The Garden of Eden was filled with all sorts of trees that were pleasing to the sight and good for food. Yahweh also placed the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the midst of the garden.
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
From scripture, before Eve was created, Yahweh gave Adam only one instruction (as far as we know, there were no further instructions given) and that was to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil while he could freely eat of all the other trees.
Genesis 2
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Some time after Eve was created, she was approached by the serpent who asked her about what Yahweh had said about eating from the trees in the garden. Eve replied that they could eat from any tree but cannot eat or even touch the tree in the middle of the garden.
Genesis 31 Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai, God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You are not to eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, 'You are neither to eat from it nor touch it, or you will die.' "
Did Yahweh give Eve instructions to not touch the tree? This is not in scripture and most people assume v that Eve added to what Yahweh said when she answered the serpent's question but if that were true, then the first sin would have been Eve lying to the serpent. Some make up stories about how Adam told Eve Yahweh said to not eat or even touch the tree (placing extra rules on Eve) but if that were true, then Adam lied to Eve. I do not believe Yahweh told Eve directly otherwise Eve was the one who intentionally sinned and not just deceived into sinning (Adam being the one who was responsible for the fall of man) as scripture states.
1 Timothy 2
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Were they capable of lying before they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? I think it may have been possible because they were not aware of their nakedness and need of clothes until they ate from the tree or maybe she did not realize lying was wrong since she had not eaten of the fruit yet?- but this is not the topic of this post so I'll leave it at that.
The serpent responded to Eve that Yahweh had lied because He did not want their eyes opened making them like God knowing food and evil. This was a tempation from satan about disobeying Yahweh and eating something He clearly said to not eat.
Genesis 3
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai, God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You are not to eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, 'You are neither to eat from it nor touch it, or you will die.' "
4 The serpent said to the woman, "It is not true that you will surely die;
5 because God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Some point after the serpent placed the thought about disobeying into Eve, she and Adam were near the tree and she saw the tree was good for food and desirable for making one wise, she ate of the fruit and gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate. .After Adam and Eve sinned, their eyes were opened and they were ashamed of being naked and made aprons from fig leaves to cover themselves.
Genesis 3
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
The fall of man was in Yahweh's plan for earth. Why? We do not know. We can guess lucifer may have fallen and the earth may be an object lesson on obedience for the angels? We do not know, we can only speculate the reason. We do KNOW it was Yahweh's plan otherwise why would He have placed those two trees in the garden and then telling them they could eat of all of the trees EXCEPT that one tree? He knew they would eat. If Adam and Eve had known what that little sin would do to the planet and how much death and destruction if would cause they may have had thought seriously about disobeying what Yahweh said. All it took was a lie from satan stating that Yahweh lied to them and the tree was beneficial to them for food when it was not given to them for food.
When Yahweh found Adam and Eve after they had sinned, He killed animals and made them clothes from their skins - covering their sins with shed blood.
Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Most "christians" believe whatever their "pastors" or gurus tell them and do not read the bible for themselves. This is unfortunate because most so-called "pastors" are like the serpent that deceived Eve and claim that people no longer have to obey Yahweh's instructions given to Moses because "that is for the Jews" or "that is the old covenant and Jesus died so we do not have to obey the law" , etc.. Most do not realize that Yahweh gave Adam and Eve His instructions likely after they left or right before they were expelled from the garden and He clearly instructs His people to obey Him and Messiah Yeshua stated His followers hear His voice and OBEY Him or they are not His and He will tell them to 'go away I never knew you'.
First we will show the law was known long before Moses and even before Noah's flood which proves that most of the serpent speak from the "pastors" that state "the law is for the Jews" when it was clearly known long before Abraham the first Jew.
I stated that Yahweh killed animal(s) to clothe Adam and Eve after they had sinned and I stated Yahweh gave them His instructions for living (AKA "the law") at some point after they had sinned. After Cain and Abel were born and were old enough, they offered sacrifices to Yahweh so they knew about sacrificing to Yahweh.
