Most of what calls itself Christianity today is actually the worship of a false "god" called ba-al. ba-al is a name as well as a title that means "lord"; a title of false pagan deities that went by several names in different locations throughout the ancient world. ba-al was known as mithra in Egypt, tammuz in babylon, as well as numerous other local names. ba-al was known as a fertility "god" (and the son of the son "god" Nimrod / the first baal) although he was also transformed into other deities of the pagan's vain imaginations dictated. ba-al was also used as a title for Yahweh up until jezebel confused the term and deceived Ancient Israel into following her phonecian false "god" ba-al instead of Yahweh.
This is the very same today. Most of what calls itself "christianity" - including "protestants" - is actually worship of the false deity known as ba-al specifically the ba-al named tammuz. tammuz worship became incorporated into worship of Yahweh when Ancient Israel was in the babylonian captivity. This was mixed with some of the ba-al mithra traditions that they brought back from Egypt when Moses led them out of Egypt. I believe it is possible that Yahweh's plan for them to wander for forty years until only the younger generation was left was so that most of the Egyptian paganism would be forgotten and replaced with true worship of Him. ishtar / osiris (Nimrod's mother and then wife) was tammuz mother that she claimed was conceived after her husband/son Nimrod (she married her son when her husband Cush was killed) had been killed - a false "immaculate conception". She (semaramis / osiris / ishtar) became known as the "mother of god and queen of heaven" and is still worshiped to this day. (the same Nimrod in the bible)
After Nimrod was killed, his body was cut into pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom. Semiramis (ishtar) had his body parts gathered and all except for one part was found - his male organ. This is why the obelisk was created and worshiped - it is a symbol of Nimrod's male organ and is an abomination to Yahweh.
When Ancient Israel returned from the babylonain captivity, they brought back with them worship of tammuz which they incorporated into worship of Yahweh just like they tried to incorporate the worship of the golden calf with worship of Yahweh when they left Egypt:
Exodus 32
2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
Tammuz was allegedly killed by a wild boar and some of his blood was claimed to have fallen on a stump of an evergreen tree causing the stump to grow into a tree overnight making the tree sacred by tammuz' blood by those who worshiped him. ishtar
proclaimed forty days to fast and mourn for tammuz followed by a celebration on the first sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. During the forty days, no meat was to be eaten and sacred cakes with the sign of tammuz (a cross) were to be eaten. The sunday following the forty days of mourning were to be celebrated with rabbits and eggs and by eating a pig because tammuz was allegedly killed by a pig. Crossing oneself after prayer is also a sign of tammuz and is worship of this false "god".
Ancient Israel worshiped tammuz and Yahweh sent His prophets to warn them against it. They even including this pagan worship they brought back with them from Egypt and Babylon into worship of Yahweh in the Holy Temple. When Ezekiel confronted the High Priest, he was told "Go away, Ezekiel. We will worship Yahweh OUR way" which is exactly what Ancient Israel said when Aaron made the golden calf.Ancient Israel said they would worship Yahweh THEIR way instead of how Yahweh instructed when confronted by Yahweh's prophets just like most so-called "christians" claim they worship God THEIR way instead of how Yahweh instructed. Yahweh does NOT accept false worship. Ezekiel 8 Lent:
13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt seegreaterabominations that they do.
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. ishtar sunrise service:
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Jeremiah 7
16 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.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 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.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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.
Ancient Israel also worshiped the sun "god" Nimrod and hisalleged son tammuz on his birthday december 25th where tammuz allegedly is the reincarnated Nimrod. This is another abomination to Yahweh.
Jeremiah 10
2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hyslop “In paganism this is what is known as the “winter solstice,” which falls on December 21st ----when the earth is the furthest away from the sun. On December 24th, the earth begins to rotate back around the sun and comes closer to the sun. But the pagans did not know this in earlier times before science and telescopes. These pagans in Babylon thought that the sun died on December 21st and then it began to resurrect on the eve of December 24th and then it made it’s full rebirth on December 25th. They believed this to be the birthday of Nimrod or Baal the Sungod. Using astrology as her guide, Semiramis became pregnant on around March 25th (9 months from December 25th), and then she concocted a legend for the Babylonian people telling them that on December 21st, Nimrod dies each year, but then on December 25th Nimrod is “born-again” as the “sun-god” or “Ba’al.” Hence, on December 25th the “sun-god” is celebrated around the world with many different names. Semiramis told the Babylonians that she had become the goddess of the moon and the sky and that Nimrod was being “reincarnated” in her womb as “Ba’al” the sun-god on December 25th. She told the Babylonians that Nimrod impregnated her with the “rays of the sun” supernaturally and Nimrod “re-incarnated” himself as her new son Tammuz on December 25th. Her new son was named Tammuz according to Ezekiel 8:14 or generically he was called “Ba’al” (which means Lord or husband). Each year on Tammuz’s birthday on December 25th, the pagans were ordered by Semiramis to go into the groves (forests) and placed a gift on a tree to honor Nimrod who was “cut down” like a tree. They were also ordered to cut down an everygreen tree, take it into their homes and decorate it with silver and gold balls to symbolize Nimrod’s testicles. Trees and branches became symbols of Nimrod because Nimrod was “cut down” by Shem, the son of Noah who placed a bounty hunt on his life. The book of Jasher tells us that it was Esau (the son of Jacob) who actually killed Nimrod. Hence, a tree stump became a place of honoring him, as the scriptures speak of the pagans going into the “groves” or the forest and cutting down a tree, decorating it, and propping it up so that it will not totter.” —
Interestingly rabbinic Judaism also has remnants of the traditions brought from babylon they have incorporated into the Passover celebration. The roasted egg is directly from babylon and has NOTHING to do with a Passover celebration as instructed by Yahweh.
