Saturday, March 11, 2017
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March 11, 2017
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. For me it is about restoration of all things- this is further explained at the end of this study. This study is attached for printing and at the website below.
Loved one, first I want to quickly review the message from last week I shared by a Cowboy Church preacher named Daniel who is my trusted friend, or as my daddy would have spoken- he is someone you “could ride the river with”. Then, I want us to seriously consider getting real about our own belief systems as truth seekers. We cannot continue to be okay with our unbelief and evil speaking– we must be diligent truth seekers. When we think we have arrived, we are in deep trouble because as Yahshua warned- we will repent before the great and terrible Day of Yahweh. (Spirit of Elijah- as likened to John the Baptist who came preaching REPENT!)
I hear too often, “well, we are just sinners.” THAT PROCESS IS NONSENSE. That comment will allow us to continue as sinners- expecting to miss the mark…hmm… actually it is more serious than that- it actually opens the door to- I will sin and it’s okay, greasy grace. Grace allows us to FLEE SIN, not live in it and accept it! Yahshua, via the Ruach Ha Kodesh (Holy Spirit) spoke to me about that many years ago, saying, “Do not call filthy what I have cleansed! You may sin but you are not a sinner- you may sin as an action, but that is NOT who you are as a being! You will REPENT and follow me. Stop agreeing with that evil speaking!”
You see loved one, we are the blessed by Yahweh! He truly watches over His word to perform it as we agree with Him on all matters pertaining to life and godliness!
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who shall not walk in the counsel of the wicked, and shall not stand in the path of sinners, and shall not sit in the seat of scoffers, Psalm 1:2 but his delight is in the Torah of יהוה, and he meditates in His Torah day and night. Psalm 1:3 for he shall be as a tree planted by the rivers of water that yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither, and whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:4 the wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind blows away. Psalm 1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. Psalm 1:6 for יהוה knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked comes to naught.
I hope we can see that all evil speaking is something that hurts us- even if we speak of others- we hear it also! This must stop! We are not sinners- we HAVE sinned but that is not who we are!
Ephesians 4:29 Let no evil (Corrupt) word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. Ephesians 4:30 and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of Yahweh, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Yahweh through Messiah forgave you.
Okay, let’s get back to reviewing last week, because I want us to see that we must focus and stop trying to jump the fence- we must put our King as the center of our lives. We must learn to focus on Him and allow Him to take over our lives- that is why our topic will be about getting rid of our UNBELIEF today!
That statement above about “Ride the River with” back in dad’s day (My dad was a cowboy and “river rider”)meant someone you would trust your life to in the dangers of horseback patrols on the Mexican border- where smuggling of cattle, people and drugs could quickly become life threatening.
Daniel shared about the “ROUND PEN”. Many of you know about a round pen, where it is often used to train or break horses, but I maybe I can better explain by attempting to paint a picture for us.
Once you had a wild horse in the pen with a rope or hackamore around his neck or head, the wild horse would continually be circling with the trainer or “bronc breaker” in the middle of the pen holding the rope. The horse, independent and seeking his continued freedom would run around as far outside of the ROUND PEN that he could- still confined to the pen- (No corners for escaping into) always looking outward for a means of escape- maybe even trying to jump the fence several times. His attention would be to find a means of escape, where he alone, being FREE, would determine his actions.
Normally, not until the horse was exhausted would he ever turn and see what controls or restrains him- then he might slow down and think- for just a moment turning his attention to who holds the rope- to see who or what is doing this control. Eye contact is made and the budding of a relationship has begun, no matter how long it takes the horse to trust and understand that it will be okay- that the restrainer is in control and can be trusted.
Sometimes Yahweh does that to His Creation. Some of us- His creation, want to do our own thing- in absolute rebellion to the Creator’s instruction. Some of us want to hide in religion, or some form of it in a corner, so to speak. We want to be among others of “like minded faith” even if we are not walking in love, (Especially to those not of our like-minded group and understanding) which Yahshua describes as the only way He will know us. Or perhaps we are running from His control all together- demanding our freedom- from anyone – even Yahweh who loves us and has given us enough rope to run from Him or hide in a corner somewhere doing what WE decide is important for our lives.
