Friday, December 13, 2013
TM
Shabbat
Shalom Loved One! (This study is
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I want to
share why I think there will be a blessing coming from the Global Currency
Reset now coming forth. Because blessed are the feet of those who bring good
news (Yahshua paid for victory on every front and in every attack); but without
provision no one brings the good news as it costs money. I believe the funds
will be abundant to go and do the gospel- but even if they don’t we will be
given His POWER to get things done and overcome the enemy’s plans! It seems to
me that more wickedness and oppression is being poured out on our world. I am
reminded of the story that you cannot boil a frog (Uhhh who would want to?) by
throwing it into boiling water- but only by slowly turning up the heat. We are
being slow cooked by sin and our deteriorating cultures that approve sin and
make you the world’s enemy if you stand against it. But…stand we will loved
ones; because as the enemy pours out more evil- Our Elohim is pouring out favor
and power to overcome. One scripture set quickly comes to the forefront for me. (NKJV with name clarification added)
(Isa 59:14)
Justice is turned back, and righteousness
stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. (Isa 59:15) So truth fails, and he who departs from evil makes
himself a prey. Then the LORD (Yahweh/Yahuah) saw it, and it displeased Him that there was
no justice. (Isa 59:16) He saw that there
was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore
His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained
Him. (Isa 59:17) For He put on
righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put
on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
(Isa 59:18)
According to their deeds, accordingly
He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; the
coastlands He will fully repay. (Isa 59:19) So shall they
fear the name of the LORD (Yahweh/Yahuah) from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun;
when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit
of the LORD (Yahweh/Yahuah) will lift up a standard against him.
So look again at the last verse about when the enemy comes in like a
flood---hmm---we know that the original Hebrew had no punctuation; so let’s re
read that verse with the understanding that I believe is correct and assigns
the power to Yahweh!
Let’s move the comma that was not
there to its more proper place. The
enemy is not all powerful- YAHWEH IS!
When the
enemy comes in, like a flood the Spirit of Yahweh lifts (raises) a standard against him.
Remember
the greater one is in us! He will raise a standard and power that the enemy
cannot overwhelm us! We must speak agreement with the word of Yahweh that we
may overcome also. Remember that He framed the worlds with His spoken word and
we must agree with what is established in Heaven and frame our world according
to what He paid for! We also believe and therefore SPEAK! Although many of us
are aware of the real and present possibility that we are nearing the DAYS of
DISTRESS or the GREAT TRIBULATION, We FEAR NOT! We repent where needed! Yes we
are heating up in the water but not yet boiling- NEARING- BUT NOT THERE YET- consider the blood red
moon coming in 2014 on Passover and Tabernacles. Consider the TWELVE STARS
under the VIRGIN SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS- DARE WE IGNORE THEM? There are earth
changes in weather patterns and expectations of asteroids, meteors, comets etc.
strafing our planet. One can understand if the lying elite propaganda machines
(news etc.) are speaking Al Gore climate warming- we should expect a mini- ice
age! Truth is cast away. The prophet Jeremiah’s warning to us that there will
be much we must now repent of (This agrees with Yahshua comparing John the
Baptist (Who taught REPENT!) to being as Elijah which must come first before
the Great and Terrible Day of the LORD- a season of repentance):
(Jeremiah 16:19) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my
refuge in the day of affliction, (Day of the Lord or Judgment Day at a future
day most likely in our day and very soon) the Gentiles (Scattered sheep of Israel as you could not
distinguish us from the pagans and heathen because we kept all the pagan feasts
and just renamed them to say we are now glorifying our Elohim with them)
shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, surely our fathers have inherited lies,
vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
I am of the expectation that we humans do not repent unless things
get very serious in our lives. Some of us in the past may have believed that believers get
“raptured” before any trouble starts which is untrue- the changing in the
twinkling of an eye happens at the LAST TRUMP- and knowing the Moedim (Appointments or Feasts- Holy Days set by
YHWH) or shadow pictures of what is to come- which are the very
appointments YHWH has set; we know Hebraically that there are only 10 days left
in the Great Tribulation at the point of the Last Trump (Feast of Trumpets which is the Hebrew idiom object of “no man knows
the day or hour”) before Judgment Day or also called the Day of Atonement
for us who have repented and received atonement from Yahshua. Some of us have
also been taught that we are gone and that the Great Tribulation is only for
the Jews. Sorry, that’s untrue also; it is JACOB’S TROUBLE; which if we
are grafted in believers as followers of Messiah Yahshua (Jesus) then we are part of the heirs of the promises of Abraham
and are part of the 12 sons’ tribes called Israel or Jacob.
It is time for a history reality check. Most
of us realize that the letter “J” was the most recent letter added to the
English language, sometime around the late 1500’s or early 1600’s. Most of us
know the English rendition of HalleluYAH is still pronounced Yah. (Spelled in English- Hallelujah) Yah is the shortened form of the
Hebrew Tetragrammaton (Name of Elohim our Creator) YHVH or also written as YHWH
for the sound of Yahweh or Yahuway. Most of us believe that we are not yet in the Great Tribulation which
is only 42 months because it is time, times, and a half time or 1 year plus 2
years plus ½ year as Daniel stated. (The
7 years is likened to the 7 years each of famine/good that Joseph was a shadow
picture by gathering the 12 brothers as likened to Yahshua coming for us- the
lost sheep of Israel; gathered to Yahshua by the process of being “Born Again”)
The 7 years of good years and the last 7 years of bad years we are now likely
in the midst of. We are NOT YET in the final 31/2 years of Great Tribulation
due to this Scripture promise which guarantees a great falling away and the man
of lawlessness (breaking YHWH’S laws) or
the son of perdition, the anti-messiah or anti-christ which will command us to
worship him and the false prophet which will agree with him- (Head of the world religion which will
likely be the last Pope) This man (anti-christ-
anti-messiah) must be revealed (not
speculation) first before the Great Tribulation starts- which fits
perfectly with the fig tree (Israel)
budding in 1947 (Nov 29) and even if
you use 1948; Hebraically the year has not changed from November to January as
the year starts over Biblically just before Passover which is usually in
April or May. Yahshua said that when the fig tree (Israel) budded- THAT generation (I believe that a Biblical generation
is 70 years- starting our Great Tribulation in 2017) would NOT pass away
until it was all fulfilled. This is not a “Thus says Yahweh- it is my
observation/belief that a Jubilee will also be that year being 50 years from
1967 when Israel recaptured Jerusalem. Count back every 50 years as I did when
I believed I heard the Ruach tell me that was the Last Jubilee in 2017- which
may mean we are protected (Not is a
pre-trib rapture) but He prepares a place for us for times time and ½ time
which is 42 Hebrew months of Great Tribulation.
