I who are living at this time of the history of Planet
Earth! So be PATIENT and excited! I BELIEVE A MYSTERY IS BEING REVEALED TO US WHO SEEK TO BECOME HIS
BRIDE; A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD!
The traps are set
against us so we must be diligent- sober and alert or we will never realize our
true destinies. Probably the main trap for us is RELIGION. We think by doing it
as good or better as others around us we will be fine- all is okay. NOT; true
religion that is not vain to our coming King is this:
Taking care of
widows and orphans and keeping one’s self from being polluted by the world! NOT
HOW WELL WE OBEY WHAT WE THINK IS TRUTH AND FIT IN WITH LIKE MINDED BELIEVERS-
we may actually be following followers. We must gain intimacy and relationship with
our King and learn to hear Him and obey HIM! Hopefully, you and I grasp from
this that the danger of the trap- is thinking we have arrived at the true goal—once
we are blinded by that- there is no understanding of any need to repent—so…we
don’t! Okay, some history now, we have all had to overcome…
Loved One, we now
know that anytime we add to, or subtract from His word/instruction we are in
trouble. Keeping any holy day/holiday feast/celebration or set apart day NOT
commanded/instructed in His Word does not honor or respect Him as we have
thought or been led to believe. He calls them VAIN TRADITIONS- where we worship
Him IN VAIN- keeping as His commands the commands of men.
Consider: Deuteronomy 4:2 “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not
take away from it 1, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am
commanding you. Footnote: 1 See
also 12:32, Proverbs 30:6, Revelation 22:18-19.Why does He state that
instruction so strongly to Israel (And yes to us grafted in by faith)?
Because simply when you add to or subtract from---you no longer have His
word/instructions---but only man made instructions. You see Yahshua told me one
time it is not legalism to obey Him, it is called obedience and always brings
blessings- we hear- we obey- it is that simple to us who are new creations--the
old is gone and the new has come! It IS legalism to obey man made commands/holy-days (Holidays)
We inherited some lies- Let’s look: Jeremiah 16:14 “Therefore
see, the days are coming (Latter Days),”
declares יהוה, “when it is no longer said, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children of
Yisra’ĕl from the land of Mitsrayim,’ Jeremiah 16:15
but, ‘יהוה lives who brought up the children of
Yisra’ĕl from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I shall bring them back into
their land I gave to their fathers. Jeremiah 16:16
“See, I am sending for many fishermen,” declares יהוה,
“and they shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and
they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes
of the rocks. Jeremiah 16:17 “For my eyes are
on all their ways; they have not been hidden from my face, nor has their
crookedness been hidden from my eyes. Jeremiah 16:18 “And first I shall repay double for their
crookedness and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the dead
bodies of their disgusting matters, and have filled my inheritance with
their abominations.” Jeremiah 16:19 O יהוה, my strength and my stronghold and my
refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles shall come to you from the ends of
the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and
there is no value in them.” 1 Footnote: 1 See
Psalms 147:19, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 60:2-3, John 4:22, Romans 2:20, Romans 3:2,
Romans 9:4.
You see we know He already had/has celebrations/feast
times He did instruct. They are not "Jewish" feasts-- the Bible tells
us they are the FEASTS OF THE LORD in KJV- in reality the Feasts of YHWH.
Passover, for example is what we are actually keeping when we get BORN AGAIN.
His blood is applied to the door of our hearts. We will be keeping His
Feasts in the millennium so it is not likely they are done away with. Yahshua
instructs us:
Matthew 5:17 "Do not think
that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but
to fulfill. Matthew 5:18 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. Matthew
5:19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these
commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of
heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
So my question for
myself and other believers was/is and should be ---are they all (His
commanded Feasts) fulfilled? Not yet;
He has fulfilled the first feasts or Spring Feasts, Passover- He WAS and IS the
Passover Lamb; He next WAS and IS the High Priest as He was raised from the
dead and performed the Bikurim Offering (First fruits) as the
graves opened up and many were seen around Jerusalem. That's why He told Mary-
Do not touch me, I have not yet ascended to my Father---because the High Priest
would set himself apart from Passover until the First Fruits offering to do the
thanksgiving to the Father for the precious fruit of the earth. The day after seven
sevens from that day was called Shavuot- known by the Jewish sages to be the
anniversary of the giving of the Torah which in Hebrew means Instructions (We
call it Law) at Mt. Sinai--Today many call this day Pentecost (50) where the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) was poured out so that it (The
Instructions- Torah- Law) is written on our hearts and is no longer
burdensome--it's quite easy to choose not to sin--but we must indeed choose.
We all know sin is
defined as transgressing His law. 1 John 3:3 and
everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness
and sin is
lawlessness.
Those Spring Feasts
were/are fulfilled down to the day, hour, minute, second- right on time by
Yahshua (Jesus). However the Fall Feasts are not yet
fulfilled---but soon will be starting. We can expect He will fulfill them as
precisely as He fulfilled the Spring Feasts. The Feast of Trumpets is the day
that no man knows the day or hour- that is a Hebrew idiom. For us as believers
it is at the Last one of these Trumpet Days that we meet the Messiah in the air
with the dead in Christ. The Day of Atonement or Judgement Day to those still
on the earth is nine days (The tenth day) later after when His
wrath is poured out during that nine days; then last of the feasts is Feast of
Tabernacles- where we dwell with Him forever. WHEN is that fulfilled? When
He told us...we simply look above carefully at the Scripture: When HEAVEN AND EARTH PASSES.
