Do Not Think That I Have Come To Bring Peace.....

**Please NOTE:  I am not a big fan of pulling numbered sound bites from scripture and relying on them apart from the entire context of scripture.  I do so only as a platform to get us thinking about a topic.  I encourage you, please read your scriptures!! Always asking the Father for WISDOM!!***

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,

^{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.}

^{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.}

^{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.}

^{Mat 10:41 "He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous one in the name of a righteous one shall receive a righteous one’s reward.}

^{Mat 10:42 "And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a taught one, truly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."}

^{This section of scripture gives me comfort when I am tempted to anger because of those who have mocked me for choosing to follow the Messiah Yahshua.  I have long been struggling with the popular concept of peace and unity (which the "CHURCH" brainwashed me with for so many years....ahem...father please forgive me for harbouring resentment)  amongst those who would call themselves brothers in Messiah, yet choose to live outside of the Torah (the first five books of the scriptures where the instruction or "law" is given.  Yahshua the Messiah tells us:}

 ^{Mat 5:17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets.1 I did not come to destroy but to complete. Footnote: 1The Law and the Prophets is a term used for the pre-Messianic Scriptures.}

^{Mat 5:18 "For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.1 Footnote: 1Lk. 16:17.}

^{Mat 5:19 "Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.}

^{The popular argument that is given is that it is not for us to judge.  Turns out, that may not be so! It is a loving act to guide a brother back to the narrow path which leads to everlasting life!!} 

^{2Th 3:14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that one, and do not keep company with him, so that he is put to shame.}

^{2Th 3:15 However, do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.}

^{Do not keep company with him.  Do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.  If there is division between those who choose to follow the scriptures, and the scriptures only - keeping the commandments- and those who live in the "CHURCH" with a "do as thou wilt for all has been redeemed" attitude, it is because the Messiah has said it must be so!!  See Romans16:17}

^{1Co 5:1 It is commonly reported that there is whoring among you, and such whoring as is not even named among the gentiles, so as one to have his father’s wife!}

^{1Co 5:2 And you have been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he who has done this deed, be removed from among you!}

^{1Co 5:3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged the one who did this, as though I were present.}

^{1Co 5:4 In the Name of our Master יהושע Messiah, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Master יהושע Messiah,}

^{1Co 5:5 deliver such a one to Satan for destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit be saved in the day of the Master יהושע.}

^{1Co 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the entire lump?}

^{1Co 5:7 Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Passover was offered for us.}

^{1Co 5:8 So then let us observe the festival, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.}

^{1Co 5:9 I wrote to you in my letter not to keep company with those who whore.}

^{1Co 5:10 And I certainly did not mean with those of this world who whore, or with the greedy of gain, or swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.}

^{1Co 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother,’ if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler – not even to eat with such a one.}

^{1Co 5:12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are inside?}

^{1Co 5:13 But Elohim judges those who are outside. And put away the wicked one from among you!}

^{Anyone who calls himself a "brother" yet keeps not the Torah (including the festivals *Note vs 7 + 8)  is to be judged and put away from amongst us.}

    ^{Now I can testify to the freedom which following these words has brought me.  I have had very dear ones in my life....friends, family, who I have cut myself off from because of their urgent and ardent need to mock and persecute me (Him who lives in me!) and my family because of our choice to leave the "CHURCH" (meaning our choice not to fall prey to the corporate organization's philosophy and empty deceit according to the traditions of men, and not according to Messiah).} 

     ^{The testimony in me is that while I mourn the loss, I do NOT miss them!  I have shaken the dust from my sandals and taken my peace with me (Matt10:14-15).  And I will journey forth as a member of the body of Messiah, sharing the good news, and fellowshipping with those who also FEAR and LOVE the Father.}

^{And so I go, still trying to hit the bulls-eye!}

What I learned about Wisdom

It's been a while.  I got sort of distracted by life and haven't posted in a while.  I lost my best friend and I was hurting.  Oh well, I am here to share my thoughts now if anybody out there is reading!  And if not, that's ok too! 
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So what did I learn about Wisdom?  Well, it's definitely not what I expected.
First of all, wisdom cannot be taught.  It really boils down to: Do you have a love for the truth or don't you?? 
If you have a love for the truth, and a heart of obedience, wisdom will be imparted unto you!