Most who claim to be Christians are actually worshiping ba-al only using the names of Yahweh and Yeshua (including their english translated names) to do so. They are as deceived as Ancient Israel was deceived into believing they are following Yahweh when they were actually following ba-al. The wicked jezebel confused the two and incorporated her paganism into worship of Yahweh and many who thought they were folowing Yahweh were following tammuz instead. The bible warns that there would be deceivers using Yeshua's name (most commonly His english name Jesus although ihop and other apostate movements are using His Hebrew name Yeshua) to deceive people into believing they are following Him when they are actually following "another Jesus" - they are following tammuz and are calling tammuz 'Jesus' to seduce and deceive people into following the imposter to hell.
2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him
The jezebel spirit is alive and well and seducing people into following this false "Jesus" to hell. This false demonic spirit in combination with the kundalini demon who mimics the Holy Spirit is a strong force into seducing people into apostasy and into following the apostate church into hell. In context, it is about spiritual fornication with idols / false worship.
Revelation 2 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess,
to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Most "christians" have twisted the words of the apostle Paul and believe what their false contortions say instead of what Messiah
clearly says. They have twisted the apostle Paul into their "god" instead of following what Yeshua - our MESSIAH - clearly says.
Most do so because it is what they were taught by both parotts and deceivers although they have absolutely no excuse since the
bible is available for them to study and prove what they were taught as the Bereans did. NOTHING the apostle Paul taught went
against Torah (or any of the Old Testament) otherwise the Bereans would have not accepted him or his teachings.
Acts 17 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the
Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Peter said Paul's teachings were hard to understand and that people would twist Paul's words to fall from their stedfastness. Since Acts is clear Paul never taught against Torah and Peter is clear that Paul was hard to understand and that people twist what he said to follow the wicked and fall from their faith and adherence one needs to re-examine what Paul actually said if they believe he taught that it was okay to disobey Torah.
2 Peter 3
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Either you twist the words and follow that which leads to worship of a false "Jesus" which is actually tammuz and the rebellion of Nimrod or you follow what Yeshua, the Messiah you claim to love and follow, says to do. Those who twist the words of the apostle Paul and say Torah is not for today are the modern prophets of ba-al and are leading you to follow another "Jesus" which is exactly what they did to Ancient Israel. This false Jesus is the worship of ba-al tammuz the very same Ancient Israel worshiped and Yahweh punished them for worshiping.
Yeshua is the Living Torah and, having existed from eternity past, He is the author of the entire bible. His words are not just those in red in the New Testament - they are all the words of the Old Testament as well. When He says to obey His words, that means Torah too not just what He said in the New Testament. Torah is The Law and sin is violation of Torah. Those who claim that Christians do not need to obey The Law (or "The Law is for the Jews", etc.) are saying that Christians can sin freely which is not at all what the bible says.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Matthew 7
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity G458 doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Strong's number G458 iniquity (transliterated as anomia) :
anomia
1) the condition of without law
a) because ignorant of it
b) because of violating it
2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
John14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 2
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, andthe faith of Jesus.
Another wonderful message by Pastor Steve Mitchell on a hard subject rarely taught by pastors. I hope to have another of my posts later tonight or for sure tomorrow. Lots of school work and I'm spending quite a bit of time writing computer programs (I'm in a computer programming course in college)
A quick follow up to one of my posts before Shabbat arrives: Yahweh does tell people what is going to happen so when it happens it confirms His word. Just because He tells people what is going to happen does not mean He will tell them when. Abraham was promised a son and because it did not happen when he and Sarah thought it would, they decided to help Yahweh along and that is how Ishmael came into the world. They were given a promise but not a time frame.
Remember, the wolves / false prophets will pretend to be Christians and will tell you what you want to hear - Yahweh is trying to warn you about those very same wolves.
