Friday, October 24, 2014
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October 25, 2014
Shabbat Shalom Loved One! (This
study is attached and available at the website below)
Hope you had a great Feast of
Tabernacles! Happy HALLOW- WHAT?
Mighty
is YHWH who loves you and restores
all things! Loved One, this past week Feast
of Tabernacles was probably my best ever! I heard that over and over among the
small group of believers that gathered together! Were you one who was blessed
to learn about the trials, camaraderie, and blessings of learning to follow
YHWH in simple obedience? Certainly not always easy- but what a blessing! The
GOOD NEWS is that we will all who obey soon enough be back in Jerusalem KEEPING
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES! Hehe so it is easy to “chill” and draw near to Him as
we learn and practice to TRUST AND OBEY!
Below we’ll keep
this Feast of Tabernacles during the Millennium reign of Yahshua (Jesus) loved
one, so I expect that is a good enough reason for Truth Searchers like us to
start learning obedience in “Keeping the Feasts!” Remember the Hebrew idiom
“The Day that no man knows the day or the hour!” (Feast of Trumpets) then 15
days later is the Feast of Tabernacles- Season of our Joy!
(Zechariah 14:16) And it shall
be that all who are left from all the gentiles which came up against
Yerushalayim, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the Sovereign,
יהוה of hosts, and to observe the Festival
of Booths (Tabernacles). (Zechariah
14:17) And it shall be, that if
anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow
himself to the Sovereign (King), יהוה of hosts, on them there is to be no
rain.
Here again is a quick recap on how we know when
the Biblical year starts and when we are to keep His Biblically prescribed
Feast dates loved one? YHWH put the planets and stars in their courses for
seasons days and years. The moon circles the Earth every 29.54 days so we can
only have a 29 day month or a 30 day month- never a 28 or 31 day month like Pope
Gregory determined. So YHWH is in control of what time it is in His universe!
The Biblical NEW YEAR started at sundown Monday April 4! This is how we determine the real start of
the year so we do not start over like many do on the Torah Cycle! (Exodus
12:1) And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh and to Aharon in the land of Mitsrayim, saying, Exodus
12:2) “This month is the
beginning of months for you; it is the first month of the year for you.
(Just before Passover we start our Torah
Cycle over- of course it is probably just fine if you want to start over this
week as many will- including the Orthodox; but I like to think this is part of
our restoration as YHWH is restoring all things and we start the Torah studies year
when He does) You might want to do your own research about WHEN and HOW they
started keeping the Feast of TRUMPETS as Rosh Ha Shanna (the New Year) instead
of when YHWH said to. By doing so... my friend Dr. Russ Houck (Pappy) makes a
clear and undeniable point/case that by doing this- adding and subtracting what
YHWH said removed the promised three year blessing of keeping the Shmeitah
command in the sixth year. That blessing was for letting the land rest the 7th
year YHWH would provide during the sixth year itself, the seventh year and the
next year when it would be late in the year before the crop was ripe! Obedience
would be rewarded by abundant provision! By moving the “Head of the Year” to
the Fall Feasts- you would never keep the correct ones and would be under the
curse of disobedience. Judaism added to and took away from the word of YHWH just
like “The Church” has---seems only a remnant will turn and really obey—FOLLOW HIM!
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 it 1, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim
which I am commanding you. Footnote: 1 See
also 12:32, Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19. Here’s what the remnant will look
like having been dead and dry bones for disobedience- we will be made alive
again by the word and command of YHWH who teaches us to OBEY HIM – but only a
REMNANT WILL COME FROM JUDAH AND EPHRAIM!
