Friday, April 22, 2016
TM
April 23, 2016
Why we are on a different schedule of the Torah
Cycle than the mainstream and the Orthodox? 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, YHWH forbid that goofy thinking, 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… continued at the end of
today’s study.
Keeping
the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread (Simple 10 page Passover Sader attached)
The Feasts
always remind me of my friend Gilbert in Texas has funny t-shirts with this
printed on the front- “Keep the Feasts of Yahweh!”
Consider in Revelation- the great and mighty men stubbornly resist obeying YHWH
and are then are eaten by the birds…because
on the back of the tee shirt it reads- “Or be a feast”
Revelation 19:17
And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud
voice, saying to all he birds that fly in mid-heaven, “Come and gather together
for the supper of the great Elohim, Revelation
19:18 to eat the flesh
of sovereigns, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong ones, and the flesh of horses and of
those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small
and great.”
PASSOVER TONIGHT (Friday
22nd @ Sundown) as we make ourselves white (Pure) by honoring His being our Passover Lamb.
(Revelation
7:14) And I said to him, “Master, you know.” And he
said to me, “These are those coming out of the great distress, having washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Short review from last week…
Many believe and
agree the Biblical NEW YEAR started at sundown Friday April 8! Therefore Friday
evening (22nd) at sundown is
Passover! Why is that of any importance to you and me living today? Because
many of the body of believers have been blinded by the enemy of our souls and
still follow vain traditions which are mostly manmade additions and
traditions of “Churchianity” handed down from the anything but a “Holy” Roman Empire ruler Constantine; who was a sun god worshipper and
enforced these “man-made doctrines” with the penalty of death for rejection.
Since we biblically understand when the year starts we can observe and do His
commanded Holy Days (Holidays) and
not do vain observations that He considers abominations. Many Christians honor
all the TRADITIONAL holidays
such as Christmas, Easter, Lent and never consider their pagan roots which were
orchestrated by Rome. Some know that the day of the sun (Sun-day) was rooted from sun god
worship and Easter was the pagan fertility goddess, where the Easter Priests (Not Christians or in any form followers of
Messiah) - would impregnate the virgins on the sunrise service and
sacrifice the 3 month old babies from the prior years' sunrise service,
dipping the eggs of Easter into the freshly sacrificed babies blood and
declare- HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! Have
a prosperous and fertile year! This was their form of Happy New Year!
Lent was the 40
days of fasting and weeping for Tamuz- goodness- Loved Ones- think maybe
these traditions are possibly an abomination to our Creator? He taught us to NOT LEARN the ways of the
heathen and say we are worshipping Him! (Jeremiah
10:2) Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn
the way of the gentiles, 1 and do
not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.2 Footnotes: 1
Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy 12:30 & 18:9, Ezekiel 11:12 & 20:32,
Ephesians 4:17, 1 Peter 4:3. 2 Deuteronomy 4:19 & 17:3. He also COMMANDED US: (Deuteronomy
4:2) “Do not add to the Word which I command you,
and do not subtract from it1,
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. Do you and I suppose he has changed His mind
about that; so we think it okay to ADD
these manmade traditions as holy days and festivals (holidays)? And SUBTRACT His Feasts and
festivals?
Loved
Ones, let’s not forget this is the Feast of Unleavened bread! Okay, I must
admit it is hard to count to 14! I should be concerned about counting to 50! Why
would I expect of myself now- that after 47 years of not learning how to count
to 3? (Good Friday to Easter morning and
the only sign Yahshua gave us was; as Jonah was in the whale 3 days and 3
nights so would Messiah be in the Earth 3 days and 3 nights) Did I only
imagine 13 years later; that I had also mastered the counting to 14? Passover is Friday Sundown! Most
believers (including me) could not
count to 3! You remember with me—Good Friday until Easter Sunday morning---the
only sign given us – three days and three nights as Jonah was in the belly of
the whale—the only sign Yahshua gave us that He would be 3 days and 3 nights in
the grave, and then rise from the dead! NO WAY can anyone get 3 days and 3 nights from Good Friday
evening until Sunday morning.
That’s
important because IF I understand Scriptures correctly, we should now learn to
count from First Fruit offering all
the way up to 50 in counting the Omer to Shavuot and the anniversary of
the giving of the Torah (Law) at Mt
Sinai and also the giving of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on Shavuot (AKA
Pentecost) so we could obey the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit would guide
us into all TRUTH! Yahshua tells us these commands are not burdensome
anymore because of course, of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit!
Okay,
I want to restate why this is vastly important to you and I living today. Yahshua
(Jesus) questions us; (Luke 18:8) “I say to you
that He shall do right to them speedily. But when the Son of Aḏam comes, shall He find the belief (faith-
trust) on the earth?” Understand
with me; faith-trust-belief from the Hebrew perspective is actually
obedience-DOING- as Yahshua could not imagine anyone saying they loved Him and
not doing what He says. (Luke
6:46) “But why do you call
me ‘Master, Master,’ (Lord Lord) and do not do what I say? 1 Footnote: 1 see vv.
47-49, Mathew 7:24-28, Luke 8:21, John 3:36, James 2:17-24.