Well- when does that happen? Well, it is all fulfilled at the end of the
millennium, when we get a new heaven and a new earth. Even to us as
casual observers, we can see heaven and earth has not passed yet---so as
Yahshua (Jesus) warned us; not one jot or title has been
removed from the Torah/Instructions/Law ---UNTIL IT IS ALL FULFILLED.
Hey that's quite simple to us who desire
to please Him. We don't obey Him so we can get into heaven; we get into the
Kingdom by faith and His grace alone---but we honor Him and love Him by obeying
Him. Remember in the beginning (Genesis and before) He was the word
and was with Yahweh God and IS God. John 14:21 says if we love Him we will keep
His commands. We hear and do the gospel. Family, please consider He is love and
all His Feasts are redemptive and quite a blessing--with the Sabbath being His
first commanded set apart time- weekly to allow us REST and "off
time" to draw near to Him., and I love you whether you agree with me or
not- all is well. When I was questioning Yahshua about the scripture that shook
my life...well- here it is…
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone
who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of My Father in heaven. Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done
many wonders in your name?' Matthew 7:23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you;
depart from me, you who practice
lawlessness!'
I could not imagine
what "laws" these apparently strong Christians were breaking! (They
that use His name are not Muslim or Hindu etc.) I asked the Lord to
show me...that is when I discovered I did not even know the questions--much
less the answers I thought I knew. I was President of Full Gospel Businessmen
in my city then in the early 90's. I was casting out devils, seeing many
miracles, praying for the sick and seeing miracles etc. --you can imagine--my
world was shaken. So I asked Yahshua (Jesus) to
show me what laws these were that those breaking them- were told to DEPART from
Him! Then to top that off- He showed me this scripture and asked me the same
question that He asked His disciples: (Luke 6:46)- Why do you call me
Lord, Lord, and not do what I say? That
shook me and is still a solemn reminder for me to HEAR AND DO what He says.
So
enough of yours and my history, we are supposed to become Kings and priests!
Much like we are supposed to make ourselves ready as His BRIDE! Not many really
will you know. I always wondered about the “error” in Matthew Chapter 1 on the generations being 14
which includes Yahshua. However; Matthew includes
only 13 generations and not 14. Let’s search for that missing
generation, since we all know Yahshua was not married and never had children…or
has He and will He? There is one generation left- the very last one- who WILL
OVERCOME THE LAST ENEMY – DEATH! So let’s look at what happened to His
GENERATION together.
Acts 8:32 And
the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a
sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so He opened not
His mouth. Acts 8:33 “In His humiliation He was
deprived of right-ruling. And who shall
declare His generation? Because His life
was taken from the earth.”1
Footnote: 1 Isaiah. 53:7-8.
Understand we are that chosen generation: 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the
praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, 1 Peter 2:10 who once were not a people, but now the
people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.
NKJV
Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by Yahweh, and
afflicted. Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:6 all
we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way;
Yahweh has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah
53:7 He was oppressed and He was
afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. Isaiah 53:8 He was taken from prison and from
judgment, and who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions of my
people He was stricken. DO WE SEE THAT HIS SONS AND
DAUGHTERS WHO BECOME LIKE HIM; WITH HIS NATURE; BECOMING TRANSFIGURED LIKE HE
DID AND FULL OF LIGHT; WALK IN HIS COMPASSION; LOVE AND POWER…ARE THAT FINAL
MISSING GENERATION IN MATTHEW 1?
We
need our eyes enlightened- to know the hope
of our calling—whether we will be outer court, inner court, most set apart
believers is really up to us! Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the Elohim and
Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who
has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Messiah, Ephesians 1:4 even as He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be set-apart
and blameless before Him in love,1 Footnote:
1 2 Thessalonians 2:13. We should realize He knew us all BEFORE we were in our
mother’s womb. He is no respecter of persons Loved One! You are a created
spirit that lives in a body and you have a soul which to me is your brain,
emotions, thoughts, your personality. If we knew Him before we were in our
mother’s womb, I would expect we discussed our calling and planned and agreed
with Him what our mission to earth was about- OUR DESTINIES! If only we would
awaken from our deep slumber and become light as He is light- remember loved
ones, He is the light of the world- yes—but He says now that He’s gone to
Heaven and awaits us making the earth His footstool; HE SAYS THIS- WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD- OR SHOULD BE! Matthew 5:14 “You are the light
of the world. It is impossible for a
city to be hidden on a mountain. Matthew 5:15
“Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket,
but on a lampstand, and it shines to all those in the house. Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, so that they see
your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens.
Jeremiah is
our example of our relationship with Him. Jeremiah 1:4 Now the word of יהוה
came to me, saying, Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the belly I
knew you, and before you came out of the womb I did set you apart – I
appointed you a prophet to nations.”