Let’s look at why or proof the Great
Tribulation has NOT YET started: 2Th 2:1 As to the coming of our Master יהושע Messiah and our gathering
together to Him, we ask you, brothers, 2Th 2:2 not
to become easily unsettled in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or
by letter, as if from us, as if the day of יהוה has come. 2Th
2:1 As to the coming of our Master יהושע
Messiah and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, brothers, 2Th 2:2 not to become easily unsettled in mind or
troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as if the
day of יהוה has
come.
2Th 2:3 let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling
away is to come first, and the man of lawlessness1 is to be
revealed, the son of destruction, Footnote: 1Some texts read sin
instead of lawlessness. This man might be the same one we read of in the
prophecy in Isa. 14:12 – Hĕlĕl (“Heileil”), meaning “the
shining one,” the sovereign of Baḇel. 2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that
is called Elohim or that is worshipped, so that he sits as Elohim in the
Dwelling Place of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim. 2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you this
while I was still with you? 2Th 2:6And now you
know what restrains, for him to be revealed in his time. 2Th 2:7For the secret of lawlessness is already at
work – only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. 2Th 2:8 And
then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Master shall consume with the
Spirit of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming. 2Th 2:9 the coming of the lawless one is
according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of
falsehood, 2Th 2:10 and with all deceit of
unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of
the truth, in order for them to be saved. 2Th 2:11
and for this reason Elohim sends them a working of
delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, 1 Footnote: 1 Eze. 20:25, John 9:39, John 12:40,
Acts 7:42, Rom. 1:24-28. 2Th 2:12 in
order that all should be judged who did not believe the truth, but have
delighted in the unrighteousness.
Truth searcher; if we find ourselves
anxious seeing today’s world events; perhaps we need to spend more time in the
Scriptures getting to know our loving Creator more intimately; He who has ALL
power and laughs at the wicked men raging against Him- He holds them in
derision- not us who love Him and want to obey Him- Our
eyes are focused on Him! (Philippians 4:6) Do
not worry (or be anxious) at all, but
in every matter, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to Elohim. (Philippians 4:7)
And the peace of Elohim, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard
your hearts and minds through Messiah יהושע. (Philippians
4:8) For the rest, brothers,
whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is righteous, whatever is clean,
whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any uprightness and
if there is any praise – think on these. (Philippians
4:9) And what you have learned
and received and heard and saw in me, practice these, and the Elohim of peace
shall be with you.
Remember
with me that faith without action is
dead and likened to the body without the spirit man in it. It is still
faith but can produce NOTHING as the body will return to the dirt from which it
came and also produce NOTHING! (Jas
2:23)
And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham
believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was
called, “Elohim’s friend.” (Jas 2:24) You see, then, that a man is declared right
by works, and not by belief alone. (Jas 2:25) In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore
also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out
another way? (Jas 2:26) For
as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief (faith trust) is dead without the works.
Hopefully we have
become aware of some more probable uses of the endless spraying of chemicals in
our skies. (In addition to the obvious sickness and diseases and the
blocking out of sighting any incoming objects) Most of you know that
have done any investigation, that they (chemtrails
sprayed nightly nearly worldwide) are filled with NANO PARTICLES (so small it enters your skin and blood
stream upon contact) particles of aluminum, barium, strontium, uranium, (heavy metals with the ability to carry radioactive
isotopes). Added to this array of poisons are bacteria (morgellans and unknown diseases), fungus, and molds. Now here is
what I have recently been told by a trusted source. These radioactive isotopes
allow you to tracked and found anywhere, but even more important is they will
be able to attract you in a “feeling” way- much like a magnet. When project
BLUEBEAM with lifelike holograms
is used portraying the Messiah or “God” speaking from the heavens- many will
believe and FALL AWAY from the TRUTH. They indeed will be able to “feel” a
connection. Obviously, colonics and chelation that flush and cleanse the body
from these metals and poisons will be very important indeed. The Body of Messiah must awake from her
slumber because the DAY is far spent. I realize as my dear friend Reg in South
Africa said (I’m paraphrasing), we do
what we know to do and as we are led, but it is not likely we will HEAR from
Heaven always so clearly about every small step we must take. “We should be led by His peace, but He did
give us a brain and He expects us to use it, otherwise He would have only given
us EARS!” I smile when I remember
this conversation with him because he has a heart of gold and is a master with
words- and he has the unusual ability to cut the chase and bluntly tell you
truth!
Framing our world by HIS
spoken word!
