Written by: Damien Powell
Stemming from the broadcast last week, I felt it was necessary to follow up with this important message. Because during my walk with YESHUA I have heard many claims from Torah observant followers of YHWH reject His Son YESHUA as if there is a direct line to The Father without The Son. We must understand that YESHUA is a gift from YHWH and out of His love for us, He sent His Son to wipe the slate clean, because without YESHUA we will die in our sins. If you reject YESHUA then you must understand that He is the One who will judge you. John 5:22-24
“For the Father judges no one, but has given all the judgment to the Son, that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him. Truly, Truly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes in Him who sent Me possesses everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.”
1 John 2:23
“No one denying the Son has the Father. The one confessing the Son has the Father as well.”
1 John 5:11-12
“And this is the witness: that YHWH has given us everlasting life, and this life is in His Son. He who possesses the Son possesses life, he who does not possess the Son of YHWH does not possess life.”
It’s clear that YESHUA is The Only Way! He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life! The whole earth needs YESHUA and to cling to Him! But it’s my prayer that for those who don’t know Him or have rejected Him to ask for forgiveness and accept Him today!
What do you mean He is the only Way?
Just like The Jews during the time period of YESHUA, believers today who follow The Torah know that animal sacrifices were required in The Old Covenant to atone for sins. YHWH was teaching the Israelites that when they sinned they had to offer up innocent animals and that blood had to be shed to atone for the sins they committed. Our Father YHWH was paving the Way for His Son and He even foreshadowed that in Passover in Egypt where the blood of the perfect lamb was on the lentils and doorpost of the Israelites and YHWH spared them, but killed the first-born of the Egyptians. YESHUA is the perfect sinless Lamb without blemish and with His blood sin and death PASSOVER us! Hebrews 7:26-27
“For it was fitting that we should have such a Kohen ha’Gadol (High Priest)-kind, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens, who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up slaughter offerings day by day, first for His own sins and then for those of the people, for this HE did ONCE FOR ALL when He offered up Himself.”
So, if YESHUA is our sacrificial Lamb without blemish to take away the sins of the world and there is no Temple to sacrifice in which was destroyed in 70 AD, then this begs the question of those who have rejected Him; who is atoning for your sins today? A lot of Jews, Muslims, and all others who reject Him have to ask themselves this question. John 1:29 says
“On the next day John saw YESHUA coming toward him, and said, “See, the Lamb of YHWH who takes away the sin of the world!”
Revelation 5:8-14
“And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the LAMB, each holding a harp, and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the qodeshim (saints). And they sang a renewed song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and have redeemed us to YHWH by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and made us kings and priests to our Elohim, and we shall reign upon the earth.” And I looked, and I heard the voice of many messengers around the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders. And the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the LAMB having been slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and respect and esteem and berakah (blessing!) And every creature which is in the heavens and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, “To Him sitting on the throne (YHWH), and to the Lamb, be the blessing and the respect and the esteem and the might, forever and ever! And the four living creatures said,”Ahmein! And the twenty-four elders fell down and bowed before Him who lives forever and ever.”
Micah 6:6-7
“With what shall I come before YHWH, bow myself before the high Elohim? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Is YHWH pleased with thousands of rams or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my being?
That is what YHWH did for us by giving His Son for our transgressions as stated in Isaiah 53. Micah knew that YHWH did not delight in animal sacrifices and this kind of sacrifice of a son is pure love and devotion, which is why I pointed that out about Abraham being tested in Genesis 22:11-12 to sacrifice his only son, but YESHUA stopped Abraham for killing his only son Isaac; yet YESHUA died in that manner as The Son of YHWH. His sacrifice is critical because as I mentioned no one can sacrifice animals even if they wanted to and YESHUA fulfilled that for us once and for all. The Levites were responsible for attending the altar and the sacrifices but YESHUA is now our High Priest! We now have a High Priest from The Tribe of Yahudah (Judah) and not Levi.
From the tribe of Yahudah (Judah)
Why is YESHUA called the Lion of Judah? Micah 5:2
“But you, Beyth Lehem Ephrathah, you who are little among the clans of Judah, out of you shall come forth to Me the One to become Ruler in Yisra’el. And His comings forth are old, from everlasting.
The only one coming forth from old from everlasting from YHWH would be His Son YESHUA who I’ve already pointed out as being present in The Old Covenant. And David confirms this about Judah being the ruler.
1 Chronicles 28:4
“Yet YHWH Elohim of Yisra’el chose me above all the house of my father to be sovereign over Yisra’el forever, for He has chosen JUDAH TO BE THE RULER.”
YHWH has chosen Judah to be The Ruler out of all the 12 Tribes and He prophesied about YESHUA coming forth to be The Ruler in Micah 5:2. Remember YESHUA was born a Jew and died King of The Jews. Which is also why we had the change of The Levitical Priesthood because YESHUA became our High Priest (Kohen ha’Gadol).
Hebrews 7:13-15
“For He of whom this is said belongs to another tribe, from which no one had attended at the altar. For it is perfectly clear that our Adon (Master) arose from Judah, a tribe about which Moses never spoke of concerning the priesthood, and this is clearer still, if another Priest arises in the likeness of Malkitsedeq.”
Are there are theories to try to debunk who YESHUA is?
I just want to point out some arguments that I have heard trying to deny Our Savior and want to put my fellow brothers and sisters on notice.