There are those who claim to be Christian that are involved in fornication, pornography, divination, are alcoholics and drug addicts, are idolaters, and their are even those who claim to be Christian that are homosexuals, etc. These people are deceived. They are on their way to hell and are comforted by the false prophets that tell them they can continue in their sin or that they have time to get right with Yahweh because Messiah Yeshua will not return for awhile. They do not believe Yeshua can return at any moment - they are deceived into believing a false "rapture date" prophecy by those who are involved in kabbalah and other forms of divination forbidden by Yahweh or they are deceived into thinking Yeshua's return is not near enough for them to be concerned about. Messiah Yeshua gave the parable of the ten virgins: five who were faithful and kept their lamps full of oil by abiding in Yeshua, the Root, and partaking of His goodness bearing good fruit for Him (olive branches / olives / olive oil for lamps) and the five foolish who may have abided in Yeshua for awhile and fell away only believing they were still abiding in Yeshua. They ran out of oil because they no longer bore good fruit to keep their lamps full of oil (olives / olive oil) Romans 11
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: You "buy" your olive oil (Holy Spirit) by giving your life to Messiah Yeshua. You cannot purchase it with money or by good works. You must give your life to Him and accept Him as Messiah (Lord AND Savior) of your life. Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Accepting Yeshua as your Lord, Master, and Savior means you submit and obey Him. If you do not obey, then you are not following Him regardless of what you claim with your lips. Matthew 15
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. The apostle Paul said we were to judge those who claim to be brothers who are involved in sin and leave the judging of unbelievers to Yahweh - the exact OPPOSITE of what most professing Christians do: 1 Corinthians 5
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. There are false "christians" who slander and manipulate others and lie about those who follow Messiah. Yeshua said they would. Before you judge someone, you need to check out the facts and judge righteously otherwise you will be judged by Yahweh according to your own unrighteous standards. These evildoers are greedy dogs who want a following for their selves and their false beliefs. Matthew 5
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Many people are deceived by these wolves because the wolves tell them what they want to hear - including false rapture dates and false prophecies. Anyone who accepts the malicious manipulation and slander from their "pastors" or "fellowship leaders" are following a wolf and they are in danger of hell fire. They are in rebellion against Yahweh and are not Messiah Yeshua's sheep. Isaiah 30
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
2 Timothy 4
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Most Christians believe they belong to Messiah Yeshua because they "said a prayer and asked Jesus into their heart" at one time or another. Many of these people are deceived and will be told by Yeshua to "get lost, I never knew you" because they did not obey what Yahweh said. Obedience is better than sacrifice to Yahweh yet many claim that obedience is "works". Yeshua clearly distinguished the difference of obeying Yahweh (which is expected) and doing things (works) "for Him" and He also made it clear that obedience is better (and is expected by Yeshua) than "works" 1 Samuel 15
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, obedience=to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For disobedience=rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Matthew 7
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that obedience =doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, works=have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: punishment for disobedience=depart from me, ye that work iniquity.G458 Strong's number G458 iniquity (transliterated as anomia) : anomia 1) the condition of without law a) because ignorant of it b) because of violating it 2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness Messiah Yeshua clearly said if we are His, we will OBEY what Yahweh said. If you twist the words of the apostle Paul to make the claim we do not have to obey Yahweh then you are rejecting what MESSIAH (the one you claim to follow) said and have made what you claim the apostle Paul said your idol and using the words of Paul you twisted into something he never said, you have made the apostle Paul your "god" of your own imagination. 2 Peter 3
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. Peter clearly showed that many would twist the words of Paul so they could fall from being steadfast in their faith and led away into error. Here is what Messiah clearly said and if anything Paul said seems to contradict it, you need to be like the Berean's and search out the scripture (they only had the old testament to search) and see what Paul said was true or if you misinterpreted what he said. Acts 17 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Here is what Messiah Yeshua said. You either believe and follow Him or you twist the words of Paul and follow a false "Jesus" of your own vain imagination: John14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 2
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The day of the rapture has been predicted by false prophets for centuries. False prophets and false prophecies have increased exponentially since Israel became a nation in 1948. Hal Lindsey in his book 'The Late Great Planet Earth' in the 1970s mistakenly made the claim that "the biblical generation was forty years since Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years" which dramatically increased the number of false prophecies about when the rapture would be.
As I have stated in previous posts and have proven with scripture, Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years so all of those over age of twenty would die off. With Yahweh nearly wiping Ancient Israel out when they rebelled during that time, it further skewed the age of a generation so the years of wandering could not be used as a generation.
Numbers 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Nevertheless, rapture fever hit during the 1980s with books being written such as "88 Reasons Jesus Had To Return In 1988" (followed up a year later with "89 Reasons Why Jesus Had To Return in 1989" when their rapture prophecy failed) These people are FALSE PROPHETS and, unless they repent, Yahweh will punish them as a false prophet.
Messiah Yeshua said we were to know when the rapture was getting near:
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
He never said to watch for the signs then He will send a prophet to figure out the date so we could watch for a date instead of for Him! Messiah was very clear that we would not know the day that only the Father knows the day:
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Messiah also said that we were to keep watch because we would not know the day He would return:
Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Again, He never said to watch for the date that the false prophets claimed they figured out He instructed us to WATCH FOR HIM.
Those that watch for a date instead of Messiah's return are saying Yeshua is delaying His return [until the false prophet's "rapture date"] Messiah Yeshua says they are hypocrites because they claim to be His yet are whoring after a false prophet's "rapture dates" and are not watching for His imminent return.
Matthew 24 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
These false prophets are speaking falsely and are not of Yahweh. They are tickling peoples' ears with what those that whore after false prophecies want to hear instead of what Yahweh is trying to say to them.
Isaiah 30 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
2 Timothy 4 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Messiah Yeshua is very clear we are to be watching for His return and not for any date someone comes up with. He allows these false prophets as a test to see whether we will watch for Him or follow the wicked false prophets that claim they have figured out something that Yeshua said we would not know. Yes, Yahweh does nothing except He reveal it to His prophets but these wicked false prophets are not Yahweh's and He did reveal what the rapture is and who it is for through Messiahand Messiah said we would not know the date in advance.
