Looking for Music?
Posted By admin on January 26, 2012
Great music, lyrics true to scripture, and uses His name. Highly recommend:
http://www.myjubilation.org/#!music-store/vstc5=worthy-is-the-lamb-cd
(No affiliation, I’m just a happy listener.)
What They Don't Teach You at Church
Resources for those seeking a closer relationship with the God of the Bible.
Ezekiel 18:20-32
Posted By admin on January 25, 2012
The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the lawlessness of the father, neither shall the father bear the lawlessness of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says Yahuwah Elohim: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits lawlessness, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. Yet you say, The way of Yahuwah is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits lawlessness, and dies in it; for his lawlessness that he has done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Yet says the house of Israel, The way of Yahuwah is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says Yahuwah Elohim. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so lawlessness shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, saith Yahuwah Elohim: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
Cannibalism?
Posted By admin on January 12, 2012
I was recently asked what the scriptures say about cannibalism.
You won’t find the words “cannibal” or “cannibalism” in the King James, but that doesn’t mean the topic isn’t addressed. It’s a big one. Let’s start with the dietary laws.
First, people aren’t kosher. “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.” Leviticus 11:2,3 This is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:3-6, “Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.”
People aren’t clovenfooted, and we don’t chew the cud.
Second, we aren’t supposed to eat anything that isn’t properly killed, and the blood drained out. So anything that dies on its own is off limits. “And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. ” Leviticus 11:39,40
Again, “Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto Yahuwah thy Elohim.” Deuteronomy 14:21a
Couple that with “thou shalt not kill” — you can’t kill someone to eat them, and you can’t eat them if they die on their own.
If you look up the etymology of the word “cannibal”, most often you find that it originated in the 1500s, and is attributed to Christopher Columbus, referring to people who lived in the “Caribbean”. Personally I think this is a stretch, as I don’t see an obvious tie between the two words. Another explanation makes more sense to me, even though it’s heard less frequently.
With few exceptions, the prescribed offerings in the Old Testament involved killing the animal, pouring out its blood, and burning the fat and internal organs. After this, the meat was either given to the priests, or divided between the priests and the family that brought the offering. Other religions copied that practice (and Israel kept similar practice even when worshiping other gods)…
The Hebrew word for priest is “cohen”. And the fertility cult that kept ensnaring the Israelites was that of Ba’al (the sungod) and Asherah (the queen of heaven). A priest of the sungod, then, offering a human (usually child) sacrifice, was known as “cohen Ba’al”; a much closer fit to cannibal, linguistically, than Caribbean.
This practice, and EVERYTHING ELSE associated with Ba’al and Asherah was condemned by Yah. “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto Yahuwah thy Elohim: for every abomination to Yahuwah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.” (Deuteronomy 12:30,31)
So the idea of eating human flesh is strictly forbidden.
Now, what about the blood?
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (Genesis 9:4)
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. (Leviticus 3:17)
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Leviticus 7:26,27)
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Leviticus 17:10-14)
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. (Leviticus 19:26)
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. (Deuteronomy 12:16)
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of Yahuwah. (Deuteronomy 12:23-25)
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. (Deuteronomy 15:23)
What do we make of all these repeated prohibitions against eating human flesh or drinking blood, in light of the church’s practice of communion; and the claim that the bread and wine IS the body and blood of our Messiah? (Either through transubstantiation by the priest; or present in, with, and under when it is received…)
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all agree that our Messiyah was sacrificed on Passover, after eating the Passover meal with His disciples. A traditional Passover seder follows a set routine. At the beginning, three pieces of unleavened bread (matzoh) are stacked on the table. The meal is eaten in a set order, with each food and each cup of wine tied to the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The middle piece of matzoh, called the afikomen, is broken, and eaten last. “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.” (Matthew 26:26) Have you ever looked closely at matzoh? Striped, pierced, broken… The third cup of wine, known as the Cup of Blessing, follows the afikomen. “And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matthew 26:27,28)
So, was He literally telling us to eat human flesh and drink human blood on the first and third Sun-Day of every month in direct violation of Yah’s laws? Or was He telling us that His sacrifice would fulfill the promised salvation pictured in the Exodus, and that we should remember this each year as we observe Passover?
Happy New Year?
Posted By admin on December 31, 2011
Most never question the new year starting January 1, that’s just the way it’s “always been”. Actually, it’s a rather recent change, thanks to Pope Gregory in 1582. Strange that a church leader could set a calendar the entire world would follow – stranger still that he would do so based on sungod worship rather than scripture. January 1 falls shortly after the solstice, the rebirth of the Roman sungod. And it’s no accident that “Father Time”, like Saturn, is depicted with a scythe. Scripture (Exodus 12) tells us that our new year is supposed to start in the spring – and wouldn’t that just make more sense, rather than in the dead of winter?
Even with the original Roman (Julian) calendar, the New Year started in the Spring. We can see this in the names of SEPTember (Seven) OCTober (Eight) NOVember (Nine) and DECember (Ten). They’ve lost their place, and are now two months off, since the New Year was moved.
Yes, Rome is the beast of Daniel 7, who “thinks to change times and laws”, and “wears out the saints”. How many of our traditions, and those of our churches, come from Rome, rather than scripture?
Will He Hear Your Cry?
Posted By admin on December 16, 2011
I’ve only found two places in scripture where Yah says He won’t hear us if we cry out to Him.
Both are the result of the same offense – keeping the Feasts of Baal.
Baal was worshiped as the sungod.