Psalm 119:89 LAMED. Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. No one is arguing with YHWH in Heaven, the
thing we (you and I) must enforce is
His word by speaking agreement with His promises in the earth; where hasatan is
ruling the masses. We must focus our attention on Him
and His promises- not on the facts we may be experiencing. He has destroyed the
works of hell and therefore we can overcome the plans of hell, the giants and
overwhelming obstacles and still walk in victory. blue Very soon there may be a
“False flag” of sorts where we may see massive earthquakes, fallen demonic
alien looking beings and spacecraft claiming they know Yahshua etc.; possibly a hologram by project blue beam
(You may want to Google these programs) showing Yahshua speaking to us
confirming the anti-messiah. They may create race wars with mind control and
fill up FEMA camps etc. - but Yahshua promises He will give us words
to speak and not one hair of our head will be lost:
(Luke 21:8) And He said, “See that you are not led astray, for many
shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Then do not go
after them.” (Comment: I
believe this is how Project Bluebeam holograms will be used to deceive many-
with voices and faces along with spaceships, aliens- demonic realms etc.) (Luke 21:9) “But when you hear of fighting and unrests do not be alarmed,
for these have to take place first, but the end is not immediately.” (Luke 21:10)
Then He said to them, “Nation (race-ethnos) shall rise against nation
(race-ethnos), and reign against
reign. (Luke 21:11) “And there shall be
great earthquakes in various places, and scarcities of food and deadly
diseases. And there shall be horrors, and great signs from heaven. (Luke 21:12) “But before all this, they shall lay their hands on
you and persecute you, delivering you up to the congregations and
prisons, and be brought before sovereigns and rulers for My Name’s sake.
(Luke 21:13)
“And it shall turn out to you for a witness.
(Luke 21:14) “Therefore, resolve in
your hearts not to premeditate on what to answer. (Luke 21:15) “I shall give you a
mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to refute or
resist. (Luke 21:16) “And you shall also
be betrayed by parents and brothers and relatives and friends. And some of you
shall be put to death. (Luke 21:17) “And you shall be
hated by all because of My Name. (Luke 21:18) “But not a hair of your head shall be lost at all.
(Luke 21:19) “Possess your lives by your endurance! (Luke 21:20) “And when you see Yerushalayim surrounded by armies, and then
know that it’s lying waste is near. (Luke
21:21) “Then
let those in Yehuḏah flee to the
mountains, and let those who are in the midst of her go out, and let not those
who are in the fields enter her. (This
“fleeing” is likely because of the cleansing of the land 2/3 will be cut off
and die and the women ravished-raped- this is probably in reference to
Zechariah war): (Zechariah 14:2) and I shall gather all the gentiles to
battle against Yerushalayim1. And
the city shall be taken, the houses plundered, and the women ravished. Half of
the city shall go into exile, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut
off from the city. Footnote: 1Joel 3:2,
Zeph. 3:8, Rev. 16:14. (Zechariah 14:3) And יהוה shall go forth, and He shall fight
against those gentiles, as He fights in the day of battle.
If we claim to be
of Yahshua and heir to His promises to Abraham, then we MUST and WILL walk like
Yahshua did.
(1Jn 2:4) The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His
commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1Jn 2:5) But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has
been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2 Footnotes: 1Gen.
17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48. 2See 3:24. (1Jn 2:6) The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to
walk, even as He walked.
Are we willing (yet) to die to ourselves and live
in Him? It’s our call now…
(Isa 1:18)
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as
snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa
1:19) “If you submit and obey (willing and obedient), you shall eat
the good of the land; (Isa 1:20) but
if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword,” the mouth of יהוה has
spoken.
We must become LESS that He may become MORE of us! We get to choose for ourselves. As
we receive the engrafted Word of Life by submitting (receiving) - we become DOERS of the Word and not hearers only! We
change and become more like our King and Savior. Then we are not so easily
deceived. (James 4:7) So
then subject yourselves to Elohim. Resist the devil1
and he shall flee from you. Footnote: 1Or
adversary. (James 4:8) Draw near to Elohim and He shall draw near to
you. Cleanse hands, sinners. And cleanse the hearts, you double-minded! This
shows our maturity as we yield our tongues to the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) and He directs us. As He
directs us more and more we can become more assured of our destiny and purpose
and FEAR NOT!
Still got a Christmas tree? Obedience is still better than all our
sacrifices- Do we want to avoid Him rejecting us? Come out from her my people
OR partake in her plagues…
(1Sa 15:22) Then Shemu’ĕl said, “Does יהוה delight in burnt offerings and
slaughterings, as in obeying the voice of יהוה? Look, to obey is better than an
offering, to heed is better than the fat of rams. (1Sa
15:23) “For rebellion is as the
sin of divination (witchcraft), and
stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the
word of יהוה,
He also does reject you as sovereign.”
Let’s
not OUR customs be worthless before Yahshua!
How
important is fleeing worthless traditions? Yahshua (Jesus) answers in our face
so to speak- He never went against His Father- that would make Him
disobedient and a sinner- He is the word, was the word, and will forever be the
word- (Yes even at Mt Sinai) Let’s not be those who worship in VAIN!
Transgressing
the traditions we inherited…
(Mat 15:2) “Why do your taught ones transgress the
tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when
they eat bread.” (Mat 15:3) But He answering said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim1
because of your tradition? Footnote: 1See Mat. 5:20. (Mat 15:4) “Elohim has
commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses
father or mother, let him be put to death.’ (Mat
15:5) “But
you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have
received from me has been dedicated,” (Mat
15:6) is
certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified
the command of Elohim by your tradition. (Mat
15:7) “Hypocrites; Yeshayahu
rightly prophesied about you, saying, (Mat 15:8)
‘This people
draw near to me with their mouth, and respect me with their lips, but their heart
is far from me. (Mat 15:9) ‘But in VAIN do
they worship me, teaching as teachings (Doctrines) the commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Isa. 29:13, Mk. 7:7, 2 Ki. 17:19.
(Comment: vain definition is useless, worthless, pointless, barren,
fruitless- of NO value for those who believe the “LAW” is done away with
consider this warning from Proverbs: (Pro
28:9) He who turns away his ear from
hearing the Torah (Law), Even his
prayer is an abomination1. Footnote: 1See also 15:29, Isa. 59:1-2, John
9:31, 1 John 3:22.)
