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February 11, 2012
Shabbat Shalom Loved One! (You are much loved! This study is attached for printing and available at the website below)
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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 YHWH’s year starts over; this is not to say that I am correct and others are wrong, I just happen to believe we will never challenge our older brother Judah by following his traditions. I expect Judah will be moved by our obedience to His Torah (Words of Scripture) and seeing YHWH’s signs and wonders following our obedience-
Does the statement above mean we are not to grab the tzitzit of Yehuda and take hold and learn from them? Of course not, we absolutely should learn of them and from them- just not ingest and keep that which is traditions that go against His words! Especially since we are the ten (Ten scattered northern tribes scattered for Easter and sun god day worship which parallels closely as a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s look 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 in the future also!) ten men from all languages of the nations take hold, yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏite1, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote: 1John 4:22.
Our time is up? Fullness of Gentiles or Goyim judgment pronounced by Ezekiel for pagan worship practices such as Easter (Astarte) and Winter Solstice sun god worship during December 25th to be scattered over the world 390 years which for continued rebellion by the now Scattered Northern Tribes of Israel was multiplied by 7 by YHVH to extend to 2730 years- THIS JUDGMENT PERIOD AND EXTENSION IS UP.
LOVED ONE; Here’s why we must forsake traditions that are not lined up with His Torah (Instructions- Word): Our doctrines (DOINGS) MUST line up with the word forever established in Heaven if we expect our Creator to confirm His word with signs and wonders following as also He told Jeremiah- “I am watching over my word to perform it!”—
(Jeremiah 1:11) And the word of יהוה came to me, saying, “What do you see, Yirmeyahu?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” (Jeremiah 1:12) And יהוה said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to do it.” (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 teachings the commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Isa. 29:13, Mk. 7:7, 2 Ki. 17:19.
And the King James: (Mat 15:8) this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. (Mat 15:9) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines (doings) the commandments of men.
(Mar 7:6) He answered and said unto them, well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, this people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. (Mar 7:7) Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mar 7:8) For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do (Mar 7:9) and he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
He still desires intimacy and that comes from WILLING obedience as that is the only sacrifice that is acceptable to Him! A heart to obey will always receive more instructions whereas a heart in rebellion will be cut off and allowed to stumble until REPENTANCE comes!
Yahshua reminds us: (John 14:20) “In that day (Comment: Hebrew idiom for Day of the Lord) 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 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.” Then we read 1 John: (1Jn 2:15) Do not love the world or that which is in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.1 Footnote: 1Jm. 4:4. (1Jn 2:16) Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. (1Jn 2:17) And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.
Loved One- we are manifesting as the sons and daughters of the Creator as we learn to yield and obey. It is called She’mah (HEAR AND OBEY) O’ Israel! May our loving Creator give us the ears to hear Him and the courage to obey Him!
(1Jn 3:1) See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of Elohim! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (1Jn 3:2) Beloved ones, now we are children of Elohim. And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1Jn 3:3) And everyone having this expectation in Him cleanses himself, as He is clean. (1Jn 3:4) Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (1Jn 3:5) And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. (1Jn 3:6) Everyone staying in Him does not sin. Everyone sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him.1 Footnote: 1See 2:4 & 3 John v. 11. (1Jn 3:7) Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one doing righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.1 Footnote: 1See 2:29. (1Jn 3:8) The one doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Elohim was manifested: to destroy the works of the devil.1 Footnote: 1See Titus 2:14. (1Jn 3:9) Everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin, because His seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of Elohim.
“DOING” the Gospel is not only guarding our tongues to agree with YHVH’s words but keeping ourselves pure and undefiled from the world and its systems and culture of whoredoms which contain pagan traditions. Obedience to Torah is FREEDOM!
PURE RELIGION and undefiled is this- take care of widows and orphans and keep ourselves from being polluted (naturally) by the world and its culture! (James 1:21) Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, 1 which is able to save your lives. Footnote: 1See Mt. 13:4-23. (James 1:22) And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, 1 deceiving yourselves. Footnote: 1See Mt. 7:24-27, Luke. 6:46-49, Luke. 8:21, Rom. 2:13, Heb. 4:11, Rev. 22:14.