Ezekiel 37:1
The hand of יהוה was upon me and took me out by the Spirit
of יהוה, and set me down in the midst of the
valley. And it was filled with bones. Ezekiel 37:2
And He made me pass among them, all around, and see, there were very many on
the surface of the valley, and see, they were very dry. Ezekiel 37:3 And He said to me, “Son of man, would these bones
live?” And I said, “O Master יהוה, you know.” Ezekiel 37:4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones
and you shall say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of יהוה! Ezekiel 37:5 ‘Thus said the
Master יהוה to these bones, “See, I am bringing into
you a spirit, and you shall live. Ezekiel 37:6
“And I shall put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, and cover you with
skin and put a spirit in you, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am יהוה.” ’ ” Ezekiel
37:7 And I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was
a noise, and there was a rattling. And the bones came together, bone to bone. Ezekiel 37:8 And I looked and saw sinews and flesh
came upon them, and skin covered them, but there was no spirit in them. Ezekiel 37:9
He then said to me, “Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and
you shall say to the spirit, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,
“Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe on these slain, so that they
live.” ’ ” Ezekiel 37:10 And I prophesied as He
commanded me, and the spirit came into them, and they lived, and stood upon
their feet, a very great army. Ezekiel 37:11
And He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Yisra’ĕl. See,
they say, ‘Our bones are dry, our expectancy has perished, and we ourselves
have been cut off!’ Ezekiel 37:12 “Therefore
prophesy, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, O My people, I am opening your graves, and shall bring
you up from your graves, and shall bring you into the land of Yisra’ĕl. Ezekiel 37:13 “And you shall know that I am יהוה, when I open your graves, O My people, and
bring you up from your graves. Ezekiel 37:14 “And
I shall put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall settle you in
your own land. And you shall know that I יהוה
have spoken, and I have done it,” declares יהוה.’
”
The REMNANT will
become One in His hand as a witness to a perverse and disobedient generation
Ezekiel 37:15 And the
word of יהוה came to me, saying, Ezekiel 37:16 “And you, son of man, take a stick for
yourself and write on it, ‘For Yehuḏah and for the children of Yisra’ĕl, his
companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Yosĕph, the stick of
Ephrayim, and for all the house of Yisra’ĕl, his companions.’ Ezekiel 37:17 “Then bring them together for yourself
into one stick, and they shall become one in your hand. Ezekiel 37:18 “And when the children of your people speak to you,
saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’ Ezekiel
37:19 say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,
“See, I am taking the stick of Yosĕph, which is in the hand of Ephrayim, and
the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, his companions. And I shall give them unto him, with
the stick of Yehuḏah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my
hand.” ’ Ezekiel 37:20 “And the sticks on which
you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. Ezekiel
37:21 “And speak to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,
“See, I am taking the children of Yisra’ĕl from among the gentiles, wherever
they have gone, and shall gather them from all around, and I shall bring them
into their land. Ezekiel 37:22 “And I shall
make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Yisra’ĕl. And one
sovereign shall be sovereign over them all, and let them no longer be two
nations, and let them no longer be divided into two reigns. Ezekiel 37:23 “And they shall no longer defile
themselves with their idols, nor with their disgusting matters, nor with
any of their transgressions. And I shall save them from all their dwelling
places in which they have sinned, and I shall cleanse them. And they shall be my
people, and I be their Elohim, Ezekiel 37:24
while Dawiḏ My servant is sovereign over them. And they shall all have one
shepherd and walk in my right-rulings and guard my laws, and shall do them. Ezekiel 37:25 “And they shall dwell in the land that
I have given to Yaʽaqoḇ My servant, where your fathers dwelt. And they shall
dwell in it, they and their children and their children’s children, forever,
and my servant Dawiḏ be their prince forever. Ezekiel
37:26 “And I shall make a covenant of peace with them – an everlasting
covenant it is with them. And I shall place them and increase them, and shall
place my set-apart place in their midst, forever. Ezekiel
37:27 “And My Dwelling Place shall be over them. And I shall be their
Elohim, and they shall be my people. Ezekiel 37:28
“And the gentiles shall know that I, יהוה,
am setting Yisra’ĕl apart, when my set-apart place is in their midst –
forever.” ’ ”
He laid down His life willingly- not
by force- note the soldiers ALL fell down when He Said “I AM!”
John 18:1
Having said these words, יהושע went out with
His taught ones beyond the Qiḏron torrent, where there was a garden, into
which He and His taught ones entered. John 18:2
And Yehuḏah, who delivered Him up, also knew the place, because יהושע often met there with His taught ones. John
18:3 Yehuḏah, then, having received the
company of soldiers, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees,
came there with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. John 18:4 יהושע,
then, knowing all that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, whom
do you seek?” John 18:5 they answered Him, “יהושע of Natsareth.” יהושע
said to them, “I
am.” And Yehuḏah, who delivered Him up, was also standing with
them. John 18:6 when, therefore, He said to
them, “I am,”
they drew
back and fell to the ground. John 18:7
Once more He asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And
they said, “יהושע of Natsareth.” John 18:8 יהושע
answered, “I said to you that I am. If, then, you seek
Me, allow these to go,” John 18:9 in order that the word might be filled which
He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me, I have lost
none.”