More information from Wikipedia: Although probably the best-known
Roman holiday, Saturnalia as a whole is not described from beginning to end in
any single ancient source. Modern understanding of the festival is pieced
together from several accounts dealing with various aspects.[4] The Saturnalia was the dramatic setting of the
multivolume work of that name by Macrobius, a Latin writer from late antiquity who is the major source for the holiday. In one
of the interpretations in Macrobius's work, Saturnalia is a festival of light
leading to the winter
solstice, with the
abundant presence of candles symbolizing the quest for knowledge and truth.[5] The renewal of light and the coming of the New Year was celebrated in the later Roman Empire at the Dies Natalis of Sol Invictus, the "Birthday of the Unconquerable
Sun," on December 25.[6]
The
popularity of Saturnalia continued into the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, and as
the Roman Empire came under Christian rule, some of its
customs (may??) have influenced the seasonal celebrations
surrounding Christmas and the New Year.[7]
Many of us now know
that the Christmas tree spoken about below in Jeremiah 10 was the worship of
the sun god often called Saturnalia on December 17-23rd now as
Christmas on December 25th. This was the winter solstice worship of
the sun god before the procession of the equinox which gradually became
December 21st. This was considered the manhood of the sun god. The
gold and silver balls were his—umm; I’ll let you figure that one out. No wonder
He commanded us to NOT LEARN the ways of the heathens and follow after their
traditions. So today people somehow have believed that this has now become a
way to worship YHWH! Surely we don’t think this is OK because this is what it
means to us? I expect we should really consider what it means to YHWH as it is
He we will stand in front of and be judged! It is now time to repent!
(Rev 18:1) And after this I saw another messenger coming
down from the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from
his esteem. (Rev 18:2) And he cried with a mighty voice, saying,
“Baḇel the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a
dwelling place of demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, and a haunt for
every unclean and hated bird, (Rev 18:3) because
all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her whoring, and the
sovereigns of the earth have committed whoring with her, and the merchants of
the earth have become rich through the power of her riotous living.” (Rev 18:4) And
I heard another voice from the heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in
her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.1 Footnote: 1Jer.
51:6 & 45. (Rev 18:5) “Because her sins have piled up to reach the
heaven, and Elohim has remembered her unrighteousnesses. (Rev 18:6)
“Render to her as she indeed did render, and repay her double according
to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix for her double. (Rev 18:7) “As
much as she esteemed herself and lived riotously, so much torture and grief
give to her, because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as sovereigness, and I am
not a widow, and I do not see mourning at all.’ (Rev
18:8) “Because of this her
plagues shall come in one day: death and mourning and scarcity of food. And she
shall be burned up with fire, because יהוה Elohim who judges her is mighty.
Why is it vain to worship Him NOT according to how He
prescribes? Some of us thought we could worship like we thought was best or
how our fathers of the faith taught us- hmm- perhaps we are of those that
INHERITED LIES- Below He reminds us: obedience brings His miracles-
(This is written to us- the scattered sheep of Israel
that Yahshua came to restore; US- you and I who are bought by the blood of the
LAMB!)
(Jeremiah 16:19) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my
refuge in the day of affliction, (Day of the Lord or Judgment Day at a future
day most likely in our day and very soon) the Gentiles (Scattered sheep of Israel as you could not
distinguish us from the pagans and heathen) shall come unto thee from the
ends of the earth, and shall say, surely
our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things
wherein there is no profit.
Here is a foundation Scripture that Yahshua never went
against- He NEVER disobeyed His Father- He only did what He saw His Father do
and spoke what His Father spoke. That’s what mankind seems to do- get religion and
start changing what He said; by adding to and taking away from what He said-
this would include adding holidays (holy set apart days) that He never
commanded and refusing to keep those holidays- set apart days- He does command!
(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 are 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.
Our tongue will direct our lives; IF we
remain stubborn and not allow Him to control us- it will lead us to our
guaranteed destruction! If we submit to His commands and
words- we gain His SHALOM as He directs us, protects us, and provides for us!
What are we speaking? What we
speak will determine our results of our efforts. We must plant good
seeds with our words; and guard against speaking the
facts. Facts may seem true, but they are not the TRUTH if they disagree with
what YHWH has spoken about us and His promises to us! (2Co 4:18) We
are not looking on what is seen, but
on what is not seen. For what is seen passes away (temporary-temporal), but what is not seen (the promise of Scripture you are standing upon and SPEAKING!) is everlasting.1 Footnote: 1See
5:7, and Rom. 8:24, Heb. 11:1 & 13. This agrees with what Yahshua
says; that our words are spirit- if we agree with Him our words bring - if we
agree with the facts and continue to speak our woes and dilemmas- we establish
them against ourselves to hasatan’s glee!
(John 6:63) It is the spirit that
gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I have spoken to you are
spirit, and life. (John 6:64) But there are some of
you that believe not. For Yahshua (Jesus)
knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that
should betray him.
Let’s memorize some Scriptures and speak them
over ourselves and our loved ones! I encourage you to do that as now is the
time--- We need His Shalom (Peace) NOW! FEAR NOT!
You may ask 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 at all, I just happen to believe we will never
challenge our older brother Judah by following his traditions. I expect he will
only be moved by our obedience to YHWH’S Torah (Words of Scripture) and seeing
YHWH’s signs and wonders that follow our obedience- as this week’s Torah
portion clearly portrays! HalleluYAH!
Here are this Week’s Torah Scriptures: Hukkat “Ordinance”
Numbers 19:1-22:1; Judges 11:1-33; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (Extended)
Hey- we also should keep our temples clean- who’s Temples we are!