Note
that He knew us all BEFORE we were in our mother’s wombs; and that knowing us
is always two ways in the Kingdom, I can know about someone and not know them
but if He claims He knew us; well we can be assured that is RELATIONSHIP. You
cannot really KNOW someone without them knowing you back. Incredible it seems
but please consider- that is why we have a destiny that was planned for us—but will
we walk it out? That is entirely up to us! There is a group or class of people
who will become Kings and Priests for YHWH! Consider that He is not emptying
out Heaven to set up His millennial Kingdom here on Earth. Only those who learn
to love like He does. They will think on serving and helping others before
themselves; and they will honor the King of the Kingdom by humbling themselves
and submitting to His word as it becomes engrafted in them. They are crucified
in Messiah- they no longer live for themselves but by belief, faith in HIM they
will LOVE THEIR FELLOW MAN AS THEMSELVES AND LOVE YAHWEH WITH ALL THEIR HEART
SOULS AND STRENGTH! In summary, they will fulfill the Torah and the Prophets!
Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great command in
the Torah?” Matthew 22:37 And יהושע said to him, “‘You
shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with
all your being, and with all your mind.’ Matthew
22:38 “This is the first and great command.
Matthew 22:39 “And the
second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:40 “On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.”
So we draw near, purposely searching for attitudes, actions and
ideas we need to consider repenting of. We really must spend time alone with
our King- just seeking His face- getting to KNOW HIM. Only we get to do that-
by our own choice and decision- spend time worshiping Him and then quiet and
LISTEN. He is knocking on our hearts- will we take the time to let Him in?
TESHUVAH-
(repent) we are now required to turn our stiff necks and follow Him and His
instructions (Torah/Word). Here’s what the Ruach demands I teach/remind us
about today Yah-Chanan- (John the Immerser spoken as Hebrew) means Yah’s Mercy-
and what did he come preaching? REPENT- TESHUVAH as that is the only way to His
mercy- Let’s look:
(Matthew 3:1)
And in those days Yoḥanan
the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Yehuḏah, (Matthew 3:2) and saying, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has
come near!” (Matthew 3:3)
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Yeshayahu, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way
of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ ” 1 Footnote:
1 Isaiah. 40:3. (Matthew 3:4) And
Yoḥanan had a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist.
And his food was locusts and wild honey. (Matthew 3:5) Then Yerushalayim, and all Yehuḏah, and all
the country around the Yardĕn went out to him, (Matthew
3:6) and they were immersed by him in the Yardĕn, confessing their sins.
(Matthew 3:7)
And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion,
he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming
wrath? (Matthew 3:8) “Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, (Matthew 3:9) and
do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as
father.’ 1 for I say to you that Elohim is able to rise up
children to Aḇraham from these stones. Footnote: 1
John 8:33-34, Romans. 9:8. (Matthew 3:10) “And the ax is already laid to the root of
the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire. (Matthew 3:11) “I indeed immerse you in water unto
repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I
am not worthy to bear. He shall immerse you in the Set-apart Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:12)
“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall thoroughly cleanse His
threshing-floor, and gather His wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff He
shall burn with unquenchable fire.”
Why is the
Ruach warning us just now was my next question. Here’s His answer- “many will be surprised because they have not judged
themselves and made themselves ready- many are still speaking against their
brothers and sisters and pointing the finger at others’ faults but not really
looking at themselves and making themselves ready”.
Goodness loved one, I think this applies to
every one of us as it is so easy to see others faults and think we’re okay… our
fruit that we are commanded to bear cannot be self-exaltation at the expense of
someone else’s character- so much la shan hara these days and many bearing
false witness and out right lying to make themselves appear righteous.. Goodness-
let’s take a closer look at ourselves before we must soon stand in His
presence! Should we not cleanse ourselves now or at least ask our loving
Father- Is there anything that will be burned up as wood, hay, and stubble when
I am in your presence- that I considered gold, silver, and precious? Let’s
consider carefully and humble ourselves. It seems that when we think all is
well and there is nothing to be repentant about; we may be deceived by the
enemy of our souls.
(James 4:5)
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit
which dwells in us intensely crave unto envy? (James
4:6) But He gives greater favor.
Because of this He says, “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favor to the
humble.” (James 4:7) So then subject (submit to His Instructions- receive the engrafted word) yourselves
to Elohim. Resist the devil 1 and he
shall flee from you. Footnote: 1 Or
adversary. (James 4:8) Draw
near to Elohim and He shall draw near to you. Cleanse hands, sinners. And
cleanse the hearts, you double-minded! (James
4:9) Lament and mourn and weep!
Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection. (James 4:10) Humble yourselves in the sight
of the Master, and He shall lift you up. (James
4:11) Brothers,
do not speak against one another. He that speaks against a brother and judges
his brother speaks against Torah and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you
are not a doer of Torah but a judge. (James
4:12) There is one Lawgiver and Judge, who is able to
save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? (James 4:13)
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, let us go to such and such a
city, spend a year there, and trade, and make a profit,” (James 4:14)
when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a
vapor that appears for a little, and then disappears – (James
4:15) instead of your saying, “If the Master desires, we shall live and
do this or that.” (James 4:16) But now you boast in your proud speeches. All
such boasting is wicked. (James 4:17) To him, then, who knows to do
good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Remember
loved one, we are the last day’s assembly of believers or His body, so it is
quite probable that we have been deceived in certain areas of our lives. Here’s
what He reminded me;
(Revelation 3:13)
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
assemblies.” ’ (Revelation 3:14) “And to the
messenger of the assembly in Laodikeia write, ‘The
Amĕn, the Trustworthy and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of
Elohim, 1 says this: Footnote: 1
Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:6. (Revelation
3:15) “I know your works, that
you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot. (Revelation 3:16)
“So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am going to
vomit you out of my mouth. (Revelation 3:17) “Because you say, ‘Rich I am, and I am made
rich, and need none at all,’ and do not know that you are wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and
naked. (Revelation 3:18) “I advise you to buy
from me gold refined in the fire, 1 (Trust-
belief- faith in spite of what is seen) so that you become rich; and white
garments (Robes of Righteousness that come from DOING the Gospel and OBEDIENCE
to His Instructions-Torah), so that you become dressed, so that the shame
of your nakedness might not be shown; and anoint your eyes with ointment, (Filled with His Ruach which guides us into
all truth) so that you see. Footnote: 1 Psalms
19:10, Psalms 119:72 & 127, Proverbs 30:5. (Revelation
3:19) “As many as I love, I
reprove and discipline. So be ardent and repent. (Revelation
3:20) “See, I stand at the door
and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I shall come in to him
and dine with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:21) “To him who overcomes I shall give to sit with me
on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. (Revelation 3:22)
“He, who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the assemblies.” ’ ”
Let’s become OVERCOMERS loved
one since His promise is to those that overcome! We are a CHOSEN GENERATION! Now
we turn our hearts to this week’s Torah Scriptures and receive His BLESSINGS!
Hallelu-YAH!
Here are this Week’s Torah Scriptures: Ki Tavo “When You Enter In”
Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8; Isaiah 60:1-22; Romans 11:1-15
First
fruits declare who is most important to us- YHWH still hears and sees our tears
and afflictions! Note also you and I are responsible to WHERE our tithe goes-
we are not omitted from responsibility to give where He says- He does not give
that responsibility to a religious organization!
(Deuteronomy 26:1)
“And it shall be, when you come into the land which יהוה your Elohim is
giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, (Deuteronomy 26:2) that you shall take some of the
first of all the fruits of the soil which you bring from your land that יהוה your Elohim is giving you, and shall put
it in a basket and go to the place where יהוה
your Elohim chooses to make His Name dwell there. (Deuteronomy
26:3) “And you shall come to the
one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I shall declare today to יהוה your Elohim that I have come to the land
which יהוה swore to our fathers to give us.’ (Deuteronomy 26:4)
“And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and place it before
the altar of יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 26:5)
“And you shall answer and say before יהוה
your Elohim, ‘My father was a perishing Aramean, and he went down to Mitsrayim
and sojourned there with few men. And there he became a nation, great, mighty,
and numerous. (Deuteronomy 26:6) ‘But the Mitsrites did evil to us, and afflicted
us, and imposed hard labor on us. (Deuteronomy 26:7) ‘Then we cried out to יהוה
Elohim of our fathers, and יהוה heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our
oppression. (Deuteronomy 26:8) ‘And יהוה
brought us out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm,
with great fear and with signs and wonders. (Deuteronomy
26:9) ‘And He brought us to this
place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” (Deuteronomy 26:10)
‘And now, see, I have brought the first-fruits of the land which You, O יהוה, have given me.’ Then you shall place it
before יהוה your Elohim, and bow down before יהוה your Elohim, (Deuteronomy
26:11) and shall rejoice in all
the good which יהוה your Elohim has given
to you and your house, you and the Lĕwite and the stranger who is among you. (Deuteronomy 26:12)
“When
you have completed tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year,
which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Lĕwite, to the stranger,
to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within
your gates and have been satisfied, (Deuteronomy 26:13) then you shall say before יהוה your Elohim, ‘I have put away the set-apart portion from
my house, and also have given it to the Lĕwite, and to the stranger, and to
the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Your command which You have
commanded me. I have not transgressed your commands, nor have I forgotten. (Deuteronomy 26:14)
‘I have not eaten any of it when in neither mourning, nor have I removed
any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed
the voice of יהוה my Elohim, I have
done according to all that you have commanded me. (Deuteronomy
26:15) ‘Look from Your set-apart
dwelling place, from the heavens, and bless Your people Yisra’ĕl and the land
which You have given us, as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk
and honey.” ’ (Deuteronomy 26:16) “Today יהוה your Elohim is
commanding you to do these laws and right-rulings. And you shall guard and do
them with all your heart and with all your being. (Deuteronomy 26:17)
“You have today caused יהוה to proclaim to be
your Elohim, and to walk in His ways and guard His laws, and His commands, and
His right-rulings, and to obey His voice. (Deuteronomy
26:18) “And יהוה has caused you to proclaim today to be His people, a treasured
possession, as He has spoken to you, and to guard all His commands, (Deuteronomy 26:19) so as to set you high above all
nations which He has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and
for you to be a set-apart people to יהוה
your Elohim, as He has spoken.”