Loved One- as we focus on Him as we move around our own ROUND PEN of life- it is our day for OVERCOMING! I want to help us understand our need to rid ourselves of UNBELIEF. We must understand what prayer AND fasting will do for every one of us who will exercise this sacrifice of afflicting our souls as King David did on Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. We are becoming the BRIDE without spot or blemish as we have taken captivity captive by removing our INIQUITIES over the last week- If you have not taken the time to personally do this- I have attached the iniquities study from last week for your convenience and victory.
Isaiah 58:5 “Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to יהוה? Isaiah 58:6“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke?
I want us to understand properly; the TOPIC and subject of the conversation between Yahshua and the disciples about belief ad unbelief. The topic below is not about some special demon- as all demons- including their master hasatan- must bow to the name of above all names. Also remember the name is about RELATIONSHIP representing the character of who Messiah was, is, and forever will be. He destroyed the works of hell for us---IF we believe. Sand our belief is based on relationship and trust (Faith-belief) that He is who He says He is and has done what He says He had; He DESTROYED the works of hell for us; IF we ONLY BELIEVE.
Once we really understand prayer and fasting rids us of our unbelief—no matter what the facts are; we will fast and pray—because ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THE ONE THAT BELIEVES!
Remember the setting, fame has gone out all over the land of Israel because Yahshua has sent the 12 out (Then the 70) and told them to go cast out devils, raise the dead, heal the sick, freely they have received- freely go give! So they have had marvelous accomplishments casting out devils. Not only that but then Yahshua takes Kĕpha (Peter, James and John and they witness His transfiguration with Moses and Elijah) and they are walking back from that event when Yahshua witnesses the other disciples trying to cast out a devil from a man’s son. Here’s their report of having authority (Just like we do) over demons:
Luke 10:17 and the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”Luke 10:18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan falling out of the heaven as lightning. Luke 10:19 “See, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, (Demonic realm) and over all the power of the enemy, and none at all shall hurt you. Luke 10:20 “But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”
Now let’s look closer at the chronology of events… I have highlighted belief and unbelief for us to easily see- THAT ALONE IS THE TOPIC! (Not some mighty demon)
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 Matthew 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.” 1Footnote: 1 Mark 9:4. Matthew 17:5 while he was still speaking, see, and 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. Matthew 17:14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, Matthew 17:15 “Master, have compassion on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers badly, for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. Matthew 17:16“And I brought him to your taught ones, but they were unable to heal him.”
Here we see Yahshua angry because of their UNBELIEF
Matthew 17:17 and יהושע answering, said, “O generation, unbelieving and perverted, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to me.” Matthew 17:18 and יהושע rebuked the demon, and he came out of him. And the child was healed from that hour. Matthew 17:19 Then the taught ones came to יהושע by Himself and said, “Why were we unable to cast him out?” Matthew 17:20 and יהושעsaid to them, “Because of your unbelief, for truly, I say to you, if you have belief as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it shall move. And no matter shall be impossible for you. Matthew 17:21 “But this kind does not go out except through prayer and fasting.”
Let’s look again for more information from the same time frame in Mark’s Gospel
Mark 9:1 And He said to them, “Truly, I say to you that there are some standing here who shall not taste of death at all until they see the reign of Elohim having come in power:”1 Footnote: 1 vv. 2-7. Mark 9:2 and after six days יהושע took Kĕpha, and Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yoḥanan, and led them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. And He was transformed before them. Mark 9:3 and His garments became glittering, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth is able to whiten. Mark 9:4 and there appeared to them Ěliyahu with Mosheh, 1 and they were talking with יהושע. Footnote: 1 See Matthew 17:2-9, Luke 9:28-35, Luke 16:31, John. 5:47, Malachi 4:4-5.Mark 9:5 And Kĕpha responding, said to יהושע, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three booths, one for you, and one for Mosheh, and one for Ěliyahu,” Mark 9:6 because he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. Mark 9:7 and there came a cloud overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, the Beloved. Hear Him!” Mark 9:8 and suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them, but only יהושע. Mark 9:9 and as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them not to relate to anyone what they saw, till the Son of Aḏam had risen from the dead. Mark 9:10 and they kept this matter to themselves, debating what the rising from the dead meant. Mark 9:11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Ěliyahu has to come first?” Mark 9:12 And He said to them, “Ěliyahu indeed, having come first, restores all matters 1. And how has it been written concerning the Son of Aḏam, that He is to suffer much and be despised? Footnote: 1 Matthew 17:11, Acts 3:21. Mark 9:13 “But I say to you that even Ěliyahu has come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it has been written of him.” Mark 9:14 and coming to the taught ones, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes disputing with them.
