Many "christians" use the book of Galatians to try and prove the apostle Paul was speaking against Yahweh's instructions and try and make a case that we are no longer to follow the Torah (or Law - better translated as instructions) They use verses such as Galatians 1:13-16 to claim Paul was speaking against Yahweh's instructions - His Torah.
Galatians 1
13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Paul was speaking against the TRADITIONS, not the law just like "christians" celebrate christmas and easter and claim it is "worship of God" or "celebrating Jesus' birthday and resurrection". The holidays of christmas and easter have NOTHING to do with True Christianity just like the traditions Paul was keeping had NOTHING to do with worship of Yahweh or following Messiah Yeshua. Notice Paul did NOT say that he was following Torah and that was wrong - he said he was in the JEWS RELIGION and following TRADITION. Torah is not tradition, it is Yahweh's instruction and is, like Yahweh, the 'same yesterday, today, and forever'.
Messiah Yeshua also spoke against TRADITION of the rabbis. Since Yeshua NEVER sinned and sin is violation of Torah, He never spoke against the Torah but spoke against the traditions that the rabbis had added to their religion. Yeshua said the pharisees were violating the law by their TRADITIONS. This is the very same thing that "christians" are doing when they celebrate pagan holidays that are actually worshiping other [false] "gods" and when "christians" claim that "sunday is the christian Sabbath" where there is no such thing in scripture.
Matthew15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Many "christians" believe that "sunday is the christian sabbath" simply because the catholic church told them it was. They use the reasoning that Paul spoke until midnight sunday and they congregation had a church service all day long because of this verse:
Acts 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
1) The day starts at sundown so this was saturday night after the TRUE Sabbath ended
2) Until 135 AD (because of the bar Kokhba revolt) the believing Jews and gentiles met with the unbelieving Jews in the synagogues to worship Yahweh and learn Torah
Acts 13
13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Acts 15
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
3) sunday morning worship did not start until centuries later
4) the work week was six days with Sabbath being the only day off. The work week and school week today in Israel is 5-1/2 days long (they end the day early on friday to prepare for Shabbat - the Sabbath)
5) After the Sabbath, the disciples met to have a meal to fellowship after having learned Torah in the synogogue in the morning and learning about Yeshua after the synagogue service ended.
When the apostle Paul taught in Berea, it was before he wrote any of the letters which became part of the new testament. The only scripture Paul's teachings were compared with was the Torah, the prophets, and the rest of the writings of the old testament,
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.
Yeshua never broke Torah (which is what sin is) otherwise He would not have been qualified to be Messiah. The apostle Paul never taught against Torah otherwise he would not have been a true apostle and the Bereans would have rejected him.
When Paul returned to Jerusalem, James told him there was a controversy in that the believing Jews who were ZEALOUS FOR THE LAW believed Paul had been speaking against the law. James said he knew that Paul had not violated the law and asked him to show the believers in Jerusalem that he was still keeping the law. NOTE: it was IMPORTANT to James that Paul show that he was not a law breaker. Obviously James was teaching the believers in Jerusalem that they were to obey the law! Also note, this included sacrifices - obviously not sin sacrifices but those of purification and other vows (such as the Nazarite vow)
Acts 21
18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
People love to twist Paul because, like Peter said, he is hard to understand. Peter said those who twist the words of Paul fall from the error of the lawless.
2 Peter 3
14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
If anything Paul said contradicted Messiah Yeshua, then Paul would be false so if a person believes Paul said we no longer had to obey the Torah (the law) and Messiah Yeshua said we do - then that person is claiming Paul's words have a higher authority than the Messiah they claim to follow and are claiming Yeshua is not their Messiah but Paul is since that is the voice they are listening to. The apostle Paul is a true apostle and most people do not understand him. Most of "christianity" has made the Paul of their own imagination and is the "messiah" they are following. Many of the christians who now claim to follow Torah also do not understand Paul so they claim he is a false apostle. This false assumption of Paul places 90% of the new testament into question which discredits the entire new testament cannon of scripture.