Yahweh set the date before time began so, the rapture date is known and confirmed but we will not know when it is until it happens. If you are following anyone who tries and figures out when the rapture will be and if you read this post thinking I would give you a rapture date, you need to REPENT and stop looking for a rapture date and start watching for Messiah Yeshua's very soon return. If you are watching for a date and not for Yeshua, then you do not belong to Him since you are suppose to be watching for His return every minute and every second on every day until He does return.
If you have not accepted Yeshua as your Messiah, you have very little time to do so before this world is thrown into tribulation. Nobody is promised their next breath and you may not have any time left to make the decision to follow Messiah Yeshua before it is too late for you.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
There are bible perversions that are abominations and were intentionally mistranslated due to an agenda. These versions such as the sodomite inspired "queen james version" and "the message" are not legitimate bibles - they were written to mislead and deceive. Those perversions are not what this blog post is about although I will warn that they are blasphemy against Yahweh and those who wrote them are in danger of hell fire for changing Yahweh's word. Stay away from these versions! Also stay away from the Jehovah Witness version (New World Translation) Do your research to see which ones are accepted by mainstream Christianity before you read it.
Some people are adamant on which bible versions they use and they consider all other versions as "uninspired". The most notable are the "King James Only" (KJV) crowd who insist that the King James bible is the "only authorized english translation of the bible". These people apparently believe that the KJV was "authorized" by Yahweh because it has "authorized" in the name. Some of them consider the only legitimate version is the 1611 version of the King James Bible. Since the 1611 KJV has the apocrypha and other writings not received as cannon by the majority of the churches, it can be assumed they accept the apocrypha as inspired.
The King James bible is a good translation but is not the only good translation. It was "authorized" by King James and that is the only reason it has "authorized" in the name. It is not copyrighted because it was written before copyrights existed and the copyright would have expired a long time ago even if it had been copyrighted. Many claim the lack of copyright is because it was the "authorized translation". These people have a hard time to explain which translation is "authorized" in other languages. When examining the "KJV only", their opinions fall apart in the light of fact.
There are many bible versions because their are several manuscripts they are translated from. Other versions come about due to the change in language and meaning of words and even others are due to the different meaning of Hebrew and Greek words and many words do not directly translate to other languages and to english in particular.
In my opinion, it is very good there are other translations so you can get a better idea of what the writer meant when it is presented in a different way. People communicate different and because of their life experiences a passage said in a different way, while still hold the same meaning, is better understood than how another version presents it.
Several years ago I posted a passage from a non-KJV verion of the bible to support something I had said (I believe it was on how Christians are to observe the Sabbath). Someone jumped all over it and said "that is not from the authorized KJV version so it doesn't mean what you say it means" so I posted the same passage in the KJV because it said the very same thing and I have nothing against the KJV bible. Then someone else posted "You are a legalist using the KJV". You can't please everyone regardless of which bible you use so I gave up and used whichever one is clearer.
Yahweh showed me a long time ago that those who are truly seeking His will and are seeking to please Him that He will reveal truth regardless of which bible version someone reads. I came to follow Torah at a very young age in an easy to read paraphrase version. Yahweh will, and does, use the words of scripture although He reveals the meaning of those words through His Holy Spirit. This is why an unbeliever can read a passage and have no clue to the meaning and how the same passage comes alive and the riches of Yahweh's word comes through to those who are seeking Him and His will for their lives.
If you have a hard time understanding the KJV, then use a legitimate accepted mainline version and ask Yahweh to reveal His truth to you. He is not limited to one version and He will reveal His truth to those who are truly seeking.
I highly recommend e-sword --- free bible software with many free versions (some for pay due to copyright) and a lot of free commentaries and resources (including Josephus and Fox's Book of Martyrs - both for FREE) You can read and compare plus highlight in different colors (and remove highlight when there is another point you want to highlight) http://www.e-sword.net/
Remember: We are to be the salt (preservative) and light (reflector of Messiah). We were not told to take over the world or to "make america great again" as the dominionists teach. Shabbat Shalom!
When Yeshua spoke of the end times, He gave a warning: Remember Lot's Wife after stating that the end times would be like the days or Noah and the days of Lot: Luke 17 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
This came to me the other day when I was listening to the local Christian radio station and there was a song about making america great again. This is part of the dominionism movement which wants to take over america and make it perfect so Yeshua can return. The kingdom now / dominion theology is part of the great apostasy of the NAR (new apostolic reformation) / ihop / hillsong / and bethel-redding / Rick Warren (and their associated churches)
Kingdom Now theology is a branch of Dominion Theology which has had a following within Pentecostalism. It attracted attention in the late 1980s.[17][18]
Kingdom Now theology states that although Satan has been in control of the world since the Fall, God is looking for people who will help him take back dominion. Those who yield themselves to the authority of God's apostles and prophets will take control of the kingdoms of this world, being defined as all social institutions, the "kingdom" of education, the "kingdom" of science, the "kingdom" of the arts, etc.[19] C. Peter Wagner, the founder of the New Apostolic Reformation, writes: "The practical theology that best builds a foundation under social transformation is dominion theology, sometimes called 'Kingdom Now.' Its history can be traced back through R. J. Rushdoony and Abraham Kuyper to John Calvin."[20]
Kingdom Now theology is influenced by the Latter Rain movement,[21] and critics have connected it to the New Apostolic Reformation,[22] "Spiritual Warfare Christianity",[21] and Fivefold ministry thinking.[23]
Kingdom Now theology should not be confused with Kingdom theology, which is related to inaugurated eschatology.