NEW COVENANT! Where is it
found? JEREMIAH
Still you may be
asking; why is that of any importance to you and me living today as we have a
NEW COVENANT which some would most certainly claim renewed? Why would they make
such a claim? Let’s look at who this NEW COVENANT is made to and hopefully help
us understand that we are grafted in to ISRAEL or we are not. (Jeremiah 31:31) “See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall make a new covenant
with the house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah1, Footnote: 1 See
Hebrews 8:8-12, Hebrews 10:16-17. (Jeremiah
31:32) not like the covenant I
made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke, though I was a
husband to them,” declares יהוה. (Jeremiah 31:33)
“For this is the covenant I shall make with the house
of Yisra’ĕl after those days, declares יהוה: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on
their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.
(Jeremiah 31:34) “And no longer shall they teach, each one his
neighbor, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know יהוה,’
for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,”
declares יהוה. “For I shall forgive their crookedness,
and remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:35) Thus said יהוה,
who gives the sun for a light by day, and the laws of the moon and the stars
for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar – יהוה of hosts is His Name: (Jeremiah 31:36)
“If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares יהוה,
“then the seed of Yisra’ĕl shall also cease from being a nation before Me
forever.” (Jeremiah 31:37) Thus said יהוה,
“If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth
searched out beneath, I would also cast off all the seed of Yisra’ĕl for all
that they have done,” declares יהוה. (Jeremiah 31:38)
“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה,
“that the city shall be built for יהוה
from the Tower of Ḥanan’ĕl to the Corner Gate. (Jeremiah
31:39) “And the measuring line
shall again extend straight ahead to the hill Garĕḇ, and then it shall turn
toward Goʽah. (Jeremiah 31:40) “And the entire valley of the dead bodies and
of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the wadi Qiḏron, to the corner of
the Horse Gate toward the east, is to be set-apart to יהוה.
It shall not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
Fullness of the Gentiles (Ephraim) 10 Tribes were
scattered for Easter/sun god worship
Why is this
important enough to remind us we MUST REPENT once
again? I believe it is because the fullness of the Judgment of the Scattered
Tribes is complete (390 days of Ezekiel
laying on his side for the pagan tradition and disobedience in doing Easter and
Sun god day worship by the Northern 10 tribes- a day for a year of scattering
all over the world) that 390 years of scattering was multiplied by 7 as the
Torah (Law) commands for continued
disobedience and not repenting during the proclaimed judgment by YHWH.
Multiplying 390 years by 7 = 2730 years of scattering us who mostly have now
become Christians and think because we know who Messiah is, (The Nazarene called Jesus Christ by many
today) that we are obedient. Remember with me that most historians will
tell us that after Ezekiel’s proclamation of judgment in 724-726 BCE that the
Assyrian King Shalmanesser the 5th carried unrepentant believers out
of Israel captive and started the scattering process. Several biblical
chronologists believe that was completed in 2010, while others would claim it
is within a range of 10-20 years.
WHY is Elijah coming again before the Terrible and
Awesome DAY OF YAHWEH? Hint:
Because Yahshua knew we would need to repent before we must stand in
His presence and be judged.
The
important thing to note though is that IF this fullness of judgment is complete
(Also
called the fullness of the gentiles), we better REPENT and come apart from pagan
traditions that are an abomination to our Creator as there would not be much
time before the end- of the end- of days would play out before us. I expect the
next judgment is death as Revelation now plays out in our lifetimes.
What did
Yahshua warn us about? That BEFORE
the terrible and great Day of Yahweh we would need to repent! This is
understood by remembering that John’s name- Yah Chanan (His name) meant Yah’s
MERCY—and what did he come preaching? REPENT
for the Kingdom of Yahweh is at hand! Repenting is the only way to Yah’s mercy.
Matthew
17:1 And after six days יהושע took Kĕpha,
and Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yoḥanan his brother, and brought them up on a high mountain
by themselves, Matthew 17:2 and He was transformed before them, and His
face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as the light. Matthew 17:3 And see, Mosheh and Ěliyahu appeared to
them, talking with Him. Matthew 17:4 And Kĕpha
answering, said to יהושע, “Master, it is good
for us to be here. If You wish, let us make here three
booths: one for You, one for Mosheh, and one for Ěliyahu.”1
Footnote: 1 Mark 9:4. Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, see, a
bright cloud overshadowed them. And see, a voice came out of the cloud, saying,
“This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I did delight.
Hear Him!” Matthew 17:6 And when the
taught ones heard, they fell on their faces and were much afraid. Matthew 17:7 But יהושע
came near and touched them and said, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” Matthew 17:8 And having lifted up their eyes, they
saw no one but יהושע only. Matthew 17:9 And as they were coming down from the
mountain, יהושע commanded them, saying, “Do not mention the
vision to anyone until the Son of Aḏam is raised from the dead.” Matthew 17:10 And His taught ones asked Him, saying,
“Why then do the scribes say that Ěliyahu has to come
first?” Matthew 17:11 And יהושע answering, said to them, “Ěliyahu is indeed coming first, and shall
restore all matters.1 Footnote: 1 See
Mark 9:12 and Acts 3:21. Matthew 17:12 “But I say to you that Ěliyahu has already come, and
they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they wished. In this way the
Son of Aḏam is also about to suffer by them.” Matthew 17:13
Then the taught ones understood that He had spoken to them about
Yoḥanan the Immerser. (Note
Hebrew is pronounced ha-nan)
Act
2:17
‘And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My
Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your
young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, Act 2:18 and also on My male servants and on My
female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall
prophesy. Act 2:19 ‘And I shall show wonders in
the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: blood and fire and vapor of
smoke. Act 2:20 ‘The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and splendid
day of יהוה. Act 2:21 ‘And it shall be
that everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה
shall be saved.’1 Footnote: 1 Joel
2:28-32, Romans 10:13.