Asherah/Asthoreth/Ishtar/Eostra/Easter was his wife, the “Queen of Heaven”.
Tammuz was their son – born at the winter solstice, December 25th when our Roman calendars were established.
Ezekiel 8:13-18
13He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 14Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 16And he brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 17Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Jeremiah 7:8-20
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith Yahweh. But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Yahweh, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith Yahweh: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Therefore thus saith Yahweh Elohim; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Who Was Saint Nicholas?
Posted By admin on December 10, 2011
The historical Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, lived from 270-346AD. Already a Bishop, he gained a larger following (and a fair amount of notoriety) at the Council of Nicaea, held in 325 AD. The council lasted more than two months, and at times, the debate was heated. So heated, in fact, that Nicholas slapped Bishop Arius of Egypt across the face over a doctrinal dispute. As a result, he was arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Constantine, who was overseeing the council. Nicholas returned before the closing of the council — after claiming to have been visited in prison by the Messiah. Today, Nicholas is venerated by some churches as the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, thieves, children, students, and prostitutes.
Is he found in scripture? Maybe.
Revelation 1:10,11 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Yahshua Messiah, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of Elohim, and for the testimony of Yahshua Messiah. I was in the Spirit on Yahweh’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Among the other words he sent the churches were these:
to Ephesus — Revelation 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
and to Pergamos — Revelation 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Nicolaitan means simply, “follower of Nicholas”. But which Nicholas? The only biblical Nicholas is found in Acts 6 : the Nicholas described there is full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, and tends to the widows. Others have proposed Nicholas the Heretic – a relatively obscure player in early church history, not found in scripture, who taught that we were now “free in Christ” to engage in sexual immorality, a picture of lawlessness and spritual adultery. While this would certainly fit, and indict those who teach that the law is now obsolete, this Nicholas was a rather obscure figure in the early church.
If the Bishop of Myra is the Nicholas referred to in Revelation, what could be the doctrines Messiah hates?
The Council of Nicaea, at which Nicholas of Myra’s renown grew substantially, is best known for writing and adopting The Nicene Creed. In fact, they decreed that everyone who refused to endorse the creed would be not only excommunicated from the church, but also exiled from the Roman empire. The council also gave exceptional authority to the bishop of Rome, and stripped all authority, except honorary, from the bishop of Jerusalem. Up until this time, the church at Jerusalem had been recognized as the center of church authority, as it had been led by James, the Messiah’s brother, in the first century.
But there’s more…
One of the issues most hotly debated at the Council of Nicaea was the “Quartodecimarian Controversy” — whether to continue observing the sacrifice of Messiah on the 14th day of the month of Abib, the day of Passover. Instead of continuing to observe the Feast according to Yahweh’s instructions in Leviticus 23 (for ever, throughout your generations, no matter where you live), The Council of Nicaea endorsed independently calculating the date of “Easter”. Instead of commemorating the sacrifice on Passover, His entombment the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, and His resurrection on Firstfruits, the church would celebrate “Easter” instead — and would calculate the date the same way it had been figured by pagans long before Messiah walked the earth. You see, the English name “Easter” comes from the German “Eostra”, known in other languages as Ishtar / Ashtoreth / Asherah, the wife of the sungod Baal, the very same pagan fertility goddess that Israel kept getting ensnared by throughout the “Old Testament”. Her special day has long been the first Sun-Day after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
It is this “mixing” that Yah condemns — he calls it fornication, spiritual adultery. Paganism can not be “Christianized”; instead, Christianity was paganized by Constantine, who remained, as shown on his coins, “Sol Invictos Comiti”: Committed to the Invincible Sun.
So, before handing your kids over to sit on the lap of the Patron Saint of Prostitutes, consider… Is this really what Yahweh wants for you and your children?
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is Yahweh Elohim who judgeth her.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for Elohim hath avenged you on her.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
(Revelation 18)
It’s that time of year again…
Posted By admin on December 9, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJS9tqybRHc
What Christmas means to the Creator.
Origin of the Wreath
Posted By admin on December 3, 2011
So many colorful decorations around this time of year. Take for example the classic wreath – a circle of evergreens topped with a big red bow, and a long ribbon draping down each side. Ever wonder what this has to do with your savior’s birth? Nothing. It’s a much older tradition, which Christians inherited from the fertility cult of Baal and Asherah. The wreath portrays female genitalia, complete with clitoris and hood at the top, and minor and major labia. It’s surprisingly easy to see, once you realize what you’re looking at. Would Yahweh want you hanging oversized evergreen vaginas on your door or in your church? Of course not. He calls it an abomination, and tells us not to copy the customs of the pagan nations.
Happy Sabbath!
Posted By admin on December 3, 2011
If ye love me, keep my commandments. Jn 14:16
How do you believe that Yahshua (Jesus) is Yahweh (God), but that their commandments are different?
For I am Yahweh, I change not. Mal 3:6
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 Jn 2:3-6
Messiah kept all of Yahweh’s laws, including the Sabbath. So should we. Happy Sabbath.
Tithing
Posted By admin on October 30, 2011
The scriptural view of tithing is much different than what most churches teach today.
Deuteronomy 14:22-29
“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. And you shall eat before Yahowah your Elohim, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide (Jerusalem), the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear Yahowah your Elohim always. But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where Yahowah your Elohim chooses to put His name (Jerusalem) is too far from you, when Yahowah your Elohim has blessed you, then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which Yahowah your Elohim chooses (Jerusalem). And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before Yahowah your Elohim, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that Yahowah your Elohim may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