Guard them= DO them! Obedience brings
blessings and Disobedience guarantees these curses!
(Deuteronomy 27:1)
And Mosheh, with the elders of Yisra’ĕl, commanded the people, saying, “Guard
all the commands which I am commanding you today. (Deuteronomy
27:2) “And it shall be, on the
day when you pass over the Yardĕn to the land which יהוה your Elohim is
giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and plaster them
with plaster, (Deuteronomy 27:3) and write on them all the Words of this
Torah, when you have passed over, so that you go into the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, ‘a land
flowing with milk and honey,’ as יהוה
Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you. (Deuteronomy
27:4) “And it shall be, when you
have passed over the Yardĕn, that on Mount Ěyḇal you set up these stones,
which I command you today, and you shall plaster them with plaster, (Deuteronomy 27:5)
and build an altar to יהוה your Elohim there, an
altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them. (Deuteronomy 27:6)
“Build the altar of יהוה your Elohim with
complete stones and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to יהוה your Elohim, (Deuteronomy 27:7)
and shall offer peace offerings, and eat there, and rejoice before יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy
27:8) “And you shall write all
the Words of this Torah on the stones – plainly and well.” (Deuteronomy 27:9)
And Mosheh and the priests, the Lĕwites, spoke to all Yisra’ĕl, saying,
“Be silent and hear, O Yisra’ĕl: This day you have become the people of יהוה your Elohim,
(Deuteronomy 27:10) and you shall obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim,
and do His commands and His laws which I command you today.” (Deuteronomy 27:11) And Mosheh commanded the people on that day,
saying, (Deuteronomy 27:12) “These are to stand
on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Yardĕn:
Shimʽon, and Lĕwi, and Yehuḏah, and Yissasḵar, and Yosĕph, and Binyamin. (Deuteronomy 27:13)
“And these are to stand on Mount Ěyḇal to curse: Re’uḇĕn, Gaḏ, and
Ashĕr, and Zeḇulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deuteronomy
27:14) “And the Lĕwites shall
speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Yisra’ĕl: (Deuteronomy 27:15)
‘Cursed
is the man who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to יהוה, the work of
the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall
answer and say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:16) ‘Cursed is he who
makes light of his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall
say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:17) ‘Cursed
is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
(Deuteronomy 27:18) ‘Cursed
is he who misleads the blind in the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
(Deuteronomy 27:19) ‘Cursed
is he who twists the right-ruling of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy
27:20) ‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has
uncovered his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:21)
‘Cursed is he who lies
with any beast.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy
27:22) ‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his
father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:23)
‘Cursed is he who lies
with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:24)
‘Cursed is he who
smites his neighbor secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’ (Deuteronomy 27:25)
‘Cursed is he who
takes a bribe to slay an innocent being.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
(Deuteronomy 27:26) ‘Cursed
is he who does not establish the Words of this Torah.’ And all the people shall
say, ‘Amĕn!’
WE DILIGENTLY OBEY! Note: His blessings
will overtake us- hehe we cannot get away from them!
(Deuteronomy 28:1)
“And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard to do all
His commands which I command you today, that יהוה your Elohim shall set you high
above all nations of the earth. (Deuteronomy 28:2) “And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake
you, if you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim: (Deuteronomy 28:3) “Blessed are you in the city,
and blessed are you in the field. (Deuteronomy
28:4) “Blessed is the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your
ground and the fruit of your livestock – the increase of your cattle and the
offspring of your flocks. (Deuteronomy 28:5) “Blessed is your basket and your kneading
bowl. (Deuteronomy 28:6) “Blessed are you when you
come in, and blessed are you when you go out. (Deuteronomy
28:7) “יהוה
causes your enemies who rise against you to be smitten before your face – they
come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. (Deuteronomy 28:8)
“יהוה commands the
blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set
your hand, and shall bless you in the land which יהוה
your Elohim is giving you. (Deuteronomy 28:9) “יהוה
does establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if
you guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim and walk
in His ways. (Deuteronomy 28:10) “And all peoples of the earth shall see that
the Name of יהוה is called upon you,
and they shall be afraid of you. (Deuteronomy 28:11) “And יהוה
shall make you to have plenty of what is good, in the fruit of your body, in
the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of
which יהוה swore to your fathers to give you. (Deuteronomy 28:12)
“יהוה opens to you His good treasure, the
heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work
of your hand. And you shall lend to many nations, but you do not borrow. (Deuteronomy 28:13)
“And יהוה
shall make you the head and not the tail. And you shall be only on top, and not
be beneath, if you obey the commands of יהוה
your Elohim, which I command you today, to guard and do. (Deuteronomy 28:14)
“And do not turn aside from any of the Words
which I am commanding you today, right or left, to go after other mighty ones
to serve them. (Deuteronomy 28:15) “And it shall be, if you do not obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim,
to guard to do all His commands and His laws which I command you today, that
all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you: (Deuteronomy
28:16) “Cursed are you in
the city, and cursed are you in the field. (Deuteronomy
28:17) “Cursed is your
basket and your kneading bowl. (Deuteronomy 28:18) “Cursed is the fruit of your body and
the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your
flocks. (Deuteronomy 28:19) “Cursed are you when you come in, and
cursed are you when you go out. (Deuteronomy 28:20) “יהוה
sends on you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that
you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly,
because of the evil of your doings by which you have forsaken Me. (Deuteronomy 28:21) “יהוה
makes the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you
are going to possess. (Deuteronomy 28:22) “יהוה
smites you with wasting disease, and with inflammation, and with burning, and
with extreme heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew. And
they shall pursue you until you perish. (Deuteronomy
28:23) “And your heavens which
are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you iron.