Genesis 6:5
“And it came to be, when men began to increase on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And YHWH said, “My Ruach shall not strive with mankind forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, the men of name.”
As we read the fallen angels (messengers) mated with human women and they produced a race of giants. These are the same sons of Elohim that presented themselves before YHWH with Satan in Job 1:6
“And the day came to be that the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before YHWH, and ha’Satan also came among them.”
So the argument I heard made was that if YHWH did not like the fallen angels mating with human women, then why would He allow this to happen for YESHUA’s birth? Firstly, The Ruach ha’Kodesh is The Spirit of Elohim and how we stay connected to Father YHWH and YESHUA. So if The Ruach ha’Kodesh is a part of The Elohim-Head the Father, Son, and Ruach then that means He is light and not darkness, which is why YESHUA said He is The Spirit of Truth. YESHUA says in John 16:13
“But when He comes, the Ruach of the Truth, He shall guide you into all truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to come. He shall esteem Me, for He shall take of what is Mine and announce it to you.”
So as we see that The Ruach is The Spirit of truth and not lies or deception, He can only speak what He hears; therefore, He will not go outside of what YESHUA tells Him, The same way YESHUA said He only speaks what YHWH tells Him to speak in John 12:49. So there is no way we or anyone can compare Him, The Spirit of Elohim, The Spirit of Truth, and The Spirit we cannot blaspheme to a fallen angel at all. Mathew 12:31-32
“Because of this I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Ruach shall not be forgiven men. And whoever speaks a word against The Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Ruach ha’Kodesh, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or the age to come.”
We can see the kodesh (holy) connection with the Ruach ha’Kodesh to the Father YHWH and YESHUA and blasphemy against Him is unforgivable. Therefore, comparing the supernatural birth by the power The Ruach ha’Kodesh to fallen angels is blasphemy. The fallen angels came to alter the human DNA to prevent the human birth of YESHUA; however, The Ruach ha’Kodesh helped to bring about the Savior into the world. The seed was already in the woman as we know that the man is the one who provides the seed. Genesis 3:15
“And I put division between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.”
There is nothing dark, demonic, or fallen about the Ruach ha’Kodesh as stated earlier He is the Spirit of Truth. Mathew 1:18
“And the birth of YESHUA ha’Mashiach was as follows: After His mother Miriam was engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant from the Ruach ha’Kodesh.” And verse 20 the messenger Gabriel confirms to Joseph that the child inside of her is from the Ruach ha’Kodesh. And did YHWH agree with this? Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 9:6-7 says
“For a Child shall be born unto us, a Son shall be given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong El, Father of Continuity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of David and over His reign, to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of YHWH of hosts does this.”
So as we can see from the prophet (nabi) Isaiah that YESHUA being born as a human is all a part of YHWH’s plan as He ordained it.
Sacrificing children
I have heard the argument that YHWH did not want the Israelites sacrificing their children so why would He go against that to offer His Son? Firstly, YHWH told the Israelites not to sacrifice their children to demons like the pagan deity (Moloch) the brazen bull with the fire burning under His hands. The Israelites sacrificed their children for economic prosperity and wealth the same way people will sacrifice to Satan today for fame and fortune in the entertainment arena.
Deuteronomy 32:17
“They slaughtered to demons not Eloah mighty ones they did not know, new ones who came lately, which your ancestors did not reverence. You neglected the Rock who brought you forth, and forgot the El who fathered you.”
1 Corinthians 10:20
“No, but what the gentiles offer they offer to demons and not to Elohim, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.”
Sacrificing to demons is for personal gain, but the blood of YESHUA took an innocent and sinless KING to die in OUR place when WE are the one deserving of death and not Him! His atonement wasn’t for a selfish personal gain for Himself because He was already a King in Heaven, He already has eternal life dwelling with His Father. He loves you enough to do a selfless act when He did not have to. So there is no comparison.
Torah on killing children!
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“When a man has a wayward (stubborn, disobedient, defiant) and rebellious son who is not listening to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him does not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city, and shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. And let all Yisra’el hear, and revere.”
So The Torah states that if you have a rebellious son who is not listening to his parents then he is to be stoned to death. So now isn’t YHWH our Father? Aren’t we his children? How many times have you sinned or done something you know you shouldn’t have, but did it anyway? YHWH told you in His Word not to do it and He might have put someone in your path to deter you, but you would not listen! So technically you should replace yourself with the rebellious son in this passage and that means YHWH should stone and kill you, but He didn’t because He is passionate and His mercy endures forever. Instead of killing you or me for our transgressions, He sent His Son to take our place and He was the One who was crushed! So how can anyone diminish the ultimate sacrifice of YESHUA? We all know that the wages of sin is death!
Do NOT be stubborn about accepting YESHUA!
Mathew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
We can see that YESHUA was saying He was there pre-incarnate before He became flesh and wanted to gather Yisra’el, but they kept stoning the prophets because they refused to listen, they were unwilling.
Psalm 95:7-11
“For He is our Elohim, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice: “Do not harden your hearts as in Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tried Me, have provoked Me, though they saw My work. For forty years I was loathed with a generation, and said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My Ways.’ As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they enter into My rest…’”
The children of Yisra’el saw the work of YHWH yet they still harden their hearts; the same way they saw the work and miracles of YESHUA when He walked the earth, yet they still did not believe. Do not become loathsome in His sight again, but turn to Him and repent and renew our days as of old. Proclaim YESHUA to the nations and share this with anyone who needs to heart this important message. HalleluYAH!