Let’s look again closely at the topic as Yahshua makes it plain to us.
Mark 9:15 and immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were greatly astonished, and running near, greeted Him. Mark 9:16 And He asked the scribes, “What are you disputing with them?” Mark 9:17 And one of the crowd answering, said, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a dumb spirit. Mark 9:18“And wherever he seizes him, he throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and gnashes his teeth, and he wastes away. And I spoke to your taught ones that they should cast him out, but they were not able.”Mark 9:19 And He answered him and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.” Mark 9:20 so they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into convulsions. And falling on the ground, he rolled about, foaming at the mouth. Mark 9:21 And He asked his father, “How long has he been like this?” And he said, “From childhood, Mark 9:22 and often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if it is at all possible for you, have compassion on us and help us.” Mark 9:23 and יהושע said to him, “If you are able to believe, all is possible to him who believes.” Mark 9:24 and immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “I believe Master, and help my unbelief!” Mark 9:25 and when יהושע saw that a crowd came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You deaf and dumb spirit, I order you, come out of him, and never again enter into him!” Mark 9:26 and crying out, and convulsing him much, it came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said that he was dead. Mark 9:27 But יהושע, taking him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose. Mark 9:28 and when He came into a house, His taught ones asked Him separately, “Why were we unable to cast him out?” Mark 9:29 And He said to them, “It is impossible for this kind (OF UNBELIEF) to come out except through prayer and fasting.”
FACTS VERSUS TRUTH
LOVED ONES; what can we learn today from our victories and failures in prayer? Much in both instances it seems. Since we are family let’s have a heartfelt talk: sometimes we receive our “breakthrough” from sheer mercy of Yah; someone somewhere actually “believed”. Father has reminded me again that no prayer is EVER answered based on NEED. If they were answered based on how needy we are- frankly Loved One- there would be NO NEED on the planet Earth. Father told me many years ago that no man on Earth since His man Adam had ever starved to death that would worship Him unashamedly; although many had starved to death, they knew not how to worship and give thanks when they saw no provision. We should all remember a vital point- it requires believing or faith TO RECEIVE FROM HEAVEN- sometimes we just cannot say “THANK YOU” and believe it unless we SEE it first. Truthfully, if we can see it- that is Not Trust or Faith- that is REPORTING the facts. We are told no not walk by the facts- indeed He reminds us His righteous ones will walk by faith and goes on to remind us that without our believing (faith) we cannot possibly please YHWH! Remember our believing (faith)comes by hearing and hearing (At least apart from the gift of faith which is given for others only as the Ruach wills) Loved One, if we continually see and hear facts (the flesh realm) then we will establish and guarantee our unbelief. It is important that we rid ourselves of unbelief by fasting and prayer as that seems to be the required method provided for removal of our unbelief. Remember the topic was never some big demon when Yahshua taught on belief and unbelief and He spoke- “This type only goes by fasting and prayer!” We need to remind ourselves that wrestling is the most “in your face warfare” there is- and our wrestle with hasatan is to the death and our weapons are not flesh but are mighty for victory. We only win when we are so assured of His victory for us in spite of the overwhelming facts and storms against us- when we violently take it by FORCE and enforce the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. Yahshua guarantees that by speaking these words; (Matthew 11:12) “And from the days of Yoḥanan the Immerser till now the reign of the heavens is violated, and the violent seize it.1 Footnote: 1 See Luke\. 16:16-17 which explains it more clearly.