Man-made
religion (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.
Perhaps we have
possibly learned of “another Jesus”, a lawless (Torah less) Messiah? (2 Corinthians 11:4)
For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another יהושע, 1
whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit which you
have not received, or a different Good News which you have not accepted, you
put up with it well enough! Footnote: 1 Matthew 24:5 & 23-24, John
5:43.
One More reminder
for our need to REPENT before the coming Terrible and Awesome Day of the Lord
(Yahweh)
Okay what
exactly is so important that we may need to repent of prior to the terrible and
awesome Day of YAHWEH- (Terrible for
those who have not repented- but awesome for us who have) the very same
worship traditions that we were scattered for all over the earth? Because many
of the body of believers have been blinded by the enemy of our souls and still follow these vain traditions
which are mostly manmade additions and traditions of “Churchianity” handed down
from the anything but a “Holy” Roman
Empire ruler Constantine; who was
a sun god worshipper and enforced these “man made doctrines” with the penalty
of death for rejection. Since we biblically understand when the year starts we
can observe and do His commanded Holy Days (Holidays)
and not do vain observations that He considers abominations.
Many Christians
honor all the TRADITIONAL
holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Lent and never consider their pagan roots
which were orchestrated by Rome. Some know that the day of the sun (Sun-day) was rooted from sun god
worship and Easter was the pagan fertility goddess, where the Easter Priests (Not Christians or in any form followers of
Messiah) - would impregnate the virgins on the sunrise service and
sacrifice the 3 month old babies from the prior years' sunrise service,
dipping the eggs of Easter into the freshly sacrificed babies blood and
declare- HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! Have
a prosperous and fertile year! This was their form of Happy New Year! Lent was
the 40 days of fasting and weeping for
Tamuz- Loved Ones- think maybe these traditions are possibly an
abomination to our Creator? He taught us
to NOT LEARN the ways of the heathen and say we are worshipping Him for a
loving reason!
(Jeremiah
10:2) Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, 1 and do not be awed by the signs of the
heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.2
Footnotes: 1 Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy
12:30 & 18:9, Ezekiel 11:12 & 20:32, Ephesians 4:17, 1 Peter 4:3.
2 Deuteronomy
4:19 & 17:3. He also COMMANDED US:
(Deuteronomy
4:2) “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not subtract 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. Do you and I suppose he has changed His mind about that; so we think it
okay to ADD these manmade
traditions as holy days and festivals (holidays)? And SUBTRACT His Feasts and festivals?
Should we keep-obey the traditions of the church- the
Easter egg hunt etc. or REPENT and keep the Scripture commands and obey
PASSOVER? Yahshua is our Passover Lamb-
I have mentioned before- we can biblically determine
again when the year starts, so we may observe His commands out of our
determination to walk in loving obedience!
(1
Peter 1:17) And if you call on the Father, who without
partiality judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your
sojourning in fear, (1 Peter 1:18) knowing that you were redeemed from your
futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible,
silver or gold, (1 Peter 1:19) but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb
unblemished and spotless, (1 Peter
1:20) foreknown, indeed, before
the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for your sakes,
(1 Peter 1:21)
who through Him believe in Elohim who raised Him from the dead and gave
Him esteem, so that your belief and expectation are in Elohim. (1 Peter 1:22)
Now that you have cleansed your lives in obeying the truth through the
Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently with a clean
heart, (1 Peter 1:23) having been born again –
not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim,
which remains forever...
(Revelation
7:14) And I said to him, “Master, you know.” And he
said to me, “These are those coming out of the great distress, having washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Read and know Yahshua (Jesus)
warns us living today!
Matthew
15:3
He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim 1 because
of your tradition? Footnote: 1 See
Matthew. 5:20. Matthew 15:4 “For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and
your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to
death.’ Matthew 15:5 “But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or
mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me has been
dedicated,” Matthew 15:6 is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So
you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition. Matthew 15:7 “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying, Matthew 15:8 ‘This people
draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their
heart is far from Me. Matthew 15:9 ‘But in vain do
they worship Me, teaching as my doctrines- the commands of men.’ ” 1 Footnote: 1 Isaiah
29:13, Mark 7:7, 2 Kings 17:19.
Obedience
really comes from LOVE of Yahshua: (John 14:10)
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the
Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak from myself. But
the Father who stays in me does His works. (John
14:11)
“Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in me, otherwise
believe me because of the works themselves. (John
14:12)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do
he shall do also. And greater works than these he shall do, because I go
to My Father. (John 14:13) “Whatever you ask in
my name, that I shall do, in order that the Father might be esteemed in the
Son. (John 14:14) “If you ask whatever in my Name, I shall do
it. (John 14:15) “If you
love me, you shall guard (keep) my commands.1 Footnote: 1 See
Exodus 20:6, vv. 21&23, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John v. 6.