HALLOW- WHAT? LET’S THINK LOVED ONE! Have these traditions made the word of NONE EFFECT? FLEE VAIN TRADITIONS!
Loved One- October is often the
time of the Fall Feasts of YHWH; however it is also a time of conflict among real
believers- followers of Yahweh’s word and instructions. It is NOT OKAY to fit
in with the world unless you want His guaranteed JUDGMENT! While most
understand that stock Halloween celebrations are rooted in the occult, many
don't know the history behind this peculiar autumn festival associated with
Halloween that can be entries for the occult. Before we get to our Torah
study today let’s take a look at a real and present danger and what is really
the driving force of Halloween- the occult forces. Many people believe
these "games" are just harmless fun, and are unaware of the very real
dangers they can face by dabbling in the realm of the demonic. From a Hebraic
perspective this is the “celebration” of Noah’s flood we studied last week.
YHWH’s judgment left them skeletons (carcasses)
and spooks (demon entities with no flesh
home remaining to abide in) roaming around the earth searching for a new
home. In a nutshell, judgment is again headed for Planet Earth, appropriately,
this time with fire. We get to choose who we will obey:
(Deuteronomy 11:26) Behold, I set
before you this day a blessing and a curse; (Deuteronomy
11:27) A blessing, if you obey
the commandments of YHWH your Elohim, which I command you this day: (Deuteronomy 11:28)
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of YHWH your Elohim,
but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other
gods, which you have not known.
In ancient Britain and Ireland, (Where many of Ephraim, the ten Northern
Tribes of Israel settled and then came from around the world) the Celtic
festival of Samhain ("Sah-win") was observed on October 31, the
end of summer. November 1 was the New Year for both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon
calendars and was one of the most important and yet sinister calendar festivals
of the Celtic Year. Settling in northern France and the British Isles, the
Celtic people engaged in occultic arts and worshiped nature, giving it supernatural,
animistic qualities. The ancient Druids were the learned priestly class of the
Celtic religion. Many of their beliefs and practices were similar to those of
Hinduism, such as reincarnation and the transmigration of the soul, which
teaches that people may be reborn as animals. The Druids believed that on
October 31, the night before their New Year and the last day of the old year,
Samhain, the Lord of Death, gathered the souls of the evil dead who had been
condemned to enter the bodies of animals. The Druids also believed that the
punishment of the evil dead would be lightened by sacrifices, prayers and gifts
to the Lord of Death. (This begins to reveal
the strange link between this holiday and the non-Biblical concept of
purgatory.) The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on
this day, and the autumnal festival acquired a sinister significance, with
ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, black cats, fairies, and demons of all kinds said
to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers
controlling the processes of nature. Halloween is, for many, a
"crossover" involvement in which innocent games can lead to serious
entanglement with real witches, neo-pagans, New Agers, and other occultists.
A common pastime is the use of a Ouija board to attempt to contact ghosts
or spirits that are believed to be roaming about. This can lead to serious
consequences including demon possession. (The
case studies underlying William Blatty's The Exorcist indicate that the trouble all began with a child playing with a Ouija
board.) Demons have a vested interest in Halloween because it supports the
occult, and it also offers novel and unexpected opportunities to control and
influence people.
Forms of the occult can include mediums,
channelers, clairvoyants, psychics, spiritists, diviners, mystics, gurus,
shamans, psychical researchers, Yogis, psychic and holistic healers, astral
travel, astrology, mysticism, Ouija boards, Tarot cards, contact with the dead,
UFOs, and thousands of other practices which almost defy cataloging - even
Harry Potter books and movies can lead innocent children into the occult.
Occultism includes Satanism, astrology, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, theosophy,
witchcraft and many forms of serious magic. It includes activities seeking the
acquisition of "hidden" things - which are expressly forbidden by
YHWH in the Bible. Halloween practices can open the door to the occult and can
introduce forces into people's lives that they are not equipped to combat.