(James 1:23) If anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror, (James 1:24) for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like. (James 1:25) But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, 1 and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah. Footnote: 1See 2:12. (James 1:26) If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless. (James 1:27) Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained (Unpolluted) from the world.
Really want to know the will of YHVH for your life? Do we really want to know? Here’s how; offer our bodies as a living sacrifice- that is fast and pray and READ and MEDITATE on His Word- yes Torah, the prophets and the Renewed Covenant!
(Rom 12:1) I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through the compassion of Elohim, to present your bodies a living offering – set-apart, well-pleasing to Elohim – your reasonable worship. (Rom 12:2) And do not be conformed to this world (Pollution and defiled), but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, (Meditating on the Word) so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim. (His will)
WE ARE FAMILY! Becoming this daily as we die to self! (Smiles) Hallelu-YAH! In addition to a reminder that “SIN” is defined as doing away with the law or Torahlessness and a short look at the heart attitude of loving our neighbor as ourselves- Today we are reminded to not add or take away from His WORDS!
Here are this Week’s Torah Scriptures: Ve’etchanan “And I Pleaded/Sought”
Deuteronomy 3:23-7:1; Isaiah 40:1-31 (Extended); Mark 12:28-44 (Extended)
Father really wants us to obey Him that He may extend His promises to us! Look at the pattern we learn from Moses-
(Deuteronomy 3:23) “And I pleaded with יהוה at that time, saying, (Deuteronomy 3:24) ‘O Master יהוה, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand, for who is a mighty one in the heavens or on earth who does according to your works and according to your might? (Deuteronomy 3:25) ‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕn, this good hill country, and Leḇanon.’ (Deuteronomy 3:26) “But יהוה was enraged with me, for your sake, and would not listen to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to me about this matter. (Deuteronomy 3:27) ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and look with your eyes, for you do not pass over this Yardĕn. (Deuteronomy 3:28) ‘But charge Yehoshua, and strengthen him and make him brave, for he shall pass over before this people and causes them to inherit the land which you see.’ (Deuteronomy 3:29) “And we dwelt in the valley opposite Bĕyth Peʽor.
Do NOT!
(Deuteronomy 4:1) “And now, O Yisra’ĕl, listen to the laws and the right-rulings which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and shall go in and possess the land which יהוה Elohim of your fathers is giving you. (Deuteronomy 4:2) “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it1, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you. Footnote: 1See also 12:32, Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19. (Deuteronomy 4:3) “Your eyes have seen what יהוה did at Baʽal Peʽor, for יהוה your Elohim has destroyed from your midst all the men who followed Baʽal Peʽor. (Deuteronomy 4:4) “But you who are clinging to יהוה your Elohim are alive today, every one of you. (Deuteronomy 4:5) “See, I have taught you laws and right-rulings, as יהוה my Elohim commanded me, to do thus in the land which you go to possess. (Deuteronomy 4:6) “And you shall guard and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these laws, and they shall say; ‘Only- a wise and understanding people is this great nation!’ (Deuteronomy 4:7) “For what great nation is there which has Elohim so near to it, as יהוה our Elohim is to us, whenever we call on Him? (Deuteronomy 4:8) “And what great nation is there that has such laws and righteous right-rulings like all this Torah which I set before you this day? (Deuteronomy 4:9) “Only, guard yourself, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the Words your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and your grandchildren. (Deuteronomy 4:10) “The day when you stood before יהוה your Elohim in Ḥorĕḇ, יהוה said to me, ‘Assemble the people to me and I make them hear My Words, so that they learn to fear me all the days they live on the earth and teach them to their children.’ (Deuteronomy 4:11) “And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the heavens – darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. (Deuteronomy 4:12) “And יהוה spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard a voice of words, but saw no form, you only heard a voice. (Deuteronomy 4:13) “And He made known to you His covenant which He commanded you to do, the Ten Words, and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. (Deuteronomy 4:14) “And יהוה commanded me at that time to teach you laws and right-rulings, for you to do them in the land which you pass over to possess. (Deuteronomy 4:15) “Therefore, diligently guard yourselves, for you saw no form when יהוה spoke to you at Ḥorĕḇ out of the midst of the fire, (Deuteronomy 4:16) lest you should do corruptly and shall make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure – the likeness of male or female, (Deuteronomy 4:17) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, (Deuteronomy 4:18) the likeness of any creature that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; (Deuteronomy 