(John
14:16) “And I shall ask the
Father, and He shall give you another Helper, to stay with you forever – (John 14:17) the Spirit of
the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or
know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you. (John 14:18) “I shall not leave you orphans – I am coming to you. (John 14:19) “Yet a little while, and the world no longer
sees me, but you shall see me, because I live, and you shall live. (John 14:20) “In that day you shall know that I am in my Father and you in
me, and I in you. (John 14:21) “He who possesses my commands and guards (keeps) them; it is he who loves me. And he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I
shall love him and manifest myself to him.” Still a Heaven and Earth so Instructions (Law- Torah)
Remain!
Do we realize
that IN THE BEGINNING Yahshua (Jesus) was the word and is the word even at Mt Sinai? Malachi 4
and Hebrews 13:8 testifies that He changes not and is the same yesterday, today
and forever- what part of “forever” is so difficult for us to understand? The
enemy has planted many tares and blinded many of us into thinking our religious
traditions are acceptable to our King! However; He claims we are worshipping
Him in VAIN! Please let us not use the excuse that those words have passed away
because Yahshua addressed that thought beforehand and leaves us no excuse when
we stand in His presence;
(Matthew
5:17) Think not that I
am come to destroy the law, (Torah-
Instructions) or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:18)
For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matthew 5:19)
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven. So; is it ALL fulfilled? What is fulfilled were the Spring Feasts of YHWH;
He was and is the Passover Lamb, He is the High Priest who had to be in
seclusion until the First Fruits Offering and could not be touched
(“Don’t touch me Mary- I have not yet ascended to the Father”) then the graves
opened and many were seen around Jeremiah risen from the dead as He was the
first of many of the First Fruits Offering; then on Shavuot (we now call
Pentecost) He poured out His Spirit that His commands would no longer be
impossible (burdensome) to keep.
These were and are the Spring Feasts he and we start our year with- they are
the shadow picture of things to come. The
Fall Feasts have not yet been fulfilled- we are finally; during our
generation, approaching the Feast of Trumpets and at the LAST TRUMPET,
the dead in Messiah rise first; then 10 days later we have the DAY OF
ATONEMENT or some of us call Judgment Day; then 5 days later we have The Feast
of Tabernacles or Sukkoth when we tabernacle or dwell with Him forever;
then on the eighth day of this Feast we have the LAST GREAT DAY or the
WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB. Once
again; these Fall Feasts are not yet fulfilled. So what does Yahshua
say about this; are there still a heaven and an earth? If there is a heaven and
earth still we are commanded to: (Matthew 5:17) think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:18)
For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled. (Matthew 5:19) Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall
be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Perhaps since there are
still rainbows (Promise to mankind not to
destroy the earth again with floods) the Old Testament (Moses and the Prophets)
is not done away with as many have erroneously claimed.
Passover is commanded by our Creator! (Reckon He
really means it?)
(Exodus
12:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon in the land
of Mitsrayim, saying, Exodus 12:2) “This month is the beginning of months
for you; it is the first month of the year for you. (Exodus 12:3)
“Speak to all the congregation of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘On the tenth day of
this month each one of them is to take for himself a lamb, according to the
house of his father, a lamb for a household. (Exodus
12:4) ‘And if the household is
too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it
according to the number of the beings, according to each man’s need you make
your count for the lamb. (Exodus 12:5) ‘Let the lamb be a perfect one, a year old
male. Take it from the sheep or from the goats. (Exodus
12:6) ‘And you shall keep it
until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then all the assembly of the
congregation of Yisra’ĕl shall kill it between the evenings. (Exodus 12:7)
‘And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts
and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. (Exodus
12:8) ‘And they shall eat the
flesh on that night, roasted in fire – with unleavened bread and with bitter
herbs they shall eat it. (Exodus 12:9) ‘Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with
water, but roasted in fire, its head with its legs and its inward parts.
(Exodus 12:10)
‘And do not leave of it until morning, and what remains of it until
morning you are to burn with fire. (Exodus 12:11) ‘And this is how you eat it: your loins
girded your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall
eat it in haste. Since we are grafted in- let’s obey and not get removed from the Body
of Messiah!
Here are this week’s Torah Scriptures: Lech Lecha “Go Out”
Genesis 12:1-17:27; Isaiah 40:27-41:16; Romans 4: 1-25
This blessing has never been to Judah ALONE- it is for all who are
grafted in to ISRAEL by trust, belief, and faith in Yahshua! Note
that Abraham had to obey to depart from pagan idols- yes even away from your
country and relatives if necessary! He believed and it was accounted as
RIGHTEOUSNESS! The result of truly believing- we will DO THE GOSPEL as it
is presented.
(Genesis 12:1)
And יהוה said to Aḇram, “Go yourself out of your
land, from your relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show
you. (Genesis 12:2) “And I
shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you
shall be a blessing! (Genesis 12:3) “And I
shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all
the clans of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis
12:4) So Aḇram left, as יהוה had commanded him, and Lot went with him.