There is genuine power in the occult, but it is demonic power (Mt
24:24; Acts 13:6-11; 16:16-19; 19:18-20; 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 6:7-11, 22). Any
serious study of Biblical demonology will reveal Satan as the power behind
false religion, witchcraft, idolatry and the occult (Deuteronomy 32:16, 17; Ps
106:35-40; Acts 16:16-19; 1 Cor 10:19-21; 2 Thess 2:9, 10; 1 Tim 4:1ff). The
Word of God makes it clear that these are all to be shunned as dangerous.
There were many superstitions and false
concepts in ancient Israel about which the Bible is not silent. However,
occultism, in any form, was punishable by death! Why? The spiritual
power and reality behind idols involves demons (1 Cor 10:20; Ps 106:37).
The Bible commands us to shun occult practices. Mediums and spiritists
are expressly prohibited (Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10, 11, 14 2 Chr
33:6). Nowhere are such practices acceptable. Intellect alone is insufficient.
"If it were possible, it would deceive the very elect."Of course, the
point is not to terrify people. The ultimate goal is to point them to the
source of true protection, of true salvation, of true hope. Yahshua
is the victor. He's already won the battle, and he is stronger than
anything Satan can throw at us. Even more important, he has
triumphed over death for us. He told his disciples long ago, and
still tells us today, "...Rejoice not that the spirits are subject
unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven"
(Luke 10:20)
Here remains our choice of
real and present danger guaranteed by YHWH who will require Heaven and Earth to
witness us and our choices this day! We should not fear him who can kill the
body but rather FEAR HIM who can cast us into hell!
(Deuteronomy 30:13) “Nor is it beyond the sea, to say, ‘Who shall
go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we
do it?’ (Deuteronomy 30:14) “For the Word is very near you, in your mouth
and in your heart – to do it. (Deuteronomy 30:15) “See, I have set before you today life and
good, and death and evil, (Deuteronomy 30:16) in that I am commanding you today to love יהוה your Elohim,
to walk in His ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His
right-rulings. And you shall live and increase, and יהוה
your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess. (Deuteronomy 30:17)
“But if your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn
away, and shall bow down to other mighty ones and serve them, (Deuteronomy 30:18)
“I have declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall
not prolong your days in the land which you are passing over the Yardĕn to
enter and possess. (Deuteronomy 30:19) “I have called the heavens and the earth
as witnesses today against you: I have set before you life and death, the
blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both
you and your seed, (Deuteronomy 30:20) to love יהוה your Elohim, to obey
His voice, and to cling to Him – for He is your life and the length of your
days – to dwell in the land which יהוה
swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Yaʽaqoḇ, to give
them.”
Now let’s get to this week’s Torah (Instructions in Hebrew- not Law) Study- about loving our neighbor
as ourselves! Remember with me that Yahshua said all the Torah and Prophets are
within these two commands—Love YHWH with all your heart, soul and strength- and
love your neighbor as yourself! The first four of the TEN WORDS OR COMMANDMENTS
are how YHWH instructs us to love HIM and the last six are how we are
instructed to love our neighbors as ourselves. The
commandments are done away with? THINK NOT! Heaven and earth are still here to
even us casual observers!
KJV Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto
you, Till heaven and earth pass, one
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Here are this week’s Torah Scriptures: Kedoshim “Holy Ones”
Leviticus 19:1-20:27; Ezekiel
22:1-19; Isaiah 66:1-24; 1 Peter 1:13-16
OBEDIENCE: How we love YHWH and love our
neighbor as ourselves!