Genesis 4
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
While we cannot know the exact time Cain and Abel sacrificed to Yahweh, we know it was within 130 years after creation (or possibly 130 years after Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden which may be somewhat longer) because Seth was conceived and born after Cain had killed Abel and Seth was born 130 years after creation (or possibly the time Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden) So sacrifice was definitely known a short time after Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden.
Noah was born in year 1056 (bible is not clear whether this is date from Creation or date Adam / Eve were expelled from the garden) and Noah knew which animals were clean and unclean - this was BEFORE THE FLOOD which was in year 1656 (from Adam). Noah's father Lamech was alive when both Adam and Seth were alive and could have learned Yahweh's instructions directly from them (Adam lived 930 years and Lamech was born in year 874)
Genesis 7
1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
After the flood, Noah sacrificed the clean animals to Yahweh
Genesis 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Noah was still alive when Abraham was born (and Shem outlived Abraham) and Abraham - who became the first Jew - also knew of sacrifice since he was told by Yahweh to sacrifice Isaac and was going to do so when Yahweh provided the Lamb in place of Isaac
from Adam
- Noah lived from year 1056 - 2006
- Shem lived 1556 - 2158
- the flood was in 1656.
- Abraham lived 1948-2123
- Isaac 2048 - 2228
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Most biblical historians believe that Job was a contemporary of Abraham and lived long before Moses (Uz was from the line of Shem)
Job 1
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Clearly the law was known long before Moses. Why was it given to Moses if it was already known? Because the time Israel spent in Egypt, they forgot all of Yahweh's instructions and incorporated Egyptian paganism into the worship of Yahweh and He wanted them to have His rules written down (codified) so they knew exactly what He expected from them and had no excuse for their disobedience. How do we know this? Because their pagan practiced were shown during the exodus. Cow worship was commonplace in ancient Egypt as seen in the artifacts collected that are now in the museum in Cairo (they even made their favorite cows into mummies when they died)
Exodus 32
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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.
6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Mt Sinai where "the law" was given to Moses is in Exodus chapter 19 yet Yahweh gave explicit instructions on the Sabbath in Exodus chapter 16 and was angry when the people refused to keep His commandments. Notice that Yahweh says this is a test to see who obeys His instructions and who doesn't
Exodus 16
4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
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.
Sometimes the serpent speaks saying that "the Sabbath / dietary rules / law is for the Jews but gentiles do not have to obey it" or other such nonsense even though Yahweh clearly stated to Moses to write down that the gentiles that were grafted in and are His children ARE to obey the same rules as the Jewish people.
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.
Most "pastors" will claim that we are to obey all of Yahweh's instructions that were reiterated in the New Testament but we can ignore those instructions that Messiah Yeshua did not mention as having to obey. Did Messiah really say this? or i this more lies from the serpent?
Before we get back to the Old Testament where the prophets show those who follow Yahweh - including gentiles - in the end times are expected to follow His instructions (including His dietary rules and observing the Sabbath) we will examine what Messiah Yeshua said and what the apostles said. If what Messiah Yeshua said or did contradicted Yahweh's instructions, He would not have been sin free and would have been a blemished lamb unfit for the Passover sacrifice and would never have risen. If what one of the apostles said contradicts what Messiah Yeshua or Yahweh's instructions in the Old Testament says, either that apostle is false and would have been rejected by the Bereans OR the common serpent interpretation of what the apostle said is a false interpretation.
Messiah Yeshua said the greatest commandment is to love God and if we loved Him, we would OBEY His commandments.
Matthew 22
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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.
One thousand generations would be well over the age of the earth (~20,000 or more years) so obviously this includes all the time after Messiah Yeshua's death and resurrection. This clearly states Yahweh's commandments are ALL of His instructions in the Old Testament not the ones the serpent "pastors" claim you need to obey.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Messiah Yeshua warns those who claim to be His that they are NOT following Him and listening to Him if they do not obey the Father. He tells those who are disobedient that He will reject them if they do not obey His instructions.
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
Remember - Yahweh's commandments ARE Yeshua's commandments - He and the Father are ONE meaning they agree completely.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
John14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Many "pastors" claim we are not to sin but we do not have to "obey The Law". How is this possible since sin is defined as violating the law???