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 (faith-trust) 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;
Here are this Week’s Torah Scriptures: Ki Tetse “When You Go Out”
Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19; Isaiah 54:1-17; (Extended); Luke 20:27-38
(Deuteronomy 21:10) “When you go out to fight against your enemies and יהוה your Elohim shall give them into your hand, and you shall take them captive, (Deuteronomy 21:11) and shall see among the captives a woman fair of form, and shall delight in her and take her for your wife, (Deuteronomy 21:12) then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails, (Deuteronomy 21:13) and put aside the mantle of her captivity, and shall dwell in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a month of days. And after that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. (Deuteronomy 21:14) “And it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go at her desire, but you do not sell her at all for silver. Do not treat her harshly, since you have humbled her. (Deuteronomy 21:15) “When a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and the first-born son is of her who is unloved, (Deuteronomy 21:16) then it shall be, on the day he makes his sons to inherit his possessions, he is not allowed to treat the son of the beloved wife as first-born in the face of the son of the unloved, who is truly the first-born. (Deuteronomy 21:17) “But he is to acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the first-born by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength – the right of the first-born is his. (Deuteronomy 21:18) “When a man has a wayward and rebellious son who is not listening to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him, does not listen to them, (Deuteronomy 21:19) then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city, (Deuteronomy 21:20) and shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ (Deuteronomy 21:21) “Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. And let all Yisra’ĕl hear, and fear. (Deuteronomy 21:22) “And when a man has committed a sin worthy of death, then he shall be put to death and you shall hang him on a tree. (Deuteronomy 21:23) “Let his body not remain overnight on the tree, for you shall certainly bury him the same day – for he who is hanged is accursed of Elohim (Yahshua took our curse here) – so that you do not defile the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.
GOOD DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS
(Deuteronomy 22:1) “When you see your brother’s ox or his sheep going straying away, you shall not hide yourself from them. Return them to your brother without fail. (Deuteronomy 22:2) “And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks it, then you shall return it to him. (Deuteronomy 22:3) “And so you do with his donkey, and so you do with his garment, and so you do with whatever your brother loses, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to hide yourself. (Deuteronomy 22:4) “When you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down on the way, you shall not hide yourself from them. Help him raise them without fail. (Deuteronomy 22:5) “A woman does not wear that which pertains to a man, nor does a man put on a woman’s garment, for whomever does this is an abomination to יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 22:6) “When you come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young – (Comment: this command of doing no evil to even the bird eggs is thought by Jewish sages to be the least of His commands- hmm so those who disobey the LEAST of His commands will not be teacher great or Pastor Great in the Kingdom- but Pastor LEAST in the Kingdom- YIKES!) (Deuteronomy 22:7) let the mother go without fail, and take the young for yourself, so that it might be well with you, and that you shall prolong your days. (Deuteronomy 22:8) “When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring blood-guilt on your house when one falls from it. (Deuteronomy 22:9) “Do not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled. (Deuteronomy 22:10) “Do not plough with an ox and a donkey together. (Deuteronomy 22:11) “Do not put on a garment of different kinds, of wool and linen together. (Comment: it has now been discovered that linen has the highest positive energy of all garments- I expect this is part of the reason not to MIX) I expect the (Deuteronomy 22:12) “Make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself. (Deuteronomy 22:13) “When any man takes a wife, and shall go in to her, and shall hate her, (Deuteronomy 22:14) and shall make abusive charges against her and bring an evil name on her and say, ‘I took this woman, and when I came to her I did not find her a maiden,’ (Deuteronomy 22:15) then the father and mother of the young woman shall take and bring out the proof of the girl’s maidenhood to the elders of the city at the gate. (Deuteronomy 22:16) “And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he hates her. (Deuteronomy 22:17) ‘And see, he has made abusive charges against her, saying, “I did not find your daughter a maiden,” and yet these are the proofs of my daughter’s maidenhood.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. (Deuteronomy 22:18) “And the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him, (Deuteronomy 22:19) and fine him one hundred pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a maiden of Yisra’ĕl. And she is to be his wife; he is not allowed to put her away all his days. (Deuteronomy 22:20) “But if the matter is true, that the girl was not found a maiden, (Deuteronomy 22:21) then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done wickedness in Yisra’ĕl, to whore in her father’s house. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:22) “When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. Thus you shall purge the evil from Yisra’ĕl. (Deuteronomy 22:23) “When a girl who is a maiden is engaged to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, (Deuteronomy 22:24) then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and shall stone them to death with stones, the girl because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:25) “But if a man finds the girl who is engaged in the field, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. (Deuteronomy 22:26) “But you shall do no matter to the girl. The girl has no sin worthy of death – for the matter is like a man who rises against his neighbor and kills him – (Deuteronomy 22:27) for he found her in the field, and she cried out, the engaged girl, but without anyone to save her. (Deuteronomy 22:28) “When a man finds a girl who is a maiden, who is not engaged, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, (Deuteronomy 22:29) then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife because he has humbled her. He is not allowed to put her away all his days. (Deuteronomy 22:30) “A man does not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s skirt.