(Leviticus 19:1) And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, (Leviticus 19:2) “Speak to all the congregation of
the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘Be set-apart, for I יהוה your Elohim am set-apart. (Leviticus
19:3) ‘Each one of you should fear (honor) his mother and
his father, and guard My Sabbaths. I am יהוה
your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:4) ‘Do not turn to idols, and do not make for yourselves molded mighty
ones. I am יהוה your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:5)
‘And when you bring a peace offering to יהוה,
bring it for your acceptance. (Leviticus 19:6) ‘It is eaten the same day you slaughter it,
and on the next day. And that which is left on the third day is burned with
fire. (Leviticus 19:7) ‘So if it is eaten at all on the third day,
it is abominable, it is not accepted, (Leviticus 19:8) and he who eats it bears his crookedness,
because he has profaned the set-apart offering of יהוה,
and that being shall be cut off from his people. (Leviticus
19:9) ‘And when you reap the
harvest of your land, do not completely reap the corners of your field or
gather the gleanings of your harvest. (Leviticus
19:10) ‘And do not glean your
vineyard or gather every grape of your vineyard, leave them for the poor and
the stranger. I am יהוה your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:11)
‘Do not steal, do not lie, and do not deceive one another. (Leviticus 19:12)
‘And do not swear falsely by My Name and so profane the Name of your
Elohim. I am יהוה. (Leviticus 19:13)
‘Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of him who is
hired is not to remain with you all night until morning. (Leviticus 19:14)
‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling-block before the blind, but
fear your Elohim. I am יהוה. (Leviticus 19:15)
‘Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling. Do not be partial to the poor or
favor the face of the great, but rightly rule your neighbor in righteousness. (Leviticus 19:16)
‘Do not go slandering among
your people. Do not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am יהוה. (Leviticus
19:17) ‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Reprove your
neighbor, for certain, and bear no sin because of him. (Leviticus
19:18) ‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your
people. And you shall love
your neighbor as yourself. I am יהוה.
(Leviticus 19:19) ‘Guard My laws. Do not let your livestock
mate with another kind. Do not sow your field with mixed seed. And do not put a
garment woven of two sorts of thread upon you. (Leviticus
19:20) ‘And when a man has
intercourse with a woman who is a female servant, engaged to a man, and who has
not at all been ransomed nor redeemed, there should be an inquiry. But they are
not put to death, because she was not free. (Leviticus
19:21) ‘And he shall bring his
guilt offering to יהוה, to the door of the
Tent of Meeting, a ram as a guilt offering. (Leviticus
19:22) ‘And the priest shall make
atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before יהוה for his sin which he has done. And the sin which he has sinned
shall be forgiven him. (Leviticus 19:23) ‘And when you come into the land, and have
planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall reckon their fruit as
uncircumcised. For three years it is as uncircumcised to you, it is not eaten. (Leviticus 19:24)
‘And in the fourth year all its fruit is set-apart – praises to יהוה. (Leviticus
19:25) ‘And in the fifth year you
eat its fruit, so that it increases its yield to you. I am יהוה your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:26) ‘Do not eat meat with the blood. Do
not practice divination or magic. (Leviticus 19:27) ‘Do not round the corner of your head, nor
destroy the corner of your beard. (Leviticus 19:28) ‘And do not make any cuttings in your flesh
for the dead, nor put tattoo marks on you. I am יהוה.
(Leviticus 19:29) ‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a
whore, so that the land does not whore, and the land becomes filled with
wickedness. (Leviticus 19:30) ‘Guard
My Sabbaths and reverence my set-apart place. I am יהוה. (Leviticus 19:31) ‘Do
not turn to mediums, and do not seek after spiritists to be defiled by them.
(Hallow-what?) I am יהוה your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:32) ‘Rise up before the grey-headed. And you
shall favor the face of an old man, and shall fear your Elohim. I am יהוה. (Leviticus
19:33) ‘And when a stranger sojourns with you in your land, do not oppress him.
(Leviticus 19:34) ‘Let the stranger who dwells among you be to
you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were
strangers in the land of Mitsrayim. I am יהוה
your Elohim. (Leviticus 19:35) ‘Do no unrighteousness in right-ruling, in
measurement of length, in weight, or in measuring liquids. (Leviticus 19:36)
‘Have right scales, right weights, a right ĕphah, and a right hin. I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the
land of Mitsrayim. (Leviticus 19:37) ‘And you shall
guard all my laws and all my right-rulings, and do them. I am יהוה.’ ”
So much for abortion (murder) rights---yikes- guaranteed judgment by YHWH!
(Leviticus
20:1)
And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying, (Leviticus 20:2) “Say to the
children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘any man of the children of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn in
Yisra’ĕl, who gives any of his offspring to Moleḵ, shall certainly be put to
death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. (Leviticus 20:3)
‘And I, I shall set My face
against that man, and shall cut him off from the midst of his people, because
he has given of his offspring to Moleḵ, so as to defile My set-apart place and
to profane My set-apart Name. (Leviticus 20:4) ‘And if the people of the land at all hide
their eyes from the man, as he gives any of his offspring to Moleḵ, and they
do not kill him, (Leviticus 20:5) then I shall
set My face against that man and against his clan, and shall cut him off – and
all who go whoring after him, even go whoring after Moleḵ – from the midst of
their people. (Leviticus 20:6) ‘And the being who turns to mediums, and to spiritists, to
go whoring after them, I shall set My face against that being and cut him off
from the midst of his people.