Those who claim to follow Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) need to obey what He said and follow HIM. If something in the bible seems to contradict Torah which Yeshua never violated or spoke against (if He had spoken against it, it would have been rebellion against Yahweh) then the troublesome passage needs to be studied to see the true meaning of it.
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
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.
Apologetics is the defense of the Christian faith. Although it is required of every believer, very few consider it important enough to study - and most of those that do only do so on an incomplete level. There are some apologetic "ministries" that are just as apostate as those they (correctly) point out as apostate! Christians need to study for their selves and make sure what they are listening to is what scripture says.
1 Peter 3
13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
When one knows the bible and what Yahweh says, it is extremely easy to pick out the obvious apostates and those that are christian cults such as catholics, mormons, and Jehovah's witnesses. Yet even so, the apostate and heretical teachers still have extremely huge followings by those who claim to be Christian that have no idea what the bible really says.
Messiah Yeshua said there would be many imposters in the last days claiming to be teachers of truth but are wolves that are just pretending to be Christians to deceive and fleece the flock. This is why it is extremely important to not take anyone's word what the bible says but be like the Bereans and verify it with scripture - and if it contradicts the old testament, their interpretation of the new testament is wrong. Yahweh hs not changed and Messiah Yeshua never taught against Yahweh. The apostle Paul was shown to not contradict the old testament by the Bereans.
Some "apologetic ministries" have it right in some areas although they miss the mark on other issues. Examples of this are those who right about the heresies of Hillsong, Bethel-Redding, ihop, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, etc. yet see nothing wrong with celebrating pagan holidays such as easter and christmas, see nothing wrong with calling sunday "the Christian Sabbath" and claim "Christians do not have to observe the dietay laws ("because Jesus cleansed it") or the Sabbath ("the Sabbath is for the Jews"), etc.
I became interested in apologetics right after my fiance died and I was going through some extremely tough times emotionally. I moved back to Seattle and got cable television and discovered "Christian Television". This was several years before the internet use by the public. A few days watching and seeing Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland "dueling in tongues" and seeing Benny Hinn blowing demons on people, I told Yahweh "If this is Christianity, I want no part of it" and He opened my eyes to the great apostasy that was leading the church astray. I found a great church and attended regularly. A couple of years later, I moved an hour away from there. I visited several churches over the next few months and found several corrupt ones. I decided to drive back to the church I had attended where Yahweh's spirit was. I went in and it was different - and Yahweh's spirit was no longer there. I found out a short time later the pastor had gone to Pensacola (IE "Pensacola Outpouring") and brought the kundalini spirit back with him which had infiltrated and corrupted the church. By that time, I was buying books and studying apologetics (still before the internet) and finding out about the kundalini infestation that was spreading throughout the churches. I also studied the Kansas City Prophets (forerunner of ihop) and the serpent seed doctrine and other heresies (including kingdom now and Joel's army, and the rivers, etc.) of those that were the fathers of that movement (starting with William Branham) Homosexuality was a huge part of word faith both then and now - they are given over to a reprobate mind and fall into that sin which is what Romans 1 says would happen. Paul Cain who was part of the Kansas City Prophets is a major part of ihop and he is a professing homosexual. I showed this and the history of KCP / ihop and their connection in an earlier post.
Romans 1
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
There are many false 'Jesus', many false churches, and many false pastors - and the closer we get to Messiah Yeshua's return, the deceived will be deceiving others into following them into apostasy. This is why it is critical for true Christians ton study scripture for their selves and show they are approved onto God:
2 Timothy 2
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
The only way to make sure you stay in the faith is to study scripture FOR YOURSELF and verify WITH SCRIPTURE what teachers are saying - even the popular teachers (or especially - if they are popular, then they are likely tickling itchy ears with sooth lies and not speaking the truth)
All of us need to make very sure we remain in the faith and are not deceived into following those who are after our souls. It is so easy to be misled especially when the smooth sounding serpent twists scripture and makes it sound so nice - just as easily as the
serpent deceived Eve into eating the fruit and just as easy as the demon that whispered into King David's ear to hold a census that Yahweh said to not do. Even believers can be deceived by satan and his minions!