4:19) and lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and shall see the sun, and the moon, and the stars – all the host of the heavens – and you be drawn away into bowing down to them and serving them, which יהוה your Elohim has allotted to all the peoples under all the heavens. (Deuteronomy 4:20) “But יהוה has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Mitsrayim, to be His people, an inheritance, as it is today. (Deuteronomy 4:21) “And יהוה was enraged with me because of your words, and swore that I would not pass over the Yardĕn, and that I would not enter the good land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance. (Deuteronomy 4:22) “I am to die in this land, I am not passing over the Yardĕn, but you are passing over, and shall possess that good land. (Deuteronomy 4:23) “Guard yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of יהוה your Elohim which He made with you, and shall make for yourselves a carved image in the form of whatever יהוה your Elohim has forbidden you. (Deuteronomy 4:24) “For יהוה your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous Ěl. (Deuteronomy 4:25) “When you bring forth children and grandchildren, and shall grow old in the land, and shall do corruptly and make a carved image in the form of whatever, and shall do what is evil in the eyes of יהוה your Elohim to provoke Him, (Deuteronomy 4:26) “I shall call the heavens and earth to witness against you on that day, that you soon completely perish from the land which you pass over the Yardĕn to possess – you do not prolong your days in it but are completely destroyed. (Deuteronomy 4:27) “And יהוה shall scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the gentiles where יהוה drives you. (Deuteronomy 4:28) “And there you shall serve mighty ones, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. (Deuteronomy 4:29) “But from there you shall seek יהוה your Elohim, and shall find, when you search for Him with all your heart1 and with all your being. Footnote: 1Jer. 29:13. (Deuteronomy 4:30) “In your distress, when all these words shall come upon you in the latter days, then you shall return to יהוה your Elohim and shall obey His voice. (Deuteronomy 4:31) “For יהוה your Elohim is a compassionate Ěl, He does not forsake you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them. (Deuteronomy 4:32) “For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that Elohim created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there has been a Word as great as this, or has been heard like it. (Deuteronomy 4:33) “Have any people ever heard the voice of Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? (Deuteronomy 4:34) “Or has Elohim tried to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of a nation by trials, and by signs, and by wonders, and by battle, and by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great fearsome deeds, according to all that יהוה your Elohim did for you in Mitsrayim before your eyes? (Deuteronomy 4:35) “You have been shown it, to know that יהוה Himself is Elohim; there is no one beside Him. (Deuteronomy 4:36) “From the heavens He let you hear His voice, to instruct you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. (Deuteronomy 4:37) “And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them, and brought you out of Mitsrayim with His Presence, with His great power, (Deuteronomy 4:38) to drive out from before you nations greater and stronger than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today. (Deuteronomy 4:39) “And you shall know today, and shall recall to your heart that יהוה Himself is Elohim in the heavens above and on the earth beneath; there is none else. (Deuteronomy 4:40) “And you shall guard His laws and His commands which I command you today, so that it is well with you and with your children after you, and so that you prolong your days on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving you for all time.” (Deuteronomy 4:41) Then Mosheh separated three cities beyond the Yardĕn, toward the rising of the sun, (Deuteronomy 4:42) for him who killed someone to flee there, he who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and might flee to one of these cities and live: (Deuteronomy 4:43) Betser in the wilderness in the level land for the Re’uḇĕnites, and Ramoth in Gilʽaḏ for the Gaḏites, and Golan in Bashan for the Menashshites. (Deuteronomy 4:44) And this is the Torah which Mosheh set before the children of Yisra’ĕl. (Deuteronomy 4:45) These are the witnesses, and the laws, and the right-rulings which Mosheh spoke to the children of Yisra’ĕl after they came out of Mitsrayim, (Deuteronomy 4:46) beyond the Yardĕn, in the valley opposite Bĕyth Peʽor, in the land of Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who dwelt at Ḥeshbon, whom Mosheh and the children of Yisra’ĕl had smitten after they came out of Mitsrayim. (Deuteronomy 4:47) And they took possession of his land and the land of Oḡ sovereign of Bashan, two sovereigns of the Amorites, who were beyond the Yardĕn, toward the rising of the sun, (Deuteronomy 4:48) from Aroʽĕr, which is on the bank of the wadi Arnon, even to Mount Siyon, which is Ḥermon, (Deuteronomy 4:49) and all the desert plain beyond the Yardĕn as far as the Sea of the Araḇah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
HEAR! Master; please give us ears to hear you independently and the courage to obey! TEN WORDS!