(Leviticus 20:7) ‘And you shall set yourselves apart, and
shall be set-apart, for I am יהוה your Elohim, (Leviticus 20:8) and you shall guard My laws and do
them. I am יהוה, who sets you apart. (Leviticus 20:9)
‘For
everyone who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death –
he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is on him. (Leviticus 20:10)
‘And a man who commits adultery with the wife of another man, who
commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor: the adulterer and the
adulteress shall certainly be put to death. (Leviticus
20:11) ‘And a man who lies with
the wife of his father has uncovered the nakedness of his father, both of them
shall certainly be put to death, their blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:12) ‘And a man who lies with his daughter-in-law:
both of them shall certainly be put to death, they have made confusion, their
blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:13) ‘And a man who lies with a male as he lies with a woman:
both of them have done an abomination, they shall certainly be put to death,
their blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:14) ‘And a man who marries a woman and her
mother: it is wickedness, they are burned with fire, both he and they, that
there be no wickedness in your midst. (Leviticus
20:15) ‘And a man who has
intercourse with a beast: he shall certainly be put to death, and the beast you
kill. (Leviticus 20:16) ‘And a woman who approaches any beast and mates with it:
you shall kill the woman and the beast, they shall certainly be put to death,
their blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:17) ‘And a man who takes his sister, his father’s
daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness and she sees his
nakedness: it is wickedness, and they shall be cut off before the eyes of their
people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, he bears his crookedness. (Leviticus 20:18)
‘And a man who lies with a woman during her sickness and uncovers her
nakedness: he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her
blood, both of them shall be cut off from the midst of their people. (Leviticus 20:19)
‘And do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister nor of your
father’s sister, for that is laying bare one’s own flesh, they will bear their
crookedness. (Leviticus 20:20) ‘And a man who lies with his uncle’s wife: he
has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness, they bear their sin, they will die
childless. (Leviticus 20:21) ‘And a man who takes his brother’s wife: it
is uncleanness, he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness, they are childless. (Leviticus 20:22)
‘And you shall guard all my laws and all my right-rulings, and do them, so
that the land where I am bringing you to dwell does not vomit you out. (Leviticus 20:23)
‘And do not walk in the laws of the nation which I am driving out before
you, for they do all these, and therefore I loathed them. (Leviticus 20:24)
‘But I say to you, “You are going to possess their land, and I myself
give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am יהוה your Elohim, who has separated you from
the peoples. (Leviticus 20:25) ‘And you shall make a distinction between
clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean birds and clean. And do not make
yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or whatever creeps on the ground,
which I have separated from you as unclean. (Leviticus
20:26) ‘And you shall be
set-apart to me, for I יהוה am set-apart, and
have separated you from the peoples to be Mine. (Leviticus
20:27) ‘And a man or a woman in whom there is a
medium, or who are spiritists, shall certainly be put to death, they are to
stone them with stones. Their blood is upon them.’ ” (Ezekiel
22:1)
and the word of יהוה came to me, saying, (Ezekiel 22:2)
“And now, son of man, judge, judge the city of blood! And you shall show her
all her abominations! (Ezekiel 22:3) “And you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The city sheds blood in her midst, that
her time might come. And she has made idols within herself to become defiled. (Ezekiel 22:4)
“You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have
defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your
days near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I shall make you a
reproach to the gentiles, and a mockery to all lands. (Ezekiel
22:5) “Those near and those far
from you mock you – defiled is your name and great the confusion! (Ezekiel 22:6)
“See the leaders of Yisra’ĕl: each one has used his arm to shed blood in
you. (Ezekiel 22:7) “They have despised father and mother within
you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the
fatherless and the widow within you. (Ezekiel 22:8) “You have despised that which is set-apart to
me, and you have profaned My Sabbaths. (Ezekiel 22:9) “Slanderous men have been in you to shed
blood. And in you are those who eat on the mountains. They have done wickedness
in your midst. (Ezekiel 22:10) “In you they have uncovered the nakedness of
a father. In you they have humbled women who are defiled during their
uncleanness. (Ezekiel 22:11) “And the one has done abomination with his
neighbor’s wife. And another has wickedly defiled his daughter-in-law. And
another within you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. (Ezekiel 22:12)
“In you they have taken a bribe to shed blood. You have taken
interest and increase. You have cut off your neighbor by extortion. And you
have forgotten me,” declares the Master יהוה.