"The fear of YHVH is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."  Proverbs 1:7

Wisdom is always available, but so few crave it.

"Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;  at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;  at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:  How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?  How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?  If you turn at my reproof, behold I will pour out my spirit to you;  I will make my words known to you."  Proverbs 1:20-23

In short, make up your mind.  Seriously.  Do you love the Father or don't you?  If so, then begin obeying him and searching out His truth.

Wisdom In Two Parts

Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,
for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 8:10-11

What does it mean to be wise?  To have Wisdom? 
Coming soon.....

May 15th--Pray for Israel

Check out this link.  Pray for Israel.

Launch of the third Palestinian Intifada “March to Return”

2 Seconds

"And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved.  But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short"--Matt 24:22

What can mere mortals accomplish in two seconds?  Scientists tell us that the Haiti earthquake and the Japan earthquake have actually altered the earth's position on it's axis which has shortened our days by approximately two seconds. 
I am not saying that this is what Yahushua is referring to when he said the days would be shortened, but it does beg the question....how much will the days be cut short?  Is two seconds all it would take for the sake of the elect to be saved?
Notwithstanding the awesome incomprehensible power of the Almighty, what can be accomplished in TWO seconds??
-Could a weapon be unholstered and fired? (surely!)
-Could a door be closed?
-Could a sword be drawn?
-Could THE button be pushed?

From what events will we be spared?
If an enemy's course is altered by 2 seconds, a person could be potentially spared from the ememy's action.  I believe Yahweh could accomplish a great deal in a very short amount of time.  Who knows, maybe the days will be shortened by hours, or the 7 years of tribulation shortened by days or weeks. 
It just really got me thinking...

Challenge

Ok I have a challenge for you:  Is the name we use for "GOD" important?  i.e. "Jesus" vs "Yahshuah"  or "God" vs "Yahweh" or "YHVH".  Is it ever ok to use names like "Allah" since that is supposedly the Arabic word for "God"

Grab your scriptures, open em' up and research!  Leave me a comment about what you find!

ps:  I don't want any "Well I think that...." kind of comments.  Just results of research of what the scriptures have to say about it.

Tearing Down Strongholds

Over the past year I have been called many things and accused of many things.
I have been called Jewish, a Jehovah's Witness and a Seventh-Day Adventist.
I have been accused of joining a cult and of being an un-believer in the Messiah and in His redemption.

I want to tell you all today that I follow Nobody!  I follow the WORD of YHVH!

• "See to it that no one makes a prey of you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary matters of the world, and not according to Messiah" --Colossians 2:8

• Hear, O' Israel, YHVH is our God, YHVH is oneBlessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever.And you shall love YHVH your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might"--Deut 6:4

• "And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep his commands.  The one saying that I have known him and keeps not his commands is a liar and the truth is not in him."--1 Jn 2:3,4

• "And the one keeping his commandments abides in Him, and He in him.  And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave us:--1Jn 3:24

• "By this we know that we love the children of YHVH; when we love YHVH and keep His commandments"--1Jn 5:2

• "For this is the love of YHVH, that we keep his commandments and His commandments are not heavy"--1Jn 5:2

• "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light"--Matt 11:29,30

• "And this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments.  This is the commandment, even as you have heard it from the beginning, that you should walk in it"--2Jn 6

• "And the dragon was enraged over the woman and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commandments of YHVH and having the testimony of the Messiah"--Rev 12:17

• "Blessed are the ones doing His commands, that their authority will be over the tree of life, and by the gates they will enter into the city"--Rev 22:14

The strongholds of lies must be torn down!  And they will be torn down either by ourselves or in judgement.  My prayer for us all is that we are able to clean up our Father's house lest our deeds be weighed in the balance and found wanting by our Father who loves us!  Because any good father disciplines his children...

"Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.  Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Yahshuah, does not have Yahweh.  whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works"--2 Jn 8-11

My prayer is for strongholds to be torn down!!  In my life as well as yours...

Peace be with you

Oops...my bad.

Please forgive my error!  The Messiah did not ascend on Shavout (Pentecost).  He ascended on the 40th day of course and the Set Apart Spirit was poured out at Pentecost.  Silly me...not sure where my brain was while I was writing that.


I recommended watching the YouTube video's by Mark Biltz

I am posting the first part here. 

Spiritual De-Tox

"Watch that there not be one robbing you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the traditions of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Messiah" --Col 2:8


A significant part of my journey over the past 2 years has been to un-pack some of the traditions that have been taught to us by the church, passed down through family, and that have just become the normal social behavior because of society's general acceptance of them.  

It all started for me with the idea of the "rapture"--a concept which I wholeheartedly believed in.  About 2 years ago when a friend indicated to me that she didn't really buy the concept of the rapture, I was very surprised.  I thought all "Christians" believed in the rapture!  As it turned out that was a misguided assumption on my part.  But I think the reason why I believed it was because I heard it discussed a lot in christian circles.  We were all encouraged to get our Fire-Insurance (say the sinners prayer) before the rapture or we would be left behind to endure the tribulation.  And of course, the "Left Behind" books and movies by Timothy LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins which were so popular could be found in any evangelical christian church library.  They were a hot commodity. 

I spent the next several months pouring through my scripture, desperately trying to find evidence for the rapture, and just couldn't find any.  I was not looking for evidence to prove the teachings of the church wrong, I was trying to prove them right...but the scriptures just didn't support the theory.

But that's not the topic we are here to discuss.  Today I want to talk about EASTER.

The traditions of Easter pre-date the early church.  Have you ever wondered what bunnies, colorful eggs, ham dinners and even the word "Easter" have to do with the death and Resurrection of our Messiah? 

In ancient times Cush, the grandson of Noah, married a woman named Semaramis and they had a son named Nimrod (Gen 10:8-10).  When Cush died, Nimrod married his own mother and became a powerful king whose kingdom included Babel.  Nimrod was eventually killed by an enemy, his body cut into pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom.   According to the legend, Semaramis had all of the body parts gathered except for one that could not be found (the phallus).    Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Ba'al", the sun god.
She later claimed that she conceived immaculately by the rays of the sun (the spirit of her dead husband)  and the son she brought forth was named Tammuz. 
Tammuz was worshipped as the only begotten son of Nimrod (Ba'al) who was immaculately conceived, and Semiramis became known as the Mother-of God and the Queen of Heaven.  She went by different names in different cultures and languages (Ishtar, Ashtoreth, Astarte, and Eoster), though the legend stayed the same.  Semiramis was creating a mystery religion, and with the help of Satan, she set herself up as a goddess.
She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full.
She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River.
This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Semiramis, known as "Ishtar" --  her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg."
Because Nimrod's phallus was missing, part of the worship of this mystery religion included fertility rituals involving rabbits and eggs (both fertility symbols in nearly every pagan religion....remember the term "breeding like rabbits"?)

The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig and Queen Ishtar proclaimed a 40 day mourning period where her followers were to fast from eating meat, and was followed by a meal of roasted pig in Tammuz's honor.

When the early Catholic church was out to make converts, enticing people to leave their ancient practices of polytheism was likely very difficult.  In an attempt to keep the peace but increase their numbers, they compromised and continued to allow the pagan rituals, but essentially scotch-taped a baby-jesus onto the practice and called it good.  What resulted was a complex form of mixed worship which the Father hates.  They were committing spiritual adultery, and sin is contagious because a little leaven leavens the whole lump! 