So much for the lie and mistranslation of a Eunuch in the Temple area that Philip was translated to- it was likely JAR MAKER- which is RIGHTEOUS ONE- as no one with destroyed testicles would be allowed on the Temple- period!
(Deuteronomy 23:1) “No one wounded, crushed or whose member is cut off does enter the assembly of יהוה.(Deuteronomy 23:2) “No one of illegitimate birth does enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of his does not enter the assembly of יהוה. (Deuteronomy 23:3) “An Ammonite or Mo’aḇite does not enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of them does not ever enter the assembly of יהוה, (Deuteronomy 23:4)because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bilʽam son of Beʽor from Pethor of Aram Naharayim, to curse you. (Deuteronomy 23:5) “But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bilʽam and יהוה your Elohim turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim loves you. (Deuteronomy 23:6) “Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever. (Deuteronomy 23:7) “Do not loathe an Eḏomite, for he is your brother. Do not loathe a Mitsrite, because you were a stranger in his land. (Deuteronomy 23:8) “The children of the third generation born to them do enter the assembly of יהוה. (Deuteronomy 23:9) “When the army goes out against your enemies, then you shall guard yourself from every evil matter. (Deuteronomy 23:10) “When there is any man among you who is not clean because of an emission in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. Let him not come into the midst of the camp. (Deuteronomy 23:11) “And it shall be when evening comes, that he bathes with water. And when the sun sets let him come into the midst of the camp. (Deuteronomy 23:12) “And you shall have a place outside the camp, where you shall go out, (Deuteronomy 23:13) and you shall have a sharp implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your excrement. (Deuteronomy 23:14) “For יהוה your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be set-apart, so that He does not see unclean matter among you, and shall turn away from you. (Deuteronomy 23:15) “You do not hand over to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. (Deuteronomy 23:16) “Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. Do not oppress him. (Deuteronomy 23:17) “None of the daughters of Yisra’ĕl is to be a cult prostitute, nor any of the sons of Yisra’ĕl be a cult prostitute. (Deuteronomy 23:18) “Do not bring the gift of a whore or the pay of a dog to the House of יהוה your Elohim for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 23:19) “Do not lend at interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest of food, or interest of whatever is lent at interest. (Deuteronomy 23:20) “To a foreigner you lend at interest, but to your brother you do not lend at interest, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all that you put your hand to in the land which you are entering to possess. (Deuteronomy 23:21) “When you make a vow to יהוה your Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for יהוה your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in you. (Deuteronomy 23:22) “But when you abstain from vowing, it is not sin in you. (Deuteronomy 23:23) “That which has gone from your lips you shall guard and do, for you voluntarily vowed to יהוה your Elohim what you have promised with your mouth. (Deuteronomy 23:24) “When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you shall eat to the satisfaction of your desire, but do not put any in a receptacle of yours. (Deuteronomy 23:25) “When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you shall pluck the heads with your hand, but do not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain. (Deuteronomy 24:1) “When a man takes a wife and shall marry her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found a matter of uncoveredness in her, and he shall write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, (Deuteronomy 24:2) and if she left his house and went and became another man’s wife, (Deuteronomy 24:3) and the latter husband shall hate her and write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or when the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, (Deuteronomy 24:4) then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be an abomination before יהוה. And do not bring sin on the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance. (Deuteronomy 24:5) “When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken. (Deuteronomy 24:6) “No one takes in pledge the lower or the upper millstone, for he would be taking a life in pledge. (Deuteronomy 24:7) “When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and treats him harshly or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 24:8) “Take heed, in an outbreak of leprosy, to diligently guard and do according to all that the priests, the Lĕwites, teach you. As I have commanded them, so you shall guard to do. (Deuteronomy 24:9) “Remember what יהוה your Elohim did to Miryam on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim. (Deuteronomy 24:10) “When you lend your brother a loan, do not go into his house to get his pledge. (Deuteronomy 24:11) “Stand outside and let the man to whom you lend bring the pledge out to you. (Deuteronomy 24:12) “And if the man is poor, do not sleep with his pledge. (Deuteronomy 24:13) “By all means return the pledge to him at sundown, and he shall sleep in his own garment, and shall bless you. And it shall be righteousness to you before יהוה your Elohim. (Deuteronomy 24:14) “Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your brothers or of the strangers who is in your land within your gates. (Deuteronomy 24:15) “Give him his wages on the same day, and do not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and lifts up his being to it, so that he does not cry out against you to יהוה, and it shall be sin in you. (Deuteronomy 24:16) “Fathers are not put to death for their children, and children are not put to death for their fathers, each is to die for his own sin. (Deuteronomy 24:17) “Do not twist the right-ruling of a stranger or the fatherless, nor take the garment of a widow. (Deuteronomy 24:18) “But you shall remember that you were a slave in Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this word. (Deuteronomy 24:19) “When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all the work of your hands. (Deuteronomy 24:20) “When you beat your olive trees, do not examine the branch behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. (Deuteronomy 24:21) “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. (Deuteronomy 24:22) “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim. Therefore I am commanding you to do this word.