And Aḇram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Ḥaran. (Genesis 12:5)
And Aḇram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their
possessions that they had gathered, and the beings that they had acquired in
Ḥaran, and they set out for the land of Kenaʽan. And they came to the land of
Kenaʽan. (Genesis 12:6) And Aḇram passed
through the land to the place of Sheḵem, as far as the terebinth tree of
Moreh. At that time the Kenaʽanites were in the land. (Genesis
12:7) And יהוה
appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I give this land.” And he built
there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to
him. (Genesis 12:8) And from there he moved to the mountain east
of Bĕyth Ěl, and he pitched his tent, with Bĕyth Ěl on the west and Ai on the
east. And he built there an altar to יהוה,
and called on the Name of יהוה. (Genesis 12:9)
And Aḇram set out, continuing toward the South. (Genesis 12:10) And a
scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇram went down to Mitsrayim to
dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the land. (Genesis 12:11)
And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said
to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at. (Genesis 12:12)
“And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say, ‘This
is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live. (Genesis 12:13) “Please say
you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life
be spared because of you.” (Genesis 12:14) And it came to be, when Aḇram came into
Mitsrayim, that the Mitsrites saw the woman, that she was very fair. (Genesis 12:15)
And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh, and the
woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. (Genesis 12:16) And he treated Aḇram well for her sake, and
he had sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and
female donkeys, and camels. (Genesis 12:17) But יהוה
plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Aḇram’s
wife. (Genesis 12:18) And Pharaoh called Aḇram and said, “What is
this you have done to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife? (Genesis 12:19)
“Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? And so I was going to take her for
my wife. Look, here is your wife, take her and go.” (Genesis
12:20) And Pharaoh commanded his
men concerning him, and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.
Destruction by
fire for homosexuality being ok
(Genesis 13:1)
And Aḇram went up from Mitsrayim
into the South, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him. (Genesis 13:2)
And Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. (Genesis 13:3)
And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bĕyth Ěl, to the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bĕyth Ěl and Ai, (Genesis 13:4) to the place of the altar which he had
made there at first. And there Aḇram called on the Name of יהוה. (Genesis 13:5) Now Lot, who went with Aḇram, also had
flocks and herds and tents. (Genesis 13:6) And the land was not able to bear them that
they might dwell together, for their possessions were great, so that they could
not dwell together. (Genesis 13:7) And there was strife between the herdsmen of
Aḇram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And at that time the
Kenaʽanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land. (Genesis
13:8) Then Aḇram said to Lot,
“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and
your herdsmen, for we are brothers. (Genesis 13:9) “Is not all the land before you? Please
separate from me. If you take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go
to the right, then I go to the left.” (Genesis 13:10) And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain
of the Yardĕn, that it was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed Seḏom and Amorah – like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tsoʽar. (Genesis 13:11)
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Yardĕn, and Lot moved
east. Thus they separated from each other, (Genesis
13:12) Aḇram dwelling in the land of Kenaʽan, and Lot dwelling in the
cities of the plain and pitched his tent as far as Seḏom. (Genesis 13:13)
But the men of Seḏom were evil
and sinned before יהוה, exceedingly so. (Genesis 13:14)
And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה
said to Aḇram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are,
northward and southward and eastward and westward, (Genesis
13:15) for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed
forever. (Genesis 13:16) “And I shall make your seed as the dust of
the earth, so that, if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed
also could be counted. (Genesis 13:17) “Arise, walk in the land through its length
and its width, for I give it to you.” (Genesis 13:18) So Aḇram moved his tent, and went and dwelt
by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, which are in Ḥeḇron, and built an altar
there to יהוה.
Only YHWH is
allowed the glory from Abraham
(Genesis 14:1)
And it came to be in the days of Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽar,
Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal
sovereign of Goyim, (Genesis 14:2) that they
fought against Bera sovereign of Seḏom, Birsha sovereign of Amorah, Shinaḇ
sovereign of Aḏmah, Shem’ĕḇer sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of
Bela, that is Tsoʽar. (Genesis 14:3) All these
joined together in the Valley of Siddim, that is the Salt Sea. (Genesis 14:4)
Twelve years they served Keḏorlaʽomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled. (Genesis 14:5) And in the fourteenth year Keḏorlaʽomer and
the sovereigns that were with him came and smote the Repha’im in Ashteroth
Qarnayim, and the Zuzim in Ḥam, and the Ěmites in Shawĕh Qiryathayim, (Genesis 14:6)
and the Ḥorites in their mountain of Sĕʽir, as far as Ěl Paran, which
is by the wilderness. (Genesis 14:7) And they turned back and came to Ěn Mishpat,
which is Qaḏĕsh, and smote all the country of the Amalĕqites, and also the
Amorites who dwelt in Ḥatsetson Tamar. (Genesis 14:8) And the sovereign of Seḏom, and the
sovereign of Amorah, and the sovereign of Aḏmah, and the sovereign of
Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar, went out and joined
together in battle in the Valley of Siddim, (Genesis
14:9) against Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal sovereign of
Goyim, and Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽar, and Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar –
four sovereigns against five. (Genesis 14:10) And the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits.