We are in the very end of times and Yahweh said what was going to happen and it is not about false apostles of the NAR making america great again and taking over the country and making it "good enough for Jesus to return" which is what they, and their sock puppet Tea Party, is all about.
Yeshua said when the time is getting near to His return that His followers will know it and we are to LOOK UP and watch for His return just like Lot and His family were told to not look back when they were leaving sodom. We are to be watching for Yeshua in this late hour not longing for the "good old days" and trying to repair this broken nation when it is under the judgment of Yahweh. Yes, we are to continue to be salt and light although trying to circumvent what Yahweh is doing is working against His will, not for it. We are not to be looking back to what was like Lot's wife looked back to sodom, we are to be looking for Messiah's very soon return and not be pining for the past (like Ancient Israel did for egypt after the Exodus) or looking back to try and "make america great again:
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Genesis 19 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
We are to be watching for Messiah Yeshua's VERY soon return and not have our eyes and hearts in this world. America will NOT be "great again" and things will NOT be getting better on earth until Messiah sets up His millenial kingdom. Do not be sucked into the false kingdom now theology led by the apostate church and false antichrist ministries. They will use music, patriotism, and everything else to seduce you and deceive you into following them down the broad road to hell right along with them.
2 Corinthians 11 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
2 Thessalonians 2 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
NOW is the time to repent and watch for Messiah Yeshua's very soon return. America will NOT become great again - read your bible and open your eyes to the season we are in and do not fall for the lying deceptions of the apostate churches.
It amazes me how many times I hear the same "bible" teaching over and over again that is not what the bible says about it. One popular "teacher" comes up with something new that sounds good and instead of checking it out with the bible, it is parroted over and over again sometimes for decades before it is pointed out to be wrong. One of the common teachings from the 1970's by Hal Lindsey was that the "biblical generation was 40 years because that is how long they wandered in the wilderness". Any basic reading of the bible would show that this is false because Ancient Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years so those over age 20 would die off. The generation was also affected by the times Yahweh became angry with them and nearly wiped all of them out. Another incorrect teaching that is commonly parroted by those that should know better was that Lot was a compromiser and that is why he chose to live in sodom. Lot of course sinned, as every person does, but the bible never mentioned any of his sins and Yahweh called him righteous. I pointed out in a previous post (Post: Righteous Lot) There is another teaching that is often parroted that is making the rounds again. That teaching is that this verse is speaking of Yeshua's virgin birth because "women do not have seed" : Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seedH2233 and her seedH2233 ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. While Yeshua's virgin birth is real and is a fact and there are numerous prophecies in the Old Testament that prophecy of it, Genesis 3:15 is NOT a prophecy about it!
While this verse is a prophecy about Yeshua, it says nothing of His virgin birth. The erroneous teaching that claims it does says "women do not have seed therefore this is a prophecy about Yeshua's virgin birth". Yet when Seth was born, Eve used the same word for his birth: Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seedH2233 instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Strongs H2233
seed, sowing, offspring
a sowing
seed
semen virile
offspring, descendants, posterity, children
of moral quality
a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)
sowing time (by meton)
Some try and make a case that the term "the seed of a woman" is only about Yeshua and a prophecy about a virgin birth when it is NOT as shown when Eve used the same word for Seth. The same word, seed, is also used by the angel to Hagar about Ishmael so obviously seed is being used to mean posterity and has nothing to do with the virgin birth of Yeshua Genesis 16
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seedH2233 exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. While Yeshua's virgin birth is real and is a fact and there are numerous prophecies in the Old Testament that prophecy of it, Genesis 3:15 is NOT a prophecy about it! When we hear a teaching, we are to be like the Bereans and take that teaching and compare it with scripture to see if it is true or not. We are to not take ANY teaching from ANY person at face value. Acts 17
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
We cannot know for sure who the antichrist is until he is revealed when he confirms the covenant as spoken of in Daniel 9 although we can see who is currently on the world scene who fits the biblical description of the antichrist.
Daniel 9 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The antichrist:
Is a prince
Will be called 'the Assyrian'
Will be a man of peace
Will confirm a covenant (which implies the covenant existed previously)
Will also be a strong military leader
Will be part of the Roman Empire
Will be acceptable to muslims as well as Israel
The musims will only accept their mahdi as this man and, according to the shiities (which makes up most of iran and iraq muslims) their mahdi (the antichrist) must be a descendant of muhammed (sunnis believe that he can be appointed by the people) When their mahdi (antichrist) comes on the scene, it will unite all muslims : sunni and shiite and they will try and force-convert the world to islam.
Most professing "christians" ignore what the bible says about everything and reform bible doctrine to that of their own imagination. They pin the tail on the antichrist to whoever appears evil regardless of whether that person fits the biblical description or not and they ignore the person who does fit the description because that person is "peaceful" and does not appear to be evil.