Continued CURSES!
(Deuteronomy 28:24)
“יהוה makes the rain of your land powder and
dust; from the heavens it comes down on you until you are destroyed. (Deuteronomy 28:25)
“יהוה causes you to be defeated before your
enemies – you go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And
you shall become a horror to all the reigns of the earth. (Deuteronomy 28:26)
“And your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the heavens and
the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten them away. (Deuteronomy 28:27)
“יהוה shall smite you with the boils of
Mitsrayim, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you are
unable to be healed. (Deuteronomy 28:28) “יהוה
shall smite you with madness and blindness and bewilderment of heart. (Deuteronomy 28:29)
“And you shall be groping at noon, as a blind man gropes in darkness,
and not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and plundered all
the days, with no one to save you. (Deuteronomy 28:30) “You become engaged to a wife, but another
man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a
vineyard, but do not use its fruit. (Deuteronomy
28:31) “Your ox is slaughtered
before your eyes, but you do not eat of it. Your donkey is violently taken from
before you, and it is not given back to you. Your sheep are given to your
enemies, with no one to save them. (Deuteronomy 28:32) “Your sons and your daughters are given to
another people, and your eyes look and fail for them all day long, and your
hand powerless. (Deuteronomy 28:33) “A people whom you have not known eat the
fruit of your land and all your labors. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed
all the days. (Deuteronomy 28:34) “And you shall be maddened because of the
sight which your eyes see. (Deuteronomy 28:35) “יהוה
smites you in the knees and on the legs with evil boils of which you are unable
to be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. (Deuteronomy 28:36)
“יהוה brings you and the sovereign whom you set
over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there
you shall serve other mighty ones, wood and stone. (Deuteronomy
28:37) “Thus you shall become astonishment,
a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which יהוה
drives you. (Deuteronomy 28:38) “You take much seed out into the field but
gather little in, for the locust consumes it. (Deuteronomy
28:39) “You plant vineyards, and
shall labor, but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats
it. (Deuteronomy 28:40) “You have olive trees in your entire border,
but do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off. (Deuteronomy
28:41) “You bring forth sons and
daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity. (Deuteronomy 28:42)
“Locusts possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground. (Deuteronomy 28:43)
“The sojourner who is among you rises higher and higher above you, but
you come down lower and lower. (Deuteronomy 28:44) “He lends to you, but you do not lend to him.
He is the head, and you are the tail. (Deuteronomy
28:45) “And all these curses shall come upon you, and they shall
pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the
voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard His commands and His
laws which He commanded you. (Deuteronomy 28:46) “And they shall be upon you for a sign and
for a wonder, and on your seed, forever. (Deuteronomy
28:47) “Because you did not serve
יהוה your Elohim with joy and gladness of heart
for all the plenty, (Deuteronomy 28:48) you
shall serve your enemies whom יהוה sends against you, in
hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a
yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you. (Deuteronomy
28:49) “יהוה
brings a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as
the eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand, (Deuteronomy 28:50) a fierce-looking nation, which
shows no regard for the elderly nor show favor to the young, (Deuteronomy 28:51)
and they shall eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your
land, until you are destroyed. They leave you no grain, nor new wine, nor oil,
nor the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they
have destroyed you. (Deuteronomy 28:52) “And they shall besiege you at all your gates
till your high and fenced walls, in which you are trusting, come down in all
your land. And they shall besiege you at all your gates in all your land which יהוה your Elohim has given you. (Deuteronomy 28:53)
“And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons
and your daughters whom יהוה your Elohim has given
you, in the siege and distress in which your enemies distress you. (Deuteronomy 28:54)
“The man among you who is tender, and who is very delicate, his eye is
evil against his brother, against the wife of his bosom, and against the rest
of his children whom he leaves behind, (Deuteronomy
28:55) against giving any of them the flesh of his children that he
eats, because it is all that has been left to him in the siege and distress
with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates. (Deuteronomy 28:56) “The
tender and the delicate woman among you, who have not tried to set the sole of
her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, her eye is
evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her
daughter, (Deuteronomy 28:57) and against her seed which comes out from
between her feet, and her children whom she bears, for she eats them in secret
for lack of all, in the siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you
in all your gates. (Deuteronomy 28:58) “If you do not guard to do all the Words of
this Torah that are written in this book, to fear this esteemed and awesome
Name, יהוה your Elohim, (Deuteronomy
28:59) then יהוה shall bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary
plagues, great and lasting plagues, and grievous and lasting sicknesses. (Deuteronomy 28:60)
“And He shall bring back on you all the diseases of Mitsrayim, of which