(Ezekiel 22:13)
“And see, I shall smite my hand because of your greedy gain which you
have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst. (Ezekiel 22:14)
“Would your heart stand, your hands remain strong, in the days when I
deal with you? I, יהוה, have spoken, and
shall do it. (Ezekiel 22:15) “And I shall scatter you among the
gentiles, and shall disperse you throughout the lands, and shall consume your
filthiness out of you. (Ezekiel 22:16) “And you shall profane yourself before the
eyes of the gentiles. And you shall know that I am יהוה.”
’ ” (Ezekiel 22:17) And the word of יהוה came to me, saying, (Ezekiel 22:18) “Son of man, the house of Yisra’ĕl has become dross to Me.
All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace
– they have become the dross of silver. (Ezekiel
22:19) “Thus said the Master יהוה; ‘Because all of you have become dross;
therefore see, I am gathering you into the midst of Yerushalayim.
(Isaiah 66:1) Thus said יהוה; “The heavens
are my throne, and the earth is my footstool; so where is this house that you
build for me? And where is this place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:2)
“And all these my hand have made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who
is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word. (Isaiah 66:3)
“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters
the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an
idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in
their abominations. (Isaiah 66:4) “I shall also choose their punishments, and
bring their fears on them. I called, but
no one answered. I spoke and they did not hear, and they did evil before my
eyes, and chose what was displeasing to me.” (Isaiah
66:5) Hear the Word of יהוה, you who tremble at His Word, “Your
brothers who hate you, who cast you out for My Name’s sake, said, ‘let יהוה be esteemed, so that we see your joy.’ But
they are put to shame.” (Isaiah 66:6) “A roaring sound comes from the city, a voice
from the Hĕḵal, the voice of יהוה, repaying His
enemies! (Isaiah 66:7) “Before she labored, she gave birth; before a
pain came to her, she was delivered of a male child. (Isaiah
66:8) “Who has heard the like of
this? Who has seen the like of these? Is a land
brought forth in one day? Is a nation born at once? For as soon as
Tsiyon labored, she gave birth to her children. (Isaiah
66:9) “Shall I bring to birth,
and not give delivery?” says יהוה. “Shall I who give delivery
restrain birth?” said your Elohim. (Isaiah 66:10) “Rejoice with Yerushalayim, and be glad with
her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn for her;
(Isaiah 66:11)
so that you feed, and shall be satisfied with the breast of her
comforts, so that you drink deeply, and shall delight yourselves in her
overflowing esteem.” (Isaiah 66:12) For thus said יהוה,
“See, I am extending peace to her like a river, and the esteem of the gentiles
like a flowing stream. And you shall feed; you shall be carried on the side,
and be fondled on her knees. (Isaiah 66:13) “As one whom his mother comforts, so I
comfort you. And in Yerushalayim you are comforted.” (Isaiah
66:14) “And you shall see, and
your heart shall rejoice, and your bones flourish as tender grass. And the hand
of יהוה shall be known to His servants, and His
displeasure to His enemies. (Isaiah 66:15) “For look, יהוה
comes with fire and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His
displeasure with burning, and His rebuke with flames of fire. (Isaiah 66:16)
“For by fire and by His sword יהוה
shall judge all flesh, and the slain of יהוה
shall be many – (Isaiah 66:17) those who set themselves apart and cleanse themselves at
the gardens after ‘One’ in the midst, eating flesh of pigs 1
and the abomination and the mouse, are snatched away, together,” declares יהוה. Footnote: 1See 65:4. (Isaiah 66:18)
“And I, because of their works and their imaginations, am coming to
gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see my esteem. (Isaiah 66:19)
“And I shall set a sign among them, and shall send some of those who
escape to the nations – Tarshish and Pul and Luḏ, who draw the bow, and Tuḇal
and Yawan, the coastlands afar off who have not heard my report nor seen my
esteem. And they shall declare my esteem among the gentiles. (Isaiah 66:20)
“And they shall bring all your brothers as an offering to יהוה out of all the gentiles, on horses and in chariots and in
litters, on mules and on camels, to my set-apart mountain Yerushalayim,”
declares יהוה, “as the children of Yisra’ĕl bring an
offering in a clean vessel into the House of יהוה.