Currently only one person currently fits the BIBLICAL description of the antichrist. This person:
Is a prince
Is of Assyrian ancestry
Is a "man of peace"
Wrote books on bringing the religions together (islam, Judaism, Christianity)
Authored the Oslo peace accords
Authored the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan
Is a decorated military leader / helicopter pilot
Was president of the Club Of Rome
Is a direct descendant of the "prophet" muhammed
Well respected and admired by muslims, Jews, Christians and will be accepted by Israel as well as by muslims This person is Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. He was the rightful heir to his late father's crown but his father told him there was something more for him and gave the crown to his brother instead of his son.
It could be when the dust settles in Syria (which with Jordan makes up the Assyrian empire) that Prince Hassan will be appointed to rule over that area and may be the one who brings peace to the area once Damascus is destroyed. This week (february 14, 2016) the Jordanian king (Prince Hassan's uncle) is trying to bring a cease fire agreement on Syria (Talks held / being held this week in Munich Germany)
Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Many believe the Oslo Peace Accord will be the covenant the antichrist confirms ushering in Daniel's 70th week. Of course Prince Hassan will confirm the Oslo Accords since he was the one who authored them. Do we know for sure who the antichrist is? he will not be revealed until after the rapture so until then, he cannot be 100% positively identified. The bible is clear on the antichrist's description not only to reveal who he is but also to reveal who he is not. obama does not fit the description of antichrist even though he is being used by Yahweh to bring judgment on the united states and set up the united states to accept whoever the antichrist is. Putin may be gog but he also does not fit the antichrist description.
People need to believe what the bible says and not what their vain imaginations want to believe. There is so much false teachings that go against what the bible says that it is amazing they even bother to claim to be Christian.
Very good prophecy update by John Haller. Warning against apostasy and letting false teachings (bones) sneak into the churches (IE: eat the meat, spit out the bones / false teachings) The problem is, most accept the bones (false teachings) as meat because they are bible illiterate.
Americans LOVE the low fuel prices that are now in the United States. A couple of years ago I never thought gasoline prices would ever be under $3.00 US a gallon again let alone close to $1.00 US a gallon. Yesterday in the small town where I live in Wisconsin, United States, gasoline prices were $1.46 US a gallon. What is going on?
People think the economy is improving and think that the gasoline prices reflect this. Last month americans spent money to buy new cars - SUVs, motor homes, and recreational vehicles of all sorts. This is a bad mistake and they will realize it soon (probably after the elections) when they are still making payments on their gas guzzling vehicles and gasoline skyrockets.
The fuel prices are low because obama lifted sanctions on Iran and Iran is dumping low cost fuel on the market to drive prices down even further. The US president also vetoed pipelines that would carry fuel through the U.S. to refineries. The low cost fuel from Iran is slowing / stopping fuel production in the United States because the production cost is more than what the oil sells for.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are at odds and tension is increasing even more as oil drops below Saudi Arabia's break even point for their budget. Saudi Arabia forms their budget around what they need to get per barrel of oil and now that oil is now below their cost to refine it. They will take action against Iran if this continues.
Unless the rapture happens first or war breaks out, the United States will likely see low gasoline prices at least until the election and then, depending who is elected and Iran's response to who is elected, fuel prices will likely skyrocket again. Saudi Arabia will not put up with Iran for long and there are other countries that have other issues with Iran. obama's non-deal with Iran which he is upholding (and they are ignoring) has given the liberals a false sense of well being although it is a set up for a major war and fuel prices higher than they have ever been before.
There is a strong delusion over this land that things are well and "America will become great again" even among "christians" but that is not how it will play out according to the bible. This is a set up for the destruction of the United States. America has refused to repent and has refused to give up their sins and their whoring after false "gods" and false prophets who tell them smooth things that everything is okay when it is not. America is DOOMED.
There is a remnant who is still faithful to Yahweh while many more have fallen away and others continue to fall the closer we near to Yeshua's return. The time to repent and get right with Yahweh is NOW. There is no time left and Yeshua may even return today. REPENT NOW and give up your false prophets and false security that "America will become great again" because it won't. We are too close to the end and that is not what the bible says will happen. A [false] sense of security is a delusion and even those who claim to be Christians are falling for it.
Isaiah 30 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Jeremiah 14 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
There are different forms of replacement theology incuding serpent seed which the most vile that is upheld by the nazis and "Christian Identity" (the neo-nazis and white supremacists) which I have mentioned it in the post about Steven L. Anderson.
This post will be discussing the British Israelism aspect of replacement theology since it is the most wide spread.First, I did NOT invent the term "British Israelism". It is a common term to describe a part of replacement theology. I bring this up because I was "unfriended" on youtube by someone who lived in the UK and was "offended" by the term "British Israelism".
Because I will be bringing up the Hebrew name / sacred name movement, I must mention the reason I used the name תכלת תכלת on facebook is because satan's minions complained that Blue Aero was "not a real name" so I changed it to תכלת תכלת which is 'azure zure' (azure is sky blue) in Hebrew. I did not change my name because I believed myself to be Jewish. As far as I know I'm English and Scottish and do not know how my ancestors trace to Noah so I consider myself a gentile follower of Messiah Yeshua - a wild olive branch grafted into the body of Yeshua AMONG the native olive branches not replacing them. Notice that Paul says that the native olive branches (the unbelieving Jews) were cut off UNTIL the fullness of the gentiles comes in (are grafted into the tree) meaning gentiles that follow Yeshua are part of Yeshua's body AND the native olive branches that follow Yeshua are part of Yeshua's body AND the rest of the native olive branches that were cut off will be grafted in again AFTER all the gentiles that will follow Yeshua are grafted into His body: Romans 11 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Even among British Israelism, there are different flavors and varied beliefs. One of the most dominant form claims that the only ones who can accept Yeshua as Messiah (Messiah means LORD as well as Savior) are "the Jews" so, therefore, they are the "ten lost tribes" that were dispersed throughout Europe including the British Isles (hence "British Israelism") This, sadly, has become the widespread belief of those who come to follow Torah especially because of the false teachers they choose to follow.