Thirty nine stripes for Messiah- NOT 40! (If they went over by miscounting the judgment fell on the Giver of the punishment!)
(Deuteronomy 25:1) “When there is a dispute between men, then they shall come unto judgment, and they shall be judged, and the righteous declared righteous and the wrongdoer declared wrong. (Deuteronomy 25:2) “And it shall be, if the wrongdoer is to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows according to his wrong. (Deuteronomy 25:3) “Forty blows he gives him but no more, lest he beat him with many more blows than these, and your brother be degraded before your eyes. (Deuteronomy 25:4) “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. (Deuteronomy 25:5) “When brothers dwell together, and one of them has died, and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not become a stranger’s outside. Her husband’s brother does go in to her, and shall take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. (Deuteronomy 25:6) “And it shall be that the first-born son which she bears does rise up for the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of Yisra’ĕl. (Deuteronomy 25:7) “But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Yisra’ĕl, he does not agree to perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ (Deuteronomy 25:8) “The elders of his city shall then call him and speak to him, and he shall stand and say, ‘I have no desire to take her,’ (Deuteronomy 25:9) then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and remove his sandal from his foot, and shall spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’ (Deuteronomy 25:10) “And in Yisra’ĕl his name shall be called, ‘the house of him who had his sandal removed.’ (Deuteronomy 25:11) “When men fight with one another and the wife of one shall draw near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and shall put out her hand and seize him by the genitals, (Deuteronomy 25:12) then you shall cut off her hand – your eye does not pardon. (Deuteronomy 25:13) “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. (Deuteronomy 25:14) “You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. (Deuteronomy 25:15) “You shall have a perfect and right weight, a perfect and right measure, so that they prolong your days on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving you. (Deuteronomy 25:16) “For all who do these, and all who do unrighteously, are abominations to יהוה your Elohim. (False weights and Measures of the Federal Reserve System is why America’s financial system and economy will fail!)(Deuteronomy 25:17) “Remember what Amalĕq did to you on the way as you were coming out of Mitsrayim, (Deuteronomy 25:18) how he met you on the way and attacked your back, all the feeble ones in your rear, when you were tired and weary. And he did not fear Elohim. (Deuteronomy 25:19) “Therefore it shall be when יהוהyour Elohim has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you to possess as an inheritance that you blot out the remembrance of Amalĕq from under the heavens. Do not forget!
One time many years ago I professed to Yahshua- Isaiah 54:17 is NOT TRUE! Not so smart of me I know but it was my sentiments anyway- I’ll explain after the Scripture reading what He showed me)
(Isaiah 54:1) “Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the deserted one are more than the children of the married woman,” said יהוה. (Isaiah 54:2) “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not. Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. (Isaiah 54:3) “For you shall break forth to the right and to the left, and your seed inherit the nations, and make the deserted cities inhabited. (Isaiah 54:4) “Do not fear, for you shall not be put to shame, nor hurt, you shall not be humiliated. For the shame of your youth you shall forget, and not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. (Isaiah 54:5) “For your Maker is your husband, יהוה of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl is your Redeemer. He is called the Elohim of all the earth. (Isaiah 54:6) “For יהוה has called you like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when you were refused,” declares your Elohim. (Isaiah 54:7) “For a little while I have forsaken you, but with great compassion I shall gather you. (Isaiah 54:8) “In an overflow of wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I shall have compassion on you,” said יהוה, your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:9) “For this is the waters of Noaḥ to me, in that I have sworn that the waters of Noaḥ would never again cover the earth, so have I sworn not to be wroth with you, nor to rebuke you. (Isaiah 54:10) “For though the mountains be removed and the hills be shaken, my kindness is not removed from you, nor is my covenant of peace shaken,” said יהוה, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:11) “O you afflicted one, tossed with storm, and not comforted, see, I am setting your stones in antimony, and shall lay your foundations with sapphires, (Isaiah 54:12) and shall make your battlements of rubies, your gates of crystal, and all your walls of precious stones, (Isaiah 54:13) and all your children taught by יהוה, and the peace of your children great. (Isaiah 54:14) “In righteousness you shall be established – far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and far from ruin, for it does not come near you.(Isaiah 54:15) “See, they shall indeed assemble, but not because of me. Whoever shall assemble against you falls for your sake! (Isaiah 54:16) “See, I myself have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy. (Isaiah 54:17) “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which raises against you in judgment you shall prove wrong. This is the inheritance of the servants of יהוה, and their righteousness from me,” declares יהוה.