(Numbers 19:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon,
saying, (Numbers 19:2) “This is a law of the Torah which יהוה has
commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, that they bring you a
red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish and on which a yoke has
never come. (Numbers 19:3) ‘And you shall give it to Elʽazar the priest,
and he shall bring it outside the camp, and shall slaughter it before him. (Numbers 19:4)
‘And Elʽazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger,
and sprinkle some of its blood seven times toward the front of the Tent of
Meeting. (Numbers 19:5) ‘And the heifer shall be burned before his
eyes – he burns its hide, and its flesh, and its blood, and its dung. (Numbers 19:6)
‘And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet, and throw
them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer. (Numbers
19:7) ‘The priest shall then wash
his garments, and shall bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the
camp, but the priest is unclean until evening. (Numbers
19:8) ‘And he who is burning it
washes his garments in water, and shall bathe his body in water, and is unclean
until evening. (Numbers 19:9) ‘And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of
the heifer, and shall place them outside the camp in a clean place. And they
shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Yisra’ĕl for the water
for uncleanness, it is for cleansing from sin. (Numbers
19:10) ‘And he who gathers the
ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and is unclean until evening. And
it shall be a law forever to the children of Yisra’ĕl and to the stranger who
sojourns in their midst. (Numbers 19:11) ‘He who touches the dead of any human being
is unclean for seven days. (Numbers 19:12) ‘He is to cleanse himself with the water on
the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean. But if he does not cleanse
himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean. (Numbers 19:13)
‘Anyone who touches the dead
of a human being, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the Dwelling Place of יהוה; that being shall be
cut off from Yisra’ĕl. He is unclean, for the water for uncleanness was not
sprinkled on him, his uncleanness is still upon him. (Numbers 19:14)
‘This is the Torah when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent
and all who are in the tent are unclean for seven days, (Numbers 19:15) and every open vessel which has no cover fastened
on it is unclean. (Numbers 19:16) ‘Anyone in the open field who touches someone
slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, is unclean
for seven days. (Numbers 19:17) ‘And for the unclean being they shall take
some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for cleansing from sin, and running water
shall be put on them in a vessel. (Numbers 19:18) ‘And a clean man shall take hyssop and dip it
in the water, and shall sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on
the beings who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or the slain, or
the dead, or a grave. (Numbers 19:19) ‘And the clean one shall sprinkle the unclean
on the third day and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall
cleanse himself, and shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be
clean in the evening. (Numbers 19:20) ‘But
the man who is unclean and does not cleanse himself, that being shall be cut
off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the set-apart place of יהוה – water for
uncleanness has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean. (Numbers 19:21)
‘And it shall be a law for them forever. And the one who sprinkles the
water for uncleanness washes his garments. And the one who touches the water
for uncleanness is unclean until evening. (Numbers
19:22) ‘And whatever the unclean
being touches is unclean. And the being that touches it is unclean until
evening.’ ”
Do we
contend with Moses also? Note the humbleness of Moses and
Aaron- rather than strike back with a curse for a curse- they intercede on
their faces for those speaking against them and YHWH!
(Numbers 20:1) the
children of Yisra’ĕl, all the congregation, came into the Wilderness of Tsin in
the first month, and the people stayed in Qaḏĕsh.
And Miryam died there and was buried there. (Numbers
20:2) Now there was no water for
the congregation and they assembled against Mosheh and against Aharon. (Numbers 20:3)
And the people contended with Mosheh and spoke, saying, “If only we had
died when our brothers died before יהוה! (Numbers
20:4) “Why have you brought up
the assembly of יהוה into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die
here? (Numbers 20:5) “And why have you brought us up out of
Mitsrayim, to bring us to this evil place? – not a place of grain or figs or
vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.” (Numbers 20:6) Then Mosheh and Aharon went from the
presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and they fell on
their faces. And the esteem of יהוה appeared to them.
Please realize the
“ROCK” represents Yahshua and can no longer be struck but spoken to! Here Moses
makes a fatal error in his anger and frustration—we fight the good fight of FAITH and TRUST by what we
SPEAK! (2Co
4:13)
But having the same spirit of belief, according to what has been
written, “I believed, therefore I
spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak, (2Co 4:14)
knowing that He who raised up the Master יהושע shall also raise us up through יהושע, and
shall present us with you. (1Ti
6:11)
But you, O man of Elohim, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness,
reverence, belief, love, endurance, meekness. (1Ti
6:12) Fight the good fight of the
belief (faith-trust), lay hold on everlasting life, to which you were also
called and have confessed the good confession
before many witnesses. A
“good confession” is what we SPEAK! Disagreeing with YHWH allows
judgment and the enemy of our souls to attack us for our agreement with the
enemy. Note Aaron’s payment is with his life.
(Numbers 20:7) And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying, (Numbers 20:8) “Take the rod
and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aharon. And you shall speak to the rock before their eyes, and it shall
give its water. And you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give
drink to the congregation and their livestock.” (Numbers
20:9) And Mosheh took the rod
from before יהוה as He commanded him. (Numbers 20:10) And Mosheh and Aharon assembled the assembly
before the rock. And he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring
water for you out of this rock?” (Numbers 20:11) Then Mosheh lifted his hand and struck
the rock twice with his rod. And much water came out, and the
congregation and their livestock drank. (Numbers
20:12) But יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, “Because you did not believe me,
to set me apart in the eyes of the children of Yisra’ĕl, therefore you do not
bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:13)
These were the waters of Meriḇah, because the children of Yisra’ĕl
contended with יהוה, and He was set apart among them. (Numbers
20:14) And Mosheh sent messengers
from Qaḏĕsh to the sovereign of Eḏom. “This is what your brother Yisra’ĕl
said, ‘you know all the hardship that has befallen us, (Numbers
20:15) that our fathers went down to Mitsrayim, and we dwelt in
Mitsrayim a long time, and the Mitsrites did evil to us and our fathers. (Numbers 20:16)
‘And we cried out to יהוה, and He heard our voice and sent the Messenger and brought us
up out of Mitsrayim. And see, we are in Qaḏĕsh, a city on the edge of your
border. (Numbers 20:17) ‘Please let us pass over, through your land.