And the sovereigns of Seḏom and Amorah fled and fell there, and the remainder
fled to the mountains. (Genesis 14:11) And they took all the goods of Seḏom and
Amorah, and all their food, and went away. (Genesis
14:12) And they took Lot,
Aḇram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Seḏom, and his goods, and left. (Genesis 14:13) And one who had escaped came and informed
Aḇram the Heḇrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ the Amorite,
brother of Eshkol and brother of Anĕr, and they had a covenant with Aḇram. (Genesis 14:14)
And when Aḇram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and
went in pursuit as far as Dan. (Genesis 14:15) And he and his servants divided against them
by night, and smote them and pursued them as far as Ḥoḇah, which is on the
left of Damascus. (Genesis 14:16) So he brought back all the goods, and also
brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the
people. (Genesis 14:17) And after his return from the defeat of
Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns who were with him, the sovereign of Seḏom
came out to meet him at the Valley of Shawĕh, that is, the Sovereign’s Valley. (Genesis 14:18)
And Malkitseḏeq sovereign of Shalĕm brought out bread and wine. Now he
was the priest of the Most High Ěl. (Genesis 14:19)
and he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Aḇram of the Most High Ěl, Possessor
of the heavens and earth. (Genesis 14:20) “And blessed be the Most High Ěl who has
delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all. (Genesis 14:21)
And the sovereign of Seḏom said to Aḇram, “Give me the people, and
take the goods for yourself.” (Genesis 14:22) But Aḇram said to the sovereign of Seḏom, “I
have lifted my hand to יהוה, the Most High
Ěl, the Possessor of the heavens and earth, (Genesis
14:23) not to take a thread or a sandal strap or whatever is yours, lest
you should say, ‘I have made Aḇram rich,’ (Genesis 14:24) except
only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with
me: Anĕr, Eshkol, and Mamrĕ. Let them take their portion.”
Who is our
exceeding great reward? We fear NOT! (We are heirs according to the promise to Abraham by our trust/faith in
Yahshua)
(Genesis 15:1)
After these events the word of יהוה came to Aḇram
in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid,
Aḇram. I am your shield; your reward is exceedingly great.” (Genesis 15:2)
And Aḇram said, “Master יהוה, what would you give
me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliʽezer of Damascus?” (Genesis 15:3)
And Aḇram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one born in
my house is my heir!” (Genesis 15:4) And see, the word of יהוה
came to him, saying, “This one is not your heir, but he who comes from your own
body is your heir.” (Genesis 15:5) And He brought him outside and said, “Look
now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And
He said to him, “So are your seed.” (Genesis 15:6) And he believed in יהוה,
and He reckoned it to him for righteousness. (Genesis
15:7) And He said to him, “I am יהוה, who brought you out of Ur of the
Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.” (Genesis
15:8) And he said, “Master יהוה, whereby do I know that I possess it?” (Genesis 15:9)
And He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, and a
three-year-old female goat, and a three-year-old ram, and a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.” (Genesis 15:10) And he took all these to Him and cut them in
the middle, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the
birds. (Genesis 15:11) And the birds of prey came down on the
carcasses, and Aḇram drove them away. (Genesis 15:12) And it came to be, when the sun was going
down, and a deep sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening great darkness
fell upon him. (Genesis 15:13) And He said to Aḇram, “Know for certain that
your seed are to be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve
them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years. (Genesis
15:14) “But the nation whom they
serve I am going to judge, and afterward let them come out with great
possessions. (Genesis 15:15) “Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers
in peace, you are to be buried at a good old age. (Genesis
15:16) “Then, in the fourth
generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not
yet complete.” (Genesis 15:17) And it came to be, when the sun went down and
it was dark that see, a smoking oven and a burning torch passing between those
pieces. (Genesis 15:18) On the same day יהוה
made a covenant with Aḇram, saying, “I have given this land to your seed, from
the river of Mitsrayim to the great river, the River Euphrates, (Genesis 15:19) with the Qĕynite, and the Qenizzite,
and the Qaḏmonite, (Genesis 15:20) and the
Ḥittite, and the Perizzite, and the Repha’im, (Genesis
15:21) and the Amorite, and the Kenaʽanite, and the Girgashite, and the
Yeḇusite.”
We sometimes don’t
trust YHWH and listen to others to “help” YHWH- creating our own Ishmaels! (Hold fast to our confession of faith- stand
having done all!)
(Genesis 16:1)
And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no
child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar. (Genesis 16:2) And Sarai said to Aḇram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my
female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.” And Aḇram listened
to the voice of Sarai. (Genesis 16:3) And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, took Haḡar her
female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Aḇram to be his
wife, after Aḇram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kenaʽan. (Genesis 16:4)
And he went in to Haḡar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (Genesis
16:5) And Sarai said to Aḇram,
“My wrong be upon you! I gave my female servant into your bosom. And when she
saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Let יהוה judge between you and me.” (Genesis
16:6) And Aḇram said to Sarai,
“See, your female servant is in your hand, do to her what is good in your
eyes.” And Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence. (Genesis 16:7)
And the Messenger of יהוה found her by a spring
of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur, (Genesis 16:8) and He said, “Haḡar, Sarai’s female
servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” And she said, “I
am fleeing from the presence of Sarai, my mistress.” (Genesis
16:9) And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress, and
humble yourself under her hand.” (Genesis 16:10) And the Messenger of יהוה
said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be
counted.” (Genesis 16:11) And the Messenger of יהוה
said to her, “See, you are conceiving and bearing a son, and shall call his
name Yishmaʽĕl, because יהוה has heard your
affliction. (Genesis 16:12) “And he is to be a wild man, his hand against
every one and every one’s hand against him, and dwell over against all his
brothers.” (Genesis 16:13) And she called the Name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are the Ěl who sees,” for she said,
“Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?” (Genesis
16:14) That is why the well was
called Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i, see, it is between Qaḏĕsh and Bereḏ. (Genesis 16:15)
And Haḡar bore Aḇram a son, and Aḇram called the name of his son,
whom Haḡar bore, Yishmaʽĕl. (Genesis 16:16) And Aḇram was eighty-six years old when
Haḡar bore Yishmaʽĕl to Aḇram.