Being a student of history, especially bible history, there was never a time where the Jewish people were lost as a people. From the bar kokhba revolt ~135AD where the believers (Jew AND gentile) left the synagogues instead of accepting bar kokhba as the Messiah, to ~320AD when constantine combined paganism with Christian terms (which nominal gentile believers assimilated to the false religion) the Jewish people were still identified as Jewish.
The inquisitions by the catholic church were meant to stamp out heresy. They considered the Torah's dietary laws as well as keeping the Sabbath instead of the pagan sun-day as heretical. The test of whether someone was a heretic was is they did not cook This happened in 494AD- 1391AD in various pogroms that demanded the Jews "convert or die" and in the Spanish inquisition of 1478AD-1614AD. The test they used was whether they worked or cooked on the Sabbath and what types of foods they bought. http://forward.com/articles/9216/in-spain-inquisitors-tracked-conversos-by-their-fo/ There were other pogroms and inquisitions throughout history including through the 1800-1900sAD although the purpose here is to show that there were still Jews and they were identifiable as Jews - they were not "lost".
In the 1900's the Jewish people were still identifiable as Jews and were living in their own communities throughout Europe. hitler knew who they were and so did the rest of the world: they still kept the Sabbath, still met in synagogues, and still kept the dietary laws (of the rabbis which are much more strict than Torah)
There has not been a time that the Jewish people have not been identifiable in the diaspora. Yes, some gentiles have Jewish blood although they are not identifiable as Jews as are some of the communities found in the diaspora. What is rampant is how many gentiles who have no claim of Jewish blood taking on the names and personalities of a Jewish person. Some do this out of delusion including 'Jerusalem Syndrome' (a real mental illness diagnosis - look it up) and some do this to deceive for popularity or for money (usually both) . One gentile who has taken on the personality of a Levite and dressing in the robes of the High Priest is Michael Rood. Michael Rood suffers from Jerusalem syndrome and is delusional as well as a scam artist. Michael Rood started off in a cult called "The Way International" (not to be confused with 'the way' which was what the early believers were said to believe) and was in trouble for various monetary scams. On a trip to Israel, he decided he was a Levite and started dressing like the High Priest. He has many followers who have bought into his deception, have sent him millions of dollars, and who have also changed their names and claim to be Jewish.
Another ministry that teaches British Israelism (that they are the Jews) is '119 Ministries'. While they are more subtle, they are just as evil and Yeshua is just as angry with them and their followers as He is with Michael Rood.
Yeshua says those who teach or followthe satanic replacement theology (all flavors) are liars and are of satan:
Revelation 2 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
SOME of those who believe in British Israelism claim the people in Israel are "not the real Jews" but are the pretenders. They claim THEY are the real Jews and one day they will be the ones who are in Israel. These people deny they believe in replacement theology and make all sorts of claims about what 'the nation born in a day' means in Isaiah although they say it was "definitely not the rebirth of what is now called Israel". I guess they believe nations become born in a day on a regular basis or something. These people are deluded.
Isaiah 66 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Before I left facebook (which has been a blessing that I left) I could not help but see how many of those who follow Torah have bought into, at least in part, the satanic replacement theology doctrine. Some even change their names and pretend they are now part of the "ten lost tribes". The Jewish people were NEVER lost - they have always been identifiable and the only ones who do not know who they are are those who have come under the replacement theology delusion. What was lost (to some, not all) to those who are the Jewish people is their tribal identity. Some know which tribe they belong to due to their last names although Yahweh knows which tribe each of them belongs to and that is all that matters.
Scripture is clear both Jews and gentiles who accept Yeshua as Messiah are saved. Both are grafted into the same Root: Messiah Yeshua and both are partakers of the kingdom so why are so many gentiles falling for the delusion that they are Jews and taking on Jewish names and personalities and even claiming which tribe they belong to??? Even though we gentiles are grafted into the olive tree and become part of Israel, we are still gentiles / wild olives and we are not grafted into any one tribe. Stay away from false teachers that make such claims - they are spiritual poison and Yeshua calls them part of the synagogue of satan. This appears to be part of the strong delusion that is already enveloping the earth.