We shall not pass over through fields or vineyards, nor drink water from wells;
we shall go along the sovereign’s highway. We shall not turn aside, right or
left, until we have passed over your border.’ ” (Numbers
20:18) But Eḏom said to him, “You do not pass over through me, lest I
come out against you with the sword.” (Numbers 20:19) And the children of Yisra’ĕl said to him, “We
shall go by the highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then
I shall pay for it. Let me only pass over on foot, without a word.” (Numbers 20:20)
But he said, “You do not pass over.” And Eḏom came out against them
with many men and with a strong hand. (Numbers 20:21) So when Eḏom refused to let Yisra’ĕl pass
over through his border, Yisra’ĕl turned away from him. (Numbers 20:22) And the
children of Yisra’ĕl, all the company, departed from Qaḏĕsh and came to Mount
Hor. (Numbers 20:23) and יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon in Mount Hor
near the border of the land of Eḏom, saying, (Numbers
20:24) “Aharon is to be gathered to his people, for he is
not to enter the land which I have given to the children of Yisra’ĕl, because you
rebelled against my mouth at the water of Meriḇah. (Numbers 20:25)
“Take Aharon and Elʽazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor, (Numbers 20:26)
and strip Aharon of his garments and put them on Elʽazar his son, for
Aharon is to be gathered to his people and die there.” (Numbers
20:27) And Mosheh did as יהוה
commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of the entire
congregation. (Numbers 20:28) And Mosheh stripped Aharon of his garments
and put them on Elʽazar his son. And Aharon died there on the top of the
mountain. And Mosheh and Elʽazar came down from the mountain. (Numbers 20:29)
And when the entire congregation saw that Aharon was dead, all the house
of Yisra’ĕl wept for Aharon, thirty days.
Remember the
promise in Deuteronomy- IF we obey Him what people are there that YHWH listens
to? He will hear us and destroy our enemies? Let’s agree and
DO His words! Judgment (fiery serpents) is guaranteed on us if we do not obey
Him!
(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.
(Numbers 21:1) And the sovereign of Araḏ,
the Kenaʽanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Yisra’ĕl was coming on the
way to Atharim, and he fought against Yisra’ĕl and took some of them captive. (Numbers 21:2)
Then Yisra’ĕl made a vow to יהוה, and said, “If you deliver this people into my hand indeed, then I shall put their
cities under the ban.” (Numbers 21:3) And יהוה listened to
the voice of Yisra’ĕl and gave
up the Kenaʽanites, and they put them and their cities under the ban. So the
name of that place was called Ḥormah. (Numbers 21:4) And they departed from Mount Hor by the Way
of the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Eḏom. But the being of the
people grew impatient because of the way. (Numbers 21:5) And the people spoke against Elohim and
against Mosheh, “Why have you brought us up out of Mitsrayim to die in the
wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our being loathes this light
bread.” (Numbers 21:6) And יהוה sent fiery serpents among the people, and
they bit the people. And many of the people of Yisra’ĕl died. (Numbers 21:7)
Then the people came to Mosheh, and said, “We have sinned, for we have
spoken against יהוה and against you. Pray to יהוה to take away the serpents from us.” So
Mosheh prayed on behalf of the people. (Numbers 21:8) And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Make a fiery serpent, and
set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at
it, shall live.” (Numbers 21:9) So Mosheh made a bronze serpent, and put it
on a pole. And it came to be, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at
the bronze serpent, he lived. (Numbers 21:10) And the children of Yisra’ĕl set out and
camped in Oḇoth. (Numbers 21:11) And they departed from Oḇoth and camped at
Iyĕ Ha-Aḇarim, in the wilderness which is east of Mo’aḇ, toward sunrise. (Numbers 21:12)
From there they set out and camped at the wadi Zereḏ. (Numbers 21:13)
From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which
is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the
Arnon is the border of Mo’aḇ, between Mo’aḇ and the Amorites. (Numbers 21:14)
Therefore it is said in the Book of the Battles of יהוה, “Wahĕḇ in
Suphah, the wadi Arnon, (Numbers 21:15) and the
slope of the wadi that turns aside to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the
border of Mo’aḇ.” (Numbers 21:16) And from there on to Be’ĕr, which is the well
where יהוה
said to Mosheh, “Gather the people, and let me give them water.” (Numbers 21:17)
Yisra’ĕl then sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to it, (Numbers 21:18) a well the leaders sank, which the
nobles of the people dug with their staves, by the word of the
Law-giver.” Then from the wilderness on to Mattanah, (Numbers
21:19) from Mattanah to Naḥali’ĕl, from Naḥali’ĕl to Bamoth, (Numbers 21:20) and from Bamoth, in the valley that
is in the country of Mo’aḇ, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the
wasteland. (Numbers 21:21) And Yisra’ĕl sent messengers to Siḥon
sovereign of the Amorites, saying, (Numbers 21:22)
“Let me pass through your
land. We shall not turn off into fields or vineyards; we shall not drink water
from wells, but go by the sovereign’s highway until we have passed over your
border.” (Numbers 21:23) But Siḥon would not allow Yisra’ĕl to pass
through his border. So Siḥon gathered all his people together and went out
against Yisra’ĕl in the wilderness, and he came to Yahats and fought against
Yisra’ĕl. (Numbers 21:24) And Yisra’ĕl smote him with the edge of the
sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Yabboq, as far as
the children of Ammon, for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (Numbers 21:25)
And Yisra’ĕl took all these cities, and Yisra’ĕl dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites – in Ḥeshbon and in all its villages, (Numbers
21:26) for Ḥeshbon was the city of Siḥon the sovereign of the
Amorites, who had fought against the former sovereign of Mo’aḇ, and had taken
all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon. (Numbers
21:27) That is why those who
speak in proverbs say, “Come to Ḥeshbon, let the city of Siḥon be built and
established. (Numbers 21:28) “For fire went out from Ḥeshbon, a flame
from the city of Siḥon. It consumed Ar of Mo’aḇ, the masters of the heights
of the Arnon. (Numbers 21:29) “Woe to you, Mo’aḇ! You have perished, O people of Kemosh! He has
given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Siḥon the
sovereign of the Amorites. (Numbers 21:30) “Then we shot them – Ḥeshbon has perished as
far as Diḇon. And we laid waste as far as Nophaḥ, which reaches to
Mĕyḏeḇa.” (Numbers 21:31) So Yisra’ĕl dwelt in the land of the
Amorites. (Numbers 21:32) And Mosheh sent to spy out Yaʽzĕr. And they
took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there, (Numbers 21:33) and turned and went up by the way to
Bashan. And Oḡ sovereign of Bashan went out against them, he and all his
people, to battle at Eḏreʽi. (Numbers 21:34) and
יהוה
said to Mosheh, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your
hand, with all his people and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to
Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, who dwelt at Ḥeshbon.” (Numbers 21:35)
And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until no remnant
was left to him. And they took possession of his land. (Numbers 22:1) The
children of Yisra’ĕl set out and camped in the desert plains of Mo’aḇ
beyond the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo.