YHWH renames Abram
to “Father of many nations” while he was still childless- no doubt faith comes
by hearing and hearing Yah’s words- also no doubt he was the subject of
mocking!
(Genesis 17:1)
And it came to be when Aḇram was ninety-nine years old,
that יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said to him, “I am
Ěl Shaddai – walk before me and be perfect1. Footnote: 1 Messiah gives the same command in Matthew 5:48. (Genesis 17:2)
“And I give my covenant between
me and you, and shall greatly increase you.” (Genesis
17:3) And Aḇram fell on his face, and Elohim spoke with him, saying, (Genesis 17:4) “As for me, look, my covenant is with
you, and you shall become a father of many nations. (Genesis
17:5) “And no longer is your name called Aḇram, but your name shall be
Aḇraham, because I shall make you a father of many nations. (Genesis 17:6)
“And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you,
and sovereigns shall come from you. (Genesis 17:7) “And I shall establish my covenant between me
and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting
covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you. (Genesis
17:8) “And I shall give to you
and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kenaʽan,
as an everlasting possession. And I shall be their Elohim.” (Genesis 17:9)
And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for you, guard my covenant, you and
your seed after you throughout their generations. (Genesis
17:10) “This is my covenant which
you guard between me and you, and your seed after you: Every male child among
you is to be circumcised. (Genesis 17:11) “And you shall circumcise the flesh of your
foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between me and you. (Genesis 17:12)
“And a son of eight days is circumcised by you, every male child in your
generations, he who is born in your house or bought with silver from any
foreigner who is not of your seed. (Genesis 17:13) “He who is born in your house, and he who is bought
with your silver, has to be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh,
for an everlasting covenant. (Genesis 17:14) “And an uncircumcised male child, who is not
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his life shall be cut off from his people
– he has broken my covenant.” (Genesis 17:15) And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai
your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah
is her name. (Genesis 17:16) “And I shall bless her and also give you a
son by her. And I shall bless her,
and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from
her.” (Genesis 17:17) And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed,
and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years
old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?” (Genesis 17:18)
And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishmaʽĕl live before you!” (Genesis 17:19)
And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and
you shall call his name Yitsḥaq. And I shall establish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant and with his seed after him. (Genesis 17:20)
“And as for Yishmaʽĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and
shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth
twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation. (Genesis
17:21) “But My covenant I
establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next
year.” (Genesis 17:22) And when He had ended speaking with him,
Elohim went up from Aḇraham. (Genesis 17:23) And Aḇraham took Yishmaʽĕl his son, and all
those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among
the men of Aḇraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that
same day, as Elohim told him. (Genesis 17:24) And Aḇraham was ninety-nine years old when
he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (Genesis
17:25) And Yishmaʽĕl his son was
thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (Genesis 17:26)
Aḇraham and his son Yishmaʽĕl were circumcised that same day. (Genesis 17:27)
And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with silver
from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Let there be no
question who is Creator and Master of all Creation! YHWH
(Isaiah 40:27)
Why do you say, O Yaʽaqoḇ, and speak, O Yisra’ĕl,
“My way is hidden from יהוה, and my rights are overlooked by my
Elohim”? (Isaiah 40:28) Did you not know? Have you not heard? The
everlasting Elohim, יהוה, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is
unsearchable. (Isaiah 40:29) He gives power to the faint, and to those who
have no might He increases strength. (Isaiah 40:30) Even
youths shall faint and be weary, and young men stumble and fall, (Isaiah 40:31)
but those who wait on יהוה renew their strength, they raise up the wing like eagles, they
run and are not weary, they walk and do not faint. (Isaiah 41:1)
“Be silent before me, you coastlands, and let peoples renew their power!
Let them come near, and then let them speak. Let us come together for
right-ruling. (Isaiah 41:2) “Who rose up the righteous one from the east,
called him to His foot, gave the nations before him, and made sovereigns submit
to him? He gave them as the dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow. (Isaiah 41:3)
“He pursued them, passed over in safety, by a path that he had not gone
with his feet. (Isaiah 41:4) “Who
has performed and done it, and called the generations from the beginning? ‘I, יהוה, am the first,
and with the last- I am He.’ ” (Isaiah 41:5) Coastlands see it and fear and the ends
of the earth are afraid – they draw near and come. (Isaiah
41:6) Everyone helps his
neighbor, and says to his brother, “Be strong!” (Isaiah
41:7) And the craftsman
encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer inspires him who
strikes the anvil, saying of the joining, “It is good.” And he fastens it with
nails, so it does not totter. (Isaiah 41:8) “But you, Yisra’ĕl, are My servant, Yaʽaqoḇ,
whom I have chosen, the descendants of Aḇraham My friend, (Isaiah 41:9)
whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from its
farthest parts, and said to You, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and
have not rejected you. (Isaiah 41:10) ‘Do
not fear, for I am with you. Do not look around, for I am your Elohim.