(Deuteronomy 5:1) And Mosheh called all Yisra’ĕl, and said to them, “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, the laws and right-rulings which I speak in your hearing today. And you shall learn them, and guard to do them. (Deuteronomy 5:2) “יהוה our Elohim made a covenant with us in Ḥorĕḇ. (Deuteronomy 5:3) “יהוה did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. (Deuteronomy 5:4) “יהוה spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. (Deuteronomy 5:5) “I stood between יהוה and you at that time, to declare to you the Word of יהוה – for you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain – saying: (Deuteronomy 5:6) ‘I am יהוה your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage. (Deuteronomy 5:7) ‘You have no other mighty ones against my face. (Deuteronomy 5:8) ‘You do not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth, (Deuteronomy 5:9) you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim, am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, (Deuteronomy 5:10) but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love me and guard my commands. (Deuteronomy 5:11) ‘You do not bring1 the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave him unpunished who brings His Name to naught. Footnote: 1Or lift up, or take. (Deuteronomy 5:12) ‘Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, as יהוה your Elohim commanded you. (Deuteronomy 5:13) ‘Six days you labor, and shall do all your work, (Deuteronomy 5:14) but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do. Footnote: 1See footnote at Ex. 20:10. (Deuteronomy 5:15) ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. (Deuteronomy 5:16) ‘Respect your father and your mother, as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged, and so that it is well with you on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is giving you. (Deuteronomy 5:17) ‘You do not murder. (Deuteronomy 5:18) ‘You do not commit adultery. (Deuteronomy 5:19) ‘You do not steal. (Deuteronomy 5:20) ‘You do not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Deuteronomy 5:21) ‘You do not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor do you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.’ (Deuteronomy 5:22) “These Words יהוה spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a loud voice, and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. (Deuteronomy 5:23) “And it came to be, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders, (Deuteronomy 5:24) and said, ‘See, יהוה our Elohim has shown us His esteem and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. Today we have seen that Elohim speaks with man – and he lives! (Deuteronomy 5:25) ‘And now why should we die? For this great fire is consuming us. If we hear the voice of יהוה our Elohim any more, then we shall die. (Deuteronomy 5:26) ‘For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and does live? (Deuteronomy 5:27) ‘You go near and hear all that יהוה our Elohim says, and speak to us all that יהוה our Elohim says to you, and we shall hear and do it.’ (Deuteronomy 5:28) “And יהוה heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. (Deuteronomy 5:29) ‘Oh, that they had such a heart in them- to fear me and to guard all my commands always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever! (Deuteronomy 5:30) ‘Go, say to them, and “Return to your tents.” (Deuteronomy 5:31) ‘But you, stand here by me, and let me speak to you all the commands, and the laws, and the right-rulings which you are to teach them. And they shall do them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’ (Deuteronomy 5:32) “And you shall guard to do as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you – do not turn aside, to the right or to the left. (Deuteronomy 5:33) “Walk in all the way which יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you. And you shall prolong your days in the land which you possess.
All His promises are His Kingdom! The King’s Domain! Let’s enter in Loved One!