Where we come from does not determine
our direction and YHWH’s plans for us!
Often
our hardships and obstacle develop us and our character. Why you may ask. We
run to YHWH when hasatan attack us- this brings us Yahshua’s victory and
shalom.
(Judges 11:1) And
Yiphtaḥ the Gilʽaḏite was a mighty brave one, but he was the
son of a whore. And Gilʽaḏ brought forth Yiphtaḥ. (Judges
11:2) And the wife of Gilʽaḏ
bore sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Yiphtaḥ out, and said
to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in the house of our father, for you
are the son of another woman.” (Judges 11:3) And Yiphtaḥ fled from his brothers and dwelt
in the land of Toḇ. And worthless men banded together with Yiphtaḥ and went
out with him. (Judges 11:4) And it came to be, sometime later, that the
children of Ammon fought against Yisra’ĕl. (Judges
11:5) And it came to be, when the
children of Ammon fought against Yisra’ĕl, that the elders of Gilʽaḏ went to
bring Yiphtaḥ out of the land of Toḇ. (Judges 11:6) And they said to Yiphtaḥ, “Come and you
shall be our commander, and let us fight against the children of Ammon.” (Judges 11:7)
But Yiphtaḥ said to the elders of Gilʽaḏ, “Did you not hate me, and
drive me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in
trouble?” (Judges 11:8) And the elders of Gilʽaḏ said to Yiphtaḥ,
“That is the reason we have turned to you, that you shall go with us and fight
against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of
Gilʽaḏ.” (Judges 11:9) And Yiphtaḥ said to the elders of Gilʽaḏ, “If you take me back home to
fight against the children of Ammon, and יהוה gives them to me, am I to be your head?” (Judges 11:10) And the elders of Gilʽaḏ said to Yiphtaḥ, “יהוה is witness between us, if we do not do according to your
words.” (Judges 11:11) Then Yiphtaḥ went with the elders of
Gilʽaḏ, and the people set him over them, as head and commander. And Yiphtaḥ
spoke all his words before יהוה in Mitspah. (Judges 11:12) And Yiphtaḥ sent messengers to the sovereign
of the children of Ammon, saying, “What is between you and me that you have
come to fight against me in my land?” (Judges 11:13) And the sovereign of the children of Ammon
said to the messengers of Yiphtaḥ, “Because Yisra’ĕl took my land when they
came up out of Mitsrayim, from the Arnon as far as the Yabboq, and to the
Yardĕn. And now, give back those lands in peace.” (Judges
11:14) But Yiphtaḥ again sent
messengers to the sovereign of the children of Ammon, (Judges
11:15) and said to him, “This is what Yiphtaḥ said, ‘Yisra’ĕl did not
take the land of Mo’aḇ, nor the land of the children of Ammon. (Judges 11:16)
‘For when they came up from Mitsrayim, and Yisra’ĕl walked through the
wilderness as far as the Sea of Reeds and came to Qaḏĕsh, (Judges 11:17)
then Yisra’ĕl sent messengers to the sovereign of Eḏom, saying, “Please
let me pass over, through your land.” But the sovereign of Eḏom would not
listen. And they also sent to the sovereign of Mo’aḇ, but he refused, so
Yisra’ĕl stayed at Qaḏĕsh. (Judges 11:18) ‘Then they went through the wilderness and
around the land of Eḏom and the land of Mo’aḇ, and came to the east side of
the land of Mo’aḇ, and encamped beyond Arnon. But they did not enter the
border of Mo’aḇ, for Arnon was the border of Mo’aḇ. (Judges
11:19) ‘And Yisra’ĕl sent
messengers to Siḥon sovereign of the Amorites, sovereign of Ḥeshbon, and
Yisra’ĕl said to him, “Please let us pass over, through your land into our
place.” (Judges 11:20) ‘But Siḥon did not trust Yisra’ĕl to pass
over through his border, and Siḥon gathered all his people together and they
encamped in Yahats, and fought against Yisra’ĕl. (Judges
11:21) ‘And יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl
gave Siḥon and all his people into the hand of Yisra’ĕl and they smote them.