you were afraid, and they shall cling to you, (Deuteronomy
28:61) also every sickness and
every plague, which is not written in the book of this Torah, יהוה does bring upon you until you are destroyed. (Deuteronomy 28:62)
“And you shall be left with few men, although you had become as numerous
as the stars of the heavens, because you did not obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy
28:63) “And it shall be that as יהוה rejoiced over you to do you good and
increase you, so יהוה does rejoice over you
to destroy you and lay you waste. And you shall be plucked from off the land
which you go to possess. (Deuteronomy 28:64) “And יהוה
shall scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other,
and there you shall serve other mighty ones, which neither you nor your fathers
have known, wood and stone. (Deuteronomy 28:65) “And among those nations you are to find no
rest, nor have a resting place for the sole of your foot. But there יהוה shall give you a trembling heart, and
failing eyes, and sorrow of being. (Deuteronomy 28:66) “And your life shall be hanging in suspense
before you, and you shall fear day and night, and not be certain of your
life. (Deuteronomy 28:67) “In the morning you say, ‘Oh that it were
evening!’ And at evening you say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the
fear of your heart, with which you fear, and because of the sight which your
eyes see. (Deuteronomy 28:68) “And יהוה
shall bring you back to Mitsrayim in ships, by a way of which I said to you,
‘You are never to see it again.’ And there you shall be sold to your enemies as
male and female slaves, but no one to buy.”
Miracles- no wear on garments or shoes for
40 years!
(Deuteronomy 29:1)
These are the words of the covenant which יהוה commanded Mosheh to make with the children
of Yisra’ĕl in the land of Mo’aḇ, besides the covenant which He made with them
in Ḥorĕḇ. (Deuteronomy 29:2) And Mosheh called all Yisra’ĕl and said to
them, “You yourselves saw all that יהוה
did before your eyes in the land of Mitsrayim, to Pharaoh and to all his
servants and to all his land. (Deuteronomy 29:3) “Your eyes saw the great trials, the signs,
and those great wonders. (Deuteronomy 29:4) “But יהוה
has not given you a heart to know and eyes to see and ears to hear, till this
day. (Deuteronomy 29:5) “And I have led you forty years in the
wilderness. Your garments have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not
worn out on your feet. (Deuteronomy 29:6) “You ate no bread and drank no wine nor
strong drink, so that you might know that I am יהוה
your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 29:7) “And when you came to this place, Siḥon
sovereign of Ḥeshbon and Oḡ sovereign of Bashan came out against us to
battle, and we smote them, (Deuteronomy 29:8) and took their land and gave it as an
inheritance to the Re’uḇĕnites, and to the Gaḏites, and to half the tribe of
Menashsheh.
Darkness must come from our disobedience on Planet Earth, but those of us
who TESHUVAH (REPENT AND TURN TO
FOLLOW HIM) will be a great light in vast
darkness!
(Isaiah 60:1)
“Arise;
shine, for your light has come! And the esteem of יהוה has risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:2) “For look, darkness covers the earth and
thick darkness the peoples. But יהוה
arises over you, and His esteem is seen upon you. (Isaiah
60:3) “And the gentiles shall
come to your light 1 and sovereigns
to the brightness of your rising. Footnote: 1 Isaiah.
60:19, 20, Revelation 21:23, 24. (Isaiah 60:4) “Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of
them have gathered, they have come to you; your sons come from afar, and your
daughters are supported on the side. (Isaiah 60:5) “Then you shall see and be bright, and your
heart shall throb and swell, for the wealth of the sea is turned to you, the
riches of the gentiles come to you. (Isaiah 60:6) “A stream of camels covers your land, the
dromedaries of Miḏyan and Ĕphah; all those from Sheḇa come, bearing gold and
incense, and proclaiming the praises of יהוה.
(Isaiah 60:7)
“All the flocks of Qĕḏar are gathered to you, the rams of Neḇayoth
serve you; they come up for acceptance on my altar, and I embellish my esteemed
House. (Isaiah 60:8) “Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like
doves to their windows? (Isaiah 60:9) “Because the coast lands wait for me, and the
ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their
gold with them, to the Name of יהוה your Elohim, and to
the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, because He has adorned you. (Isaiah 60:10)
“And the sons of foreigners shall build your walls, and their sovereigns
serve you. For in my wrath I have smitten you, but in my delight I shall have
compassion on you. (Isaiah 60:11) “And your gates shall be open continually;
they are not shut day or night, to bring to you the wealth of the gentiles,
and their sovereigns in procession. (Isaiah 60:12) “The nation and the reign that do not serve
you shall perish; and those gentiles shall be utterly laid waste. (Isaiah 60:13)
“The esteem of Leḇanon shall come to you, cypress, pine, and the box
tree together, to embellish the place of my set-apart place. And I shall make
the place of my feet esteemed. (Isaiah 60:14) “And the sons of those who afflicted you come
bowing to you, and all those who despised you shall bow themselves at the soles
of your feet. And they shall call you: City of יהוה,
Tsiyon of the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl. (Isaiah
60:15) “Instead of you being
forsaken and hated, so that no one passes through you, I shall make you an
everlasting excellence, a joy of many generations. (Isaiah
60:16) “And you shall drink dry
the milk of the gentiles, and shall milk the breast of sovereigns. And you
shall know that I, יהוה, your Savior and your
Redeemer, am the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ. (Isaiah 60:17) “Instead of bronze I bring gold, and instead
of iron I bring silver, and bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones.