"Yea, they forsook YHVH and served Ba'al and the Ashtoreths" --Judges 2:13

"And God spoke these words saying: "I am YHVH your God, who has brought  you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.  You shall not have any other gods besides me.  You shall not make a graven image for yourself, of any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which in in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth.  You shall not bow to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am YHVH your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of fathers on children, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those that hate me; and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving me, and to those keeping my commandments." --Exodus 20:1-6

"And be watchful in all that I have said to you.  And you shall not mention another god by name, it shall not be heard from your mouth."--Exodus 23:13

It is amazing to me that it took me so many years to catch on to what was truly going on here.  I don't recall ever being taught the truth....that the Messiah was crucified on Passover, resurrected on Firstfruits and ascended at Shavout (known today as Pentecost).  But please don't take my word for it.  Read up on the commanded Feasts of Leviticus 23 and compare them to the accounts of the death, resurrection and ascension of our Messiah Yahshuah in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Ask your pastor if your church can do away with the pagan rituals and follow only the commanded festivals, which are perfect because they were created by the Father and not by man....and see what happens. 

As if the Father would want us to worship in the name of a pagan goddess, with graven images and eat the flesh of a detestable animal!? 

I guess it all boils down to, do you have a love for the truth or don't you?  Are you wiling to compromise on the Word Of YHVH in order to "keep the peace" or "maintain unity"? 

"And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.  For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Yahshuah the Messiah in the flesh.  Such a one is a deceiver and the anti-messiah.  Watch yourselves so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.  Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Yahshuah, does not have the Father.  Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."

 --2 john 6-11

As an act of obedience, you will not find me participating in any goddess/fertility-worship this spring.  I believe my life depends on it!

Blessings....

I feel so blessed today.  Spring seems to be making a reluctant appearance, but an appearance nonetheless.  The horses have headed back out to pasture instead of standing around waiting for hay, and the chickens are venturing out into the sunshine and are happily providing eggs again after a short winter strike!  The sun is already up when I get up in the morning, but the house is still all quiet because I am the only one up, snd so I have some time to blog.  The kids are all happy and healthy, I am married to the most wonderful man in the world, and I have the most amazing best friend!  Life is GOOD!

Today is a big day for a friend of mine.  The scales have been removed from her eyes to see the deception she has been spoon-fed for so many years, and she out seeking answers.  Thats what is on my heart and mind today.....what a blessing that she has the faith and the courage to stand up. 

Anyway, my next post will be on the up-coming goddess-worship/fertility festival (aka "Easter")

Stay tuned...

THE Gospel

So obviously I am not the best blogger in the world....4 months since the last post? It's been that long?? Sorry!
I just realized that I did not ever end up presenting what the 2 different "gospels" the aforementioned church was debating over as being THE gospel to be spread. But please let me draw your attention to Revelation 14:6-7

"And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an everlasting gospel to proclaim to those dwelling on the earth, even to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, saying in a great voice, 'Fear God and give glory to Him, because the hour of His judgement has come; also worship Him who has made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea and the fountain of waters'"

Fear and Worship....the definition of the gospel clearly spelled out for us!  No debate, tweaking or vote required.  For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, and a heart of obedience; YHVH's WORD speaks! Praise Him!

Notice how it says that this voice proclaimed in mid-heaven?? 

In 2 Cor 12:2 Paul talks about an experience of being caught up to the THIRD heaven.  It is understood that in Hebraic thinking there are 3 "heavens":
--The first being the skies where the birds fly. (Jer 4:25)
--The second being the space where the sun the moon and the stars were placed as signs for YHVH's people (Genesis 1:14)
--The third being the place where YHVH dwells (2 Cor 12:2)

It may behoove us to look up!  Just as the Messiah's coming was proclaimed in the heavens, I believe that the time of the coming judgement will also be proclaimed in the heavens.  We would do well to have understanding of His signs...

For a better understanding of the signs of the Messiah's birth, visit the Torah Calendar.  On the home page, if you scroll to the bottom you will find "The Birth of the Messiah" PDF document. I also recommend visiting The Star of Bethlehem.  Both are very good.

What celestial symbology is used throughout scripture that can help us understand what will be the sign of His coming?
Standby....