I shall strengthen you, I shall also help you, I shall also uphold you with the
right hand of my righteousness.’ (Isaiah 41:11) “See, all those who raged against you are
ashamed and blush, they are as non-existent. And the men who strive with you
perish. (Isaiah 41:12) “You seek them but do not find them, those
who struggle with you. Those who fight you are as non-existent, as naught. (Isaiah 41:13)
“For I, יהוה your Elohim, am holding your right hand,
saying to you, ‘Do not fear, I shall
help you.’ (Isaiah 41:14) “Do not fear, you worm Yaʽaqoḇ, you men of
Yisra’ĕl! I shall help you,” declares יהוה and your Redeemer, the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl. (Isaiah 41:15)
“See, I shall make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth, let
you thresh mountains and beat them small, and make hills like chaff. (Isaiah 41:16)
“You winnow them, the wind lifts them up, and the whirlwind scatters
them; but you, you rejoice in יהוה, and boast in the
Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.
The WORD defines what SIN is to YHWH (1 John 3:4) whoever commits sin transgresses also
the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. If you “believe” and you love Him- you will do as He instructs. If you
“believe” you have the right to receive all His promises you will be a “doer”
of the word and not a hearer only deceiving yourself.
(Romans 4:1)
What, then, shall we say Aḇraham our father, to have
found, according to the flesh? (Romans 4:2) For if Aḇraham was declared right by works,
he has ground for boasting, but not before Elohim. (Romans 4:3)
For what does the Scripture say? “Aḇraham
believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”1 Footnote: 1Gen.
15:6, Genesis. 17:1 and 26:5. (Romans 4:4) And to him who is working, the reward is not
reckoned as a favor but as a debt. (Romans 4:5) And to him who is not working but believes on
Him who is declaring right the wicked, his belief is reckoned for
righteousness, (Romans 4:6) even as Dawiḏ also
says of the blessedness of the man to whom Elohim reckons righteousness without
works: (Romans 4:7) “Blessed are those whose
lawlessnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered, (Romans 4:8) blessed is the man to whom יהוה shall by no means reckon sin.” (Romans
4:9) Is this blessing then upon
the circumcised only, or also upon the uncircumcised? For we affirm:
Belief (Faith-Trust) was reckoned
unto Aḇraham for righteousness. (Romans 4:10) How then was it reckoned? Being in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
(Romans 4:11)
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of
the belief while in uncircumcision, for him to be a father of all those
believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be reckoned to them
also, (Romans 4:12) and the father of
circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk
in the steps of the belief which our father Aḇraham had in uncircumcision. (Romans 4:13)
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Aḇraham or to his seed through the Torah, but
through a righteousness of belief (Faith-
Trust). (Romans 4:14)
For if those who are of the Torah are heirs, belief has been made
useless, and the promise has been nullified, (Romans
4:15) for the Torah works out wrath, for where there is no Torah there
is no transgression. (Romans 4:16) On
account of this it is of belief, that it be according favor, for the promise to be made certain to
all the seed, not only to those who are of the Torah, but also to those who are
of the belief of Aḇraham, who is father of us all – (Romans 4:17)
as it has been written, “I have made you a father of many nations” – in
the presence of Him whom he believed, even Elohim, who gives life to the dead
and calls that which does not exist as existing, (Romans
4:18) who against all
expectation did believe, in expectation, so that he should become father of
many nations, according to what was said, “So shall your seed be.” (Romans 4:19)
And not having grown weak in belief, he did not consider his own body,
already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s
womb, (Romans 4:20) he did not hesitate about
the promise of Elohim through unbelief, but was strengthened in belief, giving
esteem to Elohim, (Romans 4:21) and being completely persuaded that what He
had promised He was also able to do. (Romans
4:22) Therefore also “it was
reckoned to him for righteousness.” (Romans 4:23) And not because of him alone was it written
that it was reckoned to him, (Romans 4:24) but also because of us, to whom it shall be
reckoned, to us who believe in Him who raised up יהושע our Master from the dead, (Romans
4:25) who was delivered up
because of our trespasses, and was raised for us to be declared righteous.
Loved One, here is my prayer for you and your loved
ones; that by your testimony you overcome by the blood of the Lamb, (Our Passover) and the word of your testimony
which defined is your actions (doing) and words you speak that agree with the
King of glory!
(Ephesians 6:11) Put on the complete armor of Elohim, for you
to have power to stand against the schemes of the devil. (Ephesians 6:12)
We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies. (Ephesians 6:13)
Because of this, take up the complete armor of Elohim, so that you have
power to withstand in the wicked day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:14)
Stand, then, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, (Ephesians 6:15) and having fitted your feet with the
preparation of the Good News of peace; (Ephesians
6:16) above all, having taken up
the shield of belief with which you shall have power to quench all the burning
arrows of the wicked one. (Ephesians 6:17) Take also the helmet of deliverance, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of Elohim,1
Footnote: 1 Isaiah 59:21. (Ephesians 6:18) praying at all times, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watching in
all perseverance and supplication for all the set-apart ones; (Ephesians 6:19) also for me, that a word might be
given to me in the opening of my mouth, to be bold in making known the secret
of the Good News, …
Shalom to your
home Loved One,
Thurston
Continued from Page 1…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 who are still scattered for Easter and sun god day worship which
parallels closely as a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s look once again together;
(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 from here forward!) Ten men
(Ten tribes scattered) from all
languages of the nations take hold,
yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite1, saying, “Let us go with you,
for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote:
1John 4:22.