2 Thessalonians 2 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Many people look at a ministry and if it is wealthy, has a large attendance, and is looks prosperous, they believe it is a solid church and "blessed by God". This is not true at all. satan also prospers those who follow him. Heretical ministries such as Joel Osteen, Casey Treat, Jesse Duplantis, ihop, Hillsong, bethel-redding (etc.) on the surface look to be Godly ministries that Yahweh is blessing for being faithful to Him. These ministries are, in fact, apostate and an ABOMINATION to Yahweh. They are false and lead to hell . Revelation 3
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. You cannot tell by a ministry's wealth and outward looks if they belong to Yahweh. Look at the catholic "church" they are idolaters and follow a false "god" - They follow the sun "god" ra that they added Christian terms to to make it more palatable to the lukewarm "christians". The catholic church is one of the most prosperous organizations in the world yet spiritually they are bankrupt. There are also faithful followers that are very, very poor. Yeshua's mother and his adoptive father were very poor - so poor Mary offered the sin offering of the poor after Yeshua's birth (Note Leviticus 12 verse 8 is a KJV translation error - it is turtledoves) Leviticus 12
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Luke 2
21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. Yes, Yahweh does bless some people with wealth. There are examples of this in the bible: Job, Abraham, David, Solomon, among others. Even if He does give some wealth, He also allows those to be tested to show if they are trusting in Him or in their wealth. Yahweh allows people to be tested to see if they truly love Him and are following Him out of love or because He is blessing them. This is why Yahweh let satan test Job: Job 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Wealth and provision are a test from Yahweh not only to see if you love Him and are following Him out of love but is also a test to see if you trust Him with providing for you. Most Christians are poor and Yeshua said you are to trust Yahweh for your daily provision and not worry about what is going to happen. Not having wealth leads to either trusting Yahweh - or leaving Him and trusting in false "gods" or your own works to provide for you. Matthew 6
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. In Ancient Israel, there was a time where there was a small remnant of Judah that was going to move to Egypt out of fear of the king of babylon. They asked the prophet Jeremiah what Yahweh wanted them to do and where He wanted them to go. Jeremiah asked Yahweh and Yahweh told them through Jeremiah to stay in Judah and He will protect them. They called Jeremiah a liar and said 'Yahweh did not say that' and they moved to Egypt. Jeremiah went to Egypt and told them to stop worshiping the "queen of heaven" (ashtarte) but they refused claiming they had plenty of food and no war back in Judah when they had worshiped ashtar. They refused to accept that Yahweh was judging them for those past sins and they credited ashtar for their past prosperity and safety. Jeremiah 42
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
2 and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us;
3 that the LORD thy God may tell us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.'
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.'
5 Then they said to Jeremiah: 'The LORD be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not even according to all the word wherewith the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.'
7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
9 and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before Him:
10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent Me of the evil that I have done unto you.
11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD; for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
12 And I will grant you compassion, that he may have compassion upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
13 But if ye say: We will not abide in this land; so that ye hearken not to the voice of the LORD your God;
14 saying: No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the horn, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we abide;
15 now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
16 then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As Mine anger and My fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall My fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
19 The LORD hath spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah: Go ye not into Egypt; know certainly that I have forewarned you this day.
20 For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;
21 and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD your God in any thing for which He hath sent me unto you.
22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.'
Jeremiah 43
1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, wherewith the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
2 then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah: 'Thou speakest falsely; the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say: Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
3 but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives to Babylon.'
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not to the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah 44
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives offered unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:
16 'As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to offer unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 But since we let off to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying:
21 'The offering that ye offered in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into His mind?
22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Because ye have offered, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes, nor in His testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.'
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women: 'Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying: We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her; ye shall surely establish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the LORD, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying: As the Lord GOD liveth.
27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. Yahweh allows the wicked to prosper for a time. Even so, Just like in Ancient Israel, the wicked will be judged - in Yahweh's timing. Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Psalms 37
30 The mouth of the righteous articulates wisdom, his tongue speaks justice.
31 The Torah of his God is in his heart; his footsteps do not falter.
32 The wicked keeps his eye on the righteous, seeking a chance to kill him.
33 But Adonai will not leave him in his power or let him be condemned when judged.
34 Put your hope in Adonai, keep to his way, and he will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
35 I have seen a wicked man wielding great power, flourishing like a shade tree in its native soil.
36 But I passed by again, and he was no longer there; I looked for him, but he could not be found.
37 Observe the pure person, consider the upright; for the peaceful person will have posterity.
38 But transgressors will all be destroyed; the posterity of the wicked will be cut off.
39 Adonai is the one who saves the righteous; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40 Adonai helps them and rescues them, rescues them from the wicked and saves them; because they take refuge in him. Sometimes Yahweh allows the false prophets who follow false "gods" to give prophecies that come to pass as a test to see who loves Him and those who whore after the false prophets that tickle their ears with what they want to hear. Yahweh says to not even listen to the false prophets that do not follow Him even if they do occasionally have a prophecy that comes to pass: Deuteronomy 13
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. Many people love to have their ears tickled with yearly "rapture dates" and with false prophets who have "figured out who the antichrist is" yet they refuse to obey Yahweh and His Torah. Yeshua said if you love Him, you will follow (OBEY) Him and not go whoring after wealth or false prophets. Yeshua's followers follow Him and do not listen to the seductive voice (who appear as "friends") that lead you to follow false "gods" and false prophecies. 1 John 3 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (KJV) 4 Everyone who keeps sinning is violating Torah — indeed, sin is violation of Torah. (CJB) Matthew 7
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458 Strong's number G458 iniquity (transliterated as anomia) : anomia 1) the condition of without law a) because ignorant of it b) because of violating it 2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness John14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 2
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
