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Sunday, August 7, 2016

2016 08 07 Pastor Steve Mitchell 'The Necessity of the New Birth, Part 3"


https://youtu.be/fRDTotxEUng


Some people just do not understand Yahweh's instructions (IE: The Torah)


Paracord Projects

 A few people have asked about the projects I make and sell in a shop. 

Here are a few paracord key fobs I've made tonight after Shabbat ended.  Still have to roll them to smooth the knots and finish the ends on a few of them (when I decide how I want to finish them).  There are turkshead knots with pineapple and gaucho fan knot interweaves, matthew walker knots, emperor snake knots, celtic button knots, crown sinnet, and a crown knot.

 I also make bracelets, horse equipment, snake whips, bull whips, dog leashes and collars, etc.


Thursday, August 4, 2016

Children of the light, children of the dark and the Pre-tribulation rapture

True believers, followers of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) are the children of the light.  The Holy Spirit dwells within them with the light of Messiah :

John 8:12  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

1 Peter 2:9  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

1 Thessalonians 5
1  But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2  For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Acts 26
12  Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
13  at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.
14  And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
15  And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16  But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
17  delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
18  to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.


Unbelievers and false believers are children of the dark, Messiah is not in them.  They do not see the Day of the Lord approaching and do not believe Messiah Yeshua's return is near in spite of all of the signs  of the times Messiah Yeshua said to watch for.

Matthew 16
2  He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3  And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Luke 11
34  The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35  Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

1 John 1
6  If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 2
9  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10  He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11  But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.


The 'Day of the Lord' is the time of Yahweh's wrath against the world and the time He will use to bring the Jewish people to trusting Yeshua as their Messiah.  We know from Daniel 9 that the Jewish people were given 70 weeks to finish transgression and to end sin.  There is one week of seven, or seven years, left of Daniel;s 70 week prophecy.  The gap that separates the last week from the first 69 weeks is the time of the gentiles.  When the time of the gentiles ends, then the 70th week begins.  The start of the last 70th week is when the antichrist confirms the covenant with many.  Paul affirms this time of the gentiles in Romans.

Daniel 9
24  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.


The partial blindness of the Jewish people will be removed when the fulness of the gentiles comes in.

Romans 11:25  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.

True believers are children of the light and false believers and unbelievers are children of the dark.  The Day of the Lord, the seven year tribulation, is darkness - there is NO LIGHT LEFT IN IT because the true believers will be taken in the rapture before it begins.

Isaiah 13:9  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Amos 5
18  Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
19  As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20  Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?


The children of the dark will be in the tribulation but not the children of the light,  The rapture of the TRUE believers will be before the tribulation.  With this post and the post about the ten virgins from yesterday, it shows that there are those who think they are believers that will be left behind when the rapture happens.  There are verses that indicate that the false believers will be given a strong delusion to believe the lie - maybe the lie that it was not the rapture (after all, they were left) and may have been a false flag government operation - maybe 'Project Bluebeam' ?  There will be multitudes that come t faith during the tribulation although if someone had knowledge of the truth and rejected it, they appear to not have another chance at salvation:

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.


If you claim to be a believer but are living in a sinful lifestyle or hate the brethren, you may not get a second chance after the rapture.  The time to repent is NOW - nobody is promised tomorrow.  If you are an unbeliever, you need to accept Yeshua (Jesus) as your Messiah (Lord and Savior) NOW because you do not know how much time you have left and because you do not want to be here during the tribulation.   If you are left behind - DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF LOYALTY and  DO NOT WORSHIP ANYONE OR ANYTHING EXCEPT YAHWEH - If you take the mark, you are doomed for eternity.

Revelation 13
15  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16  And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Revelation 14
9  And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Ten virgins parable: Five wise, five foolish - Five will go in the rapture and five will be left behind

I apologize for not posting the past few days.  I make things to sell in a shop and I was busy making items and getting stuff done before school starts at the end of the month.  I believe Yeshua is going to return for His bride very, very soon - maybe before the U.S. presidential election - although we are to occupy until that time.

Yeshua gave us the parable of the ten virgins to show us that there are those who are watching for His return and expecting Him and are ready for His return and some are watching for Him but they are not ready. 

Matthew 25
1  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2  And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3  They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4  But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8  And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9  But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.


The oil in the lamps of the five wise virgins and their flasks represents the Holy Spirit and it is olive oil - produced from the good fruit from the olive tree true believers are grafted into - the root being Messiah Yeshua.  Believers produce good fruit from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who gives abundance to those who are following Messiah Yeshua.When the bridegroom is about to arrive, there is a cry that He is near.  There are those of us who are watching for Yeshua's imminent return that know His return is very very near because of the signs and because we are in light and  not in the dark.  Those who are living sinful lifestyles or hate the brethren are in the dark and do not believe Messiah Yeshua's return is near because they are spiritually blind.

1 Thessalonians 5
4  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Luke 11
34  The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35  Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

1 John 2
9  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10  He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11  But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Amos 5:20  Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?


 (interesting pre-trib rapture proof here --- Amos says the tribulation - Day Of The Lord - is dark and no light in it and Paul said believers are not in darkness and are children of light)

Those who are not ready  want the oil ( the good fruits of the Holy Spirit) - of those that are watching.  They know they are not ready but they refuse to get ready until it is too late.  They are told to go and buy the oil - that they need to go and bear the cross and do good works / produce good fruit for Messiah Yeshua.  While they are gone trying to do the work they were suppose to be doing for Yeshua, He returns and they are left behind - the door was closed..

Matthew 10:38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 7
16  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
9  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 21
19  And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20  And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Luke 13
6  He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7  Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8  And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9  And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

John 15
1  I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8  Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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.
11  These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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.


In the letters to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2-3,  Messiah Yeshua told the church of Laodicea, which also represents the end times church, that they are to go and buy gold tried in fire - a warning they, the five foolish virgins,  will go into the tribulation and be martyred if they do not repent and follow Him producing good works of the Holy Spirit before the rapture.  While the door is open, they can repent but once the door closes, it is too late for them.

Revelation 3

18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Matthew 25
10  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.