And I shall make your officers peace, and your magistrate’s righteousness. (Isaiah 60:18)
“Violence shall no longer be heard in your
land, neither wasting nor ruin within your borders. And you shall call your
walls Deliverance, and your gates Praise. (Isaiah
60:19) “No longer is the sun your
light by day, nor does the moon give light to you for brightness, but יהוה shall be to
you an everlasting light, and your Elohim your comeliness. (Isaiah 60:20)
“No longer does your sun go down, nor your moon withdraw itself, for יהוה shall be your everlasting light, and the
days of your mourning shall be ended. (Isaiah 60:21) “And your people,
all of them righteous, shall inherit the earth forever – a branch of my
planting, a work of my hands, to be adorned. (Isaiah
60:22) “The
little shall become a thousand and the small one a strong nation 1.
I, יהוה, shall hasten it in its time.” Footnote: 1 See 41:14, Daniel 2:34-44.
(Romans 11:1)
I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it not be! I also am a
Yisra’ĕlite, of the seed of Aḇraham,
of the tribe of Binyamin. (Romans 11:2) Elohim has not
rejected His people whom He knew beforehand.1
or do you not know what the Scripture says of Ěliyahu, how he pleads with
Elohim against Yisra’ĕl, saying, Footnote: 1Ps.
94:14. (Romans 11:3) “יהוה, they have killed your prophets and
overthrown your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? (Romans 11:4)
But what does the answer of Elohim say to him? “I have left for
myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baʽal.” (Romans 11:5)
So therefore also, at this present time a remnant according to the
choice of favor has come to be. (Romans 11:6)
And if by favor, it is no longer of works, otherwise favor is no longer
favor. And if it is of works, it is no longer favor; otherwise work is no
longer work. (Romans 11:7) What then? Yisra’ĕl has not obtained what it
seeks, but the chosen did obtain it, and the rest were hardened. (Romans 11:8)
As it has been written, “יהוה has given them a
spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, unto this day.” (Romans 11:9)
Dawiḏ also says, “Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap,
and for a stumbling-block and recompense to them, (Romans
11:10) let their eyes be
darkened, not to see, and bow down their back always.” (Romans
11:11) I say then, have they
stumbled that they should fall? Let it not be! But by their fall deliverance
has come to the gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. (Romans
11:12) And if their fall is
riches for the world, and their failure riches for the gentiles, how much more
their completeness! (Romans 11:13) For I speak to you, the gentiles, inasmuch as
I am an emissary to the gentiles, I esteem my service, (Romans
11:14) if somehow I might provoke to jealousy those who are my
flesh and save some of them. (Romans 11:15) For if their casting away is the restoration
to favor of the world, what is their acceptance but life from the dead?
Loved One, I pray YOU AND I make every
effort to love the Creator according to His desires and not our learned ones
that are filled with pagan ritual both in Churchianity and Judaism. I pray that
we may each look inwardly and turn- yes turn our own stiff necks toward Him and
follow Him in loving obedience- that all the blessings He has planned for us
may OVERTAKE US! I pray we gain an ear to hear Him and the courage to obey Him and
become the portion of the CHOSEN GENERATION that attains our DESTINIES! I
pray that we draw ever close to our Creator so that we FEAR NOT no matter what
the “kings of the earth” do! We OVERCOME them by the blood of the Lamb and the
word of our testimonies- which are tests that we have proven to overcome as
they become testimonies of His great love towards us.
Shalom to
your heart and home loved one!
Thurston
About our
Torah Cycle start date…For me it is about restoration of all things- which
sometimes means walking alone. I start over annually when YHWH’s year starts
over; this is not to say that I am correct and others are wrong, I just happen
to believe we will never challenge our older brother Judah by following his
traditions. I expect Judah will be moved by our obedience to His Torah (Words
of Scripture) and seeing YHWH’s signs and wonders following our obedience-
Does the statement above
mean we are not to grab the tzitzit of Yehuda and take hold and learn from
them? Of course not, we
absolutely should learn of them and from them- just not ingest and keep that
which is traditions that go against His words! Especially since we are the ten (Ten scattered northern
tribes scattered for Easter and sun god day worship which parallels closely as
a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s
look; (Zechariah
8:22) ‘And many peoples
and strong nations shall come to seek יהוה of hosts in
Yerushalayim, and to pray before יהוה.’
(Zechariah 8:23) “Thus said יהוה
of hosts, ‘In those days (Now? YES
and in the future also!) ten men
from all languages of the nations take
hold, yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite 1, saying, “Let us go with you,
for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote:
1 John 4:22.