(Deuteronomy 6:1) “And this is the command, the laws and right-rulings which יהוה your Elohim has commanded, to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over to possess, (Deuteronomy 6:2) so that you fear יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His laws and His commands which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days be prolonged. (Deuteronomy 6:3) “And you shall hear, O Yisra’ĕl, and shall guard to do, that it might be well with you, and that you increase greatly as יהוה Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. (Deuteronomy 6:4) “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one! (Hebrew word for one here is echad- meaning absolute union and agreement!) (Deuteronomy 6:5) “And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might. (Deuteronomy 6:6) “And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart, (Deuteronomy 6:7) and you shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up, (Deuteronomy 6:8) and shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:9) “And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:10) “And it shall be, when יהוה your Elohim brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give you great and good cities which you did not build, (Deuteronomy 6:11) and houses filled with all kinds of goods, which you did not fill, and wells dug which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be satisfied – (Deuteronomy 6:12) be on guard, lest you forget יהוה who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage. (Deuteronomy 6:13) “Fear יהוה your Elohim and serve Him, and swear by His Name. (Deuteronomy 6:14) “Do not go after other mighty ones, the mighty ones of the peoples who are all around you, (Deuteronomy 6:15) for יהוה your Elohim is a jealous Ěl in your midst, lest the displeasure of יהוה your Elohim burn against you, then He shall destroy you from the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 6:16) “Do not try יהוה your Elohim as you tried Him in Massah. (Deuteronomy 6:17) “Diligently guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim, and His witnesses, and His laws which He has commanded you. (Deuteronomy 6:18) “And you shall do what is right and good in the eyes of יהוה, that it might be well with you, and you shall go in and possess the good land of which יהוה swore to your fathers, (Deuteronomy 6:19) to drive out all your enemies from before you, as יהוה has spoken. (Deuteronomy 6:20) “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘what is the meaning of the witnesses, and the laws, and the right-rulings which יהוה our Elohim has commanded you?’ (Deuteronomy 6:21) then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Mitsrayim, and יהוה brought us out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand, (Deuteronomy 6:22) and יהוה sent signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Mitsrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:23) ‘And He brought us out from there, to bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers. (Deuteronomy 6:24) ‘And יהוה commanded us to do all these laws, to fear יהוה our Elohim, for our good always, to keep us alive, as it is today. (Deuteronomy 6:25) ‘And it is righteousness for us when we guard to do all this command before יהוה our Elohim, as He has commanded us.’ (Deuteronomy 7:1) “When יהוה your Elohim brings you into the land which you go to possess, He shall also clear away many nations before you: the Ḥittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Kenaʽanites and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you. (Deuteronomy 7:2) “And when יהוה your Elohim gives them over to you, you shall smite them and put them under the ban, completely. Make no covenant with them, and show them no favor. (Deuteronomy 7:3) “And do not intermarry with them – you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do not take his daughter for your son, (Deuteronomy 7:4) for he turns your sons away from following me, to serve other mighty ones. Then the displeasure of יהוה shall burn against you and promptly destroy you. (Deuteronomy 7:5) “But this is what you do to them: Break down their altars, and smash their pillars, and cut down their Ashĕrim, and burn their carved images with fire. (Deuteronomy 7:6) “For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. יהוה your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples on the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:7) “יהוה did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more numerous than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples, (Deuteronomy 7:8) but because of יהוה loving you, and because of Him guarding the oath which He swore to your fathers, יהוה has brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. (Deuteronomy 7:9) “And you shall know that יהוה your Elohim, He is Elohim, the trustworthy Ěl guarding covenant and kindness for a thousand generations with those who love Him, and those who guard His commands, (Deuteronomy 7:10) but repaying those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He does not delay to do so with him who hates Him, He repays him to his face. (Deuteronomy 7:11) “And you shall guard the command, and the laws, and the right-rulings which I command you today, to do them.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and His people scattered everywhere! Prepare the way for His return!
