Recently there was a little bit of a debate on a Christian forum I've been a member of for almost 15 years. I don't visit the forum very often because most of the members do not truly follow Yahweh and His rules (IE: Torah) and believe they do not have to obey Him (they are harder to witness to than atheists)
One member posted that if people you know are on their way to hell, you do not need to pray for them or witness to them after warning them. This person has no clue about what eternity holds for these "friends" unless their friends repent.
If one truly understands the eternal consequences of the unrepentant, they would do anything they could to stop their friends and family from going to hell. Jude says we are to snatch them from the fire if need be.
Jude 1
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
How do we love God?
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.
There are those who are reprobate and Yahweh says to not pray for them because He knows they will never repent and He has given those who darkened their hearts (black hearted) over to a reprobate mind. Yahweh says to not pray for them:
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,
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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;
Jeremiah 11
11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
Many have already made a choice and will not repent. You can see this throughout the apostate church movement (ihop / hillsong / bethel-redding and all of the ilk associated with them) They have been given over to a strong delusion - a reprobate mind. If you look at the apostate church movement, you can see the widespread deception that is like a cancer in the "church". They cannot see that they are not following Messiah yet they claim they are. They (mis)quote bible verses to justify their rebellion and false doctrines. Many justify their willful sin of divorce / remarriage, fornication, adultery, idolatry, and even homosexuality. They claim they are "Christians" and ignore the warnings the bible gives about their sin (often twisting the words of the apostle Paul to do so)
Galatians 5
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Many people love their false prophets and false teachers and will cling to them regardless of how much rebellion their leaders are committing against Yahweh. They are blind and do not realize they are on their way to hell and, like the proverbial frog, will not realize their fate until it is too late for them
Matthew 24:
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
2 Peter 2
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Many of these false teachers will deceive others by sneaking into their home (via the internet) with their false prophecies and false teachings. These wicked false prophets / teachers will lie about others, despise those who follow Messiah Yeshua and are obedient to Torah, covet what others have, and will commit all sorts of evil against those who obey Yahweh while they, themselves, claim to be believers.
2 Timothy 3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
I was a victim of self-professed "christians" who claimed to be my friends who totally fit this description and plotted to destroy me. The two leaders plotted against me and set me up to be destroyed by some evil demon possessed completely rebellious (against Yahweh) people in Wisconsin. The one guy who set out to destroy me us black hearted and Yahweh has told me no amount of prayer will be heard for him because he is black hearted and set on his rebellious ways. The other guy, as hard as I have tried to stop praying for him, Yahweh continues to place it on my heart to pray for. I do not believe he will repent since he likes the fellowship of evildoers he has yoked himself to although I continue to pray because Yahweh lays it on my heart to do so. I'm not sure if he was deceived with the numerous lies told about me (I have not found out what all of them were) or if he was the one who masterminded the plot to destroy me (if that was the case, I'm not sure Yahweh would have me continue to pray for him???) Regardless, out of obedience I pray he was deceived by the others and Yahweh opens his eyes before it is too late for him. It would take a miracle to heal the friendship (if there really was one) that the evildoers destroyed by their lies and slander.
1 John 5
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Yahweh will show you who to pray for and you need to be obedient and pray for them. Yahweh will also show you those who you are to not pray for because those people have already given themselves to rebellion and have made their choice to follow after their own lusts and deeper deception.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
I have come to find in my life that people are a test. There are those you care for that are rebellious and are Yahweh's enemies and they are a test to see if you love your friends / family more than Yahweh or will cleave to Yahweh and follow Him. They are also a test to see if you will pray for them in obedience as Yahweh lays it on your heart to do so. Sometimes I wonder if it was similar with the angels who followed satan out of loyalty to their friends (do angels have friends?) - something had to make so many angels rebel and follow lucifer (satan)The following can be applied to false prophets, false teachers, politicians, or even friends or family. Who is more important to you - Yahweh or those who tickle your ears with their lies???
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.
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.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Now is the time to repent and make amends to those you have harmed. If you refuse to ask for forgiveness, Yahweh will not forgive you. If the one you harmed is a believer, they will forgive you otherwise they will not be forgiven. Yahweh wants reconciliation of those who truly follow Messiah Yeshua. The brothers / sisters in Yeshua are to dwell in harmony (that does not include the wolves / false brethren) and the only way that will happen is repentance and to expel the wolves / false believers. Fellowship with evildoers and demons "in harmony" leads to hell as they seduce you into believing you are on your way to heaven. Those who follow Messiah must follow Him in Spirit and in Truth.
John 4
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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 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 follow the 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.