1 Chronicles 21
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Pray that Yahweh show you anything you need to repent of - and REPENT of it! Time is so very short, there is no time to be fooling around. Many will be left behind to face the antichrist because they refuse to repent for what they have done. Do not be fooled into believing you will be raptured if you refuse to repent and refuse to obey Messiah Yeshua (the Living Torah) and follow Him. Follow means OBEY.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Matthew 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.G458
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.
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Most pretend "christians" claim the Sabbath is not important and has nothing to do with "christianity" yet the scripture is clear that the Sabbath is extremely important to Yahweh. Neither Yeshua nor the apostle Paul never taught that the Sabbath was done away with.
The creation week is the design, the pattern for human history. One the seven day, Yahweh rested from Creation just like the seventh 1,000 years will be the millennial rest.
Genesis 2
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
When Yahweh re-gave the Torah to Moses, He instructed Israel about the Sabbath and not to gather manna on the Sabbath in Exodus 16 BUT did not give the rest of Torah to Moses to write down until chapter 20
Exodus 16
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exodus 20
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Torah did not originate when Yahweh gave it to Moses to write down - it was given to Adam and Eve. Cain and Abel knew to sacrifice and what to sacrifice and Abel killed Cain because he was upset his sacrifice was not accepted by Yahweh. Abraham knew about sacrifice and was going to sacrifice his son Isaac and Yahweh prevented it. Lot, a contemporary of Abraham, sacrificed for his sons and daughters. Iniquity, which is lawlessness, was found in satan so there had to have been law for satan to have broken. Before the flood, the people were wicked and held accountable and they could not be held accountable to a law if it did not exist.
Many "pastors" claim the Sabbath is "for the Jews" and "gentiles never had to keep it" which contradicts what scripture clearly says:
Deuteronomy 5
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Ezekiel 20
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Those who were grafted into Yeshua becoming yoked with faithful Israel are to keep the Sabbath day. Other "pastors" claim "sunday is the christian Sabbath" yet Messiah Yeshua kept the "Jewish" Sabbath and He is the LORD OF THE SABBATH - the Sabbath defined by Yahweh in the Garden of Eden and re-given to Moses to codify (write down)
There is a popular (although incorrect) teaching that the early church kept sunday observance which clearly goes against what scripture teaches. They use the following verse to make their very weak, although faulty as well as widely accepted, point:
Acts 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
The day began at sunset. The believers gathered after the Sabbath - after sunset on saturday - to fellowship and break bread before the work week began in the morning. The work week was six days and te early church met on the Sabbath to learn Torah along with the unbelieving Jews until the Bar Kokbha revolt which occurred about 135 AD. Worship on sunday did not start until long after constantine about 350AD combined lukewarm "christianity" with paganism forming the roman catholic church.
Acts 15
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
The apostle Paul, apostle to the gentiles, met in synagogues every Sabbath:
Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Yeshua never violated the Sabbath and Paul never taught against it. If Yeshua had violated the Sabbath or Paul teach against it, the Bereans would have rejected Yeshua as a false Messiah and Paul as a false teacher. The only scripture they had to check out Paul's teachings was Torah:
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.
A favorite verse of those who love to twist scripture to justify their rebellion is :
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
This does NOT say "Do not let the believers judge you in rebelling against Yahweh, celebrating pagan holidays, and eating what Yahweh calls an abomination" What it DOES say is "do not let your pagan friends and family judge you because you are now observing Yahweh's feast days, eating only what Yahweh says to eat, and celebrating the new moon and Sabbath days that Yahweh instructs you to celebrate"
Yeshua said He will REJECT those who do not obey Yahweh AND He said those that love Him obey Torah:
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
Matthew13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; G458
Matthew 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.G458
Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity G458 shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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.
John15:10 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.
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
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13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations 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 his alleged 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.
https://archive.org/details/theTwoBabylons
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.
John15:10 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.
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