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Many people love to twist the words of the apostle Paul and use them to justify their rebellion - even if the twisting of those verses completely contradicts the Old Testament AND the Messiah they Claim to follow. One example is in the letter to the Colossians which if taken in context shows that the apostle Paul is AFFIRMING the Sabbath, the dietary rules, and observing Yahweh's feast days. Twisting it is used to try and prove that the apostle Paul is telling them that those rules do not matter for Christians. The apostle Paul was the apostle to the gentiles:
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
First the verses then the explanation when taken into context.
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:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Colosse was a gnostic pagan center where most of the population were pagan. It is obvious by the context of the above verses that Paul was telling the new Christians to not let people judge them because they were now obeying Yahweh's dietary rules, His feast days, the new moon (commanded by Yahweh), and the Sabbath days. Everything mentioned in the above passage were Yahweh's instructions. It is very clear when understood from a historical view and in context that Paul was not telling them they could ignore Yahweh's instructions and participate in the pagan practices that were in that city because nobody would have judged them if they were participating in the pagan practices they grew up with and commonly practiced in that city. Only someone who is rebellious or trying to deceive would use the above passage to justify not obeying Yahweh's instructions. The Bereans would never have accepted Paul if he had taught Yahweh's instructions could be ignored.
The writer of Hebrews (Many believe to be the apostle Paul) said the Sabbath day is still to be observed:
Hebrews 4
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Another passage the serpent likes to use to convince people they do not have to obey Yahweh is Peter's vision of the unclean animals in Acts.
Acts 10
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
Obviously from the above passage, Messiah Yeshua never taught His disciples that it was acceptable to eat what Yahweh had called unclean otherwise Peter would never have questioned this vision. Verse 17 proves that Peter did not accept that the vision was showing him that it was now acceptable to eat animals Yahweh said to not eat. Verse 28 shows that Peter came to the understanding that gentiles were now accepted by Yahweh and were no longer to be considered unclean:
Acts 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Because of the pagan practices of the gentiles, it was decided which pagan practices that the gentiles had to stop immediately and learn the rest on the Sabbath in the Synagogues. The serpent says that those were the only things the gentiles have to do and always leaves of verse 21 when quoting Acts 15:20
Acts 13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
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.
Many "pastors" used Acts 20:7 to try and prove the "christian Sabbath" is sunday. Most have no understanding of their own and are just parrots of what they heard someone else say.
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.
Yahweh said His people are to work the first six days of the week (sunday through friday sundown) and rest on the 7th day (friday sundown to saturday sundown) This is still the practice of the Jewish people today. The day starts on sundown and after the Sabbath on saturday, many people meet to break bread (have a meal) or have fun until the next morning when they go to work. The above verse is showing after the Sabbath on saturday evening, they met together for fellowship before going off to work the next morning. Paul did not speak sunday morning to midnight - he spoke sometime after the Sabbath (maybe around 6PM) until midnight and then got up sunday morning to leave.
Many do not understand the context of Romans 14:5 where Paul says people esteem one day above another and another every day alike trying to prove it means the Sabbath or Yahweh's feasts do not matter as long as the person is persuaded in his own mind. This is NOT at all what Paul is saying. In Paul's time, there were groups of Jewish sects (two well known ones were the Sadducees and the Pharisees) and each had their own day the thought was the "correct" day to fast and pray. Nowhere does Paul say this is about the Sabbath - those who say he is are hissing 'did God really say' and makes Paul out to be an enemy of Yahweh. Verse 6 shows the interpretation if this being about the fast and prayer days the correct interpretation.
Romans 14
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
The final point I will make in this post (I'll write more later) is that Yahweh expects His followers - those who have accepted Yeshua as their Messiah (Lord and Savior) to obey His rules and specifically says the Sabbath and the dietary rules are for today - basically the only two the serpent "pastors" claim are not for today.
Isaiah 56
1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 65
1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
Isaiah 66
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
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.
Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