Okay- I have shared before but I must comment on my thoughts I spoke to Yahshua so long ago- we were under great storms of divorce, friends were sick and dying of cancers, some friends were losing long held jobs and careers, others were filing bankruptcies and the list continued- I could not fathom how the WORD would state that No Weapon formed against us believers would prosper- so I told Him-- that Scripture (Isaiah 54:17 above)isn’t true! He replied softly but sternly- “I destroyed the works of hell!” I replied – “What? How can you say that?” He replied- “I destroyed the works of hell!” I questioned again – “How can you say that with all this evil happening to my believing friends?” He replied a third time sternly and firmly this time; “I DESTROYED THE WORKS OF HELL- just not your tongue!”
He said this in explaining; “hasatan brings a storm immediately to steal the seed that is planted (Word of Yahweh spoken will grow and produce fruit) and you agree with hasatan and the storm considering it truth- it is not truth I AM TRUTH- when you agree with him with your words I stand down and you get the results of the one you agreed with- My words are spirit and life to your flesh- his words seem factual but they bring death- you must agree with my report and not hasatan’s no matter the storm- he steals your power- he has none of his own- I destroyed his. There is power of life and death in your tongue- you become a liar when you disagree with me I AM STILL THE TRUTH!”
(Luke 20:27) And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, (Luke 20:28) saying, “Teacher, Mosheh wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies childless, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. (Luke 20:29) “Now, there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and died childless. (Luke 20:30) “And the second took her as wife, and he died childless. (Luke 20:31) “And the third took her, and in the same way the seven also. And they left no children, and died. (Luke 20:32) “And last of all the woman died too. (Luke 20:33) “At the resurrection, then, whose wife does she become? For the seven had her as wife.” (Luke 20:34) And יהושע answering, said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, (Luke 20:35) but those who are counted worthy of attaining that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage, (Luke 20:36)for neither is it possible for them to die anymore, because they are like messengers and are sons of Elohim, being sons of the resurrection. (Luke 20:37) “But that the dead are raised, even Mosheh showed at the bush when he called יהוה ‘the Elohim of Aḇraham, and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ.’ (Luke 20:38) “Now He is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him.”
Loved One, I pray you take even more seriously our battle which is intensifying here on earth as the birth pains grow closer and more intense as the DAY APPEARS and you and I intensify our efforts by prayer and fasting to rid ourselves of UNBELIEF!
We must now learn to inhabit the Kingdom by violent force against hasatan and realize our destiny in “ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE!” Loved One, I also pray you walk in the spirit and not according to the lusts and directions of the flesh. That we may each repent quickly wherever we miss and stumble, and the snares set- all miss us. I further pray we ALWAYS forgive and speak forgiveness and blessings on those who do and have done evil against us. They need our love of the Father (Obedience) to break forth and come to our King! This is how they will recognize us; that we have love for one another and our King!
Loved One, I pray YOU make every effort to love the Creator according to His desires and not our learned ones that are filled with pagan ritual both in Christianity and Judaism. We are TRUTH SEEKERS and we are learning to flee all manner of evil speech and even taking our thoughts captive to line up with His word and instruction! We no longer seek to jump the fence of the ROUND PEN and do our own thing- we trust our King and focus on Him! I pray we gain an ear to hear Him and the simple courage to obey Him!
Shalom to your heart, loved ones, and home!
Thurston
Again, some have asked 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 Yahweh'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 Yahweh’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 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 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.