(Isa 40:1) “Comfort, comfort my people!” says your Elohim. (Isa 40:2) “Speak to the heart of Yerushalayim, and cry out to her, that her hard service is completed, that her crookedness is pardoned, and that she has received from the hand of יהוה double for all her sins.” (Isa 40:3) The voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה; make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim. (Isa 40:4) “Let every valley be raised, and every mountain and hill made low. And the steep ground shall become level, and the rough places smooth. (Isa 40:5) “And the esteem of יהוה shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see it. For the mouth of יהוה has spoken.” (Isa 40:6) The voice said, “Cry out!” and he said, “What do I cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. (Isa 40:7) “Grass shall wither; the flower shall fade, when the Spirit of יהוה has blown on it! Truly the people are as grass! (Isa 40:8) “Grass shall wither, the flower shall fade, but the Word of our Elohim stands forever1.” Footnote: 11 Peter 1:24-25. (Isa 40:9) You, who bring good news to Tsiyon, get up into the high mountain. You, who bring good news to Yerushalayim, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid. Say to the cities of Yehuḏah, “See your Elohim!” (Isa 40:10) See, the Master יהוה comes with a strong hand, and His arm rules for Him. See, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. (Isa 40:11) He feeds His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young. (Isa 40:12) Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with a span, and contained the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? (Isa 40:13) Who has meted out the Spirit of יהוה, or as His counselor taught Him? (Isa 40:14) With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right-ruling? Who taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding? (Isa 40:15) See, nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine dust. (Isa 40:16) And Leḇanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. (Isa 40:17) All nations before Him are as a non-entity, and they are reckoned by Him as less than a speck, and emptiness. (Isa 40:18) And to whom would you liken Ěl? And what likeness would you compare to Him? (Isa 40:19) The workman molds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains. (Isa 40:20) He who is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that does not rot. He seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to prepare a carved image that does not totter. (Isa 40:21) Did you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? (Isa 40:22) It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in, (Isa 40:23) who brings princes to naught, shall make the rulers of the earth as emptiness. (Isa 40:24) Hardly have they been planted, hardly have they been sown, hardly has their stock taken root in the earth, when He shall blow on them and they wither, and a whirlwind take them away like stubble. (Isa 40:25) “And to whom then do you liken me, or to whom am I compared?” says the Set-apart One. (Isa 40:26) Lift up your eyes on high and see. Who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power – not one is missing. (Isa 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”? (Isa 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. (Isa 40:29) He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might He increases strength. (Isa 40:30) Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men stumble and fall, (Isa 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.
We love YHVH with all our heart by loving obedience and we love our neighbor as ourselves by receiving our Messiah’s love to give to others!
(Mar 12:28) And one of the scribes coming near, hearing them reasoning together, knowing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first command of all?” (Mar 12:29) And יהושע answered him, “The first of all the commands is, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one. (Yahshua quotes the She’mah Deuteronomy 6:4) (Mar 12:30) ‘And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with your entire mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first command. (Mar 12:31) “And the second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other command greater than these.” (Mar 12:32) And the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one Elohim, and there is no other besides Him. (Mar 12:33) “And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the being, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the burnt offerings and offerings.” (Mar 12:34) And when יהושע saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the reign of Elohim.” And after that no one was bold enough to question Him. (Mar 12:35) And יהושע responding, said, while teaching in the Set-apart Place, “How is it that the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of Dawiḏ? (Mar 12:36) “Dawiḏ himself said by the Set-apart Spirit, ‘יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool of your feet.” ’ (Mar 12:37) “Dawiḏ himself calls Him ‘Master.’ In what way then is He his Son?” And the large crowd heard Him gladly. (Mar 12:38) And in His teaching He was saying to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and like greetings in the market-places, (Mar 12:39) and the best seats in the congregations, and the best places at feasts, (Mar 12:40) who are devouring widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.” (Mar 12:41) And sitting opposite the treasury He saw how the people put copper into the treasury. And many rich ones put in much. (Mar 12:42) And a poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. (Mar 12:43) And calling near His taught ones He said to them, “Truly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those putting into the treasury, (Mar 12:44) for they all put in out of their excess, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her entire livelihood.”
THANKS FOR YOUR HEART DIRECTED PRAYERS FOR ME LOVED ONE!
Loved One, I 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 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! It is the LOVE of YHWH that draws men to repentance- not our knowledge! 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 Churchianity and Judaism. I pray you gain an ear to hear Him and the courage to obey Him! Thanks for your continued prayers for me- they are cherished- sometimes we get to walk alone and I thank you! Thank you! And THANK YOU! You are much loved!
Shalom to your heart, loved ones, and home!
Thurston