(Isaiah 66:21)
“And from them too I shall take for priests – for Lĕwites,” declares יהוה. (Isaiah 66:22) “For as the new
heavens and the new earth that I make stand before me,” declares יהוה, “so your seed and your name shall stand. (This is good news!) (Isaiah 66:23)
“And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to
Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me,” declares יהוה. (Isaiah 66:24) “And they shall go forth and look upon the
corpses of the men who have transgressed against me 1.
For their worm shall not die and their fire not be quenched. And they shall be
repulsive to all flesh!” Footnote: 1 See
24:6, 34:2-3, Ps. 110:6, Jer. 25:33.
Would YHWH command us to be set apart and
not equip us to do that? NO WAY! We willingly choose to humble ourselves and
obey His commands! Hallelu-Yah!
(1 Peter 1:13)
Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, set
your expectation perfectly upon the favor that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of יהושע Messiah, (1 Peter
1:14) as obedient children, not
conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance, (1 Peter 1:15)
instead, as the One who called you is set-apart, so you also should become set-apart in
all behavior, (1 Peter 1:16) because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am
set-apart.”
May YHWH
bless you Loved Ones. Truth seekers like you are
the best brothers and sisters on the Planet Earth! I thank you for your
heart felt prayers! Times of Jacob’s Trouble are approaching so let’s make
ourselves ready. Really; thanks for your heartfelt intercession for us and we know it will be added back to
you and your loved ones 30, 60 and one hundred fold! May your seed be taught of
YHWH as you obey through the fiery trials we will face as this is guaranteed
for obedience! (Just as it was for Abraham and we are heirs according to the
promises of Abraham because of our trust in Yahshua!) (Genesis
22:18)
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
(Isaiah 54:11)
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair
colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. (Isaiah
54:12) And I will make thy
windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant
stones. (Isaiah 54:13) And
all thy children shall be taught of YHWH; and great shall be
the peace of thy children.
So
dear Loved One, FEAR NOT about your
children, just be concerned about your own right standing (Come apart from the
lies we inherited in pagan traditions)
and obey the Father- and rest in Him concerning your children…He is the
one who guarantees they’ll be taught of Him and have great peace! I have full
confidence He will do His part as He promised! Let’s do ours and be about
Father’s business! Thanks for your loving prayers for Billie and me! You are
much loved! Ask and ONLY BELIEVE giving thanks until (And after) we see the
thing hoped for—which is the scripture promise we are trusting in for our
children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters parents---well you get the
picture—our LOVED ONES! We can believe no matter how it looks! I am glad we
receive WHEN we believe the promise of the scripture---not when we see it!
Shalom
to your home- you are much loved,
Thurston
Continued explanation of 2012-13 Torah
Cycle restart at beginning of months… It is about YHWH restoring all things which sometimes means we are
walking alone. I start over annually when YHWH’s year starts over; this is not
to say that I am correct and others are wrong, I just happen to believe we will
never challenge our older brother Judah by following his traditions. I expect
Judah will be moved by our obedience to His Torah (Words of Scripture) and
seeing YHWH’s signs and wonders following our obedience- Does
the statement above mean we are not to grab the tzitzit of Yehuda and take hold
and learn from them? Of course not,
we absolutely should learn of them and from them- just not ingest and keep that
which is traditions that go against His words! Especially since we are the ten (Ten scattered northern
tribes scattered for Easter and sun god day worship which parallels closely as
a pig slop eating prodigal brother)
Let’s look; (Zechariah
8:22)
‘And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek יהוה of hosts in
Yerushalayim, and to pray before יהוה.’
(Zechariah 8:23) “Thus said יהוה
of hosts, ‘In those days (Now? YES
and in the future also!) Ten men
(10 scattered northern tribes called
Ephraim and Israel) from all languages of the nations take hold, yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the
garment of a man, a Yehuḏite 1,
saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” ’ ” Footnote: 1 John 4:22.