So Yisra’ĕl took possession of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of
that land. (Judges 11:22) ‘Thus they took possession of all the border
of the Amorites, from Arnon to the Yabboq and from the wilderness to the
Yardĕn. (Judges 11:23) ‘And
now, יהוה
Elohim of Yisra’ĕl has driven out the Amorites from before His people Yisra’ĕl,
should you then possess it? (Judges 11:24) ‘Whatever Kemosh your mighty one gives you to
possess, do you not possess it? And all that which יהוה our Elohim takes possession of before us,
we possess. (Judges 11:25) ‘And now are you any better than Balaq son of
Tsippor, sovereign of Mo’aḇ? Did he ever strive against Yisra’ĕl? Did he ever
fight against them? (Judges 11:26) ‘While Yisra’ĕl dwelt in Ḥeshbon and its
villages, and in Aroʽĕr and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks
of Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that
time? (Judges 11:27) ‘So I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me evil by
fighting against me. Let יהוה the Judge, judge today between the children of Yisra’ĕl and the
children of Ammon.’ ” (Judges 11:28) But
the sovereign of the children of Ammon did not listen to the words which
Yiphtaḥ sent him. (Judges 11:29) And the Spirit of יהוה came upon Yiphtaḥ, and he passed through Gilʽaḏ and
Menashsheh, and passed through Mitspeh of Gilʽaḏ. And from Mitspeh of Gilʽaḏ
he passed on toward the children of Ammon. (Judges
11:30) And Yiphtaḥ made a vow to
יהוה,
and said, “If You give the children of Ammon into my hands, (Judges 11:31) then it shall be that whatever comes
out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the
children of Ammon, shall belong to יהוה, and I shall offer it up as a burnt
offering.” (Judges 11:32) Yiphtaḥ then passed on toward the children
of Ammon to fight against them, and יהוה gave them into his hands. (Judges 11:33)
And he smote them from Aroʽĕr as far as Minnith, twenty cities, and to
Aḇĕl Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children
of Ammon were humbled before the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Walking
by the spirit (Words of promise) seems foolish
to those who walk by the facts or flesh realm- but to us who believe (walking
by faith and trust) - His words are the power to change the temporal facts and
overcome the adversary! His words are POWER to overcome!
(1Co 1:18) For the word of the stake
is indeed foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved
it is the power of Elohim. (1Co 1:19) It has been written, “I shall destroy the
wisdom of the wise, and set aside the learning of the learned ones.”1 Footnote: 1Isa.
29:14, Mt. 11:25, Rom. 1:22. (1Co 1:20)
Where is the wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this
age? Has not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world? (1Co 1:21) Since, in the wisdom of Elohim,
the world through wisdom did not know Elohim, it pleased Elohim through the
foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. (1Co 1:22) And
since Yehuḏim ask a sign, and Greeks seek
wisdom, (1Co 1:23) yet we proclaim Messiah
impaled, to the Yehuḏim a stumbling-block and to the Greeks foolishness, (1Co 1:24) but to those who are called – both
Yehuḏim and Greeks – Messiah
the power of Elohim and the wisdom
of Elohim. (1Co 1:25) The foolishness of Elohim is wiser than men,
and the weakness of Elohim is stronger than men. (1Co
1:26) For look at your calling,
brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble. (1Co 1:27) But Elohim has chosen the foolish matters
of the world to put to shame the wise, and Elohim has chosen the weak of the
world to put to shame the strong. (1Co 1:28) And Elohim has chosen the low-born (yes even of a whore) of the world and
the despised, and the ones that are not, that He might bring to naught the ones
that are, (1Co 1:29) so that no flesh should boast in His presence. (1Co 1:30) And
of Him you are in Messiah יהושע, who became
for us wisdom from Elohim, righteousness also, and set-apartness and
redemption, (1Co 1:31) that, as it has been
written, “He who boasts,
let him boast in יהוה.”
Our prayer
for you loved one; and all your loved ones- is that you and I consider turning
our whole hearts and OBEYING Him- that we be willing to lose everything (even
our lives) except Him. The cost will likely be high in loss of stature,
friends, family etc.; but I pray we will be willing to COME OUT OF HER (Vain
traditions) and NOT partake of her plagues which will come upon her in one hour
and burn her with fire.
(Mat 10:33) “But whoever shall deny me before men, him I shall also
deny before My Father who is in the heavens. (Mat 10:34) “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did
not come to bring peace but a sword, 1
Footnote: 1In Luke. 12:51 the word
“division” is used, while “sword” has the same meaning here. (Mat 10:35) for I have come to bring division, a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law –
(Mat 10:36)
and a man’s enemies are those of his own
household.1 Footnote: 1Lk. 12:53, Mic. 7:6. (Mat 10:37) “He who loves
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son
or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.1 Footnote: 1See
19:29, Luke. 14:26. (Mat 10:38) “And he who does
not take up his stake and follow after me is not worthy of me.
(Mat 10:39) “He who has found his life shall lose it, and
he that has lost his life for my sake shall find it. (Mat 10:40) “He who receives you receives me, and he who
receives me receives Him who sent me.
I also pray
we change all of our boasting in ourselves to boasting in Him- His love, mercy,
and great power for us who believe! That we think on Him and His precious
promises and turn away from the facts and the apparent GIANTS in the land! That
we walk in kindness and offer a blessing for a curse, and pray for those that
do all manner of evil against us- this is pleasing to the Father- that we
produce much fruit that remains! Also; that we speak agreement with His
promises in spite of the obvious facts. - I pray also that YOU PRAY AGREEMENT
with us that we; you and us- are made worthy to escape and endure and STAND at
His appearing- unashamed and FEARLESS! Thanks again for taking a moment to pray for Billie and me;
first to gain His wisdom and afterwards that
He directs our footsteps and empowers us to produce fruit that remains which
glorifies our Father in Heaven! I know this prayer action will be immediately
returned to you- some 30, some 60, and some 100 fold! Hallelu-YAH!
Shalom to your
home loved one,
Thurston
